When the expert committee at the Ukrainian Society of the Deaf was working on de-Russifying the word “thank you” after the start of the full-scale war, there was the suggestion to leave it be, Tetiana Kryvko, the society’s deputy head, tells the Kyiv Independent. Before Russia’s full-scale invasion, Ukrainians who use sign language would have thanked one another with the Russian sign, a gesture that resembles taking one’s hat off and bowing. “But we (Ukrainians) should not bow in front of anyone,” she both says and signs.
If people cannot appreciate Malta’s underwater heritage, for themselves: TIMMY GAMBIN – Associate Professor of Maritime Archaeology at the University of Malta, and head of Heritage Malta's Underwater Cultural Heritage Unit – argues that underwater heritage must be ‘taken to the people’
An estimated 20,000 people from all walks of life thronged the State Government’s Aidilfitri Open House at the Sabah International Convention Centre (SICC), Kota Kinabalu, on April 30.