News archive of August 2020

Romania could be seen as a regional model as regards the assuming of the Holocaust and the fight against anti-Semitism, on Sunday said president Klaus Iohannis, answering the invitation of the organisers of the annual commemorative event at the Auschwitz-Birkenau state Museum, in a message on the occasion of the European Roma Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Coronavirus outbreaks at mink farms in Spain and the Netherlands have scientists digging into how the animals got infected and if they can spread it to people.

In the meantime, authorities have killed more than 1 million minks at breeding farms in both countries as a precaution.

Lille has signed veteran Turkey striker Burak Yılmaz from Beşiktaş after selling Victor Osimhen to Italian side Napoli.

The northern French club said on Aug. 1 that the 35-year-old Yılmaz has signed a two-year deal.

He twice finished top scorer in the Turkish Süper Lig with former club Galatasaray and has more than 200 goals at club level in

Turkey's electricity consumption decreased by 0.51 percent in July compared to the same month of 2019, according to data released by Turkey's Energy and Natural Resources Ministry.

The country's power consumption reached 27.24 billion kilowatt-hours last month while electricity production also decreased by 0.69 percent to 27.21 billion kilowatt-hours compared to July 2019.

Japan's stately traditional kabuki theatre resumed performances on Aug. 1 after a five-month break due to the novel coronavirus, with musicians in masks, actors farther apart on stage and only half the usual number of seats.

The explosive yield - the amount of energy released when a nuclear weapon detonates - has grown exponentially since 1945 when bombs flattened the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Blue Lake ("Mavigöl" in Turkish), in the Black Sea province of Giresun, consists of three lakes that are different in sizes and is located 200 meters from the Kuzalan Falls Nature Park. (Source: Anadolu Agency)

Early bands of heavy rain from Isaias lashed Florida's east coast before dawn on Aug. 2 as authorities warily eyed the approaching storm, which threatened to snarl efforts to quell surging cases of the coronavirus across the region.

Bands of heavy rain from Isaias lashed Florida's east coast on Aug. 2 while officials dealing with surging cases of the coronavirus kept a close watch on the weakened tropical storm.

Isaias was downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm on Aug. 1 afternoon, but was still expected to bring heavy rain and flooding as it crawled just off Florida's Atlantic coast.

The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft shoved off from the International Space Station on Aug. 1 with two U.S. astronauts on board, beginning their journey back to Earth despite a storm threatening Florida.