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10 Mongolian provinces experience harsh wintry weather

STORY: 10 Mongolian provinces experience harsh wintry weather SHOOTING TIME: mid-Nov., 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:15 LOCATION: Ulan Bator CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of roads and pastures 2. various of livestock herds 3. various of pastures covered in snow STORYLINE: At least 10 of all the 21 Mongolian provinces have been experiencing extreme wintry weather, known as "dzud," the country's National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said Thursday. Dzud is a Mongolian term to describe a severely cold winter when a large number of livestock die because the ground is frozen or covered in snow. "At least 10 provinces, including Bayan-Ulgii, Uvs, Khovd, Zavkhan and Govi-Altai in the west, as well as Khentii and Dornogovi in the east, are now experiencing the dzud," the NEMA said in a statement. In addition, eight provinces, including Sukhbaatar in the east and Bulgan in the north, are experiencing near-dzud conditions, the emergency agency said. In 2016, a dzud killed

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Chinese embassy donates goods to Chinese-aided orphanage in Zimbabwe

STORY: Chinese embassy donates goods to Chinese-aided orphanage in Zimbabwe SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 14, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 15, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:14 LOCATION: Harare CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the donation ceremony 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ZHOU DING, Chinese Ambassador to Zimbabwe 3. various of donated goods 4. various of the orphanage 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ZHOU DING, Chinese Ambassador to Zimbabwe STORYLINE: The Chinese Embassy in Zimbabwe on Tuesday donated a batch of food, stationery and other basic necessities to the Chinese-aided Hossana Love in Africa Children's Home, an orphanage. Chinese Ambassador to Zimbabwe Zhou Ding handed over the goods to the orphanage at its premises in the Hatcliffe suburb, which lies 25 km outside Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe. The Chinese embassy and the Chinese community in Zimbabwe started to make donations to the children's home in 2016 and since then, they have been offering support to the orphanage. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ZHOU DING, Chines

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Japan, Saudi Arabia play in World Cup qualifier

SAITAMA, Japan, Nov. 15 Kyodo - Hiroshi Kiyotake of Japan opens the scoring from the penalty spot during the first half of a Group B Asian World Cup qualifier against Saudi Arabia at Saitama Stadium in Saitama, north of Tokyo, on Nov. 15, 2016.

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AUSTRALIA-PERTH-NOBEL PRIZE LAUREATE-CHINA STORY

(220615) -- PERTH, June 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Prof. Barry Marshall practices Chinese calligraphy at the University of Western Australia in Perth, Australia, Nov. 25, 2016. TO GO WITH "Feature: Australian Nobel prize laureate's China story" (Marshall Center/Handout via Xinhua)

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Road Reopened After Huge Sinkhole in Fukuoka

FUKUOKA, Japan, - Nov. 15: A road in front of JR Hakata station in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka reopens on Nov. 15, 2016, after a huge sinkhole there was filled with soil. The 30-meter-long, 27-meter-wide, 15-meter-deep hole is believed to have been caused by construction work on a subway extension line.

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Clinton calls for solidarity against terrorism

Hillary Clinton, former U.S. Secretary of State and Democratic candidate for the 2016 presidential election, addresses a gathering in Ames, Iowa, on Nov. 15, 2015. Clinton called for the international community to fight together against terrorism in the wake of the deadly terror attacks in Paris on Nov. 13. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan sets up panel to increase no. of foreign tourists

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (far L) addresses the first meeting of a panel to devise ways to attract even more foreign tourists to Japan, on Nov. 9, 2015 at his office in Tokyo. The panel headed by Abe and comprised of Cabinet ministers and private-sector experts, is expected to make a concrete plan by March 2016 to increase the number of foreign visitors to 30 million a year. The number for 2015 surpassed 15 million in early October. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Shogi prodigy reaches 50th professional win

Fifteen-year-old Sota Fujii, Japan' youngest professional shogi player, and 54-year-old player Shingo Hirafuji reflect on their match in Osaka on Nov. 21, 2017 after Fujii clinched his 50th career win earlier in the day. By beating the seventh-dan Hirafuji, Fujii, a fourth-dan player and a junior high school student aged 15 years and 4 months, became the youngest player to reach the 50th win. Since his pro debut in December 2016, the shogi prodigy set an all-time record with 29 consecutive professional wins in June 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: MLB expects new Japan posting deal by early Dec.

File photo taken on Sept. 28, 2016, shows Nippon Ham fighters pitcher Shohei Otani celebrating after clinching the Pacific League title in a 1-0 win over the Seibu Lions at Seibu Prince Dome in Tokorozawa, north of Tokyo. Major League Baseball said on Nov. 15, 2017, it hopes to establish a new posting system with Japan by early December, in a move that would enable the Japanese two-way phenomenon to start negotiations with U.S. teams over his move to the major leagues. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Jakarta governor vows to press on despite possible hit to popularity

Popular Jakarta Gov. Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, who is known by his Chinese name Ahok, speaks in an interview with a small group of journalists on Nov. 17, 2016, during a break in campaigning the 2017 gubernatorial election. On Nov. 15, police declared Ahok is suspected of religious blasphemy following pressure from radical Muslim organizations to prosecute him. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Jakarta governor vows to press on despite possible hit to popularity

Popular Jakarta Gov. Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (C), who is known by his Chinese name Ahok, speaks to supporters on Nov. 17, 2016, while campaigning for the 2017 gubernatorial election. On Nov. 15, police declared Ahok is suspected of religious blasphemy following pressure from radical Muslim organizations to prosecute him. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Locals restore quake-damaged Boudhanath stupa without government aid

Kathmandu's famed Boudhanath stupa, pictured Nov. 15, 2016, has been fully restored, making it the first of the country's more than 700 heritage structures damaged by the devastating earthquakes that hit Nepal in April and May 2015 to have been returned to its pre-quake glory. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Park asks prosecutors to postpone questioning over scandal

File photo shows South Korean President Park Geun Hye. The embattled president has asked prosecutors to postpone the date for questioning her over an influence-peddling scandal involving her longtime friend, Park's defense lawyer said on Nov. 15, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Merkel to run for 4th term as chancellor: politician

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, seen in this photo taken on July 28, 2016, in Berlin, will run for a fourth term in 2017 elections, a senior politician in her party said on Nov. 15. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby: Yamashita joins Brave Blossoms captain Leitch with Chiefs

Hiroshi Yamashita runs with the ball in the second half of Kobe Kobelco Steelers' 23-18 win over Canon Eagles in Kobe on Nov. 15, 2015. The 30-year-old prop will join the New Zealand-based Chiefs for the 2016 Super Rugby season, his Japanese club said on Feb. 4. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korean leader's birthday remains non-holiday

A North Korean calendar for 2016 photographed on Nov. 24, 2015, shows that Jan. 8, the birthday of country leader Kim Jong Un, is treated as a non-holiday as before. Multiple calendars of North Korea obtained by Kyodo News confirmed the finding, while birthdays of his father Kim Jong Il (Feb. 16) and grandfather Kim Il Sung (April 15) are marked as public holidays. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Offspring seedling from "miracle pine" to be offered to west Japan shrine

File photo taken on Sept. 15, 2015, shows a "miracle lone pine tree," the only one of about 70,000 pines along the coast of northeastern Japan's Rikuzentakata that initially withstood the massive tsunami of 2011. A citizens' group that has been nurturing seedlings from the pine said on Nov. 13 it will offer a seedling to Izumo Shrine in Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, in March 2016 in hopes of keeping the disaster's lessons alive for future generations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sumo: Hakuho gets 1,000th career win

Grand champion Hakuho is pictured in the locker room after picking up his 1,000th career win on the third day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Nov. 15, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan-Saudi Arabia World Cup qualifier

AC Milan's Keisuke Honda (far R) sits on the bench during the first half of an Asian World Cup qualifier between Japan and Saudi Arabia at Saitama Stadium in Saitama, north of Tokyo, on Nov. 15, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, Saudi Arabia play in World Cup Asian qualifiers

Yuya Osako of Japan (L) and Abdulmalek Al Khaibri of Saudi Arabia battle for the ball during the first half of a Group B match of an Asian World Cup qualifier at Saitama Stadium in Saitama, north of Tokyo, on Nov. 15, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sinkhole disrupts traffic in central Fukuoka

A huge sinkhole is pictured at a crossing near JR Hakata Station in downtown Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 8, 2016. The road apparently caved in around 5:15 a.m., disrupting traffic and causing blackouts, according to local authorities. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Vojtech Jasny

FILE - In this May 10, 2016, file photo, Vojtech Jasny, Czech film director and scriptwriter, poses for photographers in Prague, Czech Republic. Vojtech Jasny has died on Friday, Nov. 15, 2019, at the age of 93 years. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

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Fossil of bird or dinosaur egg

Photo taken on Nov. 15, 2018 in Kobe, western Japan, shows a fossil of what is believed to be a bird or dinosaur egg dating back 110 million years, discovered in 2016 in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Shogi prodigy reaches 50th professional win

Fifteen-year-old Sota Fujii (L), Japan' youngest professional shogi player, competes against 54-year-old Shingo Hirafuji in Osaka on Nov. 21, 2017. Fujii clinched his 50th career win later in the day. By beating the seventh-dan Hirafuji, Fujii, a fourth-dan player and a junior high school student aged 15 years and 4 months, became the youngest player to reach the 50th win. Since his pro debut in December 2016, the shogi prodigy set an all-time record with 29 consecutive professional wins in June 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Shogi prodigy reaches 50th professional win

Fifteen-year-old Sota Fujii, Japan' youngest professional shogi player, reflects on his match against 54-year-old player Shingo Hirafuji in Osaka on Nov. 21, 2017 after clinching his 50th career win earlier in the day. By beating the seventh-dan Hirafuji, Fujii, a fourth-dan player and a junior high school student aged 15 years and 4 months, became the youngest player to reach the 50th win. Since his pro debut in December 2016, the shogi prodigy set an all-time record with 29 consecutive professional wins in June 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Shogi prodigy reaches 50th professional win

Fifteen-year-old Sota Fujii, Japan' youngest professional shogi player (L), and 54-year-old player Shingo Hirafuji reflect on their match in Osaka on Nov. 21, 2017 after Fujii clinched his 50th career win earlier in the day. By beating the seventh-dan Hirafuji, Fujii, a fourth-dan player and a junior high school student aged 15 years and 4 months, became the youngest player to reach the 50th win. Since his pro debut in December 2016, the shogi prodigy set an all-time record with 29 consecutive professional wins in June 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Shogi prodigy reaches 50th professional win

Fifteen-year-old Sota Fujii, Japan' youngest professional shogi player, reflects on his match against 54-year-old player Shingo Hirafuji in Osaka on Nov. 21, 2017 after clinching his 50th career win earlier in the day. By beating the seventh-dan Hirafuji, Fujii, a fourth-dan player and a junior high school student aged 15 years and 4 months, became the youngest player to reach the 50th win. Since his pro debut in December 2016, the shogi prodigy set an all-time record with 29 consecutive professional wins in June 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Shogi prodigy reaches 50th professional win

Fifteen-year-old Sota Fujii, Japan' youngest professional shogi player (L), and 54-year-old player Shingo Hirafuji reflect on their match in Osaka on Nov. 21, 2017 after Fujii clinched his 50th career win earlier in the day. By beating the seventh-dan Hirafuji, Fujii, a fourth-dan player and a junior high school student aged 15 years and 4 months, became the youngest player to reach the 50th win. Since his pro debut in December 2016, the shogi prodigy set an all-time record with 29 consecutive professional wins in June 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Shogi prodigy reaches 50th professional win

Fifteen-year-old Sota Fujii, Japan' youngest professional shogi player, reflects on his match against 54-year-old player Shingo Hirafuji in Osaka on Nov. 21, 2017 after clinching his 50th career win earlier in the day. By beating the seventh-dan Hirafuji, Fujii, a fourth-dan player and a junior high school student aged 15 years and 4 months, became the youngest player to reach the 50th win. Since his pro debut in December 2016, the shogi prodigy set an all-time record with 29 consecutive professional wins in June 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yokozuna Kakuryu finishes Kyushu championship with 14th victory

Yokozuna (grand champion) Kakuryu of Mongolia, his family and supporters pose with the Emperor's Cup after his 14-1 victory at the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament in Fukuoka, western Japan, on Nov. 27, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yokozuna Kakuryu finishes Kyushu championship with 14th victory

Yokozuna (grand champion) Kakuryu of Mongolia, his family and supporters pose with the Emperor's Cup after his 14-1 victory at the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament in Fukuoka, western Japan, on Nov. 27, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yokozuna Kakuryu finishes Kyushu championship with 14th victory

Yokozuna (grand champion) Kakuryu of Mongolia (back) forces compatriot yokozuna Harumafuji out of the ring on the final day of the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament in Fukuoka, western Japan, on Nov. 27, 2016. Kakuryu won his third career grand tournament title with a 14-1 record. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kakuryu leads Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at 11-1

Yokozuna (grand champion) Kakuryu of Mongolia (R) forces ozeki Kotoshogiku out of the ring on the 12th day of the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament in Fukuoka, western Japan, on Nov. 24, 2016, retaining the sole lead at 11-1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hakuho suffers 3rd loss at Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament

Yokozuna (grand champion) Hakuho of Mongolia (R) is forced out of the ring by compatriot ozeki Terunofuji on the 12th day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament in Fukuoka, western Japan, on Nov. 24, 2016, suffering his third loss at the 15-day event. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hakuho handed 2nd loss at Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament

Yokozuna (grand champion) Hakuho of Mongolia (L) is forced out of the ring by ozeki Kisenosato on the 10th day of the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament in Fukuoka, western Japan, on Nov. 22, 2016, suffering his second defeat. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Promotion-chasing Goeido toughs out 5th win to stay perfect

Ozeki Goeido (L) battles with No. 1 maegashira Aoiyama of Bulgaria on the fifth day of the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament in Fukuoka, western Japan, on Nov. 17, 2016. Yokozuna hopeful Goeido won, remaining in a leading group of four wrestlers at 5-0. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hawaii gov. says firm Hawaii, U.S. ties to Japan may transcend Trump

Hawaii Gov. David Ige gives an interview to Kyodo News in Honolulu on Nov. 15, 2016. "As (Donald Trump) settles into the job of president, and as he learns and understands more about Asia-Pacific and the importance of the U.S.-Japan relationship, I think you'll see a change in his campaign promises to what actually gets implemented," Ige said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan PM Abe's adviser meets with Trump's aides

U.S. Republican Senator Tom Cotton (L), who is close to President-elect Donald Trump, and Katsuyuki Kawai, a special adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, shake hands in Washington on Nov. 15, 2016, two days before a scheduled meeting between Trump and Abe in New York. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mazda unveils new CX-5

Mazda Motor Corp. unveils the new CX-5 sport utility vehicle to the media in Los Angeles on Nov. 15, 2016. The automaker said it will launch the new model in Japan in February 2017 and in other countries subsequently. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Wilbur Ross eyed for Commerce Secretary in Trump's Cabinet

Undated photo shows Wilbur Ross, a private equity investor. It was reported on Nov. 15, 2016, that Ross is one of the candidates to head the Treasury and Commerce departments under U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan troops given new security role for U.N. mission in S. Sudan

Japanese ground Self-Defense Force personnel set up safety shields at a facility for peacekeeping operations in Juba, South Sudan, on Nov. 14, 2016. The Japanese government decided on Nov. 15 to assign GSDF personnel a controversial new security duty -- rescuing U.N. staff and others under attack -- during peacekeeping operations there. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan troops given new security role for U.N. mission in S. Sudan

Japanese ground Self-Defense Force personnel set up safety shields at a facility for peacekeeping operations in Juba, South Sudan, on Nov. 14, 2016. The Japanese government decided on Nov. 15 to assign GSDF personnel a controversial new security duty -- rescuing U.N. staff and others under attack -- during peacekeeping operations there. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan troops given new security role for U.N. mission in S. Sudan

Japanese ground Self-Defense Force personnel set up safety shields at a facility for peacekeeping operations in Juba, South Sudan, on Nov. 14, 2016. The Japanese government decided on Nov. 15 to assign GSDF personnel a controversial new security duty -- rescuing U.N. staff and others under attack -- during peacekeeping operations there. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan troops given new security role for U.N. mission in S. Sudan

Japanese ground Self-Defense Force personnel set up safety shields at a facility for peacekeeping operations in Juba, South Sudan, on Nov. 14, 2016. The Japanese government decided on Nov. 15 to assign GSDF personnel a controversial new security duty -- rescuing U.N. staff and others under attack -- during peacekeeping operations there. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan troops given new security role for U.N. mission in S. Sudan

A Japanese ground Self-Defense Force personnel stands guard during peacekeeping operations in Juba, South Sudan, on Nov. 14, 2016. The Japanese government decided on Nov. 15 to assign GSDF personnel a controversial new security duty -- rescuing U.N. staff and others under attack -- during peacekeeping operations there. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Taisei president apologizes for causing huge sinkhole in Fukuoka

Taisei Corp. President Yoshiyuki Murata (far L) bows in apology at a press conference at the municipal government office of Fukuoka on Nov. 15, 2016, as Taisei heads a joint venture involved in a subway line extension work in the southwestern city that may have caused a huge sinkhole beneath a major road. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Taisei president apologizes for causing huge sinkhole in Fukuoka

Taisei Corp. President Yoshiyuki Murata attends a press conference at the municipal government office of Fukuoka on Nov. 15, 2016, as Taisei heads a joint venture involved in a subway line extension work in the southwestern city that may have caused a huge sinkhole beneath a major road. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JCP leader Shii at party meeting

Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii addresses the party's central committee meeting in Tokyo on Nov. 15, 2016. Shii proposed the JCP aim to form a coalition government by promoting cooperative ties with three other opposition parties in the next general election. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JCP leader Shii at party meeting

Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii addresses the party's central committee meeting in Tokyo on Nov. 15, 2016. Shii proposed the JCP aim to form a coalition government by promoting cooperative ties with three other opposition parties in the next general election. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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JCP leader Shii at party meeting

Japanese Communist Party leader Kazuo Shii addresses the party's central committee meeting in Tokyo on Nov. 15, 2016. Shii proposed the JCP aim to form a coalition government by promoting cooperative ties with three other opposition parties in the next general election. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo