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The late Vo Quy, a professor at Vietnam National University, Hanoi, who died on Jan. 10 at age 87, was living proof that even one man can do great deeds.

Human rights lawyer Amal Clooney has spoken out against U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. Trump has said many controversial and sometimes outrageous things on basic human rights and through his infamous tweets.

John Glenn, the first American astronaut to orbit the earth, died Dec. 8 in Columbus, Ohio, his home state. He was 95.

General Tso’s chicken is the most popular Chinese dish in America, but its creator, a Taiwanese chef who died Nov. 31 in Taipei at age 98, lived a mostly anonymous but eventful life.

On Nov. 7, many fans around the world were saddened to hear of Leonard Cohen’s death. One of his most famous songs is “Hallelujah,” featured in the movies Shrek.

Yoo Duk-hyung, president of the Seoul Institute of the Arts (SIA), has become the first Korean to win the prestigious John D. Rockefeller Ⅲ Award.

Jeffrey Jacob Abrams, more frequently known as J. J. Abrams, is a force to be reckoned within the film and television world.

Renowned Japanese mountaineer Junko Tabei died on Oct. 20 at age 77.