Day: February 7, 2023

The death toll from the powerful earthquakes that have rocked Turkey and neighbouring Syria on Monday has surpassed 3400, with thousands more injured. Rescuers are now racing against time in extreme weather conditions after the 7.8 magnitude quake struck south-eastern Turkey and northern Syria, trapping residents under mounds of rubble. An official with Turkey's disaster management authority said more than 7800 people had been rescued across 10 provinces. The official, Orhan Tatar, said 5606 buildings had collapsed. READ MORE: What to know about the big quake that hit Turkey and Syria At least 2379 people were killed in 10 Turkish provinces, with nearly 15,000 injured, according to Turkish authorities. The death toll in government-held areas of Syria ...

Aiden Fucci, the Florida teenager who stabbed 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey more than 100 times in 2021 has pleaded guilty to first degree murder, according to the 7th Judicial Circuit court clerk. Fucci entered his guilty plea Monday at a hearing intended to get jury selection for his trial underway, CNN affiliate WJXT said. Shortly after entering the courtroom, an attorney for Fucci, 16, told Judge R. Lee Smith they were changing their plea to guilty. READ MORE: Survivors 'screaming' under rubble as Turkey earthquake kills thousands Aiden Fucci has been charged with the murder of Tristyn Bailey. (St Johns County Sheriff's Office) Fucci stood before the judge and said "I'm sorry for the Bailey family and my family," WJXT reported. In 2021, according to the prose...

The James Webb Space Telescope has observed its smallest cosmic object to date — a previously unknown asteroid about the size of the Colosseum in Rome. A team of European astronomers made the detection of the space rock, which is between 100 to 200 metres long, and located in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. The doughnut-shaped belt is home to most of the asteroids in the solar system. READ MORE: Survivors 'screaming' under rubble as Turkey quake kills thousands The main asteroid belt is in close alignment with the ecliptic plane or the same plane that includes Earth's orbit around the sun. The asteroid may be one of the smallest ever found in the main belt. Such small, dark cosmic objects are incredibly hard to observe, but astronome...