Multicolor rapeseed flowers bred in China's Jiangxi

STORY: Multicolor rapeseed flowers bred in China's Jiangxi SHOOTING TIME: March 29, 2024 DATELINE: April 3, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:03 LOCATION: NANCHANG, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY/AGRICULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the rapeseed flower field 2. various of Fu Donghui and his team 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): FU DONGHUI, Professor, Jiangxi Agricultural University 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): FU DONGHUI, Professor, Jiangxi Agricultural University 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): FU MEIKAI, Villager, Manhu Village, Ganjiang New District STORYLINE: A professor of China's Jiangxi Agricultural University has dedicated himself to the cultivation of multicolor rapeseed flowers. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): FU DONGHUI, Professor, Jiangxi Agricultural University "We started to select and breed colored rapeseed flowers in 2015. At that time, people had high expectations about weekend travel and sightseeing. We saw this as a great social demand, so we began to select and breed colored rapeseed flowers." Over the past nine years, from the ini

Illustration - Prison - Tours

Illustration - Prison - Tours

Illustration of the Tours prison, France on March 5, 2015. Photo by Pascal Avenet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Prison - Tours

Illustration - Prison - Tours

Illustration of the Tours prison, France on March 5, 2015. Photo by Pascal Avenet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Prison - Tours

Illustration - Prison - Tours

Illustration of the Tours prison, France on March 5, 2015. Photo by Pascal Avenet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Prison - Tours

Illustration - Prison - Tours

Illustration of the Tours prison, France on March 5, 2015. Photo by Pascal Avenet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Prison - Tours

Illustration - Prison - Tours

Illustration of the Tours prison, France on March 5, 2015. Photo by Pascal Avenet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Prison - Tours

Illustration - Prison - Tours

Illustration of the Tours prison, France on March 5, 2015. Photo by Pascal Avenet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Prison - Tours

Illustration - Prison - Tours

Illustration of the Tours prison, France on March 5, 2015. Photo by Pascal Avenet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Prison - Tours

Illustration - Prison - Tours

Illustration of the Tours prison, France on March 5, 2015. Photo by Pascal Avenet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Prison - Tours

Illustration - Prison - Tours

Illustration of the Tours prison, France on March 5, 2015. Photo by Pascal Avenet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Prison - Tours

Illustration - Prison - Tours

Illustration of the Tours prison, France on March 5, 2015. Photo by Pascal Avenet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Prison - Tours

Illustration - Prison - Tours

Illustration of the Tours prison, France on March 5, 2015. Photo by Pascal Avenet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Prison - Tours

Illustration - Prison - Tours

Illustration of the Tours prison, France on March 5, 2015. Photo by Pascal Avenet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Prison - Tours

Illustration - Prison - Tours

Illustration of the Tours prison, France on March 5, 2015. Photo by Pascal Avenet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Prison - Tours

Illustration - Prison - Tours

Illustration of the Tours prison, France on March 5, 2015. Photo by Pascal Avenet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Prison - Tours

Illustration - Prison - Tours

Illustration of the Tours prison, France on March 5, 2015. Photo by Pascal Avenet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Prison - Tours

Illustration - Prison - Tours

Illustration of the Tours prison, France on March 5, 2015. Photo by Pascal Avenet/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Prison - Tours

Illustration - Prison - Tours

Illustration of the Tours prison, France on March 5, 2015. Photo by Pascal Avenet/ABACAPRESS.COM

The Village Of Missing Toddler May Be Cursed After Earlier Tragedies

The Village Of Missing Toddler May Be Cursed After Earlier Tragedies

File photo dated April 5, 2015 - Flowers lay at a memorial stele made of stone that reads 'In commemoration of the victims of the plane accident on 24 March 2015' in English, German, Spanish and French, on Easter Sunday in Le Vernet, France, April 5, 2015. Germanwings flight 4U 9525 crashed near near the village of La Vernet in the French Alps, southern France on 24 March 2015, carrying around 150 passengers and crew on board. - Residents of the French countryside hamlet of Haut Vernet where two-year-old boy Emile went missing on Saturday today referring to their home as a cursed 'village of the damned' because of its links with disaster. In March 2015, Vernet was cordoned off following a horrific air crash in which 150 people died, including two babies. Germanwings Airbus A320 was deliberately brought down by co-pilot Andres Lubitz, who had previously been treated for suicidal tendencies. In 2008, local cafe manager Jeannette Grosos, who ran the Café du Moulin, was brutally killed by a customer. Photo by Geo

The Village Of Missing Toddler May Be Cursed After Earlier Tragedies

The Village Of Missing Toddler May Be Cursed After Earlier Tragedies

File photo dated April 5, 2015 - Flowers lay at a memorial stele made of stone that reads 'In commemoration of the victims of the plane accident on 24 March 2015' in English, German, Spanish and French, on Easter Sunday in Le Vernet, France, April 5, 2015. Germanwings flight 4U 9525 crashed near near the village of La Vernet in the French Alps, southern France on 24 March 2015, carrying around 150 passengers and crew on board. - Residents of the French countryside hamlet of Haut Vernet where two-year-old boy Emile went missing on Saturday today referring to their home as a cursed 'village of the damned' because of its links with disaster. In March 2015, Vernet was cordoned off following a horrific air crash in which 150 people died, including two babies. Germanwings Airbus A320 was deliberately brought down by co-pilot Andres Lubitz, who had previously been treated for suicidal tendencies. In 2008, local cafe manager Jeannette Grosos, who ran the Café du Moulin, was brutally killed by a customer. Photo by Geo

Japanese author, animal researcher "Mutsugoro" dies at 87

Japanese author, animal researcher "Mutsugoro" dies at 87

Japanese author and animal researcher Masanori Hata speaks during a talk show in Tokyo in March 2015. Hata, who frequently appeared on television shows about animals and was better known by his nickname "Mutsugoro," died of a heart attack on April 5, 2023, at 87.

I see China as "the land of opportunities": Brazilian businessman

STORY: I see China as "the land of opportunities": Brazilian businessman DATELINE: March 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:04 LOCATION: XIAMEN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Xiamen 2. various of Marcos's business 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MARCOS CALDEIRA, Brazilian businessman 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): MARCOS CALDEIRA, Brazilian businessman 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): MARCOS CALDEIRA, Brazilian businessman 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): MARCOS CALDEIRA, Brazilian businessman STORYLINE: Marcos Caldeira, a Brazilian who has lived in east China's coastal city of Xiamen for 10 years, said that he has good expectations for his business in China, a place he takes as his second hometown. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MARCOS CALDEIRA, Brazilian businessman "I came to China in 2013, so this year celebrates my 10-year anniversary of coming to China. I'd like to say these 10 years have been like 'crazy 10 years,' in a good way, because we started our business in 2015 and after that it just keeps growing and growing and gro

Tanzania commends Chinese support in malaria fight

STORY: Tanzania commends Chinese support in malaria fight DATELINE: March 18, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:09 LOCATION: DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the conference 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): CATHERINE JOACHIM, Head of programs in Tanzania's Ministry of Health 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): DR. PROSPER CHAKI, Chief Research Scientist at Ifakara Health Institute 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): SUO PENG, Minister counselor of the Chinese embassy in Tanzania 5. various of Tanzania STORYLINE: Tanzanian health officials and professionals on Friday thanked China for its support in fighting malaria in the African country through a cooperative project. According to a conference on malaria control held in Dar es Salaam, a cooperative project implemented between 2015 and 2021 has seen a marked malaria burden reduction from more than 30 percent to around 3 percent. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): CATHERINE JOACHIM, Head of programs in Tanzania's Ministry of Health "This Chinese success story in Tanzania in the f

Meryl Streep at press conference on "Into the Woods"

Meryl Streep at press conference on "Into the Woods"

TOKYO, March 5 Kyodo - Actress Meryl Streep attends a press conference for the new musical film "Into the Woods" in Tokyo on March 5, 2015. She discussed her role as a witch.

Troupe on national tour of play on Fukushima disaster

Troupe on national tour of play on Fukushima disaster

FURANO, Japan - Playwright So Kuramoto speaks during an interview after a rehearsal by his drama troupe of his play about the 2011 Fukushima disaster in Furano, Hokkaido Prefecture, northern Japan, on Jan. 5, 2015. The group will perform the play, which is about the experiences of survivors of the tsunami and nuclear disaster in a small town in Fukushima Prefecture, nationally from Jan. 10 through March 14.

Troupe play on Fukushima disaster on national tour

Troupe play on Fukushima disaster on national tour

FURANO, Japan - Cast members of a drama troupe rehearse a scene from a play about the 2011 Fukushima disaster by playwright So Kuramoto, the group's leader, in Furano on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Jan. 5, 2015. The Furano Group will perform the play, which is about the experiences of survivors of the tsunami and nuclear disaster in a small town in Fukushima Prefecture, nationally from Jan. 10 through March 14.

Kyushu Electric stresses need for successful reactor restart

Kyushu Electric stresses need for successful reactor restart

FUKUOKA, Japan - Michiaki Uriu, president of Kyushu Electric Power Co., delivers a New Year address to company officials at the utility's head office in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 5, 2015. He stressed that Kyushu Electric must be successful in reactivating its Sendai nuclear power plant in Kagoshima Prefecture, possibly in March, to become the first of the idled nuclear plants to restart operations in Japan after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

AUSTRIA-VIENNA-IAEA-IRAN-JOINT STATEMENT

AUSTRIA-VIENNA-IAEA-IRAN-JOINT STATEMENT

(220306) -- VIENNA, March 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Rafael Grossi, Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), briefs the press after his arrival at the Vienna International Airport, in Vienna, Austria, March 5, 2022. Iran and the IAEA on Saturday agreed on a roadmap to resolve Iran's nuclear safeguards issues by June, a vital step as talks in Vienna over reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal entered the final stage. The IAEA released a joint statement by its Director-General Rafael Grossi and Mohammad Eslami, president of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), after the two met in Tehran early Saturday. (Photo by Georges Schneider/Xinhua)

AUSTRIA-VIENNA-IAEA-IRAN-JOINT STATEMENT

AUSTRIA-VIENNA-IAEA-IRAN-JOINT STATEMENT

(220306) -- VIENNA, March 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Rafael Grossi (top C), Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), briefs the press after his arrival at the Vienna International Airport, in Vienna, Austria, March 5, 2022. Iran and the IAEA on Saturday agreed on a roadmap to resolve Iran's nuclear safeguards issues by June, a vital step as talks in Vienna over reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal entered the final stage. The IAEA released a joint statement by its Director-General Rafael Grossi and Mohammad Eslami, president of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI), after the two met in Tehran early Saturday. (Photo by Georges Schneider/Xinhua)

Jones says new Super role will eventually sort itself out

Jones says new Super role will eventually sort itself out

In this file photo, Japan coach Eddie Jones speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on March 5, 2015. Jones talked about the exact specifics of his role as Director of Rugby with the new Japan Super Rugby side in an interview with Kyodo News on April 24. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japanese man checks Hakodate history guidebook

Japanese man checks Hakodate history guidebook

Kensaku Shimizu, a store manager in Hakodate and a member of the Hakodate foreign settlement research group, checks a Hakodate historical guidebook on Feb. 5, 2015, in the city in Hokkaido. The book has been compiled by Shimizu and other members of the group and will hit bookstore shelves in early March. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Nepal's Sherpas gravitate toward safer jobs in mountaineering

Nepal's Sherpas gravitate toward safer jobs in mountaineering

Kanchi Sherpa, 30, who lost her husband Chhiring Ongchu Sherpa in an avalanche on Mt. Everest in 2014, cries while being interviewed in Khumjung, Nepal, on March 5, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Climate change threatens livelihood of Nepal's Sherpas

Climate change threatens livelihood of Nepal's Sherpas

Khumjung village, located at an altitude of 3,790 meters, is blanketed by unseasonal snowfall on March 5, 2015. There are concerns that changing weather patterns do not bode well for the future of mountaineering in Nepal. (Photo by Bikash Karki)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Manager Halilhodzic happy with Japan's romp over Uzbekistan

Manager Halilhodzic happy with Japan's romp over Uzbekistan

Japan's new national soccer team manager Vahid Halilhodzic thanks one of Japan's players for his efforts in an international friendly against Uzbekistan at Tokyo's Ajinomoto Stadium on March 31, 2015. Japan won 5-1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan defender Uchida in action in soccer friendly vs. Uzbekistan

Japan defender Uchida in action in soccer friendly vs. Uzbekistan

Defender Atsuto Uchida (R) competes with an Uzbek player with a header in the first half of an international friendly against Uzbekistan at Tokyo's Ajinomoto Stadium on March 31, 2015. Japan won 5-1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

FW Kawamata helps Japan win soccer friendly vs. Uzbekistan

FW Kawamata helps Japan win soccer friendly vs. Uzbekistan

Substitute forward Kengo Kawamata (L) scores Japan's fifth goal on a header late in the second half of an international friendly against Uzbekistan at Tokyo's Ajinomoto Stadium on March 31, 2015. Japan won 5-1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Filipino-Japanese hopes to find links to father in Japan

Filipino-Japanese hopes to find links to father in Japan

Cherry Rafols, 75, from Palawan province in the western Philippines, shows a photo of her Japanese father, Hideo Togo, from Kumamoto, southwestern Japan, on March 25, 2015 in Manila. Togo died in the Philippines due to illness when Rafols was still 5 months old, and she embarked the same day on a weeklong trip to Japan to visit her father's grave and meet her Japanese relatives for the first time. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Young Thais practice cross-country skiing in Hokkaido town

Young Thais practice cross-country skiing in Hokkaido town

Three young Thais practice cross-country skiing in Higashikawa, Hokkaido, on March 5, 2015. The town on Japan's northernmost main island has launched a training program for cross-country skiers from snowless countries to enhance its name recognition overseas. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan town offers cross-country skiing for people from snowless nations

Japan town offers cross-country skiing for people from snowless nations

Three young Thais pose during cross-country skiing practice in Higashikawa on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on March 5, 2015. The town office has launched a training program for cross-country skiers from snowless countries to enhance its name recognition overseas. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Darvish leaves spring debut with triceps tightness

Darvish leaves spring debut with triceps tightness

Texas Rangers pitching coach Mike Maddux (R) checks Yu Darvish's right arm during a spring training game against the Kansas City Royals in Surprise, the United States, on March 5, 2015. Darvish had to leave after throwing just one inning with triceps tightness. ==Kyodo

Darvish leaves spring debut with triceps tightness

Darvish leaves spring debut with triceps tightness

Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish throws in a spring training game against the Kansas City Royals in Surprise, the United States, on March 5, 2015. Darvish left his spring debut after one inning with tightness in his right triceps. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Nishikori, Pospisil on eve of Davis Cup match

Nishikori, Pospisil on eve of Davis Cup match

Japan's Kei Nishikori (L) poses for a photo with Vasek Pospisil of Canada, his opponent in the first round of the singles at the Davis Cup men's tennis tournament between national teams, in Vancouver on March 5, 2015. World's No. 4 Nishikori and 62nd Pospisil will play each other the following day, the first day of the tournament in the Canadian city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

U.S. ambassador to S. Korea injured by knife-wielding assailant

U.S. ambassador to S. Korea injured by knife-wielding assailant

Kim Ki Jong (R front) attends a rally in Seoul on Feb. 23, 2015, to protest Japan's claims to a pair of South Korean-controlled islets in the Sea of Japan. On March 5, 2015, Kim attacked U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert with a knife in Seoul and was immediately arrested. The U.S. State Department said Lippert's injuries are not life threatening. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

"Funassyi" mascot hoping to be positive symbol of Japan

"Funassyi" mascot hoping to be positive symbol of Japan

"Funassyi," the unofficial mascot of the Chiba Prefecture city of Funabashi, holds its first press conference in front of foreign media at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on March 5, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Lao PM Thongsing speaks in investment seminar

Lao PM Thongsing speaks in investment seminar

Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong speaks in an investment seminar at a Tokyo hotel on March 5, 2015. Thongsing is on a four-day visit to Japan through March 7. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Lao PM Thongsing speaks in investment seminar

Lao PM Thongsing speaks in investment seminar

Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong speaks in an investment seminar at a Tokyo hotel on March 5, 2015. Thongsing is on a four-day visit to Japan through March 7. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Lao PM Thongsing speaks in investment seminar

Lao PM Thongsing speaks in investment seminar

Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong speaks in an investment seminar at a Tokyo hotel on March 5, 2015. Thongsing is on a four-day visit to Japan through March 7. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Lao PM Thongsing speaks in investment seminar

Lao PM Thongsing speaks in investment seminar

Lao Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong speaks in an investment seminar at a Tokyo hotel on March 5, 2015. Thongsing is on a four-day visit to Japan through March 7. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan's wireless stations for fishing boats disappearing

Japan's wireless stations for fishing boats disappearing

Toshiji Takanishi, a veteran employee at Mie prefectural fisheries radio station in Shima, western Japan, sends equatorial weather information in the Pacific to fishing boats in Morse code on Feb. 5, 2015. The wireless station will be closed in March due to the reduced number of fishermen and the advent of new communication means. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japanese man checks Hakodate history guidebook

Japanese man checks Hakodate history guidebook

Kensaku Shimizu, a store manager in Hakodate and a member of the Hakodate foreign settlement research group, checks a Hakodate historical guidebook on Feb. 5, 2015, in the city in Hokkaido. The book has been compiled by Shimizu and other members of the group and will hit bookstore shelves in early March. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo