News archive of August 2019

The U.N. may announce an agreement to establish a constitutional committee for Syria in late September, said its special envoy on Aug. 29.       

The oceans, which are the source of life on Earth, could become our worst enemy globally, if nothing is done to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This is said in a UN report, BTA reported.

Turkish top-tier football league club Kasımpaşa transferred Besiktas' Portuguese winger Ricardo Quaresma on Aug. 29.

A 12-year-old girl from Russia died after a fatal accident during a vacation in Turkey. The child's hand was sucked into a water pump in a pool in the popular Bodrum resort, Daily Mail reports.

Alisa Adamova of St. Petersburg spent nearly 15 minutes underwater while her father and a group of tourists desperately tried to save her from drowning.

Turkey on Aug. 29 released a report examining the state of emergency declared in the aftermath of a 2016 coup bid.     

Google's security experts have found evidence of prolonged hack attempts against the iPhone users for two years. The attack was carried out through websites that discreetly installed malware to collect contacts, images and other data. These sites were visited thousands of times a week.

Legendary Spanish director Pedro Almodovar won the Golden Lion lifetime achievement award at the Venice Film Festival Aug. 29, calling the recognition an "act of poetic justice." 

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Aug. 29 said that the EU would continue engaging Turkey on the issue of assistance it may need to address the refugee problem.       

When Kyriakos Mitsotakis met German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on Thursday, the new Greek prime minister was able to point to a list of quick wins since taking office last month, including lifting capital controls. But he has also made errors. To change the country for good, he'll have to learn from them.

Donald Trump has officially announced the creation of a US space command. The new structure targets military operations in the Earth orbit.