Praemium Imperiale award winners in Tokyo

Praemium Imperiale award winners in Tokyo

The winners of the prestigious Praemium Imperiale arts award, (From L) Olafur Eliasson of Iceland, Vija Celmins of the United States, Diebedo Francis Kere of Burkina Faso and Robert Wilson of the United States, pose for a photo during a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2023.

Track laying of Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway completed

STORY: Track laying of Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway completedDATELINE: April 1, 2023LENGTH: 00:02:00LOCATION: JakartaCATEGORY: SOCIETYSHOTLIST:1. various of Halim Station2. various of speech and watching video3. various of ceremony4. various of track laying5. various of photo session6. SOUNDBITE 1 (Bahasa Indonesia): DWIYANA SLAMET RIYADI, President Director of PT Kereta Cepat Jakarta Bandung7. SOUNDBITE 2 (Bahasa Indonesia): LUHUT BINSAR PANDJAITAN, Coordinating Minister of Maritime Affairs and InvestmentSTORYLINE:The track laying of the whole line of the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway (HSR) was completed on Friday. The track laying task was undertaken by the Chinese construction consortium led by China Railway International Co., Ltd.This railway has a total length of 142 kilometers, and the total track laying length reaches 308 kilometers, using 500-meter-long steel rails produced in China.SOUNDBITE 1 (Bahasa Indonesia): DWIYANA SLAMET RIYADI, President Director of PT Kere

Xinhua Headlines: From serfdom to freedom -- Tibet's progress on democracy, human rights

Xinhua Headlines: From serfdom to freedom -- Tibet's progress on democracy, human rights

(220328) -- LHASA, March 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A farmer operates a harvester to reap highland barley at Kere Village of Dagze District in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Sept. 6, 2021. (Xinhua/Sun Ruibo)