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(240811) -- WUZHONG, Aug. 11, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- An aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 10, 2024 shows tourists visiting Guchengwan artificial wetland in the Litong District of Wuzhong City, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. Wuzhong has a piece of artificial wetland called Guchengwan that plays a vital role in the Yellow River's ecological environment. Part of a wastewater disposal system, the wetland follows the natural working way of waste and pollution disposal in natural wetlands. With an investment of 98 million yuan (about 13.7 million U.S. dollars), the wetland supports a waste disposal facility that further purifies already-treated water, ensuring high-quality soil water in the region. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Yang Zhisen)

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Improved logistics spur global market in "Double 11" shopping festival

STORY: Improved logistics spur global market in "Double 11" shopping festival SHOOTING TIME: Earlier footage DATELINE: Nov. 12, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:48 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of footage of "Double 11" shopping festival 2. various of a major smart logistic center built by JD.com in Gansu Province 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): Operation department of JD Logistics in Gansu Province 4. various of cross-border e-commerce 5. various of the Hunchun Northeast Asia International Shopping Mall 6. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): SUN JUFENG, Head of Reform and Innovation Bureau of the Hunchun Marine Economy Demonstration Zone STORYLINE: China's annual "Double 11" shopping festival has seen not only eye-catching sales records but also improved logistics efficiency. Sales of 402 brands on Alibaba's Tmall platform exceeded 100 million yuan (about 13.7 million U.S. dollars) as of Saturday midnight, while e-commerce giant JD.com announced that more than 60 brands saw their sales topping 1 billio

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Canada Faces Worst Wildfire Season On Record

Handout - On August 16, 2023, astronauts aboard the International Space Station captured a detailed photograph, which shows smoke in valleys in British Columbia near the towns of Golden and Revelstoke Canada is facing one of the worst fire years it has seen in decades, according to data published by the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre. More than 13.7 million hectares (33.9 million acres) had burned as of August 17, seven times the 25-year average. Photo by NASA Earth Observatory image by Lauren Dauphin via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Canada Faces Worst Wildfire Season On Record

Handout - The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this image on August 8, 2023. Dense plumes of smoke streamed from dozens of large fires in the Northwest Territories, including several that raged around Yellowknife, the province’s capital and largest city. Firefighters are conducting controlled burns around the city’s perimeter as a cautionary measure. Canada is facing one of the worst fire years it has seen in decades, according to data published by the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre. More than 13.7 million hectares (33.9 million acres) had burned as of August 17, seven times the 25-year average. Photo by NASA Earth Observatory image by Michala Garrison via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Canada Faces Worst Wildfire Season On Record

Handout - The Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8 captured an image of a fire burning several hundred kilometers southwest of Yellowknife on August 16, 2023. This fire recently overran Enterprise, a small community of about 150 people on the south shore of Great Slave Lake. According to news reports, between 85 and 95 percent of the structures in the community were destroyed. Canada is facing one of the worst fire years it has seen in decades, according to data published by the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre. More than 13.7 million hectares (33.9 million acres) had burned as of August 17, seven times the 25-year average. Photo by NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Canada Faces Worst Wildfire Season On Record

Handout - This satellite image shows large wildfires closing in on the town of Yellowknife in Canada's Northwest Territories on August 16, 2023. Canada is facing one of the worst fire years it has seen in decades, according to data published by the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre. More than 13.7 million hectares (33.9 million acres) had burned as of August 17, seven times the 25-year average. Photo by NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Canada Faces Worst Wildfire Season On Record

Handout - The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired this image of smoke spreading across parts of British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, and Montana on August 16, 2023. Canada is facing one of the worst fire years it has seen in decades, according to data published by the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre. More than 13.7 million hectares (33.9 million acres) had burned as of August 17, seven times the 25-year average. Photo by NASA Earth Observatory image by Lauren Dauphin via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Canada Faces Worst Wildfire Season On Record

Handout - This satellite image shows is a more detailed view of a fire burning to the northeast of Canada on August 16, 2023. Canada is facing one of the worst fire years it has seen in decades, according to data published by the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre. More than 13.7 million hectares (33.9 million acres) had burned as of August 17, seven times the 25-year average. Photo by NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Suzhou Port Trade Growth

SUZHOU, CHINA - JULY 1, 2023 - A general view of container terminal operations at the Taicang Port area of Suzhou Port in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, July 1, 2023. In June, the container throughput of Suzhou Port was 824,000 TEU, an increase of 4% year-on-year. Cargo throughput was 49.9 million tons, up 5.3% year on year. In the first half of this year, the port of Suzhou in Jiangsu Province completed the container throughput of 4.51 million TEU, an increase of 2.9%. Completed cargo throughput of 285 million tons, an increase of 0.3%. Among them, the port of Suzhou completed 2.93 million TEU of foreign trade containers in the first half of the year, an increase of 13.7%, and the foreign trade cargo throughput of 94.66 million tons, an increase of 11.7%.

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Suzhou Port Trade Growth

SUZHOU, CHINA - JULY 1, 2023 - A general view of container terminal operations at the Taicang Port area of Suzhou Port in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, July 1, 2023. In June, the container throughput of Suzhou Port was 824,000 TEU, an increase of 4% year-on-year. Cargo throughput was 49.9 million tons, up 5.3% year on year. In the first half of this year, the port of Suzhou in Jiangsu Province completed the container throughput of 4.51 million TEU, an increase of 2.9%. Completed cargo throughput of 285 million tons, an increase of 0.3%. Among them, the port of Suzhou completed 2.93 million TEU of foreign trade containers in the first half of the year, an increase of 13.7%, and the foreign trade cargo throughput of 94.66 million tons, an increase of 11.7%.

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Suzhou Port Trade Growth

SUZHOU, CHINA - JULY 1, 2023 - A general view of container terminal operations at the Taicang Port area of Suzhou Port in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, July 1, 2023. In June, the container throughput of Suzhou Port was 824,000 TEU, an increase of 4% year-on-year. Cargo throughput was 49.9 million tons, up 5.3% year on year. In the first half of this year, the port of Suzhou in Jiangsu Province completed the container throughput of 4.51 million TEU, an increase of 2.9%. Completed cargo throughput of 285 million tons, an increase of 0.3%. Among them, the port of Suzhou completed 2.93 million TEU of foreign trade containers in the first half of the year, an increase of 13.7%, and the foreign trade cargo throughput of 94.66 million tons, an increase of 11.7%.

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Suzhou Port Trade Growth

SUZHOU, CHINA - JULY 1, 2023 - A general view of container terminal operations at the Taicang Port area of Suzhou Port in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, July 1, 2023. In June, the container throughput of Suzhou Port was 824,000 TEU, an increase of 4% year-on-year. Cargo throughput was 49.9 million tons, up 5.3% year on year. In the first half of this year, the port of Suzhou in Jiangsu Province completed the container throughput of 4.51 million TEU, an increase of 2.9%. Completed cargo throughput of 285 million tons, an increase of 0.3%. Among them, the port of Suzhou completed 2.93 million TEU of foreign trade containers in the first half of the year, an increase of 13.7%, and the foreign trade cargo throughput of 94.66 million tons, an increase of 11.7%.

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Suzhou Port Trade Growth

SUZHOU, CHINA - JULY 1, 2023 - A general view of container terminal operations at the Taicang Port area of Suzhou Port in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, July 1, 2023. In June, the container throughput of Suzhou Port was 824,000 TEU, an increase of 4% year-on-year. Cargo throughput was 49.9 million tons, up 5.3% year on year. In the first half of this year, the port of Suzhou in Jiangsu Province completed the container throughput of 4.51 million TEU, an increase of 2.9%. Completed cargo throughput of 285 million tons, an increase of 0.3%. Among them, the port of Suzhou completed 2.93 million TEU of foreign trade containers in the first half of the year, an increase of 13.7%, and the foreign trade cargo throughput of 94.66 million tons, an increase of 11.7%.

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Suzhou Port Trade Growth

SUZHOU, CHINA - JULY 1, 2023 - A general view of container terminal operations at the Taicang Port area of Suzhou Port in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, July 1, 2023. In June, the container throughput of Suzhou Port was 824,000 TEU, an increase of 4% year-on-year. Cargo throughput was 49.9 million tons, up 5.3% year on year. In the first half of this year, the port of Suzhou in Jiangsu Province completed the container throughput of 4.51 million TEU, an increase of 2.9%. Completed cargo throughput of 285 million tons, an increase of 0.3%. Among them, the port of Suzhou completed 2.93 million TEU of foreign trade containers in the first half of the year, an increase of 13.7%, and the foreign trade cargo throughput of 94.66 million tons, an increase of 11.7%.

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Suzhou Port Trade Growth

SUZHOU, CHINA - JULY 1, 2023 - A general view of container terminal operations at the Taicang Port area of Suzhou Port in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, July 1, 2023. In June, the container throughput of Suzhou Port was 824,000 TEU, an increase of 4% year-on-year. Cargo throughput was 49.9 million tons, up 5.3% year on year. In the first half of this year, the port of Suzhou in Jiangsu Province completed the container throughput of 4.51 million TEU, an increase of 2.9%. Completed cargo throughput of 285 million tons, an increase of 0.3%. Among them, the port of Suzhou completed 2.93 million TEU of foreign trade containers in the first half of the year, an increase of 13.7%, and the foreign trade cargo throughput of 94.66 million tons, an increase of 11.7%.

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Suzhou Port Trade Growth

SUZHOU, CHINA - JULY 1, 2023 - A general view of container terminal operations at the Taicang Port area of Suzhou Port in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, July 1, 2023. In June, the container throughput of Suzhou Port was 824,000 TEU, an increase of 4% year-on-year. Cargo throughput was 49.9 million tons, up 5.3% year on year. In the first half of this year, the port of Suzhou in Jiangsu Province completed the container throughput of 4.51 million TEU, an increase of 2.9%. Completed cargo throughput of 285 million tons, an increase of 0.3%. Among them, the port of Suzhou completed 2.93 million TEU of foreign trade containers in the first half of the year, an increase of 13.7%, and the foreign trade cargo throughput of 94.66 million tons, an increase of 11.7%.

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Suzhou Port Trade Growth

SUZHOU, CHINA - JULY 1, 2023 - A general view of container terminal operations at the Taicang Port area of Suzhou Port in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, July 1, 2023. In June, the container throughput of Suzhou Port was 824,000 TEU, an increase of 4% year-on-year. Cargo throughput was 49.9 million tons, up 5.3% year on year. In the first half of this year, the port of Suzhou in Jiangsu Province completed the container throughput of 4.51 million TEU, an increase of 2.9%. Completed cargo throughput of 285 million tons, an increase of 0.3%. Among them, the port of Suzhou completed 2.93 million TEU of foreign trade containers in the first half of the year, an increase of 13.7%, and the foreign trade cargo throughput of 94.66 million tons, an increase of 11.7%.

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Suzhou Port Trade Growth

SUZHOU, CHINA - JULY 1, 2023 - A general view of container terminal operations at the Taicang Port area of Suzhou Port in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, July 1, 2023. In June, the container throughput of Suzhou Port was 824,000 TEU, an increase of 4% year-on-year. Cargo throughput was 49.9 million tons, up 5.3% year on year. In the first half of this year, the port of Suzhou in Jiangsu Province completed the container throughput of 4.51 million TEU, an increase of 2.9%. Completed cargo throughput of 285 million tons, an increase of 0.3%. Among them, the port of Suzhou completed 2.93 million TEU of foreign trade containers in the first half of the year, an increase of 13.7%, and the foreign trade cargo throughput of 94.66 million tons, an increase of 11.7%.

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Suzhou Port Trade Growth

SUZHOU, CHINA - JULY 1, 2023 - A general view of container terminal operations at the Taicang Port area of Suzhou Port in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, July 1, 2023. In June, the container throughput of Suzhou Port was 824,000 TEU, an increase of 4% year-on-year. Cargo throughput was 49.9 million tons, up 5.3% year on year. In the first half of this year, the port of Suzhou in Jiangsu Province completed the container throughput of 4.51 million TEU, an increase of 2.9%. Completed cargo throughput of 285 million tons, an increase of 0.3%. Among them, the port of Suzhou completed 2.93 million TEU of foreign trade containers in the first half of the year, an increase of 13.7%, and the foreign trade cargo throughput of 94.66 million tons, an increase of 11.7%.

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Suzhou Port Trade Growth

SUZHOU, CHINA - JULY 1, 2023 - A general view of container terminal operations at the Taicang Port area of Suzhou Port in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, July 1, 2023. In June, the container throughput of Suzhou Port was 824,000 TEU, an increase of 4% year-on-year. Cargo throughput was 49.9 million tons, up 5.3% year on year. In the first half of this year, the port of Suzhou in Jiangsu Province completed the container throughput of 4.51 million TEU, an increase of 2.9%. Completed cargo throughput of 285 million tons, an increase of 0.3%. Among them, the port of Suzhou completed 2.93 million TEU of foreign trade containers in the first half of the year, an increase of 13.7%, and the foreign trade cargo throughput of 94.66 million tons, an increase of 11.7%.

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Suzhou Port Trade Growth

SUZHOU, CHINA - JULY 1, 2023 - A general view of container terminal operations at the Taicang Port area of Suzhou Port in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, July 1, 2023. In June, the container throughput of Suzhou Port was 824,000 TEU, an increase of 4% year-on-year. Cargo throughput was 49.9 million tons, up 5.3% year on year. In the first half of this year, the port of Suzhou in Jiangsu Province completed the container throughput of 4.51 million TEU, an increase of 2.9%. Completed cargo throughput of 285 million tons, an increase of 0.3%. Among them, the port of Suzhou completed 2.93 million TEU of foreign trade containers in the first half of the year, an increase of 13.7%, and the foreign trade cargo throughput of 94.66 million tons, an increase of 11.7%.

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Suzhou Port Trade Growth

SUZHOU, CHINA - JULY 1, 2023 - A general view of container terminal operations at the Taicang Port area of Suzhou Port in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, July 1, 2023. In June, the container throughput of Suzhou Port was 824,000 TEU, an increase of 4% year-on-year. Cargo throughput was 49.9 million tons, up 5.3% year on year. In the first half of this year, the port of Suzhou in Jiangsu Province completed the container throughput of 4.51 million TEU, an increase of 2.9%. Completed cargo throughput of 285 million tons, an increase of 0.3%. Among them, the port of Suzhou completed 2.93 million TEU of foreign trade containers in the first half of the year, an increase of 13.7%, and the foreign trade cargo throughput of 94.66 million tons, an increase of 11.7%.

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Suzhou Port Trade Growth

SUZHOU, CHINA - JULY 1, 2023 - A general view of container terminal operations at the Taicang Port area of Suzhou Port in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, July 1, 2023. In June, the container throughput of Suzhou Port was 824,000 TEU, an increase of 4% year-on-year. Cargo throughput was 49.9 million tons, up 5.3% year on year. In the first half of this year, the port of Suzhou in Jiangsu Province completed the container throughput of 4.51 million TEU, an increase of 2.9%. Completed cargo throughput of 285 million tons, an increase of 0.3%. Among them, the port of Suzhou completed 2.93 million TEU of foreign trade containers in the first half of the year, an increase of 13.7%, and the foreign trade cargo throughput of 94.66 million tons, an increase of 11.7%.

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Suzhou Port Trade Growth

SUZHOU, CHINA - JULY 1, 2023 - A general view of container terminal operations at the Taicang Port area of Suzhou Port in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, July 1, 2023. In June, the container throughput of Suzhou Port was 824,000 TEU, an increase of 4% year-on-year. Cargo throughput was 49.9 million tons, up 5.3% year on year. In the first half of this year, the port of Suzhou in Jiangsu Province completed the container throughput of 4.51 million TEU, an increase of 2.9%. Completed cargo throughput of 285 million tons, an increase of 0.3%. Among them, the port of Suzhou completed 2.93 million TEU of foreign trade containers in the first half of the year, an increase of 13.7%, and the foreign trade cargo throughput of 94.66 million tons, an increase of 11.7%.

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Suzhou Port Trade Growth

SUZHOU, CHINA - JULY 1, 2023 - A general view of container terminal operations at the Taicang Port area of Suzhou Port in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China, July 1, 2023. In June, the container throughput of Suzhou Port was 824,000 TEU, an increase of 4% year-on-year. Cargo throughput was 49.9 million tons, up 5.3% year on year. In the first half of this year, the port of Suzhou in Jiangsu Province completed the container throughput of 4.51 million TEU, an increase of 2.9%. Completed cargo throughput of 285 million tons, an increase of 0.3%. Among them, the port of Suzhou completed 2.93 million TEU of foreign trade containers in the first half of the year, an increase of 13.7%, and the foreign trade cargo throughput of 94.66 million tons, an increase of 11.7%.

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Aeon decides to tap into banking business as early as 2007

TOKYO, Japan - Motoya Okada (R), president of major supermarket chain Aeon Co., and Yoshiki Mori, president of Aeon Credit Service Co., give a joint press conference in Tokyo on March 10 on their companies' decision to tap into the banking business as early as the spring of 2007. They said the companies plan to build on their 1,500 stores and 13.7 million Aeon credit card holders in Japan.

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Aeon decides to tap into banking business as early as 2007

TOKYO, Japan - Motoya Okada (R), president of major supermarket chain Aeon Co., and Yoshiki Mori, president of Aeon Credit Service Co., give a joint press conference in Tokyo on March 10 on their companies' decision to tap into the banking business as early as the spring of 2007. They said the companies plan to build on their 1,500 stores and 13.7 million Aeon credit card holders in Japan. (Kyodo)

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Families of pupils killed in tsunami appeal lower court ruling

Plaintiffs and their lawyers in a lawsuit seeking damages over the deaths of elementary school pupils in a huge tsunami that hit northeastern Japan in March 2011 walk to the Sendai High Court on Nov. 9, 2016, to appeal a lower court ruling that local authorities pay them 1.4 billion yen ($13.7 million). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo