Evening News: The Secret Weapon Against Wildfires
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We may have all seen a chess game in "The Rear Wing Gambit", but we may have never seen a chess player in a swimsuit and a frog mirror♟
At the " Dive Chess World Championships " that took place in London a few days ago, 10 players had to hold their breaths to move their pieces underwater. After a day of duel, Michal Mazurkiewicz from Poland won the championship, talking about the special competition. The skills needed, Mazurkiewicz said: "I think 60 percent is chess (skill), and 40 percent other skills -- swimming, body control, pressure and breathing."
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Global Hotspot
Kenya is a relatively mature democracy in East Africa, but bloody conflicts occur after every election. The country held its five-yearly presidential election on the 9th. The Election Commission announced on the 15th that the current Vice President William Ruto (William Ruto) defeated his opponent Raila Odinga (Raila Odinga) by a slight margin of 50.49% to 48.85%, but more than half Members refused to endorse the election results on the grounds that the vote counting process was not transparent. The controversy led to violent demonstrations in some areas.
The 77-year-old opposition leader Odinga was the Prime Minister of Kenya. This is the fifth time he is running for the presidency. He has held a press conference and refused to admit defeat. , the country may be plunged into turmoil in the coming weeks.
out of gender
In India, where menstrual stigma is still high, a group of young women began posting "period charts" on their doorsteps, writing down the days and duration of menstruation, bringing a long-standing taboo issue to the fore.
The idea for the menstrual table came from Sunil Jaglan, the founder of the Selfie with Daughter campaign, whose goal is to make Indian families with daughters proud and to improve the country's imbalanced sex ratio of infants and toddlers. Jaglan himself is the father of two daughters, and the menstrual chart he conceived in order to talk to his daughters about menstruation has been adopted by about 1,000 women in seven states across India.
Supriya Verma, who lives in the northern Indian state of Haryana, said that the menstrual table not only helps them track their periods, but also allows women in the village to talk about menstruation more openly. Menstrual pain and other discomforts that used to be difficult to tell family members can also be passed through. Forms to convey, thereby changing society's attitude towards menstruation bit by bit.
I can't be the only one who knows
Extreme drought and heatwaves have ravaged the Iberian peninsula in recent days, prompting Barcelona authorities to revert to an old strategy - in the city's largest park, Collserola, a team of 290 goats and sheep was given a Heavy duty: eat grass, and the more you eat, the better.
The reasoning behind is very simple. In high-risk areas where wildfires are prone, dry vegetation is a potential fuel. Animals "grazing" the grass and eating the grass will create a natural firebreak, which not only reduces the risk of wildfires. , the feeding process also contributes to plant seed dispersal, increasing biodiversity.
Quote of the Day
"I was born in war, I grew up in war, and I went to school in war." - Marwa Rahim 🇦🇫
One year before the thrilling "Airport Evacuation" in Kabul, 4 students who escaped successfully wrote an article in the New York Times recently to share her/their new life educated in a foreign country and their longing for their hometown, 22-year-old Lahi Marwa Rahim is one of them.
Rahim, who is determined to become a doctor, has excellent grades. Since there is no medical school in her hometown, she goes to a school in a province 5 hours away by car. Although the epidemic and war have hindered her way of learning, she now lives in Houston, USA. Raheem is eager to continue his studies and become a doctor to help the people of Afghanistan and other war-torn countries, and encourages women to never give up.
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