New Zealand

New Zealand's popular Prime Minister John Key stunned the nation on Dec. 5 when he announced, in a breaking voice, he was resigning after eight years as leader.

New Zealand Prime Minister John Key, who has been in power since 2008, has announced his resignation in a move that has surprised many.
The leader of the ruling National Party, Key has dominated New Zealand politics for many years, winning three terms as prime minister.

Turkey is amazing in many aspects. One of the main reasons for this is the resilience of its people. No matter how bad things get, we somehow find a way to carry on with life.  I am certain that people living in Sweden or New Zealand would not be able to carry on living if they were exposed to just a few days of the events happening in Turkey. 

Turkish politics is struggling harder and harder to go beyond the title of "Absurdistan." Sadly, not even the sky is the limit. 
 

Turkish director Mustafa Kara's "Kalandar Soğuğu" (Cold of Kalandar) won the Best Film, Best Cinematography and Young Cinema Success awards at the 10th Asia-Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) in Brisbane on Nov. 24.  

Two forlorn cows and a calf stranded on a small patch of grass heaved up by the New Zealand’s powerful earthquake Sunday have been rescued today.

The plight of the unlucky trio went viral after being documented by a helicopter surveying the damage of the 7.5-magnitude quake that ravaged the east coast of South Island on Sunday, causing two deaths and millions of Euros of damage.

According to a worldwide survey conducted condom manufacturing company “Durex”, Greeks and Brazilians are the most sexually active nations in the world, with 87% and 82% of their population having sex weekly. It is natural to focus on the champions of sex, but who are the least sexually active nations in the world.

Twelve vintage biplanes from the 1920s and 1930s set off from the Greek island of Crete on Saturday bound for South Africa for a 12,800-kilometre (8,000-mile) race never attempted before by so many antique aircraft.

The planes are following the route plied by Imperial Airways, a British commercial air transport company that linked Britain's colonies in Africa.

A powerful earthquake struck hours ago in New Zealand near the city of Christchurch, with strong tremors causing damage to buildings in the capital, Wellington, over 200 kilometers (120 miles) away.

Authorities have issued a tsunami warning, urging people near the coast of the South Island to move to “higher ground.”

An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 struck central New Zealand just after midnight, the U.S. Geological Survey said, causing widespread damage and generating a tsunami.