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Chinese Automobile Exports Growth

SUZHOU, CHINA - MAY 15, 2025 - The 249-meter-long multi-purpose ro-RO ship "GREAT TEMA" is berthed at the Haitong Automobile Terminal in Taicang Port Area for vehicle loading operations in Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, China on May 15, 2025.

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Chinese Automobile Exports Growth

SUZHOU, CHINA - MAY 15, 2025 - The 249-meter-long multi-purpose ro-RO ship "GREAT TEMA" is berthed at the Haitong Automobile Terminal in Taicang Port Area for vehicle loading operations in Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, China on May 15, 2025.

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Chinese Automobile Exports Growth

SUZHOU, CHINA - MAY 15, 2025 - The 249-meter-long multi-purpose ro-RO ship "GREAT TEMA" is berthed at the Haitong Automobile Terminal in Taicang Port Area for vehicle loading operations in Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, China on May 15, 2025.

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Chinese Automobile Exports Growth

SUZHOU, CHINA - MAY 15, 2025 - The 249-meter-long multi-purpose ro-RO ship "GREAT TEMA" is berthed at the Haitong Automobile Terminal in Taicang Port Area for vehicle loading operations in Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, China on May 15, 2025.

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Chinese Automobile Exports Growth

SUZHOU, CHINA - MAY 15, 2025 - The 249-meter-long multi-purpose ro-RO ship "GREAT TEMA" is berthed at the Haitong Automobile Terminal in Taicang Port Area for vehicle loading operations in Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, China on May 15, 2025.

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Chinese Automobile Exports Growth

SUZHOU, CHINA - MAY 15, 2025 - The 249-meter-long multi-purpose ro-RO ship "GREAT TEMA" is berthed at the Haitong Automobile Terminal in Taicang Port Area for vehicle loading operations in Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, China on May 15, 2025.

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Chinese Automobile Exports Growth

SUZHOU, CHINA - MAY 15, 2025 - The 249-meter-long multi-purpose ro-RO ship "GREAT TEMA" is berthed at the Haitong Automobile Terminal in Taicang Port Area for vehicle loading operations in Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, China on May 15, 2025.

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Chinese Automobile Exports Growth

SUZHOU, CHINA - MAY 15, 2025 - The 249-meter-long multi-purpose ro-RO ship "GREAT TEMA" is berthed at the Haitong Automobile Terminal in Taicang Port Area for vehicle loading operations in Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, China on May 15, 2025.

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Chinese Automobile Exports Growth

SUZHOU, CHINA - MAY 15, 2025 - The 249-meter-long multi-purpose ro-RO ship "GREAT TEMA" is berthed at the Haitong Automobile Terminal in Taicang Port Area for vehicle loading operations in Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, China on May 15, 2025.

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Chinese Automobile Exports Growth

SUZHOU, CHINA - MAY 15, 2025 - The 249-meter-long multi-purpose ro-RO ship "GREAT TEMA" is berthed at the Haitong Automobile Terminal in Taicang Port Area for vehicle loading operations in Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, China on May 15, 2025.

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1st anniversary of Noto Peninsula quake

SUZU, Japan, Dec. 27 Kyodo - A vehicle drives on a Detour built on the north shore of Noto Peninsula in Suzu in central Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 27, 2024, marking full resumption of National Route 249 following its partial closure in the wake of a powerful earthquake in the region on Jan. 1. (Kyodo)

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1st anniv. of Noto Peninsula quake

Photo taken on Dec. 20, 2024, shows newly opened Route 249 in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, almost one year after a powerful earthquake hit central Japan's Noto Peninsula area on Jan. 1. The old road (L) collapsed and has not been repaired after the quake.

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1st anniversary of Noto Peninsula quake

A vehicle drives on a Detour built on the north shore of Noto Peninsula in Suzu in central Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 27, 2024, marking full resumption of National Route 249 following its partial closure in the wake of a powerful earthquake in the region on Jan. 1.

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1st anniversary of Noto Peninsula quake

A vehicle drives on a Detour built on the north shore of Noto Peninsula in Suzu in central Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture, on Dec. 27, 2024, marking full resumption of National Route 249 following its partial closure in the wake of a powerful earthquake in the region on Jan. 1.

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Detour opens in quake-hit Wajima city

Vehicles run through a newly opened bypass route on an elevated seabed for quake-damaged Route 249 in Wajima city in the central Japan prefecture of Ishikawa on Dec. 5, 2024, ahead of the first anniversary of the Jan. 1 earthquake in the Noto Peninsula and surrounding areas.

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Detour for quake-damaged road on elevated seabed

A vehicle runs through a newly opened detour for quake-damaged Route 249 that was created on an elevated seabed in Wajima in Ishikawa Prefecture on May 2, 2024, following a strong earthquake that jolted the Noto Peninsula and surrounding areas in central Japan on Jan. 1.

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Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

A detour for quake-damaged Route 249 in Nanao in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, is jammed with vehicles on Jan. 11, 2024, some transporting relief supplies for people affected by a powerful earthquake in the region on Jan. 1.

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Aftermath of strong quake in central Japan

A detour for quake-damaged Route 249 in Nanao in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, is jammed with vehicles on Jan. 11, 2024, some transporting relief supplies for people affected by a powerful earthquake in the region on Jan. 1.

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Violence continues in France after police officer fatally shot teen

STORY: Violence continues in France after police officer fatally shot teen DATELINE: July 1, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:05 LOCATION: Paris CATEGORY: SOCIETY/HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the aftermath of violence STORYLINE: Violence continued in France overnight from Thursday to Friday after a police officer shot dead a 17-year-old teen on Tuesday in Nanterre, western Paris suburbs, with 667 arrests across the country, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin announced on Friday. "Last night, our police officers, gendarmes and firefighters bravely faced once again rare violence," the minister said on social media, adding that the security forces, following his "firm instructions," arrested 667 people across the country. In the Ile-de-France region, the police said that 307 rioters were arrested overnight. The minister also said that 249 police officers and gendarmes were injured overnight. According to authorities, some 40,000 police forces were deployed on Thursday across the country to maintain

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Borne And Darmanin Visit A Police Station - Evry-Courcouronnes

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne (L) speaks with police officers outside the police station in Evry-Courcouronnes south of Paris on June 30, 2023, following riots three days after a 17-year-old boy was shot in the chest by police at point-blank range in Nanterre, a western suburb of Paris. A third consecutive night of violence in France sparked by the killing of a teenager by a policeman during a traffic stop has left 249 police and gendarmes injured, the interior ministry announced on June 30. Nahel M., 17, was shot in the chest at point-blank range on the morning of June 27, 2023, in an incident that has reignited debate in France about police tactics long criticised by rights groups over the treatment of people in low-income suburbs, particularly ethnic minorities. Photo by Stefano Rellandini/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Borne And Darmanin Visit A Police Station - Evry-Courcouronnes

French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne (C) speaks with police officers outside the police station in Evry-Courcouronnes south of Paris on June 30, 2023, following riots three days after a 17-year-old boy was shot in the chest by police at point-blank range in Nanterre, a western suburb of Paris. A third consecutive night of violence in France sparked by the killing of a teenager by a policeman during a traffic stop has left 249 police and gendarmes injured, the interior ministry announced on June 30. Nahel M., 17, was shot in the chest at point-blank range on the morning of June 27, 2023, in an incident that has reignited debate in France about police tactics long criticised by rights groups over the treatment of people in low-income suburbs, particularly ethnic minorities. Photo by Stefano Rellandini/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Land port on China-Nepal border resumes two-way trade

STORY: Land port on China-Nepal border resumes two-way trade DATELINE: May 1, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:58 LOCATION: LHASA, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the port of Zham 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): PHURJUNG, Deputy director, Zham port management committee STORYLINE: The port of Zham on the China-Nepal border resumed two-way cargo trade on Monday. Three lorries carrying goods worth more than 100,000 yuan (14,442 U.S. dollars) arrived at the port from Nepal, marking the resumption of the two-way trade of the land port in the city of Xigaze in China's Tibet. Zham was forced to stop service after a mega-earthquake hit Nepal in 2015, which destroyed roads, bridges, and facilities at the port. In 2019, it partially reopened to allow exports to Nepal. In the first quarter of this year, more than 17,000 tonnes of goods worth 249 million yuan were exported through the port. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): PHURJUNG, Deputy director, Zham port management committee "The resumption of two-way cargo trade via Zham port

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10,500 artifacts unearthed in Türkiye in 2022

STORY: 10,500 artifacts unearthed in Türkiye in 2022 DATELINE: Jan. 20, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:24 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the archaeological excavation site at Haydarpasa Train Station 2. various of the archaeological excavation site at Zerzevan Castle 3. various of Corum Museum, Türkiye 4. various of the Hittite cuneiform tablets in Corum Museum 5. various of historical artifacts in Corum Museum STORYLINE: A total of 10,500 artifacts for museum collections were unearthed in 249 archaeological digs in Türkiye in 2022, according to data from the Turkish General Directorate of Museums and Cultural Heritage. The vast majority of these digs were conducted by Turkish teams, while foreign teams ran 32 excavations. Most digs were on land, while seven were conducted underwater to uncover sunken treasures. Once home to countless ancient civilizations, from the Hittites to the Hellenistic States and the Roman Empire, modern Türkiye is rich in archaeological treasures. Yah

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Honda Motor to release new model of Super Cub minibike June 19

TOKYO, Japan - Honda Motor Co. it will start selling a new model of its popular Super Cub minibike (photo), which features high mileage, on the domestic market on June 19. The 110 cc Super Cub 110 minibike can travel 63.5 kilometers per liter, about 6 percent better than its predecessor, the Super Cub 90, in fuel efficiency. It will carry a price of 249,900 yen.

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M6.9 quake jolts central Japan, 1 dead, over 130 injured

KANAZAWA, Japan - A traffic light pole leans on National Route 249 in the city of Nanao, Ishikawa Prefecture, on March 25 after a strong earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 6.9 rocked the Hokuriku region in central Japan. One person was killed and over 130 others injured by the quake.

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(1)Japanese protest U.S. nuclear test

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Minoru Hataguchi, head of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in Hiroshima, on May 26 resets the Peace Watch, which indicates the number of days elapsing since a nuclear test was conducted anywhere in the world, to zero from 249 days after an overnight U.S. subcritical nuclear test.

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Families of 1996 plane crash victims settle with airline

FUKUOKA, Japan - Akihiko Okuda (L), a relative of one of two victims of a 1996 Garuda Indonesia Airways plane crash, speaks at a press conference in Fukuoka on March 26 after six family members of the two -- Masakatsu Okuda and Masatoshi Yosida -- settled with the airline on condition Garuda pay them compensation. In a suit filed with the Fukuoka District Court in May 1998, they demanded a total of 249 million yen in compensation from the airline.

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World's heaviest captive panda cub born in China

STORY: World's heaviest captive panda cub born in China DATELINE: Aug. 18, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:37 LOCATION: WOLONG, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of giant panda Cuicui and her cub 2. various of staff monitoring the pandas STORYLINE: A female giant panda cub weighing 270.4 grams became the world's heaviest captive panda newborn ever registered, a panda research center in southwest China's Sichuan Province said on Wednesday. Cuicui, a 16-year-old panda, gave birth to the cub at the Wolong Shenshuping panda base at 9:39 p.m. on Aug. 5, breaking the previous birth weight record of 249 grams held by a panda born in 2021, according to the China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Panda. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Wolong, China. (XHTV)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-WOLONG-GIANT PANDA CUB (CN)

(220817) -- WOLONG, Aug. 17, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Aug. 10, 2022 shows a giant panda cub at Shenshuping base of China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Panda in Wolong National Nature Reserve, southwest China's Sichuan Province. A female giant panda cub weighing 270.4 grams became the world's heaviest captive panda newborn ever registered, the panda research center said on Wednesday. Cuicui, a 16-year-old panda, gave birth to the cub at the Wolong Shenshuping panda base at 9:39 p.m. on Aug. 5, breaking the previous birth weight record of 249 grams held by a panda born in 2021. (Photo by Wei Rongping/Xinhua)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-WOLONG-GIANT PANDA CUB (CN)

(220817) -- WOLONG, Aug. 17, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Aug. 6, 2022 shows giant panda Cuicui and her cub at Shenshuping base of China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Panda in Wolong National Nature Reserve, southwest China's Sichuan Province. A female giant panda cub weighing 270.4 grams became the world's heaviest captive panda newborn ever registered, the panda research center said on Wednesday. Cuicui, a 16-year-old panda, gave birth to the cub at the Wolong Shenshuping panda base at 9:39 p.m. on Aug. 5, breaking the previous birth weight record of 249 grams held by a panda born in 2021. (Photo by Wei Rongping/Xinhua)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-WOLONG-GIANT PANDA CUB (CN)

(220817) -- WOLONG, Aug. 17, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Aug. 15, 2022 shows giant panda Cuicui and her cub at Shenshuping base of China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Panda in Wolong National Nature Reserve, southwest China's Sichuan Province. A female giant panda cub weighing 270.4 grams became the world's heaviest captive panda newborn ever registered, the panda research center said on Wednesday. Cuicui, a 16-year-old panda, gave birth to the cub at the Wolong Shenshuping panda base at 9:39 p.m. on Aug. 5, breaking the previous birth weight record of 249 grams held by a panda born in 2021. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-WOLONG-GIANT PANDA CUB (CN)

(220817) -- WOLONG, Aug. 17, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Aug. 15, 2022 shows giant panda Cuicui and her cub at Shenshuping base of China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Panda in Wolong National Nature Reserve, southwest China's Sichuan Province. A female giant panda cub weighing 270.4 grams became the world's heaviest captive panda newborn ever registered, the panda research center said on Wednesday. Cuicui, a 16-year-old panda, gave birth to the cub at the Wolong Shenshuping panda base at 9:39 p.m. on Aug. 5, breaking the previous birth weight record of 249 grams held by a panda born in 2021. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-WOLONG-GIANT PANDA CUB (CN)

(220817) -- WOLONG, Aug. 17, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Aug. 15, 2022 shows giant panda Cuicui and her cub at Shenshuping base of China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Panda in Wolong National Nature Reserve, southwest China's Sichuan Province. A female giant panda cub weighing 270.4 grams became the world's heaviest captive panda newborn ever registered, the panda research center said on Wednesday. Cuicui, a 16-year-old panda, gave birth to the cub at the Wolong Shenshuping panda base at 9:39 p.m. on Aug. 5, breaking the previous birth weight record of 249 grams held by a panda born in 2021. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-WOLONG-GIANT PANDA CUB (CN)

(220817) -- WOLONG, Aug. 17, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Aug. 10, 2022 shows a giant panda cub at Shenshuping base of China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Panda in Wolong National Nature Reserve, southwest China's Sichuan Province. A female giant panda cub weighing 270.4 grams became the world's heaviest captive panda newborn ever registered, the panda research center said on Wednesday. Cuicui, a 16-year-old panda, gave birth to the cub at the Wolong Shenshuping panda base at 9:39 p.m. on Aug. 5, breaking the previous birth weight record of 249 grams held by a panda born in 2021. (Photo by Wei Rongping/Xinhua)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-WOLONG-GIANT PANDA CUB (CN)

(220817) -- WOLONG, Aug. 17, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Aug. 15, 2022 shows giant panda Cuicui and her cub at Shenshuping base of China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Panda in Wolong National Nature Reserve, southwest China's Sichuan Province. A female giant panda cub weighing 270.4 grams became the world's heaviest captive panda newborn ever registered, the panda research center said on Wednesday. Cuicui, a 16-year-old panda, gave birth to the cub at the Wolong Shenshuping panda base at 9:39 p.m. on Aug. 5, breaking the previous birth weight record of 249 grams held by a panda born in 2021. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-WOLONG-GIANT PANDA CUB (CN)

(220817) -- WOLONG, Aug. 17, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Aug. 15, 2022 shows giant panda Cuicui and her cub at Shenshuping base of China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Panda in Wolong National Nature Reserve, southwest China's Sichuan Province. A female giant panda cub weighing 270.4 grams became the world's heaviest captive panda newborn ever registered, the panda research center said on Wednesday. Cuicui, a 16-year-old panda, gave birth to the cub at the Wolong Shenshuping panda base at 9:39 p.m. on Aug. 5, breaking the previous birth weight record of 249 grams held by a panda born in 2021. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-WOLONG-GIANT PANDA CUB (CN)

(220817) -- WOLONG, Aug. 17, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Aug. 15, 2022 shows giant panda Cuicui and her cub at Shenshuping base of China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Panda in Wolong National Nature Reserve, southwest China's Sichuan Province. A female giant panda cub weighing 270.4 grams became the world's heaviest captive panda newborn ever registered, the panda research center said on Wednesday. Cuicui, a 16-year-old panda, gave birth to the cub at the Wolong Shenshuping panda base at 9:39 p.m. on Aug. 5, breaking the previous birth weight record of 249 grams held by a panda born in 2021. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-WOLONG-GIANT PANDA CUB (CN)

(220817) -- WOLONG, Aug. 17, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Aug. 15, 2022 shows giant panda Cuicui and her cub at Shenshuping base of China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Panda in Wolong National Nature Reserve, southwest China's Sichuan Province. A female giant panda cub weighing 270.4 grams became the world's heaviest captive panda newborn ever registered, the panda research center said on Wednesday. Cuicui, a 16-year-old panda, gave birth to the cub at the Wolong Shenshuping panda base at 9:39 p.m. on Aug. 5, breaking the previous birth weight record of 249 grams held by a panda born in 2021. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-WOLONG-GIANT PANDA CUB (CN)

(220817) -- WOLONG, Aug. 17, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Aug. 15, 2022 shows giant panda Cuicui and her cub at Shenshuping base of China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Panda in Wolong National Nature Reserve, southwest China's Sichuan Province. A female giant panda cub weighing 270.4 grams became the world's heaviest captive panda newborn ever registered, the panda research center said on Wednesday. Cuicui, a 16-year-old panda, gave birth to the cub at the Wolong Shenshuping panda base at 9:39 p.m. on Aug. 5, breaking the previous birth weight record of 249 grams held by a panda born in 2021. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-WOLONG-GIANT PANDA CUB (CN)

(220817) -- WOLONG, Aug. 17, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Aug. 6, 2022 shows a giant panda cub at Shenshuping base of China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Panda in Wolong National Nature Reserve, southwest China's Sichuan Province. A female giant panda cub weighing 270.4 grams became the world's heaviest captive panda newborn ever registered, the panda research center said on Wednesday. Cuicui, a 16-year-old panda, gave birth to the cub at the Wolong Shenshuping panda base at 9:39 p.m. on Aug. 5, breaking the previous birth weight record of 249 grams held by a panda born in 2021. (Photo by Wei Rongping/Xinhua)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-WOLONG-GIANT PANDA CUB (CN)

(220817) -- WOLONG, Aug. 17, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Aug. 15, 2022 shows giant panda Cuicui and her cub at Shenshuping base of China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Panda in Wolong National Nature Reserve, southwest China's Sichuan Province. A female giant panda cub weighing 270.4 grams became the world's heaviest captive panda newborn ever registered, the panda research center said on Wednesday. Cuicui, a 16-year-old panda, gave birth to the cub at the Wolong Shenshuping panda base at 9:39 p.m. on Aug. 5, breaking the previous birth weight record of 249 grams held by a panda born in 2021. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

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The rising popularity of pet funerals in China

STORY: The rising popularity of pet funerals in China DATELINE: April 6, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:12 LOCATION: HANGZHOU, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: various of the pet crematorySOUNDBITE 1 (English): YIN XIAOSHENG, Xinhua correspondentSOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): FLORA YANG, Manager of the pet crematorySOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): AMBER BAI, Founder of Mao Memory Castle Pet Funeral Services STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE 1 (English): YIN XIAOSHENG, Xinhua correspondent "In China, more and more people love pets and start keeping pets. According to the data of White Paper on China's Pet Industry in 2021, the number of pet dogs and cats in cities and towns in China exceeded 100 million in 2021, reaching 112 million, and its consumption market reached 249 billion yuan (39 billion U.S. dollars). The life span of pets is mostly around ten to 20 years. With more people starting to keep pets, how to bid farewell with our pet friends after death has long been a problem that cannot be ignored." At Zhongqiao village in Hangzhou,

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(1)Japanese protest U.S. nuclear test

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Minoru Hataguchi, head of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in Hiroshima, on May 26 resets the Peace Watch, which indicates the number of days elapsing since a nuclear test was conducted anywhere in the world, to zero from 249 days after an overnight U.S. subcritical nuclear test. (Kyodo)

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The Ward (2010)

Danielle Panabaker Characters: Sarah Film: The Ward (USA 2010) Director: John Carpenter 13 September 2010 249.jpg Date: 13 September 2010

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Jack Goes Boating (2010)

Philip Seymour Hoffman & Amy Ryan Characters: Jack, Connie Film: Jack Goes Boating (2010) Director: Philip Seymour Hoffman 23 January 2010 M 249-DF-02969rV2 (Left to right.) Philip Seymour Hoffman and Amy Ryan star in Overture Films' Jack Goes Boating. Date: 23 January 2010

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THREE GODFATHERS

THREE GODFATHERS DIRECTED BY JOHN FORD IN TECHNICOLOR WITH JOHN WAYNE HARRY CAREY JNR PEDRO ARMENDARIZ POSTER FROM THE RONALD GRANT ARCHIVE MS 249/3 THREE GODFATHERS DIRECTED BY JOHN FORD IN TECHNICOLOR WITH JOHN WAYNE HARRY CAREY JNR PEDRO ARMENDARIZ Date: 1948

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Drinking game championship held in Kochi

Two men try to guess the number of chopsticks in their hands during a championship of the traditional drinking game "hashiken," in which a loser is obliged to gulp down a cup of sake, in Kochi, western Japan, on Oct. 3, 2015. A total of 249 drinkers took part in the event. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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M6.9 quake jolts central Japan, 1 dead, over 130 injured

KANAZAWA, Japan - A traffic light pole leans on National Route 249 in the city of Nanao, Ishikawa Prefecture, on March 25 after a strong earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 6.9 rocked the Hokuriku region in central Japan. One person was killed and over 130 others injured by the quake. (Kyodo)

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tests, testing, COVID-19, coronavirus, beer tram, Brno

Mobile testing center for Transport company of the city of Brno employees is opened at the beer tram Salina Pub in Brno, Czech Republic, March 3, 2021. The government approved mandatory corporate testing on Monday. Firms with over 250 employees have to launch the testing on March 3 and test all their staff by March 12. Companies with 50 up to 249 staff members have to start testing on March 5 and finish by March 15. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

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tests, testing, COVID-19, coronavirus, beer tram, Brno

Mobile testing center for Transport company of the city of Brno employees is opened at the beer tram Salina Pub in Brno, Czech Republic, March 3, 2021. The government approved mandatory corporate testing on Monday. Firms with over 250 employees have to launch the testing on March 3 and test all their staff by March 12. Companies with 50 up to 249 staff members have to start testing on March 5 and finish by March 15. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)