5.3 magnitude earthquake hits southern Turkey wounding at least 23 people and damaging buildings
Istanbul (AP): A magnitude 5.3 earthquake shook southern Turkey on Thursday, causing damage to buildings and wounding 23 people, Turkish officials said.
At least 23 were injured as a result of Thursday's quake, which was centreed in the town of Yesilyurt in Malatya province and felt in Adiyaman, both provinces hit by the devastating earthquakes in February, which killed at least 50,000 people in Turkey and Syria.
Turkey's Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said in a social media post that the injuries sustained in Malatya and Adiyaman consisted of falls and people throwing themselves off buildings to avoid being crushed under a collapsed building.
Private broadcaster NTV reported that some damage could be seen in buildings as a result of Thursday's earthquake. (
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Harry Brook blitzes to 3000 Test runs; fastest ever in terms of balls faced
Melbourne: On a frantic day one of the fourth Ashes Test on Friday (Dec 26), amidst the fiercest bowler's day out, English batsman Harry brook reached the milestone by completing 3000 runs in Test, in terms of balls faced.
In 34 Test matches, Brook scored 3034 runs at a strike rate of over 86, with 10 centuries and 14 half-centuries, in 57 innings, at an average of 54.17. He reached the landmark in just 3,468 deliveries.
Brook made an exceptional kick off to his test career by amassing 809 runs in his first six test appearances having batted ten times with a career average of 80.90 and with a strike rate of almost 100. In December 2024, he topped the ICC rankings for Test batsmen during England's tour of New Zealand. He was named as ICC Men's Player of the Month award twice in December 2022 and February 2023.
