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Spain experiences 2nd hottest, driest March in century

STORY: Spain experiences 2nd hottest, driest March in century DATELINE: April 12, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:44 LOCATION: MADRID CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of different effects of drought in Spain STORYLINE: March 2023 was the second hottest and driest recorded in Spain this century and the third warmest since records began, according to data published by the Spanish Meteorological Agency (AEMET) on Tuesday. AEMET reports that despite a spell of freezing weather earlier this month, the average temperature for March was 11.6 degrees Celsius for mainland Spain, which is 1.8 degrees above the average for the period 1991-2020. A record high of 33 degrees Celsius was recorded in the southeast Spanish city of Murcia while in the Canary Islands (off the west coast of Africa) average temperatures were 3 percent above the norm. The above-average temperature was accompanied by weather much drier than usual, with the average rainfall over the country reaching just 21.2 millimeters, down 64 percent compared

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Matsushita sees record 1st-half group sales, 16-year high profit

TOKYO, Japan - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. President Fumio Otsubo speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 27. He said the company's group operating profit in the April-September period of fiscal 2006 jumped 21.2 percent from a year earlier to 207.39 billion yen, its highest level in 16 years, on record sales for any first half.

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CHINA-2021 FOREIGN TRADE-NEW RECORD(CN)

(220114) -- SHANGHAI, Jan. 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Nov. 9, 2021 shows a view of the south square of the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai), the main venue for the 4th China International Import Expo (CIIE), in east China's Shanghai. China's foreign trade moved up another notch in 2021, exceeding 6 trillion U.S. dollars for the first time, despite the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to weigh on global trade, official data showed Friday.The total trade in goods amounted to 6.05 trillion U.S. dollars, up 1.4 trillion U.S. dollars from a year ago, according to the General Administration of Customs (GAC).The trade volume in yuan terms expanded 21.4 percent year on year to 39.1 trillion yuan, with exports up 21.2 percent to 21.73 trillion yuan and imports up 21.5 percent to 17.37 trillion yuan. (Xinhua/Wu Huiwo)

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CHINA-2021 FOREIGN TRADE-NEW RECORD(CN)

(220114) -- SHANGHAI, Jan. 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Aug. 31, 2021 shows a venue of the China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) at Shougang Park in Beijing, capital of China. China's foreign trade moved up another notch in 2021, exceeding 6 trillion U.S. dollars for the first time, despite the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to weigh on global trade, official data showed Friday.The total trade in goods amounted to 6.05 trillion U.S. dollars, up 1.4 trillion U.S. dollars from a year ago, according to the General Administration of Customs (GAC).The trade volume in yuan terms expanded 21.4 percent year on year to 39.1 trillion yuan, with exports up 21.2 percent to 21.73 trillion yuan and imports up 21.5 percent to 17.37 trillion yuan. (Xinhua/Chen Yehua)

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CHINA-2021 FOREIGN TRADE-NEW RECORD(CN)

(220114) -- SHANGHAI, Jan. 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A staff member sorts cross-border goods at a logistics base in a China (Fujian) pilot free trade zone, southeast China's Fujian Province, June 3, 2021. China's foreign trade moved up another notch in 2021, exceeding 6 trillion U.S. dollars for the first time, despite the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to weigh on global trade, official data showed Friday.The total trade in goods amounted to 6.05 trillion U.S. dollars, up 1.4 trillion U.S. dollars from a year ago, according to the General Administration of Customs (GAC).The trade volume in yuan terms expanded 21.4 percent year on year to 39.1 trillion yuan, with exports up 21.2 percent to 21.73 trillion yuan and imports up 21.5 percent to 17.37 trillion yuan. (Xinhua/Song Weiwei)

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CHINA-2021 FOREIGN TRADE-NEW RECORD(CN)

(220114) -- SHANGHAI, Jan. 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on Dec. 5, 2021 shows the sunrise scenery of the Yangpu international container port at Yangpu economic development zone in south China's Hainan Province. China's foreign trade moved up another notch in 2021, exceeding 6 trillion U.S. dollars for the first time, despite the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to weigh on global trade, official data showed Friday.The total trade in goods amounted to 6.05 trillion U.S. dollars, up 1.4 trillion U.S. dollars from a year ago, according to the General Administration of Customs (GAC).The trade volume in yuan terms expanded 21.4 percent year on year to 39.1 trillion yuan, with exports up 21.2 percent to 21.73 trillion yuan and imports up 21.5 percent to 17.37 trillion yuan. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)

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CHINA-2021 FOREIGN TRADE-NEW RECORD(CN)

(220114) -- SHANGHAI, Jan. 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People visit the 130th session of the China Import and Export Fair, or the Canton Fair, in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, Oct. 15, 2021. China's foreign trade moved up another notch in 2021, exceeding 6 trillion U.S. dollars for the first time, despite the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to weigh on global trade, official data showed Friday.The total trade in goods amounted to 6.05 trillion U.S. dollars, up 1.4 trillion U.S. dollars from a year ago, according to the General Administration of Customs (GAC).The trade volume in yuan terms expanded 21.4 percent year on year to 39.1 trillion yuan, with exports up 21.2 percent to 21.73 trillion yuan and imports up 21.5 percent to 17.37 trillion yuan. (Xinhua/Liu Dawei)

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CHINA-2021 FOREIGN TRADE-NEW RECORD(CN)

(220114) -- SHANGHAI, Jan. 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Construction machinery and equipment are parked at a comprehensive bonded zone in Manzhouli, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Oct. 12, 2021. China's foreign trade moved up another notch in 2021, exceeding 6 trillion U.S. dollars for the first time, despite the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to weigh on global trade, official data showed Friday.The total trade in goods amounted to 6.05 trillion U.S. dollars, up 1.4 trillion U.S. dollars from a year ago, according to the General Administration of Customs (GAC).The trade volume in yuan terms expanded 21.4 percent year on year to 39.1 trillion yuan, with exports up 21.2 percent to 21.73 trillion yuan and imports up 21.5 percent to 17.37 trillion yuan. (Xinhua/Peng Yuan)

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CHINA-2021 FOREIGN TRADE-NEW RECORD(CN)

(220114) -- SHANGHAI, Jan. 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on Dec. 7, 2021 shows vehicles before being loaded onto a freight ship at Yantai Port, east China's Shandong Province. China's foreign trade moved up another notch in 2021, exceeding 6 trillion U.S. dollars for the first time, despite the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to weigh on global trade, official data showed Friday.The total trade in goods amounted to 6.05 trillion U.S. dollars, up 1.4 trillion U.S. dollars from a year ago, according to the General Administration of Customs (GAC).The trade volume in yuan terms expanded 21.4 percent year on year to 39.1 trillion yuan, with exports up 21.2 percent to 21.73 trillion yuan and imports up 21.5 percent to 17.37 trillion yuan. (Photo by Tang Ke/Xinhua)

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CHINA-2021 FOREIGN TRADE-NEW RECORD(CN)

(220114) -- SHANGHAI, Jan. 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on April 9, 2021 shows a ceremony marking the opening of a new China-Europe ship route in Tianjin Port, north China's Tianjin. China's foreign trade moved up another notch in 2021, exceeding 6 trillion U.S. dollars for the first time, despite the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to weigh on global trade, official data showed Friday.The total trade in goods amounted to 6.05 trillion U.S. dollars, up 1.4 trillion U.S. dollars from a year ago, according to the General Administration of Customs (GAC).The trade volume in yuan terms expanded 21.4 percent year on year to 39.1 trillion yuan, with exports up 21.2 percent to 21.73 trillion yuan and imports up 21.5 percent to 17.37 trillion yuan. (Xinhua/Zhao Zishuo)

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CHINA-2021 FOREIGN TRADE-NEW RECORD(CN)

(220114) -- SHANGHAI, Jan. 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A China-Europe freight train bound for Duisburg of Germany prepares for departure at Tuanjiecun Station in southwest China's Chongqing, Jan. 1, 2021. China's foreign trade moved up another notch in 2021, exceeding 6 trillion U.S. dollars for the first time, despite the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to weigh on global trade, official data showed Friday.The total trade in goods amounted to 6.05 trillion U.S. dollars, up 1.4 trillion U.S. dollars from a year ago, according to the General Administration of Customs (GAC).The trade volume in yuan terms expanded 21.4 percent year on year to 39.1 trillion yuan, with exports up 21.2 percent to 21.73 trillion yuan and imports up 21.5 percent to 17.37 trillion yuan. (Xinhua/Tang Yi)

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CHINA-2021 FOREIGN TRADE-NEW RECORD(CN)

(220114) -- SHANGHAI, Jan. 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People walk out of the venue of the 18th China-ASEAN Expo in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Sept. 11, 2021. China's foreign trade moved up another notch in 2021, exceeding 6 trillion U.S. dollars for the first time, despite the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to weigh on global trade, official data showed Friday.The total trade in goods amounted to 6.05 trillion U.S. dollars, up 1.4 trillion U.S. dollars from a year ago, according to the General Administration of Customs (GAC).The trade volume in yuan terms expanded 21.4 percent year on year to 39.1 trillion yuan, with exports up 21.2 percent to 21.73 trillion yuan and imports up 21.5 percent to 17.37 trillion yuan. (Xinhua/Lu Boan)

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CHINA-2021 FOREIGN TRADE-NEW RECORD(CN)

(220114) -- SHANGHAI, Jan. 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A Yemeni trader selects tea pots while communicating with his Saudi Arabian client via video link at the Yiwu International Trade Market in Yiwu city of east China's Zhejiang Province, Jan. 14, 2021. China's foreign trade moved up another notch in 2021, exceeding 6 trillion U.S. dollars for the first time, despite the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to weigh on global trade, official data showed Friday.The total trade in goods amounted to 6.05 trillion U.S. dollars, up 1.4 trillion U.S. dollars from a year ago, according to the General Administration of Customs (GAC).The trade volume in yuan terms expanded 21.4 percent year on year to 39.1 trillion yuan, with exports up 21.2 percent to 21.73 trillion yuan and imports up 21.5 percent to 17.37 trillion yuan. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)

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Matsushita sees record 1st-half group sales, 16-year high profit

TOKYO, Japan - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. President Fumio Otsubo speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 27. He said the company's group operating profit in the April-September period of fiscal 2006 jumped 21.2 percent from a year earlier to 207.39 billion yen, its highest level in 16 years, on record sales for any first half. (Kyodo)