SQUID GAME - Copie. Professional Emails. Various. Christmas. A1 LOGIC CONNECTORS ESL EXPERTZ. 40 writing prompts tdmjlo. Toolbox / Help/ Writing. World leaders express grief over floods’ catastrophe. ISLAMABAD: Adding her voice to the international relief efforts for the flood victims in Pakistan, Queen Elizabeth on Monday said she was ‘deeply saddened by the widespread flooding that has claimed more than 1,000 lives in Pakistan this summer’. Pakistan has seen exceptionally heavy monsoon rains which have triggered flash floods, affecting 33 million people and damaging nearly one million homes.
The death toll is reported to be at least 1,061 people. Queen Elizabeth, in her message to President Arif Alvi, said: “I am deeply saddened to hear the tragic loss of life and destruction caused by the floods across Pakistan. My thoughts are with all those who have been affected as well as those working in difficult circumstances to support the recovery efforts. The United Kingdom stands in solidarity with Pakistan as you recover from these terrible events.” On the same day, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang sent a message of condolence to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. What is the cost of living crisis? | Action For Children.
The UK is facing a perfect storm of increasing prices, soaring bills and tax rises. We explain the likely impact and what can be done to protect the most vulnerable families With inflation - the measure of how much prices are rising - reaching its highest rate for 30 years, families in the UK face a devastating 'cost of living crisis'. The causes are complex. Rising costs are linked to the pandemic and other global economic factors. Experts predict that the hit to households this year could increase to around £43 billion - far outstripping the £9 billion pounds the Government has announced to help with our energy bills. Things were already tough for families The timing couldn't be much worse. Years of stagnant wages and cuts to social security had already left many badly exposed to unexpected shocks. The consequences of this are clear: households are facing a painful squeeze on their incomes.
Low-income families will feel the biggest impact Child poverty is not inevitable Take action. Holocaust survivor to Olympic gold: the remarkable life of Eva Szekely | Swimming. The fascists came for Eva Szekely in the winter of 1944, when she was 17. “I was told to lie down and say I was sick,” she remembered. “‘Come on! Get going!’” Their leader shouted. “Then my dad told him: ‘She is sick, can’t you see, she cannot walk!’
“And then from some heavenly influence my dad said: ‘Don’t take her, she is the swimming champion of Hungary, and one day you will be happy you saved her life. Szekely died last Saturday. Szekely decided she wanted to be a swimmer in 1936, while she was listening to the coverage of the Berlin Olympics. Her father told her it was only temporary. Szekely kept fit by running the stairs, five storeys up, five storeys down, 100 times a day. She married the great water polo player Dezso Gyarmati, who led Hungary to victory in three Olympics in 1952, 1956, and 1964. So Szekely quit swimming, and became a coach. In the years afterwards, Szekely made a point of speaking out about her experiences.
One last story. Meme tourism has turned the world into the seventh circle of selfie hell | Arwa Mahdawi. The latest tourist hotspot is not a lagoon in Iceland or a beach in Bali – it is a staircase in the Bronx, New York. More specifically, it is the concrete flight of steps that Joaquin Phoenix, caked in clown paint, dances down in the film Joker. The scene has become a meme, and scores of influencers and imbeciles are flocking to the #jokerstairs, as it is now tagged on Instagram, to recreate the image. Such is the fervour that the location was briefly marked as a religious site on Google Maps. Bronx locals are not thrilled by their staircase going viral. One resident put up posters explaining that “it is disrespectful to treat our community … as a photo opportunity”.
Someone else, clearly fancying themselves as a yolker, threw eggs at tourists while yelling: “Y’all not spending no money in my store but come and take pictures!” There is nothing new about disrespectful sightseers. There was a time, not so long ago, when we all at least pretended that travel might broaden our horizons. Napalm (2004-5) Banksy | Never Not Nothing. At first glance, and out of context, this image looks like Ronald McDonald and Mickey Mouse are kidnapping some naked child. Within that creepiness is her face, and what makes it worse is when you learn the context of the girl from the original image: This Photograph from the Vietnam War taken June 8, 1972 shows Kim Phuc, as a 9 year-old-girl running from her home by Trang Bang after it was attacked in a Napalm blast.
Photographer Nick Ut captured this moment of terror and immortalized it for the world to see. So why did Banksy pick this girl, as the child holding the hands of the 2 most recognizable faces in the world? The color scheme may or may not have do with just the original photograph being black and white. Like this: Like Loading... Watch: Paris tests 'flying taxi' as future of city transport. With pollution a major issue for Paris and the city's public transport bursting at the seams, one start-up has a solution involving the River Seine. The Bubble, a "flying taxi", is powered by electricity and lifts out of the water on "wings" – and boasts green credentials such as being noise and pollution-free.
It costs around €200,000 to build and can reach speeds of up to 18 knots (20.7mph). Test voyages in Paris are limited to a maximum speed of 18.6mph. The service could launch as early as spring next year, according to a press release from the Paris mayor's office. However, the company says its journey has not all been plain sailing. Co-founder Alain Thebault said regulatory issues from the City of Paris have stymied progress, leading the company to pursue projects in Switzerland and the US rather than solely in France. The city council plans to continually tighten regulations until 2030, when only electric or hydrogen-fueled cars will be allowed on Greater Paris roads. Banksy: Artist's Brexit mural mysteriously disappears from the side of a Dover building - CNN Style. Written by Alaa Elassar, CNN Banksy's mural of a workman chiseling away at a star in the European Union flag mysteriously disappeared from the side of a building in Dover, England, over the weekend.
The mural, which adorned the Castle Amusements building since 2017, symbolized Brexit, the United Kingdom's impending departure from the EU. David Joseph Wright, who is from Dover, told CNN that four-tier scaffolding was erected beside the famous street artist's mural on Saturday and the artwork was gone by the next morning. The mural had become a landmark in Dover, the ferry port that connects the UK with France. Tourists had often stopped to see the painting and take selfies with an original Banksy. On Saturday, scaffolding was erected beside the mural. "Why??? "It's an absolutely tragedy. By Sunday, the mural had disappeared. The Godden family, which owns the building on which the mural is painted, had previously expressed interest in selling the artwork, according to The Telegraph. Nothing but the truth: the legacy of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four | George Orwell. December 1948. A man sits at a typewriter, in bed, on a remote island, fighting to complete the book that means more to him than any other.
He is terribly ill. The book will be finished and, a year or so later, so will the man. January 2017. Another man stands before a crowd, which is not as large as he would like, in Washington DC, taking the oath of office as the 45th president of the United States of America. When George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four was published in the United Kingdom on 8 June 1949, in the heart of the 20th century, one critic wondered how such a timely book could possibly exert the same power over generations to come. Nineteen Eighty-Four has not just sold tens of millions of copies – it has infiltrated the consciousness of countless people who have never read it. Orwell felt that he lived in cursed times. I first encountered Nineteen Eighty-Four as a teenager in suburban south London.
In 2016, the world changed. It must be said that Trump is no Big Brother. Why the Guardian is changing the language it uses about the environment | Environment. The Guardian has updated its style guide to introduce terms that more accurately describe the environmental crises facing the world. Instead of “climate change” the preferred terms are “climate emergency, crisis or breakdown” and “global heating” is favoured over “global warming”, although the original terms are not banned. “We want to ensure that we are being scientifically precise, while also communicating clearly with readers on this very important issue,” said the editor-in-chief, Katharine Viner. “The phrase ‘climate change’, for example, sounds rather passive and gentle when what scientists are talking about is a catastrophe for humanity.”
“Increasingly, climate scientists and organisations from the UN to the Met Office are changing their terminology, and using stronger language to describe the situation we’re in,” she said. The United Nations secretary general, António Guterres, talked of the “climate crisis” in September, adding: “We face a direct existential threat.” Boots customers 'baffled' by plastic prescription bags. Magazine zone | LearnEnglish.
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