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7.7-magnitude quake hits Mexico, kills 1

STORY: 7.7-magnitude quake hits Mexico, kills 1 DATELINE: Sept. 20, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:38 LOCATION: Mexico City CATEGORY: SOCIETY/BREAKING SHOTLIST: 1. various of street views STORYLINE: A 7.7-magnitude earthquake shook west-central Mexico on Monday, causing some structural damage on the anniversary of two previous major earthquakes in 1985 and 2017. One person was killed when a wall collapsed at a shopping center in Manzanillo, a beach resort in western Colima state, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said, after receiving a report from the Naval Ministry. The president was in contact with governors of states most affected by the quake that hit at 1:05 p.m. local time (0605 GMT), notably Colima and Michoacan, though parts of the capital Mexico City were also jolted. According to the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE), 1.2 million people were once left without power in Mexico City, the neighboring State of Mexico, Michoacan, Colima and Jalisco. And electricity had already been restored to 6

Paris residents express concerns over possibility of restarting coal-fired power plants amid energy crisis

STORY: Paris residents express concerns over possibility of restarting coal-fired power plants amid energy crisis DATELINE: Sept. 4, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:58 LOCATION: Paris CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: various of street view in ParisSOUNDBITE 1 (French): SYLVETTE, Paris residentvarious of pylonsSOUNDBITE 2 (French): IDHIR, Paris residentSOUNDBITE 3 (French): CHRISTOPHE, Paris residentSOUNDBITE 4 (French): LOUIS, Paris residentSOUNDBITE 5 (French): RAYMONDE, Paris resident STORYLINE: Facing power supply insecurity, some European countries have decided to reopen coal-fired power plants or to take measures to support coal power. Residents in Paris have expressed their concerns over decisions of going back to the traditional energy source. SOUNDBITE 1 (French): SYLVETTE, Paris resident "So if France restarts the coal-fired power plants, it's true that it risks being a step backwards. It's not a big step forward but rather a step backwards, before we have other solutions to allow us to continue to live on the l

Madagascar grapples with inflation as it bites

STORY: Madagascar grapples with inflation as it bites DATELINE: April 12, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:02 LOCATION: Antananarivo CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: various of street view in Antananarivovarious of vendorsSOUNDBITE 1 (Malagasy): JEAN YVES, ButcherSOUNDBITE 2 (Malagasy): FARA, Fishmonger STORYLINE: This island nation of Madagascar has taken a raft of measures to rein in rising inflation due to internal and external factors. The measures included the subsidy made by the Malagasy State on the pump price of fuel and the massive import of rice to cushion the rise in the price of rice in the local market. SOUNDBITE 1 (Malagasy): JEAN YVES, Butcher "Right now, people don't buy meat by kilogram. They purchase it by piece. They took one or two small pieces at most." SOUNDBITE 2 (Malagasy): FARA, Fishmonger "We can clearly see that people's purchasing power is decreasing. I can say that the price has not increased too much. But selling five kilograms of fresh fish seems difficult right now, while

Niigata gov't inspectors check Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan - Two officials from the Niigata prefectural government (foreground) investigating earthquake-triggered problems at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant are debriefed by Akio Takahashi (C, background), director of the power plant, on July 21. A powerful earthquake that struck the Kashiwazaki area on July 16 triggered a fire and leakage of low-level radioactive water at the nuclear plant, the largest in the world with seven reactors.

KMT's new leader upbeat on party's return to power

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Ma Ying-jeou, chairman of Taiwan's main opposition Nationalist Party (KMT), speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Taipei on Sept. 2. Ma, 55, took over the leadership of the 1-million-strong KMT on Aug. 19.

Relief goods reach Taiwan quake victims

TONGSHIH, Taiwan - Donated clothes and other relief goods reach a primary school in Tongshih township, Taichung County on Sept. 26, waiting for distribution to victims of the massive earthquake which struck central Taiwan on Sept. 21.

Japanese families in Taiwan forced to live in tents

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - Japanese families who evacuated their quake-hit homes to a park in Taichung, central Taiwan, following the Sept. 21 earthquake sit outside their tents on Sept. 27.

Quake relief goods pile up in Tongshih, Taiwan

TONGSHIH, Taiwan - Relief goods gathered from donations across Taiwan pile up in the Tongshih township, Taichung County on Sept. 26, waiting for distribution to victims who turned homeless in the massive earthquake which struck central Taiwan on Sept. 21.

Rescue operations continue

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Rescue operations continue Sept. 24 in Taipei's Sungshan district where an estimated 60 people remain trapped under the rubble following the collapse of a high-rise building in the Sept. 21 killer earthquake.

Road cut by quake

TAICHUNG, Taiwan - The winding road remains cut at Taipinghsiang, Taichun County, on Sept. 24 following the massive earthquake that hit central Taiwan on Sept. 21.

Taipei residents throng to buy fish

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taipei residents pick up trays of fish put for sale on the street by a fishmonger (C) Sept. 22 after his refrigerators stopped operating due to the power outages caused by the Sept. 21 massive earthquake.

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