Baku/14.02.23/Turan: As of the evening of February 14, the death toll in Turkey in the earthquake on February 6 reached 35,418 people, 105,505 were injured, of which over 13 thousand continue to be treated in hospitals. This was stated by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at a meeting of the State Emergency Administration (AFAD), Anadolu agency reports.
The death toll from the current earthquake exceeded that of the 1939 Turkish Erzincan earthquake, which was considered the deadliest in Turkey in the 20th century. Then 32,968 people died, more than 100 thousand were injured. -02D-
Politics
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The agreement reached at the COP29 climate summit has been hailed by UN Secretary-General António Guterres as a critical step in global efforts to combat climate change. Speaking after the conclusion of high-stakes negotiations, Guterres emphasized that the agreement is pivotal for maintaining the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5°C, a threshold considered crucial to preventing the worst impacts of climate change.
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On 23 November at the COP29 climate conference in Baku, eco-activists from different countries held a protest action against the failure of countries to agree on climate finance.
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On the eve of the closing of the COP29 climate conference in Baku, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has drawn attention to the criminal cases of journalists detained in Azerbaijan.
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Negotiations at the 29th session of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Baku have been extended until November 24, a source in the UNFCCC Secretariat told the Turan news agency. According to the source, participants aim to finalize and sign the concluding documents by that date.
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