Nobel laureate Katalin Kariko: determination key to success

STORY: Nobel laureate Katalin Kariko: determination key to success DATELINE: Oct. 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:47 LOCATION: Budapest CATEGORY: SCIENCE SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Hungarian): KATALIN KARIKO, 2023 Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): KATALIN KARIKO, 2023 Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine 3. various of the press briefing STORYLINE: Nobel laureate biochemist Katalin Kariko, renowned for her pioneering work in mRNA-based vaccines that played a decisive role in combating the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighted the importance of determination in achieving scientific success during a press briefing at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences on Wednesday. SOUNDBITE 1 (Hungarian): KATALIN KARIKO, 2023 Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine "I'm not a genius: even in elementary school, my grades were only average fours. I even got four in conversation while half of the class got fives because they just remembered and repeated what they heard. I read Janos Selye (Hungarian-born Ca

GLOBALink | College shooting triggers new reflections on U.S. gun violence

STORY: College shooting triggers new reflections on U.S. gun violence DATELINE: Feb. 15, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:48 LOCATION: NEW YORK, U.S. CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the mass shootings happened recently 2. STANDUP (English): XIA LIN, Xinhua correspondent 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MIR MOHAMMAD ALI KHAN, Former Wall Street investment banker in Pakistan 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): HEBA GAMAL, Professor of political science at the Cairo-based Institute of National Planning STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): XIA LIN, Xinhua correspondent "Three people were killed, at least five injured in an on-campus shooting at Michigan State University on the night of Feb. 13, 2023. The university's Interim President Teresa Woodruff said the school would move to emergency operations for two days. Professor Frederick Engram said 'I'm feeling a lot of things. Distraught, confused, concerned and rage. Because this is not the first time we've seen this happen.' A larger conversation about guns and their places in our societ

Online English lessons by Filipinos for Japanese

Online English lessons by Filipinos for Japanese

TOKYO, Japan - Md Moin, Bangladeshi founder of the website Pikt Corp., poses for a photo in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Oct. 12, 2011. The online English conversation school provides inexpensive lessons from Filipinos, who are graduates of prestigious colleges but unemployed amid an economic slump in the Philippines, for Japanese learners.

Talking with Chinese taikonauts inspires space dream of ASEAN youth

STORY: Talking with Chinese taikonauts inspires space dream of ASEAN youth DATELINE: Nov. 2, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:23 LOCATION: Manila CATEGORY: SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): YANG YUNQI, Xinhua Correspondent 2. Various of the meeting hall's entrance 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ALLYSON FLORES, Student from Philippine Cultural College 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): MARON NICHOLAS, Student from Makati High School 5. Various of the meeting hall 6. Various of Jeanel Dimayuga (the girl who represents the Philippines to ask questions) 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): GAY JANE PEREZ, Deputy director, Philippine Space Agency 8. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): HUANG XILIAN, Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines 9. Photo opportunity with VIPs STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): YANG YUNQI, Xinhua correspondent "I'm now in Taguig City, the Philippines. Momentarily, local students, along with other students from ASEAN countries are going to join a special conversation with Chinese taikonauts, who are currently spending their time i

Logo of RIZAP ENGLISH

Logo of RIZAP ENGLISH

Logo = December 12, 2018, Nihonbashi Honcho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

Logo of RIZAP ENGLISH

Logo of RIZAP ENGLISH

Logo = December 12, 2018, Nihonbashi Honcho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

I'm learning English now.

With the Olympics coming up policemen in Ginza and hostesses in Shinjuku are working hard at English conversation classes. Classroom scenes at an English cram school in Tokyo children's English class Ginza streets and foreigners being shown around policemen's English lessons hostesses' English class and serving customers *Date of shooting unknown release date: September 13 1963

Ex-Nova president sentenced to 3.5 yrs in prison for embezzlement

Ex-Nova president sentenced to 3.5 yrs in prison for embezzlement

OSAKA, Japan - Nozomu Sahashi, the founder and former president of English conversation school operator Nova Corp., gets inside a car after being freed on bail Aug. 26. Sahashi was sentenced by the Osaka District Court the same day to three years and six months in prison without suspension for embezzling 320 million yen from Nova's employment benefit funds. (Kyodo)

Ex-Nova president admits to embezzling, but counsel pleads not gu

Ex-Nova president admits to embezzling, but counsel pleads not gu

OSAKA, Japan - Nozomu Sahashi (L), 57, the former president of English conversation school operator Nova Corp., leaves the Osaka District Court after his first court hearing on June 1, during which he admitted to embezzling employment benefit funds shortly before the company went bankrupt in October 2007. (Kyodo)

Online English lessons by Filipinos for Japanese

Online English lessons by Filipinos for Japanese

TOKYO, Japan - Md Moin, Bangladeshi founder of the website Pikt Corp., poses for a photo in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Oct. 12, 2011. The online English conversation school provides inexpensive lessons from Filipinos, who are graduates of prestigious colleges but unemployed amid an economic slump in the Philippines, for Japanese learners. (Kyodo)