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SOUTH AFRICA-SNAPSHOT

(230818) -- BLOEMFONTEIN , Aug. 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 14, 2023 shows a view of Bloemfontein, South Africa. South Africa, to hold the 15th BRICS summit this month, is the southernmost country in Africa. It is the only country in the world with three capitals, with Pretoria as its administrative capital, Cape Town as its legislative capital and Bloemfontein the judicial capital. Other major cities include Johannesburg and Durban. South Africa has a pleasant climate and famous tourist destinations such as Cape of Good Hope, Kruger National Park and the Table Mountain, attracting a large number of foreign tourists for vacation and sightseeing every year. (Photo by Zhang Bo/Xinhua)

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Madrid resumes 83 pct of direct flights to China

STORY: Madrid resumes 83 pct of direct flights to China DATELINE: July 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:36 LOCATION: Madrid CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various shots of Madrid and tourists 2. Hebei event in Madrid 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Spanish): ALMUDENA MAILLO, Delegate councilor for Tourism of the Madrid City Council 4. various shots of meeting between Madrid and Hebei province governments 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Spanish): ALMUDENA MAILLO, Delegate councilor for Tourism of the Madrid City Council 6. Chinese tourists in Madrid 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): ZHAI YUHU, Vice Director of Culture and Tourism, Government of Hebei Province 8. Gift-giving ceremony STORYLINE: Eighty-three percent of the direct flights that had connected Spain's capital Madrid with China's major cities before the COVID-19 pandemic have already been resumed, Madrid City Council's Tourism Department said on Thursday. At a cultural and tourist interchange event co-organized in Madrid by the department and China's Hebei Province, Almudena Maillo, Madrid City's

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(SP)CHINA-JILIN-WINTER SPORTS-SKIING(CN)

(230324) -- CHANGCHUN, March 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Left photo shows 5-year-old Wu Xiaoming (L) and Yu Xiaohong take skiing gears on their way to learn skiing in the suburbs of Tonghua, northeast China's Jilin Province (file, taken on Feb. 14, 1973). Right photo shows kids enjoy skiing at Wanfeng Ski Resort in Thonghua (taken on Feb. 10, 2023 by Yan Linyun). With its unique natural conditions, Tonghua, located in the southeastern part of Jilin Province, is one of the first cities in China to promote skiing. Jinchang Ski Resort, built in 1959, is China's first alpine ski resort. Famous for its long snow season and powder snow, Changbai Mountain in Jilin province has long been an ideal place for skiing. It has become a major destination for ski enthusiasts all over China, thanks to the soaring interest in winter sports fueled by Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. Nowadays, Jilin witnesses considerable growth in winter sports economy, as well as real changes to local people's lives. (Xinhua)

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Coaches imported from China welcomed in Pakistan for comfortable, advanced system

STORY: Coaches imported from China welcomed in Pakistan for comfortable, advanced system DATELINE: Jan. 31, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:14 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a new train coach imported from China 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (CHINESE): LEI SONG, Technician of CRRC Tangshan Company 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (URDU): USMAN, Passenger 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (URDU): MAHMOOD, Rawalpindi Railway Station 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (URDU): SHAHBAZ SHARIF, Pakistani Prime Minister STORYLINE: Train coaches newly imported from China for a railway line in Pakistan has attracted much attention recently. The coaches run as part of a Green Line Express train from Islamabad to the country's southern port city of Karachi, passing through major cities across Punjab and Sindh provinces. The newly inaugurated train consisted of nine coaches, including six new coaches imported from China's CRRC Tangshan Company in late 2022 and three recently refurbished units imported from China in 2015. SOUNDBITE 1 (CHINESE): LEI SONG, Technician of C

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Malawi to reopen schools in two major cities amid cholera spread

STORY: Malawi to reopen schools in two major cities amid cholera spread DATELINE: Jan. 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:11 LOCATION: Lilongwe CATEGORY: HEALTH/EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of medics at a cholera isolation site 2. various of ministers at a press briefing 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chichewa): KHUMBIZE KANDODO CHIPONDA, Malawian Minister of Health 4. various of isolation tent 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chichewa): KHUMBIZE KANDODO CHIPONDA, Malawian Minister of Health 6. various of medics preparing chlorine 7. various of disinfection sprayers 8. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): AGNES NYALONJE, Malawian Minister of Education 9. shot a a medical staff disinfecting an ambulance STORYLINE: Malawi has announced that primary and secondary schools in the country's two major cities of Lilongwe and Blantyre will reopen on Jan. 17 despite the unabated cholera spread. Minister of Health Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda, also co-chair of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and Cholera, announced the re-opening of schools during a televised press b

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Holidaymakers' return rush begins

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - The Chugoku Expressway in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, is flooded Aug. 14 with holidaymaker's cars returning to major cities from the annual ''Bon'' midsummer holidays in Japan.

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NPO provides grief-healing support to kids across Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Masahiro Nishida (back L), director of Sendai-based nonprofit organization Children's Grief Support Station, plays with a group of children in a meeting room at a hotel in Tokyo in September 2014. The organization, specializing in taking care of the psychological wellbeing of children who have lost family members, has expanded its services beyond areas hit by the 2011 earthquake to 14 major cities across Japan.

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Holidaymakers' return rush begins

TAKASAKI, Japan - The Kan-Etsu Expressway in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, is congested with holidaymaker's returning to major cities on Aug. 14 from the annual ''Bon'' midsummer holidays in Japan.

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ANMC 21 end 2-day meeting in Taipei

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Eleven heads of major Asian cities join hands at a Taipei hotel April 14 as they end a two-day plenary session of the Asian Network of Major Cities 21. Among them are Taipei Mayor Ying-jeou Ma (2nd from L) and Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara (2nd from R).

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AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-PETROL PRICES-RISE

(220314) -- SYDNEY, March 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on March 14, 2022 shows a petrol station in Sydney, Australia. The latest petrol monitoring report published on Monday by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), the country's consumer watchdog, revealed that daily average retail petrol prices in Australia's five major cities: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth hit 182.4 cents per liter (about 132.4 U.S. cents) in late-February 2022, the highest inflation-adjusted (real) level since 2014. (Xinhua/Bai Xuefei)

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AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-PETROL PRICES-RISE

(220314) -- SYDNEY, March 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on March 14, 2022 shows a petrol station in Sydney, Australia. The latest petrol monitoring report published on Monday by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), the country's consumer watchdog, revealed that daily average retail petrol prices in Australia's five major cities: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth hit 182.4 cents per liter (about 132.4 U.S. cents) in late-February 2022, the highest inflation-adjusted (real) level since 2014. (Xinhua/Bai Xuefei)

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AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-PETROL PRICES-RISE

(220314) -- SYDNEY, March 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on March 14, 2022 shows petrol prices displayed at a petrol station in Sydney, Australia. The latest petrol monitoring report published on Monday by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), the country's consumer watchdog, revealed that daily average retail petrol prices in Australia's five major cities: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth hit 182.4 cents per liter (about 132.4 U.S. cents) in late-February 2022, the highest inflation-adjusted (real) level since 2014. (Xinhua/Bai Xuefei)

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AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-PETROL PRICES-RISE

(220314) -- SYDNEY, March 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on March 14, 2022 shows a petrol station in Sydney, Australia. The latest petrol monitoring report published on Monday by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), the country's consumer watchdog, revealed that daily average retail petrol prices in Australia's five major cities: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth hit 182.4 cents per liter (about 132.4 U.S. cents) in late-February 2022, the highest inflation-adjusted (real) level since 2014. (Xinhua/Bai Xuefei)

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AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-PETROL PRICES-RISE

(220314) -- SYDNEY, March 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on March 14, 2022 shows a petrol station in Sydney, Australia. The latest petrol monitoring report published on Monday by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), the country's consumer watchdog, revealed that daily average retail petrol prices in Australia's five major cities: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth hit 182.4 cents per liter (about 132.4 U.S. cents) in late-February 2022, the highest inflation-adjusted (real) level since 2014. (Xinhua/Bai Xuefei)

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AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-PETROL PRICES-RISE

(220314) -- SYDNEY, March 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on March 14, 2022 shows a petrol station in Sydney, Australia. The latest petrol monitoring report published on Monday by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), the country's consumer watchdog, revealed that daily average retail petrol prices in Australia's five major cities: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth hit 182.4 cents per liter (about 132.4 U.S. cents) in late-February 2022, the highest inflation-adjusted (real) level since 2014. (Xinhua/Bai Xuefei)

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AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-PETROL PRICES-RISE

(220314) -- SYDNEY, March 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on March 14, 2022 shows a petrol station in Sydney, Australia. The latest petrol monitoring report published on Monday by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), the country's consumer watchdog, revealed that daily average retail petrol prices in Australia's five major cities: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth hit 182.4 cents per liter (about 132.4 U.S. cents) in late-February 2022, the highest inflation-adjusted (real) level since 2014. (Xinhua/Bai Xuefei)

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AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-PETROL PRICES-RISE

(220314) -- SYDNEY, March 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A man fills up his car at a petrol station in Sydney, Australia, March 14, 2022. The latest petrol monitoring report published on Monday by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), the country's consumer watchdog, revealed that daily average retail petrol prices in Australia's five major cities: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth hit 182.4 cents per liter (about 132.4 U.S. cents) in late-February 2022, the highest inflation-adjusted (real) level since 2014. (Xinhua/Bai Xuefei)

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Holidaymakers' return rush begins

TAKASAKI, Japan - The Kan-Etsu Expressway in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, is congested with holidaymaker's returning to major cities on Aug. 14 from the annual ''Bon'' midsummer holidays in Japan. (Kyodo)

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Holidaymakers' return rush begins

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - The Chugoku Expressway in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, is flooded Aug. 14 with holidaymaker's cars returning to major cities from the annual ''Bon'' midsummer holidays in Japan. (Kyodo)

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ANMC 21 end 2-day meeting in Taipei

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Eleven heads of major Asian cities join hands at a Taipei hotel April 14 as they end a two-day plenary session of the Asian Network of Major Cities 21. Among them are Taipei Mayor Ying-jeou Ma (2nd from L) and Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishiahra (2nd from R). (Kyodo)

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NPO provides grief-healing support to kids across Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Masahiro Nishida (back L), director of Sendai-based nonprofit organization Children's Grief Support Station, plays with a group of children in a meeting room at a hotel in Tokyo in September 2014. The organization, specializing in taking care of the psychological wellbeing of children who have lost family members, has expanded its services beyond areas hit by the 2011 earthquake to 14 major cities across Japan. (Kyodo)