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Chinese-Slovak collaboration elevates tire machinery standards in Europe

STORY: Chinese-Slovak collaboration elevates tire machinery standards in Europe SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 27, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 6, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:16 LOCATION: TRENCIN, Slovakia CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of MERTC 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): TREVOR XU, President and General Director of MERTC 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): TREVOR XU, President and General Director of MERTC 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): STEFAN KUKUCKA, Deputy Director, MERTC STORYLINE: Headquartered in east China's Qingdao City, MESNAC is one of the world's largest suppliers of machinery for the tire and rubber industry. In 2009, MESNAC established its first overseas subsidiary, the MESNAC European Research and Technical Centre (MERTC), in central Slovakia's Trencin region. With a team of six Chinese and around 40 local Slovaks, MERTC has recently achieved a significant milestone by becoming a member of the Tyre Curing Press Work Group of the European Committee for Standardization. This membership not only highlights the fruitful partners

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Theatrical performance held in Amman to support Palestinians in Gaza

STORY: Theatrical performance held in Amman to support Palestinians in Gaza SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 16, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 17, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:46 LOCATION: Amman CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the performance 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): HAYAT JABER, Actress 3. various of the performance 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): ABDEL SALAM QABILAT, Director 5. various of audience 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): FARAH ABU JAMAL, Audience STORYLINE: A theatrical performance was held Thursday in the Jordanian capital, Amman, to support the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip. The event turned attention to the suffering of the Palestinian people. The performance was inspired by the novel "Go Home, Khalil," which was published in Russia by the novelist Kafa Al-Zoubi in 2009. The event, opened to the public for free, came in collaboration with Al-Shams Theater and Zad for arts Initiative. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): HAYAT JABER, Actress "Art always seeks to be a free word and not linked only to entertainment activities. The rol

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Dutch economy shrinks for 3rd consecutive quarter

STORY: Dutch economy shrinks for 3rd consecutive quarter SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 15, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:00 LOCATION: THE HAGUE, the Netherlands CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of street views in the Netherlands STORYLINE: The Dutch economy contracted in the third quarter of 2023, which already was the third quarterly shrinkage of the year, Statistics Netherlands (CBS) said on Tuesday. According to CBS, the gross domestic product (GDP) fell by 0.2 percent in the Q3 of 2023 compared to the previous quarter. The contraction was smaller than in the first two quarters of this year, when the economy shrank by 0.5 and 0.4 percent respectively. The last time the Dutch economy shrank three quarters in a row was during the financial crisis in 2008 and 2009. "Many jobs often disappear during a recession," CBS chief economist Peter Hein van Mulligen explained in a presentation. "That is not the case now. Many jobs were created, 31,000 to be precise compared to the previous quarter. The la

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Ex-PM Hatoyama announces retirement from politics

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in September 2009 shows Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (C, front) and members of his Cabinet posing for photos following their first meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo. Hatoyama, who was the first prime minister following the Democratic Party of Japan's ascent to power in 2009, said on Nov. 21, 2012, that he will not run in the Dec. 16 general election for the House of Representatives and will retire from politics.

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Ex-PM Hatoyama announces retirement from politics

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in July 1986 shows Yukio Hatoyama (C, front) celebrating with his wife Miyuki (to the right) and supporters at his campaign office in Muroran, Hokkaido, after winning a House of Representatives seat for the first time. Hatoyama, who was the first prime minister following the Democratic Party of Japan's ascent to power in 2009, said on Nov. 21, 2012, that he will not run in the Dec. 16 general election for the House of Representatives and will retire from politics.

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Ex-PM Hatoyama announces retirement from politics

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan holds a press conference in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, on Nov. 21, 2012. Hatoyama, who was the first prime minister following the DPJ's ascent to power in 2009, said at the press conference he will not run in the Dec. 16 general election for the House of Representatives and will retire from politics.

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Ex-PM Hatoyama announces retirement from politics

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan joins his palms before supporters in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, on Nov. 21, 2012. Hatoyama, who was the first prime minister following the DPJ's ascent to power in 2009, said the same day he will not run in the Dec. 16 general election for the House of Representatives and will retire from politics.

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Ex-PM Hatoyama announces retirement from politics

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Former Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (back) of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan bows to supporters in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, on Nov. 21, 2012. Hatoyama, who was the first prime minister following the DPJ's ascent to power in 2009, said the same day he will not run in the Dec. 16 general election for the House of Representatives and will retire from politics.

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Top court decides lay judge system constitutional

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the Supreme Court's grand bench in Tokyo on Nov. 16, 2011, which unanimously decided the same day that Japan's lay judge system, introduced in May 2009, is constitutional in handing down its first judgment on the issue.

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Japanese choosing reasonably priced New Year dishes

TOKYO, Japan - Samples of colorful New Year dishes are on display in Daimaru Inc.'s Tokyo department store in Chiyoda Ward on Nov. 16, 2009.

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Mother of boy born by surrogacy calls it 'dream come true'

TOKYO, Japan - A 27-year-old woman (L), whose name is being withheld, and her 53-year-old mother who gave birth to a boy for her daughter, attend a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2009. In September last year, a fertile egg of the daughter, who had a tumor in her womb removed when she was 16 months old, was implanted into her mother and the boy was born in May.

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Actress, film producer Mizunoe dies at 94

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo taken in 1976 shows actress-turned-film producer Takiko Mizunoe, who died of old age Nov. 16, 2009, in Kanagawa Prefecture, at age 94, sources close to her said Nov. 21. Mizunoe joined an opera company run by Shochiku Co. in the prewar era. After World War II, she became a film producer, developing the careers of many popular actors and actresses, while appearing on TV entertainment programs.

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Yomiuri's Matsumoto becomes CL Rookie of Year

TOKYO, Japan - Yomiuri Giants outfielder Tetsuya Matsumoto smiles during a news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2009, after being named the Central League Rookie of the Year. Matsumoto hit .293 with no homers, 15 RBIs and 16 steals in 129 games.

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Obama, Wen vow to enhance bilateral relations

BEIJING, China - U.S. President Barack Obama (L) and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao greet each other prior to their talks at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Nov. 18, 2009. Obama and Wen met after the U.S. president held extensive talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao on Nov. 16 and 17, and reaffirmed the importance of cementing U.S.-China relations.

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Swiss envoy hopeful of 'breakthrough' in Iran nuclear talks

TEHRAN, Iran - Swiss Ambassador to Iran Livia Leu Agosti speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Tehran on Nov. 16, 2009. Leu Agosti who also represents U.S. interests in Iran said there is a possibility of a breakthrough in stalled talks over Iran's low-enriched uranium.

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U.S. President Obama moves on to Beijing from Shanghai

BEIJING, China - U.S. President Barack Obama alights from Air Force One after arriving at Beijing airport from Shanghai on Nov. 16, 2009, for talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao and other Chinese leaders.

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Officials say 7, not 8, Japanese died in Busan fire

BUSAN, South Korea - Relatives of Japanese tourists killed in a fire at an indoor shooting range on the second floor of a five-story building in Busan, South Korea, offer flowers and prayers in front of the building on Nov. 16, 2009.

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Officials say 7, not 8, Japanese died in Busan fire

BUSAN, South Korea - Relatives of Japanese tourists killed in a fire at an indoor shooting range on the second floor of a five-story building in Busan, South Korea, offer flowers and prayers in front of the building on Nov. 16, 2009.

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Officials say 7, not 8, Japanese died in Busan fire

BUSAN, South Korea - Relatives of Japanese tourists killed in a fire at an indoor shooting range on the second floor of a five-story building in Busan, South Korea, offer prayers in front of the building on Nov. 16, 2009.

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Japanese soccer team arrives in H.K. for Asian Cup qualifier

HONG KONG - Japanese soccer players warm up during a practice session in Hong Kong on Nov. 16, 2009, to prepare for an Asian Cup group A qualifier against Hong Kong on Nov. 18.

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U.S. President Obama moves on to Beijing from Shanghai

BEIJING, China - U.S. President Barack Obama waves as he arrives at Beijing airport from Shanghai on Nov. 16, 2009, for talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao and other Chinese leaders.

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Canon to acquire biggest European printer maker Oce

TOKYO, Japan - Canon Inc. President Tsuneji Uchida (L) shakes hands with Anton Schaaf, chief technology officer and chief operating officer of Oce NV of the Netherlands, the biggest printer maker in Europe, during a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 16, 2009, at which they announced that Canon will acquire Oce through a takeover bid worth about 730 million euros (around 100 billion yen).

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Blind 'rakugo' storyteller makes debut in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Fukuten Katsura, a 41-year-old blind performer of ''rakugo'' -- a traditional Japanese art of humorous story-telling -- makes his debut performance before an audience of more than 200 at a theater in Osaka on Nov. 16, 2009.

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Asashoryu, Hakuho notch 2nd wins at Kyushu meet

FUKUOKA, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna (grand champion) Hakuho (R) pushes top-ranked maegashira Takezae out of the ring on the second day of the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at Fukuoka Kokusai Center in Fukuoka on Nov. 16, 2009.

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Asashoryu, Hakuho notch 2nd wins at Kyushu meet

FUKUOKA, Japan - Mongolian yokozuna (grand champion) Asashoryu (R) forces No. 1 maegashira Aminishiki out of the ring in the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at Fukuoka Kokusai Center in Fukuoka on Nov. 16, 2009, day 2 of the 15-day competition.

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S. Korean slugger Kim Tae Kyun speaks at news conference

CHIBA, Japan - South Korean slugger Kim Tae Kyun, who signed a multiyear contract with the Pacific League baseball club Lotte Marines, speaks at a news conference at a hotel in Chiba on Nov. 16, 2009.

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S. Korean slugger Kim Tae Kyun speaks at news conference

CHIBA, Japan - South Korean slugger Kim Tae Kyun (R), who signed a multiyear contract with the Pacific League baseball club Lotte Marines, poses with the team's manager Norifumi Nishimura during a press conference at a hotel in Chiba on Nov. 16, 2009.

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S. Korean slugger Kim Tae Kyun speaks at news conference

CHIBA, Japan - South Korean slugger Kim Tae Kyun, who signed a multiyear contract with the Pacific League baseball club Lotte Marines, speaks at a news conference at a hotel in Chiba on Nov. 16, 2009.

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Flowers offered at Busan shooting accident site

BUSAN, South Korea - This photo shows flowers being offered for the victims of a shooting range accident at the building which houses the indoor facility in Busan on Nov. 16, 2009. A total of 10 people, including Japanese, were killed in the accident.

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Japan foreign minister views Futemma base

NAHA, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada (L) views the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station from a hill in Ginowan in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on Nov. 16, 2009. Okada has proposed the controversial base be relocated to the nearby Kadena Air Base.

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Japan foreign minister visits Kadena Base

NAHA, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada (L) shakes hands with a U.S. officer at the U.S. military's Kadena Air Base in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on Nov. 16, 2009. Okada has proposed the controversial U.S. Marine Corps Futemma Air Station be relocated to the Kadena base.

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Japan foreign minister visits Kadena base

NAHA, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada (L) leaves a building for a tour of the premises of the U.S. military's Kadena Air Base in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Okinawa on Nov. 16, 2009. Okada has proposed a controversial U.S. Marine Corps base be relocated to the Kadena base.

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Shooting range accident inspection under way

BUSAN, South Korea - Officials secure a building in which a post-accident inspection is under way at an indoor shooting range in Busan on Nov. 16, 2009. A total of 10 people, including Japanese, were killed in the accident.

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Matsui, Yankees agree on $52 mil., 4-year contract

NEW YORK, United States - New York Yankees' Hideki Matsui poses for photos at Yankee Stadium on Nov. 16 after a news conference over his $52 million agreement with the major club on a four-year contract extension through the 2009 season that made him the highest-paid Japanese player in the majors.

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Matsui, Yankees agree on $52 mil., 4-year contract

NEW YORK, United States - Hideki Matsui speaks during a news conference at Yankee Stadium on Nov. 16 after the Japanese slugger and the New York Yankees reached a $52 million agreement on a four-year contract extension through the 2009 season that made him the highest-paid Japanese player in the majors.

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Matsui, Yankees agree on $52 mil., 4-year contract

NEW YORK, United States - Hideki Matsui speaks during a news conference at Yankee Stadium on Nov. 16 after the Japanese slugger and the New York Yankees reached a $52 million agreement on a four-year contract extension through the 2009 season that made him the highest-paid Japanese player in the majors. (Kyodo)

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Matsui, Yankees agree on $52 mil., 4-year contract

NEW YORK, United States - New York Yankees' Hideki Matsui poses for photos at Yankee Stadium on Nov. 16 after a news conference over his $52 million agreement with the major club on a four-year contract extension through the 2009 season that made him the highest-paid Japanese player in the majors. (Kyodo)

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Efforts to preserve lessons of Matsukawa case continue

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Makoto Suzuki, a former Matsukawa case defendant who faced the death penalty before eventually being acquitted, talks during an interview with Kyodo News on Nov. 16, 2009, at his home in the city of Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture. He recalled how he struggled to prove his innocence. (Kyodo)

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Actress, film producer Mizunoe dies at 94

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo taken in 1976 shows actress-turned-film producer Takiko Mizunoe, who died of old age Nov. 16, 2009, in Kanagawa Prefecture, at age 94, sources close to her said Nov. 21. Mizunoe joined an opera company run by Shochiku Co. in the prewar era. After World War II, she became a film producer, developing the careers of many popular actors and actresses, while appearing on TV entertainment programs. (Kyodo)

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Officials say 7, not 8, Japanese died in Busan fire

BUSAN, South Korea - Relatives of Japanese tourists killed in a fire at an indoor shooting range on the second floor of a five-story building in Busan, South Korea, offer prayers in front of the building on Nov. 16, 2009. (Kyodo)

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U.S. President Obama moves on to Beijing from Shanghai

BEIJING, China - U.S. President Barack Obama alights from Air Force One after arriving at Beijing airport from Shanghai on Nov. 16, 2009, for talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao and other Chinese leaders. (Kyodo)

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Officials say 7, not 8, Japanese died in Busan fire

BUSAN, South Korea - Relatives of Japanese tourists killed in a fire at an indoor shooting range on the second floor of a five-story building in Busan, South Korea, offer flowers and prayers in front of the building on Nov. 16, 2009. (Kyodo)

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Officials say 7, not 8, Japanese died in Busan fire

BUSAN, South Korea - Relatives of Japanese tourists killed in a fire at an indoor shooting range on the second floor of a five-story building in Busan, South Korea, offer flowers and prayers in front of the building on Nov. 16, 2009. (Kyodo)

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Blind 'rakugo' storyteller makes debut in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Fukuten Katsura, a 41-year-old blind performer of ''rakugo'' -- a traditional Japanese art of humorous story-telling -- makes his debut performance before an audience of more than 200 at a theater in Osaka on Nov. 16, 2009. (Kyodo)

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U.S. President Obama moves on to Beijing from Shanghai

BEIJING, China - U.S. President Barack Obama waves as he arrives at Beijing airport from Shanghai on Nov. 16, 2009, for talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao and other Chinese leaders. (Kyodo)

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Top court decides lay judge system constitutional

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the Supreme Court's grand bench in Tokyo on Nov. 16, 2011, which unanimously decided the same day that Japan's lay judge system, introduced in May 2009, is constitutional in handing down its first judgment on the issue. (Kyodo)

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Mother of boy born by surrogacy calls it 'dream come true'

TOKYO, Japan - A 27-year-old woman (L), whose name is being withheld, and her 53-year-old mother who gave birth to a boy for her daughter, attend a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2009. In September last year, a fertile egg of the daughter, who had a tumor in her womb removed when she was 16 months old, was implanted into her mother and the boy was born in May. (Kyodo)

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Yomiuri's Matsumoto becomes CL Rookie of Year

TOKYO, Japan - Yomiuri Giants outfielder Tetsuya Matsumoto smiles during a news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2009, after being named the Central League Rookie of the Year. Matsumoto hit .293 with no homers, 15 RBIs and 16 steals in 129 games. (Kyodo)

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Obama, Wen vow to enhance bilateral relations

BEIJING, China - U.S. President Barack Obama (L) and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao greet each other prior to their talks at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Nov. 18, 2009. Obama and Wen met after the U.S. president held extensive talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao on Nov. 16 and 17, and reaffirmed the importance of cementing U.S.-China relations. (Kyodo)

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Swiss envoy hopeful of 'breakthrough' in Iran nuclear talks

TEHRAN, Iran - Swiss Ambassador to Iran Livia Leu Agosti speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Tehran on Nov. 16, 2009. Leu Agosti who also represents U.S. interests in Iran said there is a possibility of a breakthrough in stalled talks over Iran's low-enriched uranium. (Kyodo)