StayGate: Airbus A321XLR to make its maiden flight on 15 June 2022, BA.5 in Taiwan

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Airbus A321XLR to make its maiden flight on 15 June 2022

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Airbus is expected to conduct the maiden flight of the A321XLR aircraft on Wednesday, 15 June 2022, UKAviation reported on 12 June 2022.

Wednesday's maiden flight will be the first phase of the A321XLR flight-test program. After final assembly at the end of last year, Airbus spent several months fitting all the test equipment onto the aircraft, serial number MSN1100, before making its maiden test flight at Hamburg's Winkenwerder airport, where its final assembly line is located.

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The Airbus A321XLR will have a flying distance range of 8,000 km and can accommodate up to 220 passengers, with deliveries expected to begin in late 2023.

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South Korean airlines to suspend international low-altitude cruise flights from July 2022

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According to the South Korean Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and the aviation industry on the 13th, domestic airlines have not applied to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport for next month's "non-landing international flights" flight permit. As a result, non-landing low-altitude cruise flights spawned by the new crown epidemic will be grounded from next month.

A non-landing international flight refers to a flight experience flight in which a domestic airliner takes off via the airspace of another country and finally returns to the place of departure. With the successive resumption of international flights last month and the normal operation of Incheon International Airport 24 hours a day this month, airlines have increased their investment in international routes, and non-landing international flights will be suspended for the first time in 2 years and 6 months.

Domestic airlines will operate seven non-landing international flights this month. Specifically, T'way Air, Air Seoul, Air Busan, Air Premia and other airlines will fly 2, 4 and 1 non-landing international flights at Incheon International Airport, Seoul Gimpo Airport and Busan Gimhae Airport respectively this month. The Air Premia flight that took off from Incheon Airport on the 27th of this month and returned via Japanese airspace will end the no-landing low-altitude flight tour.

After the outbreak of the epidemic in 2020, the government approved airlines to operate non-landing international flights to support the aviation and duty-free industries. The number of such flights has continued to decline this year. The head of an airline said no-landing scenic flights, aimed at returning idle airliners to the skies, were not very profitable. Preparations should now be made for the resumption of normal international flight operations.

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Singapore Airlines flight incorrect hijacking signal

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According to the British Daily Mail, on 10 June 2022, a Singapore Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Singapore Changi was suspected of sending an emergency hijacking signal by mistake.

Sources said Singapore Airlines flight SQ37 sent a "7500" emergency signal to the ground shortly after taking off from Los Angeles International Airport, representing a hijacked plane. However, the flight has since continued to fly normally and no emergency signal has been issued.

The plane bound for Singapore left Los Angeles at 11.55 pm local time on 10 June 2022 and was scheduled to land in Singapore at 7.50 am.

A spokesman for Singapore Airlines confirmed there was no emergency on the flight but did not explain why the flight sent the signal. "We have contacted the pilot on flight SQ37, and the pilot has confirmed that there is no emergency on board. The relevant flight arrived at Changi Airport at 7.32 am Singapore time on the 12th."

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19-year-old suspect arrested on June 4th shame column in Taiwan

Reporters : Chen Huimo and Zeng Xinmin / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2022/06/12/a103454002.html

On 4 June 2022, Taiwan took over from Hong Kong and erected a "pillar of shame" on the Democratic Avenue of Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei to commemorate the 33rd anniversary of the Tiananmen Massacre. Unexpectedly, on 12 June 2022 morning, a 19-year-old man maliciously splashed black paint on the memorial column, and the police arrested him in less than 6 hours.

Zhang Yuming, director of the Renai Institute of Taiwan's Chung Cheng No. 1 Branch, "After the police actively expanded the surveillance cameras to track down the vehicle, a suspect surnamed Li who committed the crime was finally identified and arrested. Currently, the branch is under investigation and the whole case is under investigation. After inquiries, they were transferred to the Taipei District Prosecutor's Office for investigation on suspicion of damage."

It can be seen through the monitor screen that at about 8.55 am on 12 June, the suspect surnamed Li waited for the security to leave, and quickly poured black paint on the column of shame.

The Chinese Democracy Academy, the organizer of the June 4th Pillar of Shame exhibition, immediately reported the case and issued a statement stating that it condemns all forms of violence and will never compromise on any form of violence.

Zeng Jianyuan, chairman of the Chinese Democracy Academy Association, said, "I hope that the handling of our police and the handling of the judiciary should not simply be regarded as a damaging act. This is a symbolic action, and he is warning the people of Taiwan not to treat the six Fourth, China's democracy and human rights issues speak out."

Zeng Jianyuan emphasized that this is not a purely personal act. The CCP-related research behind the judgment is an erosion of Taiwan's freedom, and the mastermind behind it should be identified.

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Russia claims to destroy Ukrainian arsenal, Zelenskyy publicly supports Taiwan for the first time

Reporter : Zhao Fenghua / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2022/06/12/a103454010.html

On Sunday, the Russian army continued to launch a fierce attack on the core area of Luhansk province in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine, but the Ukrainian side said that the Russian army's attack was repelled by the Ukrainian defenders. .

Sievierodonetsk, the administrative centre of Luhansk province, has been the focus of Russian artillery fire for weeks. A Ukrainian military spokesman said on 12 June 2022 that the Russian attack had been thwarted.

Oleksandr Shtupun, spokesman for the Ukrainian Armed Forces: "In the past day, the enemy lost ten tanks, sixteen armored fighting vehicles, seven drones, more than ten vehicles and as many as One hundred and fifty people."

Ukrainian military spokesman Shtupun said that the Russian army has retreated to the previously occupied positions.

On the other hand, Major General Konashenkov, spokesman for the Russian Ministry of Defense, said on the 12th that the Russian army used high-precision long-range sea-based missiles to destroy a large arsenal in Ukraine, including anti-tank missile systems assisted by European and American countries, portable missiles. Anti-aircraft missile systems and shells.

The war between Russia and Ukraine continued. On the same day, outside the European Commission building in Brussels, people held hands to form a human chain, or held or wore the Ukrainian flag in solidarity with Ukraine's entry into the European Union.

On the 11th, when European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen visited Kyiv to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, he said that the EU is stepping up its assessment of Ukraine's candidacy. This is Von der Leyen's second visit to Kyiv since the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian war.

In addition, Zelenskyy attended the Asian Security Conference-Shangri-La Dialogue by video on the 11th. When answering the reporter's question about the CCP's coercion of Taiwan, he publicly supported Taiwan for the first time. He emphasized the importance of international law and said that today's Ukraine is A living example, if there is a diplomatic solution, it needs to be done with pre-emptive diplomatic precautions, not after the outbreak of war.

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More than 100 confirmed cases of cluster infection in Beijing bars, the epidemic may expand

Reporter : Li Ming / Editor : Fan Ming / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2022/06/12/a103453508.html / Image : A man tries to use a pole to pass a package over a high separation wall in a community in Beijing, China, on June 11, 2022, which was locked down due to the covid outbreak. (Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)

The covid outbreak in Beijing recently broke out a cluster of infections in bars. So far, there have been more than 160 confirmed cases related to Paradise Supermarket Bar, more than 6,000 close contacts (including time and space personnel) have been determined, and dozens of epidemic-related communities have been closed and controlled, and the implementation of "regional closure, staying at home" policy. Experts worry that the epidemic may spread as a result.

On 11 June, a press conference on the prevention and control of the epidemic in Beijing announced that from 12 am on 9 June to 12 local time, a total of 166 infected people had been reported in the clustered outbreaks in Tiantang supermarkets and bars. These infected people are distributed in 14 districts. Among them, there were 1,145 visitors from the Paradise Supermarket Bar, 2 bar staff, and 19 related personnel of the visitors. In relation to the epidemic in Paradise Supermarket, 6,158 close contacts (including temporal and spatial personnel) and 901 second-close contacts have been determined.

Xu Hejian, deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee and spokesman for the Beijing Municipal Government, said at a press conference on the 11th that the recent cluster of epidemics associated with Paradise supermarket bars in Beijing "has a strong outbreak, involves a wide range of people, and has a complex composition of personnel." There will be consecutive cases from bar visitors and close contacts, and there is a greater risk of further spread of the epidemic.

Since the CCP has been concealing the real epidemic situation in China, the outside world has questioned that the number of people infected with the epidemic officially reported by Beijing has also shrunk.

According to public information, Chaoyang District is currently the hardest hit area in Beijing. On the 11th, the district announced that 151 new risk points have been added, requiring that personnel who intersect with the above-mentioned activity trajectories in time and space or receive a pop-up prompt from Health Treasure should report immediately.

In addition, Chaoyang District officials also newly designated 15 areas as "sealed and controlled areas", and implemented regional closures, requiring residents in the sealed and controlled areas to "stay at home"; 3 new areas were newly designated as "control areas", within these areas Residents are required to "stay out of the building", gatherings are strictly prohibited, and only one person per household can be arranged to leave the house for a short time per day.

In addition, Fengtai District has added 27 new risk points today, and the door is placed on the door of the home quarantined. The epidemic in Beijing has heated up again, and there is a chilling atmosphere everywhere.

Folk doubts: The epidemic situation in Beijing may have been out of control. Now the official take the case of the "Paradise Supermarket Bar" as an example, and it is very likely that the bar is used as a "bearer" in order to shirk responsibility.

Public information shows that Paradise Supermarket started out as a canteen, but it has grown rapidly in recent years, expanding and upgrading its stores twice from November 2012 to September 2014. Later, it moved to No. 14, Xindong Road, Sanlitun, and expanded from 100 square meters to 700 square meters. By 2022, Paradise Supermarket will have 12 branches. In addition to 6 stores in Beijing, there are branches in Xi'an, Baoding, Changchun, Yinchuan and Linyi.

In addition, due to the resurgence of the epidemic, Beijing officials have decided that the city's primary and secondary schools will continue to implement online teaching except for the third grade. Only the third grade students who are not involved in the epidemic can return to school on 13 June.

According to the news released by the official account of the Beijing Municipal Government and reports from official media, as of nearly 8:00 p.m. on June 11, 2022, dozens of residential buildings in at least 26 communities in Beijing’s Chaoyang District have been designated as “sealed and controlled areas”. ”, another 4 communities were “temporarily closed and controlled”; at least 25 communities (or streets) in Fengtai District were also closed and controlled; at least 9 communities in Changping District were closed and controlled, and another 10 communities were “temporarily closed and controlled”. ” In Daxing District, 6 communities were blocked.

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The avalanche effect of the beating incident: the victims have reported the Tangshan underworld

Reporter : He Yating / Editor: Hu Long / https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2022/06/12/a103454016.html / Image : The Tangshan beating incident triggered an avalanche effect, and people or their families who were hurt by the underworld forces continued to send real-name video reports online. (Screenshot of Weibo)

The beating incident in Tangshan, China, triggered an avalanche effect. Taking advantage of the high attention of public opinion, victims of underworld forces or their family members continue to post real-name reports on the Internet, hoping to seek justice for themselves or their relatives. Some of them had their limbs broken and occupied shops; some were chased and sunk by a boat by Haiba, but the Coast Guard characterized the case as a "traffic accident", and the breaking news videos and netizens' comments were repeatedly deleted.

In the afternoon of 12 June, local time, Wang Bingzhong, a 75-year-old villager in Jianshe Village, Qian'an City, Tangshan, posted a post on Weibo, reporting that Tangshan Qian'an Lianyi Real Estate Development Co., Ltd. had "reversed black and white, beat people and burned cars, and seized possessions" 10 years ago. The demolition of deserving shops” has not been resolved so far.

According to Wang Bingzhong's complaint, the incident was caused by a demolition dispute in 2007. The developer did not fulfill its original promise to the demolition households, and the shop has not been delivered yet. Wang sued the court in 2009. Unexpectedly, relying on their wealth and power to cover the sky, the developer first hired more than 30 people to demolish the shops; then on 17 December 2012, he instructed gang members to hold a steel pipe to break Wang Bingzhong's limbs, and in the early morning of the next day, he also gave Wang's family a living. Car burns down.

Wang Bingzhong finally appealed to netizens to forward relevant news to help them redress their grievances, and urged relevant departments to "dig deep and investigate thoroughly" to give him justice.

Later, Wang Bingzhong's son told netizens who were concerned about the matter on Weibo that his father could only read according to the written accusation because of his old age. The matter has not been resolved for so many years! The old man goes to petition every year, and every time he is stopped and even blacklisted! "The situation is absolutely true, and all the evidence is there," he stressed.

Wang Bingzhong's son also specifically stated that he will report his safety on Weibo every day, "If one day it is not posted or Weibo is emptied, everyone will understand!"

An old woman in Qian'an City, Tangshan also posted a real-name video to report that the underworld had beaten her son to death, but the attacker is still at large.

According to the old man's complaint: In 2016, Yang Moumou used five gang members to kill her son, Sun Zhaojun (sound), and the family of the deceased has not been told in this case. The old man bluntly said that the other party was "rich and powerful". After her son was beaten to death, the assailant once "turned himself in" and was released by the police on the same day. The old woman went to the Public Security Bureau to question why the attacker was released. The police said that no fatal injuries were found on her son's body, and there was no evidence. The old man questioned: "There is no injury, why did my son die?" But the police have not yet said anything about this.

After the old woman's report video was posted on social media, it was taken down by the network administrator many times. She could only ask other netizens to help her forward the report video.

In the third case, a middle-aged man reported that Tangshan Haiba rammed into a fishing boat with his real name and killed 5 people. He was the only survivor on the boat, but the Coast Guard regarded him as a criminal suspect in order to seek justice for himself. , so the real name is reported.

According to the whistleblower: In 2019, the boat he was driving was chased and sunk by two fishing boats driven by Tangshan Haiba in a row, resulting in the death of all five people on board except himself. However, the Tangshan Coast Guard even characterized the case as a "traffic accident" and designated itself as a "criminal suspect". The man emphasized that the police's statement was "seriously inconsistent with the truth", and the murderer Hai Ba was arrested and released on bail pending trial, and has been at large until now.

Wang Zhaoxi, an 88-year-old man from Inner Mongolia, also posted a real-name report, accusing his son of being chased and beaten by triad members in Lubei District, Tangshan City more than ten years ago.

According to Mr. Wang Zhaoxi's complaint, on 26 April 2006, his son Wang Shang was "knocked to the ground" by about 20 underworld members armed with knives, wooden sticks and hammers at the east end of Fenghuang Road, Lubei District, Tangshan City. It even smashed the 110 police car that was dispatched to the police. At that time, "Tangshan Evening News" had reported on this incident, with the title "A madman actually smashed 110 police cars". After the incident, the madmen who beat people were at large, and no one dared to care. Instead, Wang Shang was sentenced to 4 years in prison.

The old man said in the report video that the group of madmen in Lubei District were "deep-rooted in the local area, there were people from top to bottom, black and white collusion", and he had been running for so many years for his son's unjust case, but the relevant departments "do not investigate and do not handle it."

Now that the old man's son is dead, the old man vowed to avenge his son's injustice, so he posted a video and made a public real-name report, asking the relevant departments to strictly investigate the gang of gangsters who chased and beat his son, and give justice to the victim.

In addition, there are reports of disabled soldiers and victimized aunts, etc. All cases are suspected to be related to the perpetrators of underworld forces.

The contents described in the above-mentioned reporting video cannot be verified one by one, but the real-name whistleblowers all claim that they have relevant evidence, and some of the whistleblowers also showed some evidence in the video. The grievances they suffered aroused the sympathy of netizens. Forward the whistleblower video for it and call on the public to pay attention to the further development of the incident.

However, many comments in the comment area under the above-mentioned reported video have been deleted by the network administrator, and the comment area under the relevant news forwarded by some netizens has been directly cancelled by the network administrator; only some of the netizens' comments have been retained under individual videos.

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BA.5 "This point" shocking doctor: "I hope not to hit too many people", please do one thing quickly

Editor : Lu Xinzhi / https://news.tvbs.com.tw/life/1817356 / Image : New subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 of Omicron have been detected in Europe and the United States recently. (Schematic diagram/shutterstock Dazhi image)

The covid epidemic continues to spread. Many countries in Europe and the United States have recently detected new Omicron sub-variants BA.4 and BA.5. Among them, BA.5 is more infectious. Experts predict that it will soon surpass BA.2 and become the mainstream variant. In this regard, Jiang Guanyu, a physician in the Zhongxing Hospital of Beijing Union Medical College, pointed out that BA.4 and BA.5 have strong pathogenicity and may lead to more breakthrough infections in the future. For the community epidemic, he suggested preparing to start the fourth dose of the vaccine , shouting "I hope not to hit too many people".

Image : The doctor pointed out that BA.4 and BA.5 are more pathogenic. (Picture / taken from Jiang Guanyu's Facebook)

Jiang Guanyu wrote on Facebook on the 12th: "We may have to have the latest understanding of BA.4 and BA.5 that have not yet come in." He said that many studies have confirmed that BA.4 and BA.5 are important for BA. Antibodies after infection with .1 and BA.2 are "resistant", but the key point is that BA.2.12.1, BA.4 and BA.5 are more transmissible and more pathogenic in human bronchial and alveolar cells.

Jiang Guanyu pointed out that according to the research of the Columbia University team in the United States, compared with the original strain, the titer of BA.2.12.1 was reduced to 1/1.8, and BA. .4 and BA.5 were reduced to 1/4.2. According to the data collected by the US CDC, BA.2.12.1 is still the main variant in the United States, but from the current monitoring point of view, BA.4 and BA.5 are going to replace BA.2.12.1, "Future BA. The rise in BA.4 and BA.5 could lead to more breakthrough infections, as the U.S. already knows.”

Jiang Guanyu believes that, in fact, breakthrough infection, repeated infection, and the failure of the invincible star are not news. For him, it is still more shocking to observe the "increased pathogenicity", although he thought that he should not need to take the fourth dose, but for the sake of controlling the outbreak in the community, it is possible to prepare for the general administration of the fourth dose. Now it is not only for the safety of the elders, but also for the safety of children and children, and is also working hard to minimize the burden of long covid in the future.

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If BA.4 and BA.5 become mainstream strains Luo Yijun: The probability of repeated infection will increase

Reporter : Lin Huiqin / https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/life/breakingnews/3958697 / Image : Luo Yijun, deputy head of the medical response team of the command center, said that the factor affecting superinfection is whether or not the popular variant strains have been converted. In case BA.4 and BA.5 become mainstream strains, because of their high infectivity and immune escape characteristics, the probability of repeated infection is high. will improve. (Picture provided by Command Center)

Omicron BA.4 and BA.5, which are the first cases in China with high infectivity and immune escape characteristics, said Luo Yijun, deputy head of the medical response team of the Central Epidemic Command Center, said that the factors that affect repeated infection are It depends on whether there is a conversion of the popular variant strains. If BA.4 and BA.5 become mainstream strains, because of their high infectivity and immune escape characteristics, the probability of repeated infection will increase.

Luo Yijun pointed out that from January to March 2022, BA.1 is mainly popular in the north and BA.2 in the south, but in April and May, there is still a little BA.1 in the north, and the rest become BA.2. If the variant strain of the same sequence is maintained, the probability of repeated infection is low, but if the community variant strain is obviously converted and produces different mutant genes, in case BA.4 and BA.5 become the mainstream, because of high infectivity and immune escape characteristics, the chance of repeat infection will increase.

However, Luo Yijun also mentioned that foreign laboratory serum studies have found that people who have been infected with BA.1 but have not been vaccinated have low cross-protection against BA.4 and BA.5 but if they are vaccinated, then there is some acceptable cross-protective power, which shows that even with different subtypes of Omicron, there are still many cases of cross-protection, but after 3 months of infection and the protection of the vaccine subsides, the probability of repeated infection will increase.

Luo Yijun mentioned that the outside world will cite someone who has been repeatedly infected, and the command centre will not deny it, but this is not the case for most people. In case most people are repeatedly infected, it means that the main epidemic variant in the community has changed. Therefore, it is hoped that when people enter the country to implement relevant measures, they should also wear masks in the community to avoid the next wave of epidemics from happening too early.

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Taiwan's entry quarantine period is expected to be relaxed to 0+7 in September

According to Lianhe Zaobao, people familiar with the matter revealed that Taiwan's entry quarantine period is expected to be further relaxed in September.

Taiwan's "United Daily News" quoted a government insider as reporting that the "Taiwan Central Epidemic Epidemic Command Center" announced that the entry quarantine period will be fully relaxed from 15 June 2022 to 3+4 (three days of home quarantine + four days of self-health management), showing that in Taiwan there is no way out for the epidemic prevention policy to open up. If the implementation of 3+4 goes smoothly, it will be assessed after one month whether it will be fully relaxed to 0+7, which means that there is no quarantine after entry, and only seven days of self-management. The announcement is expected to be made before August at the earliest, to be implemented before September.

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The Tourism Authority of Thailand will propose 6 relaxation policies such as "visa-free" and extension of the period of stay in Thailand

According to the headline news in Thailand, in order to attract more foreign tourists to travel and drive economic development, the Tourism Association of Thailand and the National Tourism Administration of Thailand will jointly propose to the Epidemic Control Center to cancel the visa fee for foreign tourists; and from 1 July 2022 to extend travel and stay in Thailand to a maximum of 45 days by 31 December 2022.

On 10 June 2022, the Tourism Authority of Thailand held a meeting with private sector representatives from more than 100 tourism associations. A total of 6 proposals were discussed at the meeting, which will be proposed at the meeting of the Epidemic Management Center on 17 June:

From 1 July 2022, the ThailandPass system will be cancelled and another system that is easy to operate will be adopyed but foreign tourists still need to present a vaccination certificate or vaccine passport, and health insurance documents;

From 1 July, the mandatory wearing of masks in open spaces will be lifted but people still need to wear masks indoors or in crowded places;

From 1 July, the business hours of entertainment venues such as nightclubs and bars will be extended;

From 1 July to 31 December 2022 (6 months), the visa fees will be waived including the tourist visa (Tourist Visa) fee of 1,000 baht per person and the visa on arrival (Visa-on-Arrival: VoA) fee of 2,000 Baht per head fee to support the government's "Visit Thailand Year 2022-2023" (Visit Thailand Year 2022-2023) policy .

Extend your travel stay in Thailand to a maximum of 45 days from 1 July to 31 December 2022 (6 months);

- Extend the period of stay of tourist visa from not more than 30 days to not more than 45 days;

- Extension of visa-free or visa-free stay for passport holders from a stay period of not more than 30 days (currently 56 countries) to a maximum of 45 days;

- Visa on Arrival (VoA) will provide travel time up to 45 days from the usual 15 days.

Postponement of the proposed entry fee of 300 Baht for a per capita fee for foreign tourists.

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