US: Strong Winter Storm Brings Blizzard Conditions To Sierra Nevada 3

A strong winter storm hit the Sierra Nevada on Friday, March 1, bringing heavy snow and high winds. Blizzard Warnings were issued for the area, including Lake Tahoe and eastern Nevada. The Sierra Avalanche Center warned that the danger of avalanches was high. Yosemite National Park and many ski resorts in the region announced they were closing at least for the day.

Bangladesh's first green fertilizer factory built under China's BRI nears completion

STORY: Bangladesh's first green fertilizer factory built under China's BRI nears completion DATELINE: April 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:55 LOCATION: Dhaka CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the fertilizer plant 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Bengali): MD AL AMIN HOWLADER, Project supervisor 3. various of the fertilizer plant 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Bengali): MOHAMMAD RAJIOUR RAHMAN MOLLICK, Project director, Ghorashal-Polash Urea fertilizer project 5. various of the fertilizer plant 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): WU XIANGONG, Senior vice president of China National Chemical Engineering Group Corporation Ltd. STORYLINE: The construction work of Bangladesh's Ghorashal-Polash Urea fertilizer project (GPUFP), set to be the country's largest and first-ever green fertilizer factory, is nearing completion. More than 850 Chinese employees from the China National Chemical Engineering & Construction Corporation Seven Ltd. (CC7), in collaboration with its Japanese partner Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), have been working round the clock o

Forced labor lawsuit against Japanese firms

Forced labor lawsuit against Japanese firms

BEIJING, China - Photo taken in February 2014 in front of the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court shows a group of Chinese who filed a lawsuit against Mitsubishi Materials Corp. and Nippon Coke & Engineering Co., formerly known as Mitsui Mining Co., seeking compensation and a public apology for forced labor in Japan during World War II. The court has decided to take up the lawsuit against the two Japanese companies, a plaintiff lawyer said March 18, 2014.

GSDF team head meets with U.N. mission chief in E. Timor

GSDF team head meets with U.N. mission chief in E. Timor

DILI, East Timor - Sergio Vieira de Mello (L), chief of the United Nations mission in East Timor, shakes hands with Col. Shoichi Ogawa, commander of the first Japanese Engineering Group in East Timor, at the U.N. mission's office in Dili on March 4. The 24-member advance team of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force arrived in Dili to begin preparations for Japan's participation in a U.N. peacekeeping operation (PKO).

GSDF team head meets with U.N. mission chief in E. Timor

GSDF team head meets with U.N. mission chief in E. Timor

DILI, East Timor - Sergio Vieira de Mello (L), chief of the United Nations mission in East Timor, shakes hands with Col. Shoichi Ogawa, commander of the first Japanese Engineering Group in East Timor, at the U.N. mission's office in Dili on March 4. The 24-member advance team of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force arrived in Dili to begin preparations for Japan's participation in a U.N. peacekeeping operation (PKO).

Researchers develop crystal material offering brighter red light

Researchers develop crystal material offering brighter red light

NAGOYA, Japan - A Japanese research group said April 2 it has developed a material from tin oxide micro crystals that can emit red light (R) at four times the brightness of current materials (L), and can be used to improve plasma TVs and fluorescent lights. The group is led by Masayuki Nogami, an engineering professor at the Nagoya Institute of Technology. Photo was provided by the institute. (Kyodo)