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Turnout in Iran's 2 major elections reaches 41 pct: minister

STORY: Turnout in Iran's 2 major elections reaches 41 pct: minister SHOOTING TIME: March 4, 2024 DATELINE: March 5, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:34 LOCATION: Tehran CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the press conference STORYLINE: Iranian Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi said Monday at a press conference in Tehran that the turnout in the country's 12th parliamentary and sixth Assembly of Experts elections, which were held on Friday, reached 41 percent. The voting began at 8:00 am local time (0430 GMT) at 59,000 polling stations across Iran, with more than 15,000 candidates competing for 290 seats in the Iranian parliament and 144 candidates vying for positions at the eight-year-term Assembly of Experts, an 88-member body that oversees the activities of Iran's supreme leader and is empowered to designate and dismiss the supreme leader. The voting was initially scheduled to end at 6:00 pm local time but was extended three times, with each extension lasting for two hours. Vahidi said 25 million of the total 6

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Voting ends in Iran's parliament, Assembly of Experts elections after 16 hours

STORY: Voting ends in Iran's parliament, Assembly of Experts elections after 16 hours SHOOTING TIME: March 1, 2024 DATELINE: March 2, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:52 LOCATION: Tehran CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the polling stations STORYLINE: Voting for Iran's 12th parliament and sixth Assembly of Experts ended at 12:00 a.m. Saturday local time after 16 straight hours, the official news agency IRNA reported. The voting began at 8:00 a.m. Friday local time at 59,000 polling stations across the country, with more than 15,000 candidates competing for 290 seats in the Iranian parliament, and 144 candidates vying for positions at the eight-year-term Assembly of Experts, an 88-member body that oversees the activities of Iran's supreme leader, and is empowered to designate and dismiss the supreme leader. A total of 61.17 million people, comprising 30.94 million men and 30.22 million women, were eligible to vote in the two elections, according to the Iranian Election Office affiliated to the Interior Minist

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Voting ends in Iran's parliament, Assembly of Experts elections after 16 hours

STORY: Voting ends in Iran's parliament, Assembly of Experts elections after 16 hours SHOOTING TIME: March 1, 2024 DATELINE: March 2, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:10 LOCATION: Tehran CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of voters voting for Iran's 12th parliament and sixth Assembly of Experts STORYLINE: Voting for Iran's 12th parliament and sixth Assembly of Experts ended at 12:00 a.m. Saturday local time after 16 straight hours, the official news agency IRNA reported. The voting began at 8:00 a.m. Friday local time at 59,000 polling stations across the country, with more than 15,000 candidates competing for 290 seats in the Iranian parliament, and 144 candidates vying for positions at the eight-year-term Assembly of Experts, an 88-member body that oversees the activities of Iran's supreme leader, and is empowered to designate and dismiss the supreme leader. A total of 61.17 million people, comprising 30.94 million men and 30.22 million women, were eligible to vote in the two elections, according to the I

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Results unveiled for HKSAR's 7th District Council Ordinary Election

STORY: Results unveiled for HKSAR's 7th District Council Ordinary Election SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 10-11, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 11, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:44 LOCATION: HONG KONG, China CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of vote-counting process 2. SOUNDBITE (Cantonese): DAVID LOK, Chairman of Electoral Affairs Commission 3. various of voting and vote-counting process 4. HKSAR Chief Executive John Lee speaking 5. various of HKSAR's Central Government Offices STORYLINE: Results of the Seventh District Council Ordinary Election of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) were unveiled Monday, with 176 district committees constituency councillors and 88 geographical constituency councillors elected. Over 1.19 million geographical constituency electors participated in the election, the voting and vote-counting processes operated smoothly in general, and all election arrangements were able to fully reflect the principles of transparency, honesty and fairness, said David Lok, chairman of the Electoral Affa

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Türkiye's weak lira boosts tourists, revenues

STORY: Türkiye's weak lira boosts tourists, revenues DATELINE: Dec. 24, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:39 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of hot air balloons and Cappadocia 2. tourists at the beaches of Türkiye 3. tourists at the old city center of Amasra, Türkiye 4. SOUNDBITE (Turkish): KAAN SAHINALP, Türkiye representative of German tourism giant TUI STORYLINE: Helped by a weakening currency, Türkiye's crucial tourism industry is recording a robust post-pandemic rebound. Tourism revenues are vital to the economy as the government's economic program focuses on flipping the current account deficits to a surplus, prioritizing exports, production and investments, and aiming to curb inflation. The number of foreign visitors arriving in Türkiye climbed 88 percent year on year from January through October this year to 39.1 million, on pace to match the pre-pandemic levels of 2019. The rebound has also been driven by a major leap in demand from Europe as the European continent grapples with an ene

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Papua New Guinean premier in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Papua New Guinean Prime Minister Peter O'Neill (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands at Abe's office in Tokyo on March 22, 2013. An agreement was reached during their talks that Japan will extend up to 8.34 billion yen ($88 million) in loans to Papua New Guinea to help the Pacific country secure stable power supplies and sustain its economic growth.

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(2)State ordered to pay Chinese WWII forced laborers

NIIGATA, Japan - Zhang Wenbin, one of 12 Chinese who filed a lawsuits to seek compensation for their forced labor in Japan during World War II, speaks to reporters in Niigata on March 26 after the Niigata District Court ordered the Japanese government and harbor transport company Rinko Corp. to pay 88 million yen in damages.

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(1)State ordered to pay Chinese WWII forced laborers

NIIGATA, Japan - Chinese plaintiffs, who sued the Japanese government and harbor transport company Rinko Corp. to seek compensation for their forced labor in Japan during World War II, hold up a paper telling of their court victory in front of the Niigata District Court on March 26. The court ordered the government and the Niigata-based company to pay 88 million yen in damages to the 12 plaintiffs including 10 former laborers who were forced to work at Niigata port during the war.

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(3)Court orders state, firm to compensate Chinese forced laborers

NIIGATA, Japan - Plaintiff Wang Chengwei (L) informs other plaintiffs and supporters of victory March 26 in a lawsuit at the Niigata District Court over wartime forced labor. The court ordered the state and a Japanese company to pay 88 million yen in compensation to Chinese who were forced to work in Japan during World War II. It is the first time for a Japanese court to order both the state and the company concerned to pay compensation for wartime forced labor.

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Afghan central bank to auction 12 mln USD to stabilize local currency

STORY: Afghan central bank to auction 12 mln USD to stabilize local currency DATELINE: Sept. 22, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:16 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Da Afghanistan Bank's building and currency exchange market in Kabul STORYLINE: Afghanistan's Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB) said on Wednesday that it has put in auction 12 million U.S. dollars as part of efforts to keep the local currency afghani stable. The central bank's decision was made amid tumbling afghani against foreign currencies, especially the U.S. dollar, in the moneychangers markets. The exchange rate of one U.S. dollar was 88 afghani last week, but it rose to 88.77 afghani on Tuesday. In similar efforts, the central bank auctioned 12 million U.S. dollars a couple of weeks ago. However, observers believe that afghani would continue to lose against foreign currencies unless local and foreign companies invest in the war-torn and impoverished country to create job opportunities for the Afghans. Xinhua News Agency correspo

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(2)State ordered to pay Chinese WWII forced laborers

NIIGATA, Japan - Zhang Wenbin, one of 12 Chinese who filed a lawsuits to seek compensation for their forced labor in Japan during World War II, speaks to reporters in Niigata on March 26 after the Niigata District Court ordered the Japanese government and harbor transport company Rinko Corp. to pay 88 million yen in damages. (Kyodo)

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(1)State ordered to pay Chinese WWII forced laborers

NIIGATA, Japan - Chinese plaintiffs, who sued the Japanese government and harbor transport company Rinko Corp. to seek compensation for their forced labor in Japan during World War II, hold up a paper telling of their court victory in front of the Niigata District Court on March 26. The court ordered the government and the Niigata-based company to pay 88 million yen in damages to the 12 plaintiffs including 10 former laborers who were forced to work at Niigata port during the war. (Kyodo)

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Carlos Ghosn's house in Beirut

Photo taken Nov. 21, 2018, shows a house in Beirut, Lebanon, used by Carlos Ghosn. The chairman of Nissan Motor Co. was arrested by Tokyo prosecutors on Nov. 19 on suspicion of understating his nearly 10 billion yen ($88 million) of compensation as around 5 billion yen over five years from the business year ending March 2011. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Carlos Ghosn's house in Beirut

Photo taken Nov. 21, 2018, shows a house in Beirut, Lebanon, used by Carlos Ghosn. The chairman of Nissan Motor Co. was arrested by Tokyo prosecutors on Nov. 19 on suspicion of understating his nearly 10 billion yen ($88 million) of compensation as around 5 billion yen over five years from the business year ending March 2011. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(3)Court orders state, firm to compensate Chinese forced laborer

NIIGATA, Japan - Plaintiff Wang Chengwei (L) informs other plaintiffs and supporters of victory March 26 in a lawsuit at the Niigata District Court over wartime forced labor. The court ordered the state and a Japanese company to pay 88 million yen in compensation to Chinese who were forced to work in Japan during World War II. It is the first time for a Japanese court to order both the state and the company concerned to pay compensation for wartime forced labor. (Kyodo)