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WORLD NEWS 1-6: Strong earthquake in Sichuan; Human middle ear evolved from fish gills?

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Mrs. Donna Werner, an American citizen, went to London to wait for the platinum ceremony to celebrate the Queen of England. She is an admirer of the Queen, so she is currently sleeping in a tent in front of Buckingham Palace to wait to see the ceremony – Photo: REUTERS

* According to the China Earthquake Network Center (CENC), at 5 pm local time (ie 4 pm Vietnam time), an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 on the Richter scale occurred in Lo Son district (Lushan) of the country. city ​​of Nha’an (Ya’an), in the province of Sichuan (Sichuan), southwest of this country.

CENC states that the quake’s epicenter was at a depth of 17 km, with the initial location being determined at 30.37 degrees north latitude and 102.94 degrees east longitude.

Meanwhile, Germany’s Center for Geoscientific Research said the quake had a magnitude of 5.8 with its epicenter located at a depth of 10 km. There is currently no information on damage.

In 2013, Nha An had a strong earthquake that killed 100 people and injured thousands.

* A new study conducted by Chinese, Swedish and British scientists shows that Human middle ear evolved from fish gills.

According to researcher Gai Zhikun of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and first author of the paper “Evolution of the respiratory tract from jawless fish to tetrapods”, there is a lot of evidence from embryonic and chemical The fossil shows that the human middle ear evolved from the spiracles of fish. However, the origin of the stoma has baffled scholars for a century.

Chinese scientists have finally found a clue to the mystery in fossils unearthed in Zhejiang and Yunnan provinces, providing anatomical and fossil evidence for the origin of snorkels in animals Vertebrates are from gills.

* The UK retail market prospered thanks to the Queen’s platinum celebration. With 2 consecutive holidays including Queen Elizabeth’s platinum holiday taking place on 2 and 3-6 and 2 weekends off with beautiful weather forecast, supermarket chains estimate the demand for drinks, Party food and dessert ingredients will increase.

Market research firm Kantar said that during the diamond festival to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Queen’s reign in 2012, supermarkets across the country recorded a 10% increase in sales in the week leading up to the big day.

* May 31, local time, Ukraine confirmed that most of the city of Sievierodonetsk in the east of the country was under the control of the forces Russia. The governor of the Luhansk region (Lugansk), Mr. Serhiy Gaidai, said that most of the important infrastructure in Sievierodonetsk had been destroyed and 60% of the residences were damaged beyond repair.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky only accused Russia of bombing a chemical plant in Sievierodonetsk, calling it a “crazy” attack. Earlier, Mr. Gaidai said that Russia hit a nitric acid depot in Sievierodonetsk and warned people not to leave the bomb shelters. However, the self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic said the factory was located in an area controlled by Ukraine and accused Kiev forces of destroying the facility.

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Ukrainian soldiers on the street in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine on May 31 – Photo: REUTERS

* In talks with Tesla CEO, US billionaire Elon Musk, Indonesian Coordinating Minister of Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan has proposed this corporation to invest in a green industrial park in North Kalimantan province.

The Antara news agency quoted Minister Luhut as asserting that industrial area This world’s largest green plant will be able to help Mr. Musk realize his desire to produce environmentally friendly green products.

Speaking at the 2022 national conference of the College of Naval Technology (STTAL) held online on May 24, Luhut said that was one of the topics of negotiations with Tesla, and at the same time thinks it’s “not easy” to do this.

* In Kherson, Ukrainian officials said all communications in the area had been cut. “Residents in the region currently do not have access to the Internet and mobile communications networks of Ukraine, and cannot make international or domestic calls using land-based calling equipment,” the Information Protection Service and Ukraine’s national special liaison said.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was present in the Kharkov region on May 29 – Photo: REUTERS

* Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed the European Union (EU) sanctions on Russian oil exports, but criticized the delay as “unacceptable” because this sixth package of sanctions was 50 days away from the previous round of sanctions.

* Russia continues to block gas valves for European countries. Russia’s state energy company Gazprom said on Wednesday it would stop supplying gas to top Dutch supplier GasTerra and suspend supplies to some companies in Denmark and Germany.

GasTerra said it will manage to find an alternative supply for 2 billion m3 Gas is expected to be imported from now to October 2022.

Oil prices rose sharply on May 31 after the EU announced a ban on most oil imports from Russia. Brent crude oil price increased 1.3% to 123.25 USD/barrel, sometimes touching 124.64 USD/barrel – the highest since March 9. West Texas Intermediate oil price on the US market was at 117.1 USD/barrel, up 1.78%, according to Reuters.

Meanwhile, world stocks fell slightly with Europe’s STOXX 600 index down 0.72%. In the US market, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.26%, the S&P 500 fell 0.16%, while the Nasdaq Composite added 0.13%.

Gold prices also fell under pressure from the rising dollar and the US raising interest rates to fight inflation. Gold price in the US fell 0.51% to 1,841.9 USD/ounce.

* On May 31, the World Health Organization (WHO) said that it is still It is not clear whether the spread of monkeypox can be completely prevented. “Many countries do not have widespread and immediate access to the tools to control (monkeypox) – including available diagnostics, vaccines and treatments,” the agency explained.

WHO emphasizes its goal is to contain outbreaks by blocking human-to-human transmission as much as possible.

More than 20 countries, which do not consider monkeypox endemic, have reported outbreaks caused by the virus, with more than 300 confirmed or suspected infections, mostly in Europe.

* The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported that the country recorded an additional 93,180 fever cases as of the evening of May 31. To date, North Korea has recorded a total of more than 3.64 million cases of fever, and the daily number of cases has dropped below the 100,000 mark since the end of last week.

* US President Joe Biden said he will meet with the US Congress on gun issues after the school shooting in Texas that killed 19 elementary school students. At the meeting with Mr. Biden, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said she was willing to share her experience with the United States in dealing with mass shootings. After the Christchurch massacre that left 51 people dead, Ms. Ardern banned semi-automatic firearms and restricted other firearms.

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Students in California, USA, protest against gun violence on May 31 – Photo: REUTERS

* The Indonesian Ministry of Interior has urged parents to consider naming their children with at least 2 words to avoid administrative problems later on. In this country, elderly people, especially those living on the island of Java, often have names with a single word, the best examples being President Sukarno and President Suharto.

The authorities say the practice can cause serious problems with legal documents, such as when applying for school or applying for a passport, applicants are required to fill in their name with at least at least two words.

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