Indonesia
Razgatlıoğlu wins Portugal round of Superbike World Championship
Turkey's Toprak Razgatlıoğlu won the Portugal round of the 2021 MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship on Oct. 2.
Razgatlıoğlu, who races for Pata Yamaha with Brixx WorldSBK, edged out Ducati's Scott Redding by 0.691 seconds to claim victory at the Portimao Circuit in Algarve.
Team GoEleven's Loris Baz came in third, finishing 10.628 seconds behind Razgatlıoğlu.
Couple who communicated, married through Google Translate fall out of love
A couple, who got married and communicated through using Google Translate, is no longer together after the bride, an Indonesian woman, left her husband, a Turkish man, going back to her country and never coming back.
Pahor meets Erdogan on sidelines of UN General Assembly
New York, 22 September – President Borut Pahor, who is in New York for the 76th session of the UN General Assembly, held several bilateral meetings on Tuesday, including with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to discuss cooperation, Afghanistan and migrations. He also attended an event marking 30 years of Slovenia’s independence.
In climate landmark, China promises to end coal funding overseas
China will stop funding coal projects overseas, President Xi Jinping announced on Sept. 21, all but ending the flow of public aid for the dirty energy contributing to the climate crisis.
FM Çavuşoğlu meets Turkish Cypriot counterpart in New York
The Turkish foreign minister on Sept. 19 separately met with Turkish Cypriot and Indonesian counterparts in New York on the sidelines of the 76th session of the U.N. General Assembly.
"Ahead of #UNGA76 meetings, consulted as usual w/my brother FM Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu of #TRNC," Minsiter Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Twitter.
Komodo dragon, 2-in-5 shark species lurch towards extinction
Trapped on island habitats made smaller by rising seas, Indonesia's Komodo dragons were listed as "endangered" on Sept. 4, in an update of the wildlife Red List that also warned overfishing threatens nearly two-in-five sharks with extinction.
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With no tourist handouts, hungry Bali monkeys raid homes
Deprived of their preferred food source, the bananas, peanuts and other goodies brought in by tourists now kept away by the coronavirus, hungry monkeys on the resort island of Bali have taken to raiding villagers' homes in their search for something tasty.
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Attempt at a Record and the Bulgarian Trace Behind it: Teenager Flies Around the World
"One of my biggest dreams (along with flying around the world) is to become an astronaut."
Said 19-year-old Zara Rutherford, who embarked on an impressive adventure on Wednesday afternoon. The teenager flew from an airport in western Belgium for her solo trip around the world. It aims to cross 52 countries on five continents in the next two months or so.
Turkey eyes comprehensive free trade pacts to boost exports
Turkey has been building a new generation of comprehensive free trade agreements (FTAs) that include services, investments and public procurement in order to increase exports, strengthen the competitiveness of the industry and attract foreign capital, the country's trade minister said on Aug. 17.
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Turkey donates COVID equipment, medicines to Indonesia
A shipment of medical equipment and medicines donated by the Turkish government to Indonesia for battling COVID-19 arrived at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport on Aug. 8 evening.
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Indonesia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement that the medical aid consisted of 50 sets of ventilators and 600,000 boxes of medicine.