Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

File photo taken March 3, 1995, shows Yomiuri Giants manager Shigeo Nagashima (R) and Daiei Hawks manager Sadaharu Oh shaking hands prior to a preseason baseball game in Oita, southwestern Japan. Nagashima, who was a key player on the Giants team that won nine consecutive Central League and Japan Series titles from 1965 to 1973 and later managed the club, died on June 3, 2025, aged 89.

30th Newtown Festival held in Wellington, New Zealand

STORY: 30th Newtown Festival held in Wellington, New Zealand SHOOTING TIME: March 3, 2024 DATELINE: March 3, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:44 LOCATION: Wellington CATEGORY: CULTURE/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the festival STORYLINE: One of New Zealand's biggest street fairs and free music festivals, the 30th Newtown Festival was held on Sunday in Wellington, attracting over 80,000 people. The free event grew from small beginnings in 1995 with the opening of a neighbourhood park. It is now the biggest free musical festival and street fair in New Zealand, with 16 outdoor stages and more than 1,000 performers. "It's good when it's not too crowded, but there are always parts of the event that you can go to where there is more space. There's variety throughout and all different themed areas and zones," said Newtown Festival associate director Anna Kemble Welch. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Wellington. (XHTV)

Water diversion project safeguards ecology in China's Gansu

STORY: Water diversion project safeguards ecology in China's Gansu DATELINE: April 1, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:15 LOCATION: LANZHOU, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the water diversion project 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LEI ZAIXIN, Local official 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): JIA GUANGYU, Deputy director with the water diversion program STORYLINE: A water diversion project across a desert in northwest China has been in operation for more than two decades, providing much-needed water to residents and safeguarding the local ecology. In one section of the project, water is diverted from the Yellow River, China's second largest river, to Minqin, a county in Gansu Province that had long suffered severe water shortages. Construction of the project began in 1995, and was completed in 2000. The project was put into operation in March 2001. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LEI ZAIXIN, Local official "A total of 1.755 billion cubic meters of water had been transferred to Minqin by the end of 2022. This has provid

Bamboo lantern to be installed at commemorative ceremony

Bamboo lantern to be installed at commemorative ceremony

Members of a civil group in the western Japan city of Kobe write down the names of the March 2011 disaster victims on bamboo lanterns on March 3, 2016. The lanterns will be installed at a commemorative ceremony for the tsunami victims in the northeastern Japan city of Natori. Kobe was also heavily damaged by the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Bamboo lantern to be installed at commemorative ceremony

Bamboo lantern to be installed at commemorative ceremony

Members of a civil group in the western Japan city of Kobe write down the names of the March 2011 disaster victims on bamboo lanterns on March 3, 2016. The lanterns will be installed at a commemorative ceremony for the tsunami victims in the northeastern Japan city of Natori. Kobe was also heavily damaged by the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo