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Turkish police detain 189 IS suspects across country

STORY: Turkish police detain 189 IS suspects across country SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 30, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 31, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:08 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Turkish security forces detaining 189 suspected members of the Islamic State in some operations across 37 provinces in the country (date: 30.12.2023) (courtesy of Turkish Interior Ministry) STORYLINE: Turkish security forces detained 189 suspected members of the Islamic State in an operation codenamed "Heroes-38" across 37 provinces in the country, a cabinet minister said on Saturday. The operation was carried out "simultaneously" in all the provinces, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. Most of the suspects were detained in the capital Ankara. At the same time, 22 people were caught in the country's most populated city Istanbul. The Turkish government designated the Islamic State a terrorist organization in 2013, blaming it for a spate of deadly attacks in the country since

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Fijian businesswoman shares her experience in China

STORY: Fijian businesswoman shares her experience in China SHOOTING DATE: Dec. 29, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 30, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:02 LOCATION: Suva CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (English): KATRIENA WONG, Manager, Dingjin Real Estate Development PTE LTD STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE (English): KATRIENA WONG, Manager, Dingjin Real Estate Development PTE LTD, Fiji "I studied in China from 2013 to 2018. I graduated with a bachelor's degree in law from Hebei University of Economics and Business. China's technological development is very, very fast. Every day there is something new happening in technology. There will be a new feature on your WeChat, on Taobao. And everyday there's a change. One thing that I was very impressed in China is the public transportation services. A bus will come at exactly 11:05. It will tell you it will come at 11:05. It will even tell you when the next three buses will come. And also the metro is very very convenient, very cheap. Also the high-speed railway. They have other options,

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Otter pups

OSAKA, Japan - Asian small clawed otter pups make their public debut at Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan in Osaka, western Japan, on May 21, 2014. The litter was born on Dec. 29 and 30, 2013.

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Last trading day of 2013

TOKYO, Japan - Mami Sato (L), a Paralympian who contributed to Tokyo's successful bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games, rings the closing bell by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a ceremony at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo's Nihombashi area on Dec. 30, 2013, the last trading day of the year.

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Last trading day of 2013

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during a ceremony at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo's Nihombashi area on Dec. 30, 2013, marking the last trading day of the year.

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Bombing in Russia

SOCHI, Russia - A police officer checks the luggage of a passenger at a station in Sochi, Russia, on Dec. 30, 2013. An explosion occurred on a trolleybus the same day in the southern city of Volgograd, where a suicide bombing took place the previous day.

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Last trading day of 2013

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (far R) speaks during a ceremony at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo's Nihombashi area on Dec. 30, 2013, marking the last trading day of the year.

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Last trading day of 2013

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is pictured after ringing the closing bell during a ceremony at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo's Nihombashi area on Dec. 30, 2013, the last trading day of the year. Mami Sato, a Paralympian who contributed to Tokyo's successful bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games, is to the right.

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Last trading day of 2013

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) claps with others during a ceremony at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo's Nihombashi area on Dec. 30, 2013, marking the last trading day of the year. To the right is Mami Sato, a Paralympian who contributed to Tokyo's successful bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games.

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Prime Minister Abe playing golf

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shizo Abe plays golf in the city of Chigasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Dec. 29, 2013. Abe will end this year's official duties on Dec. 30 by attending the year-end trading session at Tokyo Stock Exchange. Abe is scheduled to hold his first press conference of next year on Jan. 6 after visiting Ise Shrine in Ise, Mie Prefecture.

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Last trading day of 2013

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is pictured after ringing the closing bell during a ceremony at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo's Nihombashi area on Dec. 30, 2013, the last trading day of the year.

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Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo taken Jan. 30, 2013, in Pyongyang, North Korea, shows a signboard with a message praising the successful launch of what North Korea claims was a satellite. Many other countries suspect the launch Dec. 12, 2012, was a covert test of long-range missile technology in violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions.

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Nishikori at Brisbane International

BRISBANE, Australia - Photo taken Dec. 30, 2012, shows Japan's Kei Nishikori, partnered with Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria, playing Russia's Mikhail Elgin and Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan during the first round of the men's doubles at the 2013 season-opening Brisbane International in Brisbane, Australia. Nishikori and Dimitrov defeated the fourth-seeded pair 7-6 (5), 4-6, 10-7 to advance to the quarterfinals.

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Japan's slugger-pitcher Shohei Otani

Shohei Otani of the Nippon Ham Fighters poses for photos at the baseball team's office in Sapporo on Dec. 3, 2013, after signing for 30 million yen for the next season, double the amount he had been receiving at the time. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Barca harbor hopes to re-sign Japanese teen wunderkind Kubo

Japanese soccer player Takefusa Kubo plays for Barcelona's Under-12 team in the final of an international tournament against Liverpool in Tokyo on Aug. 30, 2013. Barcelona will continue to monitor Kubo, now 14 years old and playing for FC Tokyo, in hopes of eventually re-signing him if he maintains his current rate of progress, a club official said on Dec. 19, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Journalist Tachibana dies at 80

Photo taken Dec. 25, 2013, shows critic and journalist Takashi Tachibana giving an interview in Tokyo. Tachibana, whose investigative reporting played a vital role in revealing a bribery scandal involving the late Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka in the 1970s, died of acute coronary syndrome aged 80 on April 30, 2021.