After the United States dropped an atomic bomb named “Little Boy” on the Japanese city of Hiroshima during the WWII on August 6, 1945, the explosion — which caused widespread death and destruction throughout the city — was estimated to have amounted to 15 kilotons (the equivalent of 15,000 tons of TNT).

Nearly 80 years later, the explosive force of the bombs dropped by Israeli warplanes on Palestine’s Gaza since Hamas’s cross-border attack on October 7 is “equivalent to the nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima”, the head of the Government Media Office in Gaza, Salama Marouf, said.

Following the October 7 attacks that killed 1,400 Israelis, Tel Aviv’s retaliatory strikes on the besieged enclave have killed at least 6,546 Palestinians, including more than 2,600 children, with the combined death toll now totalling nearly 8,000.

What happened: Today SpaceX once again attempted to launch the Starship rocket, at about 4 minutes after clearing the launchpad, the Starship started spinning and exploded mid-air.
Details: The unmanned, most powerful rocket ever built had canceled its’s launch a few days ago due to a valve pressurization issue and once again launched today. Today, the Starship cleared the launch pad completely but about 4 minutes into the flight, it started spinning vigorously and then exploded. Reportedly, the booster of the spacecraft did not separate from the rest of the spacecraft, possibly causing it to explode.
More: Elon Musk after the rocket exploded tweeted, “Congrats@ SpaceX team on an exciting test launch of Starship! Learned a lot for next test launch in a few months.”
SpaceX previously had cautioned that the chances of the test being successful were low.

Report by: Mohib Sauleh Lateef

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What Harun started, his son Mamun sought to complete. Mamun was a scholar in his own right, had studied medicine, Fiqh, logic and was a Hafiz e Qur’an. He sent delegations to Constantinople and the courts of Indian and Chinese princes asking them to send classical books and scholars. He encouraged the translators and gave them handsome rewards.

Perhaps the story of this period is best told by the great men of the era. The first philosopher of Islam, al Kindi , worked at this time in Iraq. The celebrated mathematician al Khwarizmi worked at the court of Mamun. Al Khwarizmi is best known for the recurring method of solving mathematical problems, which is used even today and is called algorithms. He studied for a while in Baghdad and is also reported to have traveled to India. Al Khwarizmi invented the word algebra (from the Arabic word j-b-r, meaning to force, beat or multiply), introduced the Indian numeral system to the Muslim world (from where it traveled to Europe and became the “Arabic” numeral system), institutionalized the use of the decimal in mathematics and invented the empirical method (knowledge based on measurement) in astronomy. He wrote several books on geography and astronomy and cooperated in the measurement of the distance of an arc across the globe. The world celebrates the name of Al Khwarizmi to this day by using “algorithms” in every discipline of science and engineering.

It was the intellectual explosion created at the time of Harun and Mamun that propelled science into the forefront of knowledge and made Islamic civilization the beacon of learning for five hundred years. The work done by the translation schools of Baghdad made possible the later works of the physician al Razi, historian al Masudi, the physician Abu Ali Sina , the physicist al Hazen, the historian al Baruni, the mathematician Omar Khayyam and the philosopher Ibn Rushd.

The age of Harun and Mamun was also an age of contradictions. Indeed, no other period in Islamic history illustrates with such clarity the schizophrenic attitude of Muslims towards their own history, as does the age of Harun and Mamun. On the one hand, Muslims take pride in its accomplishments. On the other, they reject the values on which those achievements were based. Muslims exude great pride in the scientists and philosophers of the era, especially in their dialectic with the West. But they reject the intellectual foundation on which these scientists and philosophers based their work.

Thus it was that the Muslim world came upon rational ideas, adopted them, experimented with them and finally threw them out. The historical lesson of the age of Harun and Mamun is that a fresh effort must be made to incorporate philosophy and science within the framework of Islamic civilization based on Tawhid.

• Russia’s annexation of Ukrainian territories
• Explosion at Crimean bridge
• Events at Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant
• Bucha events

War started when Russia entered Ukraine from 3 directions and besieged Kyiv on Feb. 24, 2022 http://v.aa.com.tr/2829841

Getir rakibi Gorillas'ı 1,2 milyar dolara satın aldı

Türk hızlı teslimat girişimi Getir, Alman rakibi Gorillas’ı 1,2 milyar dolara satın aldı. Gorillas'ın Getir'e katılmasıyla, Getir'in değerlemesi 10 milyar dolara ulaşıyor.

Financial Times'ta yer alan haberde anlaşmanın, pandemi döneminde start-up finansmanındaki patlamanın Avupa'nın 2 büyük kazananı olan Getir ve Gorillas'ı bir araya getirdiği, 2 şirketin 2020'den beri girişim sermayesi fonlarından 3 milyar dolardan fazla yatırım aldığı belirtildi.

Mart ayında 11.8 milyar dolar değerlemeye ulaşan Getir, decacorn unvanını sürdürmeye devam ediyor. Bu satın alma ile Getir'in değerlemesi 10 milyar dolar olarak kayda geçti.

Getir bought Gorillas for $1.2 billion

Turkish fast delivery startup Getir has bought German rival Gorillas for $1.2 billion. With Gorillas joining Getir, Getir's valuation reaches $10 billion.

In the news in the Financial Times, it was stated that the agreement, the explosion in start-up finance during the pandemic period brought together the two big winners of Europe, Getir and Gorillas, and the 2 companies have received more than 3 billion dollars investment from venture capital funds since 2020.

Reaching a valuation of 11.8 billion dollars in March, Getir continues to maintain its decacorn title. With this acquisition, Getir's valuation was recorded as 10 billion dollars.

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𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐛𝐮𝐥

Hosted by H.E. Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye and Chairman-in-Office of the OTS, the Meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) was held in Istanbul on 17 October 2022.

The Meeting was attended by H.E. Binali Yildirim, Chairman of the Council of Elders of the OTS, H.E. Jeyhun Bayramov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan, H.E. Mukhtar Tileuberdi, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, H.E. Zheenbek Kulubaev, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic, H.E. Vladimir Norov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan, H.E. Péter Sztáray, State Secretary for Security Policy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, H.E. Baghdad Amreyev, Secretary General of the OTS and H.E. Mekan İshanguliyev, Ambassador of Turkmenistan to the Republic of Türkiye.

The participants extended their condolences due to the human losses as a result of tragic explosion that took place in the coal mine in Bartin city of Türkiye and wished speedy recovery to all injured.

The Ministers discussed the preparation and the agenda of the upcoming Summit of the Heads of States of the Organization of Turkic States to be held in Samarkand on 11 November 2022 and exchanged views on pressing issues on the OTS agenda.

The Ministers highlighted that the upcoming Samarkand Summit will be an important milestone in further advancing the program of the OTS as well as another historical step towards strengthening the unity of the Turkic World.

They reviewed a number of important documents including the Organization of Turkic States’ Strategy for 2022-2026, draft Protocol on amendments to Nahkchivan Agreement and other key documents to be signed during the Summit.

Secretary General Baghdad Amreyev delivered a report on the agenda of the upcoming Samarkand Summit and indicated his belief that the upcoming Summit will be the major Turkic political gathering of the year which will serve to further advancing the multifaceted relations among the OTS Member States in many important areas and deepening the Turkic integration.

He also briefed the Ministers on the finalization of the Establishment Agreement of the Turkic Investment Fund that will be an important joint financial instrument of the OTS Member States and will contribute to the long-term goals of the Organization that has been set for economic and trade relations among the Member States.

The Secretary General also informed the Ministers of the results of the 6th Meeting of Ministers in charge of Youth and Sports of the OTS held on 30 September 2022 in Bursa on the margins of the 4th World Nomad Games and their initiative to create of an affiliated intergovernmental institution under the umbrella of the OTS, which will be responsible for the sports agenda of the Organization.

Secretary General Amreyev noted that the upcoming Summit agenda will focus on advancing economic cooperation with the following measures:

a) Creating favorable conditions to facilitate mutual trade and investment and accelerating cooperation in the digital economy,
b) Generating favorable conditions and simplifying administrative procedures to render the Trans-Caspian International East-West Middle Corridor a more efficient, sustainable and seamless route,
c) Signing of “Agreement on International Combined Freight Transport” and developing the Transport Connectivity Program,
d) Fostering multidimensional connectivity with the sectoral approach: enhancing tourism potential, intensifying energy collaboration, strengthening agricultural cooperation and ensuring food security.
e) Enhancing effective mechanisms for strengthening the role of science, technology and innovation in regional cooperation.

The Ministers also exchanged views on the repercussions of recent political developments in the region and underlined the importance of close cooperation to effectively tackle these challenges and better utilize new opportunities to the benefit of the Member and Observer States of the OTS.