UK: Snow Blankets Country as Arctic Air Arrives 2

Snow has arrived across much of the UK, from London to Scotland, on Wednesday, November 19, as Arctic air sweeps in. Londoners saw light flurries, while deeper snow covered areas including Yorkshire, County Durham, Northumberland, and the Lake District. The Met Office has issued multiple weather warnings: amber for heavy snow in parts of Yorkshire and yellow for snow and ice across Northern Ireland, Wales, northern and central England, and Scotland.

XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240621) -- BEIJING, June 21, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Mohammed Al-Aqad and his children look at their war-damaged apartment at the Yarmouk camp in Damascus, Syria, June 19, 2024. Al-Aqad was born into a legacy of displacement. His family originally hailed from Khan Younis in Gaza, but like many Palestinians in 1948, they were forced to leave their homeland and sought refuge in Syria. Settling in the Yarmouk camp south of Damascus, the Al-Aqad family managed to create a semblance of stability throughout the years and owned their own apartment building in Yarmouk. Like in most areas across Syria, the outbreak of the Syrian war in 2011 brought chaos and destruction to the Yarmouk Camp. Since 2012, Al-Aqad's family has moved multiple times, seeking safety and stability. Today, Al-Aqad lives with his wife and four children in a cramped, rented house in Jaramana camp. (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240621) -- BEIJING, June 21, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Mohammed Al-Aqad and his children look at their war-damaged apartment at the Yarmouk camp in Damascus, Syria, June 19, 2024. Al-Aqad was born into a legacy of displacement. His family originally hailed from Khan Younis in Gaza, but like many Palestinians in 1948, they were forced to leave their homeland and sought refuge in Syria. Settling in the Yarmouk camp south of Damascus, the Al-Aqad family managed to create a semblance of stability throughout the years and owned their own apartment building in Yarmouk. Like in most areas across Syria, the outbreak of the Syrian war in 2011 brought chaos and destruction to the Yarmouk Camp. Since 2012, Al-Aqad's family has moved multiple times, seeking safety and stability. Today, Al-Aqad lives with his wife and four children in a cramped, rented house in Jaramana camp. (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua)

Progress in gender equality advances growth, stability in Rwanda

STORY: Progress in gender equality advances growth, stability in Rwanda DATELINE: Aug. 1, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:48 LOCATION: Kigali CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Kigali and local women 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SILAS NGAYABOSHYA, Director general of Gender Promotion and Women Empowerment at the Rwandan Ministry of Gender and Family Promotion 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Kinyarwanda): APOLLINAIRE MUGIRANEZA, Business woman STORYLINE: A Rwandan senior official has said Rwanda has made remarkable development strides in the past three decades with a strong focus on gender equality and women's empowerment, which has stimulated economic growth and boosted private and public sector performance. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SILAS NGAYABOSHYA, Director general of Gender Promotion and Women Empowerment at Rwandan Ministry of Gender and Family Promotion "We have had even a progressed constitution that specifically made clear at least 30 percent of seats or positions in different institutions should belong to women, and this h

Saudi Arabia becomes 51st country to join ASEAN's Treaty of Amity and Cooperation

STORY: Saudi Arabia becomes 51st country to join ASEAN's Treaty of Amity and Cooperation DATELINE: July 13, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:54 LOCATION: Jakarta CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of ASEAN logo 2. various of the signing ceremony 3. various of the ASEAN FM Summit STORYLINE: Saudi Arabia signed on Wednesday ASEAN's Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (TAC), making it the 51st country partner for the regional bloc. The TAC was signed by Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud and his Indonesian counterpart Retno Marsudi during the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting and Post Ministerial Conference (AMM-PMC) in Jakarta. Indonesia hosts the regional-level event as the ASEAN Chair this year. "We welcome Saudi Arabia into the ASEAN Family. Together we must become a positive force for peace, stability and prosperity in the region," Marsudi said in her speech representing ASEAN. Marsudi also praised Saudi Arabia's commitment to be willing to uphold the ASEAN principles mention

China launches new BeiDou navigation satellite

STORY: China launches new BeiDou navigation satellite DATELINE: May 17, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:35 LOCATION: XICHANG, China CATEGORY: SCIENCE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the launch of the BeiDou navigation satellite STORYLINE: China on Wednesday sent a new BeiDou navigation satellite into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province. The satellite was launched at 10:49 a.m. (Beijing Time) by a Long March-3B carrier rocket. It will be connected to the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) after it enters orbit and completes in-orbit tests. The satellite, designed to enter geostationary earth orbit, is the 56th of the BeiDou family and also the first backup satellite for the country's BeiDou-3 Navigation Satellite System (BDS-3). The satellite will expand the communication capacity of the system's regional short-messaging function, enhance positioning accuracy and promote the network's availability and stability. The satellite was developed by the China Academ