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Mexico: Heavy Rain Triggers Flooding in Mexico City, Disrupting Airport Operations 3

Heavy rain flooded Mexico City on Sunday, August 10, causing flights to or from Mexico City International Airport to be diverted or suspended due to poor visibility and flooding.

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Mexico: Heavy Rain Triggers Flooding in Mexico City, Disrupting Airport Operations

Heavy rain flooded Mexico City on Sunday, August 10, causing flights to or from Mexico City International Airport to be diverted or suspended due to poor visibility and flooding.

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Mexico: Heavy Rain Triggers Flooding in Mexico City, Disrupting Airport Operations 2

Heavy rain flooded Mexico City on Sunday, August 10, causing flights to or from Mexico City International Airport to be diverted or suspended due to poor visibility and flooding.

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Turkey: Wildfires Sweep Through Izmir, Disrupting Flights

Wildfires in the western province of Izmir have resulted in the evacuation of multiple villages and neighborhoods, local authorities reported. The first fire began on Sunday, June 29, between the districts of Seferihisar and Menderes and have been exacerbated by strong winds. According to officials, more than 1,000 personnel, supported by aircraft and helicopters, have been deployed to contain the fires. A separate blaze was also reported at a landfill site in Gaziemir, near central Izmir, posing a threat to nearby woodland and the Otokent industrial zone. Flight operations at Izmir Adnan Menderes Airport were temporarily suspended as a precaution.

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"Flying vehicle" demos at Osaka Expo halted as part falls mid-flight

Photo shows a Hexa single-seater "flying vehicle" during a demonstration flight at the World Exposition in Osaka, western Japan, on April 14, 2025. Expo organizers said on April 27 that demonstrations have been suspended for the vehicle for safety checks after a part fell from it mid-flight the previous day.

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Space One rocket lifts off from private-sector launch pad

KUSHIMOTO, Japan, Dec. 18 Kyodo - The Kairos No. 2 rocket of Japanese startup Space One Co. soars after its liftoff from Space Port Kii, Japan's first private-sector launch pad, in Kushimoto in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 18, 2024. The company's attempt to become the first private firm in the country to put a satellite into orbit failed, however, following its unsuccessful bid in March. (Kyodo)

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Taiwan: Typhoon Gaemi Makes Landfall Bringing Gusty Winds And Torrential Rains 4

Widespread flooding hit Taiwan as Typhoon Gaemi brought heavy rainfall on Thursday, July 25. Gaemi made landfall around midnight on the coast of northwestern Yilan County. According to weather officials, it was the most powerful typhoon that struck Taiwan in the last 8 years with gusts of up to 227 kph (141 mph).

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Taiwan: Typhoon Gaemi Makes Landfall Bringing Gusty Winds And Torrential Rains 3

Widespread flooding hit Taiwan as Typhoon Gaemi brought heavy rainfall on Thursday, July 25. Gaemi made landfall around midnight on the coast of northwestern Yilan County. According to weather officials, it was the most powerful typhoon that struck Taiwan in the last 8 years with gusts of up to 227 kph (141 mph).

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Taiwan: Typhoon Gaemi Makes Landfall Bringing Gusty Winds And Torrential Rains 2

Widespread flooding hit Taiwan as Typhoon Gaemi brought heavy rainfall on Thursday, July 25. Gaemi made landfall around midnight on the coast of northwestern Yilan County. According to weather officials, it was the most powerful typhoon that struck Taiwan in the last 8 years with gusts of up to 227 kph (141 mph).

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Taiwan: Typhoon Gaemi Makes Landfall Bringing Torrential Rains

Widespread flooding hit Taiwan as Typhoon Gaemi brought heavy rainfall on Thursday, July 25. Gaemi made landfall around midnight on the coast of northwestern Yilan County. According to weather officials, it was the most powerful typhoon that struck Taiwan in the last 8 years with gusts of up to 227 kph (141 mph).

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1st Beijing-Madrid-Havana flight arrives in Cuba

STORY: 1st Beijing-Madrid-Havana flight arrives in Cuba SHOOTING TIME: May 17, 2024 DATELINE: May 19, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:24 LOCATION: Havana CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the arrival STORYLINE: Local authorities said that the first flight to resume air links between Cuba and China arrived in Havana on Friday, with a stopover in Spain, which will enhance connectivity and facilitate exchanges between the two countries. The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner of Air China was received at the Jose Marti International Airport in Havana with the traditional water salute. Starting with two flights per week, it is hoped that the airline frequency will increase as passenger traffic between the two countries grows. There were no direct flights from China to Cuba until Air China resumed the Beijing-Madrid-Havana route, the only direct one between China and Cuba. The air links were suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Havana. (XHTV)

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NEW ZEALAND-AUCKLAND-CHENGDU-DIRECT FLIGHT-RESUMPTION

(240417) -- AUCKLAND, April 17, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Crew of Sichuan Airlines' direct flight from China's Chengdu to Auckland of New Zealand pose for a group photo with honored guests at the Auckland International Airport in Auckland, New Zealand, April 17, 2024. The direct flights between China's Chengdu and Auckland of New Zealand officially resumed on Wednesday after being suspended for more than four years as a Sichuan Airlines' aircraft carrying over 200 Chinese tourists landed at the Auckland International Airport. (Xinhua/Lu Huaiqian)

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Direct air route linking China's Dalian, Japan's Kitakyushu resumed

STORY: Direct air route linking China's Dalian, Japan's Kitakyushu resumed SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 8, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 10, 2024 LENGTH: 0:00:36 LOCATION: DALIAN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of flight GS7967 2. various of Dalian international airport 3. various of passengers in the terminal 4. various of flight GS7967 STORYLINE: A direct air route linking Dalian, a city in northeast China, and Japan's Kitakyushu was resumed on Monday, after a hiatus of almost four years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Tianjin Airlines, the operator of the air route, is scheduled to carry out flights on Mondays and Fridays, starting from Monday. The air route was launched in August 2019 and was suspended in February 2020. This year marks the 45th anniversary of the establishment of a sister city relationship between Dalian and Kitakyushu. The resumption of the air route will help strengthen personnel, economic and trade exchanges between northeast China and Kitakyushu, according to sources with the

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Flydubai airline resumes flights to Kabul

STORY: Flydubai airline resumes flights to Kabul SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 15, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:11 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Kabul International Airport and a resumed flight from Dubai to Kabul STORYLINE: The Flydubai airline resumed flights between Dubai and Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Wednesday, the state-run Radio Television of Afghanistan (RTA) reported. Private TV channel Tolonews reported that Air Arabia, another UAE airline, would soon start flights to Kabul. Since the withdrawal of the U.S.-led coalition forces from Afghanistan in late August 2021, almost all international airlines have suspended flights to the war-torn country. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Kabul. (XHTV)

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BRITAIN-LONDON-AIRPORT-FIRE

(231011) -- LONDON, Oct. 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A flight notice board shows delayed and canceled flights due to a fire at the London Luton Airport's Terminal Car Park 2 in Britain, Oct. 11, 2023. All flights at London Luton Airport have been suspended until Wednesday afternoon after a massive blaze ripped through one of its car parks. (Photo by Ray Tang/Xinhua)

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Himalaya Airlines launches Kathmandu-Qingdao flight

STORY: Himalaya Airlines launches Kathmandu-Qingdao flight DATELINE: Sept. 11, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:31 LOCATION: Kathmandu CATEGORY: SOCIETY/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Himalaya Airlines 2. various of the launching ceremony STORYLINE: Himalaya Airlines on Sunday started its inaugural flight from the Nepali capital of Kathmandu to Qingdao in Shandong Province of eastern China. The H97220 flight took off in the morning with 114 passengers aboard, and the return H97221 flight was scheduled to come back to Kathmandu in the evening. The airline is operating a round trip from Kathmandu to Qingdao on an A320 plane every Sunday. In June, the Kathmandu-based airline, a Nepal-China joint venture established in August 2014, resumed direct flights between Kathmandu and Beijing which were suspended for three years over the COVID-19. Every new air route added by Himalaya Airlines will bring new Chinese nationals to Nepal, and promote people-to-people exchanges and the tourism industry in Nepal, noted Chen Song, Ch

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Typhoon Talim to bring rainstorms to coastal areas of southern China

STORY: Typhoon Talim to bring rainstorms to coastal areas of southern China DATELINE: July 17, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:54 LOCATION: HAIKOU, China CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): HONG LIANG, Xinhua correspondent STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): HONG LIANG, Xinhua correspondent "I'm now in Baishamen, Haikou, south China's Hainan Province. Across the (Qiongzhou) Strait is Leizhou Peninsula, Guangdong Province. According to the National Meteorological Center, Typhon Talim, the fourth typhoon of this year, will make landfall in coastal areas between Hainan Province and Guangdong Province on Monday night. China's national observatory renewed an orange alert, the second-highest alert level, for Typhoon Talim earlier today. Due to the approaching of the typhoon, Hainan Province has suspended high-speed train and flight operations. The city implemented a temporary suspension of school activities from noontime on Monday, and people other than those taking part in rescue and disaster relief work and necessar

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IRELAND-DUBLIN-BEIJING-FLIGHT RESUMED

(230628) -- DUBLIN, June 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- An aircraft operated by China's Hainan Airlines is pictured at the tarmac of Dublin Airport in Dublin, Ireland, June 27, 2023. A nonstop flight route between Dublin and Beijing was reopened here on Tuesday, after being suspended for more than three years. It is the only flight route that directly connects Ireland to China. Operated by China's Hainan Airlines, the route offers two return flights each week, leaving Dublin Airport on Tuesday and Saturday. (Photo by Liu Xiaoming/Xinhua)

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IRELAND-DUBLIN-BEIJING-FLIGHT RESUMED

(230628) -- DUBLIN, June 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Passengers board an aircraft operated by China's Hainan Airlines for Beijing at Dublin Airport in Dublin, Ireland, June 27, 2023. A nonstop flight route between Dublin and Beijing was reopened here on Tuesday, after being suspended for more than three years. It is the only flight route that directly connects Ireland to China. Operated by China's Hainan Airlines, the route offers two return flights each week, leaving Dublin Airport on Tuesday and Saturday. (Photo by Liu Xiaoming/Xinhua)

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Hainan Airlines resumes Dublin-Beijing nonstop flight route

STORY: Hainan Airlines resumes Dublin-Beijing nonstop flight route DATELINE: June 28, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:07 LOCATION: Dublin CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Dublin Airport 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): EOIN MCGLOUGHLIN, Vice president of Aviation Business Development of Dublin Airport 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): SADHBH DEE, Irish student studying at China's Shanghai University 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): CHENG SI, Chinese passenger STORYLINE: A nonstop flight route between Dublin and Beijing was reopened in Dublin on Tuesday, after being suspended for more than three years. It is the only flight route that directly connects Ireland to China. Operated by China's Hainan Airlines, the route offers two return flights each week, leaving Dublin Airport on Tuesday and Saturday. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): EOIN MCGLOUGHLIN, Vice president of Aviation Business Development of Dublin Airport "It's really great to have a direct link back to China again after four years. We are opening the borders and the economies

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Direct flights between Taiwan, Fuzhou resume

STORY: Direct flights between Taiwan, Fuzhou resume DATELINE: May 23, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:50 LOCATION: FUZHOU, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the airport 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LAI SE CHEN, Director General of Taiwan Tourism Exchange Association STORYLINE: Direct flights between Taiwan and Fuzhou resumed on Monday with Xiamen Airlines providing the first direct flight between Fuzhou, capital of southeast China's Fujian Province, and Taipei. The route was suspended in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Since direct air routes across the Taiwan Strait started in 2008, a total of 31,000 flights have been operated between Taiwan and Fuzhou, with more than 3.41 million passenger trips made. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LAI SE CHEN, Director General of Taiwan Tourism Exchange Association "Fuzhou is a place that many people from Taiwan like traveling to. I hope the flight resumption by Xiamen Airlines would be good news for the tourism industry and for people on both sides (of the Taiwan Strai

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CHINA-FUJIAN-TAIWAN-DIRECT FLIGHTS-RESUMPTION (CN)

(230522) -- FUZHOU, May 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- The Flight MF883 waits to take off at the Fuzhou Changle International Airport in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, May 22, 2023. Direct flights between Taiwan and Fuzhou resumed on Monday after being suspended for over three years due to the pandemic. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)

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CHINA-FUJIAN-TAIWAN-DIRECT FLIGHTS-RESUMPTION (CN)

(230522) -- FUZHOU, May 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Passengers get their boarding passes checked before boarding the Flight MF883 at the Fuzhou Changle International Airport in Fuzhou, capital of southeast China's Fujian Province, May 22, 2023. Direct flights between Taiwan and Fuzhou resumed on Monday after being suspended for over three years due to the pandemic. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)

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Direct flights between China's Xiamen, Myanmar's Yangon resume after COVID-19 hiatus

STORY: Direct flights between China's Xiamen, Myanmar's Yangon resume after COVID-19 hiatus DATELINE: April 27, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:31 LOCATION: YANGON, Myanmar CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the resumption of Xiamen-Yangon direct flights 2. various of the Yangon International Airport STORYLINE: A commercial flight operated by China's Xiamen Airlines landed at the Yangon International Airport on Wednesday afternoon, marking the resumption of direct passenger flights between China's Xiamen and Myanmar's Yangon since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Xiamen Airlines reopened the route between Xiamen in east China's Fujian Province and Yangon in southern Myanmar with three round trips every Monday, Wednesday and Friday after it suspended all direct flights between the two cities in February 2020. The resumption of the flights aims to boost economic and people-to-people exchanges between Fujian and Myanmar, the airlines said in a statement. Myanmar reopened the Yangon International A

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China Southern Airlines reopens 1st Japan-China route

TOYAMA, Japan - Officials of the Toyama prefectural government hold a banner reading "Heartfelt Welcome" to greet passengers on China Southern Airlines' first flight on the Toyama-Daian leg after it resumed operating that part of its Toyama-Beijing route, after it arrived at Toyama Airport on Sept. 25, 2013. It was the first of its Japan-China routes to be suspended in October 2012 in the wake of tense Japan-China relations.

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Strong winds in Tokyo, vicinity disrupt air, railway transport

TOKYO, Japan - A departure board at Tokyo's Haneda airport shows flight cancellations and delays as strong winds swept through Tokyo and surrounding areas on April 2, 2010. Bullet train services on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line and other railway services were also suspended or delayed in the metropolitan area.

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Direct passenger flight resumes between Chinese mainland, Israel after COVID-19 hiatus

STORY: Direct passenger flight resumes between Chinese mainland, Israel after COVID-19 hiatus DATELINE: Nov. 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:45 LOCATION: Jerusalem CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Ben Gurion Airport 2. various of Hainan Airlines passenger plane arriving 3. various of passengers walking out of cabin 4. various of the terminal 5. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): WEI RAN, General manager of Hainan Airlines' Israel branch STORYLINE: A commercial flight operated by China's Hainan Airlines landed at the Ben Gurion International Airport in Israel on Tuesday morning, marking the resumption of direct passenger flight between the Chinese mainland and Israel since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Hainan Airlines reopened the route between Shenzhen in southern China and Israel's Tel Aviv with one round trip every Tuesday after it suspended all direct flights between the Chinese mainland and Israel in February 2020. The flight is carried out by a Boeing 787 aircraft. Wei Ran, general manager

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Shanghai-Budapest direct passenger flights resume

STORY: Shanghai-Budapest direct passenger flights resume DATELINE: Nov. 12, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:03 LOCATION: Budapest CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of passengers queuing for check-in 2. various of passengers queuing for boarding 3. various of the flight crew celebrating with a special cake 4. various of flight departure STORYLINE: Direct passenger flights by China Eastern Airlines have resumed between China's Shanghai and Budapest in Hungary. A passenger plane that took off from Shanghai landed in Budapest on Friday. According to the Budapest office of China Eastern Airlines, the direct flights are scheduled to fly once a week on Fridays from Nov. 11. They will fly twice a week on Wednesdays and Fridays from Dec. 21, and three flights per week on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays from Jan. 15, 2023. The direct flights from Shanghai to Budapest were launched in June 2019 and were suspended in February 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The resumed route is the second non-stop passenger r

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Afghan businessman busy preparing for CIIE

STORY: Afghan businessman busy preparing for CIIE DATELINE: Nov. 2, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:49 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Afghan businessman Ali selling pine nuts 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ALI, Afghan businessman STORYLINE: Ali, an Afghan businessman who brought rugs, handicrafts and pine nuts from his hometown to sell in China is now busy selecting products for the fifth China International Import Expo (CIIE), which is scheduled to open on Nov. 5. In August 2021, the pine nuts route from Afghanistan to China was suspended due to Afghanistan's political changes. In October, at the request of the Afghan interim government, the Chinese government immediately renewed the charter flight permit and restored the pine nut flight. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ALI, Afghan businessman "Last year (2021), many pine nuts in Afghanistan could not be exported to China. At that time, the Chinese government offered a favorable policy to pine nuts imported to the Chinese market. From then on, I st

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Hungary, China resume regular passenger flights

STORY: Hungary, China resume regular passenger flights DATELINE: July 8, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:52 LOCATION: Budapest CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Budapest Airport exterior 2. various of plane arriving at Budapest Airport 3. passengers check in STORYLINE: A direct flight from Beijing landed at Budapest's Ferenc Liszt International Airport Thursday, marking the official resumption of regular passenger flights between Hungary and China. Direct air links between the two countries were suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020. According to plans, the Beijing-Budapest flight will be operated by Air China every Thursday. Peter Szijjarto, Hungarian minister of foreign affairs and trade, said on his Facebook page earlier that the decision to resume the Beijing-Budapest flight is a milestone that will promote tourism, trade and the overall Hungarian economy. Air China launched the first direct passenger flight between the capitals of China and Hungary on May 1, 2015. Xinhua News Agency cor

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CANADA-MISSISSAUGA-AIRPORT-RANDOM COVID-19 TESTING-SUSPENSION

(220611) -- MISSISSAUGA (CANADA), June 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Flight attendants walk through the arrivals hall at Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, on June 11, 2022. The Canadian federal government announced Friday that it would suspend mandatory random COVID-19 testing at all airports for vaccinated travellers starting June 11 to reduce traveller wait times. Between June 11 and June 30, mandatory randomized testing at Canadian airports will be "temporarily suspended" and unvaccinated travelers will still to be tested on-site, Transport Canada said in a statement. (Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua)

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EgyptAir resumes flights to Libya's Benghazi after 11-year halt

STORY: EgyptAir resumes flights to Libya's Benghazi after 11-year halt DATELINE: April 20, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:56 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of photos of Boeing B737-800 flight from Cairo Airport arrived at Benghazi airport in Libya 2. various of a building that has a board reading: EgyptAir In-flight Services 3. various of the logo of EgyptAir company 5. various of an airport STORYLINE: Egypt's flag carrier EgyptAir resumed its direct flights to the Libyan city of Benghazi on Monday, the Egyptian state media reported. EgyptAir is scheduled to operate a daily direct flight between Cairo and Benghazi with its Boeing B737-800, according to the official Egyptian TV. EgyptAir suspended its flights to Benghazi years ago due to the deteriorating security situation following the fall of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. Libya is an attractive market for Egyptian labor, with hundreds of thousands of Egyptians working in different sectors. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting

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Myanmar's Yangon int'l airport reopens after 2-year suspension

STORY: Myanmar's Yangon int'l airport reopens after 2-year suspension DATELINE: April 17, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:36 LOCATION: YANGON, Myanmar CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Yangon International Airport STORYLINE: Myanmar reopened the Yangon International Airport on Sunday, more than two years after the country suspended all commercial flights due to the COVID-19 pandemic. An airport official told Xinhua that a flight of Singapore Airlines that arrived at around 9 a.m. (0230 GMT) on Sunday was the first flight touching down at the airport after reopening. The Southeast Asian country suspended the operation of commercial flights in March 2020 at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in an attempt to contain the virus. The inbound passengers need to present proof of vaccination with a Ministry of Health-approved vaccine and a negative COVID-19 RT-PCR report, as part of the health protocol against COVID-19. Meanwhile, all foreign travelers shall submit the COVID-19 medical insurance

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BRITAIN-STORM-EUNICE

(220219) -- LONDON, Feb. 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Feb. 18, 2022 shows people waiting inside Waterloo train Station for cancelled and suspended trains caused by the high winds of Storm Eunice in London, Britain. Seen as one of the worst storms in three decades, Eunice has brought record high wind to Britain Friday, killing three people while causing massive power cuts, flight cancellations and school closures across the country. A woman in her 30s in north London was killed when a tree fell onto her car, a man in his 20s died when his truck collided with a fallen tree in southern England, and a man in his 50s in northwestern England died due to flying debris, local media reported. (Photo by Ray Tang/Xinhua)

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Canada Announced A 30-Day Ban On All Flights From India And Pakistan

Air India flight 187 from New Delhi lands at Pearson Airport in Toronto on Friday, April 23, 2021. The flight was the last landing allowed after all flights from India and Pakistan to Canada were suspended for 30 days. Photo by Frank Gunn/Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Canada Announced A 30-Day Ban On All Flights From India And Pakistan

Air India flight 187 from New Delhi lands at Pearson Airport in Toronto on Friday April 23, 2021. The flight was the last landing allowed after all flights from India and Pakistan to Canada were suspended for 30 days. Photo by Frank Gunn/Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Canada Announced A 30-Day Ban On All Flights From India And Pakistan

Air India flight 187 from New Delhi lands at Pearson Airport in Toronto on Friday April 23, 2021. The flight was the last landing allowed after all flights from India and Pakistan to Canada were suspended for 30 days. Photo by Frank Gunn/Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Solar plane suspends global flight until 2016

File photo taken in June 2015 shows the sun-powered Solar Impulse 2 plane leaving Nagoya, central Japan, for Hawaii. The plane, circumnavigating the globe, has suspended its journey and will stay in Hawaii until early spring 2016 due to damage to batteries from overheating, the Swiss organization operating the flight said on its website on July 15. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Strong winds in Tokyo, vicinity disrupt air, railway transport

TOKYO, Japan - A departure board at Tokyo's Haneda airport shows flight cancellations and delays as strong winds swept through Tokyo and surrounding areas on April 2, 2010. Bullet train services on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line and other railway services were also suspended or delayed in the metropolitan area. (Kyodo)

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Chubu airport resumes international flights

A Philippine Airlines aircraft takes off from Chubu airport in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on June 17, 2020, becoming the first flight to depart the airport since limited international flights were resumed earlier in the day. All international flights to and from the airport had been suspended since April 1 due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hong Kong flight cancellations

Passengers bound for Hong Kong form a long line at a boarding gate at Kansai airport in Osaka Prefecture on Aug. 13, 2019. Many flights to and from Hong Kong International Airport were canceled or delayed following anti-government rallies there by protesters against a now-suspended extradition bill that prompted massive flight cancellations the previous day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hong Kong flight cancellations

Check-in counters at Narita airport near Tokyo are crowded with passengers bound for Hong Kong on Aug. 13, 2019, as many flights to and from Hong Kong International Airport were canceled or delayed following anti-government rallies there by protesters against a now-suspended extradition bill that prompted massive flight cancellations the previous day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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People seek resumption of search for MH370

Relatives of Chinese passengers aboard missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 seek in Beijing on Jan. 18, 2017, for a resumption of the search for the plane. Australian, Chinese and Malaysian authorities announced the previous day that the nearly three-year search for the plane was being suspended. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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People seek resumption of search for MH370

Relatives of Chinese passengers aboard missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 seek in Beijing on Jan. 18, 2017, for a resumption of the search for the plane. Australian, Chinese and Malaysian authorities announced the previous day that the nearly three-year search for the plane was being suspended. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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People protest against suspension of search for MH370

Relatives of Chinese passengers aboard missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 rally in Beijing on Jan. 18, 2017, protesting against the suspension of the search for the plane. Australian, Chinese and Malaysian authorities announced the previous day that the nearly three-year search for the plane was being suspended. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo