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Long-Range Atacms Already Hitting Russian Forces In Ukraine

Handout photo dated July 5, 2017 shows a M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System assigned to the 210th Field Artillery Brigade, 2nd Republic of Korea (ROK)/U.S. Combined Division fires an MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile into the East Sea off South Korea. Atacms long-ranges missiles capable of hitting targets 300km away had already arrived in Ukraine this month at the president’s direction, before the US security package was passed by Congress on Wednesday, the state department has said. Vedant Patel, a state department spokesperson, explained that the weapons were part of a March aid package for Ukraine, not the one just approved by Congress and signed by Joe Biden. “We did not announce this at the onset in order to maintain operational security for Ukraine at their request.” Photo by U.S. Army via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Long-Range Atacms Already Hitting Russian Forces In Ukraine

Handout photo dated July 5, 2017 shows a M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System assigned to the 210th Field Artillery Brigade, 2nd Republic of Korea (ROK)/U.S. Combined Division fires an MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile into the East Sea off South Korea. Atacms long-ranges missiles capable of hitting targets 300km away had already arrived in Ukraine this month at the president’s direction, before the US security package was passed by Congress on Wednesday, the state department has said. Vedant Patel, a state department spokesperson, explained that the weapons were part of a March aid package for Ukraine, not the one just approved by Congress and signed by Joe Biden. “We did not announce this at the onset in order to maintain operational security for Ukraine at their request.” Photo by U.S. Army via ABACAPRESS.COM

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African entrepreneurs eye opportunities in China's Xiong'an New Area

STORY: African entrepreneurs eye opportunities in China's Xiong'an New Area SHOOTING DATE: March 25, 2024 DATELINE: Mar. 28, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:08 LOCATION: XIONG'AN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): GODSWORD GEORGE CHINEMEREM, Nigerian entrepreneur 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): OMANE VINCENT KWAKYE, Ghanaian entrepreneur 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): SAMUEL NWOKOCHA, Student from Shenyang University 4. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): GODSWORD GEORGE CHINEMEREM, Nigerian entrepreneur 5. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): OMANE VINCENT KWAKYE, Ghanaian entrepreneur 6. SOUNDBITE 6 (English): SAMUEL NWOKOCHA, Student from Shenyang University 7. SOUNDBITE 7 (English): OMANE VINCENT KWAKYE, Ghanaian entrepreneur STORYLINE: Attracted by opportunities, two young entrepreneurs and one university student from African countries have eyed their future in Xiong'an New Area. Two of them are among the first foreigners to register companies here. In April 2017, China announced a plan to establish the Xiong'an New

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SENEGAL-CHINA-AIDED-WATER PROJECT-VILLAGE-WELL KEEPER

(230323) -- DAKAR, March 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Mamadou Dieng walks in the area of a well project in Tenefoul Toucouleur Village, Diourbel, Senegal, March 20, 2023. Mamadou Dieng, 40, an employee of the Chinese construction company CGCOC Group Senegal Branch, has been responsible for maintaining a Chinese-aided well in Tenefoul Toucouleur Village. Checking the machine's functions and filling the engine with diesel, Dieng's work may seem simple and tedious, but means a lot to the locals. Tenefoul Toucouleur Village was once a place afflicted with a severe lack of water. According to Dieng, residents there used to walk 1.5 kilometers every day and wait in long queues to fetch water from a 25-meter-deep well in a neighboring village. The well, part of the Chinese-funded rural well-drilling project in Senegal, has brought significant changes to local people's lives. In Senegal, the rural well-drilling project officially began on March 5, 2017. The project covers 12 of the 14 regions of Senegal. (Xinhua/H

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SENEGAL-CHINA-AIDED-WATER PROJECT-VILLAGE-WELL KEEPER

(230323) -- DAKAR, March 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Mamadou Dieng opens the water supply valve of a well project in Tenefoul Toucouleur Village, Diourbel, Senegal, March 20, 2023. Mamadou Dieng, 40, an employee of the Chinese construction company CGCOC Group Senegal Branch, has been responsible for maintaining a Chinese-aided well in Tenefoul Toucouleur Village. Checking the machine's functions and filling the engine with diesel, Dieng's work may seem simple and tedious, but means a lot to the locals. Tenefoul Toucouleur Village was once a place afflicted with a severe lack of water. According to Dieng, residents there used to walk 1.5 kilometers every day and wait in long queues to fetch water from a 25-meter-deep well in a neighboring village. The well, part of the Chinese-funded rural well-drilling project in Senegal, has brought significant changes to local people's lives. In Senegal, the rural well-drilling project officially began on March 5, 2017. The project covers 12 of the 14 regions of Senegal

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SENEGAL-CHINA-AIDED-WATER PROJECT-VILLAGE-WELL KEEPER

(230323) -- DAKAR, March 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Mamadou Dieng is pictured inside the monitoring room of a well project in Tenefoul Toucouleur Village, Diourbel, Senegal, March 20, 2023. Mamadou Dieng, 40, an employee of the Chinese construction company CGCOC Group Senegal Branch, has been responsible for maintaining a Chinese-aided well in Tenefoul Toucouleur Village. Checking the machine's functions and filling the engine with diesel, Dieng's work may seem simple and tedious, but means a lot to the locals. Tenefoul Toucouleur Village was once a place afflicted with a severe lack of water. According to Dieng, residents there used to walk 1.5 kilometers every day and wait in long queues to fetch water from a 25-meter-deep well in a neighboring village. The well, part of the Chinese-funded rural well-drilling project in Senegal, has brought significant changes to local people's lives. In Senegal, the rural well-drilling project officially began on March 5, 2017. The project covers 12 of the 14 regions

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SENEGAL-CHINA-AIDED-WATER PROJECT-VILLAGE-WELL KEEPER

(230323) -- DAKAR, March 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A villager carrying water is pictured on the way home in Tenefoul Toucouleur Village, Diourbel, Senegal, March 20, 2023. Mamadou Dieng, 40, an employee of the Chinese construction company CGCOC Group Senegal Branch, has been responsible for maintaining a Chinese-aided well in Tenefoul Toucouleur Village. Checking the machine's functions and filling the engine with diesel, Dieng's work may seem simple and tedious, but means a lot to the locals. Tenefoul Toucouleur Village was once a place afflicted with a severe lack of water. According to Dieng, residents there used to walk 1.5 kilometers every day and wait in long queues to fetch water from a 25-meter-deep well in a neighboring village. The well, part of the Chinese-funded rural well-drilling project in Senegal, has brought significant changes to local people's lives. In Senegal, the rural well-drilling project officially began on March 5, 2017. The project covers 12 of the 14 regions of Senegal. (Xinh

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SENEGAL-CHINA-AIDED-WATER PROJECT-VILLAGE-WELL KEEPER

(230323) -- DAKAR, March 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Mamadou Dieng cleans the generator set of a well project in Tenefoul Toucouleur Village, Diourbel, Senegal, March 20, 2023. Mamadou Dieng, 40, an employee of the Chinese construction company CGCOC Group Senegal Branch, has been responsible for maintaining a Chinese-aided well in Tenefoul Toucouleur Village. Checking the machine's functions and filling the engine with diesel, Dieng's work may seem simple and tedious, but means a lot to the locals. Tenefoul Toucouleur Village was once a place afflicted with a severe lack of water. According to Dieng, residents there used to walk 1.5 kilometers every day and wait in long queues to fetch water from a 25-meter-deep well in a neighboring village. The well, part of the Chinese-funded rural well-drilling project in Senegal, has brought significant changes to local people's lives. In Senegal, the rural well-drilling project officially began on March 5, 2017. The project covers 12 of the 14 regions of Senegal. (X

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SENEGAL-CHINA-AIDED-WATER PROJECT-VILLAGE-WELL KEEPER

(230323) -- DAKAR, March 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Mamadou Dieng fills the generator of a well project with diesel in Tenefoul Toucouleur Village, Diourbel, Senegal, March 20, 2023. Mamadou Dieng, 40, an employee of the Chinese construction company CGCOC Group Senegal Branch, has been responsible for maintaining a Chinese-aided well in Tenefoul Toucouleur Village. Checking the machine's functions and filling the engine with diesel, Dieng's work may seem simple and tedious, but means a lot to the locals. Tenefoul Toucouleur Village was once a place afflicted with a severe lack of water. According to Dieng, residents there used to walk 1.5 kilometers every day and wait in long queues to fetch water from a 25-meter-deep well in a neighboring village. The well, part of the Chinese-funded rural well-drilling project in Senegal, has brought significant changes to local people's lives. In Senegal, the rural well-drilling project officially began on March 5, 2017. The project covers 12 of the 14 regions of Sene

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SENEGAL-CHINA-AIDED-WATER PROJECT-VILLAGE-WELL KEEPER

(230323) -- DAKAR, March 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Nogaye yak, Mamadou Dieng's wife, cooks at home in Tenefoul Toucouleur Village, Diourbel, Senegal, March 20, 2023. Mamadou Dieng, 40, an employee of the Chinese construction company CGCOC Group Senegal Branch, has been responsible for maintaining a Chinese-aided well in Tenefoul Toucouleur Village. Checking the machine's functions and filling the engine with diesel, Dieng's work may seem simple and tedious, but means a lot to the locals. Tenefoul Toucouleur Village was once a place afflicted with a severe lack of water. According to Dieng, residents there used to walk 1.5 kilometers every day and wait in long queues to fetch water from a 25-meter-deep well in a neighboring village. The well, part of the Chinese-funded rural well-drilling project in Senegal, has brought significant changes to local people's lives. In Senegal, the rural well-drilling project officially began on March 5, 2017. The project covers 12 of the 14 regions of Senegal. (Xinhua/Han

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SENEGAL-CHINA-AIDED-WATER PROJECT-VILLAGE-WELL KEEPER

(230323) -- DAKAR, March 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Mamadou Dieng (L) collects water in Tenefoul Toucouleur Village, Diourbel, Senegal, March 20, 2023. Mamadou Dieng, 40, an employee of the Chinese construction company CGCOC Group Senegal Branch, has been responsible for maintaining a Chinese-aided well in Tenefoul Toucouleur Village. Checking the machine's functions and filling the engine with diesel, Dieng's work may seem simple and tedious, but means a lot to the locals. Tenefoul Toucouleur Village was once a place afflicted with a severe lack of water. According to Dieng, residents there used to walk 1.5 kilometers every day and wait in long queues to fetch water from a 25-meter-deep well in a neighboring village. The well, part of the Chinese-funded rural well-drilling project in Senegal, has brought significant changes to local people's lives. In Senegal, the rural well-drilling project officially began on March 5, 2017. The project covers 12 of the 14 regions of Senegal. (Xinhua/Han Xu)

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SENEGAL-CHINA-AIDED-WATER PROJECT-VILLAGE-WELL KEEPER

(230323) -- DAKAR, March 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Mamadou Dieng checks the generator set of a well project in Tenefoul Toucouleur Village, Diourbel, Senegal, March 20, 2023. Mamadou Dieng, 40, an employee of the Chinese construction company CGCOC Group Senegal Branch, has been responsible for maintaining a Chinese-aided well in Tenefoul Toucouleur Village. Checking the machine's functions and filling the engine with diesel, Dieng's work may seem simple and tedious, but means a lot to the locals. Tenefoul Toucouleur Village was once a place afflicted with a severe lack of water. According to Dieng, residents there used to walk 1.5 kilometers every day and wait in long queues to fetch water from a 25-meter-deep well in a neighboring village. The well, part of the Chinese-funded rural well-drilling project in Senegal, has brought significant changes to local people's lives. In Senegal, the rural well-drilling project officially began on March 5, 2017. The project covers 12 of the 14 regions of Senegal. (X

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SENEGAL-CHINA-AIDED-WATER PROJECT-VILLAGE-WELL KEEPER

(230323) -- DAKAR, March 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on March 20, 2023 shows a general view of a well project in Tenefoul Toucouleur Village, Diourbel, Senegal. Mamadou Dieng, 40, an employee of the Chinese construction company CGCOC Group Senegal Branch, has been responsible for maintaining a Chinese-aided well in Tenefoul Toucouleur Village. Checking the machine's functions and filling the engine with diesel, Dieng's work may seem simple and tedious, but means a lot to the locals. Tenefoul Toucouleur Village was once a place afflicted with a severe lack of water. According to Dieng, residents there used to walk 1.5 kilometers every day and wait in long queues to fetch water from a 25-meter-deep well in a neighboring village. The well, part of the Chinese-funded rural well-drilling project in Senegal, has brought significant changes to local people's lives. In Senegal, the rural well-drilling project officially began on March 5, 2017. The project covers 12 of the 14 regions of Senegal. (

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SENEGAL-CHINA-AIDED-WATER PROJECT-VILLAGE-WELL KEEPER

(230323) -- DAKAR, March 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Villagers collect water in Tenefoul Toucouleur Village, Diourbel, Senegal, March 20, 2023. Mamadou Dieng, 40, an employee of the Chinese construction company CGCOC Group Senegal Branch, has been responsible for maintaining a Chinese-aided well in Tenefoul Toucouleur Village. Checking the machine's functions and filling the engine with diesel, Dieng's work may seem simple and tedious, but means a lot to the locals. Tenefoul Toucouleur Village was once a place afflicted with a severe lack of water. According to Dieng, residents there used to walk 1.5 kilometers every day and wait in long queues to fetch water from a 25-meter-deep well in a neighboring village. The well, part of the Chinese-funded rural well-drilling project in Senegal, has brought significant changes to local people's lives. In Senegal, the rural well-drilling project officially began on March 5, 2017. The project covers 12 of the 14 regions of Senegal. (Xinhua/Han Xu)

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SENEGAL-CHINA-AIDED-WATER PROJECT-VILLAGE-WELL KEEPER

(230323) -- DAKAR, March 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Villagers collect water in Tenefoul Toucouleur Village, Diourbel, Senegal, March 20, 2023. Mamadou Dieng, 40, an employee of the Chinese construction company CGCOC Group Senegal Branch, has been responsible for maintaining a Chinese-aided well in Tenefoul Toucouleur Village. Checking the machine's functions and filling the engine with diesel, Dieng's work may seem simple and tedious, but means a lot to the locals. Tenefoul Toucouleur Village was once a place afflicted with a severe lack of water. According to Dieng, residents there used to walk 1.5 kilometers every day and wait in long queues to fetch water from a 25-meter-deep well in a neighboring village. The well, part of the Chinese-funded rural well-drilling project in Senegal, has brought significant changes to local people's lives. In Senegal, the rural well-drilling project officially began on March 5, 2017. The project covers 12 of the 14 regions of Senegal. (Xinhua/Han Xu)

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SENEGAL-CHINA-AIDED-WATER PROJECT-VILLAGE-WELL KEEPER

(230323) -- DAKAR, March 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Mamadou Dieng climbs up a water tower to check and clean the water storage tank in Tenefoul Toucouleur Village, Diourbel, Senegal, March 20, 2023. Mamadou Dieng, 40, an employee of the Chinese construction company CGCOC Group Senegal Branch, has been responsible for maintaining a Chinese-aided well in Tenefoul Toucouleur Village. Checking the machine's functions and filling the engine with diesel, Dieng's work may seem simple and tedious, but means a lot to the locals. Tenefoul Toucouleur Village was once a place afflicted with a severe lack of water. According to Dieng, residents there used to walk 1.5 kilometers every day and wait in long queues to fetch water from a 25-meter-deep well in a neighboring village. The well, part of the Chinese-funded rural well-drilling project in Senegal, has brought significant changes to local people's lives. In Senegal, the rural well-drilling project officially began on March 5, 2017. The project covers 12 of the 14

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SENEGAL-CHINA-AIDED-WATER PROJECT-VILLAGE-WELL KEEPER

(230323) -- DAKAR, March 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Mamadou Dieng checks the generator set of a well project in Tenefoul Toucouleur Village, Diourbel, Senegal, March 20, 2023. Mamadou Dieng, 40, an employee of the Chinese construction company CGCOC Group Senegal Branch, has been responsible for maintaining a Chinese-aided well in Tenefoul Toucouleur Village. Checking the machine's functions and filling the engine with diesel, Dieng's work may seem simple and tedious, but means a lot to the locals. Tenefoul Toucouleur Village was once a place afflicted with a severe lack of water. According to Dieng, residents there used to walk 1.5 kilometers every day and wait in long queues to fetch water from a 25-meter-deep well in a neighboring village. The well, part of the Chinese-funded rural well-drilling project in Senegal, has brought significant changes to local people's lives. In Senegal, the rural well-drilling project officially began on March 5, 2017. The project covers 12 of the 14 regions of Senegal. (X

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SENEGAL-CHINA-AIDED-WATER PROJECT-VILLAGE-WELL KEEPER

(230323) -- DAKAR, March 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A villager collects water in Tenefoul Toucouleur Village, Diourbel, Senegal, March 20, 2023. Mamadou Dieng, 40, an employee of the Chinese construction company CGCOC Group Senegal Branch, has been responsible for maintaining a Chinese-aided well in Tenefoul Toucouleur Village. Checking the machine's functions and filling the engine with diesel, Dieng's work may seem simple and tedious, but means a lot to the locals. Tenefoul Toucouleur Village was once a place afflicted with a severe lack of water. According to Dieng, residents there used to walk 1.5 kilometers every day and wait in long queues to fetch water from a 25-meter-deep well in a neighboring village. The well, part of the Chinese-funded rural well-drilling project in Senegal, has brought significant changes to local people's lives. In Senegal, the rural well-drilling project officially began on March 5, 2017. The project covers 12 of the 14 regions of Senegal. (Xinhua/Han Xu)

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SENEGAL-CHINA-AIDED-WATER PROJECT-VILLAGE-WELL KEEPER

(230323) -- DAKAR, March 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Mamadou Dieng walks in the area of a well project in Tenefoul Toucouleur Village, Diourbel, Senegal, March 20, 2023. Mamadou Dieng, 40, an employee of the Chinese construction company CGCOC Group Senegal Branch, has been responsible for maintaining a Chinese-aided well in Tenefoul Toucouleur Village. Checking the machine's functions and filling the engine with diesel, Dieng's work may seem simple and tedious, but means a lot to the locals. Tenefoul Toucouleur Village was once a place afflicted with a severe lack of water. According to Dieng, residents there used to walk 1.5 kilometers every day and wait in long queues to fetch water from a 25-meter-deep well in a neighboring village. The well, part of the Chinese-funded rural well-drilling project in Senegal, has brought significant changes to local people's lives. In Senegal, the rural well-drilling project officially began on March 5, 2017. The project covers 12 of the 14 regions of Senegal. (Xinhua/H

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SENEGAL-CHINA-AIDED-WATER PROJECT-VILLAGE-WELL KEEPER

(230323) -- DAKAR, March 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Mamadou Dieng (R) helps villagers collect water in Tenefoul Toucouleur Village, Diourbel, Senegal, March 20, 2023. Mamadou Dieng, 40, an employee of the Chinese construction company CGCOC Group Senegal Branch, has been responsible for maintaining a Chinese-aided well in Tenefoul Toucouleur Village. Checking the machine's functions and filling the engine with diesel, Dieng's work may seem simple and tedious, but means a lot to the locals. Tenefoul Toucouleur Village was once a place afflicted with a severe lack of water. According to Dieng, residents there used to walk 1.5 kilometers every day and wait in long queues to fetch water from a 25-meter-deep well in a neighboring village. The well, part of the Chinese-funded rural well-drilling project in Senegal, has brought significant changes to local people's lives. In Senegal, the rural well-drilling project officially began on March 5, 2017. The project covers 12 of the 14 regions of Senegal. (Xinhua/Han

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SENEGAL-CHINA-AIDED-WATER PROJECT-VILLAGE-WELL KEEPER

(230323) -- DAKAR, March 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Mamadou Dieng (3rd R) helps villagers collect water in Tenefoul Toucouleur Village, Diourbel, Senegal, March 20, 2023. Mamadou Dieng, 40, an employee of the Chinese construction company CGCOC Group Senegal Branch, has been responsible for maintaining a Chinese-aided well in Tenefoul Toucouleur Village. Checking the machine's functions and filling the engine with diesel, Dieng's work may seem simple and tedious, but means a lot to the locals. Tenefoul Toucouleur Village was once a place afflicted with a severe lack of water. According to Dieng, residents there used to walk 1.5 kilometers every day and wait in long queues to fetch water from a 25-meter-deep well in a neighboring village. The well, part of the Chinese-funded rural well-drilling project in Senegal, has brought significant changes to local people's lives. In Senegal, the rural well-drilling project officially began on March 5, 2017. The project covers 12 of the 14 regions of Senegal. (Xinhua

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SENEGAL-CHINA-AIDED-WATER PROJECT-VILLAGE-WELL KEEPER

(230323) -- DAKAR, March 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Mamadou Dieng (1st L) helps villagers collect water in Tenefoul Toucouleur Village, Diourbel, Senegal, March 20, 2023. Mamadou Dieng, 40, an employee of the Chinese construction company CGCOC Group Senegal Branch, has been responsible for maintaining a Chinese-aided well in Tenefoul Toucouleur Village. Checking the machine's functions and filling the engine with diesel, Dieng's work may seem simple and tedious, but means a lot to the locals. Tenefoul Toucouleur Village was once a place afflicted with a severe lack of water. According to Dieng, residents there used to walk 1.5 kilometers every day and wait in long queues to fetch water from a 25-meter-deep well in a neighboring village. The well, part of the Chinese-funded rural well-drilling project in Senegal, has brought significant changes to local people's lives. In Senegal, the rural well-drilling project officially began on March 5, 2017. The project covers 12 of the 14 regions of Senegal. (Xinhua

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Japan Post to hike parcel delivery rates by 12%

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 5 Kyodo - Kunio Yokoyama, president of Japan Post Co., speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 5, 2017. The company said it will raise basic shipping fees for its door-to-door parcel delivery service by an average 12 percent from March 2018 as labor costs continue to climb due to a courier shortage.

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Chebii claims Lake Biwa Marathon

OTSU, Japan, March 5 Kyodo - Ezekiel Kiptoo Chebii of Kenya crosses the finish line in the Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon in the central Japan city of Otsu on March 5, 2017, winning with a time of 2:09:06.

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LDP passes rule change that could see Abe remain PM until 2021

TOKYO, Japan, March 5 Kyodo - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe addresses the Liberal Democratic Party's annual convention in Tokyo on March 5, 2017. The ruling party decided to extend its term limit for party leaders, potentially allowing Abe to remain LDP president until September 2021.

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KENYA-MOMBASA-NAIROBI-RAILWAY-NEW JOBS-5TH ANNIVERSARY

(220807) -- NAIROBI, Aug. 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Kenyan drivers John Pius (L) and Brian Kemboi confirm safety with platform staff at Ngong station in Kajiado, Kenya, March 25, 2022. Launched on May 31, 2017, the 480 km Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR), financed mainly by China and constructed by China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC), has fostered job creation for local people. Afristar, the company operating the SGR, has employed Kenyans in 123 railway professions which fall under 5 railway departments, including railway transportation, locomotive, track, signal, and rolling stock. As of July 31, there are currently 1,359 employees working at Afristar, among them 1,049 are Kenyan employees. (Xinhua/Long Lei)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-GIRL-NEW SEMESTER (CN)

(220305) -- GUIYANG, March 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Up: Liduanfen Middle School is pictured in Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 27, 2022 (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin). Middle: Dadai Elementary School is pictured in Dadai Miao Village, Bingmei Township, Congjiang County in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 25, 2021(Xinhua/Yang Wenbin). Bottom: Dadai Elementary School before renovation is pictured in Dadai Miao Village, Bingmei Township, Congjiang County in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Dec. 1, 2017. Pan Xuefei, a girl of the Miao ethnic group from Dadai Miao Village of Congjiang County in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture of southwest China's Guizhou Province, is embracing her new semester at a middle school in Guizhou's capital city of Guiyang after graduating from a village elementary school. In recent years, Dadai Miao Village has seen a steady progress in people's living condit

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Lao village takes Chinese route to poverty alleviation

STORY: Lao village takes Chinese route to poverty alleviation DATELINE: March 1, 2022 LENGTH: 00:04:30 LOCATION: Vientiane CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Ban Xor Village 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Lao): KHAMCHAN BOUDVINAI, Local resident 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Lao): KHAMCHAN BOUDVINAI, Local resident 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Lao): KA SIDAVONGXAY, Local resident 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Lao): KHAMCHAN BOUDVINAI, Local resident STORYLINE: In the mountains of northern Laos, life keeps getting better and better for the villagers of Ban Xor. According to Khamchan Boudvinai, the deputy village chief, everyone has a little more money to spend these days. In 2017, the Ban Xor village was chosen to pilot a China-backed poverty alleviation project. Two hours' drive north of capital Vientiane, the project was one of the first communities in Laos to benefit from China's years of hard work to end poverty at home. Khamchan Boudvinai has seen for himself how rural communities in China were transformed. SOUNDBITE 1 (Lao): KHAMCHAN BOUDVINAI,

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Paralympic Alpine skier Takeshi Suzuki

Japanese skier Takeshi Suzuki, the 2014 Sochi Paralympic men's slalom - sitting gold medalist, competes at a World Cup event in Hakuba, Japan, on March 5, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby: Goromaru returning to Yamaha

Photo taken in March 2017 shows Japan's 2015 World Cup hero Ayumu Goromaru. The 31-year-old fullback revealed on his website on June 5 that he is rejoining his old side Yamaha Jubilo after a year-and-a-half playing for Australia's Queensland Reds and France's Toulon. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: Striking best torch relay course vital to 2020 theme

Koji Murofushi (far L), the 2004 Athens Olympic Games men's hammer throw gold medalist, poses with local students in front of the borrowed 1964 Olympic cauldron in the northeastern Japan city of Ishinomaki in this file photo taken March 5, 2017. Ishinomaki, which was heavily damaged by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, is bidding to be the starting point of the torch relay for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Local gov't helicopter with 9 aboard crashes

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a Nagano prefectural government rescue helicopter that crashed with nine people aboard in a mountainous area in the central Japan prefecture on March 5, 2017. The helicopter was being used in a mountain rescue drill at the time of the crash. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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National People's Congress starts in Beijing

Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) and Premier Li Keqiang smile following the opening ceremony of the National People's Congress on March 5, 2017, in Beijing's Great Hall of the People. Li said China has set its 2017 growth target at around 6.5 percent. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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National People's Congress starts in Beijing

The National People's Congress starts on March 5, 2017, at Beijing's Great Hall of the People. Premier Li Keqiang said China has set its growth target for 2017 at around 6.5 percent, "or higher if possible." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: McClaren at helm again as China takes on 4th WBC challenge

China players celebrate after defeating Brazil 5-2 in their World Baseball Classic first-round Pool A game at Yafuoku Dome in Fukuoka, Japan, on March 5, 2013. Former Seattle Mariners skipper John McClaren returns as manager with China's strongest team ever to face Japan, Cuba and Australia in Pool B play starting March 7, 2017, at Tokyo Dome. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Coaching changes help Japan get on track ahead of WBC

Undated combined photo shows former BayStars manager Hiroshi Gondo (L) and former major league closer Takashi Saito. With the help of the two new pitching coaches, Japan's all-professional national team held Taiwan to a total of three runs over two exhibition games on March 5 and 6, 2016, that are meant to be a build-up for the 2017 World Baseball Classic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: Hasebe sets Japan record for Bundesliga appearances

Makoto Hasebe (far R) of Eintracht Frankfurt acknowledges the crowd with teammates after the team's 2-1 loss at home to Freiburg in a German Bundesliga match on March 5, 2017. The 33-year-old Japan midfielder rewrote a record the same day for the most Bundesliga appearances by a Japanese player as he took the pitch for his 235th match. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese boxer Shinsuke Yamanaka

Japan's former WBC bantamweight champion Shinsuke Yamanaka speaks at a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on Jan. 5, 2018. Yamanaka will face champion Luis Nery of Mexico in March in a rematch of their Aug. 2017 title fight. The World Boxing Council ordered the rematch after Nery failed a drugs test. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fashion week opens in Tokyo

The "5-knot" brand clothes are introduced in Tokyo at the start of the Amazon Fashion Week, one of the biggest fashion shows in Japan, on March 20, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fashion week opens in Tokyo

The "5-knot" brand clothes are introduced in Tokyo at the start of the Amazon Fashion Week, one of the biggest fashion shows in Japan, on March 20, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Yankee Stadium

File photo taken July 8, 2017, shows Yankee Stadium in New York. According to calculations released by U.S. business magazine Forbes in March 2020, for major sports properties alone, the cost of being sidelined for two months will be at least $5 billion amid the outbreak of the new coronavirus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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American bonsai pro opens garden in Japan

U.S.-born bonsai pro Adam Jones poses for a photo at his bonsai garden in Ami, Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, on March 5, 2019. A native of Pennsylvania, the 35-year-old Jones became independent in 2017 after five years of apprenticeship in Japan and opened "Tree House Bonsai" in Ami near Narita airport in March this year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art

File photo taken in November 2017 shows Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art, designed by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki, in the southwestern Japan city of Kitakyushu. Isozaki won the Pritzker Architecture Prize, regarded as the Nobel prize of architecture, on March 5, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Trial over Vietnamese girl's murder

Le Anh Hao speaks to reporters at his home in Matsudo, eastern Japan, on March 5, 2018, about the upcoming trial over the 2017 murder of his daughter Le Thi Nhat Linh. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Trial over Vietnamese girl's murder

Le Anh Hao prays before a photo of his deceased daughter Le Thi Nhat Linh at his home in Matsudo, eastern Japan, on March 5, 2018. A local man has been charged with the murder of the girl in 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Curling: Japan earns spot in 2018 women's world c'ship

Japan's Satsuki Fujisawa (C) watches her shot as Yurika Yoshida (L) and Mari Motohashi sweep in a women's semifinal match against China at the Pacific-Asia Curling Championships in Erina, Australia, on Nov. 8, 2017. Japan edged China 6-5 to secure a top-three finish and claim a spot at the world championship in North Bay, Canada, in March 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Panasonic 100th anniversary design exhibition

Panasonic Corp. opens an exhibition of its products in Tokyo on Nov. 1, 2017, as it marks the 100th anniversary of its founding in March 2018. The exhibition will run through Nov. 5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Brunei sultan marks 50 years on throne

Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah and Queen Saleha wave to people as they march through Brunei's capital Bandar Seri Begawan on Oct. 5, 2017, to mark 50 years on the throne. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Egypt sees snow at Africa's first indoor ski slope

People take ski lessons on Aug. 5, 2017, at Ski Egypt, Africa's first indoor ski slope that opened in March in Giza as part of the Mall of Egypt shopping complex. Only a 30-minute drive from the Great Pyramid, it features a 210-meter-long ski slope and children's play area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Egypt sees snow at Africa's first indoor ski slope

Photo taken Aug. 5, 2017, shows Ski Egypt, Africa's first indoor ski slope that opened in March in Giza as part of the Mall of Egypt shopping complex. Only a 30-minute drive from the Great Pyramid, it features a 210-meter-long ski slope and children's play area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo