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Chinese doctors help restore eyesight for cataract patients in Cambodia

STORY: Chinese doctors help restore eyesight for cataract patients in Cambodia SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 14, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:37 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the hospital 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Khmer): KEA REN, Cataract patient 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Khmer): BUTH RON, Cataract patient 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Khmer): SO SOPANHAVATEI, Director of Prey Veng Provincial Referral Hospital 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): ZHAI JIANWEI, Chinese ophthalmologist 6. various of the hospital STORYLINE: Since 2022, a China-aided cataract blindness elimination project has been helping Cambodian patients restore eyesight in the country's Prey Veng Province. Funded by China's GX Foundation, the Cataract Blindness Eradication Project for the period of three years from September 2022 to September 2025 is expected to regain vision for some 10,000 cataract patients. Under the project, the GX Foundation has dispatched a Chinese medical team, together with two mobile eye treatment centers and a 35-seat

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Japan's Subaru telescope suspends operation

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the Subaru telescope of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan located on the summit of Mauna Kea on the island of Hawaii in October 2008. Operation of the telescope has been suspended for repairs due to coolant leak trouble, the observatory said July 5, 2011.

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Japan's Subaru telescope suspends operation

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows an outside view of the Subaru telescope of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan located on the summit of Mauna Kea on the island of Hawaii in October 2008. Operation of the telescope has been suspended for repairs due to coolant leak trouble, the observatory said July 5, 2011.

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Subaru telescope out of service, repair work planned

TOKYO, Japan - Technicians examine the underside of the 8.2 meter primary mirror of the Subaru telescope in Maunea Kea, Hawaii, in this photo dated November 1998. The telescope, the world's largest, has been out of service for the past two months due to problems with the mirror's supports. Extensive repair work is scheduled for later this year.

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Japanese Princess Sayako makes speech in Hawaii

HONOLULU, United States - Japanese Princess Sayako, the only daughter of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, speaks Sept. 17 during a ceremony at the top of Mt. Mauna Kea on Hawaii Island to mark the completion of construction there of Subaru, one of the world's largest optical-infrared telescopes, by Japan's National Astronomical Observatory.

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Japan's Princess Sayako observes heavens in Hawaii

HAWAII ISLAND, United States - Japan's Princess Sayako engages in a little nighttime astronomy with Subaru, one of the world's largest optical-infrared telescopes, at the top of Mt. Mauna Kea on Hawaii Island on Sept. 16 local time. The only daughter of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko is in Hawaii to attend a ceremony to mark the completion of the Japanese telescope.

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On the road again

The world's largest primary mirror for an optical-infrared telescope heads for the top of the 4,200-meter Mt. Mauna Kea on Hawaii Island on Oct. 5, continuing a trip that began in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The 8.2-meter-wide, 20-centimeter-thick mirror will be installed in the ''Subaru'' telescope being built by Japan's National Astronomical Observatory.

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Window to the stars

The world's largest primary mirror for an optical-infrared telescope arrives at Honolulu port Nov. 2 from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The 8.2-meter wide, 20-centimeter thick mirror will be transported to the 4,200-meter Mt. Mauna Kea on Hawaii Island, where it will be used in the ''Subaru'' telescope being built by Japan's National Astronomical Observatory.

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Champions League - Atletico v Liverpool

byline correction - Naby KeÃ¯ta of FC Liverpool and Koke of Atletico Madrid during the UEFA Champions League, Group B football match between Atletico Madrid and Liverpool on October 19, 2021 at Wanda Metropolitano stadium in Madrid, Spain. Photo by Laurent Lairys/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Champions League - Atletico v Liverpool

byline correction - CÃ©lÃ©bration Goal Naby KeÃ¯ta of FC Liverpool during the UEFA Champions League, Group B football match between Atletico Madrid and Liverpool on October 19, 2021 at Wanda Metropolitano stadium in Madrid, Spain. Photo by Laurent Lairys/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Champions League - Atletico v Liverpool

byline correction - Naby KeÃ¯ta of FC Liverpool and Yannick Carrasco of Atletico Madrid during the UEFA Champions League, Group B football match between Atletico Madrid and Liverpool on October 19, 2021 at Wanda Metropolitano stadium in Madrid, Spain. Photo by Laurent Lairys/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Champions League - Atletico v Liverpool

byline correction - CÃ©lÃ©bration Goal Naby KeÃ¯ta of FC Liverpool during the UEFA Champions League, Group B football match between Atletico Madrid and Liverpool on October 19, 2021 at Wanda Metropolitano stadium in Madrid, Spain. Photo by Laurent Lairys/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Champions League - Atletico v Liverpool

byline correction - Naby KeÃ¯ta of FC Liverpool during the UEFA Champions League, Group B football match between Atletico Madrid and Liverpool on October 19, 2021 at Wanda Metropolitano stadium in Madrid, Spain. Photo by Laurent Lairys/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Subaru telescope captures 'halo' of nebula M57

TOKYO, Japan - The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) released Sept. 17 a picture showing a faint ''halo'' around nebula M57, or the Ring Nebula, some 1,600 light years away from Earth. The Subaru telescope at the summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii is the first one to successfully capture the halo surrounding the nebula's clear, white outer ring, NAOJ said.

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On the road again

The world's largest primary mirror for an optical-infrared telescope heads for the top of the 4,200-meter Mt. Mauna Kea on Hawaii Island on Oct. 5, continuing a trip that began in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The 8.2-meter-wide, 20-centimeter-thick mirror will be installed in the ''Subaru'' telescope being built by Japan's National Astronomical Observatory.

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Japan's Subaru telescope suspends operation

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows an outside view of the Subaru telescope of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan located on the summit of Mauna Kea on the island of Hawaii in October 2008. Operation of the telescope has been suspended for repairs due to coolant leak trouble, the observatory said July 5, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Japan's Subaru telescope suspends operation

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the Subaru telescope of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan located on the summit of Mauna Kea on the island of Hawaii in October 2008. Operation of the telescope has been suspended for repairs due to coolant leak trouble, the observatory said July 5, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Kea, Nestor notabilis, parrot

The parrot Kea, Nestor notabilis, in Zoological and botanical garden Plzen, Czech Republic, December 15, 2020. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

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Kea, Nestor notabilis, parrot

The parrot Kea, Nestor notabilis, in Zoological and botanical garden Plzen, Czech Republic, December 15, 2020. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

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Nestor Kea parrot

Australian parrot Kea. (CTK Photo/Roman Krompolc)

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Subaru Telescope in Hawaii

Photo taken in February 2019 shows the Subaru Telescope of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan located on the summit of Hawaii island's Mauna Kea volcano. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Subaru Telescope in Hawaii

Photo taken in February 2019 shows the Subaru Telescope of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan located on the summit of Hawaii island's Mauna Kea volcano. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Subaru Telescope in Hawaii

Photo taken Feb. 21, 2019, shows the Subaru Telescope located near the top of Hawaii Island's Mauna Kea volcano. The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan built the telescope in 1999. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Subaru Telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawaii

Michitoshi Yoshida, head of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan's Hawaii office, speaks at an event marking the 20th anniversary of the launch of its Subaru Telescope on Feb. 20, 2019, on the Island of Hawaii. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Subaru Telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawaii

Photo taken Feb. 21, 2019, shows the Subaru Telescope of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan atop the summit of Mauna Kea on the Island of Hawaii. The period of the telescope's observation has exceeded 20 years since its launch in January 1999. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Subaru Telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawaii

Photo taken in October 2008 shows the Subaru Telescope of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan on the Island of Hawaii. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Subaru telescope out of service, repair work planned

TOKYO, Japan - Technicians examine the underside of the 8.2 meter primary mirror of the Subaru telescope in Maunea Kea, Hawaii, in this photo dated November 1998. The telescope, the world's largest, has been out of service for the past two months due to problems with the mirror's supports. Extensive repair work is scheduled for later this year.

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Japanese Princess Sayako makes speech in Hawaii

HONOLULU, Hawaii - Japanese Princess Sayako, the only daughter of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, speaks Sept. 17 during a ceremony at the top of Mt. Mauna Kea on Hawaii Island to mark the completion of construction there of Subaru, one of the world's largest optical-infrared telescopes, by Japan's National Astronomical Observatory.

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Japan's Princess Sayako observes heavens in Hawaii

HAWAII ISLAND, United States - Japan's Princess Sayako engages in a little nighttime astronomy with Subaru, one of the world's largest optical-infrared telescopes, at the top of Mt. Mauna Kea on Hawaii Island on Sept. 16 local time. The only daughter of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko is in Hawaii to attend a ceremony to mark the completion of the Japanese telescope.

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Subaru telescope photographs protostars' jets

TOKYO, Japan - The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan released Aug. 24 this image of two parallel jets being emitted from a nebula which is 450 light years from Earth and believed to contain two protostars. The image was captured by the Subaru, one of the world's largest optical-infrared telescopes which is located at the summit of the Mt. Mauna Kea in Hawaii.

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Window to the stars

The world's largest primary mirror for an optical-infrared telescope arrives at Honolulu port Nov. 2 from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The 8.2-meter wide, 20-centimeter thick mirror will be transported to the 4,200-meter Mt. Mauna Kea on Hawaii Island, where it will be used in the ''Subaru'' telescope being built by Japan's National Astronomical Observatory. ==Kyodo