According to the Daily Mail, the world’s deepest swimming pool will be built in Cornwall (UK) with a total investment of more than 200 million USD. Its name is Blue Abyss (roughly translated: Blue Abyss). The depth of the pool is about 50 m. The swimming pool can hold more than 42,000 cubic meters of water, equivalent to 17 Olympic standard swimming pools or… 168 million cups of tea. With these numbers, Blue Abyss will become the largest and deepest indoor swimming pool in the world. However, it is not open to serve ordinary people. The swimming pool is used for research, testing and training in a number of fields such as energy, marine, defense and space. The construction is expected to be completed after 18 months from the time the planning permit is granted. It is likely that in the second quarter of 2023, Blue Abyss will be officially put into use. It is expected that Blue Abyss will create 160 jobs for workers and earn 11 million pounds a year for the local economy. In addition, the swimming pool can also be rented as a movie set. This will attract famous actors looking to the Cornwall area. Project Blue Abyss features Tim Peake, the legendary British astronaut. He said: “Cornwall is the perfect location for the Blue Abyss. This is an area rich in potential for ambitions to conquer space, space and renewable energy.” Sketches show the pool will be housed in a unique teardrop-shaped building designed by British architect Robin Partington. Currently, the deepest swimming pool in the world is DeepSpot, located in Poland. It was officially opened on November 21, 2020 with a depth of 45 m, a total volume of water equivalent to 27 Olympic standard tanks. The swimming pool is open to the public and is used as a diver training center.

Built before the announcement of the postponement of the Olympics, this public toilet was added to serve passengers at Sendagaya Station and those visiting the National Stadium designed by Kengo Kuma for the Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The architects aim to design a small project with a big impact: “ We want to use simplicity to create impact and the solution here is height. Normally they look very heavy, but this time the walls don’t touch the ground, they float, elegant, like a work of art “. The toilet block is 7.5m high, almost twice the height of the station entrance, combined with a monolithic concrete facade that makes the work quite massive. The concrete walls are attached to the central columns and are about 50cm above the ground, creating an opening, allowing natural light and air to enter. The architects design the space using contrasting relationships with each other, such as “the feeling of floating of heavy concrete” and “the presence of light in the dark”, which we seek to eliminate. boundaries between people and buildings, creating a resonance between nature and architecture. The building has an area of ​​75m2, the entrance is located opposite the station. In the position of the door, we feel more clearly the suspension of the concrete block. The central area is a wash basin and male and female toilets are arranged on both sides. To create the feeling of “being at a hotel”, the architects used Akoya wood (which is 3 times stronger than natural wood with exclusive technologies) to make the partitions and signage made of wood. transparent copper to create a luxurious feeling. A long skylight is arranged along the building to get light from the roof. “ Taking in the light from above and ensuring ventilation through the opening below, we aim to create an architecture that allows people to experience the space and not just go to the public toilet “, the architects explained, adding: “ We think this is a collective effort to help revive the city before the Olympics. The building is also similar in size to regular toilets, giving it a familiar feel. On the other hand, people tend to think of unclean images of public toilets, so we want to improve this and turn the building into a work of art.” Project information: Design: Suppose Design Office Structure: Ohno Japan Material: ZO Consulting Engineers Contractors: Tatsu (ZEN hol) Light design: ModuleX Translate: Hoang Anh

On April 23, Japan declared a state of emergency in Tokyo and three western provinces, in the context of the country facing a wave of epidemics. COVID-19 when only 3 months from the Olympics Olympic will take place. Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide said that an emergency will be in place in Tokyo and Kyoto, Osaka and Hyogo prefectures. According to Economic Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura, the state of emergency will last from April 25 to May 11. In particular, restaurants, bars, karaoke bars serving alcoholic beverages will have to close, while sporting events will take place without audience. Violations will be sanctioned according to the new rules. Department stores, movie theaters and other businesses over 1,000 square meters will also close, while offices and businesses have to make it easier for employees to work from home. Even so, schools continued to open. According to Minister Nishimura, Japanese officials want people to limit travel as much as possible, so it needs strong, concentrated and short-term restrictions. Execution wave state of emergency this time affects nearly a quarter of the Japanese population and will last through “Golden Week” (29 / 4-5 / 5). Therefore, the tourism industry and the service business are expected to suffer a lot. Meanwhile, the Mayor Tokyo Yuriko Koike said authorities would recommend that shops and buildings turn off signs and advertising lights at night to let the city “fall into the dark”, thereby making residents less likely to go out into the street . Besides, Ms. Koike also suggested people who do not live in Tokyo should not come to this city if possible./. People in the Japanese capital Tokyo. (Photo: AFP / VNA)

Selected data on April 23 Tesla announced the accident vehicle data again late at night Tesla re-issued a document on the 22nd night, saying that it fully accepts the decisions of the State Administration of Market Supervision and the Zhengzhou City Market Supervision Administration, and does its best to actively cooperate with all relevant investigations, and earnestly fulfill its main responsibility for quality and safety, and provide consumers with High-quality and safe products and services. Tesla said that as of April 21 so far, it has provided complete driving data half an hour before the accident, and has proactively contacted relevant parties to communicate and report the relevant situation on many occasions. (China News Service) The torch relay of the Tokyo Olympics is now the first person infected with the new crown, a male police officer NHK reported on April 22 that the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee announced that a male police officer who had participated in the traffic control work of the Olympic torch in Xiangshan County on April 17 tested positive for the new crown. This is the first time a new crown-infected person has appeared among the staff of the Tokyo Olympic torch relay. The infected person is a male police officer in his 30s from the Transportation Department of the Takamatsu Kita Police Station. According to reports, during the course of his duty, the police officer did not have any contact with people along the torch relay. (Overseas Network) In the first quarter, Shanghai’s per capita income exceeded 20,000 yuan, and the per capita income of eight provinces exceeded the national level From the data point of view, in the first quarter of this year, the top ten provinces with per capita disposable income of residents were Shanghai, Beijing, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Tianjin, Guangdong, Fujian, Shandong, Chongqing and Liaoning. Among them, the per capita disposable income of residents in the first eight provinces exceeds the national average, and these eight provinces all come from the eastern coastal areas. The per capita disposable income of Shanghai residents reached 21,548 yuan in the first quarter, making it the only province with more than 20,000 yuan. As Shanghai has a large number of multinational companies and financial institutions such as the Shanghai Stock Exchange, the headquarters economy, R&D and innovation are very prominent, which attracts a large number of talents, and these groups have higher incomes. (China Business News) The British government cuts 95% of aid to China, leaving 900,000 pounds Recently, British Foreign Minister Raab announced that in this fiscal year’s official development assistance funds, aid to China will be cut by 95%, leaving less than 1 million pounds. The Conservative Government has boldly stated that it will allocate 0.7% of the country’s income every year for international aid. According to the British “Mirror” report, due to the impact of the new crown natural disaster, the anti-epidemic “man-made disaster” and the economic shock of Brexit last year, this expenditure will be reduced to 0.5% this fiscal year. The US “Politician” News Network added that one-third of the UK’s official development assistance funds are still invested in the “Indo-Pacific” and South Asia. The aid funds to China will be cut by 95%, leaving 900,000 pounds (approximately 8.13 million yuan) to fund open society and human rights projects. Some netizens on Weibo ridiculed that the British aid is not as good as the one-year revenue of some Internet celebrity shops in Changsha. In July last year, the British Department of International Development announced that the British government directly and indirectly provided assistance to China of 71.6 million pounds in 2018. (Observer Network) South Korea imported kimchi in the first quarter from China Yonhap News Agency recently reported that the export value of kimchi in the first quarter of this year was 46.57 million U.S. dollars, breaking a single-season export record. Imports amounted to 38.5 million U.S. dollars, and the trade balance achieved a surplus of 8.068 million U.S. dollars, the highest since April 2009. According to reports, the export value of kimchi in the first quarter of this year increased by 54.3% year-on-year, and the import value increased by 7.4%. From the perspective of import and export volume, the export volume was 11,181 tons and the import volume was 67,940 tons. Exported kimchi was US$4,165 per ton, much higher than the US$567 of imported kimchi. All imported kimchi originates from China. From the perspective of the kimchi export market, exports to Japan were US$24.72 million, an increase of 67.9% year-on-year, exports to the US were US$8.46 million, an increase of 80.6%, and exports to Hong Kong were US$2.34 million, an increase of 50.3%. (Forbes Chinese website)

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