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Chinese Rescue Teams Depart For Myanmar

Chinese rescuers arrive at the Yangon International Airport in Yangon, Myanmar, March 29, 2025. A rescue team from southwest China's Yunnan Province arrived at Yangon, Myanmar, early Saturday after a massive earthquake jolted the Southeast Asian country on Friday. At least 144 people were killed and 732 injured in Myanmar after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake jolted the country on Friday. Myanmar's State Administration Council Chairman, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, called for assistance from the international community, according to local reports. Photo by Haymhan Aung/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Chinese Rescue Teams Depart For Myanmar

Chinese rescuers arrive at the Yangon International Airport in Yangon, Myanmar, March 29, 2025. A rescue team from southwest China's Yunnan Province arrived at Yangon, Myanmar, early Saturday after a massive earthquake jolted the Southeast Asian country on Friday. At least 144 people were killed and 732 injured in Myanmar after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake jolted the country on Friday. Myanmar's State Administration Council Chairman, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, called for assistance from the international community, according to local reports. Photo by Haymhan Aung/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Chinese Rescue Teams Depart For Myanmar

Chinese rescuers arrive at the Yangon International Airport in Yangon, Myanmar, March 29, 2025. A rescue team from southwest China's Yunnan Province arrived at Yangon, Myanmar, early Saturday after a massive earthquake jolted the Southeast Asian country on Friday. At least 144 people were killed and 732 injured in Myanmar after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake jolted the country on Friday. Myanmar's State Administration Council Chairman, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, called for assistance from the international community, according to local reports. Photo by Haymhan Aung/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Chinese Rescue Teams Depart For Myanmar

Chinese rescuers arrive at the Yangon International Airport in Yangon, Myanmar, March 29, 2025. A rescue team from southwest China's Yunnan Province arrived at Yangon, Myanmar, early Saturday after a massive earthquake jolted the Southeast Asian country on Friday. At least 144 people were killed and 732 injured in Myanmar after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake jolted the country on Friday. Myanmar's State Administration Council Chairman, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, called for assistance from the international community, according to local reports. Photo by Haymhan Aung/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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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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IRAN-TEHRAN-ELECTIONS-VOTING-START

(240301) -- TEHRAN, March 1, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People vote at a polling station in Tehran, Iran, March 1, 2024. Voting for Iran's 12th parliament and sixth Assembly of Experts began at 8:00 a.m. local time (0430 GMT) Friday at about 60,000 polling stations across the country. More than 15,000 candidates are competing for 290 seats in the Iranian parliament, while 144 candidates are 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. (Xinhua/Shadati)

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IRAN-TEHRAN-ELECTIONS-VOTING-START

(240301) -- TEHRAN, March 1, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People vote at a polling station in Tehran, Iran, March 1, 2024. Voting for Iran's 12th parliament and sixth Assembly of Experts began at 8:00 a.m. local time (0430 GMT) Friday at about 60,000 polling stations across the country. More than 15,000 candidates are competing for 290 seats in the Iranian parliament, while 144 candidates are 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. (Xinhua/Shadati)

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Illustrated "Chinese Brief History Ballad" welcomed in New Zealand

STORY: Illustrated "Chinese Brief History Ballad" welcomed in New Zealand DATELINE: Oct. 10, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:05 LOCATION: CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the launch of the book on Monday in New Zealand STORYLINE: The illustrated "Chinese Brief History Ballad" has been recently published in simplified Chinese. The book condenses 5,000 years of Chinese history in 144 lines with 1,440 Chinese characters. The book, authored by Gan Kaiwan, a Chinese New Zealander, has been warmly welcomed by Chinese both home and abroad as it helps promote the Chinese culture, especially to children who were born or live overseas. At the launch of the book on Monday in New Zealand, Gan said many overseas Chinese children cannot speak good Chinese and do not understand Chinese history well, so the book was to help them learn better. Holding a doctorate in chemistry, Gan spent three years writing the book, which vividly presents the important events and people in Chinese history in the fo

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Death toll from Russia's attack on Ukraine's Dnipro rises to 20: official

STORY: Death toll from Russia's attack on Ukraine's Dnipro rises to 20: official DATELINE: Jan. 15, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:37 LOCATION: Kiev CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the missile attack site STORYLINE: The death toll from a Russian missile attack on the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro has risen to 20, the regional governor said Sunday. At least 73 people were injured, with four in intensive care, Valentyn Reznichenko, head of the Dnipropetrovsk regional military administration, said on Telegram. About 40 people are still missing following the strike on Saturday that destroyed 72 apartments and damaged 230 others, Reznichenko said, noting the rescue operation at the site is still underway. Kyrylo Tymoshenko, deputy head of the Ukrainian president's office, wrote on Telegram that 530 emergency workers and volunteers and 144 units of equipment are participating in the rescue operation. Russia has yet to respond or comment on the attack. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reportin

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Mayor visits victim of sarin attack ahead of 11th anniversary

MATSUMOTO, Japan - Sumiko Kono, who was one of the 144 people injured in the 1994 sarin gas attack by the AUM Shinrikyo cult in the central Japan city of Matsumoto, lies unconscious in bed as Matsumoto Mayor Akira Sugenoya (C) and her husband Yoshiyuki Kono hold her in the arm at a welfare facility for the disabled in Matsumoto on June 26. The mayor visited her ahead of the attack's 11th anniversary on June 27.

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CHINA-HONG KONG-COVID-19-CASES (CN)

(220303) -- HONG KONG, March 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People wearing face masks walk in Tsuen Wan, south China's Hong Kong, March 3, 2022. On Thursday, the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) reported 56,827 new COVID-19 cases, another record high, with 144 more deaths, official data showed. (Xinhua/Lo Ping Fai)

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CHINA-HONG KONG-COVID-19-CASES (CN)

(220303) -- HONG KONG, March 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People wearing face masks walk in Tsuen Wan, south China's Hong Kong, March 3, 2022. On Thursday, the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) reported 56,827 new COVID-19 cases, another record high, with 144 more deaths, official data showed. (Xinhua/Lo Ping Fai)

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CHINA-HONG KONG-COVID-19-CASES (CN)

(220303) -- HONG KONG, March 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People wearing face masks walk in Tsuen Wan, south China's Hong Kong, March 3, 2022. On Thursday, the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) reported 56,827 new COVID-19 cases, another record high, with 144 more deaths, official data showed. (Xinhua/Lo Ping Fai)

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CHINA-HONG KONG-COVID-19-CASES (CN)

(220303) -- HONG KONG, March 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People wearing face masks walk in Tsuen Wan, south China's Hong Kong, March 3, 2022. On Thursday, the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) reported 56,827 new COVID-19 cases, another record high, with 144 more deaths, official data showed. (Xinhua/Lo Ping Fai)

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Mayor visits victim of sarin attack ahead of 11th anniversary

MATSUMOTO, Japan - Sumiko Kono, who was one of the 144 people injured in the 1994 sarin gas attack by the AUM Shinrikyo cult in the central Japan city of Matsumoto, lies unconscious in bed as Matsumoto Mayor Akira Sugenoya (C) and her husband Yoshiyuki Kono hold her in the arm at a welfare facility for the disabled in Matsumoto on June 26. The mayor visited her ahead of the attack's 11th anniversary on June 27. (Kyodo)

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Woman in dance costumes

A woman in Hoshuku Dance costume poses in a photograph studio. She wears a nagajuban and a hand towel around her neck and holds a bamboo hat in one hand and a small lantern in the other. A celebratory dance, Hoshuku Odori was performed by the citizens of Kyoto at the accession of Emperor Taisho in November 1915. It is said that people participated in gala parades and neighbourhoods competed for the most fashionable costumes, fabrics, and patterns.==Date:unknown, Place:Kyoto, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number72‐144‐0]

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People moving into three-story temporary housing complex

ONAGAWA, Japan - People affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami start moving into a newly built three-story temporary housing complex in the town of Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, on Nov. 6, 2011. The six complexes with 144 units are the first three-story buildings for people affected by the disaster. (Kyodo)

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Renho visits blaze-hit Sea of Japan coastal city

Renho (R), head of Japan's main opposition Democratic Party, consoles a local resident in the Sea of Japan coastal city of Itoigawa, Niigata Prefecture, on Dec. 29, 2016, where an inferno destroyed 144 buildings and injured 16 people a week earlier. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Renho visits blaze-hit Sea of Japan coastal city

Renho (2nd from L in front row), head of Japan's main opposition Democratic Party, visits the Sea of Japan coastal city of Itoigawa, Niigata Prefecture, on Dec. 29, 2016, where an inferno destroyed 144 buildings and injured 16 people a week earlier. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo