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Germany beats Dominican Republic at Women's Volleyball Nations League

STORY: Germany beats Dominican Republic at Women's Volleyball Nations League DATELINE: June 28, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:56 LOCATION: SUWON, South Korea CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of match venue 2. various of match and audience STORYLINE: Germany beat the Dominican Republic 25-19, 25-18, 18-25, 25-21 in Suwon, South Korea on Tuesday in the opening match of the third and last competition week of the FIVB Women's Volleyball Nations League. Germany climbed to third place on a 7-2 win-loss record, amassing 19 points. Despite the harsh struggle of Dominica's Brayelin Martinez who scored a game-high 21 points, the Caribbean nation failed to reverse the match. Germany started off on the right foot, but Dominica intensely fought back in the second set, where both sides went neck and neck and leveled the score several times with Germany securing the set with an ace in the end. Dominica led from the start in the third set and seemed to have set the stage for a turnaround, but Germany took control of the fou

China cultural center hosts salon to promote tea culture in Fiji

STORY: China cultural center hosts salon to promote tea culture in Fiji DATELINE: May 21, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:18 LOCATION: Suva CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. shots of Han Xiaoyan, director of the China Cultural Center in Fiji, at the opening ceremony 2. SOUNDBITE (English): ZHOU JIAN, Chinese Ambassador to Fiji 3. various of traditional tea ceremony and other performances STORYLINE: A tea cultural event was held in Suva, capital of Fiji, on Saturday, enabling the island nation's people to get a taste of Chinese tea and tea culture. The event included a traditional tea ceremony, a tea art performance and other activities like music, paper-cut art and photography exhibition. Entitled "Tea for Harmony Yaji Cultural Salon," the event was organized by the China Cultural Center in Fiji, Nanjing Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism, as well as Fiji-China Friendship Association. Yaji, literally "gathering of elegance," was a common way for ancient Chinese literati to enjoy a collective cultural life. China

Vigil held for Buffalo mass shooting victims in New York

STORY: Vigil held for Buffalo mass shooting victims in New York DATELINE: May 16, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:12 LOCATION: NEW YORK, U.S. CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a vigil held near the supermarket 2. various of the area cordoned off by police STORYLINE: Community members gathered for a vigil outside the Tops supermarket Sunday, a day after a gunman killed 10 people in the city of Buffalo, New York State. New York Governor Kathy Hochul Sunday announced flags on state buildings will be flown at half-staff on May 16 in honor of the victims of the horrific shooting. "The violence we witnessed at the hands of this white supremacist is sickening, unacceptable and it must stop here," Hochul said, adding that "an attack on one of us is an attack on all of us, and we must confront white supremacy head on." An 18-year-old U.S. white man was arraigned on Saturday night hours after shocking the nation by live-streaming his mass shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo. The heavily armed shooter surrendered to

CHINA-GUIZHOU-GUIYANG-"FISH MINT" BAND (CN)

(220303) -- GUIYANG, March 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Lead singer Chen Kexing (1st L), guitarist Yang Zhi (2nd R), drummer Chen Changhai (1st R), and bassist Peng Wanhai (2nd L) take a rest at a massage parlor in Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou Province, March 1, 2022. A band named "Fish Mint" consists of three massage therapists and a delivery man who were all born in the 1990s. Yet the delivery man is the only one who could see while the rest are with visual impairment. The members do their regular work during the day and gather around to play music in the band in the evening. The band is named after fish mint, as the members think they bear a resemblance to it. Fish mint, the leaf vegetable favored by the local people in southwest China's Guizhou Province, is a plant growing in shady environment. The band players with disabilities see themselves resembling this particular plant--living in darkness, but that never dampens their passion for chasing light. With the opening of the Beijing 2022 Paralympi

TONGA-CHINESE NAVY SHIPS-RELIEF SUPPLIES-ARRIVAL

(220215) -- NUKU' ALOFA, Feb. 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Staff members of Chinese Embassy in Tonga welcome a flotilla of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy delivering relief supplies at a port in Nuku' alofa, Tonga, Feb. 15, 2022. The flotilla comprised of two ships departed from a port in south China's Guangzhou City on Jan. 31 to deliver China's disaster relief supplies to the South Pacific island nation of Tonga. Weighing approximately 1,400 tonnes, the latest supplies include mobile homes, tractors, electricity generators, water pumps, water purifiers, food and medical supplies. (Photo by Xue Chengqing/Xinhua)

CHINA-HONG KONG-COVID-19-CASES (CN)

(220201) -- HONG KONG, Feb. 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Carrie Lam (2nd R) pays a visit to staff members of a Contact Tracing Office in Hong Kong, south China, Feb. 1, 2022. Hong Kong reported 129 new cases of COVID-19 over the past 24 hours on Tuesday, according to data from the Center for Health Protection. (Information Services Department of the Government of the HKSAR/Handout via Xinhua)

Kamala Harris Thrust Into Spotlight As Biden Bows Out

File photo - US Vice-President Kamala Harris and French President Emmanuel Macron speaks after the opening ceremony at the Paris Peace Forum at The Grande Halle de la Villette in Paris on November 11, 2021. President Biden announced he was suspending his re-election campaign and putting his faith in Harris. Within hours, the vice-president confirmed her own bid for the White House. “I will do everything in my power to unite the Democratic party, and unite our nation, to defeat Donald Trump,” Harris said. “We have 107 days until Election Day. Together, we will fight. And together, we will win." Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

Japan's World Cup squad return home from South Africa

KANSAI INTERNATIONL AIRPORT, Japan - Yuji Nakazawa (R), Shinji Okazaki (2nd from R), Keisuke Honda (4th from R) and and other members of Japan's World Cup squad arrive at Kansai International Airport near Osaka from Johannesburg, South Africa, on July 1, 2010. Japan were eliminated from the World Cup finals after a penalty shootout defeat to Paraguay in the second round. (Kyodo)

Blue Samurai head home

PRETORIA, South Africa - Japan goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima (R) and other members of Japan's national soccer squad greet fans at an international airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, ahead of their departure for home on June 30, 2010, a day after the team lost to Paraguay in a World Cup second-round match. (Kyodo)

Brazil beat Chile in World Cup 2nd round

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Brazil defender Juan (R) heads his side's opening goal against Chile in the 35th minute of a World Cup second-round match at Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, on June 28, 2010. Brazil won 3-0 and advanced to the quarterfinals. (Kyodo)

Japan squad warms up for King Hassan Cup

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