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World Masters Games in Taiwan

Japanese athletes march during the opening ceremony of the 2025 World Masters Games in Taipei on May 17, 2025. About 26,000 athletes aged 30 or older, including some 740 Japanese, will compete in 35 disciplines in the games, the first of their kind in Asia.

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World Masters Games in Taiwan

Japanese athletes march during the opening ceremony of the 2025 World Masters Games in Taipei on May 17, 2025. About 26,000 athletes aged 30 or older, including some 740 Japanese, will compete in 35 disciplines in the games, the first of their kind in Asia.

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World Masters Games in Taiwan

The opening ceremony of the 2025 World Masters Games is held in Taipei, the first of their kind in Asia, on May 17, 2025, with about 26,000 athletes aged 30 or older set to compete in 35 disciplines.

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World Masters Games in Taiwan

The opening ceremony of the 2025 World Masters Games is held in Taipei, the first of their kind in Asia, on May 17, 2025, with about 26,000 athletes aged 30 or older set to compete in 35 disciplines.

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US: 344 Fire Continues in Miami-Dade, Road Closures Limit Florida Keys Access 2

The 344 fire, a massive brush fire, burned more than 26,000 acres in southern Miami-Dade County along U.S. Route 1 as of Friday, March 21. The fire forced the closure of sections of U.S. Route 1 and Card Sound Road, and created hazardous air quality in the surrounding areas.

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US: 344 Fire Continues in Miami-Dade, Road Closures Limit Florida Keys Access

The 344 fire, a massive brush fire, burned more than 26,000 acres in southern Miami-Dade County along U.S. Route 1 as of Friday, March 21. The fire forced the closure of sections of U.S. Route 1 and Card Sound Road, and created hazardous air quality in the surrounding areas.

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Israeli raids forcibly displace 26,000 Palestinians in West Bank

Israeli soldiers deploy at the entrance of the Tulkarem refugee camp near Tulkarem during an ongoing raid on the Palestinian city in the Israel-occupied West Bank on February 5, 2025. Israeli militarys raids in two West Bank refugee camps have displaced nearly 5,500 Palestinian families since December, including an estimated 2,450 to 3,000 families from the Tulkarem refugee camp, local and UN officials said on February 4, amid escalating violence in the occupied territory. Photo by Wahaj Bani Moufleh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israeli raids forcibly displace 26,000 Palestinians in West Bank

Israeli soldiers deploy at the entrance of the Tulkarem refugee camp near Tulkarem during an ongoing raid on the Palestinian city in the Israel-occupied West Bank on February 5, 2025. Israeli militarys raids in two West Bank refugee camps have displaced nearly 5,500 Palestinian families since December, including an estimated 2,450 to 3,000 families from the Tulkarem refugee camp, local and UN officials said on February 4, amid escalating violence in the occupied territory. Photo by Wahaj Bani Moufleh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israeli raids forcibly displace 26,000 Palestinians in West Bank

Vehicles of the Palestinian Red Crescent carrying aid for civilans arrive at the entrance of the Tulkarem refugee camp near Tulkarem during an ongoing raid on the Palestinian city in the Israel-occupied West Bank on February 5, 2025. Israeli military raids in two West Bank refugee camps have displaced nearly 5,500 Palestinian families since December, including an estimated 2,450 to 3,000 families from the Tulkarem refugee camp, local and UN officials said on February 4, amid escalating violence in the occupied territory. Photo by Wahaj Bani Moufleh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israeli raids forcibly displace 26,000 Palestinians in West Bank

A man rides a motorcycle past debris near the entrance of the Tulkarem refugee camp during an ongoing raid on the Palestinian city in the Israel-occupied West Bank on February 5, 2025. Israeli military raids in two West Bank refugee camps have displaced nearly 5,500 Palestinian families since December, including an estimated 2,450 to 3,000 families from the Tulkarem refugee camp, local and UN officials said on February 4, amid escalating violence in the occupied territory. Photo by Wahaj Bani Moufleh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israeli raids forcibly displace 26,000 Palestinians in West Bank

Israeli soldiers deploy at the entrance of the Tulkarem refugee camp near Tulkarem during an ongoing raid on the Palestinian city in the Israel-occupied West Bank on February 5, 2025. Israeli militarys raids in two West Bank refugee camps have displaced nearly 5,500 Palestinian families since December, including an estimated 2,450 to 3,000 families from the Tulkarem refugee camp, local and UN officials said on February 4, amid escalating violence in the occupied territory. Photo by Wahaj Bani Moufleh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israeli raids forcibly displace 26,000 Palestinians in West Bank

Israeli soldiers deploy at the entrance of the Tulkarem refugee camp near Tulkarem during an ongoing raid on the Palestinian city in the Israel-occupied West Bank on February 5, 2025. Israeli militarys raids in two West Bank refugee camps have displaced nearly 5,500 Palestinian families since December, including an estimated 2,450 to 3,000 families from the Tulkarem refugee camp, local and UN officials said on February 4, amid escalating violence in the occupied territory. Photo by Wahaj Bani Moufleh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israeli raids forcibly displace 26,000 Palestinians in West Bank

A Palestinian Red Crescent worker looks out from an ambulance at the entrance of the Tulkarem refugee camp near Tulkarem during an ongoing raid on the Palestinian city in the Israel-occupied West Bank on February 5, 2025. Israeli military raids in two West Bank refugee camps have displaced nearly 5,500 Palestinian families since December, including an estimated 2,450 to 3,000 families from the Tulkarem refugee camp, local and UN officials said on February 4, amid escalating violence in the occupied territory. Photo by Wahaj Bani Moufleh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israeli raids forcibly displace 26,000 Palestinians in West Bank

Vehicles of the Palestinian Red Crescent carrying aid for civilans arrive at the entrance of the Tulkarem refugee camp near Tulkarem during an ongoing raid on the Palestinian city in the Israel-occupied West Bank on February 5, 2025. Israeli military raids in two West Bank refugee camps have displaced nearly 5,500 Palestinian families since December, including an estimated 2,450 to 3,000 families from the Tulkarem refugee camp, local and UN officials said on February 4, amid escalating violence in the occupied territory. Photo by Wahaj Bani Moufleh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israeli raids forcibly displace 26,000 Palestinians in West Bank

This picture shows a muddy road that was torn up by Israeli military bulldozers at the entrance of the Tulkarem refugee camp, as the army conducts a raid in Tulkarem city in the occupied West Bank on February 5, 2025. Israeli military raids in two West Bank refugee camps have displaced nearly 5,500 Palestinian families since December, including an estimated 2,450 to 3,000 families from the Tulkarem refugee camp, local and UN officials said on February 4, amid escalating violence in the occupied territory. Photo by Wahaj Bani Moufleh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israeli raids forcibly displace 26,000 Palestinians in West Bank

Vehicles of the Palestinian Red Crescent carrying aid for civilans arrive at the entrance of the Tulkarem refugee camp near Tulkarem during an ongoing raid on the Palestinian city in the Israel-occupied West Bank on February 5, 2025. Israeli military raids in two West Bank refugee camps have displaced nearly 5,500 Palestinian families since December, including an estimated 2,450 to 3,000 families from the Tulkarem refugee camp, local and UN officials said on February 4, amid escalating violence in the occupied territory. Photo by Wahaj Bani Moufleh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israeli raids forcibly displace 26,000 Palestinians in West Bank

An Israeli soldier takes position in a Palestinian house during a raid in Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank on February 5, 2025. Israeli military raids in two West Bank refugee camps have displaced nearly 5,500 Palestinian families since December, including an estimated 2,450 to 3,000 families from the Tulkarem refugee camp, local and UN officials said on February 4, amid escalating violence in the occupied territory. Photo by Wahaj Bani Moufleh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israeli raids forcibly displace 26,000 Palestinians in West Bank

This picture shows a muddy road that was torn up by Israeli military bulldozers at the entrance of the Tulkarem refugee camp, as the army conducts a raid in Tulkarem city in the occupied West Bank on February 5, 2025. Israeli military raids in two West Bank refugee camps have displaced nearly 5,500 Palestinian families since December, including an estimated 2,450 to 3,000 families from the Tulkarem refugee camp, local and UN officials said on February 4, amid escalating violence in the occupied territory. Photo by Wahaj Bani Moufleh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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MIDEAST-GAZA-RAFAH-ISRAEL-ATTACKS

(240128) -- GAZA, Jan. 28, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People inspect the damage after an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on Jan. 27, 2024. The Israeli army killed 174 Palestinians and wounded 310 others over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Palestinian deaths and injuries to over 26,000 and 64,000, respectively, since Oct. 7, 2023, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said on Saturday. (Photo by Yasser Qudih/Xinhua)

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MIDEAST-GAZA-RAFAH-ISRAEL-ATTACKS

(240128) -- GAZA, Jan. 28, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People inspect the damage after an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on Jan. 27, 2024. The Israeli army killed 174 Palestinians and wounded 310 others over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Palestinian deaths and injuries to over 26,000 and 64,000, respectively, since Oct. 7, 2023, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said on Saturday. (Photo by Yasser Qudih/Xinhua)

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MIDEAST-GAZA-RAFAH-ISRAEL-ATTACKS

(240128) -- GAZA, Jan. 28, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People mourn for the victims at a hospital in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on Jan. 27, 2024. The Israeli army killed 174 Palestinians and wounded 310 others over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Palestinian deaths and injuries to over 26,000 and 64,000, respectively, since Oct. 7, 2023, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said on Saturday. (Photo by Khaled Omar/Xinhua)

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MIDEAST-GAZA-RAFAH-ISRAEL-ATTACKS

(240128) -- GAZA, Jan. 28, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People inspect the damage after an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on Jan. 27, 2024. The Israeli army killed 174 Palestinians and wounded 310 others over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Palestinian deaths and injuries to over 26,000 and 64,000, respectively, since Oct. 7, 2023, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said on Saturday. (Photo by Yasser Qudih/Xinhua)

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MIDEAST-GAZA-RAFAH-ISRAEL-ATTACKS

(240128) -- GAZA, Jan. 28, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A Palestinian man is seen standing beside the deceased in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on Jan. 27, 2024. The Israeli army killed 174 Palestinians and wounded 310 others over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Palestinian deaths and injuries to over 26,000 and 64,000, respectively, since Oct. 7, 2023, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said on Saturday. (Photo by Khaled Omar/Xinhua)

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MIDEAST-GAZA-RAFAH-ISRAEL-ATTACKS

(240128) -- GAZA, Jan. 28, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People inspect the damage after an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on Jan. 27, 2024. The Israeli army killed 174 Palestinians and wounded 310 others over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Palestinian deaths and injuries to over 26,000 and 64,000, respectively, since Oct. 7, 2023, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said on Saturday. (Photo by Yasser Qudih/Xinhua)

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U.S. employers add 216,000 jobs in December amid slowing job growth

STORY: U.S. employers add 216,000 jobs in December amid slowing job growth SHOOTING TIME: File DATELINE: Jan. 6, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:56 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the exterior of the U.S. Labor Department (Nov.4, 2023) 2. various of the Golden Gate Bridge (Nov. 11, 2023) 3. various of Washington D.C. (Dec. 18, 2023) STORYLINE: U.S. employers added 216,000 jobs in December amid slowing job growth, with the unemployment rate unchanged at 3.7 percent, the U.S. Labor Department reported Friday. The report noted that employment continued to trend up in government, health care, social assistance and construction, while transportation and warehousing lost jobs. The job growth in total nonfarm payroll employment for October was revised down by 45,000 to 105,000, and the change for November was revised down by 26,000 to 173,000. On a monthly average, payroll employment rose by 225,000 in 2023, much less than a gain of 399,000 in 2022, indicating a cooling job market amid h

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240105) -- BEIJING, Jan. 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People visit the 5th China Marathon Expo in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province, Jan. 4, 2024. The three-day 5th China Marathon Expo, also the 2024 Fujian provincial running industry expo, kicked off Thursday in the coastal city of Xiamen. Covering an area of 26,000 square meters, the expo has attracted about 130 exhibitors. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)

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CHINA-FUJIAN-XIAMEN-CHINA MARATHON EXPO (CN)

(240104) -- XIAMEN, Jan. 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- IAAF road running manager Alessio Punzi (L) and Bob Ramsak, head of sustainability at World Athletics, visit the 5th China Marathon Expo in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province, Jan. 4, 2024. The three-day 5th China Marathon Expo, also the 2024 Fujian provincial road running industry expo, kicked off Thursday in the coastal city of Xiamen. Covering an area of 26,000 square meters, the expo has attracted about 130 exhibitors. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)

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CHINA-FUJIAN-XIAMEN-CHINA MARATHON EXPO (CN)

(240104) -- XIAMEN, Jan. 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People visit the 5th China Marathon Expo in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province, Jan. 4, 2024. The three-day 5th China Marathon Expo, also the 2024 Fujian provincial running industry expo, kicked off Thursday in the coastal city of Xiamen. Covering an area of 26,000 square meters, the expo has attracted about 130 exhibitors. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)

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CHINA-FUJIAN-XIAMEN-CHINA MARATHON EXPO (CN)

(240104) -- XIAMEN, Jan. 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Staff members sell products via livestreaming at the 5th China Marathon Expo in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province, Jan. 4, 2024. The three-day 5th China Marathon Expo, also the 2024 Fujian provincial running industry expo, kicked off Thursday in the coastal city of Xiamen. Covering an area of 26,000 square meters, the expo has attracted about 130 exhibitors. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)

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CHINA-FUJIAN-XIAMEN-CHINA MARATHON EXPO (CN)

(240104) -- XIAMEN, Jan. 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Visitors view sports wear at the 5th China Marathon Expo in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province, Jan. 4, 2024. The three-day 5th China Marathon Expo, also the 2024 Fujian provincial running industry expo, kicked off Thursday in the coastal city of Xiamen. Covering an area of 26,000 square meters, the expo has attracted about 130 exhibitors. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)

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CHINA-FUJIAN-XIAMEN-CHINA MARATHON EXPO (CN)

(240104) -- XIAMEN, Jan. 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People visit the 5th China Marathon Expo in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province, Jan. 4, 2024. The three-day 5th China Marathon Expo, also the 2024 Fujian provincial running industry expo, kicked off Thursday in the coastal city of Xiamen. Covering an area of 26,000 square meters, the expo has attracted about 130 exhibitors. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)

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Australian roadmap charts path to reducing India's plastic waste

STORY: Australian roadmap charts path to reducing India's plastic waste SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 7, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 8, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:40 LOCATION: Canberra CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of CSIRO 2. various of plastic waste in the bin 3. various of waste on India's beach STORYLINE: Australia's national science agency has released a roadmap to significantly reduce plastic waste in India. Published by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) in collaboration with India's National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) on Thursday, the roadmap projects that by 2035 single-use plastics could be phased out in India and two-thirds of all plastics could be recycled. According to the report, which is based on three years of collaborative research between Indian and Australian partners, India produces almost 26,000 tons of plastic waste every day, only 8 percent of which is recycled with a large portion going to landfill or into the environment.

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China Gaokao

Students enter an intelligent security checkpoint at a college entrance examination point in Fuyang City, East China's Anhui Province, June 8, 2023. The number of applicants for the national college entrance examination in 2023 will reach 12.91 million, an increase of 980,000 over last year and another record high. Among them, there are 7,726 test centers, 345,000 general test rooms, 26,000 standby test rooms, and 1,013,000 invigilators.

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China Gaokao

Students enter an intelligent security checkpoint at a college entrance examination point in Fuyang City, East China's Anhui Province, June 8, 2023. The number of applicants for the national college entrance examination in 2023 will reach 12.91 million, an increase of 980,000 over last year and another record high. Among them, there are 7,726 test centers, 345,000 general test rooms, 26,000 standby test rooms, and 1,013,000 invigilators.

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China Gaokao

Students enter an intelligent security checkpoint at a college entrance examination point in Fuyang City, East China's Anhui Province, June 8, 2023. The number of applicants for the national college entrance examination in 2023 will reach 12.91 million, an increase of 980,000 over last year and another record high. Among them, there are 7,726 test centers, 345,000 general test rooms, 26,000 standby test rooms, and 1,013,000 invigilators.

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China Gaokao

Students enter an intelligent security checkpoint at a college entrance examination point in Fuyang City, East China's Anhui Province, June 8, 2023. The number of applicants for the national college entrance examination in 2023 will reach 12.91 million, an increase of 980,000 over last year and another record high. Among them, there are 7,726 test centers, 345,000 general test rooms, 26,000 standby test rooms, and 1,013,000 invigilators.

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China Gaokao

Students enter an intelligent security checkpoint at a college entrance examination point in Fuyang City, East China's Anhui Province, June 8, 2023. The number of applicants for the national college entrance examination in 2023 will reach 12.91 million, an increase of 980,000 over last year and another record high. Among them, there are 7,726 test centers, 345,000 general test rooms, 26,000 standby test rooms, and 1,013,000 invigilators.

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China Gaokao

Students enter an intelligent security checkpoint at a college entrance examination point in Fuyang City, East China's Anhui Province, June 8, 2023. The number of applicants for the national college entrance examination in 2023 will reach 12.91 million, an increase of 980,000 over last year and another record high. Among them, there are 7,726 test centers, 345,000 general test rooms, 26,000 standby test rooms, and 1,013,000 invigilators.

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Infrared cameras record growing number of wild animals at nature reserve in China's Yunnan

STORY: Infrared cameras record growing number of wild animals at nature reserve in China's Yunnan DATELINE: May 24, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:58 LOCATION: KUNMING, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of Wumengshan Mountains National Nature Reserve 2. various of wild animals STORYLINE: Infrared cameras have recorded a growing number of wild animals at the Wumengshan Mountains Nature Reserve in southwest China's Yunnan Province. In order to better monitor and protect wild animals, about 300 infrared cameras have been installed at the reserve. The Wumengshan Mountains National Nature Reserve, located in Zhaotong City in Yunnan, covers more than 26,000 hectares. It provides shelters for rare and endangered endemic species and safeguards subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forests. 　 Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Kunming, China. (XHTV)

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WHO urges Africa to quickly detect cases, mount timely response amid surging cholera outbreaks

STORY: WHO urges Africa to quickly detect cases, mount timely response amid surging cholera outbreaks DATELINE: Feb. 10, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:02 LOCATION: Brazzaville CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of people infected with cholera and treatment in Beni, NE DR Congo 2. SOUNDBITE (English): PATRICK OTIM, Health Emergency Officer, Acute Events Management Unit of WHO regional office for Africa STORYLINE: Africa is witnessing an exponential rise in cholera cases amid a global surge, as cases recorded on the continent in the first month of 2023 alone have already risen by more than 30 percent of the total caseload recorded in the whole of 2022, said the World Health Organization (WHO) in a statement released Thursday. According to the WHO Regional Office for Africa, based in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of the Congo, an estimated 26,000 cases and 660 deaths have been reported as of Jan. 29 in ten African countries facing outbreaks since the beginning of the year. Nearly 80,000 cases and 1,863 d

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Hospital in Shanghai holds concert for patients and medical workers

TORY: Hospital in Shanghai holds concert for patients and medical workers DATELINE: Jan. 20, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:06 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of doctors, nurses and patients 2. various of performers 3. Violin performer and Piano artist 4. various of newborns STORYLINE: A concert was held Wednesday at Shanghai No. 1 Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital in east China. The children of doctors and medical staff performed wonderful programs on the stage, bringing a feeling of warmth to people in the winter. Violin performer Wu Zhengyu brought to the audience a well-known song "Butterfly Lovers," trying to convey the message of breaking the cocoon and embracing a new life. Piano artist Kong Xiangdong performed two pieces of improvised music "Wish" and "New Life," hoping to use music to honor the life and warm each other. In 2022, the hospital welcomed more than 26,000 newborns. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Shanghai, China. (XHTV)

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"Smart city" in Chiba Pref.

KASHIWA, Japan - Photo taken May 17, 2012, shows a housing complex in Kashiwa-no-ha campus city in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo. The smart city developed by Mitsui Fudosan Co. will be completed in 2014 and accommodate a total population of 26,000, including commuters.

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Aoi Matsuri dating back 1,400 years held in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - About 500 participants and around 40 horses and cows parade in the Aoi Matsuri (festival), which dates back 1,400 years, in Kyoto on May 15, 2010. The participants, dressed as nobles of the Heian Period (794-1185), walked around eight kilometers from Kyoto Imperial Palace to Shimogamo and Kamigamo shrines, watched by about 26,000 people on the parade route.

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JAL Group unveils new uniforms

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Airlines System Corp. (JAL Group), the holding company of Japan Airlines (JAL) and Japan Air System (JAS), unveils uniforms on July 10 in Tokyo to be launched in April for 26,000 flight attendants and ground staff.

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2022 Int'l Floriculture Trade Fair held in Netherlands

STORY: 2022 Int'l Floriculture Trade Fair held in Netherlands DATELINE: Nov. 12, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:41 LOCATION: VIJFHUIZEN, the Netherlands CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the 2022 International Floriculture Trade Fair 2. various of flowers and visitors STORYLINE: The 2022 International Floriculture Trade Fair (IFTF) concluded in Vijfhuizen, the Netherlands on Friday. The three-day trade fair, which marked its 12th edition this year, brought together exhibitors from dozens of countries and trade visitors from over 115 countries and regions. During the event, the innovations of companies from the Netherlands and international companies in the fields of plants, garden plants and horticulture were presented. Flower growers, traders and suppliers worldwide displayed their best and newest products on the exhibition floor with a size of 26,000 square meters. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Vijfhuizen, the Netherlands. (XHTV)

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26,000-tonne bridge sections rotate into position in Haikou, China

STORY: 26,000-tonne bridge sections rotate into position in Haikou, China DATELINE: Sept. 24, 2022 LENGTH: 0:00:22 LOCATION: HAIKOU, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1 various of the rotation STORYLINE: A highway overpass that spans over a busy railway line was formed after two bridge sections were successfully rotated into position. The bridge sections weigh 26,000 tonnes, with a length of 170 meters. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Haikou, China. (XHTV)

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First Ukraine grain deal vessel docks in Türkiye after buyer refuses delivery

STORY: First Ukraine grain deal vessel docks in Türkiye after buyer refuses delivery DATELINE: Aug. 12, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:53 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: POLITICS/MARKET SHOTLIST: 1 various of the ship STORYLINE: The first grain ship leaving Ukraine under a deal by the United Nations, Russia, Ukraine and Türkiye docked at a southern Turkish port on Thursday after the buyer in Lebanon rejected the cargo, Turkish news agency DHA reported. The Sierra Leone-flagged ship Razoni will unload some of its cargo at the port of Mersin, according to DHA. The vessel left the Black Sea port of Odesa in southern Ukraine on Aug. 2, carrying about 26,000 tonnes of corn to the port of Tripoli in northern Lebanon. The cargo ship was first inspected off Türkiye's largest city Istanbul by a joint monitoring center team according to the agreement before heading to Tripoli. However, the Lebanese buyer rejected the cargo, citing the delay in delivery "for more than five months," the Ukrainian embassy in Lebanon sai

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Cuba makes progress in controlling fuel farm fire

STORY: Cuba makes progress in controlling fuel farm fire DATELINE: Aug. 11, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:53 LOCATION: Havana CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the scene of fuel farm fire in Cuba STORYLINE: Specialists and firefighters from Cuba, Mexico and Venezuela are making progress in controlling the fire at a fuel storage facility in Matanzas Province, according to reports from local authorities on Wednesday. The fire was triggered by a lightning strike on a tank containing 26,000 cubic meters of Cuban oil on Aug. 5, and later consumed three nearby tanks, leaving one dead, 14 missing and 125 injured. Several Cuban Army aircraft continued to pour water over the site, while a Mexican Navy helicopter made a reconnaissance flight Wednesday morning to determine the extent of the damage. Meanwhile, two Mexican ships launched powerful jets of seawater from Matanzas Bay to extinguish some pockets of flames and cool the area, while a Venezuelan hydraulic pump supplied water with chemical foam for the same pur

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2nd caravan of grain ships from Ukraine inspected in Istanbul

STORY: 2nd caravan of grain ships from Ukraine inspected in Istanbul DATELINE: Aug. 8, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:34 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the grain ships 2. STANDUP (English): ZEYNEP CERMEN, Xinhua reporter STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): ZEYNEP CERMEN, Xinhua reporter "Efforts to bring Ukrainian grain to international markets via the Black Sea have gone into a higher gear as the inspections of the second caravan of ships off Istanbul were concluded on Sunday. A team of representatives of the Joint Coordination Center inspected the three newly arrived ships carrying a total of 58,000 tons of grain. Also on Sunday, four more ships were given the authorization to leave the Ukrainian ports of Chornomorsk and Odesa, announced the Joint Coordination Center, the organization responsible for the whole shipment process. With over 26,000 tons of load, the first grain-laden ship Razoni passed through Istanbul's Bosphorus Strait on Aug. 3 for Lebanon, marking the first export of

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88 pct of China services trade fair exhibition area booked

STORY: 88 pct of China services trade fair exhibition area booked DATELINE: Aug. 3, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:17 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the exhibition halls of CIFTIS 2. various of the previous fair in 2021 STORYLINE: According to the organizer of the 2022 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS), a total of 88.3 percent of the planned offline exhibition area at the event has been booked. Over 1,000 companies, including 275 Fortune 500 companies and industry-leading enterprises, have confirmed they will attend the exhibition online and offline. Twenty-five countries and six international organizations will participate in the exhibition. The event this year will have a total exhibition area of 152,000 square meters, an increase of 26,000 square meters. The fair is scheduled to be held in Beijing from Aug. 31 to Sept. 5. It will include the global services trade summit, exhibitions, forums, new product and technology releases, business promotions and discussio