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Thailand: Overflowing Of Ping River Causes Flooding In Chiang Mai Amid Rainy Season 3

Water levels in the Ping River rose, causing severe flooding across Chiang Mai on September 25 and affecting infrastructure. Small vehicles were stranded on flooded roads, and local shops and stalls were forced to close.

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China-Europe Railway Express vitalizes regions along its route: German expert

STORY: China-Europe Railway Express vitalizes regions along its route: German expert SHOOTING TIME: April 8, 2024 DATELINE: April 11, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:47 LOCATION: DUISBURG, Germany CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the China-Europe Railway Express 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): BERND NOCHE, Professor at the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany 3. various of the China-Europe Railway Express 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): BERND NOCHE, Professor at the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany STORYLINE: The China-Europe Railway Express has injected vitality into Duisburg, a key transportation hub in the Ruhr region of Germany, and has opened up new development opportunities for the countries and cities along its route, a German professor has said. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): BERND NOCHE, Professor at the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany "It (China-Europe Railway Express) is a very interesting link and from the worldwide point of view, unique. Now, when we see the railway connection, this is a unique tra

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German railway faces manpower shortage due to aging

BERLIN, Germany - A rail yard in Berlin of Deutsche Bahn is photographed in March 2014. The largest railway company in Germany is struggling with a manpower shortage driven by the aging of its workforce.

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Manpower shortage at German railway company

BERLIN, Germany - An employee works at a rail yard in Berlin of Deutsche Bahn, the largest railway company in Germany, in March 2014. The company is struggling with a manpower shortage driven by the aging of its workforce.

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German-made train car unveiled in Fukui Pref.

FUKUI, Japan - Fukui Railway Co. unveils its German-made train car, scheduled to start service in April, in Echizen, Fukui Prefecture, on March 29, 2014.

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Chinese premier says bid to be held for high-speed railway

BEIJING, China - German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder (L) and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao shake hands after their talks in Beijing on Dec. 1. Wen confirmed that construction of a planned high-speed railway linking Beijing and Shanghai would be decided through a public bid process.

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China-Europe freight trains see constant growth, show bright prospects of BRI

STORY: China-Europe freight trains see constant growth, show bright prospects of BRI DATELINE: April 1, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:41 LOCATION: Warsaw CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of "Shanghai-Express" reaching the DUSS terminal in Hamburg 2. STANDUP 1 (English): ZHU SHENG, Xinhua correspondent 3. STANDUP 2 (English): CHEN CHEN, Xinhua correspondent 4. various of China-europe Railway Express STORYLINE: Freight trains transporting goods between China and Europe have seen constant growth in recent years, showing bright prospects of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). STANDUP 1 (English): ZHU SHENG, Xinhua correspondent "Germany is an important node country for the China-Europe freight train routes. German cities like Duisburg, Hamburg and Mannheim have witnessed the continuous growth in the number of China-Europe freight trains." In 2021, the number of two-way freight train trips between China and Europe reached 15,000, carrying 1.46 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU), up 22 percent and 29 percen

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Turkish businesses located near Munich Station

Photo taken on Sept. 12, 2015, shows a Turkish district on the south side of Munich railway station in Germany. Berlin has implemented a host of measures to integrate immigrants into society, including German-language education. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Train collision, Pernink, Martin Hurajcik, Jiri Svoboda, Karel Havlicek, Petr Kubis

(L-R) Deputy governor of the Karlovy Vary region Martin Hurajcik, general director of the Railway Administration Jiri Svoboda, transport Minister Karel Havlicek and governor of the Karlovy Vary region Petr Kubis attend the scene of the train accident near the village of Pernink in the Karlovy Vary region, western Czech Republic, July 7, 2020. Two passenger trains collided head-on, killing at least two people and injuring about twenty others. The accident occurred between the Nove Hamry and Pernink stations and the inspection will investigate its causes and circumstances on the scene of the collision. The two colliding trains were the passenger trains going from the regional centre Karlovy Vary to Johanngeorgenstadt on the German side of the border. (CTK Photo/Slavomir Kubes)

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Train collision, Pernink, Jiri Svoboda, Karel Havlicek, Petr Kubis

(L-R) General director of the Railway Administration Jiri Svoboda, transport Minister Karel Havlicek and governor of the Karlovy Vary region Petr Kubis attend the scene of the train accident near the village of Pernink in the Karlovy Vary region, western Czech Republic, July 7, 2020. Two passenger trains collided head-on, killing at least two people and injuring about twenty others. The accident occurred between the Nove Hamry and Pernink stations and the inspection will investigate its causes and circumstances on the scene of the collision. The two colliding trains were the passenger trains going from the regional centre Karlovy Vary to Johanngeorgenstadt on the German side of the border. (CTK Photo/Slavomir Kubes)

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All crossings on Czech borders with Austria and Germany are reopen, Petrovice, Luckendorf

German police officers patroll at the border crossing Petrovice/Luckendorf with Czech Republic, May 26, 2020. Only random checks along the Czech borders with Austria and Germany will be performed and all road and railway crossings along these borders will reopen, the Czech cabinet decided on Interior Minister Jan Hamacek's proposal. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Hajek)

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All crossings on Czech borders with Austria and Germany are reopen, Petrovice, Luckendorf

German police officers patroll at the border crossing Petrovice/Luckendorf with Czech Republic, May 26, 2020. Only random checks along the Czech borders with Austria and Germany will be performed and all road and railway crossings along these borders will reopen, the Czech cabinet decided on Interior Minister Jan Hamacek's proposal. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Hajek)

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CHRISTOPH ISRANG, Commemorative plaque

A plaque commemorating East Germans' road to freedom in autumn 1989 was installed at the Prague Liben railway station in Prague, Czech Republic, September 28, 2019, since some 13,000 people were driven with special trains to West Germany from there 30 years ago. The show was seen by German Ambassador Christoph Israng (pictured). (CTK Photo/Michaela Rihova)

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memorial to the air battle over Bile Karpaty Mountains in Vyskovec, bomber B17-G

The memorial to the air battle over Bile Karpaty Mountains in Vyskovec, Zlin Region, Czech Republic, on June 5, 2019. On August 29, 1944, 599 bombers of the 15th U.S. Army Air Force took off from several bases in Italy, escorted by 294 fighters, and flew over the Adriatic Sea, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Slovakia to the Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia controlled by the Nazis. Their task was to attack an oil refinery and the railway station in Ostrava rolling German trains for the Russian front. In one of the great air battles of the war and the greatest fought over Czechoslovakia 41 U.S. soldiers lost their lives, 28 of which are burried at the cemetery in Slavicin. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

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White Carpathians on North East view from the memorial to the air battle over Bile Karpaty Mountains in Vyskovec

North East view from the memorial to the air battle over Bile Karpaty Mountains in Vyskovec, Zlin Region, Czech Republic, on June 5, 2019. On August 29, 1944, 599 bombers of the 15th U.S. Army Air Force took off from several bases in Italy, escorted by 294 fighters, and flew over the Adriatic Sea, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Slovakia to the Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia controlled by the Nazis. Their task was to attack an oil refinery and the railway station in Ostrava rolling German trains for the Russian front. In one of the great air battles of the war and the greatest fought over Czechoslovakia 41 U.S. soldiers lost their lives, 28 of which are burried at the cemetery in Slavicin. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

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memorial to the air battle over Bile Karpaty Mountains in Vyskovec, bomber B17-G

The memorial to the air battle over Bile Karpaty Mountains in Vyskovec, Zlin Region, Czech Republic, on June 5, 2019. On August 29, 1944, 599 bombers of the 15th U.S. Army Air Force took off from several bases in Italy, escorted by 294 fighters, and flew over the Adriatic Sea, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Slovakia to the Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia controlled by the Nazis. Their task was to attack an oil refinery and the railway station in Ostrava rolling German trains for the Russian front. In one of the great air battles of the war and the greatest fought over Czechoslovakia 41 U.S. soldiers lost their lives, 28 of which are burried at the cemetery in Slavicin. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

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White Carpathians on South West view (direction Nova Bosaca) from the memorial to the air battle over Bile Karpaty Mountains in Vyskovec

South West view from the memorial to the air battle over Bile Karpaty Mountains in Vyskovec, Zlin Region, Czech Republic, on June 5, 2019. On August 29, 1944, 599 bombers of the 15th U.S. Army Air Force took off from several bases in Italy, escorted by 294 fighters, and flew over the Adriatic Sea, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Slovakia to the Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia controlled by the Nazis. Their task was to attack an oil refinery and the railway station in Ostrava rolling German trains for the Russian front. In one of the great air battles of the war and the greatest fought over Czechoslovakia 41 U.S. soldiers lost their lives, 28 of which are burried at the cemetery in Slavicin. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

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memorial to the air battle over Bile Karpaty Mountains in Vyskovec, bomber B17-G

The memorial to the air battle over Bile Karpaty Mountains in Vyskovec, Zlin Region, Czech Republic, on June 5, 2019. On August 29, 1944, 599 bombers of the 15th U.S. Army Air Force took off from several bases in Italy, escorted by 294 fighters, and flew over the Adriatic Sea, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Slovakia to the Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia controlled by the Nazis. Their task was to attack an oil refinery and the railway station in Ostrava rolling German trains for the Russian front. In one of the great air battles of the war and the greatest fought over Czechoslovakia 41 U.S. soldiers lost their lives, 28 of which are burried at the cemetery in Slavicin. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

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memorial to the air battle over Bile Karpaty Mountains in Vyskovec, bomber B17-G

The memorial to the air battle over Bile Karpaty Mountains in Vyskovec, Zlin Region, Czech Republic, on June 5, 2019. On August 29, 1944, 599 bombers of the 15th U.S. Army Air Force took off from several bases in Italy, escorted by 294 fighters, and flew over the Adriatic Sea, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Slovakia to the Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia controlled by the Nazis. Their task was to attack an oil refinery and the railway station in Ostrava rolling German trains for the Russian front. In one of the great air battles of the war and the greatest fought over Czechoslovakia 41 U.S. soldiers lost their lives, 28 of which are burried at the cemetery in Slavicin. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

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AI robot at Tokyo Station

A woman and her children consult the SEMMI multilingual robot deployed by German railway company Deutsche Bahn AG at a Tokyo Station information desk on May 22, 2019. The SEMMI and another AI robot Pepper, introduced on a trial basis through May 31 in the Gransta shopping and dining center on the basement floor of the station, provide directions to visitors. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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AI robot at Tokyo Station

A woman and her child consult the SEMMI multilingual robot deployed by German railway company Deutsche Bahn AG at a Tokyo Station information desk on May 22, 2019. The SEMMI and another AI robot Pepper, introduced on a trial basis through May 31 in the Gransta shopping and dining center on the basement floor of the station, provide directions to visitors. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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AI robot at Tokyo Station

A man consults the SEMMI multilingual robot deployed by German railway company Deutsche Bahn AG at a Tokyo Station information desk on May 22, 2019. The SEMMI and another AI robot Pepper, introduced on a trial basis through May 31 in the Gransta shopping and dining center on the basement floor of the station, provide directions to visitors. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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AI robot at Tokyo Station

A child consults the SEMMI multilingual robot deployed by German railway company Deutsche Bahn AG at a Tokyo Station information desk on May 22, 2019. The SEMMI and another AI robot Pepper, introduced on a trial basis through May 31 in the Gransta shopping and dining center on the basement floor of the station, provide directions to visitors. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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AI robot at Tokyo Station

A woman consults the SEMMI multilingual robot deployed by German railway company Deutsche Bahn AG at a Tokyo Station information desk on May 22, 2019. The SEMMI and another AI robot Pepper, introduced on a trial basis through May 31 in the Gransta shopping and dining center on the basement floor of the station, provide directions to visitors. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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AI robot at Tokyo Station

Photo taken on May 22, 2019, shows the "SEMMI" multilingual robot deployed by German railway company Deutsche Bahn AG at a Tokyo Station information desk. The SEMMI and another AI robot "Pepper," introduced on a trial basis through May 31 in the Gransta shopping and dining center on the basement floor of the station, provide directions to visitors. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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AI robot at Tokyo Station

Photo taken on May 22, 2019, shows the SEMMI multilingual robot deployed by German railway company Deutsche Bahn AG at a Tokyo Station information desk. The SEMMI and another AI robot Pepper, introduced on a trial basis through May 31 in the Gransta shopping and dining center on the basement floor of the station, provide directions to visitors. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chinese premier says bid to be held for high-speed railway

BEIJING, China - German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder (L) and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao shake hands after their talks in Beijing on Dec. 1. Wen confirmed that construction of a planned high-speed railway linking Beijing and Shanghai would be decided through a public bid process. (Kyodo)

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Japan consortium wins priority on Taiwan rail bid

TOKYO, Japan - Officials from Mitsui and Co. tell reporters in Tokyo on Dec. 28 that a Japanese consortium, including the company, has been awarded the priority negotiation rights for a contract for a high-speed railway to be built between Taipei and Kaohsiung. The consortium is made up of about 30 firms, also including Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd., Toshiba Corp. and two JR group companies -- Central Japan Railway Co. and West Japan Railway Co. The Japanese consortium, Taiwan Shinkansen Corp., has been competing for the contract with a Franco-German consortium, Eurotrain.