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  • Turkey's opposition pledges to undo Erdogan's legacy

    01/30/2023 6:20:19 AM PST · by nuconvert · 15 replies
    AFP/MSN ^ | 1-30-23
    Turkey's opposition vowed on Monday to crimp the president's powers and broadly expand democratic rights if they seize power in May 14 presidential and parliamentary polls. The six parties that are united against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan also pledged to agree on February 13 to a joint candidate for the crucial vote -- widely seen as Turkey's most consequential in generations.
  • Asteroid hits Earth just hours after discovery

    02/16/2023 3:46:44 AM PST · by Lonesome in Massachussets · 32 replies
    AOL ^ | February 13, 2023 | LI COHEN
    While the U.S. was busy celebrating the Super Bowl on Sunday night, Europeans had their own spectacle. Early Monday morning, a bright flash streaked across the skies over Western Europe as an asteroid discovered just hours earlier made its impact with Earth's atmosphere. The asteroid, dubbed Sar2667, was first detected on the evening of Feb. 12 by astronomer Krisztián Sárneczky in Hungary. He told Space.com that he found the asteroid during a routine near-Earth object hunt using a 2-foot telescope. "It was immediately obvious that it was an NEO, but it wasn't particularly fast across the sky," he said, "as...