Egypt sends 200,000 tons of humanitarian aid to Gaza: minister

STORY: Egypt sends 200,000 tons of humanitarian aid to Gaza: minister SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 11, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 17, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:03 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of trucks carrying humanitarian aid 2. various of humanitarian goods STORYLINE: Egypt has sent nearly 200,000 tons of humanitarian aid to the war-ravaged Palestinian enclave of Gaza Strip, Egyptian Minister of Social Solidarity Nivine El-Kabbag said on Friday. The minister made the remarks while partaking in the "Run for Gaza" marathon in the Egyptian capital of Cairo, which attracted 10,000 participants to raise donations for the Palestinians in Gaza. El-Kabbag commended the role of the Egyptian Red Crescent for arranging the logistic services, expanding the supply chains, and storing aid received from nearly 37 countries. "About 200,000 tons of aid, constituting 60 percent of the total amount of relief supplies provided for Gaza, came from Egypt either by land, sea or air," the minister added. Is

Loading of Japanese rice for N. Korea starts in Hakodate

Loading of Japanese rice for N. Korea starts in Hakodate

HAKODATE, Japan - Dock workers began loading Japanese rice onto the 20,900-ton North Korean freighter Jon Jin on April 7 at Hakodate port, Hokkaido. About 10,000 tons of domestic brown rice produced in 1995-1996 and bought by the central government will be shipped to North Korea as humanitarian aid via the U.N. World Food Program. Jon Jin is to set sail for the North in about two weeks.

Climate change casts shadow on date harvest season in Gaza

STORY: Climate change casts shadow on date harvest season in Gaza DATELINE: Oct. 3, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:41 LOCATION: Gaza CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. shots of Gazan farmers harvesting date in the coastal enclave 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): AHMED BARAKA, Local farm owner 3. shots of Gazan farmers harvesting date in the coastal enclave STORYLINE: A much-needed harvest has not arrived for date palms in the Gaza Strip through September, which according to local farmers, is another evidence of the tangible impact that climate change has on their livelihood, following the poor pollination in spring. Considering this year's delayed harvest season, farmers worried that if it ends in time in mid-October, the gross yields of this sweet household fruit could be bleak. "The coastal enclave usually produced about 15,000 tons of date, while this year it will not exceed 10,000 tons," said Adham al-Bassiouni, spokesman for the Hamas-run agriculture ministry. Ahmed Baraka, a 70-year-old farmer from Dir al-Balah in central

Loading of Japanese rice for N. Korea starts in Hakodate

Loading of Japanese rice for N. Korea starts in Hakodate

HAKODATE, Japan - Dock workers began loading Japanese rice onto the 20,900-ton North Korean freighter Jon Jin on April 7 at Hakodate port, Hokkaido. About 10,000 tons of domestic brown rice produced in 1995-1996 and bought by the central government will be shipped to North Korea as humanitarian aid via the U.N. World Food Program. Jon Jin is to set sail for the North in about two weeks.

Loading of Japanese rice for N. Korea starts in Hakodate

Loading of Japanese rice for N. Korea starts in Hakodate

HAKODATE, Japan - Dock workers began loading Japanese rice onto the 20,900-ton North Korean freighter Jon Jin on April 7 at Hakodate port, Hokkaido. About 10,000 tons of domestic brown rice produced in 1995-1996 and bought by the central government will be shipped to North Korea as humanitarian aid via the U.N. World Food Program. Jon Jin is to set sail for the North in about two weeks.