The 2-storey house has a fairly intact exterior Even the garden next to the house is abandoned, full of rubbish and needs to be cleaned up when coming in. Sean Roper – Residential real estate expert at Paul Fosh auction site, said the house has no bedroom or bathroom. While the wall still seems pretty solid, the paint on the walls and floor is peeling. Despite being in such a dilapidated state, the house had no internal tragedy or fire. The garden next to the house is also abandoned with a lot of garbage The part for sale is the back of a townhouse, the front part has been sold and the back part is sold separately. Although the part of the house for sale is not large, with the land behind it will help the new owner create a cozy and modern home. There are only 2 rooms in the house and no bathroom “With house prices in the UK and especially South Wales rising, this sale really presents a new owner or investor the opportunity to catch a bargain,” said Sean Roper. express. Many walls have peeling paint The property being put up for auction is also conveniently located close to shops, shopping or canoeing in Swansea Bay, or just a short car ride away from the Gower Peninsula. Dieu Quynh (According to The Sun)

There is an island off the southeastern coast of Brazil, seemingly deserted, but it is not. Nestled among those dense trees are hundreds of abandoned cats. That is the island of Ilha Furtada, commonly known as Ilha dos Gatos: Island of the Cats. The owner died from Covid-19, the pet was helpless Many stories spread about the danger of this island. There are cats that are said to overgrow and become feral. They attack the people who come to the island. One Brazilian reporter said there were about 750 cats roaming the forest, while others said the number could be more. The number seems to increase with each narration. Mayhe, a municipal veterinarian in Mangaratiba, traveled to the island to see this firsthand. Before this trip, he had never set foot on the island. But he certainly has one truth: Over the past year, as the Covid-19 pandemic swept Brazil, the number of cats on the island has increased dramatically. Every day there seem to be more cats here, causing great damage to the island’s ecosystem, but no measures have been taken to deal with the problem. Location of the “cat island” Ilha Furtada in Brazil. Photo: Washington Post. The Covid-19 crisis has left millions of pet owners dead or unable to keep them. In rich countries like the US, animal stations and individuals have had to support large numbers of these animals. But in developing countries, where animal station systems are weak, wandering animals are common, and pets are being abandoned more and more. Brazil is in crisis, the Covid-19 epidemic has killed more than 465,000 people, causing a housing crisis and widespread famine. The dog and cat station managers in this country are really overwhelmed. The animal station near “cat island” also did not escape this nightmare. Animal station director Andrea Rizzi Cafasso said they brought here a truck full of cats. When Cafasso refuses, they will say: “If you don’t accept, we will take them all to “cat island”. A cat “resident” lies on a tree branch on the island of Ilha Furtada. Photo: AP. After being abandoned on “cat island”, the poor animals have learned to survive. The city government wants people to stop feeding cats on the island. However, animal lovers call it barbaric. The cats will die without care. “I can’t leave the cats behind” No one knows how the first cats appeared. Officials in Mangaratiba say a family tried to live here many years ago, but failed, leaving a pair of cats on the island and they began to multiply. Local boaters say that there is a restaurant on the island that has closed and the owners abandoned their cats and left. According to a veterinarian, an old man confessed to being the first to bring the cat here, but when asked to share, he vehemently refused. Unconfirmed answers gradually become legends here. Normally, there are very few people who want to visit the remote and unattractive island of Ilha Furtada. However, when it becomes “cat island”, it has a strange attraction. Ilha Furtada has become a stopover for tourists. Some people will take a motorboat to the island just to see the cats. Although the island lacks many living conditions, such as food or water, many people believe that the cats on the island have a better life than the city cats. Signs on the island of Ilha dos Gatos carry the message: Animal abuse and neglect is a crime. Photo: Washington Post. “They have what it takes, they can hunt birds, insects, snakes for food,” explains Miguel Campos, a 61-year-old boater. But Amélia Oliveira, an American veterinarian who travels to Brazil to take care of animals, considers reality altogether. In 2012, a friend sent her a video shot on the island. It’s not a cat’s paradise. There is no fresh water source on the island. “I couldn’t have left the cats out there under such circumstances,” she said. Ms. Oliveira described the number of cats on the island as overwhelming. Some animals approached her friendly, others more wild. They are born on the island, know nothing about humans, and will not be able to integrate into society. She brought back a few cats to adopt and began training and getting to know the others. Over the years, she said, 380 cats on the island have been treated by Veterinarians on the Road. Animal organizations and a retired couple volunteered, prepared food and water for the cats, and built small shelters for them. Meanwhile, many fishermen also share a portion of the fish they catch with the cats. However, as the pandemic hits, those food and care resources also shrink. The number of cats on the island rapidly increased. People are restricted from traveling on the mainland due to social distancing, unable to provide food and water to the island. More reports of cats eating cannibals began to circulate. This tourist attraction suddenly became strange, becoming the concern of many residents about ecological issues. A divided community When someone arrives, some cats approach the visitor, rubbing their paw gently. Other cats paced the shore, attracting attention. Others watched cautiously from afar. The island is no different from a slum for cats. Cat houses built by volunteers are scattered, next to rainwater catchers and cat feeding machines. Brightly colored spiders, each the size of an infant’s palm, cling to the webs strung between furniture. The beach is littered with trash. No one knows the exact number of cats that live on the deserted island in Brazil, but it is estimated to be in the hundreds. Photo: The Washington Post. “Bringing a cat out here is cruelty to animals,” Mr Mayhe said. Conversely, when the animal stations are full and many cats are incapable of socializing, bringing them back to the mainland will be equally complicated. Mangaratiba officials were unsure if they could carry out the plan. They wanted to send research teams to explore the island and conduct a cat census. Then, they installed surveillance cameras to classify the cats. Next, the authorities want to start neutering cats. Well-behaved cats will be adopted. Others will stay on the island for the rest of their lives, until they die. This plan has been hotly contested. The city’s public health leader Sandra Castelo Branco opposes feeding cats on the island, saying it may encourage more people to abandon cats on the island. “I’m under intense attack on Facebook, but I really want to change this situation,” Sandra told reporters.

The community of cross-country runners in China experienced great shock and mourned after the deaths of 21 people in the cross-mountain cross-country running competition held in Baiyin City, Gansu Province, northwest of this country. The tragedy that claimed 21 lives is said to be similar to a 2009 run in France that was not postponed when the weather suddenly turned bad. More new details about the race are being revealed from the accounts of survivors. Several athletes died in the arms of teammates This event is called the fourth “100 km through the Yellow Rock Forest” trail running with more than 170 athletes participating, taking place on May 22. Officials in the city of Baiyin apologized, pledging to investigate the tragedy and compensate the families of the deceased. Additional rescues were dispatched – up to 1,200 people in total. Photo: China OUT. The track area is not too high terrain compared to some other races, nor does any section of the track have glaciers or high passes. The highest position on the track “100 km through Yellow River Stone Forest” has an altitude of 2,250 m. There were no problems in previous events and the race became a popular event. But this year, nature had an unusual rage. There were warnings of bad weather the day before the race but no one expected the weather to turn so severe so quickly. Athletes shared on social media that even before the race started, they had to find a foothold to avoid high winds. Some people even feel relieved at first because it won’t be too hot (the temperature in Gansu is usually very high at this time). Most runners wear shorts, a T-shirt, or a lightweight windbreaker when the wind is strong. The weather started to turn bad about 3 hours after the race started. The temperature suddenly dropped sharply and hail appeared. Many athletes were blown so hard by the wind that they could not move, their faces and heads were bruised, bleeding from hail, and their whole bodies were soaked from the rain. They are disoriented and cold, some can’t even stand, or try to find shelter behind the rocks, or worse, get lost in the terrain full of steep and eroded gorges. The gust of wind caused many people’s help blankets to tear to pieces. Some athletes have died in the arms of teammates while gathering together to warm up. They were unable to locate in time due to harsh conditions and poor visibility, even when using GPS and rescue crews equipped with infrared cameras. Additional rescues were dispatched – up to 1,200 people in total. Some athletes were lucky to survive thanks to a local herder named Chu Khac Minh. Mr. Chu Khac Minh inside the cave used to hide in bad weather. He saved at least 6 lives in the race by taking them to temporary shelters. Photo: Getty Images. Mr. Chu is called a hero for allowing many athletes to hide in his cave. A number of other athletes were also taken by locals to their homes for temporary shelter. The hardest part of the track Many athletes did not bring enough thermals because the weather in previous races was quite mild. Survivors said that despite the cold and wind, they somehow had the strength and determination to keep moving, while others were exhausted and stopped to die. Some people were blown down the mountainside by the wind. Unfortunately, the weather took its toll on runners right at the hardest part of the track, between stations two and three, less than 30 kilometers from the starting point. One survivor recounted his ordeal at that passage: “The wind hit me with raindrops like bullets, it was really painful. I couldn’t open my eyes because of the strong wind and heavy rain, I had to squint to see.” “This is the hardest part of the track…it’s 8km long, with 1,000m of climbing. Only going up, not going down. The road on the mountain is rocky and gravel. Many sections are very steep,” he said. A goat herder’s cave where athletes take refuge. Photo: Handout. “Runners have to climb on all fours, motorbikes can’t get through here, and station 3 has no supplies. Even when you’ve reached the top, all hopes for food, water, and hot water are in vain. It was a barren mountain. There is no way to withdraw from the race at this point. You have to endure to get to station number four.” Pre-race photos show the athlete wearing shorts and a T-shirt. However, in fact, the race organizers have a list of mandatory and recommended equipment to bring. Accordingly, each runner must carry a GPS device that provides his or her location. Other tracking devices are provided by the organizers. Additionally, each runner is provided with a GPS map of the track to upload to their GPS watch, but tracking it in inclement weather is impossible for many. The list of recommended equipment to bring includes an emergency medical kit that includes pain relievers, antihistamines, anti-diarrheals, bandages, electrolytes, sunscreen, energy gels, sun hats, sunglasses, hiking lights, windbreak and a warm underwear. In China, equipment testing in mountain races is taken very seriously. Runners lacking the required items will not be allowed to start, and will still be subject to random checks throughout the race, leading to time penalties and disqualification for missing required items. This race does not include cold weather items such as fur coats or waterproof jackets, or trousers, as mandatory items. The authorities were quick to step in. An investigation was immediately announced by the Central Disciplinary Commission into both the cause of the tragedy and the responsibility of the race organizers. The local government decided to suspend upcoming long-distance races, not only mountain races but also road marathons. The Lanzhou Marathon in Gansu has just been announced, and the list of postponed races is getting longer and longer. A goatherd named Zhu Keming (far right) saved six runners after bad weather killed 21 others. Photo: Handout. Among the victims of the Gansu tragedy is Luong Tinh, 31 years old – China’s outstandingly talented cross-country running superstar. At the time of his death, his ranking in the International Trail Running Association (ITRA) rankings was 918 points, 8th in the world. He is the top cross-country runner in China and Asia. Luong Tinh also won in last year’s organization of this very race. Luong Tinh in an earlier race in Hong Kong. Photo: Sportograf. A witness said Luong Tinh’s body, when found, had no skin on his knees. He died of hypothermia, was blown into a canyon by the wind, and was unable to get up. Finally, Luong Tinh could not stand the cold, he left, leaving behind his wife and children. In addition, among the dead was Hoang Ngan Bin, who was closely following Luong Tinh in the race. As a professional track and field athlete, with more endurance than people and always positive, Hoang Ngan Bin’s talent has brought him to the top of this sport. Hoang Ngan Bin’s body was found not far from Luong Tinh. The third famous victim is Hoang Quan Quan, the national marathon champion of the 2019 Paralympic Games for the disabled. The organizers put profit above safety Gansu is blessed with breathtaking nature and many cultural and historical relics spanning the entire Chinese civilization, with the oldest dating back to more than 6,000 years old. To improve the livelihoods of local people in rural areas, the regional government in Gansu has been making use of these resources. Organizing outdoor events, such as trail races, is one of the ways to boost the economy and generate income. China’s outdoor industry has grown tremendously in recent years, with city dwellers increasingly interested in mountain sports such as long-distance running. Some of the world’s top long-distance mountain races are now held in China, and top international athletes also participate. One survivor received medical treatment after the race. Photo: Reuters. The organizers of the Yellow Forest Trail has been heavily criticized by the media and the running community. News site Wangyixinwen reports that all 22 race employees are part-timers. A similar website also reported that despite numerous calls to rescue the runners starting around noon, the organizers only reluctantly halted the race and eventually agreed to do so at around 2pm. China’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said that some local officials put profit above safety, which led to the tragedy that left 21 people dead in Gansu province. Michel Poletti, co-founder of Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc, one of the world’s leading cross-mountain events with two races franchised in China, said the tragedy was reminiscent of another race. “There was also a similar accident in France in 2009, during a race (100 km) at the Mercantour. Those were the boom years of long-distance running, the situation in France in 2009 was more or less the same as China now… lots of new races,” he said. “Three athletes were killed, for exactly the same reason – a big storm hit… some (athletes) died of the cold, others slipped. The organizers made a big mistake by not stopping the race in time.”

Two of China’s top track and field athletes were among 21 people who died due to extreme weather during a 100km race in Gansu province on May 22. Those are two names that are no longer strange in the world of athletics: Luong Tinh, a super-marathon champion, and Hoang Quan Quan, a deaf long-distance runner. “We have lost the masters of this sport. This is an earthquake for our sport,” wrote one Weibo user. Luong Tinh in an earlier race in Hong Kong. Photo: Sportograf. Athletes had a hard time when the race was interrupted by temperatures dropping to freezing. Survivors said the weather forecast said there would be wind and rain, but did not mention anything as extreme as what they experienced. The mountain race had to be stopped when some of the 172 runners went missing, and a major rescue operation was launched. The regional government was heavily criticized for not having a contingency plan. China’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) said that some local officials had put profit above safety, which led to the tragedy that left 21 people dead. Great loss Luong Tinh is one of China’s most successful ultra-marathon runners and is fondly called “Saint Liang” or “General Liang” because of his ability. The 31-year-old has won many long-distance races in the country, including the Ultra Gobi in 2018 – a 400 km race through the Gobi desert. According to pictures taken near the start of the race on May 22, which were widely circulated on Chinese media, he was only wearing shorts, a light jacket and a cap. By the time he was found by rescuers, he was already showing no signs of life. According to pictures taken near the start of the race on May 22, which were widely circulated on Chinese media, Luong Tinh was only wearing shorts, a thin jacket and a cap when running. Photo: Weibo. On Chinese social media, fans mourned his death, describing it as a “huge loss” for the country. “Without General Salary leading the way, who will the other super marathoners look to?”, one commented. Another victim, Hoang Quan Quan, 34, is known for winning the deaf men’s marathon at China’s 2019 National Paralympic Games. According to local media, he is a native of Sichuan, became deaf at the age of one after a “drug accident”, and also cannot speak. He did not excel in his studies and struggled to get a steady job. He often had financial difficulties and had to eat instant noodles for a meal. But what he does best is run, so he competed in races for years in hopes of winning the prize money. The May 22 race rewards runners 1,600 yuan ($248) each if they complete the run. Local media reported that after learning of his death, a friend of Hoang Quan Quan cried thinking about what he may have suffered in his final moments of life. “He’s deaf and can’t speak, he can’t even call for help,” said the unnamed friend. What happened at the race? On social networks are appearing more and more sharing about this race. The race starts at 9am on May 22. One survivor said the weather forecast caught them off guard. He felt that the weather was not normal that day, but the participants were not wearing warm enough clothes, many of them wearing short clothes. “I ran 2 km before starting to warm up… but the problem is that after running this 2 km, my body still hasn’t heated up,” the contestant said on her WeChat account. About three hours after the race started, the mountain track area of ​​the race experienced hail, heavy rain and high winds, causing temperatures to plummet, according to officials in the nearby city of Baiyin. A runner named Mao Shuzhi told Reuters : “The rain was getting heavier and heavier, at that time I had run about 24 km and had not reached the mountain.” She decided to go back to the hotel, and had been struggling with severe hypothermia on the way back. “At first, I regretted it, thinking it might just be a shower, but when I saw the gusts of wind and the big storm through my hotel room window when I returned, I felt so lucky because decided to come back.” Many athletes were stranded, cold and lost their way due to the weather affecting visibility. Rescue crews at the scene. Photo: AFP. An unnamed runner quoted by The Cover described the freezing rain as “bullets in the face”. He said there was a particularly steep section of the mountain and the open ground had nowhere to hide. “The rain really hurt, and the wind was so strong that you had to close your eyes,” he said. He added that even if someone brought a thermal blanket, it would be ripped apart by strong winds. Some of the runners who ran further fell off the trail into deep ravines. It is unclear how many of them survived. State media said a rescue operation involving more than 1,200 people with the help of thermal imaging drones and radar detectors had been launched. But rescue efforts have come too late for many victims. The incident has sparked public outrage on Chinese social media, mainly aimed at the Baiyin government and condemning the organizers’ lack of contingency plans. At a press conference on May 23, Mayor of Baiyin, Zhang Xuchen – who also fired the starting shot of the race – said: “As the organizers of the event, we feel guilty and We express our deepest condolences and sympathies to the families of the victims and those injured.”

To ensure the good completion of this mission and the security of the atomic bomb, the 12 pilots were prepared to sacrifice themselves, once their bomber was shot down, they would end up with pistols or cyanide. before falling into enemy hands. To ensure that even if the mission failed, the secrets of the bomber’s bomb bay would not leak out of his mouth. Six bombers have a clear assignment. Two of them are used to detect the enemy’s situation, the other three need to observe weather conditions. The ultimate bombing target was the 82nd bomber. At 2:40 a.m., they began to slow down the runway and take off. The technical expert began to prepare to throw, open the safety device, install the fuse. At 7 a.m., the meteorological observatory sent back a report that the weather in Hiroshima was very good and the most suitable place to throw. Half an hour later, the 82nd bomber began to make the final preparations. Five minutes later, two enemy bomber scouts left early for safety. At 7:50, the bomber officially entered Japanese airspace. At 8:13, the bomber officially flew into Hiroshima, from the bomber, you can even see the buildings in downtown Hiroshima, as well as many small “ants” walking around. Those are the people who get up early and go out to work. At this point, the people of Hiroshima must have seen these bombers, but according to regular bombing drills conducted by the US military in the past, the people were already familiar with it, not not running away, but looking up. At 8:13, Major Ferrabi was also the bombardier on the mission, he found the Aioi Bridge target within range of the bombing, located in downtown Hiroshima. At 8:15 a.m. 17 seconds, the major opened the door of the bomb compartment, and the “little boy” fell from a height of 10,000m, rushing towards Hiroshima with the sound of demons howling. At the same time, the atomic bomber made a huge turn and flew wildly into a place nearly 90 degrees above the ground. Since it had less than 50 seconds left for it to escape, if it failed to enter the safe zone, Enola Gay would be blown to powder in this huge shock wave. At 8:16 a.m., the detonator detonated, two pieces of uranium 235 immediately merged into one, causing a chain reaction, within 43 seconds, “Death” lowered an altitude of 550 m above Hiroshima. At this time, the people of Hiroshima at the center of the explosion saw a large fireball suddenly rise above the city center, burned to ash by the temperature of more than 6,000 degrees, even to the point of time. Crying and crying can’t help. The bright light blinded thousands of people instantly, and the shockwave following the explosion directly destroyed the entire city. In just a few short seconds, the lives of 70,000 people were taken away by the “god of death”, within a kilometer of the center of the explosion, there was no sign of life, even the buildings were vaporized, dead silence. The fire spread throughout the city, the cries for help echoed throughout the streets, big and small. According to the memories of the survivors of each year, everyone’s facial skin was burned black, hair was no longer there, some people were completely unrecognizable, couldn’t even distinguish which one was the face, which was the head, whose skin was not stripped, hung there, as if cooked. There are also corpses burned to black coals that can be seen everywhere, living people step over corpses, people can’t be people, and demons can’t come out. It is estimated that more than 88,000 Japanese people were killed on the day of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, the number of Japanese who died from nuclear radiation after the explosion could be even higher. On August 9, just three days after bombing Hiroshima, the Americans repeated the old trick and dropped another atomic bomb on Nagasaki, killing 86,000 people on the spot. After suffering the effects of two atomic bombs, Japan finally submitted a letter of surrender. In this regard, then-US President Truman said: “Only the sound of nuclear explosions can make the Japanese truly listen to submission.”

The morning of May 22 started with the excitement of 172 athletes waiting at the starting line. They are participating in the 100 km cross country race in Gansu province, China. Before the opening whistle blew, Zhang Xiaotao felt that it was cold and the wind blew the hats of several other athletes. This is a sign that a series of challenges await him in the race ahead. Just a few hours later, Mr. Truong was lying unconscious on a rugged mountain due to the rain and the bone-chilling wind. Rescue vehicles joined the search for the athletes. Photo: AFP. Moment of life and death Truong Tieu Dao is a sports blogger. He was among the survivors rescued after being trapped in hail and cold winds without any protective gear. More than 1,200 rescuers were deployed to search for athletes on the mountainside. A total of 21 unlucky people were killed. Many people have fainted before because of hypothermia. According to Truong, the contest started at 9am. During the first 20 km of the competition, he felt the weather was still within an acceptable level. However, when it came to the hill climb, the runners began to face the most difficult part of the race when heavy rain obscured their vision. “The rain kept hitting my face and my eyes blurred. I couldn’t see the road clearly,” he said. Right before starting to climb the mountain, Mr. Truong overtook Hoang Quan Quan, the men’s marathon champion at the 2019 Paralympics. Mr. Hoang died not long after. A surviving athlete undergoes a health check in a hospital in Baiyin City. Photo: AFP. By the time the athletes reached the middle of the mountainside, it was already past 10am. Truong Tieu Dao felt that the wind was strong at that time, about level 9. Cold rain and strong wind swept across his face, making him feel like a knife. His whole body trembled because he was only wearing a short-sleeved shirt, shorts and a thin jacket to block the sun. When faced with weather that was harsher than a sandstorm, Zhang Xiaotao continued to run for a few more kilometers. By this time, his body became cold due to hypothermia. The wind was so strong that he slipped and fell dozens of times until he couldn’t get up on his own and fainted. His left arm and leg were injured. “At this point, I surrender to the wind and rain.” When he woke up, he found himself in a cave, wrapped in a blanket and sitting by the fire. A shepherd found him and brought him to safety. “I owe him my life,” said Truong. Chu Khac Minh is a resident of Truong Sinh village. Every day, he went to the top of the mountain to herd sheep. On May 22, when it started to rain, he had to go to the cave to take shelter. In the past, he also used to heat and cook here. When he looked up the hill, he saw that in the rain, Zhang Xiaotao was fainting. Before that, he had also saved five other people. Mr. Zhou tried to carry Zhang Xiaotao on his back, moving little by little towards the cave. At this time, Mr. Truong was still aware that he was being dragged away. However, because of his small body, Mr. Zhou could only drag him on the ground. After that, a few athletes who had recovered temporarily joined forces to bring Zhang Xiaotao into the cave. It took more than two hours from the time Mr. Truong fainted until he was rescued. Zhang Xiaotao is the only survivor among the top 6 athletes. Unforeseen danger After two days of treatment to restore health, Truong Tieu Dao was discharged from the hospital and returned to his hometown in Luoyang. As he exited the train gate, a member of the welcoming crew hugged him. The man gave him a bottle of water and said, “Now go home, drink some water.” He used the palm of his hand to turn the cap of the water bottle. His fingers were still numb. Zhang couldn’t even tear the plastic bag to get the mask. Baiyin city government officials said the tragedy happened due to a sudden change in weather when the athletes were at an altitude of 2,000 meters. The story of athletes stuck without phones, without raincoats published by Chinese media has caused outrage in the past few days. Rescuers rushed to find the athletes. Photo: AFP. By the evening of May 23, the Gansu provincial government had set up a task force to investigate the incident. It is one of the deadliest events in Chinese sports. This raises concerns about the dangers of the transcendental runs that draw thousands of participants each year. Even the most veteran cannot avoid danger. As cross-country races have grown in popularity over the past two decades, organizers have continued to include increasingly difficult challenges and longer races. The cross-country run on May 22 is part of a series of annual programs that have been successfully held in the previous 4 years. This is seen as a way to promote tourism in Gansu, one of the poorest provinces in China. Participants are usually mountain climbers and cross-country runners. Many of them are motivated by the prize money as well as the glory. According to the event’s official account, the prize pool for this year’s contest is around $2,300. Yun Yancao, one of China’s top athletes, did not participate in the competition. However, he lost two friends, Hoang An Bin and Luong Tinh. The contest is an opportunity for them to earn a large amount of money because neither of them comes from rich backgrounds. Luong Tinh in an earlier race in Hong Kong. Photo: Sportograf. According to Mr. Van, Luong Tinh participated in the contest because of his wife and young children, as well as his passion. “Luong Tinh always works and trains hard. He cares about his family a lot,” Mr. Van commented. Experiencing life and death moments, Truong Tieu Dao still loves this sport and will continue to participate. However, for him, it was still a painful lesson: “I will carefully consider the different factors and improve my gear in the competition.” “Man is very small before nature. A wind, a rain can take anyone’s life,” he said.

Sharks – “killers of the sea” – have caused many terrible attacks on people. An Irish man was recently nearly eaten by a shark while kayaking – but luckily the victim survived after being pulled out of the sea. 462 stitches after encountering a shark One survivor of one of the world’s deadliest shark attacks was Rodney Fox, then 23 years old. The tragedy occurred while Fox was participating in the 1963 South Australian Fishing Championships at Aldinga Beach. Fox was attacked by a great white shark. His entire abdomen was completely ripped and torn, all left ribs broken. Rodney Fox’s victim’s stitches are all over his body Rodney’s spleen and lungs were also damaged due to being ripped off by a shark. Rodney almost died from excessive blood loss. However, he survived after requiring 462 stitches. To this day, a shark tooth is still embedded in Fox’s wrist. Notably, Rodney – now 80 years old – has finally become a great white shark expert. He even designed and built the first underwater observation cage to dive with sharks. The woman was attacked by a shark right in front of her husband and children Portrait of victim Shirley Ann Durdin Among the deadliest shark attacks in history, Shirley Ann Durdin must be mentioned. Mother-of-four Shirley, 33, and her family vacationed in Australia’s Peake Bay in 1985 and were attacked by a great white while swimming in shallow water. The great white shark, believed to be up to 6m long, bit Shirley in half right in front of the victim’s husband and children. 4 people killed by sharks in 12 days The great white shark attacked the victims and was then caught by the fishermen. Between July 1 and July 12, 1916, four people were killed and one injured in a shark attack along the coast of New Jersey in the United States. The first attack occurred when 25-year-old tourist Charles Epting Vansant was taking a dip on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. The victim’s left thigh was eaten away by the shark and eventually Vansant died from excessive blood loss at the hotel. Other victims were 27-year-old hotel worker Charles Bruder, an 11-year-old local boy named Lester Stillwell, and businessman Stanley Fisher, 24, who died trying to save Lester. Only Joseph Dunn, 14, survived the horrific attack. It is believed that the great white shark in the photo below was later caught by the fisherman who caused the deaths of 4 ill-fated victims. Human bones were found in its intestines. The tragic death of the “child” surfing champion Victim Elio Canestri Elio Canestri – a 13-year-old “child” surfing champion had a tragic accident in 2015. The boy was attacked by a bull shark about 2.4m long while surfing with seven other people off the island of Réunion near Madagascar. The bull shark bit Elio in the stomach and threw him into the water. The area around Réunion Island is one of the most shark-infested in the world, with a total of 27 fatal attacks and 56 shark encounters since 1913. Groom killed by shark on honeymoon Redmond and Gemma Houghton couple In August 2011, newlyweds Ian Redmond and Gemma Houghton went to Seychelles for their honeymoon and decided to snorkel. They were reassured that there were no sharks in the area, but as Ian was swimming in the shallows off Anse Lazio beach, he was attacked by a shark. He was quickly brought to shore, but eventually died from excessive blood loss. Previously, a 36-year-old French tourist was also killed by a shark just two weeks before the tragedy. Hundreds of people were eaten by sharks Battleship USS Indianapolis In July 1945, more than 1,000 American service members fell into the Pacific Ocean when the battleship USS Indianapolis was torpedoed by a Japanese. In just four days, 579 service members lost their lives to sharks before a fighter jet found and rescued survivors from a terrifying shark attack. period.

This is one of the deadliest accidents in Chinese sports history. The incident caused public outrage because of the poor management of the Baiyin city government. Rescuers had to walk up the mountainside to search for victims. Photo: Xinhua News Agency. Terrible moment The athletes departed on the morning of May 22 from the Yellow River Stone Forest Park, Baiyin City. This is an annual event organized by the authorities of Canh Thai district and Bach Ngan city to develop rural areas and promote healthy lifestyles. Nearly 10,000 people registered for this year’s event. Participants are divided into three categories: beginner, 21 km cross country and 100 km cross country. The bad weather occurred around 1 p.m., when the runners climbed 2,000 meters in the 20-31 km stage of the race, according to Xinhua News Agency. Participating athletes wear only shorts and t-shirts. Therefore, these people have little ability to protect the body from the low temperature of the surrounding environment. When witnessing some athletes having trouble, the organizers canceled the event and deployed rescue. At that time, some people had hypothermia. Some others passed out from being too cold. A total of 21 people were killed and 151 were rescued. In an interview with SCMP , one survivor said there was no forecast of severe weather. The cold also exacerbates the challenges of the mountainous terrain. The athletes departed on the morning of May 22. Photo: Weibo/Xinhua News Agency. This person said he still tries to run when the weather turns bad. On the way, he witnessed people fall one by one, even experienced athletes. Before the contest started, the organizers asked each person to contribute 1,600 yuan (US$248) to register. That’s when he decided to join. “Now, every time I recall that thought, I just want to slap myself,” he wrote in a social media post. He said that in one part of the competition, the contestants had to run uphill for a distance of 8 km. The road surface is covered with rocks and mud while the sky is cloudy, strong winds, heavy rain and limited visibility. “From this point on, there is only one way up, no one down. Motorcycles can’t get on that road, so there’s no food or water,” he wrote. “I was completely drenched and could barely stand. I tried to find a hiding spot and tried to warm myself up with a flimsy thermal blanket, but was immediately blown away by the wind. I saw other people’s blankets torn to pieces by the wind.” Another athlete said he couldn’t feel his fingers. “I put my fingers in my mouth to warm it up but I still can’t feel anything. Even my tongue feels frozen,” he said. “That’s when I decided to give up and run downhill because I realized it was hypothermia. It was wise and fortunate that I made that decision.” He also saw many other contestants pass out on the way down. However, he did not have the strength to help others. It is difficult to track other athletes because the GPS signal is very poor. In addition to hypothermia, some athletes also cut their hands and fall. Late regret According to the Xinhua News Agency , rescue efforts were hampered by high altitude and bad weather. Among the dead were Luong Tinh and Hoang Quan Quan. These are two of China’s top long-distance runners. Luong Tinh won China’s Ultra Gobi in 2018 and finished second in the Hong Kong 100 super-trail race in 2019. Meanwhile, Hoang Quan Quan is the Olympic marathon champion. Paralympic Paralympics 2019 in Dubai. Yellowstone Forest Park, where the tragedy happened. Photo: Handout. Zhang Xuchen, the chairman of Baiyin City, bowed his head to apologize to the victims’ families. “This is an unexpected incident due to the sudden change in the weather in the area. As an event organizer, we are extremely sorry and regretful. We apologize and offer our deepest condolences to the families of the victims and the injured athletes,” he said. The Gansu provincial government has set up a task force to monitor the investigation. In a comment, state broadcaster CCTV insisted extreme sports should be carefully organized to avoid such a rare and devastating tragedy. Marathons and ultra-long distance running have become popular in China in recent years, attracting participation from the country’s growing middle class. Races are held in remote areas with huge prize money to attract participants. The governments of regions in western China such as Yunnan, Gansu and Sichuan have set aside funds to organize running competitions to attract and develop tourism.

Messages posted on Mapo Bridge as a solution to prevent suicide tự There is a story that, as long as you get into a taxi in Seoul and say to the driver, “Please let me go to Mapo Bridge”, they will certainly immediately inquire and find out if you are there. .. bored life or not. In 2012, the Seoul city government and Samsung life insurance company jointly launched a campaign to fight suicide in this country called “Bridge for Life”. Have you eaten yet? Specifically, they made a series of lights on the bridge body with meaningful messages written on the bridge such as: “How was your day?”, “Have you eaten yet?”, ” The best moment of your life has not yet come!”, “Let’s have a cup of coffee”,… to wake up those who intend to leave this life so that they know that life is beyond the front is very beautiful, many new things are waiting for them and let’s try to step through everything to enjoy the fun things ahead. Let’s have some coffee together! However, after this campaign was promoted for more than a year, the suicide rate at Mapo Bridge increased 6 times. This is indeed a sad ending to the great effort of the Seoul city government. After the project went bankrupt, the Korean government continued to fight with the initiative to install an anti-suicide system on Mapo Bridge. The system has security cameras that are specially programmed to “catch” those who are looking for death. At the same time raise the Mapo bridge fence by 1 meter. How are you today? When there is an alarm, a team of doctors and psychologists will be on the scene within 3 minutes. In addition, authorities have implemented many other measures such as banning the production of toxic pesticides, psychological counseling services for people at risk of suicide, etc. Sayings that are said to be clichés Who say to someone who is about to jump off a bridge is: “Just try it now!” From one of the world’s poorest countries to the world’s 12th largest economy, the sudden transformation has had huge social consequences in South Korea, according to Professor Ranjit Kumar Dhawan of the University of South Korea. Jawaharlal Nehru (India). The rapid financial boom has led to an ideological shift from collectivism to individualism, causing many families to fall apart, many to feel isolated. In Korea, suicide is considered the most terrible epidemic. Suicide affects not only family members but also friends around. At that time, they did not know how hurt their loved ones were. According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), in 2010, South Korea had the highest suicide rate. According to statistics, about every 100,000 people, 33.5 people seek death. That means, every day Korea can record up to 50 suicides. Many tourists, when crossing the Mapo bridge and reading the above messages, return with a heavy mood. They just wish that if people could love each other more, share together to reduce stress or deadlock in this life, there wouldn’t be many tragedies. They wonder, what if this is the most beautiful place to watch the sunset with its true meaning? School of death This strange-sounding thing is a booming service at the Seoul Hyowon Heal Center (or more nakedly known as the “school of death”) in the capital, Seoul. Among the students are teenagers who can’t cope with exam pressure, parents stuck after their children run away from home, and elderly people who don’t want to be a burden on their children. They sat listening to lectures right in the middle of the coffins, which would then be used to hold fake funerals for themselves. The lecture came from the center’s director, Jeong Yong-mun, who used to work for a funeral company, about accepting problems as an inevitable part of life and trying to find joy in situations. difficult situations. The mock funeral began with practitioners taking pictures with their own black bandages. Then, they will write a will or suicide note to leave the family before entering the coffin in traditional costume. The purpose of this therapy is to let the insiders absorb the pain of those left behind. Then, a man dressed in black with a long hat representing the God of Death closed the coffin lid, marking the moment to the afterlife. Alone with the darkness inside the coffin for about 10 minutes – an unprecedented experience in life, it is said to help those lying inside can reflect on the meaning and value of life.

The deadly “tsunami” called COVID-19 is sweeping across the Indian subcontinent, leaving tragedies that scare the world. With each passing day, India has recorded more tragic records of the number of people infected with COVID-19 as well as the number of deaths from this deadly virus since the outbreak of the epidemic in China more than a year. before. For days in a row, the number of people infected with COVID-19 has reached a world record, exceeding 300,000, while the number of deaths steadily exceeds a terrible threshold of 3,000 people per day. This South Asian nation’s health system showed signs of not tolerating the aggressive attack of COVID-19. Hospitals refused to accept patients with COVID-19 because they were completely overloaded. Newspapers reported that patients who reached the hospital gate died there because they were not admitted. Many hospitals deplete their oxygen supply, causing the death of patients to be abnormally high. Photo: LG In particular, hospitals such as Gorakhpur have had to make the painful option of withdrawing the ventilators of elderly patients who have not improved after a long period of treatment. to give oxygen to young patients with a greater chance of life. The crematoriums were nearly melted down by not turning off the fire for 24 hours a day. And even when running at full capacity, the crematorium could not handle the number of corpses caused by COVID-19, causing people to organize cremation in open areas. The pictures of the crematoriums burning red fire day and night are like scenes from horror movies about hell. The world is horrified by the tragic scene, at the dire consequences caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in India. The frightening thing is that it seems that these deadly scenes are not yet the culmination of the pandemic. Many experts make gloomy predictions about the number of people infected and dying in India will continue to rise and peak in the days of May 2021. Meanwhile, the lack of oxygen continues to put enormous pressure on the oxygen plants. Once considered a drugstore in the world, a source of vaccines against COVID-19 for other countries, now India itself is in a shortage of vaccines, having to import … All signal a gloomy future before the epidemic in this South Asian country. Wrong chain Because a country that only a few weeks ago confidently thought that it had entered the final stage of the war against COVID-19 and successfully controlled a pandemic, is now suddenly engulfed in a “tsunami”. This death? In March 2020, India is one of the rare countries in the world implementing a national blockade to fight pandemics, a harsh measure not easy to take for a country with 1.3 billion people. This measure may have had serious consequences for the Indian economy as well as the well-being of the people. However, for the Indian authorities at that time, the threat of COVID-19 was the greatest one, existing and must be prevented at all costs, from spreading it. This strong measure has yielded positive results. The number of deaths is much lower than experts predicted. The number of daily infections also plummeted after reaching a peak of 100,000 per day in September 2020. It was at that time that began a series of mistakes that would cost India a hefty price point later. The first is the erroneous belief that India can achieve a state of public immunity to easily overcome the COVID-19 pandemic. This belief stems from studies that suggest that the majority of Indians, except for the rich and middle-class, from working outdoors a lot, absorb a large amount of vitamin D, thus increasing the body’s ability. resistant to viruses. These theorists claim that the low mortality in the late 2020 period supports this point. But, they have not learned a valuable lesson from countries like Sweden or the UK, which have had time to misplace their beliefs in community immunity and thus have suffered painful consequences. pain caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. After a period of social “relax” with belief in community immunity and as a result, the number of infections and the death rate skyrocketed compared to other countries with the same social conditions, gender. These countries are forced to formally admit mistakes in terms of policies, leading to tragic consequences for society. The mistakes made by these countries in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrate that in critical moments, the right policy is needed and is more valuable than a single dose of vaccine. fabricated). If the policy is wrong, not only a few individuals but the whole society will have to pay the price. But, the second mistake is the main cause of the current humanitarian tragedy in India. Until early 2021, the Indian authorities acted as if the COVID-19 pandemic ceased to exist. Large rallies are allowed. In particular, despite the risks of transmitting COVID-19 in a crowded environment, Indian officials have allowed millions of believers to participate in religious festivals with the policy of “belief in God will win. fear of viruses ”. A typical example of this phenomenon is the Kumbh Mela festival, one of the holiest Hindu pilgrimage ceremonies that take place on the banks of the Ganges River with millions in attendance. Most of the millions of people gathered in this place without masks, without spacing, turning such festivals into “super infectious” events, the ideal environment for the virus to spread at breakneck speed. , sowing invisible death would turn tragedy for days afterward … For whom the Bell Tolls! The world has not underestimated the magnitude of the COVID-19 pandemic in India. Until the tragedy struck, the prospect of a global catastrophe stemming from a pandemic raging in India emerged. Considered to be the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer, India has participated in the vaccine supply chain for poor, developing countries around the world. Currently, preliminary statistics show that up to 92 developing countries depend on supplies of vaccines from India. The COVID-19 pandemic broke out in India on a large scale, creating a favorable environment for the mutant virus to form new strains. By the time India was caught in the midst of COVID-19, which led to a shortage of vaccines and a slow pace of vaccination, it was natural that Indian authorities tightened exports of COVID vaccines. -19 abroad. Before the outbreak of the pandemic, India joined the COVAX program to provide equitable access to the COVID-19 vaccine. Until the COVID-19 “tsunami” hit, India froze vaccine exports, including for the COVAX program, to save vaccines for use to meet domestic demand. As a result, the worldwide supply chain of vaccines is under enormous pressure; At least 92 poor countries that received vaccines from the COVAX program were severely affected. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), India’s withdrawal from the program to worry about domestic issues caused COVAX to lack 90 million doses of vaccine planned for 60 low-income countries in March and April. Another, more significant concern is that the widespread outbreak of COVID-19 in India, with many untreated people, has been a favorable environment for the virus to mutate, creating new strains, which are more virulent, and “smarter” to adapt to human-made vaccines. It is also worth mentioning that new variants of the COVID virus in India have been discovered and have entered dozens of countries around the world, posing a big challenge to the global health network. for example, countries with weak health systems themselves. Realizing those risks, the world has frantically rushed in to help India overcome the aftermath of the pandemic. The US, UK, and United Arab Emirates (UAE) are rushing to send breathing machines and vaccine materials, while a number of other countries have also pledged to assist India to overcome the crisis. France, New Zealand and Spain pledged to share some of their dosages with the COVAX program to help reduce vaccine shortage tensions for poor countries due to India’s withdrawal from the program. Even China, which is in a state of border dispute with India, has announced it will send the vaccine to its neighbor, but did not say how much and when to send it. It seems that, in the meantime, helping India is also helping me! 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“We were at the door and wanted to go out, but the police blocked the door. Therefore, no one can go to pharmacy, ”said this person. “In a panic, we fell into each other. I thought I would be trampled to death. “I saw the dead right next to me,” he recalls. “I feel like I’m going to die” A man named David said to him Ynet that the stomping happened when people came to see the fire. “Suddenly a wave of people came. We were swept away. Some people were thrown into the sky, others were crushed on the ground, ”he described. “There was a baby trying to hold onto my leg for life. We waited for our rescue within 15-20 minutes amidst this insane crowd. It was terrible, ”he recalls. Aid workers tried to remove the injured from the scene. Photo: Reuters. “Time seems endless, around us are paralyzed dead,” another witness said Ynet . He was dragged out of the crowd by the police to avoid suffocating. “Some people were on me. I was on someone who couldn’t breathe anymore. Surrounded with screams, I could see the children below me. At that time, I just thought of not wanting my children to die. orphan, “another witness shared with Israeli media. A 24-year-old witness named Dvir recounts that a bunch of people have been cornered. The first row collapsed under the pressure of the crowd, then the second row, where he was standing. “I felt like I was going to die,” he said. The disaster caused rescuers to struggle to disperse the crowd and rescue victims from the scene. “We are holding about 30 children and cannot reach their parents,” said a relief worker Channel 12 . “I’ve never seen anything like this. We are not sure what happened, but the consequences are unimaginable, ”he said. “We think there is a warning about a suspicious package of bombs,” a pilgrim named Yizhak told. Channel 12 . Meanwhile, follow New York Times, It seems that the trampling happened when some people slipped over the stone steps leading into a narrow, steep, metal floor. Ynet describes this as a “waterfall stream”. A witness named Chaim Vertheimer said the ramp was slippery due to water, including fruit juice being spilled onto the floor. “Everyone stopped, but many people continued to come. I remember hundreds of people exclaiming: I can’t breathe, ”she said Ynet. The festival turns into a tragedy From the night of April 29, about 100,000 radical Orthodox Jews gathered in Mount Meron, northern Israel to hold a traditional religious festival. Around 1 am on April 30 (local time), disaster happened. Thousands of people stepped on each other, killing 44 people and injuring hundreds. There is currently no official conclusion on the cause of the case. Extreme orthodox Jews celebrate the Lag b’Omer festival on the 18th day of the month of Iyar on the Jewish calendar. Pilgrims set fire to fire and dance around the tomb of a second-century rabbi to commemorate the clergy’s death. This year, the festival is still held, although Israeli health officials warn of the danger of this event becoming a reservoir of Covid-19 infection. Bodies of the victims were removed from the scene. Photo: Times of Israel. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called it “a terrible catastrophe”. He came to the scene to directly direct the rescue work. The leader also declared 1/5 as a national mourning day for victims of the disaster. Some of the pilgrims present at the scene questioned and chanted slogans against him, according Times of Israel . The area around the scene is divided into several small areas for crowd control. The disaster has raised many questions about weakness, even negligence in planning. The recorded videos show police trying to block people who want to escape from the scene. They may not be aware of the severity of the situation and wish the chaotic crowd did not spread to other areas. Some images also show a locked door in the emergency exit. Eli Levy, spokesman for Israeli police, said investigations were underway, but it was too early to blame or indictment of negligence. He also said that many of the pilgrims refused to leave despite the calls to evacuate. For the survivors, they were unable to understand what happened. “Nobody imagined it could happen. The glee turned into mourning. The bright light turned into a deep night,” the witness named Yitzhak told him. Channel 12. Deadly trampling at Israel’s largest religious festival At least 38 people were killed, 103 were injured in the trampling at Israel’s largest religious festival. Tens of thousands of people joined the event, despite the warnings.

Shark – “killer of the sea” – has caused many terrifying attacks on people. An Irish man was recently almost eaten by a shark while kayaking – but luckily he survived after being dragged out of the sea. 462 stitches after a shark encounter One survivor of one of the world’s most horrifying shark attacks was Rodney Fox, then 23 years old. The tragedy occurred while Fox was participating in the 1963 South Australian Fishing Championship at Aldinga Beach. Fox was attacked by a great white shark. His entire abdomen was ripped open and completely torn, all of his left ribs were broken. Sewage stitches were all over the victim of Rodney Fox Rodney’s spleen and lungs are also not intact due to the sharks ripping off. Rodney almost died from losing too much blood. However, he survived after having to get 462 stitches. To this day, there is still a shark tooth still on Fox’s wrist. Notably, Rodney – now 80 years old – finally became an expert in white shark. He even designed and built the first underwater observation cage to snorkel with sharks. The woman was attacked by a shark in front of her husband and children Portrait of victim Shirley Ann Durdin Among the most terrifying shark attacks in history, Shirley Ann Durdin is the case. Mum of four, Shirley, 33, and her family arrived in Australia’s Peake Bay for a vacation in 1985 and were attacked by a white shark while swimming in shallow water. A giant white shark that is thought to be up to 6m long has bit Shirley in half right in front of the victim’s husband and child. Four people were killed by sharks in 12 days The giant white shark that attacked the victims was then caught by fishermen. Between July 1 and July 12, 1916, four people were killed and one injured by a shark attack along the US coast of New Jersey. The first attack happened when tourist Charles Epting Vansant, 25, was soaking in the bottom of the Atlantic. The victim’s left thigh was eaten by a shark and eventually Vansant died of excessive blood loss at the hotel. The other victims were 27-year-old hotel worker Charles Bruder, an 11-year-old local boy named Lester Stillwell, 24-year-old businessman Stanley Fisher, who died trying to save Lester. Only Joseph Dunn, 14, survived the horrifying attack. It is thought that the giant white shark in the photo below was later captured by fishermen who caused the death of four unfortunate victims. Human bones were found in its intestines. The catastrophic death of surfing champion “kid” Victim Elio Canestri Elio Canestri – a 13-year-old “kid” surfing champion had a catastrophic accident in 2015. The boy was attacked by a shark about 2.4 meters long while surfing with seven other people off the coast of Réunion island near Madagascar. The bull shark bit Elio in the stomach and threw the boy into the water. The area around the island of Réunion is one of the sharks in the world, with a total of 27 fatal attacks and 56 shark encounters since 1913. The groom was killed by a shark during his honeymoon Redmond and Gemma Houghton In August 2011, newlyweds Ian Redmond and Gemma Houghton went to Seychelles for their honeymoon and decided to snorkel. They were reassured that there were no sharks in the area but while Ian was swimming in the shallow water off Anse Lazio beach, he was attacked by a shark. He was quickly brought ashore, but eventually died of excessive blood loss. Earlier, a 36-year-old French tourist was also killed by a shark two weeks before the tragedy struck. Hundreds of people were eaten by sharks Battleship USS Indianapolis In July 1945, more than 1,000 US servicemen fell into the Pacific Ocean when the USS Indianapolis was hit by a Japanese torpedo. In just four days, 579 soldiers lost their lives to being eaten by sharks before a friendly bomber found and spiritually rescued the survivors from the terrifying shark attack. period.

But all hospitals are full. “We couldn’t find a hospital bed for him, but I couldn’t take him home, after all, under this condition”, Naharshetivar responded to local television, wearing a towel instead of a mask. They drove industriously for 24 hours. “He’s running out of oxygen.” He looked at his father. After 24 hours driving his father from hospital to hospital, Naharshetivar didn’t know how much longer he could do this. He looked urgently into the camera camera of the TV station and pleaded: “If I can’t give my father a hospital bed, is there a doctor that only needs to give him a shot? Can you help my father die painlessly?” People cremate those who have died because of COVID-19. (Photo: Getty) More than 1,200 kilometers away from the capital New Delhi, many COVID-19 patients die on stretchers outside the hospital overnight. Relatives tried to bring them in but could not make it in time. In Western Gujarat, a man cried painfully next to the body of his family – a cancer patient had just been tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 and died in a parking lot when the hospital was overloaded. Some people argue and blame each other. Horrifying scenes are unfolding in hospitals and clinics across India. The country’s health system struggled as the number of COVID-19 cases skyrocketed. On April 22, India confirmed nearly 315,000 new infections in 24 hours – the highest number of cases per day in the world. In the following days, the record constantly being “shattered” in the epidemic is like a “tsunami” that can make anyone unlucky to fall. The disruption of the medical system brings with it fears that law and order will also wobble: oxygen trucks must move under police protection to deal with looting. The black market for selling medical equipment is “vibrant”. Vaccine theft was stolen from a hospital warehouse in Haryana but returned it with an apology. Police say the thief may have been planning to steal anti-virus drugs – drugs are also in serious shortage in this country. Some Indians have a self-sufficient inventory of oxygen at home, thinking that even trying to go to the hospital won’t do any good. Social media is full of desperate calls for help from bed seekers, oxygen, antivirals, vaccines. One longtime journalist even tweeted directly about his oxygen depletion levels until his death. The body of a person who died from COVID-19 was taken to the cremation site. (Photo: Getty) “I’ve never felt so hopeless or helpless”, Dr. Trupti Gilada said on Facebook. She cries while squatting in her car outside the Mumbai hospital, where she works. “We are seeing young people as well. We have a 35-year-old on mechanical ventilation. Please pray for our patients.” Vertical chart On the charts, the sudden increase in the number of cases in India is almost erect, rather than an ascending curve. This bewildered development hit the heads of Indians not long after their cases plunged to a record low in February. Dr. K. Srinath Reddy, epidemiologist and public health specialist working on a technical team that advises the Indian government on COVID-19, said: “Here many people, from the general public to the policymakers, are convinced that India will not have a second wave. Unfortunately, they have let their guard down. It is clear that society is open – tourism. , local elections, religious gatherings, weddings – have led to super contagious events. And the emergence of variations has also certainly increased this pace. “ The number of daily COVID-19 cases in India, the chart starts to “climb up” from mid-March 2021. (Source: Times of India) Last month, the Indian Ministry of Health announced it had detected 771 variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the country, including a “collection” of variants identified first in the UK, South. African and Brazilian, as well as the new variant is called “double mutation”. In that variant, Indian scientists say they are working on two mutations that could increase the virus’s infectivity and help it avoid vaccines. Fears are heightened when Indian media reported fully vaccinated people who are still ill, including former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, 88. He was hospitalized for COVID-19 almost three weeks after a second dose of vaccine on April 3. As of April 20, his condition had stabilized. However, experts say concerns about the reduced efficacy of the vaccine have yet to be scientifically proven. It is not clear how sick people were, or what of the hundreds of SARS-CoV-2 variants circulating throughout India. The country’s Ministry of Health said it has so far distributed 132 million doses of vaccine to a population of nearly 1.4 billion people. That means less than 10% of India’s population has received one dose and less than 2% have received 2 doses. On April 20, the Indian government released data showing that only 0.03% or 0.04% of fully vaccinated people tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. India has been using two vaccines with high efficacy rates in clinical trials: Oxford – AstraZeneca and another produced by Indian company Bharat Biotech. Cruel record Bodies were piled up in the morgue. The crematorium is not running at full capacity. According to official data, the number of new cases in India on April 25 increased by 352,991. However, this may not be the complete number, according to NPR . The number of deaths caused by COVID-19 in India also broke the record, 2,104 people on April 22, and 2,812 people on April 25, not to mention many deaths outside the hospital and not being tested. “The second wave of COVID-19 comes like a storm”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said. The Indian government announced it would extend the vaccination population from May 1 to anyone over 18 years old. But in early April, hundreds of clinics across the country ran out of vaccines. Many people who came to the appointment saw signs posted at the hospital gates indicating the vaccination room was closed. It was a shock to the nation that prides itself on being the world’s largest producer of vaccines. India once exported COVID-19 vaccine, but now there are not enough vaccines for domestic use. (Illustration) Unlike the first phase, on January 20, Prime Minister Modi ruled out the possibility of continuing to block the country and told the states that blockade should only be used as a last resort. His government is facing criticism for allowing large numbers of events to unfold during the epidemic. In March 2020, when the number of cases was relatively low in India, Modi imposed the largest national blockade in the world. Residents are only notified 4 hours in advance. And the economic costs are staggering: India’s economy slumped by nearly 24%, migrant workers starved to death on the streets. This week, amid new restrictions imposed in the capital Delhi, one of the main bus stops here is once again filled with migrant workers, as they try to escape the city to return home. Social distance continues to become a luxury.

Kenya Airways’ aircraft at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi. Heartbreaking discovery On the afternoon of June 30, 2019, 31-year-old British software engineer Wil was outside his house in Clapham (southwest London), drinking beer while chatting with a friend, above his head. , the planes were also rushing to Heathrow airport to end their journey. Taking out his phone, Wil shows him an app that tells the user the route and pattern of any passing aircraft. When he saw an airplane passing by, he opened the application to view information, then raised his phone to shade the sun and squinted at the sky. Suddenly, Wil saw something falling from the sky. “At first I thought it was a bag, but after a few seconds, I discovered the object was quite large and fell very quickly,” Mr. Wil said. Wil thinks that the object could be part of the landing gear or the luggage in the cargo hold. However, he suddenly remembered a long-read article about people hiding tickets on planes. Wil does not want to believe in this possibility but cannot deny the object gets closer and closer. “In the final seconds before the object lands, I see limbs. I think it’s a person, ”continued Wil. Shortly thereafter, Wil opened the flight determination application, and his friend called the police to report the news. According to information on the phone application, the plane that has just passed over that area is Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner carrying number KQ 100 of Kenya Airways. The man was dropped from a plane of Kenya Airways 1000m to the ground. After that, Wil drove his motorbike to find where the object fell, and mumbled to pray that he would only see a coat, a bag or something on the ground. When he went to the next route, he met a police car in the opposite direction and decided to follow. The destination is on Offerton Street, 300 meters from Wil’s house. When he arrived, Wil saw John Baldock, a gray-faced man standing dumbfounded outside a house. Looking through the window, Wil noticed that the inner garden was “completely destroyed”. “The first thing I told John was to ask if it was the same person, because I’m still not 100% sure. He said nothing, just looked at me and nodded, making my heart heavy, “Wil said. That man fell from a height of more than 1,000m to the ground. This is an airplane ticket evader. Hard search On the day of the incident, because the London Police Department’s unit in charge of searching for the missing people was overloaded, agent Paul Graves of the voluntary crime unit was in charge of the investigation. As an experienced senior detective, Graves has more than 30 years specializing in handling stabbing, shooting, kidnapping and murder conspiracy. He hopes to soon identify the man “fell from the sky” and return the body. After receiving the report, the police quickly went to Offerton Street, talked with Wil, John and people living in the area, and contacted Heathrow airport. The airport sent staff to inspect the landing gear – the area of ​​the aircraft’s landing gear will retract after takeoff – aboard a Kenyan Airways Boeing. There was barely enough room for one person to hide inside, and after checking in, an old backpack with the initials MCA was found there. The backpack does not contain any important clues, only contains a few pieces of bread, a bottle of soft drink, a bottle of water and a pair of sports shoes. “Food, water and shoes are the definition of survival for that person,” Detective Graves said. However, there was also some Kenyan coins in the backpack and a bottle of Fantamà, according to verification sold at a store in the country, showed that the stowaway was almost certainly on board there. The flight initially departed from Johannesburg, South Africa to Nairobi, Kenya. So the elimination of the possibility of a man getting on a plane from South Africa is a remarkable discovery: At the Lambeth Morgue, pathologists took samples of the man’s DNA and duplicate copies of his fingerprints. hand him and send it to the authorities in Kenya. However, the DNA determination later showed that it did not match anyone in Kenya. Graves hopes that he will have better luck with fingerprints as many problems in Kenya require candidates to have fingerprints. But the smuggler’s fingerprints were also not on the Kenyan police database. The incident meanwhile attracted the attention of public opinion. Because the situation of migrants betting their lives to reach Europe has appeared so often in the newspapers, and this is a completely different thing: an unidentified man, from a country about a third of the population lives on less than $ 2 a day, crashing the bottom of a plane into one of the wealthiest places in London. According to statistics of the US Federal Aviation Administration, from 1947 to February 2020, 128 people around the world tried to smuggle planes in this way. More than 75% of them were killed. The stowaway can fall off the plane during take-off, as in the case of 14-year-old Keith Sapsford falling from a cabin landing a Douglas DC-8 departing from Sydney, Australia for Tokyo, Japan, in January. 2/1970. Even if they survive the take-off, the stowaways can be crushed as they return, as Adonis Guerrero Barrios died in July 2011. The 23-year-old has climbed into the cockpit of the Airbus A340 from Cuba to Madrid, Spain. Even with luck avoiding the above possibilities, those who cling to the plane still face the cargo. Other deadly risk series. For example, within 25 minutes of take-off, most passenger aircraft reach an altitude of nearly 11 km, the outside temperature is approximately -54 degrees Celsius, the air pressure is about 4 times lower than normal, preventing the human lungs from getting enough oxygen from the air, which can cause heart failure and brain death. If the stowaway somehow managed to survive the journey, they would surely lose consciousness once the plane began to descend. Therefore, when the aircraft opens the door to lower the landing gear, usually within 8 km of the runway, they can fall freely. This is why bodies are sometimes found south of London, near Heathrow’s route, as in the case of Pakistani elder Mohammed Ayaz who died from falling from a British Airways flight into a Homebase parking lot. , also in Richmond in June 2001. There are also rare instances where some of the stowaways still survived that scientists have not fully explained these cases. In September 2019, three months after receiving the investigation, Agent Graves flew to Kenya, hoping to find out what details could help identify the mysterious but futile man. Dead end, he decided to use the last resort, thanks to the help and spread of the media, but failed. At the end of 2019, Kenyan officials decided to close the investigation. This is also seen as typical of the tragic cases of migrants. Many of them drowned at sea, were electrocuted in cross-strait tunnels, or assaulted to death by racist mobs. According to the Project Lost Migrants, 10,134 have been killed on the global migration routes since 2014. That might just be the tip of the iceberg.

The KRI Nanggala-402 submarine sinking tragedy of Indonesia, making the entire crew and commanding officers, in fact completely avoidable, if the country’s naval forces pay more attention to safety standards. ship operation. As a 40-year-old submarine, Indonesia’s KRI Nanggala-402 is likely to have had problems with improper maintenance. However, it is likely that this ship will not be salvaged, and the cause of the incident will forever be unraveled. There have been many similar submarine tragedies in the past, but the causes of these incidents are often unknown due to being classified as a state secret, or simply by submarines. was broken, it was impossible to determine the exact cause. In 2017, the ARA San Juan submarine of the Argentine Navy sank during a patrol off the waters of the country. The ship sank with all 44 crew on board, and all initial search attempts were unsuccessful. It was not until a year later that the San Juan was found in the South Atlantic. The reason for the shipwreck was simply described as “technical error”, the long search and the ship lying at a depth of up to 900 meters, which caused the ship to be completely destroyed. China also had a similar tragedy in 2003, when its diesel-electric submarine, number 361, sank with 70 crew members. The cause of the incident was not disclosed much by the Chinese media, some sources said that the submarine was functioning well, a fault in the ventilation system, causing the entire crew to suffocate. Due to the loss of the crew’s control, submarine 361, with all the crew and commanding officers, crashed into the sea floor. However, the official cause of the incident has never been made public by China. The most horrifying submarine tragedy in history, and best known, is that of the nuclear submarine Kursk, which occurred in August 2000. The Kursk nuclear submarine sank off the Barent waters, killing 118 crew and commanding officers. Russia then salvaged this submarine ashore, to find out the exact cause of the incident. Based on Russian evidence found after the Kursk was salvaged, it has been determined that 23 Russian sailors are still alive in the escape compartment after the bow explosion occurred. However, the Russian side, partly incapable of rescue, partly subjective, said that no one survived, so decided not to organize the rescue of people, but only tried to salvage the ship from the beginning. . Many comments also said that the Kursk submarine has a lot of military secrets, so the Russian side does not want to ask the West to participate in the process of rescuing people still trapped in the ship. Russia itself, knowing that there are still survivors inside the ship, does not have enough access to equipment, the only way is to ask the Western assistance. Another tragedy involving submarines built in the Soviet Union, which occurred in 1989, was the K-278 Komsomolets. Soviet nuclear submarines sank off the coast of Norway, still emitting extremely dangerous radioactivity. Unlike the aforementioned tragedies, the K-278 was in trouble due to the poorly operated crew of the ship, the ship was burnt in time and surfaced to evacuate, before sinking completely into the seabed. However, 42 out of 69 crew members died, of which most died from hypothermia after hours of soaking in the cold sea water, while others were killed by sinking with the ship in an attempt to save. living ship is sinking. Another terrible submarine accident involved the Soviet Union, the K-8 submarine tragedy that occurred on April 8, 1970. The K-8 submarine had a problem with 52 crew members on board, all killed. Initially, the K-8, after the incident, was able to float to the sea surface, the entire crew safely escaped. Then the tug of the Soviet Navy appeared, trying to tow the submarine back to the port. During the towing process, all 52 crew members returned to the submarine, into the operational position. On the way back to port, the K-8 submarine sank with all crew members, killing 52 people. The incident took place in the waters of Biscay. Photo source: BI. The Komsomolets submarines of the Soviet Navy are still emitting radioactivity in the seabed off the coast of Norway. Source: RT.

https://dulich.petrotimes.vn/ On the map, the “little gem” Kastellorizo ​​with an area of ​​9km², resembles a dot in the Mediterranean Sea. For centuries, Kastellorizo ​​is the intersection of all major civilizations in the world with a volatile history spanning many colonial empires. https://dulich.petrotimes.vn/ The beauty of culture and nature here always attracts those who have once set foot here. Megisti was the official name, but for the Greeks, Kastellorizo ​​was the most common name for the smallest island in the Dodecanese archipelago. The serene beauty, the hospitality, the heroic history, the fascinating legends, all of these have made the name of Kastellorizo ​​shine on the tourist map of Greece. Especially, after the film Mediterraneo set in Kastellorizo ​​won the Oscar in 1991, Kastellorizo ​​is becoming a real must-visit tourist destination in Greece and the world. https://dulich.petrotimes.vn/ In addition, the local people always proved that they were followers of the god Zeus, the god of hospitality. And once visitors to Kastellorizo ​​will have the opportunity to enjoy the slow pace of life and throw away all worries. https://dulich.petrotimes.vn/ Coming to Kastellorizo, the first impression on visitors is probably the prosperity of the past, which is clearly shown in the restored villa located along the small harbor. https://dulich.petrotimes.vn/ The lovely two-storey old houses in neoclassical architecture with vibrant colors are built in layers along the high hills to create the image of theater-like steps, overlooking the romantic blue sea. https://dulich.petrotimes.vn/ Among the houses were small roads that passed through square yards of pebbles filled with flowers and descended into the harbor. In some towns in the center of Kastellorizo, you feel like you are going back to the last century. You can visit the archaeological museum located in a temple, which recreates the history and folk art forms and unique crafts of Kastellorizo. https://dulich.petrotimes.vn/ If you start your journey into Kastellorizo’s past from the Castello Rosso – the castle set up by the knights of St. John on the red earth hills, but now it’s only a part, you might get a feeling go back to the 14th century. https://dulich.petrotimes.vn/ Step up the narrow iron stairs, where the Greek flag is fluttering in the wind, what awaits you is the shimmering sight of the harbor below. At the foot of the castle, there is a very splendid Lycian tomb carved in stone from the 4th century BC, which has been carefully preserved. https://dulich.petrotimes.vn/ To the east is the magnificent view of the harbor of Mandraki, above is the churches of St. Constantine and Helena with pointed arches – typical of Gothic architecture. Going west is Palaiokastro, the island’s oldest and most important point. It is still an old residential area consisting of several buildings, rainwater tanks and a castle named Dorian built in the 3rd century BC. https://dulich.petrotimes.vn/ In the Limenari area, there are giant stone walls of the ancient palace called the Mycenaean. One of the most interesting experiences in Kastellorizo ​​is that the Blue Grotto (also known as the Parasta or Fokiali cave), located in the south of the island, is one of the caves with the most beautiful beaches in the Mediterranean, once a pirate paradise. https://dulich.petrotimes.vn/ A 30-minute boat ride from Kastellorizo ​​port, Green cave hides an impressive color palette from the reflection of the sun and 75m long stalagmites in the cave and clear turquoise water. https://dulich.petrotimes.vn/ The beauty in winter of Kastellorizo ​​makes visitors ecstatic. But spring is the perfect time in Kastellorizo. In spring, the weather is not too hot and the colors become more vibrant when the blue of the sea blends with the green of the plants and the pink of confetti, you can admire this scene everywhere. on the island … https://dulich.petrotimes.vn/ Despite having only a few hundred residents, Kastellorizo ​​is home to many traditional events and festivals taking place in May, July and September. And there are no noisy bars or discos but you can go out all night in pubs along the harbor … https://dulich.petrotimes.vn/

The famous band Bee Gees. However, now everything is just a golden memory when the Gibb family band only has a single member, the oldest brother Barry Gibb. The band’s success was also accompanied by the tragedies of its members. Glorious achievements Bee Gees is an abbreviation for Brothers Gibb, which means Gibb cousins. This family band consists of 3 siblings Barry (SN 1946) and twins Robin, Maurice Gibb (same SN 1949). Born in the Isle of Man – an island between England and Ireland, the Gibb brothers moved to Australia to settle in Australia from a young age. Starting their singing career in 1958, the 3 brothers released their first album in 1963. Arriving in London (UK) since 1967, the group has impressed with the song To love somebody and for 2 consecutive years reign at the top with a series of songs such as Holiday, Massachusetts, Words and I started a Joke. Bee Gees music blends pop, soul, disco and soft rock. Bee Gees has 2 main vocalists, in which, the second brother, Robin, is considered to have a very luxurious voice, pure vibrato. With a wide range of vocals, Robin can vibrate a full needle voice, strong attachment to the highest notes without losing breath. Thanks to vocal training techniques, Robin’s voice is even more elegant, singing the main vocals or singing the part is good. He also has a very skillful, sharp-eared way to pronounce words. However, because Robin does not have good looks like his oldest brother Barry, on the album cover art, Robin is rarely placed in the middle and Barry is pushed on the head, becoming the focus of the group. In return, Barry has a talent for writing lyrics and composing melodies. In addition to being as good at writing lyrics as the oldest brother, Maurice is also a connoisseur of music theory, who knows how to play many musical instruments. Therefore, he often takes care of arranging the choreographies, choral segments and then applies the harmony to highlight solo or chorus parts. Each person has a trait, but it can be said that Bee Gees is a monolithic entity, intertwined, difficult to separate. The proof is that Robin and Barry once had a solo singing period, but not as successful as the group’s singing period. During the period of great development in the UK, Bee Gees’s hit songs were often recorded by Robin as the main vocalist. A few years later, when the disco music movement became at its peak, Barry’s singing with split-minded voice was used, and at the same time, the group’s singing style was fully promoted, both subtle and complex, alternating with main voice. with the singer, juggling is very good. All of these elements add to the sweet melodious melodies, the layered harmony created the Bee Gees phenomenon. Many consider this to be the best trio of all time. From the years 1974-1975 onwards, the Bee Gees group switched from pop to agitated music (with Jive Talking). Bee Gees is also very successful at composing music for movies. They not only set records for the number of copies sold, but also set a framework in the way the melody was composed. With this band, the level of disco music is also increased by one level, while the side singing style is raised to the artistic level, with typical examples such as extremely romantic love songs like How deep is your love. Too much heaven. In the late 1970s, Bee Gees was at the top of the international music scene. This group was the first and only group to have 5 songs in the Top 10 at the same time thanks to the album they wrote for the 1977 movie Saturday night fever. was the best-selling band for three consecutive years from 1977 to 1980 From the 1980s onwards, Bee Gees has also been quite successful with writing for many other famous artists including Barbra Streisand with Woman in Love, Diana Ross with Chain Reaction or, more recently, Celine Dion with Immortality. By the late 1980s, the group’s career began to decline, even though they quickly switched to pop-rock, back to light music in love song writing … Famous tragedy too soon Blossoming at the same time as The Beatles, The Beach Boy, The Stones; Composing great hits, Bee Gees did not make a breakthrough like other bands because he had to maintain a cheerful, comfortable image of a family in front of a crowd. On top of that, they don’t have a spiritual leader, making their image blurry in front of the crowd. The Gibb trio has had ballads for life, with an immortal tune. During a half-century singing career, Bee Gees won 9 Grammy Awards, including 3 career achievement awards and 6 awards for best album and pop vocalist in the two consecutive years 1978-1979. The band has also sold over 240 million records worldwide, including studio albums, live music and soundtracks. However, the group’s success also comes with tragedy. Growing up in poverty in the Australian city of Brisbane, Barry once confessed: “We are a poor family. Used to have to move to 20 homes across Australia, my father could not pay the rent so the family always had to leave at midnight with a lot of luggage. We are forced to make money to live. After leaving Australia for the UK, the group’s career was “like a wind”. The aura that came after a series of bad childhood days made the 3 brothers really overwhelmed. Maurice owns 6 super luxury Rolls-Royces cars at the age of 21. However, popularity has to trade with personal tragedy. Maurice was addicted to alcohol very early, and Robin was also addicted to amphetamine stimulants. Andy, another brother in the family, also died of cocaine addiction at the age of 30. Not joining Bee Gees, Andy split up to sing solo based on his brother’s reputation. Barry Gibb has also been involved in drugs. Luckily than his brothers, Barry’s partner, Linda – a former beauty of Edinburgh city – helped him overcome his addiction crisis. “There was a time when I brought drugs into the house, but in the end I threw it in the toilet. She never wanted me to fall into that quagmire. I may have been like my younger brothers, but I was really lucky, ”he once recalled. Bee Gees’s reputation almost sank after the death of Maurice from a heart attack in 2003. The sad news continued to hit when Robin Gibb discovered liver cancer in 2011 at the age of 61 and died a year later. The group’s career has ended since then.

Actor Kien An plays a patriarchal husband and father Xuan Thanh (Nha Uyen) brought her daughter home after her grandfather passed away. The funeral was held as flamboyant as possible. Although facing loss, this funeral is when Xuan Thanh’s brothers and sisters are reunited after a long time. Families of generations gathered to see off his grandfather to his resting place for a night full of lights and music. And then a bunch of people came to collect the debt in amazement of all. Secrets were revealed, tragic husband tragedy, blood dyed red lights in that brilliant night. Actress Nha Uyen works with her husband in the project as a producer and actor The setting of the film is a house in Dong Nai. Everything from props, costumes, lights, and sounds is carefully researched to create the most authentic funeral possible. The first pictures from the trailer are also the first proof that Aaron Toronto sent to the public, the audience: a foreign director can still understand Vietnamese culture as a native. “ When I first came to Vietnam and attended a funeral, I was very surprised. There are many rituals and procedures, as well as a lot of nuances on the faces of the attendees. They held a ceremony to see off the deceased in a solemn but unspoken manner. Pain and loss are still in everyone’s heart, but the way they cherish the last moments of their loved ones with a brilliant funeral really makes me unforgettable. “. First poster of Dazzling dark night! Besides the flashiness and brilliance, Dazzling dark night! There is also a very fierce and cruel side of the family tragedy, social tragedy, and marriage tragedy. Conflict and noise surrounding debt collection stories, wealth division is always a painful problem for wealthy families. Sometimes the loss of a loved one is a joy to someone else. Sometimes funerals are not just the end, but the beginning of the tragedy. 16 years living in Vietnam, Aaron is like an insider but has the eyes of an outsider. His meticulous, subtle, yet calm observation was clear Dazzling dark night! promises to let the audience experience events and spaces that seem familiar to any Vietnamese but also full of surprises, shocks and pain. With Dazzling dark night !, Does Aaron have a proof that he truly understands the local culture when having lived in Vietnam for 16 years? The film has the participation of actors Nha Uyen, Kien An, Phuong Dung, Huynh Dong, Xuan Trang, Diem Phuong, Kim B.

In the dark, rescuers found a young Chinese man clinging to a wooden door, trembling but alive. It was Fang Lang, one of six Chinese who survived the tragedy and the rescue that later inspired a famous scene in the 1997 Hollywood blockbuster “Titanic”. Titanic was the largest ocean-going ship in the world in the 1910s. It was described as “invincible fish” before sinking in the Atlantic in 1912. Photo: Easyvoyage However, miraculous survival is not the end of their trials. Within 24 hours of arriving at the immigration screening station on Ellis Island, New York, they were deported from the United States for a controversial law banning mainlanders from immigrating in the country. According to the BBC, 6 men disappeared from history to the present day. A documentary film has just been released on the mainland titled “The Six” has clarified their identity and life, 109 years after their fateful trip. The film unfolds the story outside of the legendary Titanic, a story shaped by racism and anti-immigration policies that are gaining special attention following the recent wave of persecution of Asians in the United States. Who are the 6 Chinese survivors? The men were identified as Lee Bing, Fang Lang, Chang Chip, Ah Lam, Chung Foo and Ling Hee. They are believed to be sailors coming to the Caribbean to work. Arthur Jones, British filmmaker and director of The Six, told the BBC that they were known as a group, not as an individual. A ticket listing the names of eight Chinese guests aboard the Titanic. 6 of them survived the shipwreck tragedy. Photo: LP Films The names of the Chinese survivors were on the list of passengers on the Titanic. Articles covering the sinking of the Titanic also briefly mentioned them. However, according to historians and researchers, unlike other survivors who had been praised by the media, this group of Chinese people was vilified for their anti-Chinese views in the West in the early 20th century. For example, in a report published a few days after the sinking, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle called the Chinese survivors “creatures” that rushed into the lifeboats “at the first sign of danger. and hide under the seats. However, research by the documentary production team shows that this claim is false. They built a replica of the Titanic’s lifeboat and found that it was impossible for the Chinese men to hide underneath without being spotted. “I think, we see the same thing today. We are seeing immigrants turned into scapegoats,” commented director Jones. Lifeboat took survivors away from the sinking area of ​​the Titanic in April 2012. Photo: Easyvoyage Other media have even accused the Chinese of dressing up as women in order to be given priority on boarding the lifeboats. But Tim Maltin, the Titanic historian, says there is no evidence that the survivors of the Chinese had either stowed away or disguised themselves as women. Mr. Maltin believes, these are stories made up by the press and public opinion after the event. Rumors may stem from the stigma attached to many male survivors, as the vast majority of the general public believes that women and children should be given priority in the rescue. According to the historian Maltin, Chinese men tried to help other survivors. Fang Lang, who tied himself to a floating door in the sea, later steered the lifeboat that helped bring many people to safety. What happened to them after the crash? Rejected by the US, six Chinese men were sent to Cuba. They quickly made their way to England, where there was a shortage of sailors as many British sailors enlisted in World War I. (From left to right) Three of the Chinese guests who survived the tragedy with the Titanic were Ah Lam, Fang Lang and Ling Hee. Photo: LP Films Chang Chip became more and more ill after the fateful night and eventually died of pneumonia in 1914. He was buried in an unmarked grave in a London cemetery. The remainder worked together in Britain until 1920, when the country experienced a post-war recession and anti-immigrant sentiment surged. Some are married to British women and have children. However, anti-immigrant policies force them to leave the country without notice, leaving their relatives behind. “It’s not their fault. All these families have been divided because of politics, which they really don’t have any control over,” said director Jones. Lee Bing immigrated to Canada, while Fang Lang, after taking a train between Britain and Hong Kong for many years, became a citizen of the United States, the country that once rejected him. Similarity between history and today Tom Fong, son of Fang Lang was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA almost half a century after the sinking of the Titanic. His family surname has many different spellings in English. For decades, Fong was unaware of his father’s experiences aboard the legendary ship, dubbed “unsinkable”. “My father never mentioned it. At least not to me or my mother,” said Fong. Tom Fong was not told by his father – Fang Lang about what he experienced. Photo: LP Films Mr. Fang died in 1985, at the age of 90. Only 20 years later, his son was revealed by a family member that the father had survived the terrible shipwreck. Fong thinks his father may have kept it a secret because of his hurt and discrimination. “There was a lot of information saying that they were sneaking under the boat and disguised as women … stories like that were widely spread at that time,” Fong stressed. As The Six’s team traces the descendants of survivors, many of them still hesitate to share stories of stigma that family members experienced a century ago. Over the past 100 years, the hostility suffered by the six Chinese survivors has been eerily repeated in the midst of anti-Asian racism arose in today’s pandemic scene. In the US alone, there have been thousands of abuse cases reported in recent months, ranging from spit, verbal harassment to violent assault. Fong decided to share his family’s story in the hope that everyone will learn the truth about the Chinese survivors of the Titanic disaster and reflect on current events. “Because if you don’t know history, it will repeat itself,” he asserted.

Humans have survived up to this point, after all, because of connectivity. Individual men joined gens, individual clans joined together into tribes, individual tribes joined together into nations. By the time of globalization, science and technology take the throne, individual countries can even be hyperconnected to form super nations. Super-national technology manufacturing corporations, super-national pharmaceutical corporations, supranational media corporations – those are long-familiar modern human concepts.

Facebook is also a super-country, Google is also a super-nation, these are new concepts that people have been gradually adopting. Like the ancient tribes, today’s super-states can function only if each of the parts of it were connected to each other. And the tool of the connection is the internet, the wifi, the online meeting software, the dialogue functions of various types of social networks. One cannot imagine what would happen if the entire world lost the internet for about an hour?

Economic, communication damage is obvious, but there are even more devastating losses: a nation or a super-state could face the risk of collapse. Therefore, it is easy to understand that “losing connection to the internet” / “losing connection to wifi” is one of the most permanent obsessions of modern people.

But, not everyone uses the internet in a useful way. Not everyone participates in social media responsibly. From the EU to the US, from Vietnam to Brazil, people are everywhere complaining about fake news – malicious news – bad news spreading on the internet. The falsehood is so terrible that it has contributed significantly to creating an era that researchers call the “post-truth era”, where the nature of the truth is in many cases less important than the fact that it is. launching bad – real information types that hit the crowd’s emotions. Of course, the pre-internet era also had fake news, but it did not have the distribution environment and created many consequences like it is now.

Then again, now people are complaining about this YouTuber snatching the view sentence, causing social pain, tomorrow people complain about another YouTuber making clips poisoning children. It is the nature of the internet that anyone can participate, as long as there is a technological connection. The essence of the social network is that anyone can publish / write articles / comment, either with their real accounts, or with the multitude of virtual accounts that they can create.

Is this a consequence of ineffective educational processes in less civilized countries? Are not! No. of course! Because even the world’s most civilized countries are also having a headache with this problem! These are the inevitable metamorphosis of the first process of contact between real ecosystems and virtual ones? If we believe so, when will this process stop, everything becomes formal and orderly? Looking deeply, on the human scale as a whole (and not just in a few small countries), all these horrible phenomena are probably the inevitable consequence of a human process. away from the great narratives.

From about the late 19th century and before, when performing an action, a person on earth is often dominated by what factors? The first factor is definitely law. Neither was the Middle Aged East or the West, before wishing to marry a person, wanting to join a war or wanting to sacrifice themselves to the gods had to answer the question: whether their actions were appropriate. with local laws / regulations?

But, in addition to the rule of law, there is also the domination of the great narratives, making people face the second question: do our actions violate the standards set by the great narratives? In many cases, the great narratives set strict standards but in many other cases it helped people to be aware of their responsibilities to the race.

Christianity is a great narrative. Buddhism is a great narrative. Islam is a great narrative. Capitalism and communism are also types of great narrative. Believe it or not, believe in each particular narrative is your right, but for sure, people dominated by the narratives often have a higher sense of community responsibility than instinctive people. So researchers believe that it is the great narratives that construct society.

In other words, the narrative creates culture, creates history, creates people with a distinct “human” character. The narrative is a concept associated with postmodern philosophers, can be understood simply as the common / universal things that a community or all humanity has experienced in history. If it is not in the state of “same experience”, it can appear in the state “with hope”, “on the same direction” to create universal values.

When you believe in a great narrative like Buddhism, you will certainly believe in the law of cause and effect. Hundreds of administrative laws in a country will govern your behavior, but the laws of cause and effect will govern your perceptions. Because of the law of cause and effect, you will not be able to do evil. Do not dare to do evil. Do not think about evil. If you believe in a great narrative like Confucianism, you will pursue the qualities of kindness – ceremony – meaning – intelligence – of a gentleman. And, the more people who believe in such great narratives, the more beautiful the human-to-human behavior in a society, the more repulsive an evil evil will be.

By the postmodern era in the West (around the late 19th century), people began to fall into a state of aversion to great narratives. This may come from the harsh rules that some great narratives often make. But, instead of trying to get rid of those constraints, maintaining its proven states of superiority, people tend to break it down.

Philosopher F.Lylotard observed that at that time the “great histories were torn apart,” the fragmentary, local histories simply appeared. Researchers around the world encourage the transition from “great narrative” to “mini narrative”, where social people sink, psychological people emerge, conscious people become roles. side, the human unconsciously becomes the main role. This transition has its reasons, but when it goes from one extreme to the other, contemporary society inevitably sees the disintegration of social constructs. And that disintegration is the germ that creates chaos in the ecosystems that witness human-human compatibility.

“Loss of connection”, if you mention that phrase, people today will definitely think about “lost internet connection” and may shrug their shoulders in fear. But, actually the biggest frightening reality is that people today have somehow lost connection with the great narratives. The stereotypical return to the previous great narratives is certainly not the way out, but selective return – conversion – and renaissance may be the way out? Or, today people can create new great narratives, if not for themselves, also for their descendants in the next tens or hundreds of years.

Losing connection with the great narratives is likely to be one of the greatest human tragedies.

Lee MacMillan, the star on the social network Instagram, recently ended his life in tragedy. She is one of the victims of online bullying, an extremely dangerous flip side from social networks.

Lee MacMillan is a blogger with 74,000 followers on Instagram. The 28-year-old girl, famous for her van adventures with ex-boyfriend Max Bidstrup. Both have traveled from Canada to the Americas, South Africa … with the shepherd dog. At the end of January 2020, the couple announced the way everyone went, making many fans feel regretful.

At that time, in addition to words of comfort and encouragement, Lee also became the subject of some fans blaming and stoning. Gradually, the young girl fell into a state of depression before taking her own life. According to Lee’s family, the people who are always trying to bully Lee online are a small group of 74,000 fanpage followers.

They let go of her disparaging words for a long time. “Unfortunately, Lee has faced some sort of criticism and they have deeply influenced her. Our help was not enough for her to overcome the negative emotions they caused“The father of the Instagram social network star,” said Wil, sadly.

According to Daily Mail Australia, the Lee family hopes their daughter’s story can shed light on the devastating effects of cyberbullying can have on a person’s psychological health.

A global issue

Ipsos survey of cyberbullying in several countries. Photo: Statista

The United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) defines “cyber bullying” as bullying using digital technology. It can take place on social media, messaging platforms, gaming platforms, and mobile phones. It is repetitive behavior, intended to frighten, anger, or embarrass the targeted people.

There are various forms of bullying on the Internet, such as the spread of lies, malicious rumors, and offensive comments; Post embarrassing photos of someone on social media; Sending harassing or threatening messages through messaging platforms; Impersonating someone online to send malicious messages to others …

In fact, bullying has always been a headache for many people and society for a long time. Now, with the use of social media becoming ubiquitous around the world, bullies are taking advantage of the “high-tech path” to commit these evils. There are no age or gender restrictions on victims of cyberbullying.

In September 2020, Microsoft released the results of an online bullying study, which found that 38% of people in 32 countries said they had been involved in a bullying case, as victim, bully or bystander.

In Vietnam, 51% of internet users, including 48% of adults and 54% of teenagers, said they had been involved in a “bullying case”, 21% said they had been a victim and 38 % are bystanders or witnesses bullying or harassment.

Rates of online bullying among Vietnamese students through studies from 2015 to 2017. Photo: UED Media

The study also surveyed adults about bullying, also known as “harassment”, both inside and outside the workplace. In Vietnam, 15% reported seeing bullying at their workplace and 44% reported having experienced bullying outside of their workplace.

According to another survey by Unicef ​​and the special representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on Violence against Children, published in September 2019, one-third of teenagers in 30 countries said they were once victims of cyberbullying, of which one in five said they had dropped out of school because of cyberbullying and violence.

Surveys via anonymous messages are conducted through U-Report. More than 170,000 U-Report users aged 13-24 participated in this survey, including teenagers from Albania, Bangladesh, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Côte d’Ivoire, Ecuador, France, Gambia, Ghana , India, Indonesia, Iraq, Jamaica, Malaysia, Myanmar, Vietnam …

“Today, the classroom space connecting with the outside world also means that school hours no longer end by the time students leave the classroom, and sadly, bullying doesn’t stop there.“, Ms. Henrietta Fore, CEO of Unicef ​​organization said.

With the Covid-19 epidemic still going unpredictable, when measures are taken, children and adolescents have used online platforms more often as they have to learn from far. And as a result, the number of online bullying cases is certainly increasing.

The level of bullying among high school students, according to a 2018 survey of the Department of Psychology – Education, Da Nang Pedagogical University on cyberbullying, with the participation of more than 500 high school students. In the city.

Virtual bullying, real impact

Mr. Pham The Truong, General Director of Microsoft Vietnam, commented: “Cyberbullying has real-world consequences. In the case of cyberbullying, victims can be harmed at any time of the day by anonymous sources, and it is likely that the incident will be spread to a large number of people. People of all ages can be affected by online abuse, cruelty and abuse“.

Globally, when asked about the effects of workplace bullying, survey participants reported feeling humiliated (58%) globally, according to a Microsoft survey. ), followed by mental loss (52%) and loss of confidence (51%).

The effects also vary between generations. 53% of respondents aged 18-24 reported feeling isolated and depressed, while Gen X generation (those born between the 1960s and early 1980s) were underperforming. more fruit (58%). People who experience online bullying or harassment at work also reported feeling “unbearable or severe” pain.

When it comes to online bullying or harassment, Microsoft says, most people in Vietnam block bullies (63%) or share with friends about what happened (58%). , the rest ignored the bully (43%). 50% of survey respondents said that they reported behavior to social media companies or other providers.

Rate of bullying online in the world from 2008 to 2018. Photo: UED Media

In its report, Microsoft encourages people of all ages to report any online threats or harassment to the relevant online service provider. User reports play a key role in providing everyone with a safe and reliable online experience.

In the third quarter of 2020, the artificial intelligence (AI) system of Facebook discovered and removed 94.7% of the 22.1 million content that provoked hate on social pages; increased from 80.5% out of 6.9 million content over the same period of the previous year. Facebook is taking steps to use AI to remove these content from its platform.

“Online bullying is out of control in the world, and it needs to be stopped. People involved in this behavior must understand that their actions have real consequences. We need to find a way to stop them and the platforms for this to happen accountable“Lee MacMillan’s father said.

According to Mr. Luu Dinh Phuc, Director of the Department of Information and Communications (Ministry of Information and Communications), Vietnam has specific regulations on behavior on domestic websites. For overseas social networking platforms, offended persons can immediately report such platforms so that they can take measures to remove them, or send information to regulatory agencies such as the Department of Information and Communications, media information and local authorities.

The Department of Information and Communications has now established channels to request cross-border platforms to remove bad and malicious information. The Department has also set up a center to receive and process fake news at the address tingia.gov.vn and the introduction of prefix reception reflecting fake news 18008108. This center has the role of receiving, assessing and publishing fake news about information that may cause negative effects on the community, and offend the honor and dignity of individuals.

Information given by the fake news processing center will be shared on social networking sites, forums and newspapers for the community to understand, thereby reducing the disadvantages. In addition, when the center has announced fake news, the functional forces will base on that to investigate whether the objects spread inside or outside the country to handle. Mr. Phuc also added that in the coming time, the department will set up a specialized room dealing with fake news.

Le Minh

Lee MacMillan is a star on the social network Instagram. Photo: People