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Spain: Lightning-Sparked Wildfire Rages in Jarilla, Extremadura 3

Storms with over 700 lightning strikes sparked a wildfire in Jarilla in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura on Tuesday, August 12. The fire burned out of control spreading toward the nearby municipalities of Villar de Plasencia and Cabezabellosa, due to difficult terrain and strong winds. Overnight, it forced the confinement of Oliva de Plasencia and the closure of 25 kilometers of the A-66 highway.

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Spain: Lightning-Sparked Wildfire Rages in Jarilla, Extremadura 2

Storms with over 700 lightning strikes sparked a wildfire in Jarilla in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura on Tuesday, August 12. The fire burned out of control spreading toward the nearby municipalities of Villar de Plasencia and Cabezabellosa, due to difficult terrain and strong winds. Overnight, it forced the confinement of Oliva de Plasencia and the closure of 25 kilometers of the A-66 highway.

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Spain: Lightning-Sparked Wildfire Rages in Jarilla, Extremadura

Storms with over 700 lightning strikes sparked a wildfire in Jarilla in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura on Tuesday, August 12. The fire burned out of control spreading toward the nearby municipalities of Villar de Plasencia and Cabezabellosa, due to difficult terrain and strong winds. Overnight, it forced the confinement of Oliva de Plasencia and the closure of 25 kilometers of the A-66 highway.

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BOTSWANA-KHAWA DUNE CHALLENGE-CULTURAL FESTIVAL

(240506) -- KHAWA, May 6, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A biker performs a stunt during the 2024 Khawa Dune Challenge and Cultural Festival in Khawa Village of Kgalagadi District, about 700 kilometers southwest of Botswana's capital city Gaborone, on May 3, 2024. (Photo by Metlha Ngubevana/Xinhua)

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BOTSWANA-KHAWA DUNE CHALLENGE-CULTURAL FESTIVAL

(240506) -- KHAWA, May 6, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A biker competes on a motorcycle circuit race during the 2024 Khawa Dune Challenge and Cultural Festival in Khawa Village of Kgalagadi District, about 700 kilometers southwest of Botswana's capital city Gaborone, on May 4, 2024. (Photo by Metlha Ngubevana/Xinhua)

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A visit to Kolmanskop ghost town in Namibia

STORY: A visit to Kolmanskop ghost town in Namibia SHOOTING TIME: May 1, 2024 DATELINE: May 3, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:45 LOCATION: KOLMANSKOP, Namibia CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Kolmanskop ghost town STORYLINE: In the southern part of Namibia, heaps of sand fill the German-architecture-style buildings in deserted Kolmanskop town. Known as the ghost town, the once prosperous diamond mining hub has become a popular destination for both local and international travelers. Kolmanskop, located less than 10 kilometers from the main port of Lüderitz town, was founded in 1908 after a local rail worker named Zacharias Lewala discovered a diamond and showed it to August Stauch, a German railroad inspector and supervisor at that time. With the discovery of minerals, the town began to develop and attract more settlers. By the 1920s, Kolmanskop's population had grown to 1,200 from about 700 families. The diamond mines, however, dried up after World War I, depleting the town's resources and causing its

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Chinese-invested lithium processing plant commissioned in Zimbabwe

STORY: Chinese-invested lithium processing plant commissioned in Zimbabwe SHOOTING TIME: April 12, 2024 DATELINE: April 14, 2024 LENGTH: 00:06:42 LOCATION: KAMATIVI, Zimbabwe CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of plant 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): EMMERSON MNANGAGWA, Zimbabwean President 3. various of officials, plant and workers 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): EMMERSON MNANGAGWA, Zimbabwean President 5. various of plant 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): MENG YAN, Vice Chairman of Yahua Group 7. various of mining activities 8. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): ZHEMU SODA, Minister of Mines and Mining Development of Zimbabwe 9. various of mining activities 10. shot of ceremony STORYLINE: Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday commissioned the first phase of a Chinese-invested lithium processing plant in Kamativi, Hwange District, about 700 kilometers from the capital Harare. The lithium processing plant is owned by Kamativi Mining Company (KMC), a joint venture operated and controlled by Sichuan Pude Technology G

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CHINA-BEIJING-HONG'EN TEMPLE-OPENING TO PUBLIC (CN)

(240118) -- BEIJING, Jan. 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Jan. 18, 2024 shows a view of the Hong'en Temple (front) and the Bell Tower (rear) in Beijing, capital of China. The over 700-year-old Hong'en Temple opened to public recently. It is located to the north of the Bell Tower in Beijing, with Beijing Central Axis passing through its west annex hall. First created in the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), the Beijing Central Axis, or Zhongzhouxian, stretches 7.8 kilometers between the Yongding Gate in the south of the city and the Drum Tower and Bell Tower in the north. Most of the major old-city buildings of Beijing sit along this axis. (Xinhua/Chen Zhonghao)

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CHINA-BEIJING-HONG'EN TEMPLE-OPENING TO PUBLIC (CN)

(240118) -- BEIJING, Jan. 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Jan. 18, 2024 shows a store where cultural products are on sale at the Hong'en Temple in Beijing, capital of China. The over 700-year-old Hong'en Temple opened to public recently. It is located to the north of the Bell Tower in Beijing, with Beijing Central Axis passing through its west annex hall. First created in the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), the Beijing Central Axis, or Zhongzhouxian, stretches 7.8 kilometers between the Yongding Gate in the south of the city and the Drum Tower and Bell Tower in the north. Most of the major old-city buildings of Beijing sit along this axis. (Xinhua/Chen Zhonghao)

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CHINA-BEIJING-HONG'EN TEMPLE-OPENING TO PUBLIC (CN)

(240118) -- BEIJING, Jan. 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People visit an exhibition at Hong'en Temple in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 18, 2024. The over 700-year-old Hong'en Temple opened to public recently. It is located to the north of the Bell Tower in Beijing, with Beijing Central Axis passing through its west annex hall. First created in the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), the Beijing Central Axis, or Zhongzhouxian, stretches 7.8 kilometers between the Yongding Gate in the south of the city and the Drum Tower and Bell Tower in the north. Most of the major old-city buildings of Beijing sit along this axis. (Xinhua/Chen Zhonghao)

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CHINA-BEIJING-HONG'EN TEMPLE-OPENING TO PUBLIC (CN)

(240118) -- BEIJING, Jan. 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Jan. 18, 2024 shows a view of the Hong'en Temple in Beijing, capital of China. The over 700-year-old Hong'en Temple opened to public recently. It is located to the north of the Bell Tower in Beijing, with Beijing Central Axis passing through its west annex hall. First created in the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), the Beijing Central Axis, or Zhongzhouxian, stretches 7.8 kilometers between the Yongding Gate in the south of the city and the Drum Tower and Bell Tower in the north. Most of the major old-city buildings of Beijing sit along this axis. (Xinhua/Chen Zhonghao)

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CHINA-BEIJING-HONG'EN TEMPLE-OPENING TO PUBLIC (CN)

(240118) -- BEIJING, Jan. 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Jan. 18, 2024 shows a view of the Hong'en Temple in Beijing, capital of China. The over 700-year-old Hong'en Temple opened to public recently. It is located to the north of the Bell Tower in Beijing, with Beijing Central Axis passing through its west annex hall. First created in the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), the Beijing Central Axis, or Zhongzhouxian, stretches 7.8 kilometers between the Yongding Gate in the south of the city and the Drum Tower and Bell Tower in the north. Most of the major old-city buildings of Beijing sit along this axis. (Xinhua/Chen Zhonghao)

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CHINA-BEIJING-HONG'EN TEMPLE-OPENING TO PUBLIC (CN)

(240118) -- BEIJING, Jan. 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Jan. 18, 2024 shows a digital art hall at the Hong'en Temple in Beijing, capital of China. The over 700-year-old Hong'en Temple opened to public recently. It is located to the north of the Bell Tower in Beijing, with Beijing Central Axis passing through its west annex hall. First created in the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), the Beijing Central Axis, or Zhongzhouxian, stretches 7.8 kilometers between the Yongding Gate in the south of the city and the Drum Tower and Bell Tower in the north. Most of the major old-city buildings of Beijing sit along this axis. (Xinhua/Chen Zhonghao)

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CHINA-BEIJING-HONG'EN TEMPLE-OPENING TO PUBLIC (CN)

(240118) -- BEIJING, Jan. 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Jan. 18, 2024 shows a Beijing Central Axis-themed post office at Hong'en Temple in Beijing, capital of China. The over 700-year-old Hong'en Temple opened to public recently. It is located to the north of the Bell Tower in Beijing, with Beijing Central Axis passing through its west annex hall. First created in the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), the Beijing Central Axis, or Zhongzhouxian, stretches 7.8 kilometers between the Yongding Gate in the south of the city and the Drum Tower and Bell Tower in the north. Most of the major old-city buildings of Beijing sit along this axis. (Xinhua/Chen Zhonghao)

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CHINA-BEIJING-HONG'EN TEMPLE-OPENING TO PUBLIC (CN)

(240118) -- BEIJING, Jan. 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Jan. 18, 2024 shows a book store at the Hong'en Temple in Beijing, capital of China. The over 700-year-old Hong'en Temple opened to public recently. It is located to the north of the Bell Tower in Beijing, with Beijing Central Axis passing through its west annex hall. First created in the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), the Beijing Central Axis, or Zhongzhouxian, stretches 7.8 kilometers between the Yongding Gate in the south of the city and the Drum Tower and Bell Tower in the north. Most of the major old-city buildings of Beijing sit along this axis. (Xinhua/Chen Zhonghao)

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CHINA-BEIJING-HONG'EN TEMPLE-OPENING TO PUBLIC (CN)

(240118) -- BEIJING, Jan. 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Jan. 18, 2024 shows a view of the Hong'en Temple in Beijing, capital of China. The over 700-year-old Hong'en Temple opened to public recently. It is located to the north of the Bell Tower in Beijing, with Beijing Central Axis passing through its west annex hall. First created in the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), the Beijing Central Axis, or Zhongzhouxian, stretches 7.8 kilometers between the Yongding Gate in the south of the city and the Drum Tower and Bell Tower in the north. Most of the major old-city buildings of Beijing sit along this axis. (Xinhua/Chen Zhonghao)

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Chinese-invested airport in Cambodia's tourist hub expected to boost tourism

STORY: Chinese-invested airport in Cambodia's tourist hub expected to boost tourism DATELINE: Oct. 18, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:45 LOCATION: SIEM REAP, Cambodia CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Siem Reap Angkor International Airport 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Khmer): SINN CHANSEREY VUTHA, Cambodian State Secretariat of Civil Aviation's Undersecretary of State 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Khmer): RA SAMBO, Souvenir shop manager 4. various of shops and markets in Siem Reap STORYLINE: Chinese-invested Siem Reap Angkor International Airport in northwest Cambodia's Siem Reap province commenced operations on Monday. Covering a parcel of 700 hectares, the airport is about 40 kilometers from the UNESCO-listed Angkor Archeological Park. With a 3,600-meter runway, the 4E-level international airport can accommodate long-distance flights from across the globe. SOUNDBITE 1 (Khmer): SINN CHANSEREY VUTHA, Cambodian State Secretariat of Civil Aviation's Undersecretary of State "This achievement is the result of close cooperation between Ch

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Urban Slow Walking Trail in Fuzhou

FUZHOU, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 3, 2023 - People walk along the city's Rainbow Walk into the green mountains in Fushan Country Park, Gulou District, Fuzhou, Fujian province, China, September 3, 2023. In recent years, Fuzhou has built a total of about 700 kilometers of urban slow walking trail network, expanding the urban green space.

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Urban Slow Walking Trail in Fuzhou

FUZHOU, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 3, 2023 - People walk along the city's Rainbow Walk into the green mountains in Fushan Country Park, Gulou District, Fuzhou, Fujian province, China, September 3, 2023. In recent years, Fuzhou has built a total of about 700 kilometers of urban slow walking trail network, expanding the urban green space.

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Urban Slow Walking Trail in Fuzhou

FUZHOU, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 3, 2023 - People walk along the city's Rainbow Walk into the green mountains in Fushan Country Park, Gulou District, Fuzhou, Fujian province, China, September 3, 2023. In recent years, Fuzhou has built a total of about 700 kilometers of urban slow walking trail network, expanding the urban green space.

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Urban Slow Walking Trail in Fuzhou

FUZHOU, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 3, 2023 - People walk along the city's Rainbow Walk into the green mountains in Fushan Country Park, Gulou District, Fuzhou, Fujian province, China, September 3, 2023. In recent years, Fuzhou has built a total of about 700 kilometers of urban slow walking trail network, expanding the urban green space.

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Urban Slow Walking Trail in Fuzhou

FUZHOU, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 3, 2023 - People walk along the city's Rainbow Walk into the green mountains in Fushan Country Park, Gulou District, Fuzhou, Fujian province, China, September 3, 2023. In recent years, Fuzhou has built a total of about 700 kilometers of urban slow walking trail network, expanding the urban green space.

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Urban Slow Walking Trail in Fuzhou

FUZHOU, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 3, 2023 - People walk along the city's Rainbow Walk into the green mountains in Fushan Country Park, Gulou District, Fuzhou, Fujian province, China, September 3, 2023. In recent years, Fuzhou has built a total of about 700 kilometers of urban slow walking trail network, expanding the urban green space.

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Urban Slow Walking Trail in Fuzhou

FUZHOU, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 3, 2023 - People walk along the city's Rainbow Walk into the green mountains in Fushan Country Park, Gulou District, Fuzhou, Fujian province, China, September 3, 2023. In recent years, Fuzhou has built a total of about 700 kilometers of urban slow walking trail network, expanding the urban green space.

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CHINA-FUJIAN-CATL-SHENXING BATTERY (CN)

(230816) -- NINGDE, Aug. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Visitors look at the Shenxing Superfast Charging Battery in Ningde, southeast China's Fujian Province, Aug. 16, 2023. Chinese battery manufacturer Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Ltd. (CATL) revealed on Wednesday a new LFP battery that achieves 4C superfast charging. The battery provides electric vehicles with a driving range of over 400 kilometers on a 10-minute charge. In addition, it can also deliver a range of over 700 kilometers on a single charge. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)

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CHINA-FUJIAN-CATL-SHENXING BATTERY (CN)

(230816) -- NINGDE, Aug. 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A staff member introduces the Shenxing Superfast Charging Battery in Ningde, southeast China's Fujian Province, Aug. 16, 2023. Chinese battery manufacturer Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Ltd. (CATL) revealed on Wednesday a new LFP battery that achieves 4C superfast charging. The battery provides electric vehicles with a driving range of over 400 kilometers on a 10-minute charge. In addition, it can also deliver a range of over 700 kilometers on a single charge. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)

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New ozeki Kirishima makes long-awaited trip home to Mongolia

Mongolian-born sumo wrestler Kirishima (2nd from L), a newly promoted ozeki, receives a horse during a festival in his hometown in Dornod Province, some 700 kilometers east of the capital Ulaanbaatar, on June 9, 2023. He was making his first trip home in four years.

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New ozeki Kirishima makes long-awaited trip home to Mongolia

Mongolian-born sumo wrestler Kirishima (2nd from R), a newly promoted ozeki, draws a bow during a festival in his home town in Dornod Province, some 700 kilometers east of the capital Ulaanbaatar, on June 9, 2023. He was making his first trip home in four years.

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New ozeki Kirishima makes long-awaited trip home to Mongolia

Mongolian-born sumo wrestler Kirishima (R), a newly promoted ozeki, attends a festival in his home town in Dornod Province, some 700 kilometers east of the capital Ulaanbaatar, during his first trip home in four years on June 9, 2023.

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New ozeki Kirishima makes long-awaited trip home to Mongolia

Mongolian-born sumo wrestler Kirishima (3rd from R), a newly promoted ozeki, receives a warm welcome in his home town in Dornod Province, some 700 kilometers east of the capital Ulaanbaatar, during his first trip home in four years on June 9, 2023.

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Digital exhibition of Beijing Central Axis held at Capital Museum

STORY: Digital exhibition of Beijing Central Axis held at Capital Museum DATELINE: April 5, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:44 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the exhibition STORYLINE: To celebrate the 870th anniversary of Beijing's founding as the capital city, the Capital Museum in Beijing has launched an exhibition on the Beijing Central Axis. A 16-meter gigantic sand table modeling the Central Axis sits in the center of the exhibition hall, giving a vivid and complete picture of the central axis through days and nights in all four seasons. First created in the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), the Beijing Central Axis, or Zhongzhouxian, stretches 7.8 kilometers between the Yongding Gate in the south of the city and the Drum Tower and Bell Tower in the north. Most of the major old-city buildings of Beijing sit along this axis. A total of 53 displays of cultural relics from 17 cultural organizations including the Palace Museum give a full picture of the Central Axis, highlighting the 700 years'

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Urban Animal Album

OSAKA, Japan - Rabbits on Okunoshima Island, nicknamed Rabbit Island, in Hiroshima Prefecture, surround a tourist with feed on Dec. 19, 2013. More than 700 rabbits live on the island of just 4 kilometers in making a circuit, after some rabbits brought to the island after World War II became feral and propagated.

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Japanese makes solo kayak trip from Philippines to Taiwan

HUALIAN, Taiwan - Toru Yahata, a sea kayak instructor based in Okinawa, arrives in the eastern Taiwan port city of Hualian on June 18, after rowing 700 kilometers in a solo kayak trip from the northern Philippines. Yahata, 32, says it took him 16 days to make the voyage with his 5.5-meter boat, at an average speed of 6 km per hour. Yahata also made a solo kayak trip from Hualian to Yonakuni in southern Okinawa, a distance of 140 km, in June last year.

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Man sets off to paddle kayak from the Philippines to Taiwan

PAGUDPUD, Philippines - Satoru Yahata of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, waves as he leaves Pagudpud on the northern tip of the main Philippine island Luzon for Hualien in eastern Taiwan June 3, hoping to be the first man to paddle across the 700 kilometers of sea within a month.

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'Next-generation' Shinkansen model on display

HAMAMATSU, Japan - A new Shinkansen model, the ''next-generation'' N-700 Series, on display in a press preview at the JR Tokai Hamamatsu plant in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecutre on April 10. According to JR engineers, a key N-700 technical feature is that the train, through the use of air spring, can bend at curves so that it does not have to decelerate when passing through curving passages. The N-700 Series, which will run in the Tokaido Sanyo Shinkansen line, can speed through curves at a maximum speed of 270 kilometers per hour in the Tokaido sector and 300 kph in the Sanyo sector, they say. As a result, the N-700 Series can travel between Tokyo and the Shin-Osaka station in Osaka in 2 hours and 25 minutes, down 5 minutes, and between Tokyo and the Hakata station in Fukuoka in 4 hours and 50 minutes.

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Taiwan's high speed railway begins test-run

TOKYO, Japan - Railway fans gather in the southeastern Taiwanese city of Tainan on Jan. 27 to see Taiwan's High Speed Rail 700T series passenger train, based on Japan's Shinkansen 700 Series, begin a test-run. The train will cover the 350 kilometers between Taipei and Kaohsiung in 90 minutes.

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Mori visits refugee camp in Kenya

NAIROBI, Kenya - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (L) presents a boy with a soccer ball during his tour of a Kenyan refugee camp located about 700 kilometers northwest of Nairobi on Jan. 11.

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Driverless vehicles used on university campuses across China to deliver parcels

STORY: Driverless vehicles used on university campuses across China to deliver parcels DATELINE: Nov. 14, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:07 LOCATION: HANGZHOU, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the driverless delivery vehicle 2. various of a warehouse 3. people picking up packages 4. various of performance testing 5. various of the driverless delivery vehicle 6. various of logistics STORYLINE: Driverless delivery vehicles launched by China's courier company Cainiao Network delivered nearly 2 million parcels from Nov. 1 to 11, as online sales rose in the run-up to the "Double 11" online shopping festival. Over 700 driverless delivery vehicles, named "Xiaomanlyu" or "little donkeys," have been making deliveries since Nov. 1 on more than 400 university campuses across China. Aided by an algorithm, the vehicles can find themselves the most efficient delivery route. Each vehicle can carry about 50 packages at a time and travel 100 kilometers on a single charge. Initiated in 2009, the once-a-year

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N. Korea conducts 2nd missile test in less than a week

North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile on Tuesday morning, the Japanese government said, with the second missile launch in less than a week coming after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pledged late last year to strengthen the nation's defenses. At least one projectile was fired eastward from inland around 7:25 a.m. and is estimated to have landed in the sea outside Japan's exclusive economic zone, it said. There has been no report of damage to ships or aircraft, according to the government. The projectile is likely to have traveled less than 700 kilometers, assuming it flew on a traditional ballistic missile trajectory, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said at a news conference. "We strongly condemn North Korea's slew of actions including the repeated firing of ballistic missiles as a threat to the peace and security of our country, the broader region and the international community," Matsuno said.

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Man sets off to paddle kayak from the Philippines to Taiwan

PAGUDPUD, Philippines - Satoru Yahata of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, waves as he leaves Pagudpud on the northern tip of the main Philippine island Luzon for Hualien in eastern Taiwan June 3, hoping to be the first man to paddle across the 700 kilometers of sea within a month. (Kyodo)

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Japanese makes solo kayak trip from Philippines to Taiwan

HUALIAN, Taiwan - Toru Yahata, a sea kayak instructor based in Okinawa, arrives in the eastern Taiwan port city of Hualian on June 18, after rowing 700 kilometers in a solo kayak trip from the northern Philippines. Yahata, 32, says it took him 16 days to make the voyage with his 5.5-meter boat, at an average speed of 6 km per hour. Yahata also made a solo kayak trip from Hualian to Yonakuni in southern Okinawa, a distance of 140 km, in June last year. (Kyodo)

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'Next-generation' Shinkansen model on display

HAMAMATSU, Japan - A new Shinkansen model, the ''next-generation'' N-700 Series, on display in a press preview at the JR Tokai Hamamatsu plant in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecutre on April 10. According to JR engineers, a key N-700 technical feature is that the train, through the use of air spring, can bend at curves so that it does not have to decelerate when passing through curving passages. The N-700 Series, which will run in the Tokaido Sanyo Shinkansen line, can speed through curves at a maximum speed of 270 kilometers per hour in the Tokaido sector and 300 kph in the Sanyo sector, they say. As a result, the N-700 Series can travel between Tokyo and the Shin-Osaka station in Osaka in 2 hours and 25 minutes, down 5 minutes, and between Tokyo and the Hakata station in Fukuoka in 4 hours and 50 minutes. (Kyodo)

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Taiwan's high speed railway begins test-run

TOKYO, Japan - Railway fans gather in the southeastern Taiwanese city of Tainan on Jan. 27 to see Taiwan's High Speed Rail 700T series passenger train, based on Japan's Shinkansen 700 Series, begin a test-run. The train will cover the 350 kilometers between Taipei and Kaohsiung in 90 minutes. (Kyodo)

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Mori visits refugee camp in Kenya

NAIROBI, Kenya - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (L) presents a boy with a soccer ball during his tour of a Kenyan refugee camp located about 700 kilometers northwest of Nairobi on Jan. 11.

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Nuclear waste ship arrives at Aomori port.

A vessel containing nuclear waste in the form of 40 rods of vitrified blocks is unloaded from the 5,000-ton British ship Pacific Swan, which arrived at Mutsu-Ogawara port in the village of Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture, some 700 kilometers north of Tokyo, on April 15. The high-level radioactive waste was reprocessed in France.