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FIFA World Cup - Kylian Mbappe Emerges On World Stage

France's Kylian Mbappe celebrates scoring with teammate Ousmane Dembele during the FIFA World Cup France v Argentina at the Kazan Arena stadium in Kazan, Russia on June 30, 2018. Teenage star Kylian Mbappe struck twice and earned another goal as France defeated Argentina 4-3 and move into the quarter-finals. Photo by Christian Liewig/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Behind The Scenes Of The Vatican

Swiss guards on the staircase Pius IX going to the Cortile di San Damaso at the apostolic palace, Vatican on June 30, 2018. The grandiose and solemn Apostolic Palace is a secretive place, forbidden to the public and jealously guarded by the Swiss Guard. It hosts the Holy See administration, the Church's spiritual authorities and before all, the apartments of the Pontiff Sovereign. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Boeing To Plead Guilty In US Probe Of Fatal 737 MAX Crashes

File photo - File photo dated June 18, 2023 - The Boeing 737 MAX is the fourth generation of the Boeing 737, a narrow-body airliner manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes a division of American company Boeing. It succeeds the Boeing 737 Next Generation and competes with the Airbus A320neo family. The new series was announced on August 30, 2011. Le Bourget, France, June 18, 2023. The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has confirmed the opening of a criminal investigation into Boeing. The negligence at the origin of the accident during the Alaska Airlines flight could call into question the agreement reached in 2021 with the American justice system, which allowed Boeing to escape a trial for the crashes of 2018 and 2019. Photo by Thomas Arnoux/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-CENTRAL REGION-WATER RESOURCES PROTECTION (CN)

(240614) -- BEIJING, June 14, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- An aerial drone photo taken on April 30, 2018 shows the demolition site of a chemical company by the riverside in the Yichang section of the Yangtze River in central China's Hubei Province. In recent years, provinces in China's central region have been making great efforts in the protection of water resources, so as to strengthen the shields for ecological security and protect biodiversity along the Yangtze River. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Xiao Yijiu)

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CHINA-CENTRAL REGION-WATER RESOURCES PROTECTION (CN)

(240614) -- BEIJING, June 14, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on April 30, 2018 shows the demolition site of a chemical company by the riverside in the Yichang section of the Yangtze River in central China's Hubei Province. In recent years, provinces in China's central region have been making great efforts in the protection of water resources, so as to strengthen the shields for ecological security and protect biodiversity along the Yangtze River. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)

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Boeing Threatened By Criminal Investigation

File photo dated June 18, 2023 - The Boeing 737 MAX is the fourth generation of the Boeing 737, a narrow-body airliner manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes a division of American company Boeing. It succeeds the Boeing 737 Next Generation and competes with the Airbus A320neo family. The new series was announced on August 30, 2011. The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has confirmed the opening of a criminal investigation into Boeing. The negligence at the origin of the accident during the Alaska Airlines flight could call into question the agreement reached in 2021 with the American justice system, which allowed Boeing to escape a trial for the crashes of 2018 and 2019. Photo by Thomas Arnoux/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Boeing Threatened By Criminal Investigation

File photo dated June 18, 2023 - The Boeing 737 MAX is the fourth generation of the Boeing 737, a narrow-body airliner manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes a division of American company Boeing. It succeeds the Boeing 737 Next Generation and competes with the Airbus A320neo family. The new series was announced on August 30, 2011. Le Bourget, France, June 18, 2023. The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has confirmed the opening of a criminal investigation into Boeing. The negligence at the origin of the accident during the Alaska Airlines flight could call into question the agreement reached in 2021 with the American justice system, which allowed Boeing to escape a trial for the crashes of 2018 and 2019. Photo by Thomas Arnoux/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Boeing Threatened By Criminal Investigation

File photo dated June 18, 2023 - The Boeing 737 MAX is the fourth generation of the Boeing 737, a narrow-body airliner manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes a division of American company Boeing. It succeeds the Boeing 737 Next Generation and competes with the Airbus A320neo family. The new series was announced on August 30, 2011. Le Bourget, France. The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has confirmed the opening of a criminal investigation into Boeing. The negligence at the origin of the accident during the Alaska Airlines flight could call into question the agreement reached in 2021 with the American justice system, which allowed Boeing to escape a trial for the crashes of 2018 and 2019. Photo by Thomas Arnoux/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Boeing Threatened By Criminal Investigation

File photo dated June 18, 2023 - The Boeing 737 MAX is the fourth generation of the Boeing 737, a narrow-body airliner manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes a division of American company Boeing. It succeeds the Boeing 737 Next Generation and competes with the Airbus A320neo family. The new series was announced on August 30, 2011. Le Bourget, France, June 18, 2023. The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has confirmed the opening of a criminal investigation into Boeing. The negligence at the origin of the accident during the Alaska Airlines flight could call into question the agreement reached in 2021 with the American justice system, which allowed Boeing to escape a trial for the crashes of 2018 and 2019. Photo by Thomas Arnoux/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Boeing Threatened By Criminal Investigation

File photo dated June 18, 2023 - The Boeing 737 MAX is the fourth generation of the Boeing 737, a narrow-body airliner manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes a division of American company Boeing. It succeeds the Boeing 737 Next Generation and competes with the Airbus A320neo family. The new series was announced on August 30, 2011. The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has confirmed the opening of a criminal investigation into Boeing. The negligence at the origin of the accident during the Alaska Airlines flight could call into question the agreement reached in 2021 with the American justice system, which allowed Boeing to escape a trial for the crashes of 2018 and 2019. Photo by Thomas Arnoux/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Boeing Threatened By Criminal Investigation

File photo dated June 18, 2023 - The Boeing 737 MAX is the fourth generation of the Boeing 737, a narrow-body airliner manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes a division of American company Boeing. It succeeds the Boeing 737 Next Generation and competes with the Airbus A320neo family. The new series was announced on August 30, 2011. Le Bourget, France, June 18, 2023. The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has confirmed the opening of a criminal investigation into Boeing. The negligence at the origin of the accident during the Alaska Airlines flight could call into question the agreement reached in 2021 with the American justice system, which allowed Boeing to escape a trial for the crashes of 2018 and 2019. Photo by Thomas Arnoux/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Boeing Threatened By Criminal Investigation

File photo dated June 18, 2023 - The Boeing 737 MAX is the fourth generation of the Boeing 737, a narrow-body airliner manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes a division of American company Boeing. It succeeds the Boeing 737 Next Generation and competes with the Airbus A320neo family. The new series was announced on August 30, 2011. Le Bourget, France, June 18, 2023. The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has confirmed the opening of a criminal investigation into Boeing. The negligence at the origin of the accident during the Alaska Airlines flight could call into question the agreement reached in 2021 with the American justice system, which allowed Boeing to escape a trial for the crashes of 2018 and 2019. Photo by Thomas Arnoux/ABACAPRESS.COM

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World's first Zootopia land begins trial operation at Shanghai Disney Resort

STORY: World's first Zootopia land begins trial operation at Shanghai Disney Resort SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 30, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 1, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:11 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Zootopia land STORYLINE: The world's first Zootopia land, scheduled to open to the public starting from Dec. 20 at Shanghai Disney Resort, has kicked off trial operation, the resort said Wednesday. The new themed land was open to the media for the first time on Wednesday. It is based on the Walt Disney Animation Studios movie "Zootopia" and will become the eighth themed land in Shanghai Disneyland. According to the resort, the Zootopia land's construction began in December 2019, and it involves many latest original design concepts from the international Disney engineering team. Shanghai Disney Resort opened with six themed lands on June 16, 2016. Its seventh land, Disney Pixar Toy Story Land, opened in 2018, making Shanghai Disneyland the fastest-expanding Disneyland in the world. I

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China-Africa expo unlocks new cooperation potential

STORY: China-Africa expo unlocks new cooperation potential DATELINE: June 30, 2023 LENGTH: 00:05:03 LOCATION: CHANGSHA, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Africa 2. various of example projects of Africa and China cooperation 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): Voice of Chinese President Xi Jinping, Speech at opening ceremony of 2018 FOCAC Beijing Summit 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): Voice of Chinese President Xi Jinping, Speech at opening ceremony of 2018 FOCAC Beijing Summit 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): JING JIANHUA, Founder of Own Master Coffee in Hunan Province 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): HOSEA BULUS, Staff member of Kilimall International Limited, Changsha, Hunan Province 7. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): XIANG YUANHE, Marketing director, Kilimall International Limited 8. SOUNDBITE 6 (Swahili): Voice of MWALIMU ZAHARI, Fisherman in Kibuyuni Village, Kenya 9. SOUNDBITE 7 (English): GERISHON IKIARA, International relations scholar, University of Nairobi 10. SOUNDBITE 8 (English): CHIPOKA MULENGA, Zambian Minister of Com

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Saudi project dismantles 880 landmines in Yemen in 3rd week of June

STORY: Saudi project dismantles 880 landmines in Yemen in 3rd week of June DATELINE: June 30, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:52 LOCATION: ADEN, Yemen CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of landmine clearance project in Yemen STORYLINE: A landmine clearance project in Yemen said its teams had dismantled 880 landmines in the war-torn country during the third week of June, the official Saba news agency reported Thursday. The Saudi Project for Landmine Clearance (Masam) has successfully cleared 405,213 landmines since its inception in 2018, the Saba report added. In cooperation with Yemen's government demining teams, the objective of the project is to remove all landmines and explosive devices in the country and create a safer environment for local communities. Various Yemeni warring factions have laid a large number of mines and improvised explosive devices in the years-long military conflict, posing significant risks to civilians. Yemen's demining experts said more than 1 million landmines have been laid since the

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IsdaT In Danger - Mobilization of staff and students In Toulouse

In the Wood workshop, closed. Assistant in post since 2018, contract not renewed, Workshop closed from June 13, 2023. First day of a renewable strike by staff, agents, teachers and technicians at ISDAT,Toulouse Institute of Art and Design, until June 30, 2023. Following the national mobilization of art schools in France from November to March 2023, the situation at ISDAT Toulouse is critical, with a deficit of over five hundred thousand euros in 2023. There's no blockage, but the wood workshop (where frames and pedestals are made) is closed due to the end of a teacher's contract that has not been renewed, retirements that have not been replaced... A school without a Director and without a contact person. A student is sounding the alarm: many projects and residences are falling through. Toulouse City Council has launched an audit. For more information, visit https://isdatendanger.wordpress.com. France, Toulouse on 14 June 2023. Photo by Patricia Huchot-Boissier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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IsdaT In Danger - Mobilization of staff and students In Toulouse

In the Wood workshop, closed. Assistant in post since 2018, contract not renewed, Workshop closed from June 13, 2023. First day of a renewable strike by staff, agents, teachers and technicians at ISDAT,Toulouse Institute of Art and Design, until June 30, 2023. Following the national mobilization of art schools in France from November to March 2023, the situation at ISDAT Toulouse is critical, with a deficit of over five hundred thousand euros in 2023. There's no blockage, but the wood workshop (where frames and pedestals are made) is closed due to the end of a teacher's contract that has not been renewed, retirements that have not been replaced... A school without a Director and without a contact person. A student is sounding the alarm: many projects and residences are falling through. Toulouse City Council has launched an audit. For more information, visit https://isdatendanger.wordpress.com. France, Toulouse on 14 June 2023. Photo by Patricia Huchot-Boissier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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IsdaT In Danger - Mobilization of staff and students In Toulouse

In the Wood workshop, closed. Assistant in post since 2018, contract not renewed, Workshop closed from June 13, 2023. First day of a renewable strike by staff, agents, teachers and technicians at ISDAT,Toulouse Institute of Art and Design, until June 30, 2023. Following the national mobilization of art schools in France from November to March 2023, the situation at ISDAT Toulouse is critical, with a deficit of over five hundred thousand euros in 2023. There's no blockage, but the wood workshop (where frames and pedestals are made) is closed due to the end of a teacher's contract that has not been renewed, retirements that have not been replaced... A school without a Director and without a contact person. A student is sounding the alarm: many projects and residences are falling through. Toulouse City Council has launched an audit. For more information, visit https://isdatendanger.wordpress.com. France, Toulouse on 14 June 2023. Photo by Patricia Huchot-Boissier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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IsdaT In Danger - Mobilization of staff and students In Toulouse

In the Wood workshop, closed. Assistant in post since 2018, contract not renewed, Workshop closed from June 13, 2023. First day of a renewable strike by staff, agents, teachers and technicians at ISDAT,Toulouse Institute of Art and Design, until June 30, 2023. Following the national mobilization of art schools in France from November to March 2023, the situation at ISDAT Toulouse is critical, with a deficit of over five hundred thousand euros in 2023. There's no blockage, but the wood workshop (where frames and pedestals are made) is closed due to the end of a teacher's contract that has not been renewed, retirements that have not been replaced... A school without a Director and without a contact person. A student is sounding the alarm: many projects and residences are falling through. Toulouse City Council has launched an audit. For more information, visit https://isdatendanger.wordpress.com. France, Toulouse on 14 June 2023. Photo by Patricia Huchot-Boissier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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IsdaT In Danger - Mobilization of staff and students In Toulouse

In the Wood workshop, closed. Assistant in post since 2018, contract not renewed, Workshop closed from June 13, 2023. First day of a renewable strike by staff, agents, teachers and technicians at ISDAT,Toulouse Institute of Art and Design, until June 30, 2023. Following the national mobilization of art schools in France from November to March 2023, the situation at ISDAT Toulouse is critical, with a deficit of over five hundred thousand euros in 2023. There's no blockage, but the wood workshop (where frames and pedestals are made) is closed due to the end of a teacher's contract that has not been renewed, retirements that have not been replaced... A school without a Director and without a contact person. A student is sounding the alarm: many projects and residences are falling through. Toulouse City Council has launched an audit. For more information, visit https://isdatendanger.wordpress.com. France, Toulouse on 14 June 2023. Photo by Patricia Huchot-Boissier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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IsdaT In Danger - Mobilization of staff and students In Toulouse

In the Wood workshop, closed. Assistant in post since 2018, contract not renewed, Workshop closed from June 13, 2023. First day of a renewable strike by staff, agents, teachers and technicians at ISDAT,Toulouse Institute of Art and Design, until June 30, 2023. Following the national mobilization of art schools in France from November to March 2023, the situation at ISDAT Toulouse is critical, with a deficit of over five hundred thousand euros in 2023. There's no blockage, but the wood workshop (where frames and pedestals are made) is closed due to the end of a teacher's contract that has not been renewed, retirements that have not been replaced... A school without a Director and without a contact person. A student is sounding the alarm: many projects and residences are falling through. Toulouse City Council has launched an audit. For more information, visit https://isdatendanger.wordpress.com. France, Toulouse on 14 June 2023. Photo by Patricia Huchot-Boissier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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IsdaT In Danger - Mobilization of staff and students In Toulouse

In the Wood workshop, closed. Assistant in post since 2018, contract not renewed, Workshop closed from June 13, 2023. First day of a renewable strike by staff, agents, teachers and technicians at ISDAT,Toulouse Institute of Art and Design, until June 30, 2023. Following the national mobilization of art schools in France from November to March 2023, the situation at ISDAT Toulouse is critical, with a deficit of over five hundred thousand euros in 2023. There's no blockage, but the wood workshop (where frames and pedestals are made) is closed due to the end of a teacher's contract that has not been renewed, retirements that have not been replaced... A school without a Director and without a contact person. A student is sounding the alarm: many projects and residences are falling through. Toulouse City Council has launched an audit. For more information, visit https://isdatendanger.wordpress.com. France, Toulouse on 14 June 2023. Photo by Patricia Huchot-Boissier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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IsdaT In Danger - Mobilization of staff and students In Toulouse

In the Wood workshop, closed. Assistant in post since 2018, contract not renewed, Workshop closed from June 13, 2023. First day of a renewable strike by staff, agents, teachers and technicians at ISDAT,Toulouse Institute of Art and Design, until June 30, 2023. Following the national mobilization of art schools in France from November to March 2023, the situation at ISDAT Toulouse is critical, with a deficit of over five hundred thousand euros in 2023. There's no blockage, but the wood workshop (where frames and pedestals are made) is closed due to the end of a teacher's contract that has not been renewed, retirements that have not been replaced... A school without a Director and without a contact person. A student is sounding the alarm: many projects and residences are falling through. Toulouse City Council has launched an audit. For more information, visit https://isdatendanger.wordpress.com. France, Toulouse on 14 June 2023. Photo by Patricia Huchot-Boissier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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IsdaT In Danger - Mobilization of staff and students In Toulouse

Placard on the door of the wood workshop, Assistant in post since 2018, contract not renewed, Workshop closed from June 13, 2023. First day of a renewable strike by staff, agents, teachers and technicians at ISDAT,Toulouse Institute of Art and Design, until June 30, 2023. Following the national mobilization of art schools in France from November to March 2023, the situation at ISDAT Toulouse is critical, with a deficit of over five hundred thousand euros in 2023. There's no blockage, but the wood workshop (where frames and pedestals are made) is closed due to the end of a teacher's contract that has not been renewed, retirements that have not been replaced... A school without a Director and without a contact person. A student is sounding the alarm: many projects and residences are falling through. Toulouse City Council has launched an audit. For more information, visit https://isdatendanger.wordpress.com. France, Toulouse on 14 June 2023. Photo by Patricia Huchot-Boissier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Football: France vs Argentina at World Cup

KAZAN, Russia, July 2 Kyodo - Argentina's Lionel Messi (10) walks off the pitch after his side lost 4-3 to France in a World Cup round-of-16 match in Kazan, Russia, on June 30, 2018.

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Panasonic's home rain gutters

OSAKA, Japan - Panasonic Corp.'s residential rain gutters are shown in Ritto, Shiga Prefecture, on June 19, 2014. The company announced a plan to expand the sales of rain gutter products to 30 billion yen in fiscal 2018, 1.5 times of fiscal 2013.

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TAKLIMAKAN DESERT-NEW HIGHWAY (CN)

(220630) -- YULI, June 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Combo photo shows one section of a new highway traversing the Taklimakan Desert under construction on July 5, 2018 (top, photo taken by Hu Huhu) and the same section after construction on June 24, 2022 (photo taken by Li Xiang), in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Located in south Xinjiang's Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, the highway, connecting Yuli County and Qiemo County, was put into operation on Thursday. The highway is the third one across the Taklimakan Desert, the world's second-largest shifting-sand desert. With a designed speed of 60 or 80 km per hour for different sections, the highway has a total length of 334 km, with 307 km passing through the desert. So far, China has more than 1,200 km of highways across the Taklimakan Desert. The highway has been built with an estimated total investment of about 1.75 billion yuan (about 261.5 million U.S. dollars) and its construction started in October 2017. (Xinhua/Li Xiang)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TAKLIMAKAN DESERT-NEW HIGHWAY (CN)

(220630) -- YULI, June 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Combo photo shows one section of a new highway traversing the Taklimakan Desert under construction on July 5, 2018 (top, photo taken by Hu Huhu) and the same section after construction on June 27, 2022 (photo taken by Gu Yu), in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Located in south Xinjiang's Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, the highway, connecting Yuli County and Qiemo County, was put into operation on Thursday. The highway is the third one across the Taklimakan Desert, the world's second-largest shifting-sand desert. With a designed speed of 60 or 80 km per hour for different sections, the highway has a total length of 334 km, with 307 km passing through the desert. So far, China has more than 1,200 km of highways across the Taklimakan Desert. The highway has been built with an estimated total investment of about 1.75 billion yuan (about 261.5 million U.S. dollars) and its construction started in October 2017. (Xinhua)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TAKLIMAKAN DESERT-NEW HIGHWAY (CN)

(220630) -- YULI, June 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Combo photo shows one section of a new highway traversing the Taklimakan Desert under construction on July 5, 2018 (top, photo taken by Hu Huhu) and the same section after construction on June 26, 2022 (photo taken by Li Xiang), in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Located in south Xinjiang's Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, the highway, connecting Yuli County and Qiemo County, was put into operation on Thursday. The highway is the third one across the Taklimakan Desert, the world's second-largest shifting-sand desert. With a designed speed of 60 or 80 km per hour for different sections, the highway has a total length of 334 km, with 307 km passing through the desert. So far, China has more than 1,200 km of highways across the Taklimakan Desert. The highway has been built with an estimated total investment of about 1.75 billion yuan (about 261.5 million U.S. dollars) and its construction started in October 2017. (Xinhua)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TAKLIMAKAN DESERT-NEW HIGHWAY (CN)

(220630) -- YULI, June 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Combo photo shows a construction site of a new highway traversing the Taklimakan Desert on July 5, 2018 (top, photo taken by Hu Huhu) and the same site where a toll station and service area have been set up on June 27, 2022 (photo taken by Su Chuanyi), in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Located in south Xinjiang's Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, the highway, connecting Yuli County and Qiemo County, was put into operation on Thursday. The highway is the third one across the Taklimakan Desert, the world's second-largest shifting-sand desert. With a designed speed of 60 or 80 km per hour for different sections, the highway has a total length of 334 km, with 307 km passing through the desert. So far, China has more than 1,200 km of highways across the Taklimakan Desert. The highway has been built with an estimated total investment of about 1.75 billion yuan (about 261.5 million U.S. dollars) and its construction started in October 2

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TAKLIMAKAN DESERT-NEW HIGHWAY (CN)

(220630) -- YULI, June 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Workers lay grass grids along a new highway traversing the Taklimakan Desert in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 10, 2018. Located in south Xinjiang's Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, the highway, connecting Yuli County and Qiemo County, was put into operation on Thursday. The highway is the third one across the Taklimakan Desert, the world's second-largest shifting-sand desert. With a designed speed of 60 or 80 km per hour for different sections, the highway has a total length of 334 km, with 307 km passing through the desert. So far, China has more than 1,200 km of highways across the Taklimakan Desert. The highway has been built with an estimated total investment of about 1.75 billion yuan (about 261.5 million U.S. dollars) and its construction started in October 2017. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TAKLIMAKAN DESERT-NEW HIGHWAY (CN)

(220630) -- YULI, June 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Workers work at the construction site of a new highway traversing the Taklimakan Desert in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 5, 2018. Located in south Xinjiang's Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, the highway, connecting Yuli County and Qiemo County, was put into operation on Thursday. The highway is the third one across the Taklimakan Desert, the world's second-largest shifting-sand desert. With a designed speed of 60 or 80 km per hour for different sections, the highway has a total length of 334 km, with 307 km passing through the desert. So far, China has more than 1,200 km of highways across the Taklimakan Desert. The highway has been built with an estimated total investment of about 1.75 billion yuan (about 261.5 million U.S. dollars) and its construction started in October 2017. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-TAKLIMAKAN DESERT-NEW HIGHWAY (CN)

(220630) -- YULI, June 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Workers lay grass grids along a new highway traversing the Taklimakan Desert in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 13, 2018. Located in south Xinjiang's Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, the highway, connecting Yuli County and Qiemo County, was put into operation on Thursday. The highway is the third one across the Taklimakan Desert, the world's second-largest shifting-sand desert. With a designed speed of 60 or 80 km per hour for different sections, the highway has a total length of 334 km, with 307 km passing through the desert. So far, China has more than 1,200 km of highways across the Taklimakan Desert. The highway has been built with an estimated total investment of about 1.75 billion yuan (about 261.5 million U.S. dollars) and its construction started in October 2017. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)

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China to hand over completed new parliament building to Zimbabwe

STORY: China to hand over completed new parliament building to Zimbabwe DATELINE: June 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:11 LOCATION: Harare CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the new parliament building design model on display 2. SOUNDBITE (English): CAI LIBO, Project Manager, Shanghai Construction Group Company 3. interiors of the building, lounges and special committee rooms STORYLINE: Zimbabwe's new parliament building, constructed and fully funded by China as a gift to the southern African country, is now complete and ready for occupation. It took 42 months to complete the project, instead of the original 32-month timeframe due to COVID-19 disruptions. Construction began in November 2018. Sitting on the historical Mt. Hampden Hill, about 18 kilometers northwest of the capital Harare, the six-story building is a fine piece of magnificent architecture that fuses both Zimbabwean and Chinese characteristics. SOUNDBITE (English): CAI LIBO, Project Manager, Shanghai Construction Group Company "This building

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(HKSAR 25)CHINA-GREATER BAY AREA-TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE (CN)

(220630) -- GUANGZHOU, June 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A cruise ship sails past the artificial islands of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, south China, July 27, 2018. The 55-kilometer-long bridge, situated in the Lingdingyang waters of the Pearl River Estuary, is the world's longest bridge-tunnel combined cross-sea passage. With the building of traffic arteries, the connectivity in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area has been continuously improved. The convenient transport network has also enhanced the logistics efficiency within the area and injected new vitality into local development of business. (Photo by Hao Xiaotian/Xinhua)

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Italian designer's "treasure hunt" journey in China's Guangdong

STORY: Italian designer's "treasure hunt" journey in China's Guangdong DATELINE: June 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:30 LOCATION: GUANGZHOU, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (English): LAURA MIMINI, Italian industrial designer STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE (English): LAURA MIMINI, Italian industrial designer "This is Laura Mimini. I'm an Italian industrial designer. I came to China more than 3 years ago. I arrived at the end of 2018. I came alone because my boyfriend was in Australia. And after 3 months I called him back and I said, it's better you find a way to come here, because I really like China immediately. Something Italy and China have in common for sure is the culture and the artistic heritage. Because in China, you have a long history. You have a lot of artistic things. They are completely different from Europe. For me, Asian culture is super interesting. There are a lot of hints and suggestions. When I arrived here in China, I discovered a lot like my mind open completely because I see things I've n

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Ships on the Hibikinada

Keywords: Hibikinada, ship, logistics, container, shipping, operation, management, compliance = Taken from Moji Ward, Kitakyushu City on June 3, 2018 (Heisei 30); Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Ships on the Hibikinada

Keywords: Hibikinada, ship, logistics, container, shipping, operation, management, compliance = Taken from Moji Ward, Kitakyushu City on June 3, 2018 (Heisei 30); Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Ships on the Hibikinada

Keywords: Hibikinada, ship, logistics, container, shipping, operation, management, compliance = Taken from Moji Ward, Kitakyushu City on June 3, 2018 (Heisei 30); Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Ships on the Hibikinada

Keywords: Hibikinada, ship, logistics, container, shipping, operation, management, compliance = Taken from Moji Ward, Kitakyushu City on June 3, 2018 (Heisei 30); Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Sharp develops transparent liquid crystal display

Sharp Corp. unveils in Osaka on June 30, 2015, a highly transparent liquid crystal display it hopes to put into practical use by the end of March 2018. The LCD can show videos in color. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: Gamba's Doan to join Dutch club Groningen on loan

Ritsu Doan of Japan takes a free kick during an Under-20 World Cup match against Venezuela in Daejeon, South Korea, on May 30, 2017. Gamba Osaka of the J-League first division said on June 23 that the 19-year-old midfielder is moving to Dutch club FC Groningen on loan from July 1 through June 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Panasonic's home rain gutters

OSAKA, Japan - Panasonic Corp.'s residential rain gutters are shown in Ritto, Shiga Prefecture, on June 19, 2014. The company announced a plan to expand the sales of rain gutter products to 30 billion yen in fiscal 2018, 1.5 times of fiscal 2013. (Kyodo)

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Angelo Caro

Angelo Caro (Peru) in action during the Mystic Sk8 Cup 2019, within World Cup Skateboarding (WCS), in Prague, Czech Republic, on June 30, 2018. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Angelo Caro

Angelo Caro (Peru) gestures during the Mystic Sk8 Cup 2019, within World Cup Skateboarding (WCS), in Prague, Czech Republic, on June 30, 2018. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Matias Dell Olio

Matias Dell Olio (Argentina) in action during the Mystic Sk8 Cup 2019, within World Cup Skateboarding (WCS), in Prague, Czech Republic, on June 30, 2018. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Angelo Caro

Angelo Caro (Peru) gestures during the Mystic Sk8 Cup 2019, within World Cup Skateboarding (WCS), in Prague, Czech Republic, on June 30, 2018. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Angelo Caro

Angelo Caro (Peru) in action during the Mystic Sk8 Cup 2019, within World Cup Skateboarding (WCS), in Prague, Czech Republic, on June 30, 2018. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Angelo Caro

Angelo Caro (Peru) in action during the Mystic Sk8 Cup 2019, within World Cup Skateboarding (WCS), in Prague, Czech Republic, on June 30, 2018. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Confluence of Zanskar and Indus rivers, mountains, Himalayas, Ladakh, Kashmir, India

Confluence of Zanskar and Indus rivers from the national highway 1D from Leh to Srinagar, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India, June 30, 2018. (CTK Photo/Karel Picha)