Abrantes, Portugal (Anadolu News) A view of Oliveira do Mouchao, an olive tree that is 3,350 years old being one of the oldest olive trees in the world. It is located in Iberian peninsula, in village Mouriscas, with a few dozens of inhabitants, in Santarem district Abrantes, in the central region of Portugal. The area is...

Doha, 27 July 2021 (Media Reports) Shehroze Kashif, 19, from Lahore, Pakistan became the youngest Pakistani mountaineer to conquer  8,848.86 metres high Mount Everest last Tuesday. Shehroze developed his passion in trekking from his very young age encouraged by his father, Kashif Abbas. Kashif Abbas and any of his family members has no interest in...

Doha, 07 July 2021 In an official ceremony, Qatar Railways Company (Qatar Rail) and Qatar Postal Services Company (Qatar Post) has unveiled a commemorative stamp for the Doha Metro project, which is considered one of the most advanced and developed railways systems in the world. The launch event was held at Msheireb station and in...

Shanghai, 05 July 2021 (Xinhua News) The Shanghai Astronomy Museum, the world's largest planetarium in terms of building scale, will open on July 17, the planetarium announced Monday. Covering an area of approximately 58,600 square meters, the museum is located in the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone Lingang Special Area. It is a branch...

A wandering herd of 15 wild Asian elephants in southwest China's Yunnan has caught global attention. The herd traveled approximately 500 km from their forest home in Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture before reaching Kunming last week. Drones have captured footage of the elephant herd sleeping and a baby elephant getting stuck. Earlier, drones shot footage...

Washington, 03 May 2021 (Anadolu News) Bill and Melinda Gates are getting a divorce following nearly three decades of marriage, the couple announced on Monday. "After a great deal of thought and a lot of work on our relationship, we have made the decision to end our marriage," Bill and Melinda Gates said in a...

Shijiazhuang (China), 02 April 2021 (Xinhua, China Briefing) Xiong'an New Area is a state-level new area in the Baoding area of Hebei, China. Established in April 2017, the area is located about 100 km southwest of Beijing and 50 km east of downtown Baoding. Four years earlier, on April 1, 2017, President Xi Jinping announced...

Guizhou (China), 19 March 2021 (Zinhua News)   Aerial photo taken on March 17, 2021 shows the Yangbaoshan grand bridge of Guiyang-Huangping Highway in southwest China's Guizhou Province. With a main span of 650 meters, the grand bridge stretches 1,112 meters in length. Currently, the construction of the bridge has entered the final stage of...