Day: May 15, 2023

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Jordan sends new aid plane to quake victims in Trkiye

Jordan on Monday dispatched a cargo plane loaded with humanitarian aid for the victims of the Feb. 6 twin earthquakes that killed thousands in Trkiye. The cargo plane carries 14 tons of foodstuffs for the quake victims, the Jordan Hashemite Charity Organization (JHCO) said in a statement. “We continue to provide aid to those affected by the devastating earthquake,’ JHCO Secretary-General Hussein Shibli said. ‘The collected donations are sent to the quake victims in coordination with the authorities, through the Jordanian Armed Forces and the Royal Air Force,’ he added. Jordan has so far sent 14 planes loaded with humanitarian aid to Trkiye since the earthquake disaster. More than 50,000 people were killed and over 107,200 injured in two powerful earthquakes that rocked southern Trkiye on Feb. 6, according to the latest official figures. The 7.7 and 7.6 magnitude earthquakes affected more than 13 million people across 11 provinces, including Kahramanmaras, Adana, Adiyaman, Diyarbakir, Gaziantep, Hatay, Kilis, Malatya, Osmaniye, Elazig, and Sanliurfa.

Source: Anadolu Agency

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Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba injured again

Italian Serie A club Juventus on Monday confirmed Paul Pogba’s injury, who was forced off the field just 23 minutes into the game against Cremonese on Sunday. “The diagnostic tests that Paul Pogba underwent this morning at J|Medical showed a low-grade lesion of the rectus femoris of the left thigh. The footballer has already started his rehabilitation programme,” the club said in a brief statement. The match was Pogba’s first since March, and was won by Juventus 2-0. Pogba returned to Juventus from Manchester United on July 11, 2022, on a free transfer. The 30-year-old has bagged four Serie A titles with Juventus, apart from 2018 World Cup and 2021 UEFA Nations League trophies with France.

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Kazakh leader congratulates Turkish President Erdogan over election results

Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has congratulated his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan over Sunday’s parliamentary and presidential election results. In a Monday phone call with Erdogan, Tokayev said he hopes the election results benefit the Turkish people, said Trkiye’s Communications Directorate in a statement. From Sunday’s election results, Erdogan’s People’s Alliance seems poised to win a majority in parliament, while the presidential race is headed to a second-round runoff on May 28, though Erdogan took the lead in round one. Erdogan, the joint candidate for the People’s Alliance, and his closest competitor Kemal Kilicdaroglu, the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) chair and joint candidate for the six-party opposition Nation Alliance, will face off in round two. Millions of voters went to the polls on Sunday to elect the country’s president and members of its 600-seat parliament.

Source: Anadolu Agency