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Taiwan: Typhoon Danas Topples Archway of Tainan’s Nankunshen Daitian Temple

Typhoon Danas made landfall near Budai Township, Chiayi County around 11:40 p.m. on Sunday, July 6, bringing gusty winds and heavy rainfall. Typhoon Danas weakened to a tropical storm after its eye departed Taiwan early Monday. The storm toppled Tainan's iconic archway of Nankunshen Daitian Temple, causing widespread flooding across the neighborhood.

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What China has got over a decade on its iconic coordinated regional development strategy?

STORY: What China has got over a decade on its iconic coordinated regional development strategy? SHOOTING TIME: Recent footage DATELINE: Feb. 25, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:54 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHANG CHENGHUI, General manager, Tianze Electric Power (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. 3. various of a factory 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): JIA NAIPENG, Project manager, Tsingcloud Technology Co., Ltd. 5. various of cityscape in Tianjin 6. various of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region STORYLINE: Monday will mark the 10th anniversary of the beginning of coordinated development in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. Since coordinated development was proposed as a national strategy in 2014, the region has made remarkable breakthroughs in high-quality development, offering Chinese wisdom on the future of mega-urban governance to the world. In 2014, Beijing faced urban challenges such as unbalanced, inadequate and uncoordinated development. The

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NATO defence ministers discuss strengthening bloc's deterrence, support to Ukraine

STORY: NATO defence ministers discuss strengthening bloc's deterrence, support to Ukraine SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 15, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 16, 2024 LENGTH: 00:05:21 LOCATION: Brussels CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the meeting of NATO Ministers of Defence 2. various of the deployment of NATO allies for Steadfast Defender 2024 STORYLINE: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) sought to further strengthen the bloc's deterrence and defence, and support to Ukraine, at its defence ministers meeting on Thursday. In light of the deteriorating security environment, NATO does not see any "imminent military threat against the Alliance," NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said after the meeting. In terms of defense investment, Stoltenberg said he expected 18 member states to spend 2 percent of their GDP on defense this year, compared to only three members in 2014. This year, NATO member states in Europe will invest a total of 380 billion U.S. dollars in defense, he said. "By the end of 2024, Eu

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India's solar energy potential estimated at 748 GW

STORY: India's solar energy potential estimated at 748 GW SHOOTING TIME: file DATELINE: Feb. 9, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:12 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of India gate 2. various of solar park 3. various of high-voltage transmission 4. various of the traffic in New Delhi STORYLINE: The Indian government Wednesday said the country's total solar energy potential has been estimated at 748 Giga Watt peak. The information was given by the federal minister for new and renewable energy and power R. K. Singh in written replies in the upper house of the Indian parliament. The minister said the estimate has been provided by the National Institute of Solar Energy based on data from Waste Land Atlas of India 2010. Singh said until the end of last year, 51 solar parks with an aggregate capacity of 37,740 MW have been sanctioned in 12 states in the country since the launch of the scheme in December 2014. "An aggregate capacity of 10,504 MW of solar projects have been commissioned in 2

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Guardian of railway station at Changbai Mountain in NE China

STORY: Guardian of railway station at Changbai Mountain in NE China SHOOTING TIME: Recent footage DATELINE: Feb. 4, 2024 LENGTH: 0:02:34 LOCATION: CHANGCHUN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Changbai Mountain area 2. various of the Laoyeling Railway Station 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): FAN ZENGZHI, Station master of Laoyeling Railway Station 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): FAN ZENGZHI, Station master of Laoyeling Railway Station 5. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): FAN ZENGZHI, Station master of Laoyeling Railway Station 6. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): FAN ZENGZHI, Station master of Laoyeling Railway Station STORYLINE: Laoyeling Railway Station is a small station located in the Changbai Mountain area in northeast China's Jilin Province. 50-year-old Fan Zengzhi is the station master here. Since 2014, he has been working at this remote station under harsh natural conditions. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): FAN ZENGZHI, Station master of Laoyeling Railway Station "Our station is in a mountainous area. The climate he

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Xi Focus-Profile: Xi Jinping, man of culture

(240201) -- BEIJING, Feb. 1, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Xi Jinping delivers a speech at the headquarters of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris, France, March 27, 2014. TO GO WITH "Xi Focus-Profile: Xi Jinping, man of culture" (Xinhua/Yao Dawei)

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(SP)SOUTH KOREA-GANGNEUNG-WINTER YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES-IOC PRESS

(240201) -- GANGNEUNG, Feb. 1, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Hong, the Chair of the Coordination Commission and 2014 Olympic speed skating champion, addresses during a press conference held in the Main Media Center at the Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Gangneung, South Korea, Feb. 1, 2024. (Xinhua/Li Ming)

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(SP)SOUTH KOREA-GANGNEUNG-WINTER YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES-IOC PRESS

(240201) -- GANGNEUNG, Feb. 1, 2024 (Xinhua) -- International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach (L) and Zhang Hong, the Chair of the Coordination Commission and 2014 Olympic speed skating champion attend a press conference held in the Main Media Center at the Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Gangneung, South Korea, Feb. 1, 2024. (Xinhua/Li Ming)

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(SP)SOUTH KOREA-GANGNEUNG-WINTER YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES-IOC PRESS

(240201) -- GANGNEUNG, Feb. 1, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Hong (R), the Chair of the Coordination Commission and 2014 Olympic speed skating champion, answers to media during a press conference held in the Main Media Center at the Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Gangneung, South Korea, Feb. 1, 2024. (Xinhua/Li Ming)

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(SP)SOUTH KOREA-GANGNEUNG-WINTER YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES-IOC PRESS

(240201) -- GANGNEUNG, Feb. 1, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Hong (1st L), the Chair of the Coordination Commission and 2014 Olympic speed skating champion, writes words on a notebook after a press conference held in the Main Media Center at the Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Gangneung, South Korea, Feb. 1, 2024. (Xinhua/Li Ming)

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(SP)SOUTH KOREA-GANGNEUNG-WINTER YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES-IOC PRESS

(240201) -- GANGNEUNG, Feb. 1, 2024 (Xinhua) -- International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach (L) applauses for Zhang Hong, the Chair of the Coordination Commission and 2014 Olympic speed skating champion, during a press conference held in the Main Media Center at the Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Gangneung, South Korea, Feb. 1, 2024. (Xinhua/Li Ming)

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Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon resigns

STORY: Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon resigns DATELINE: Feb. 16, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:13 LOCATION: London CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): ZHAO XIAONA, Xinhua correspondent 2. SOUNDBITE (English): NICOLA STURGEON, Scotland's First Minister 3. various of Edinburgh STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): ZHAO XIAONA, Xinhua correspondent "Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced her resignation at a press conference in Edinburgh on Wednesday. She will remain in office as the first minister and leader of the Scottish National Party until a successor is in place. Sturgeon became party leader and head of the Scottish government in November 2014 following Scotland's independence referendum that year." SOUNDBITE (English): NICOLA STURGEON, Scotland's First Minister "Today, I am announcing my intention to step down as first minister and leader of my party. And I will remain in office until my successor is in place." Sturgeon is Scotland's first female first minister and the longest-ser

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Life gradually returns to Yemeni beach amid hopes for end of civil war

STORY: Life gradually returns to Yemeni beach amid hopes for end of civil war DATELINE: Feb. 7, 2023 LENGTH: 00:06:14 LOCATION: HAJJAH, Yemen CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of students and their teachers playing on a beach in Midi District, Hajjah Province, northern Yemen 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ABDULLAH AL-MUTANBEK, Teacher 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): YAHYA MUSA, Student STORYLINE: Almost four years after the Yemeni government forces recaptured the Red Sea coastal city of Midi in the northwestern province of Hajjah from the Houthi rebels in April 2018, local visitors began to return to the city's beach. Local authorities allowed visits to the beach in December of last year, after spending nearly four years to remove the landmines that had been planted in the beach and some parts of the city, which is a few miles to the east of the beach and has become an abandoned site as a result of the Yemeni civil war that broke out in 2014. The war has killed tens of thousands of people, displaced 4 mi

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Chinese film exhibition kicks off in Cuba

STORY: Chinese film exhibition kicks off in Cuba DATELINE: Feb. 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:17 LOCATION: Havana CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the event 2. various of attendees 3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): RAMON SAMADA, President of ICAIC 4. various of Chinese films 5. various of the event STORYLINE: A Chinese film festival was inaugurated Thursday in Havana, Cuba. Four films made between 2014 and 2019 were included in the event, the Chinese Film Showcase. The Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry (ICAIC) and the Cuban Ministry of Culture have helped organize the event. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): RAMON SAMADA, President of ICAIC "We are pleased to have a film showcase representative of Chinese culture with the exhibition of four films of various genres and themes that bring us closer to the culture and reality of that beloved country." Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Havana. (XHTV)

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JR West runs 'Yokai Watch' train

OSAKA, Japan - West Japan Railway Co. (JR West) displays a train sporting the images of characters of "Yokai Watch," a huge-hit video game and animation for children, at a railroad yard in Osaka, western Japan, on Dec. 11, 2014. The special train is running from Dec. 13 through Feb. 1, 2015.

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JR West shows interior of 'Yokai Watch' train

OSAKA, Japan - West Japan Railway Co. (JR West) shows in Osaka, western Japan, on Dec. 11, 2014, the interior of a "Yokai Watch" train featuring the popular role-playing game. The special train is running from Dec. 13 through Feb. 1, 2015.

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Tourists on Brooklyn Bridge

NEW YORK, United States - Tourists take pictures of skyscrapers in Manhattan from the Brooklyn Bridge on Feb. 1, 2014.

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Nagoya Castle getting 1st face-lift in 300 years

NAGOYA, Japan - The first renovation in 300 years of "ishigaki" stone walls at the foot of Nagoya Castle is in full swing on Feb. 1, 2014.

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Nagatomo captains Inter in derby d'Italia

TURIN, Italy - Inter Milan defender Yuto Nagatomo of Japan wears the captain's armband in a Serie A match against the team's bitter rival Juventus in Turin, Italy, on Feb. 2, 2014. Juventus won 3-1.

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Souvenir shop opens near Chikugo River Lift Bridge

SAGA, Japan - New souvenir shop Hashi no Eki (Bridge Station) Dorompa opens nears the Chikugo River Lift Bridge in the city of Saga on Feb. 1, 2014. The shop sells local agricultural and marine products among other items.

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Japan can end nuclear power reliance in future: Oettinger

MUNICH, Germany - Gunther Oettinger, European commissioner for energy, says Japan can break with nuclear power generation in the future, answering a question from a Kyodo News reporter in Munich on Feb. 1, 2014.

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Miyazaki wins Annie Award

TOKYO, Japan - Combination file photo shows Japanese animation director Hayao Miyazaki (L), and cartoonist and film director Katsuhiro Otomo. Miyazaki won the Annie Award for Writing in an Animated Feature Production for his screenplay for "The Wind Rises," the organizer of the event, known as the Academy Award for animation, said Feb. 1, 2014. Otomo was given the Winsor McCay Award at the event.

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Sochi rehearsal

SOCHI, Russia - Fireworks are set off above Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 1, 2014, during a rehearsal for the opening ceremony of the Winter Games.

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Japan teen wins int'l ballet competition

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Haruo Niyama, a 17-year-old Japanese boy, receives applause after winning an international ballet competition in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Feb. 1, 2014, for teenagers aiming to dance professionally.

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Takanashi wins 9th World Cup event of season

HINZENBACH, Austria - Sochi Olympic women's individual gold medal favorite Sara Takanashi makes her first jump on the K-85 hill in Hinzenbach, Austria, on Feb. 1, 2014. Takanashi posted her ninth World Cup win of the season.

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Sochi rehearsal

SOCHI, Russia - Fireworks are set off above Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 1, 2014, during a rehearsal for the opening ceremony of the Winter Games.

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Japan teen wins int'l ballet competition

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Photo shows Haruo Niyama, a 17-year-old Japanese boy, who won an international ballet competition in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Feb. 1, 2014, for teenagers aiming to dance professionally.

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Japan teen wins int'l ballet competition

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Photo shows Haruo Niyama, a 17-year-old Japanese boy, who won an international ballet competition in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Feb. 1, 2014, for teenagers aiming to dance professionally.

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Protests in Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - Antigovernment demonstrators march in Bangkok on Feb. 1, 2014, a day before a general election called by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.

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Kawashima saves shot in Belgian league soccer match

LIEGE, Belgium - Japanese goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima of Standard Liege saves a shot in the first half of a Belgian first-division soccer match against Cercle Brugge in Liege on Feb. 1, 2014. Standard beat Cercle 4-0.

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Japanese foreign minister in Germany

MUNICH, Germany - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida holds a press conference after his speech at the Munich Security Conference in Germany on Feb. 1, 2014.

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Takanashi wins 9th World Cup event of season

HINZENBACH, Austria - Sochi Olympic women's individual gold medal favorite Sara Takanashi makes her first jump on the K-85 hill in Hinzenbach, Austria, on Feb. 1, 2014. Takanashi posted her ninth World Cup win of the season.

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Japan teen wins int'l ballet competition

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Photo shows Haruo Niyama (C), a 17-year-old Japanese boy, who won an international ballet competition in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Feb. 1, 2014, for teenagers aiming to dance professionally. At left is Sae Maeda, who was second, and at right is Mikio Kato, who was sixth in the competition.

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Japan, Russian foreign ministers

MUNICH, Germany - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (R) and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov shake hands prior to holding talks in Munich, Germany, on Feb. 1, 2014.

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Protests in Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - Antigovernment demonstrators march in Bangkok on Feb. 1, 2014, a day before a general election called by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.

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Protests in Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - Antigovernment demonstrators in Bangkok on Feb. 1, 2014, call for not casting ballots in a general election the following day.

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Nishikori and Uchiyama

TOKYO, Japan - Yasutaka Uchiyama (front) and Kei Nishikori of Japan play doubles against Daniel Nestor and Frank Dancevic of Canada in a Davis Cup World Group first-round match at Tokyo's Ariake Colosseum on Feb. 1, 2014. Uchiyama and Nishikori won 6-3, 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-4.

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Protests in Bangkok

BANGKOK, Thailand - Antigovernment demonstrators flee as pro-government supporters fire guns in Bangkok on Feb. 1, 2014, a day before a general election called by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.

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Nishikori and Uchiyama

TOKYO, Japan - Kei Nishikori (front) and Yasutaka Uchiyama of Japan play doubles against Daniel Nestor and Frank Dancevic of Canada in a Davis Cup World Group first-round match at Tokyo's Ariake Colosseum on Feb. 1, 2014. Nishikori and Uchiyama won 6-3, 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-4.

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Takarazuka performers at bean-throwing ceremony in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Three members of the all-women Takarazuka Revue musical theater troupe throw beans during a "setsubun" ceremony at Tsutenkaku tower in Osaka on Feb. 1, 2014. The 300-meter tall Abeno Harukasu skyscraper can be seen in the background to the right. Bean-throwing ceremonies are held across Japan around the day before the beginning of spring.

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Nishikori and Uchiyama

TOKYO, Japan - Kei Nishikori (L) and Yasutaka Uchiyama of Japan celebrate after beating Daniel Nestor and Frank Dancevic of Canada in a Davis Cup World Group first-round match at Tokyo's Ariake Colosseum on Feb. 1, 2014.

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Osaka Mayor Hashimoto to quit

TOKYO, Japan - Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto, who doubles as co-head of the Japan Restoration Party, speaks at the party convention in Tokyo on Feb. 1, 2014. Hashimoto expressed later that day his intention to quit as mayor and run for reelection to gain public support for his goal of creating an Osaka metropolitan government through the merger of the prefectural and municipal governments.

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Hanshin Tigers players in green uniforms

YOMITAN, Japan - Shintaro Fujinami (L) and Tsuyoshi Nishioka of the Hanshin Tigers pose in green uniforms designed to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the opening of the professional baseball club's home ground, Hanshin Koshien Stadium, in Yomitan, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, on Jan. 31, 2014, ahead of the start of their spring camp on Feb. 1.

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Tigers manager Wada arrives in Okinawa for training camp

NAHA, Japan - Hanshin Tigers manager Yutaka Wada (L) arrives at Naha Airport in Okinawa on Jan. 30, 2014, before the Feb. 1 start of the professional baseball club's spring training camp in Okinawa, the southernmost prefecture of Japan.

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New Dragons manager Tanishige arrives for training camp

ONNA, Japan - Motonobu Tanishige (R), the new manager of the Chunichi Dragons, receives a bunch of welcome flowers as he arrives at a hotel in Onna, Okinawa Prefecture, on Jan. 30, 2014, where the professional baseball club will stay for its spring training camp starting on Feb. 1.

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Megasolar plant at Kansai int'l airport

KANSAI AIRPORT, Japan - Photo shows a megasolar power plant on idle land at Kansai International Airport near Osaka on Jan. 29, 2014. New Kansai International Airport Co. held a ceremony the following day to open the power plant before it starts operation on Feb. 1.

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Tourist attraction lights up to welcome Year of Sheep

CHIBA, Japan - Colorful illumination adorns a pasture at Mother Farm, a tourist attraction in Futtsu, Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, on Dec. 17, 2014, under the theme "sheep carnival" to welcome the Year of the Sheep in 2015 according to the Chinese zodiac. The illumination event will run through Feb. 1, 2015.

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LED lighting marks 100th anniversary of Tokyo Station

TOKYO, Japan - People walk along a pedestrian deck at the Yaesu exit of JR Tokyo Station in the Japanese capital as illuminations commemorating the 100th anniversary of the station's opening start on Dec. 1, 2014. The attraction, consisting of some 3,000 column-shaped light-emitting diodes, will run through Feb. 14, 2015.

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LED lighting marks 100th anniversary of Tokyo Station

TOKYO, Japan - Illuminations along a pedestrian deck at the Yaesu exit of JR Tokyo Station in the Japanese capital start on Dec. 1, 2014, in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the station's opening. The attraction, consisting of some 3,000 column-shaped light-emitting diodes, will run through Feb. 14, 2015.

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Flooding in Tuvalu

FUNAFUTI, Tuvalu - Photo shows a road battered by waves in Funafuti, the capital of Tuvalu, on Feb. 1, 2014.