(2020-10-19). British Columbia Teachers' Federation facilitates reckless reopening of schools that puts teachers and students' lives at risk. wsws.org While the teachers union has connived with the NDP provincial government to reopen schools, popular opposition is mounting. As of tomorrow, more than 800 parents across British Columbia plan to keep their kids at home to protest the unsafe conditions in the classrooms.
(2020-10-19). Armenian forces hit Azerbaijan's cotton factory. yenisafak.com Armenian forces on Monday, in violation of the new humanitarian cease-fire, shelled a cotton receiving and processing factory in Azerbaijan's western Terter region.As a result of the heavy artillery attack, the factory in Azadgaragoyunlu village caught fire, Azerbaijan's Prosecutor General's Office said in a statement.Local authorities have not yet shared any information on casualties.The fire continues in the warehouse section of the factory, while fire brigades arrived at the scene, taking measures to extinguish the fire.Artillery fire from the Armenian side intensely continues in the region, and no one is allo…
(2020-10-19). Armenian missile forces committing serious war crime: analysis. yenisafak.com So far, Baku has not responded to the threat in kind, even though it has the adequate means to do so. Likewise, Turkey, which has a military alliance with Azerbaijan, has not stepped up its involvement in the conflict, and kept its involvement limited to arms sales, advisory and doctrinal assistance.- A nasty game of intrawar deterrenceHowever, if Armenian missile forces do not put an end to their ramping-up aggression, Yerevan might then be standing inches from igniting a spiraling regional conflict. In fact, most probably, this is what the Armenian political-military elites have in mind in provoking Azerbaijan,…
(2020-10-19). Hot air balloons dot Gobeklitepe's skies in Turkey. yenisafak.com Colorful hot air balloons floated over the skies of Gobeklitepe, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in southeastern Turkey, attracting local and foreign tourists to be above the world.The company operating the hot air balloons over Gobeklitepe started the flights after completing the test and presentation stages, local authorities said Monday.The flights would start at dawn allowing tourists and adventurers to watch Gobeklitepe and the city of Sanliurfa from the sky. The flights are planned to take place at intervals until December because of the COVID-19 measures.A balloon pilot, Bilge Ezel, said they had made arrange…
(2020-10-19). Iran issues warning over Nagorno-Karabakh stray fire. yenisafak.com Iran said Monday that the security of its citizens was a "red line", after stray missiles hit an Iranian district as a result of the ongoing conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. | "Iran will respond to any aggression even the unintentional ones," Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said in statements cited by the official IRNA news agency. | He said the Iranian armed forces have already sent necessary warnings to opposing sides in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. | Last week, ten missiles landed in two villages in the Khudaferin district in Iran's East Azerbaijan province, south of the Armenian-Azerbai…
(2020-10-19). Turkey to plant saplings in fire-hit southern province. yenisafak.com Turkey is all set to plant saplings on 50 hectares [nearly 124 acres] of land in the southern Hatay province, the country's agriculture and forestry minister said on Monday."We have already completed the preparation for planting seedlings on 50 hectares of land," Bekir Pakdemirli wrote on Twitter.Sharing photos of the field work from the area affected by recent fires, Pakdemirli said they are quickly eliminating the negative impact of the fire.On Oct. 8, a fire erupted in Hatay, affecting some 400 hectares (988 acres) of area and damaging many buildings.