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☆ Stefan Irvine’s photos capture the Hong Kong villages reclaimed by nature
  + stars: | 2024-02-13 | by ( Rebecca Cairns | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +8 min
Hong Kong CNN —Thick roots tumble across a dilapidated house, the snake-like trunks of a banyan tree framing where the front door once stood. “These villages have existed in Hong Kong for hundreds of years, way before the colonial period,” explained Irvine. In the 1950s and ‘60s, as Hong Kong grew as an industrial hub, many people migrated to the rapidly expanding urban centers for better working opportunities. Stefan Irvine / Courtesy Blue Lotus Gallery, Hong Kong“There were calendars on the wall, school certificates in drawers — it’s quite poignant,” said Irvine. Stefan Irvine / Courtesy Blue Lotus Gallery, Hong KongHeritage valueWhile most of the villages Irvine photographed are abandoned, he was surprised to discover not all were.
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☆ Foreigners, some trained by the US, are fighting on both sides in Ukraine, seeking cash and adventure
  + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Michael Peck | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
The war in Ukraine has drawn foreign fighters to the armies on both sides. While Russia is recruiting mercenaries, Ukraine has become a magnet for volunteers who want to fight Russian aggression or find adventure. By mid-2022, after Ukraine formed its International Legion of Defense, 20,000 volunteers from 52 nations had joined, according to the Ukrainian government. A new study by Italian researcher Matteo Pugliese found a bewildering array of backgrounds and motivations among the members of Ukraine's International Legion, a battalion-sized force. Ukraine's International Legion of Defense has drawn volunteers from all over the world.
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☆ American Deaf climbing couple makes history on Mount Everest
  + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( Lilit Marcus | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +7 min
On May 22, Unger and Lehmann became only the third and fourth deaf people to summit Mount Everest. Deaf climbers on the riseUntil this year, only one deaf person had ever summited Everest – Japanese climber Satoshi Tamura, an alpine skier who succeeded on his third attempt, in 2016. Courtesy Shayna Unger and Scott LehmannClimbing up and overThe Everest environment can make communication difficult for anyone, deaf or not. Unger and Lehmann have been a couple since high school, but they only started climbing together in 2015, when they summited Kilimanjaro. Muhammad Hawari Hashim (far left), a Sherpa guide, Shayna Unger, and Scott Lehmann at Everest base camp.
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☆ Ex-British Gurkha hopes Everest climb will change disability perceptions
  + stars: | 2023-05-21 | by ( Gopal Sharma | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
KATHMANDU, May 21 (Reuters) - Hari Budha Magar, the first above the knee double amputee to scale Mount Everest, said on Sunday that his ascent would raise awareness about disability. “Gurkha veteran, Hari Budha Magar creates history … as the first ever double above-knee amputee to scale Mt Everest,” the Gurkha Brigade said in a twitter post. “I hope my climb will help change the perception of persons with disabilities,” Magar told Reuters from the base camp by phone. Mount Everest has been climbed by more than 11,000 people, including those with disabilities – like blindness and below the knee amputees. Nepal has issued 478 permits to climb Everest during the current season that ends this month.
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