every few days to do pcr tests, as part of the country s ongoing zero covid policy. spare a thought for those carrying out the testing, they are dressed head to toe in hazmat suits in sweltering conditions. meanwhile across the north of china, heavy driving rain has triggered flooding. the frequency of the flooding in china is, according to chinese scientists, because of global warming. this is a massive ongoing problem. but people here have to get through the coming days and weeks and that might not be so easy because forecasters are saying that the heatwaves could be hanging around in china for quite a bit yet. at 82 years old, mark fleischman, who owned the legendary new york nightclub, studio 5a, has died by assisted suicide in switzerland. he d talked about suffering from a debilitating illness in his later years. in his book, inside studio 5a,
ongoing zero covid policy. spare a thought for those carrying out the testing, they are dressed head to toe in hazmat suits in sweltering conditions. meanwhile across the north of china, heavy driving rain has triggered flooding. the frequency of the flooding in china is, according to chinese scientists, because of global warming. this is a massive ongoing problem. but people here have to get through the coming days and weeks and that might not be so easy because forecasters are saying that the heatwaves could be hanging around in china for quite a bit yet. quite a bit yet for those heatwaves. at 82 years old, mark fleischman, who owned the legendary new york nightclub studio 5a, has died by assisted suicide in switzerland. he was 82 years old.
he wrote that the club was an exclusive world where anything could happen . i asked our news reporter, azadeh moshiri, what more we know about his illness. he started suffering from it in 2016 but doctors weren t able to diagnose exactly what that condition was. either way it was serious enough that he wasn t able to walk and last month he spoke to the new york post and said it got to the point where he couldn t do everyday tasks, he couldn t dress himself, he couldn t tie his shoelaces, his wife mimi had to help him with most of those tasks, even getting out of bed in the morning so eventually he took this decision to seek assisted suicide and travelled to switzerland, to a clinic, one of the places that would allow him to do it legally. his long time business partner, daniel fitzgerald, shared that they held a living wake for mark fleischman onjuly 4, independence day in the united states, and had partly hoped he might change his mind.
street. it was a celebrity haunt. people like bianca jagger, mickjagger, liza jagger, mick jagger, liza minnelli, jagger, mickjagger, liza minnelli, elizabeth taylor, grace jones, minnelli, elizabeth taylor, gracejones, bill regularly grace jones, bill regularly there gracejones, bill regularly there as did andy warhol and there as did andy warhol and the list went on and it was known for its debauchery and wild parties, it opened just when sexual liberation and freedom and so many social movements were happening in the united states and it was the disco era so it happened at the perfect time but 1980, two years after it had opened, the owners went to jail for not paying their taxes and that is where mark fleischman flew in and essentially, he was his own white horse, i say whitehorse because bianca jagger famously rocked into the club on a big white horse. white horse. just saw that. absolutely. white horse. just saw that. absolutely. and white horse. just saw that. absolutely. a