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World First Super-scale Zero-carbon Building in Qingdao

QINGDAO, CHINA - AUGUST 25, 2025 - The world's first "super-scale zero-carbon building", Qingdao, Shandong Province, China on August 25, 2025. This building has achieved 100% self-sufficiency in green electricity through technologies such as integrated photovoltaic curtain walls, secondary battery energy storage, and the coordinated charging and discharging of new energy vehicles, reducing carbon emissions by approximately 2,500 tons annually.

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World First Super-scale Zero-carbon Building in Qingdao

QINGDAO, CHINA - AUGUST 25, 2025 - The integrated photovoltaic glass curtain wall of the world's first "ultra-advanced zero-carbon building" provides green energy for the building in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China on August 25, 2025. This building has achieved 100% self-sufficiency in green electricity through technologies such as integrated photovoltaic curtain walls, secondary battery energy storage, and the coordinated charging and discharging of new energy vehicles, reducing carbon emissions by approximately 2,500 tons annually.

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World First Super-scale Zero-carbon Building in Qingdao

QINGDAO, CHINA - AUGUST 25, 2025 - The world's first "super-scale zero-carbon building", Qingdao, Shandong Province, China on August 25, 2025. This building has achieved 100% self-sufficiency in green electricity through technologies such as integrated photovoltaic curtain walls, secondary battery energy storage, and the coordinated charging and discharging of new energy vehicles, reducing carbon emissions by approximately 2,500 tons annually.

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World First Super-scale Zero-carbon Building in Qingdao

QINGDAO, CHINA - AUGUST 25, 2025 - The world's first "super-scale zero-carbon building", Qingdao, Shandong Province, China, August 25, 2025. This building has achieved 100% self-sufficiency in green electricity through technologies such as integrated photovoltaic curtain walls, secondary battery energy storage, and the coordinated charging and discharging of new energy vehicles, reducing carbon emissions by approximately 2,500 tons annually.

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World First Super-scale Zero-carbon Building in Qingdao

QINGDAO, CHINA - AUGUST 25, 2025 - The world's first "super-scale zero-carbon building", Qingdao, Shandong Province, China, August 25, 2025. This building has achieved 100% self-sufficiency in green electricity through technologies such as integrated photovoltaic curtain walls, secondary battery energy storage, and the coordinated charging and discharging of new energy vehicles, reducing carbon emissions by approximately 2,500 tons annually.

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World First Super-scale Zero-carbon Building in Qingdao

QINGDAO, CHINA - AUGUST 25, 2025 - The world's first "super-advanced zero-carbon building" tiered battery energy storage system stores the excess electricity generated by photovoltaic glass curtain walls and uses it during peak power supply and consumption periods in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China on August 25, 2025. This building has achieved 100% self-sufficiency in green electricity through technologies such as integrated photovoltaic curtain walls, secondary battery energy storage, and the coordinated charging and discharging of new energy vehicles, reducing carbon emissions by approximately 2,500 tons annually.

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World First Super-scale Zero-carbon Building in Qingdao

QINGDAO, CHINA - AUGUST 25, 2025 - The world's first "super-scale zero-carbon building", Qingdao, Shandong Province, China on August 25, 2025. This building has achieved 100% self-sufficiency in green electricity through technologies such as integrated photovoltaic curtain walls, secondary battery energy storage, and the coordinated charging and discharging of new energy vehicles, reducing carbon emissions by approximately 2,500 tons annually.

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World First Super-scale Zero-carbon Building in Qingdao

QINGDAO, CHINA - AUGUST 25, 2025 - The fully automatic ultra-fast three-dimensional parking system of the wTorld's first "ultra-advanced zero-carbon building" only requires 300 vehicles to provide 10 kilowatt-hours of electricity per day to solve nearly half of the building's energy consumption. Qingdao, Shandong Province, China on August 25, 2025. This building has achieved 100% self-sufficiency in green electricity through technologies such as integrated photovoltaic curtain walls, secondary battery energy storage, and the coordinated charging and discharging of new energy vehicles, reducing carbon emissions by approximately 2,500 tons annually.

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World First Super-scale Zero-carbon Building in Qingdao

QINGDAO, CHINA - AUGUST 25, 2025 - The world's first "super-scale zero-carbon building", Qingdao, Shandong Province, China on August 25, 2025. This building has achieved 100% self-sufficiency in green electricity through technologies such as integrated photovoltaic curtain walls, secondary battery energy storage, and the coordinated charging and discharging of new energy vehicles, reducing carbon emissions by approximately 2,500 tons annually.

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World First Super-scale Zero-carbon Building in Qingdao

QINGDAO, CHINA - AUGUST 25, 2025 - The world's first "super-scale zero-carbon building", Qingdao, Shandong Province, China on August 25, 2025. This building has achieved 100% self-sufficiency in green electricity through technologies such as integrated photovoltaic curtain walls, secondary battery energy storage, and the coordinated charging and discharging of new energy vehicles, reducing carbon emissions by approximately 2,500 tons annually.

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World First Super-scale Zero-carbon Building in Qingdao

QINGDAO, CHINA - AUGUST 25, 2025 - The integrated photovoltaic glass curtain wall of the world's first "ultra-advanced zero-carbon building" provides green energy for the building in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China on August 25, 2025. This building has achieved 100% self-sufficiency in green electricity through technologies such as integrated photovoltaic curtain walls, secondary battery energy storage, and the coordinated charging and discharging of new energy vehicles, reducing carbon emissions by approximately 2,500 tons annually.

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World First Super-scale Zero-carbon Building in Qingdao

QINGDAO, CHINA - AUGUST 25, 2025 - The integrated photovoltaic glass curtain wall of the world's first "ultra-advanced zero-carbon building" provides green energy for the building in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China on August 25, 2025. This building has achieved 100% self-sufficiency in green electricity through technologies such as integrated photovoltaic curtain walls, secondary battery energy storage, and the coordinated charging and discharging of new energy vehicles, reducing carbon emissions by approximately 2,500 tons annually.

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World First Super-scale Zero-carbon Building in Qingdao

QINGDAO, CHINA - AUGUST 25, 2025 - The world's first "super-scale zero-carbon building", Qingdao, Shandong Province, China on August 25, 2025. This building has achieved 100% self-sufficiency in green electricity through technologies such as integrated photovoltaic curtain walls, secondary battery energy storage, and the coordinated charging and discharging of new energy vehicles, reducing carbon emissions by approximately 2,500 tons annually.

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World First Super-scale Zero-carbon Building in Qingdao

QINGDAO, CHINA - AUGUST 25, 2025 - The integrated photovoltaic glass curtain wall of the world's first "ultra-advanced zero-carbon building" provides green energy for the building in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China on August 25, 2025. This building has achieved 100% self-sufficiency in green electricity through technologies such as integrated photovoltaic curtain walls, secondary battery energy storage, and the coordinated charging and discharging of new energy vehicles, reducing carbon emissions by approximately 2,500 tons annually.

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World First Super-scale Zero-carbon Building in Qingdao

QINGDAO, CHINA - AUGUST 25, 2025 - The world's first "super-scale zero-carbon building", Qingdao, Shandong Province, China, August 25, 2025. This building has achieved 100% self-sufficiency in green electricity through technologies such as integrated photovoltaic curtain walls, secondary battery energy storage, and the coordinated charging and discharging of new energy vehicles, reducing carbon emissions by approximately 2,500 tons annually.

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World First Super-scale Zero-carbon Building in Qingdao

QINGDAO, CHINA - AUGUST 25, 2025 - The world's first "super-scale zero-carbon building", Qingdao, Shandong Province, China on August 25, 2025. This building has achieved 100% self-sufficiency in green electricity through technologies such as integrated photovoltaic curtain walls, secondary battery energy storage, and the coordinated charging and discharging of new energy vehicles, reducing carbon emissions by approximately 2,500 tons annually.

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Sun-dried Tomatoes Field - Egypt

A farmer collects dried tomatoes at a village in Luxor, Egypt, on Jan. 9, 2025. According to data from Egypt's Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, the country's exports of dried tomatoes exceed 100 million dollars annually. The data also revealed that one hectare yields 35 tons of dried tomatoes, which are sold for 350,000 Egyptian pounds. Photo by Ahmed Gomaa/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sun-dried Tomatoes Field - Egypt

Farmers collect dried tomatoes at a village in Luxor, Egypt, on Jan. 9, 2025. According to data from Egypt's Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, the country's exports of dried tomatoes exceed 100 million dollars annually. The data also revealed that one hectare yields 35 tons of dried tomatoes, which are sold for 350,000 Egyptian pounds. Photo by Ahmed Gomaa/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sun-dried Tomatoes Field - Egypt

Sliced tomatoes are dried in the sun at a village in Luxor, Egypt, on Jan. 9, 2025. According to data from Egypt's Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, the country's exports of dried tomatoes exceed 100 million dollars annually. The data also revealed that one hectare yields 35 tons of dried tomatoes, which are sold for 350,000 Egyptian pounds. Photo by Ahmed Gomaa/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sun-dried Tomatoes Field - Egypt

A farmer sprinkles salt on sliced tomatoes to be dried at a village in Luxor, Egypt, on Jan. 9, 2025. According to data from Egypt's Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, the country's exports of dried tomatoes exceed 100 million dollars annually. The data also revealed that one hectare yields 35 tons of dried tomatoes, which are sold for 350,000 Egyptian pounds. Photo by Ahmed Gomaa/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sun-dried Tomatoes Field - Egypt

Sliced tomatoes are dried in the sun at a village in Luxor, Egypt, on Jan. 9, 2025. According to data from Egypt's Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, the country's exports of dried tomatoes exceed 100 million dollars annually. The data also revealed that one hectare yields 35 tons of dried tomatoes, which are sold for 350,000 Egyptian pounds. Photo by Ahmed Gomaa/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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First Offshore Wind Power Installation Platform Delivered

QINGDAO, CHINA - AUGUST 28, 2024 - China's first self-elevating self-propelled offshore wind power installation platform equipped with a smart ship system is delivered in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China, on August 28, 2024. It is understood that the platform is 135 meters long, 50 meters wide, the maximum operating water depth of 70 meters, the maximum lifting capacity of 1,800 tons, and it is expected that more than 100 offshore fans can be installed in a year after the official operation.

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First Offshore Wind Power Installation Platform Delivered

QINGDAO, CHINA - AUGUST 28, 2024 - China's first self-elevating self-propelled offshore wind power installation platform equipped with a smart ship system is delivered in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China, on August 28, 2024. It is understood that the platform is 135 meters long, 50 meters wide, the maximum operating water depth of 70 meters, the maximum lifting capacity of 1,800 tons, and it is expected that more than 100 offshore fans can be installed in a year after the official operation.

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First Offshore Wind Power Installation Platform Delivered

QINGDAO, CHINA - AUGUST 28, 2024 - China's first self-elevating self-propelled offshore wind power installation platform equipped with a smart ship system is delivered in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China, on August 28, 2024. It is understood that the platform is 135 meters long, 50 meters wide, the maximum operating water depth of 70 meters, the maximum lifting capacity of 1,800 tons, and it is expected that more than 100 offshore fans can be installed in a year after the official operation.

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First Offshore Wind Power Installation Platform Delivered

QINGDAO, CHINA - AUGUST 28, 2024 - China's first self-elevating self-propelled offshore wind power installation platform equipped with a smart ship system is delivered in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China, on August 28, 2024. It is understood that the platform is 135 meters long, 50 meters wide, the maximum operating water depth of 70 meters, the maximum lifting capacity of 1,800 tons, and it is expected that more than 100 offshore fans can be installed in a year after the official operation.

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First Offshore Wind Power Installation Platform Delivered

QINGDAO, CHINA - AUGUST 28, 2024 - China's first self-elevating self-propelled offshore wind power installation platform equipped with a smart ship system is delivered in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China, on August 28, 2024. It is understood that the platform is 135 meters long, 50 meters wide, the maximum operating water depth of 70 meters, the maximum lifting capacity of 1,800 tons, and it is expected that more than 100 offshore fans can be installed in a year after the official operation.

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First Offshore Wind Power Installation Platform Delivered

QINGDAO, CHINA - AUGUST 28, 2024 - China's first self-elevating self-propelled offshore wind power installation platform equipped with a smart ship system is delivered in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China, on August 28, 2024. It is understood that the platform is 135 meters long, 50 meters wide, the maximum operating water depth of 70 meters, the maximum lifting capacity of 1,800 tons, and it is expected that more than 100 offshore fans can be installed in a year after the official operation.

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First Offshore Wind Power Installation Platform Delivered

QINGDAO, CHINA - AUGUST 28, 2024 - China's first self-elevating self-propelled offshore wind power installation platform equipped with a smart ship system is delivered in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China, on August 28, 2024. It is understood that the platform is 135 meters long, 50 meters wide, the maximum operating water depth of 70 meters, the maximum lifting capacity of 1,800 tons, and it is expected that more than 100 offshore fans can be installed in a year after the official operation.

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First Offshore Wind Power Installation Platform Delivered

QINGDAO, CHINA - AUGUST 28, 2024 - China's first self-elevating self-propelled offshore wind power installation platform equipped with a smart ship system is delivered in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China, on August 28, 2024. It is understood that the platform is 135 meters long, 50 meters wide, the maximum operating water depth of 70 meters, the maximum lifting capacity of 1,800 tons, and it is expected that more than 100 offshore fans can be installed in a year after the official operation.

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First Offshore Wind Power Installation Platform Delivered

QINGDAO, CHINA - AUGUST 28, 2024 - China's first self-elevating self-propelled offshore wind power installation platform equipped with a smart ship system is delivered in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China, on August 28, 2024. It is understood that the platform is 135 meters long, 50 meters wide, the maximum operating water depth of 70 meters, the maximum lifting capacity of 1,800 tons, and it is expected that more than 100 offshore fans can be installed in a year after the official operation.

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First Offshore Wind Power Installation Platform Delivered

QINGDAO, CHINA - AUGUST 28, 2024 - China's first self-elevating self-propelled offshore wind power installation platform equipped with a smart ship system is delivered in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China, on August 28, 2024. It is understood that the platform is 135 meters long, 50 meters wide, the maximum operating water depth of 70 meters, the maximum lifting capacity of 1,800 tons, and it is expected that more than 100 offshore fans can be installed in a year after the official operation.

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First Offshore Wind Power Installation Platform Delivered

QINGDAO, CHINA - AUGUST 28, 2024 - China's first self-elevating self-propelled offshore wind power installation platform equipped with a smart ship system is delivered in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China, on August 28, 2024. It is understood that the platform is 135 meters long, 50 meters wide, the maximum operating water depth of 70 meters, the maximum lifting capacity of 1,800 tons, and it is expected that more than 100 offshore fans can be installed in a year after the official operation.

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First Offshore Wind Power Installation Platform Delivered

QINGDAO, CHINA - AUGUST 28, 2024 - China's first self-elevating self-propelled offshore wind power installation platform equipped with a smart ship system is delivered in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China, on August 28, 2024. It is understood that the platform is 135 meters long, 50 meters wide, the maximum operating water depth of 70 meters, the maximum lifting capacity of 1,800 tons, and it is expected that more than 100 offshore fans can be installed in a year after the official operation.

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First Offshore Wind Power Installation Platform Delivered

QINGDAO, CHINA - AUGUST 28, 2024 - China's first self-elevating self-propelled offshore wind power installation platform equipped with a smart ship system is delivered in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China, on August 28, 2024. It is understood that the platform is 135 meters long, 50 meters wide, the maximum operating water depth of 70 meters, the maximum lifting capacity of 1,800 tons, and it is expected that more than 100 offshore fans can be installed in a year after the official operation.

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First Offshore Wind Power Installation Platform Delivered

QINGDAO, CHINA - AUGUST 28, 2024 - China's first self-elevating self-propelled offshore wind power installation platform equipped with a smart ship system is delivered in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China, on August 28, 2024. It is understood that the platform is 135 meters long, 50 meters wide, the maximum operating water depth of 70 meters, the maximum lifting capacity of 1,800 tons, and it is expected that more than 100 offshore fans can be installed in a year after the official operation.

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First Offshore Wind Power Installation Platform Delivered

QINGDAO, CHINA - AUGUST 28, 2024 - China's first self-elevating self-propelled offshore wind power installation platform equipped with a smart ship system is delivered in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China, on August 28, 2024. It is understood that the platform is 135 meters long, 50 meters wide, the maximum operating water depth of 70 meters, the maximum lifting capacity of 1,800 tons, and it is expected that more than 100 offshore fans can be installed in a year after the official operation.

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First Offshore Wind Power Installation Platform Delivered

QINGDAO, CHINA - AUGUST 28, 2024 - China's first self-elevating self-propelled offshore wind power installation platform equipped with a smart ship system is delivered in Qingdao, Shandong Province, China, on August 28, 2024. It is understood that the platform is 135 meters long, 50 meters wide, the maximum operating water depth of 70 meters, the maximum lifting capacity of 1,800 tons, and it is expected that more than 100 offshore fans can be installed in a year after the official operation.

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Egyptian Food Bank provides new batch of food aid to Gaza

STORY: Egyptian Food Bank provides new batch of food aid to Gaza SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 11, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 12, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:50 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the aid 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): IBRAHIM SHAHHIN, Supply chain director of the Egyptian Food Bank 3. various of the aid STORYLINE: The Egyptian Food Bank (EFB), a non-profit organization, has decided to provide 2,000 tons of food to the people of Gaza on Sunday. The aid consists of cheese, honey and other food commodities. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): IBRAHIM SHAHHIN, Supply chain director of the Egyptian Food Bank "The past batches totalled 309 trucks equivalent to 6,000 tons of different food. Now, we are preparing 100 trucks, equivalent to 2,000 tons of food." Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Cairo. (XHTV)

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Egyptian Food Bank prepares another convoy of relief trucks for Gaza

STORY: Egyptian Food Bank prepares another convoy of relief trucks for Gaza SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 3, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 5, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:43 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of water and food 2. various of relief being prepared 3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): MOHAMED FAWZY, Operation Supervisor of the Egyptian Food Bank 4. various of trucks carrying the relief supplies STORYLINE: The Egyptian Food Bank (EFB), a non-profit organization, has prepared its second convoy of relief trucks for Gaza. The foodstuff weighs about 2,000 tons, including dates, honey, milk, cheese, canned meat, water, and beans. The food bank also revealed that more than 100 companies have donated to it to participate in the Gaza Strip relief initiative, and that about 850 volunteers have participated in the packing of the boxes, as part of the organization's efforts to provide aid and relief to the Gaza Strip. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): MOHAMED FAWZY, Operation Supervisor of the Egyptian Food Bank "The first convoy we sent

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Egyptian trucks carrying aid waiting at Rafah crossing to enter besieged Gaza

STORY: Egyptian trucks carrying aid waiting at Rafah crossing to enter besieged Gaza SHOOTING TIME: Oct. 31, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 1, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:04 LOCATION: RAFAH, Egypt CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of trucks carrying relief aid waiting at the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing STORYLINE: Hundreds of trucks carrying relief aid have waited for days at the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing to enter the Gaza Strip, home to 2.3 million Palestinians who have been deprived of fuel, food, water and medical supplies for nearly three weeks under Israeli blockades. Although the number of aid-laden trucks entering Gaza has increased in recent days, the amount still falls short of the 100 truckloads of goods needed daily, according to Egyptian authorities and the United Nations (UN). Since the first convoy of humanitarian aid through Rafah on Oct. 21, two weeks after the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas conflict, about 250 trucks carrying tons of supplies have entered the Palestinian territory,

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Meeting of Arab Agriculture Ministers kicks off

STORY: Meeting of Arab Agriculture Ministers kicks off DATELINE: Sept. 27, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:57 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the meeting 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): AHMED ABOUL GHEIT, Secretary-General of the Arab League STORYLINE: A meeting of Arab agriculture ministers kicked off on Tuesday, headed by the Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit. The ministers discussed Arab food security and agricultural development in the Arab world. The session focused on the priority of achieving food security in the Arab region, as the Arab states' population is rapidly increasing. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): AHMED ABOUL GHEIT, Secretary-General of the Arab League "When one looks into the inputs of the Arab food security, one will notice a growing rise in the food gap, estimated at more than 100 million tons of food products, affected by a number of concomitant and complex factors, including, for example, the increasing number of the Arab nations' populations, expected to double by

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Farmers in China's Xinjiang see bumper harvest of Hami melons

STORY: Farmers in China's Xinjiang see bumper harvest of Hami melons DATELINE: Sept. 3, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:52 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Naomaohu Town 2. various of Hami melons 3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): YU MINGLIANG, Farmer 4. various of Hami melons STORYLINE: More than 40,000 mu (about 2,667 hectares) of Hami melons has recently entered harvest season in Naomaohu Town of Yiwu County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The town is one of the largest production bases of late-ripening Hami melons in China. Hami melon planting was introduced to the area in 2001. With the adoption of standardized planting techniques in recent years, its output and quality have both seen a great improvement. This year, the output of Hami melons in Naomaohu Town is expected to reach 100,000 tons. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): YU MINGLIANG, Farmer "This year, I've planted more than 100 mu (about 6.67 hectares) of late-ripening Hami melons. So far, they have been sold out. My income

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China's 1st intelligent research vessel with digital twin system makes maiden voyage

STORY: China's 1st intelligent research vessel with digital twin system makes maiden voyage DATELINE: July 2, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:01 LOCATION: HARBIN, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the vessel STORYLINE: "Haitun 1," China's first intelligent research vessel equipped with digital twin system, set out on its maiden voyage on Friday in Penglai City, east China's Shandong Province. Heading for Qingdao, the capital city of Shandong, the vessel will conduct a series of experiments along the way using the latest technologies including panoramic lidar, 360-degree panoramic infrared vision system, and sound signal recognition system. The vessel, developed by Harbin Engineering University, is 25 meters long with a displacement of about 100 tons. It can accurately detect tiny targets 0.5 meters above the water surface within a distance of two nautical miles. The successful development of "Haitun 1" is expected to promote the practical application and frontier exploration of digital twin technol

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1st regular cargo route between China's Xiamen, U.S. Chicago launched

STORY: 1st regular cargo route between China's Xiamen, U.S. Chicago launched DATELINE: June 5, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:38 LOCATION: XIAMEN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the cargo flight STORYLINE: A cargo flight operated by Atlas Airlines flew from Xiamen, east China's Fujian Province, to Chicago in the United States on Saturday, marking the opening of the direct cross-border e-commerce air freight line between the two cities. As the first regular cargo route between the two cities, the service is scheduled to fly twice a week, with a maximum load of 115 tons. The goods mainly include machine parts, auto parts, and electronic products. It is expected to operate more than 100 flights on the route over the next 12 months. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Xiamen, China. (XHTV)

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Miyagi ships quake debris to Tokyo

SENDAI, Japan - A worker measures radiation levels in debris from the March quake and tsunami before the first batch of rubble is transported from Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, to Tokyo on Dec. 7, 2011. The capital has agreed to help with the disposal of 100,000 tons of debris.

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Inspectors check ships for insurance at Yokohama port

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Inspectors from the transport ministry head for a foreign ship at Yokohama port on March 1 to check if it is covered by insurance against oil spills and other liabilities. Under a revised law, ships of 100 tons or more which are not covered by the insurance are banned from port calls in Japan.

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Vienna gold coins selling at record highs in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A shop assistant shows off Vienna gold coins at Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. in Tokyo. The coins produced by the Austrian mint are becoming increasingly popular with Japanese investors, with sales up to the end of October 2002 already double the previous year's figure at a record 100,000 ounces (about 3 tons). Due to the prolonged economic doldrums in Japan, the coins are popular as an alternative investment as they can be cashed at any time and their tender value is relatively stable, industry officials say.

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Itochu subsidiary falsely labeled Taiwan eel as domestic

TOKYO, Japan - Akira Manabe (C), president of Itochu Fresh Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of trading firm Itochu Corp., offers an apology at a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 10. The company said it has sold 100 tons of eel imported from Taiwan falsely labeled as domestic.

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Japanese singer calls for rice for Afghan children

TOKYO, Oct. 18 Kyodo - Japanese ballad singer Kazuo Kyo sings on the street in Tokyo's Ginza district Oct. 18 to appealed to the general public for rice donations for Afghan children in refugee camps in Pakistan. Kyo, 51, and his group said the rice will reach the camps by February 2002 after it is made into a water-soluble powdered form in a factory in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan. The group hopes to produce 100 tons of the rice flour.

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U.S. freighter with PCB-contaminated waste leaves Yokohama

YOKOHAMA, Japan - The U.S. cargo ship Greenwave leaves Yokohama port May 13 carrying some 100 tons of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB)-contaminated waste from U.S. forces in Japan. The freighter is believed to be heading for Wake Island, some 3,700 kilometers west of Hawaii, for unloading.