"For this year, my dream was to unite, with arms stretched out wide, all the people around the world who identify with Bach," he told DW. The fact that he had to cancel this year's Bach Festival, which stood under the motto "Bach: We are Family," because of the coronavirus pandemic was very painful for him — after all, more than 50 Bach choirs from all over the world were set to perform in Leipzig. … [Read more...] about Virtual Bach Marathon replaces cancelled Bach Festival
VN Central Highlands: easy to close forests, but difficult to bolt the door
A report on the 2016 national forest status released in May 2017 showed that the forested area in the Central Highlands totalled 2,558,446 hectares, including 2,234,440 hectares of natural forests. The sharpest decrease is seen in the districts of M’Drak (7,284 hectares), Ea Sup (1,254 hectares) and Lak (1,293 hectares). … [Read more...] about VN Central Highlands: easy to close forests, but difficult to bolt the door
PlayStation 5: Sony gives first look at the PS5 console and games
Project Athia, which features a female protagonist on an alien planet who has to survive in a world populated by strange creatures Deathloop, which centres on two competing assassins battling within a "time loop", which is being developed by Arkane Lyon, the makers of the Dishonored series Pragmata, a sci-fi adventure whose trailer showed a robot girl and a man in a flying suit tackling a space ship that had reversed gravity, which ends up transporting them from planet Earth to the Moon. It is not due for release until 2022 Returnal, a moody space horror game in which a female astronaut crash lands on a world containing shadowy angel-like creatures and a floating orb "What I found particularly great was the push on new IP," gaming presenter Shay Thompson told the BBC. … [Read more...] about PlayStation 5: Sony gives first look at the PS5 console and games
As coronavirus and deforestation soar in Brazil, groups take Bolsonaro to court
Fighting fire in Brazil's Cerrado The end justifies the means "We burn a 50 meter area to save kilometers of forest," says elite firefighter Isaac Wihby (pictured). "Of course, we would prefer not to burn a centimeter but sometimes we need to adapt to the situation." … [Read more...] about As coronavirus and deforestation soar in Brazil, groups take Bolsonaro to court
Nearly 1,500 cyber attacks hit Vietnam’s information systems
In 2019, for the first time, Vietnam was named by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in the group of countries and territories with high commitment to cybersecurity, ranking 50th among 175 countries and territories, up 50 places compared to 2017./.VNA … [Read more...] about Nearly 1,500 cyber attacks hit Vietnam’s information systems
