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(EnchantingGuangxi) CHINA-GUANGXI-ETHNIC WOMAN (CN)

(240427) -- LIUZHOU, April 27, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Liang Zuying (2nd L, front row) attends a night class in Wuying Village of Rongshui Miao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 11, 2020. Liang Zuying, 48, hails from Wuying Village, a Miao ethnic-minority hamlet that is hidden deep in the towering mountains straddling Guangxi and Guizhou. In the past, the impassable mountains and rugged landscape rendered locals extremely poor. Due to their traditional views and poor family conditions, many parents did not send their daughters to school. Liang and many other women in the village received little education and could neither read nor speak Mandarin, a major impediment that isolated them from the outside world. From March 2020, local authorities initiated a training program in Wuying Village to teach ethnic women Mandarin, in a bid to remove language barriers between them and people beyond the village, while improving their communication and vocational skills. So far, more tha

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Chinese company lights up hope for Surinamese villages

STORY: Chinese company lights up hope for Surinamese villages SHOOTING TIME: March 31, 2024 DATELINE: April 11, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:10 LOCATION: Paramaribo CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Botopasi village in Suriname 2. various of solar panels installed by the Power Construction Corporation of China in Botopasi village 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): POTTER, Botopasi villager 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): XIONG ZEKUN, Project Manager, Power China's American branch STORYLINE: Botopasi village in Suriname, deep in the Amazon rainforest, faced a population decline due to challenges like lack of electricity, prompting many residents to move to the capital. A rural microgrid project by the Power Construction Corporation of China (Power China) is bringing change. With authorization from the Surinamese government, Power China completed the first phase of the project in Goejaba village in 2020. Phase 2, currently under construction, aims to extend benefits to several villages, including Botopasi, delivering cle

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Iranian Factory Makes Us Flags To Burn - Khomein

Iranian march on the U.S. and Israel flags in an annual rally commemorating the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic renolution, which toppled the late pro-U.S. Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, in Tehran, Iran, February 11, 2020. Photo by Sina Yaghoobpoor/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iranian Factory Makes Us Flags To Burn - Khomein

Iranian march on the U.S. and Israel flags in an annual rally commemorating the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic renolution, which toppled the late pro-U.S. Shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, in Tehran, Iran, February 11, 2020. Photo by Sina Yaghoobpoor/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pro-BNP Gathering - Dhaka

Pro-BNP lawyers gather in a protest and formed a human chain in front of the Supreme Court demanding the BNP (Bangladesh Nationalist Party) Chairperson Khaleda Zia's constitutional right to receive advanced treatment abroad be confirmed , in Dhaka, Bangladesh, October 11, 2023. Khaleda Zia was sent to Old Dhaka Central Jail she was convicted in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case by a lower court on February 8, 2018. On March 25, 2020, the BNP chief was released from jail upon an executive order on some conditions considering her age and humanitarian ground following an application by her family. Khaleda has been suffering from various ailments, including liver cirrhosis, arthritis, diabetes, kidney, lung, heart, and eye problems. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pro-BNP Gathering - Dhaka

Pro-BNP lawyers gather in a protest and formed a human chain in front of the Supreme Court demanding the BNP (Bangladesh Nationalist Party) Chairperson Khaleda Zia's constitutional right to receive advanced treatment abroad be confirmed , in Dhaka, Bangladesh, October 11, 2023. Khaleda Zia was sent to Old Dhaka Central Jail she was convicted in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case by a lower court on February 8, 2018. On March 25, 2020, the BNP chief was released from jail upon an executive order on some conditions considering her age and humanitarian ground following an application by her family. Khaleda has been suffering from various ailments, including liver cirrhosis, arthritis, diabetes, kidney, lung, heart, and eye problems. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pro-BNP Gathering - Dhaka

Pro-BNP lawyers gather in a protest and formed a human chain in front of the Supreme Court demanding the BNP (Bangladesh Nationalist Party) Chairperson Khaleda Zia's constitutional right to receive advanced treatment abroad be confirmed , in Dhaka, Bangladesh, October 11, 2023. Khaleda Zia was sent to Old Dhaka Central Jail she was convicted in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case by a lower court on February 8, 2018. On March 25, 2020, the BNP chief was released from jail upon an executive order on some conditions considering her age and humanitarian ground following an application by her family. Khaleda has been suffering from various ailments, including liver cirrhosis, arthritis, diabetes, kidney, lung, heart, and eye problems. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pro-BNP Gathering - Dhaka

Pro-BNP lawyers gather in a protest and formed a human chain in front of the Supreme Court demanding the BNP (Bangladesh Nationalist Party) Chairperson Khaleda Zia's constitutional right to receive advanced treatment abroad be confirmed , in Dhaka, Bangladesh, October 11, 2023. Khaleda Zia was sent to Old Dhaka Central Jail she was convicted in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case by a lower court on February 8, 2018. On March 25, 2020, the BNP chief was released from jail upon an executive order on some conditions considering her age and humanitarian ground following an application by her family. Khaleda has been suffering from various ailments, including liver cirrhosis, arthritis, diabetes, kidney, lung, heart, and eye problems. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pro-BNP Gathering - Dhaka

Pro-BNP lawyers gather in a protest and formed a human chain in front of the Supreme Court demanding the BNP (Bangladesh Nationalist Party) Chairperson Khaleda Zia's constitutional right to receive advanced treatment abroad be confirmed , in Dhaka, Bangladesh, October 11, 2023. Khaleda Zia was sent to Old Dhaka Central Jail she was convicted in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case by a lower court on February 8, 2018. On March 25, 2020, the BNP chief was released from jail upon an executive order on some conditions considering her age and humanitarian ground following an application by her family. Khaleda has been suffering from various ailments, including liver cirrhosis, arthritis, diabetes, kidney, lung, heart, and eye problems. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pro-BNP Gathering - Dhaka

Pro-BNP lawyers gather in a protest and formed a human chain in front of the Supreme Court demanding the BNP (Bangladesh Nationalist Party) Chairperson Khaleda Zia's constitutional right to receive advanced treatment abroad be confirmed , in Dhaka, Bangladesh, October 11, 2023. Khaleda Zia was sent to Old Dhaka Central Jail she was convicted in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case by a lower court on February 8, 2018. On March 25, 2020, the BNP chief was released from jail upon an executive order on some conditions considering her age and humanitarian ground following an application by her family. Khaleda has been suffering from various ailments, including liver cirrhosis, arthritis, diabetes, kidney, lung, heart, and eye problems. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pro-BNP Gathering - Dhaka

Pro-BNP lawyers gather in a protest and formed a human chain in front of the Supreme Court demanding the BNP (Bangladesh Nationalist Party) Chairperson Khaleda Zia's constitutional right to receive advanced treatment abroad be confirmed , in Dhaka, Bangladesh, October 11, 2023. Khaleda Zia was sent to Old Dhaka Central Jail she was convicted in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case by a lower court on February 8, 2018. On March 25, 2020, the BNP chief was released from jail upon an executive order on some conditions considering her age and humanitarian ground following an application by her family. Khaleda has been suffering from various ailments, including liver cirrhosis, arthritis, diabetes, kidney, lung, heart, and eye problems. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pro-BNP Gathering - Dhaka

Pro-BNP lawyers gather in a protest and formed a human chain in front of the Supreme Court demanding the BNP (Bangladesh Nationalist Party) Chairperson Khaleda Zia's constitutional right to receive advanced treatment abroad be confirmed , in Dhaka, Bangladesh, October 11, 2023. Khaleda Zia was sent to Old Dhaka Central Jail she was convicted in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case by a lower court on February 8, 2018. On March 25, 2020, the BNP chief was released from jail upon an executive order on some conditions considering her age and humanitarian ground following an application by her family. Khaleda has been suffering from various ailments, including liver cirrhosis, arthritis, diabetes, kidney, lung, heart, and eye problems. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pro-BNP Gathering - Dhaka

Pro-BNP lawyers gather in a protest and formed a human chain in front of the Supreme Court demanding the BNP (Bangladesh Nationalist Party) Chairperson Khaleda Zia's constitutional right to receive advanced treatment abroad be confirmed , in Dhaka, Bangladesh, October 11, 2023. Khaleda Zia was sent to Old Dhaka Central Jail she was convicted in the Zia Orphanage Trust graft case by a lower court on February 8, 2018. On March 25, 2020, the BNP chief was released from jail upon an executive order on some conditions considering her age and humanitarian ground following an application by her family. Khaleda has been suffering from various ailments, including liver cirrhosis, arthritis, diabetes, kidney, lung, heart, and eye problems. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-HEBEI-XIONG'AN-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230401) -- XIONG'AN, April 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows the aerial view of the Rongdong area on March 24, 2023 (up) and the construction site of it on Aug. 11, 2020 in Xiong'an New Area, north China's Hebei Province. China announced plans to establish Xiong'an New Area on April 1, 2017, to relieve Beijing of functions non-essential to its role as the national capital and advance the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. (Xinhua/Mu Yu)

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N. Korea steps up IT education

PYONGYANG, North Korea, March 28 Kyodo - Photo taken in Pyongyang on March 25, 2020, shows a signboard saying North Korea vows to brighten its future by stepping up science education. North Korea plans to expand the number of science schools specializing in IT from the current 11 to 190 by the end of 2020 to mark the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party of Korea on Oct. 10.

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New coronavirus

SEOUL, South Korea, March 13 Kyodo - A worker in protective gear disinfects a subway train in Seoul on March 11, 2020, amid the spread of the new coronavirus.

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9th anniv. of northeastern Japan quake-tsunami disaster

ISHINOMAKI, Japan, March 11 Kyodo - Candles are placed for a memorial event in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 11, 2020, the ninth anniversary of the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster in northeastern Japan.

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Myanmar vaccinates children aged 5 to 12

STORY: Myanmar vaccinates children aged 5 to 12 DATELINE: June 11, 2022 LENGTH: 00:05:00 LOCATION: Yangon, Myanmar CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of students in school in Myanmar 2. various of students getting vaccinated STORYLINE: Myanmar has been vaccinating children aged five to 12 years old at basic education schools across the country since June 2, state-run television channel MRTV reported. In the capital city of Nay Pyi Taw, 109,682 school children aged 5 and 12 from 842 schools are getting vaccinated against COVID-19. Myanmar's COVID-19 tally rose to 613,427 on Friday, as 12 new cases were confirmed in the past 24 hours, showed the health ministry's latest data. The total number of recovered people in the country rose to 592,401 on Friday. Myanmar detected its first COVID-19 cases in March 2020. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Yangon, Myanmar. (XHTV)

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Mumbai's pollution level 9 times above WHO limit

STORY: Mumbai's pollution level 9 times above WHO limit DATELINE: March 24, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:58 LOCATION: MUMBAI, India CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: various of plants, traffic and air pollution control board STORYLINE: The air that people in India's Mumbai breathe is almost nine times worse than the healthy levels recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), reveals a recent report by IQAir, a Swiss group that measures air quality based on the concentration of carcinogenic PM2.5 in the air. According to the report, India was home to 11 of the 15 most polluted cities in Central and South Asia in 2021. Delhi saw a 14.6 percent increase in PM2.5 concentrations in 2021 with levels rising to 96.4 µg/m3 from 84 µg/m3 in 2020. No cities in India met the WHO air quality guideline of 5 µg/m3. In 2021, 48 percent of India's cities exceeded 50 µg/m3, or more than 10 times the WHO guideline. In 2021, 48 percent of India's cities exceeded 50 µg/m3, or more than 10 times the WHO guideline. India was home t

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Yangshao Culture, important stream of Chinese civilization | Stories shared by Xi Jinping

STORY: Yangshao Culture, important stream of Chinese civilization | Stories shared by Xi Jinping DATELINE: March 15, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:30 LOCATION: SANMENXIA, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of relics discovered in the Yangshao site 2. various of Xi Jinping presiding over a group study session of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee on the latest archaeological discoveries in China and their significance in Sept. 2020 3. various of relics discovered in the Yangshao site 4. various of Yangshao Village 5. pics of Swedish archaeologist Johan Gunnar Andersson 6. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): KANG JIYUN, Yangshao Village National Archaeological Park 7. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): YANG SHUANCHAO, Yangshao Culture Research Center, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences 8. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): CUI QIANG, Deputy curator, Yangshao Culture Museum 9. pic of meeting to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the discovery of the Yangshao Culture 10. various of relics discovered in the Yangshao site 11. various

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CANADA-TORONTO-UNEMPLOYMENT RATE-DECLINE

(220311) -- TORONTO, March 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A job board is seen on a street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on March 11, 2022. Canada's unemployment rate fell to 5.5 percent in February 2022, lower than 5.7 percent in February 2020 and similar to the record low of 5.4 percent observed in May 2019, Statistics Canada said Friday. (Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua)

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CANADA-TORONTO-UNEMPLOYMENT RATE-DECLINE

(220311) -- TORONTO, March 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A woman walks past a job board on a street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on March 11, 2022. Canada's unemployment rate fell to 5.5 percent in February 2022, lower than 5.7 percent in February 2020 and similar to the record low of 5.4 percent observed in May 2019, Statistics Canada said Friday. (Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua)

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CANADA-TORONTO-UNEMPLOYMENT RATE-DECLINE

(220311) -- TORONTO, March 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A man walks past a job board on a street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on March 11, 2022. Canada's unemployment rate fell to 5.5 percent in February 2022, lower than 5.7 percent in February 2020 and similar to the record low of 5.4 percent observed in May 2019, Statistics Canada said Friday. (Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua)

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CANADA-TORONTO-UNEMPLOYMENT RATE-DECLINE

(220311) -- TORONTO, March 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A job board is seen on a street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on March 11, 2022. Canada's unemployment rate fell to 5.5 percent in February 2022, lower than 5.7 percent in February 2020 and similar to the record low of 5.4 percent observed in May 2019, Statistics Canada said Friday. (Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua)

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CANADA-TORONTO-UNEMPLOYMENT RATE-DECLINE

(220311) -- TORONTO, March 11, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A man walks past a job board outside a store in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on March 11, 2022. Canada's unemployment rate fell to 5.5 percent in February 2022, lower than 5.7 percent in February 2020 and similar to the record low of 5.4 percent observed in May 2019, Statistics Canada said Friday. (Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua)

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Myanmar's sea trade surges in interim budget period

STORY: Myanmar's sea trade surges in interim budget period DATELINE: Feb. 25, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:04 LOCATION: YANGON, Myanmar CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of transports used for sea trade in Myanmar around Htee Tan Port Terminal STORYLINE: Myanmar's maritime trade increased by over 770.2 million U.S. dollars in the first four months of the interim budget period, compared to the same period of the last fiscal year of 2020-2021, according to the Ministry of Commerce. The sea-route foreign trade amounted to over 8.7 billion U.S. dollars as of Feb. 11 in the six-month interim budget period which started in October last year. The Southeast Asian country announced changing its fiscal year from the original October-September to April-March beginning 2022-2023, producing a six-month interim budget period from October last year to March this year. From Oct. 1 last year to Feb. 11 this year, the country's maritime foreign export saw an increase of more than 671.8 million U.S. dollars while its maritime

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For the first time in seven years, Toyota Motor Corporation has foregone a bear

The union called for the establishment of a wage system that rewards union members for their efforts by further strengthening the method of differentiating salaries based on evaluations. Although the new distribution system has been postponed with no increase in pay, the reform of the evaluation system has become a common understanding between labor and management. The company expressed its desire to incline the wage system to be maintained, including regular pay raises, in this spring's struggle. In response, Chairman Nishino took a positive stance, saying, "Labor and management will continue to hold discussions. The entire industry is closely watching the future of Toyota's wage system reform. The photo shows then-Vice President Kawai (right) at a press conference following the company's response to the Spring Offensive on March 11. (Photo taken on March 11, 2020, location unknown, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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One Year In Prison Against A Former Ikea CEO And Two Million Euros Fine

File photo - Illustration picture shows lots of people respecting distances as they wait in front of the entrance of IKEA Anderlecht inside the parking in Brussels region, Belgium, on Monday 11 May 2020. Belgium goes into its ninth week of confinement. Stage 1B of the deconfinement plan in the ongoing corona virus crisis starts. All shops can reopen and more people can return to work. - Three years in prison, including one closed, were required this Tuesday, March 30 against Jean-Louis Baillot, former CEO of Ikea France, accused of having ordered the establishment of a system of espionage of certain employees between 2009 and 2012. The company risks a fine of 2 million euros. Photo by ABACAPRESS.COM (Credit:ABACA/Kyodo News Images)

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