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It’s time for news critic Koh Hyun-jun. Hi? (Hello?) What is the first news today (22nd)?
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The first news on Monday is the Australian story. The damage has continued in Australia over the past few days, with record-breaking rains that could have occurred once every 100 years.
It is a town in New South Wales, Australia, on the 19th local time. The entire village was mostly submerged, leaving only the roof.
In Tari in the central and northern part of the country, a river flooded the newlyweds of a couple who were about to get married. Delivered.
The kangaroo, who was trying to cross the swollen river, couldn’t overcome the current and drifted away for a while. The city’s main water source, Waragamba Dam, has been flooded for the first time since 2016, leading to greater flood damage.
The Prime Minister of New South Wales said the flood is a once-in-a-century disaster, and called for residents to act as soon as an evacuation order was issued.
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Usually, when such an abnormal climate occurs, global warming is pointed to as the cause. However, because of this warming, there is news that the spring flowers bloom in Korea has been delayed.
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The Meteorological Agency has investigated the time of spring flowering over the past 40 years, but in the case of plum blossoms, it is more than 10 days ahead. Forsythia, rhododendron, and cherry blossoms are also starting to bloom from two days to a week.
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i See. There seems to be a need for more efforts to reduce our global warming. What’s the second news?
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Next news. As US President Biden stumbles three times while boarding a private plane, a parody of his health concerns is being posted on social media one after another.
On the 19th, President Biden boards a private plane to travel to Atlanta, climbs a few steps and stumbles.
After that, I went up the stairs a couple of times, lost center again, grabbed the railing, and tried to get up again, but this time I fell completely and knelt.
The White House said it was because it was windy, and explained that the president’s health was intact. However, various parodies were poured out on social media, expressing doubts about his health.
It is a variety of synthesis methods, such as falling by a golf ball swung by former President Trump, or falling while trying to steal a professional player’s ball.
This year, 78-year-old President Biden is the oldest president in the history of the United States.
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What kind of news is prepared for the last news today?
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A gold mask, believed to have been made 3,000 years ago, was discovered in Sichuan, China, attracting academia’s attention.
On the 20th, more than 500 artifacts, including golden masks, bronze ware, and ivory ornaments, were discovered at the Sanxingdui Ruins in Sichuan Province.
Among these, the golden mask, which is believed to have been made 3,000 years ago, attracted attention. Although part of the face disappeared, it was in a relatively intact state, and it is estimated that the priest used it during religious ceremonies.
The gold is 84% pure, and if the mask was intact, it is estimated that the total weight would have exceeded about 500 grams.
The Sanxingdui ruins where this mask was discovered preserves the traces of the period spanning about 2,000 years from the Neolithic to the ancient Yin Dynasty, and remains a mystery area that has not yet been properly excavated by Chinese academia.
Therefore, some scholars have even suggested that the excavation of this golden mask could lead to a new use of ancient Chinese history.