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US: Super Typhoon Bavi Slams Guam, Northern Marianas 2

Super Typhoon Bavi made landfall Monday, July 6, passing directly over Rota in the Northern Mariana Islands around 8 a.m. local time, with sustained winds over 150 mph. Guam and nearby islands also reported major damage from the storm.

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[Breaking News]New coronavirus

NARITA, Japan, April 10 Kyodo - Video taken on April 10, 2020, shows Narita airport near Tokyo. One of its runways will be closed for the time being from April 12, 2020, due to dwindling flights traced to the global coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo)

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US: North Dakota Sees Powerful Winds Amid Tornado-Producing Storm

Severe weather swept across the upper Midwest on Friday, June 20, bringing powerful winds and leaving at least 3 dead in North Dakota as a tornado ripped through the area.

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Shenzhen-Zhongshan Link Construction - China

GUANGZHOU, June 29, 2024 -- An aerial drone photo taken on April 10, 2020 shows people working on the east artificial island of the Shenzhen-Zhongshan link in south China's Guangdong Province. Shenzhen-Zhongshan link is a core transportation hub project in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. It consists of one underwater tunnel, two bridges and two artificial islands, making it one of the most challenging cross-sea cluster projects in the world. The 24-km-long cross-sea link is scheduled to open to traffic on June 30. Once operational, the travel time between Shenzhen and Zhongshan will be reduced from the current two hours to approximately 30 minutes. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-GUANGDONG-SHENZHEN-ZHONGSHAN-LINK (CN)

(240629) -- GUANGZHOU, June 29, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- An aerial drone photo taken on April 10, 2020 shows people working on the east artificial island of the Shenzhen-Zhongshan link in south China's Guangdong Province. Shenzhen-Zhongshan link is a core transportation hub project in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. It consists of one underwater tunnel, two bridges and two artificial islands, making it one of the most challenging cross-sea cluster projects in the world. The 24-km-long cross-sea link is scheduled to open to traffic on June 30. Once operational, the travel time between Shenzhen and Zhongshan will be reduced from the current two hours to approximately 30 minutes. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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Chinese company lights up hope for Surinamese villages

STORY: Chinese company lights up hope for Surinamese villages SHOOTING TIME: March 31, 2024 DATELINE: April 11, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:10 LOCATION: Paramaribo CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Botopasi village in Suriname 2. various of solar panels installed by the Power Construction Corporation of China in Botopasi village 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): POTTER, Botopasi villager 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): XIONG ZEKUN, Project Manager, Power China's American branch STORYLINE: Botopasi village in Suriname, deep in the Amazon rainforest, faced a population decline due to challenges like lack of electricity, prompting many residents to move to the capital. A rural microgrid project by the Power Construction Corporation of China (Power China) is bringing change. With authorization from the Surinamese government, Power China completed the first phase of the project in Goejaba village in 2020. Phase 2, currently under construction, aims to extend benefits to several villages, including Botopasi, delivering cle

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Scene in Osaka

Combined photo shows Osaka's Minami area in western Japan during a government stay-at-home request on April 10, 2020, (top) and the same place on May 8, 2023, (bottom) after coronavirus was reclassified and put in the same category as seasonal flu.

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Alstom To Cut 1500 Jobs

File photo dated April 30, 2020 shows a general view of Alstom building in Saint-Ouen, France. On Wednesday, November 15, the Group announced a net income of just € 1 million for the first half of its new financial year (April 2023 to March 2024). Management has announced two major changes. First, at the close of the Annual General Meeting in July 2024, former Safran CEO Philippe Petitcolin will become Chairman and current CEO Henri Poupart-Lafarge will become Managing Director. The second change is a cost-cutting strategy to turn around the balance sheet that will see the elimination of 1,500 full-time equivalent jobs "or 10 % of sales and administrative functions." Photo by David Niviere/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Alstom To Cut 1500 Jobs

File photo dated June 18, 2020 shows Alstom's Regiolis Lio electric or dual-mode train. On Wednesday, November 15, the Group announced a net income of just € 1 million for the first half of its new financial year (April 2023 to March 2024). Management has announced two major changes. First, at the close of the Annual General Meeting in July 2024, former Safran CEO Philippe Petitcolin will become Chairman and current CEO Henri Poupart-Lafarge will become Managing Director. The second change is a cost-cutting strategy to turn around the balance sheet that will see the elimination of 1,500 full-time equivalent jobs "or 10 % of sales and administrative functions." Photo by Patrick Batard/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Alstom To Cut 1500 Jobs

File photo dated June 18, 2020 of Alstom's logo. On Wednesday, November 15, the Group announced a net income of just € 1 million for the first half of its new financial year (April 2023 to March 2024). Management has announced two major changes. First, at the close of the Annual General Meeting in July 2024, former Safran CEO Philippe Petitcolin will become Chairman and current CEO Henri Poupart-Lafarge will become Managing Director. The second change is a cost-cutting strategy to turn around the balance sheet that will see the elimination of 1,500 full-time equivalent jobs "or 10 % of sales and administrative functions." Photo by Patrick Batard/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Scene in Osaka

Combined photo shows Osaka's Minami area in western Japan during a government stay-at-home request on April 10, 2020, (top) and the same place on May 8, 2023, (bottom) after coronavirus was reclassified and put in the same category as seasonal flu.

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New study tallies excess physician deaths in U.S. during early pandemic

STORY: New study tallies excess physician deaths in U.S. during early pandemic DATELINE: Feb. 10, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:32 LOCATION: NEW YORK, U.S. CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): XIA LIN, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of hospitals 3. various of the U.S. streets STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): XIA LIN, Xinhua correspondent "A total of 4,511 U.S. physicians died during the early phase of COVID-19. These were 622 more deaths than would have occurred, had the pandemic not happened. According to a research letter published in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), excess physician deaths peaked at 70 in December 2020. There was a rapid drop in 2021 when safe and effective vaccines became available, said the study 'Excess Mortality Among Physicians During The COVID-19 Pandemic.' No excess deaths among physicians occurred after April 2021, which coincided with the widespread availability of COVID-19 vaccines. This meant that nearly 50 U.S. doctors more than expected died each mo

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Supreme People's Assembly in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea, April 10 Kyodo - Photo taken on April 9, 2020, shows the Mansudae Assembly Hall in Pyongyang. North Korea is expected to convene on April 10 a session of the Supreme People's Assembly, its top legislature, for the first time since last August.

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Supreme People's Assembly in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea, April 10 Kyodo - An area in front of Pyongyang station is decorated with flowers on April 10, 2020, as North Korea is expected to convene a session of the Supreme People's Assembly, its top legislature, for the first time since last August.

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Supreme People's Assembly in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea, April 10 Kyodo - People walk in front of Pyongyang station on April 10, 2020, as North Korea is expected to convene a session of the Supreme People's Assembly, its top legislature, the same day for the first time since last August.

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Supreme People's Assembly in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea, April 10 Kyodo - A woman walks in Pyongyang on April 10, 2020, as North Korea is expected to convene a session of the Supreme People's Assembly, its top legislature, the same day for the first time since last August.

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Supreme People's Assembly in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea, April 10 Kyodo - People walk in Pyongyang on April 10, 2020, as North Korea is expected to convene a session of the Supreme People's Assembly, its top legislature, the same day for the first time since last August.

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CHINA-ANHUI-HEFEI-WETLAND CITY (CN)

(221112) -- HEFEI, Nov. 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 28, 2020 shows scenery of Shiwuli river in Hefei City, east China's Anhui Province. Hefei has five national wetland parks and three provincial wetland parks, with a wetland protection rate of 75 percent. It was accredited on Nov. 10, 2022 by the Ramsar Convention as an international wetland city. (Photo by Pan Yongzheng/Xinhua)

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CHINA-JIANGXI-NANCHANG-WETLAND CITY (CN)

(221111) -- NANCHANG, Nov. 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 19, 2020 shows view of Xianghu wetland park in Xihu Distrcit of Nanchang, capital of east China's Jiangxi Province. Nanchang has two wetlands of international importance, eight national wetland parks, four wetlands of provincial importance and five provincial wetland parks. It was accredited on Nov. 10, 2022 by the Ramsar Convention as an international wetland city. (Photo by Zeng Zhenjin/Xinhua/Wan Xiang)

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CHINA-JIANGXI-NANCHANG-WETLAND CITY (CN)

(221111) -- NANCHANG, Nov. 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 6, 2020 shows local residents resting on lawn at Aixi Lake wetland park in Nanchang, capital of east China's Jiangxi Province. Nanchang has two wetlands of international importance, eight national wetland parks, four wetlands of provincial importance and five provincial wetland parks. It was accredited on Nov. 10, 2022 by the Ramsar Convention as an international wetland city. (Xinhua/Zhou Mi)

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Ship loading operation of large towers for ExxonMobil Huizhou project completed

STORY: Ship loading operation of large towers for ExxonMobil Huizhou project completed DATELINE: Nov. 3, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:51 LOCATION: TIANJIN, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ship loading operation STORYLINE: The ship loading operation of two large towers for ExxonMobil's complex in Huizhou, southern China's Guangdong Province, was recently completed in north China's Tianjin. Multinational oil and gas corporation ExxonMobil broke ground on its solely-funded chemical complex in Huizhou in April 2020. The complex, with a total investment of about 10 billion U.S. dollars, will be built in two phases. The first phase with a 1.6 million tonne-per-year ethylene cracker and down-stream production equipment is scheduled to be completed by 2023 when construction on the second phase will begin. An annual operating income of 39 billion yuan (5.5 billion U.S. dollars) and 7.3 billion yuan of taxes will be expected when the first phase reaches designed capacity. The two large towers shipp

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India's agri-products exports see significant rise despite pandemic

STORY: India's agri-products exports see significant rise despite pandemic DATELINE: March 8, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:46 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of India gate 2. various of government buildings 3. various of farming field 4. various of crops 5. various of farmers working in field 6. various of traffic STORYLINE: India's exports of agricultural and processed food products rose by more than 23 percent year on year during the first 10 months of the current fiscal year (starting April 2021), said the Ministry of Commerce and Industry on Monday. This is despite logistical challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, said the ministry in a statement. The exports of products under the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) ambit increased from 15.9 billion U.S. dollars in April-January 2020-21 to 19.7 billion U.S. dollars during the period. For the current financial year, the ministry has fixed the exports target under APEDA basket products at

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