Zouzo Weekly: 81-year-old grandma’s adventure around the world?

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Good night, the following are the current events of the week selected by Zouzou for you/you:

After reading Zouzou’s ” Their Solo Journey ” topic, does it make you / your heart ready to go? This pair of grandma and friends from Texas, USA, proved to the world that there is no age limit for adventure. The 81-year-old Ellie and Sandy set off from Antarctica and have traveled to 18 countries on seven continents, from the beaches of Bali to the deserts of Egypt. The scenery of the aurora, the Roman Colosseum, and the Great Barrier Reef, traveling around the world in 80 days, also attracted a fan following “traveling granny” (traveling granny) on social media.

Extended reading ➤➤You can start no matter how old you are! What 3 Female Solo Travelers Want to Tell You

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The drought in central and southern Taiwan is severe. There has been no heavy rain for more than 600 days. Many counties and cities have implemented measures such as reducing water consumption and decompressing water supply. In addition to clicking the links above to track the real-time water storage rate of various reservoirs, readers are also invited to implement water conservation in daily life , and expect to have a stable supply of water until the end of the dry season at the end of May.

After the death of Mahsa Amini sparked mass demonstrations in Iran last year, more and more women expressed their defiance against the government by not wearing the hijab. However, Tehran authorities have recently banned women who violate clothing regulations on a large scale. The morality police have even used technology to install smart monitors in public places and roads to identify and punish women who do not wear headscarves. On the 16th alone, there were more than 150 Shops and restaurants have not strictly enforced the regulations.

Further reading➤➤Iranian couple in Taiwan: Amini’s death and women’s rights are not the whole picture of Iran’s problems

Japan’s Nintendo’s Super Mario Bros (Super Mario Bros) series has been quite prosperous recently – the box office of the film’s first weekend set a new record for cartoons, and the current cumulative box office has exceeded 678 million US dollars. It became the highest-grossing video game adaptation film in film history .

In addition, the theme song released by the Super Mario Bros. video game in 1985 has been recognized together with famous songs such as John Lennon’s “Imagine” and Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas is You”. The 25 pieces of music included in this year’s collection by the Library of Congress are the first ever to be included in a video game. After reading this, do you / you can’t help humming the classic melody?

In November 2021, women’s tennis player Peng Shuai issued an article accusing China’s senior official Zhang Gaoli of forcing her to have an unethical relationship, and then deleted the article and disappeared for a while. Conduct full and transparent investigations. However, after 16 months of resistance, the WTA, which has suffered heavy losses due to the epidemic, stated that it will resume activities in China, and admitted that the association’s appeal to support Peng Shuai failed to achieve its goals. , but has been confirmed by close people that she is safe and well.

Extended reading ➤➤Peng Shuai, the resonance of a broken voice

The musical “The Phantom of the Opera” premiered on Broadway in the United States in 1988 and has performed nearly 14,000 times in 35 years, setting the record for the longest-running musical in Broadway history and becoming a cultural phenomenon. However, due to the impact of the epidemic on the box office, this ever-sung classic drama performed its final show on Broadway on the 16th. The playwright Andrew Lloyd Webber (Andrew Lloyd Webber) led the cast to bid farewell to the audience. Currently, “The Phantom of the Opera” is still being staged in London middle.

The Russo-Ukraine War continued to rage, and many Ukrainians chose to freeze their sperm before joining the army. In this way, even if they died in battle, their genes could still be passed on, and it would also leave their partners with the chance to conceive the next generation with their deceased lover; in addition to psychological support Many soldiers also regarded this move as a patriotic promise to preserve Ukrainian blood through freezing sperm and resist Russia’s oppression of their national identity. Members of the Ukrainian parliament have drafted a bill to make the state bear the cost of frozen semen for soldiers.

In recent years, “social egg freezing” that is not based on medical factors has become a hot topic, and has even become a “welfare” policy for enterprises and the public sector. However, can freezing eggs really free women from the constraints of their biological clocks and control their reproductive autonomy through technology? This symposium will start from a gender perspective and bring different perspectives on the issue of egg freezing.

Extended reading ➤➤ Egg Freezing Fellow Travelers

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