US: Explosion at Smitty’s Supply in Roseland, Louisiana Prompts Evacuations

An explosion occurred at Smitty’s Supply in Roseland, Louisiana on Friday, August 22, prompted mandatory evacuations within a one-mile radius. The blast at the automotive manufacturing facility, which employs around 400 people, caused no reported injuries. Residents reported feeling the ground shake and saw black residue, believed to be oil, falling from the sky.

Canberra Times Marathon Festival held in Australia

STORY: Canberra Times Marathon Festival held in Australia SHOOTING TIME: April 7, 2024 DATELINE: April 8, 2024 LENGTH: 00:06:32 LOCATION: Canberra CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Canberra Times Marathon Festival races STORYLINE: The Canberra Times Marathon Festival 2024 was held on Sunday near the Old Parliament House in the capital of Australia. It featured races of 10 kilometers, 5.4 kilometers, 4.5 kilometers, and a 2-kilometer fun run for children. The starting point for all races was at the entrance of the Old Parliament House, with the running routes encircling Lake Burley Griffin and the Parliamentary Triangle. This event raised approximately 190,000 Australian dollars in donations. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Canberra. (XHTV)

Satellite positioning aids in sugarcane planting in S China

STORY: Satellite positioning aids in sugarcane planting in S China SHOOTING TIME: March 12 and March 13, 2024 DATELINE: March 21, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:32 LOCATION: NANNING, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY/AGRICULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of driverless tractors guided by BeiDou Navigation Satellite System 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WU QIHUI, Director of Wuxuan Bosheng Agricultural Machinery Specialized Cooperative 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): WU QIHUI, Director of Wuxuan Bosheng Agricultural Machinery Specialized Cooperative STORYLINE: BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) has turned out to be a real game changer for the sugarcane planting in Wuxuan County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, which makes the seeding process of sugarcane ten times more efficient than before. In sugarcane field in Shangtang village of Wuxuan County, several unmanned sugarcane tractors move straight forward guided by the BDS, and farmers sit behind the tractors to drop sugarcane seeds. With the help of the driverless trac

Delta to expand U.S.-China flights later this year

STORY: Delta to expand U.S.-China flights later this year DATELINE: Aug. 17, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:32 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Delta flights STORYLINE: U.S. Delta Air Lines said on Wednesday that it will expand its flight schedule between the United States and China later this year. Beginning Oct. 29, the airline will operate daily flights to Shanghai-Pudong International Airport (PVG) from Seattle and three-times-weekly service from Detroit, Delta said in a statement. Next March, Delta will resume four-times-weekly PVG service from its Los Angeles hub, a route last operated in February 2020. "As demand continues to increase and the busy travel season to the Asia-Pacific region commences, the Delta team is ready to welcome even more travelers to the region this winter, providing our award-winning customer service on every journey," said Jeff Moomaw, Delta Asia Pacific vice president. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Washington D.C. (XHTV)

China-made MG vehicles exported to Europe

STORY: China-made MG vehicles exported to Europe DATELINE: May 30, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:32 LOCATION: XIAMEN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Xiamen Port STORYLINE: A "ro-ro" (roll-on/roll-off) ship carrying 3,061 MG vehicles, including 1,722 new energy vehicles (NEVs), made by China's major automaker SAIC Motor set off Sunday from east China's Xiamen Port to Bristol Port in Britain. It set a new record for the number of vehicles exported from the terminal to a single port in foreign countries. Since the beginning of this year, more than 43,000 NEVs have been exported via the Xiamen Port, about five times higher than that of last year. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Xiamen, China. (XHTV)

Southwest China's bronze culture put on display in Chengdu

STORY: Southwest China's bronze culture put on display in Chengdu DATELINE: May 28, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:29 LOCATION: CHENGDU, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the exhibition 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): YANG JIANHUA, Curator STORYLINE: An exhibition featuring the Bronze civilization in the southwest region of China opened Saturday in the southwestern city of Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province. It shows the social features, religious beliefs, and artistic aesthetics of southwest China in ancient times, and reveals the unified and diversified development pattern of the Chinese civilization. A total of 294 pieces or sets of precious cultural relics, mainly bronzeware from as early as the Neolithic Age and as late as the Qin and Han dynasties (221 B.C.-220 A.D.), are on display at the Jinsha Site Museum. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): YANG JIANHUA, Curator "The exhibition brings together 294 pieces (sets) of precious cultural relics from the collections of 32 museums in five provincial-level regions

Serve people with heart: delivery woman in China's Xiamen

STORY: Serve people with heart: delivery woman in China's Xiamen DATELINE: March 6, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:47 LOCATION: XIAMEN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the delivery woman working 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): KUANG XIAOYU, Delivery woman STORYLINE: Kuang Xiaoyu, 32, has been a delivery woman in east China's Xiamen for more than five years. She delivers about 100 parcels on average every day. Kuang says that though her work was hard sometimes as it requires physical strength, she enjoys it very much most of the time. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): KUANG XIAOYU, Delivery woman "If someone has a very urgent delivery, when he or she receives it from me, the person usually thanks me many times. I feel happy and fulfilled at those moments. The most important thing in this job is to serve people with heart." Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Xiamen, China. (XHTV)

Rhodes held to 55 in last game

Rhodes held to 55 in last game

KOBE, Japan - Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes' Tuffy Rhodes watches the ball after hitting a pop fly to catcher Takashi Miwa at his second at bat in the fourth inning against the Orix Bluewave at Kobe Stadium on Oct. 5. His quest to break the 32-year-old Japanese single-season home run record ended in disappointment. Rhodes, who has equaled Sadaharu Oh's home run record of 55 set in 1964, had plenty of chances to rewrite the history books with No. 56 but popped out three times and grounded out once in the newly crowned Pacific League champions' final game of the regular season.

Former yokozuna Taiho receives birthday honors

Former yokozuna Taiho receives birthday honors

TOKYO, Japan - Former yokozuna Taiho receives a red belt May 31 at his own stable in Tokyo's Koto Ward. Taiho, who turned 60 on May 29, will be honored in a ceremony at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugigan on June 8. The former grand champion won the Emperor's Cup for a total of 32 times in his illustrious career. The symbolic red belt took over one hour to tie.

Ordinary Chinese people do their part to help amid COVID-19

STORY: Ordinary Chinese people do their part to help amid COVID-19 DATELINE: Dec. 12, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:32 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of ordinary people in China 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WANG KAI, Shandong Laide Agricultural Development Co. Ltd 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LIU BAO, Food delivery man 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): LIU BAO, Food delivery man STORYLINE: During the COVID-19 pandemic, many ordinary people in China have done their part to help others through difficult times. Wang Kai is the manager of an agriculture company in Gaoqing County, east China's Shandong. He has been working overtime to guarantee the vegetable supply for locals. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WANG KAI, Shandong Laide Agricultural Development Co. Ltd "With the sudden increase of orders, we are under great pressure due to the shortage of pickers and distribution personnel. Faced with this situation, we are working overtime until 11 or 12 o'clock at night. We have also stored some vegetables in advance to

U.S. reports over 15,000 monkeypox cases in all 50 states

STORY: U.S. reports over 15,000 monkeypox cases in all 50 states DATELINE: Aug. 24, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:32 LOCATION: NEW YORK, U.S. CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): XIA LIN, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of the street view in Times Square 3. various of a monkeypox vaccination site STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): XIA LIN, Xinhua correspondent "The United States has confirmed over 15,000 monkeypox cases across all 50 states, according to the latest data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC. A total of 15,433 monkeypox cases had been reported nationwide as of August 22, according to the CDC data. The United States now has the world's highest tally of monkeypox cases. New York had the most cases, with 2,910, followed by California with 2,663 and Florida with 1,588. The U.S. government has been facing criticism in its response to the monkeypox outbreak, including failure to order enough vaccines, speed treatments and make tests available to head off the disease. To

Explore century-old hydropower station in SW China

STORY: Explore century-old hydropower station in SW China DATELINE: May 29, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:54 LOCATION: KUNMING, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Shilongba hydropower station 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): FAN YONGSHENG, Party chief, Shilongba Power Plant 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): PU GANG, General manager, Shilongba Power Plant STORYLINE: The Shilongba hydropower station is China's first hydropower station. After being put into use in 1912, it is still in operation today. Built on the Tanglangchuan river in southwestern Yunnan Province, it provides power to the provincial capital of Kunming through a 32-km-long power line. The hydropower station has been expanded seven times and now has four units with a total installed capacity of 7,360 kW. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): FAN YONGSHENG, Party chief, Shilongba Power Plant "Over the past 110 years, although very small, it has supplied more than 1 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity." SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): PU GANG, General manage

Rhodes held to 55 in last game

Rhodes held to 55 in last game

KOBE, Japan - Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes' Tuffy Rhodes watches the ball after hitting a pop fly to catcher Takashi Miwa at his second at bat in the fourth inning against the Orix Bluewave at Kobe Stadium on Oct. 5. His quest to break the 32-year-old Japanese single-season home run record ended in disappointment. Rhodes, who has equaled Sadaharu Oh's home run record of 55 set in 1964, had plenty of chances to rewrite the history books with No. 56 but popped out three times and grounded out once in the newly crowned Pacific League champions' final game of the regular season.

Former yokozuna Taiho receives birthday honors

Former yokozuna Taiho receives birthday honors

TOKYO, Japan - Former yokozuna Taiho receives a red belt May 31 at his own stable in Tokyo's Koto Ward. Taiho, who turned 60 on May 29, will be honored in a ceremony at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugigan on June 8. The former grand champion won the Emperor's Cup for a total of 32 times in his illustrious career. The symbolic red belt took over one hour to tie.