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At least seven people died in an earthquake that occurred in the Turkish province of Wang, near the border between Turkey and Iran. This was announced on February 23 by Turkish Interior Minister Suleiman Soylu on Haber Turk TV channel. Soylu specified that seven Turkish citizens were killed, including three adults and four children. At least five others suffered injuries of varying severity and were hospitalized. Information on their condition is being clarified. Earlier, the news agency reported a 5.7 magnitude earthquake in eastern Turkey, Wang Province. The focus of underground shocks was at a depth of 6 kilometers.

The threat of military conflict between Russia and Belarus is growing, as Moscow does not intend to allow Minsk to maintain independence, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Vladimir Prizayko told reporters on February 17. A few years ago, I spoke to several Belarusian journalists, and when I officially told them that if they wanted to remain independent, they would face the same war, the same difficulties and the same suffering as us, they didn 't believe me. Perhaps now they doubt less, quotes the statement Prizayko Ukrainian publication Country. Noting that the Belarusian people ar

Moscow Spartak can buy Feyenoord's attacker Stephen Bergøis. This is reported on February 17 by Feyenoord TransferMarkt. It is noted that Spartak expects to purchase a forward in the summer transfer window. The amount of the opportunity is not specified. We will add that this season 28-year-old Bergøis played in 21 matches of the championship of the Netherlands in which scored 13 goals, including five from penalty. He previously played for clubs such as Twente, BBV-Venlo, AZ Alkmar and Watford. Re

On the morning of 15 February, the Parliament of Northern Macedonia, by a majority vote (62), approved the proposal of the Head of Technical Government of the country Oliver Spassovski to deprive Rasheli Mizrahi of the post of Minister of Labour and Social Policy for refusing to use the new name of the country. Earlier, the decisions taken by Mizrahi in the ministerial post were annulled. This is reported by Albanian news agency Telegrafi. Rashel Mizrahi is part of the country's largest opposition party, the VMRO-DPMNE (Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization Democratic Party for Macedonian National Unity), opposing the terms of the Prespan Agreement with Greece and renaming the country from Macedonia to Northern Macedonia. Mizrahi took a seat in the technical government of Northern Macedonia on 3 January as a representative of the opposition. Despite the threat of a fine and complaints from colleagues from the SDSM (Social Democratic Union of Macedonia, Party of Power), the

Russian athletes finished second on February 13 in the team sprint at the World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships in Salt Lake City, USA. Silver medals for Russia were won by the women's national team as part of Olga Fatkulina, Angelina Golikova, Catherine Shihova and Darya Kacanova. The team result is 1 minute 24.509 seconds. The winners in this race were the Netherlands national team with a result of 1 minute 24.029 seconds. The third place at Polish athletes 1 minute 25,378 seconds. Competitions in Salt Lake City will last until February 16. Read also: