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Israel launches night raid at Gaza's al-Shifa hospital

STORY: Israel launches night raid at Gaza's al-Shifa hospital SHOOTING TIME: March 18, 2024 DATELINE: March 19, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:04 LOCATION: GAZA, Palestine CATEGORY: MILITARY/HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of streets near the al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City STORYLINE: Israeli forces launched a military operation in the al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City before dawn on Monday, Israeli officials said. In video footage on social networks, heavy gunfire could be heard in the vicinity of the hospital. The Israeli Ha'aretz newspaper reported that there were fatalities and injuries in the hospital. The Health Ministry in Gaza said in a statement that the Israeli military attacked the al-Shifa complex, blaming the army for aiming "to continue destroying the health system in northern Gaza." The ministry urged international organizations to "immediately" intervene to protect the hospital and the patients inside it. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Spokesman Daniel Hagari announced the raid in a video release,

Australia's electric vehicle sales up 149 pct in 2023: report

STORY: Australia's electric vehicle sales up 149 pct in 2023: report SHOOTING TIME: March 17, 2024 DATELINE: March 18, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:56 LOCATION: Canberra CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of electric vehicles in Australia STORYLINE: Electric vehicle (EV) sales in Australia more than doubled in 2023, a report has revealed. According to the Electric Vehicle Industry Recap 2023, which was published by peak industry body the Electric Vehicle Council (EVC) on Friday, Australians bought 98,346 new electric vehicles in 2023, an increase of 149.9 percent from 39,353 in 2022. The report said that 8.45 percent of all new cars sold in Australia in 2023 were EVs, up from 3.81 percent in 2022. "After a long period of anticipation last decade, it's now genuinely exciting to see the electric vehicle revolution rolling out all over Australia," Behyad Jafari, chief executive of the EVC, said in a media release. The recap said the EVC was confident the market can continue to grow 30-50 percent per ye

Chinese industrial software helps calculate product carbon footprint more precisely

STORY: Chinese industrial software helps calculate product carbon footprint more precisely SHOOTING TIME: March 1, 2024 DATELINE: March 15, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:57 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY/ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of factories in China 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHOU JING, Chairman of Shanghai E-C Digital Technology Co., Ltd. 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ZHOU JING, Chairman of Shanghai E-C Digital Technology Co., Ltd. 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): WU ZHEYING, Director of R&D Department of Shanghai BAOSTEEL Packaging Co., Ltd. STORYLINE: Chinese industrial carbon footprint calculation software has played a positive role in promoting the realization of China's dual carbon goals. Product carbon footprint is a form of carbon emission accounting, which generally refers to the sum of carbon emissions generated in procedures such as raw material processing, transportation, production and sales, and is an important indicator to measure the green and low-carbon level of enterprises and product

Indonesian Photojournalist Organisation Of Medan Team

Leader of Kampung Matfa Indonesia, Muhammad Imam Hanafi (fourth from the left), head of the public relations division of the North Sumatra Regional Police (Polda), Police Commissioner, Hadi Wahyudi, SH., SIK (fifth from the right), Head of Sales XL Axiata Greater Medan, Horas Lubis (third from right) and the Chairman of the Indonesian Photojournalist Organization (PFI) of Medan, Risky Cahyadi (fifth from left) seen during the inauguration event of the photojournalist's regenerations on the organization's 20th anniversary and the PFI Medan management inauguration at Graha XL in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia on March 06, 2024. In his new management program, the Chair of PFI Medan, Risky Cahyadi is determined to bring photojournalists in Medan City to more measurable and standardized journalism as a cooperative profession in public elements. Photo by Sutanta Aditya/ABACAPRESS.COM

Australian student visa rejection rate rises

STORY: Australian student visa rejection rate rises SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 23, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 24, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:09 LOCATION: Canberra CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of international students in Canberra 2. various of the Australian National University campus STORYLINE: According to the latest Australian government data, 80.9 percent of total international student visa applications in the six months to December 2023 were approved -- down from 86 percent in the financial year 2022-23 and 91.5 percent in 2021-22. It marks the lowest approval rate since 2005-06. The fall coincided with the December release of the government's new migration strategy, which places an emphasis on greater scrutiny for student visa applicants to end exploitation of the immigration system. Under the overhaul, colleges and universities have been placed into three tiers based on their history of visa fraud or other problems with international students. Those in tier one, including Australia's largest universities, ar

Volvo Cars reports several all-time-highs in 2023

STORY: Volvo Cars reports several all-time-highs in 2023 SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 1, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 2, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:02 LOCATION: Stockholm CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Volvo Studio Stockholm 2. various of street view in Stockholm 3. various of shops in Stockholm STORYLINE: Volvo Cars said on Thursday that 2023 was a record-breaking year for the company, with more than 700,000 cars sold and the highest revenue and sales profit in its 97-year history. Revenues increased by 21 percent to 399.3 billion Swedish kronor (38.3 billion U.S. dollars), while the underlying operating profit excluding joint ventures and associates increased by 43 percent to 25.6 billion kronor, the carmaker said in its year-end report for 2023. A total of 708,716 cars were sold in 2023, following a year-on-year sales increase of 15 percent, according to the report. Volvo Cars, which was acquired by Chinese automaker Geely in 2010, has previously said that it aims to solely produce fully-electric cars by 2

CHINA-YUNNAN-KUNMING-VISUALLY IMPAIRED-BRAILLE (CN)

(240201) -- KUNMING, Feb. 1, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Peng Bin uses a computer to listen to news at a reading room for visually impaired people at Yunnan Provincial Library in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Jan. 3, 2024. TO GO WITH "Feature: From raised dots to faraway lands -- improved braille system opens world to the visually impaired" (Xinhua/Zhao Cailin)

CHINA-SHANGHAI-2024 WORLD DIGITAL EDUCATION CONFERENCE (CN)

(240130) -- SHANGHAI, Jan. 30, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A staff member demonstrates the shield construction simulation training system during the 2024 World Digital Education Conference in Shanghai, east China, Jan. 30, 2024. Under the theme of "Digital Education: Application, Sharing, and Innovation," the conference, held from Jan. 29 to 31 in Shanghai, will see the release of a compilation of digital education cases worldwide, an index regarding the development of global digital education, and an initiative on digital education, amid a series of themed discussions, said Liu Jin, head of the Department of International Cooperation and Exchanges under China's Ministry of Education (MOE). (Xinhua/Xin Mengchen)

China aims to clinch more free trade agreements to boost trade, investment

STORY: China aims to clinch more free trade agreements to boost trade, investment SHOOTING TIME: file DATELINE: Jan. 29, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:46 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of China-related footage 2. SOUNDBITE (English): MAK CHAMROEUN, Chairman of e-commerce platform AgriBee (Cambodia) STORYLINE: China has planned to step up efforts in enlarging its globally-oriented network of high-standard free trade areas in 2024. China International Trade Representative and Vice Minister of Commerce Wang Shouwen told a recent press conference that the country had already inked 22 FTAs with 29 countries or regions, and the combined trade value involved accounted for one third of the country's total foreign trade value. In a move to further share China's opening-up dividends and power regional economic growth, China will enhance efforts on FTA negotiations in 2024, according to Wang. With the negotiations on Version 3.0 China-ASEAN Free Trade Area pending this week in Hangzhou, Wang vowed

Cambodia makes 466 mln USD from milled rice export in 2023

STORY: Cambodia makes 466 mln USD from milled rice export in 2023 SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 10, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 12, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:44 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of rice paddies in Cambodia 2. farmers growing and harvesting rice 3. various of rice processing and packaging at a rice mill 4. various of packaged rice 5. SOUNDBITE (English): MAK CHAMROEUN, Chairman of e-commerce platform AgriBee (Cambodia) 6. various of a port STORYLINE: Cambodia had exported 656,323 tonnes of milled rice in 2023, a year-on-year increase of 3 percent, the Cambodia Rice Federation (CRF) said in a news release last Friday. The Southeast Asian country earned a total revenue of 466 million U.S. dollars from the export of the commodity, up 13 percent year-on-year, the news release said, adding that the kingdom's rice had been shipped to 61 countries and regions. China remained the top buyer of the commodity. The kingdom exported 212,756 tonnes of milled rice to China last year, making a gross re

Microsoft's Gates promote sales

Microsoft Corp. chairman Bill Gates speaks June 17 in Tokyo and announces the July 25 release in Japan of the Japanese version of the Windows 98 computer operating system.

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