Death toll from Russia building collapse rises to 14

STORY: Death toll from Russia building collapse rises to 14 SHOOTING TIME: May 12, 2024 DATELINE: May 13, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:07 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the collapsed residential building (courtesy of Emercom of Russia) 2. various of rescue efforts (courtesy of Emercom of Russia) STORYLINE: The death toll climbed to 14 from the collapse of the residential building in Russia's Belgorod, a city some 40 km north of the border with Ukraine, the Ministry of Emergency Situations said on Sunday. "The body of the ninth victim has been found under the debris of the building in Belgorod," the ministry was quoted by local media as saying. Earlier reports said 18 people were missing as a 10-story residential building collapsed following a Ukrainian attack in Belgorod, where missile warnings had been issued repeatedly on Sunday. Also on Sunday, the Russian Defense Ministry said the air defense system had downed six Tochka-U missiles, four Vampire rockets, and two Olkha rocke

Tiny nature reserve for rare birds in downtown Xiamen

STORY: Tiny nature reserve for rare birds in downtown Xiamen SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 27, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 30, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:29 LOCATION: XIAMEN, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of Wuyuan Bay Nature Reserve 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): CAI LIBO, Director of Xiamen Nature Reserve Affairs Center 3. various of Wuyuan Bay Nature Reserve STORYLINE: Xiamen, a coastal eastern Chinese metropolis, may have one of the world's smallest nature reserves for one single endangered bird species. The distinguished visitor to the reserve is called Merops philippinus, or Blue-tailed Bee-eater. Admired by many as one of the most beautiful birds in the world for its fancy feathers, the species is under Class II state protection in China. Set up in 2011, the Wuyuan Bay Nature Reserve for the Blue-tailed Bee-eater welcomes its big moment every April to late October when the birds stop by during migration and dig caves on the cliffs to lay and hatch their eggs. Surrounded by over-10-story buildings just 200 to 3

2 Kyoto hotels banned from taking customers over quake weakness

2 Kyoto hotels banned from taking customers over quake weakness

KYOTO, Japan - The 11-story, 515-room Apa Hotel Kyoto-Eki-Horikawadori, one of two Kyoto hotels banned by the Kyoto city government on Jan. 25 from taking customers due to their vulnerability to earthquakes. The other hotel is the 10-story, 139-room Apa Villa Hotel Kyoto-Ekimae, which opened in 2004. Apa Hotel Kyoto-Eki-Horikawadori opened in 2005. The city government said construction of the two facilities was based on quakeproof data fabricated by Tamura Mizuochi Sekkei, a building planning firm based in Toyama.

Toyoko Inn hotels removed facilities for disabled

Toyoko Inn hotels removed facilities for disabled

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Officials of the Yokohama municipality enter Toyoko Inn, a 10-story, 133-room hotel in Naka Ward in Yokohama, for checking on Jan. 27. Business hotel chain Toyoko Inn Co. admitted the same day to allegations that two of its hotels in Yokohama removed mandatory parking facilities for the disabled after the hotels had passed inspection.

(2)Chanel opens Ginza boutique, 200 line up

(2)Chanel opens Ginza boutique, 200 line up

TOKYO, Japan - Chanel launched its boutique on Chuo Avenue in Tokyo's Ginza, Japan's ritziest shopping street, on Dec. 4 with 200 fans of Chanel products lining up before the doors opened at 11 a.m. The morning surge in the number of customers prompted Chanel Ginza to open the entrance of the 10-story building earlier than scheduled. It has one of the global boutique chain's largest shopping areas, consisting of three floors of designer goods.

Death toll rises to 10 in building collapse in SW Iran

STORY: Death toll rises to 10 in building collapse in SW Iran DATELINE: May 25, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:26 LOCATION: Teheran CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ruined building STORYLINE: The death toll in a 10-story commercial building collapse in southwestern Iran rose to 10, a local Red Crescent Society official said on Tuesday. The number of injuries rose to 35 in the Metropol Building incident that took place on Monday in the city of Abadan, Vahid Shabani, the Red Crescent managing director in Khuzestan province, was quoted by the official news agency IRNA as saying. It is estimated that 50 other people are still trapped under the debris, said Mojtaba Khaledi, the spokesman for Iran's emergency services. Ten people have been arrested for the incident, in which the building's owner and contractor were killed, the Mizan news agency of the Iranian judiciary reported. The under-construction building is located in a crowded street in downtown Abadan, surrounded by commercial an

Fire at University of Tokyo campus

Fire at University of Tokyo campus

Firefighters douse a blaze in a building on the University of Tokyo's Hongo Campus in the capital's Bunkyo Ward on Aug. 15, 2021. Part of the 10-story laboratory building was burned, leaving a security guard slightly injured.

(2)Chanel opens Ginza boutique, 200 line up

(2)Chanel opens Ginza boutique, 200 line up

TOKYO, Japan - Chanel launched its boutique on Chuo Avenue in Tokyo's Ginza, Japan's ritziest shopping street, on Dec. 4 with 200 fans of Chanel products lining up before the doors opened at 11 a.m. The morning surge in the number of customers prompted Chanel Ginza to open the entrance of the 10-story building earlier than scheduled. It has one of the global boutique chain's largest shopping areas, consisting of three floors of designer goods. (Kyodo)

2 Kyoto hotels banned from taking customers over quake weakness

2 Kyoto hotels banned from taking customers over quake weakness

KYOTO, Japan - The 11-story, 515-room Apa Hotel Kyoto-Eki-Horikawadori, one of two Kyoto hotels banned by the Kyoto city government on Jan. 25 from taking customers due to their vulnerability to earthquakes. The other hotel is the 10-story, 139-room Apa Villa Hotel Kyoto-Ekimae, which opened in 2004. Apa Hotel Kyoto-Eki-Horikawadori opened in 2005. The city government said construction of the two facilities was based on quakeproof data fabricated by Tamura Mizuochi Sekkei, a building planning firm based in Toyama. (Kyodo)

Toyoko Inn hotels removed facilities for disabled

Toyoko Inn hotels removed facilities for disabled

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Officials of the Yokohama municipality enter Toyoko Inn, a 10-story, 133-room hotel in Naka Ward in Yokohama, for checking on Jan. 27. Business hotel chain Toyoko Inn Co. admitted the same day to allegations that two of its hotels in Yokohama removed mandatory parking facilities for the disabled after the hotels had passed inspection. (Kyodo)