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 A 72-year-old woman in Germany turned off her hospital roommate's ventilator because she was annoyed by the sound it made. And according to police, she even did it twice - despite being told that the machine was essential for her 79-year-old roommate. As a result, she has been arrested on charges of attempted manslaughter. Fortunately, the 79-year-old didn’t die, but had to be resuscitated and was taken to intensive care. I thought it’s obvious that in a hospital you don't disconnect someone's machines, especially a ventilator, because it can have tragic consequences. But it seems that some people are too selfish to understand this. That woman's behavior was very inappropriate and could even lead to the death of another person. Therefore, I think it's good that they didn't ignore what she did and arrested her. Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/01/germany-woman-held-on-suspicion-of-turning-off-hospital-roommates-ventilator

In recent days, demonstrations have broken out across China over the government's harsh anti-covid measures. Thousands of residents demanded not only an end to Covid restrictions, but more significantly, political freedoms. The protests were triggered by a fire that killed several people in an apartment building. Video of the incident showed that lockdown measures delayed firefighters from reaching the victims, which angered the public. However, this is not the only reason for their protests - people in China have been living with the huge restrictions caused by the ‘zero-Covid’ policy for some time now. Millions of them are forbidden to leave their homes, some have already died because of lack of access to medical care, and many businesses are collapsing. So, the 'zero-Covid' policy doesn't seem to save lives, it just makes them more miserable. I'm curious to see what will come out of these demonstrations, as protests on such a large scale are very unusual in China...

The College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) is the most important exam in South Korea. It was held earlier this month, and that day the whole country tried not to disturb the students writing it. Not only did they stop the protests, many companies also shifted their working hours to avoid creating unwanted traffic jams. What’s more interesting, during the English listening test, all airplane takeoffs and landings were banned. In addition, students who were late for the test were escorted by police to ensure they got there as quickly as possible. I think it's great that every year their whole country unites to not disrupt the exam. However, CSAT is much worse than our matura exam. It lasts as long as 8 hours and is also said to be one of the hardest and most stressful exams in the world. In many cases, we also don't have as much pressure as they do to get the best results and get into the best universities. Personally, I would rather have a plane land next to me during my exam th...

On the 100th anniversary of the unearthing of King Tut's tomb, archaeologists have made a huge discovery. Near that tomb, they found a pyramid that belonged to an ancient Egyptian queen. Her name was Neith, and she had never before been known from historical records. There were also 300 coffins, mummies, artifacts and a series of interconnected tunnels. Although the mummies are hundreds of years old, they were found in very good condition. In addition, the coffins have individual and decorated faces, each also has the name of the deceased. I'm very surprised by how great this discovery is - after all, it's unusual to learn about the existence of a never-before known queen and so many well preserved mummies. Sometimes it feels like we already know almost everything about the past, meanwhile we still come across amazing discoveries. It proves that the past, especially Egypt's, still hides many surprises. Source: https://www.livescience.com/ancient-egypt-mummies-tombs-king...

 Many people in South Korea are furious after the Halloween disaster in Itaewon. They believe that it could have been easily avoided and the problem was a lack of proper organization and planning. The government didn’t require any of the bars or clubs to submit a safety management plan, which is why they blame the government for the tragedy. And despite the fact that police had previously estimated that the crowd would be as large as 100,000 people, they deployed only 137 officers. That's very few compared to the 6,500 sent to another part of Seoul that night for a much smaller anti-government protest. I agree that so many innocent people wouldn’t have been killed if only everything had been better planned. I also think it's ridiculous that they sent so few police officers, knowing beforehand the huge number of people who would be partying in Itaewon.  Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/05/itaewon-crowd-crush-thousands-join-vigil-as-anger-grows-in-south-korea

 A 54-year-old woman named Jahrah went to work on a rubber plantation and didn’t return home in the evening. Her husband decided to look for her but he only found her sandals, head scarf, jacket and the tools she used at work. Later, when police and residents searched the area around the plantation, they found a 7-meter python with a noticeable bulge in its belly. They caught the snake, cut it open and found Jahrah dead inside. Though such incidents are rare, this isn’t the first time someone in Indonesia has been killed and eaten by a python - two similar deaths have been reported in the country since 2017. I’m glad that there are no pythons or other dangerous snakes in Poland that could swallow someone (except those that are kept as pets in homes). Being attacked by a huge snake must be terrifying. And since the victim's body is digested after some time, if no one realized in time that you were eaten by a snake, no one would even know that you died. Source: https://www.theguardia...