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Farm minister Eto resigns over rice comments

Japanese farm minister Taku Eto meets the press at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 21, 2025, after offering his resignation to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba over his comments on rice gifts. Eto said during a fundraising party earlier that he does not need to buy rice as his supporters give him plenty, angering consumers amid a rice shortage and surging prices.

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Farm minister Eto resigns over rice comments

Japanese farm minister Taku Eto meets the press at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on May 21, 2025, after offering his resignation to Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba over his comments on rice gifts. Eto said during a fundraising party earlier that he does not need to buy rice as his supporters give him plenty, angering consumers amid a rice shortage and surging prices.

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Farm minister hold press confab on rice comments

Agriculture minister Taku Eto holds a press conference at his ministry on May 20, 2025, to apologize for his controversial comments about receiving rice from supporters. Eto said in a speech two days earlier that he does not need to buy rice because his supporters provide him with plenty, amid a rice shortage and surging prices in the country.

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Farm minister hold press confab on rice comments

Agriculture minister Taku Eto holds a press conference at his ministry on May 20, 2025, to apologize for his controversial comments about receiving rice from supporters. Eto said in a speech two days earlier that he does not need to buy rice because his supporters provide him with plenty, amid a rice shortage and surging prices in the country.

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Prime Minister Ishiba meets media

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba tells the press at the premier's office in Tokyo on May 20, 2025, that he will retain agriculture minister Taku Eto despite his controversial comments about receiving rice from supporters. Eto said in a speech two days earlier that he does not need to buy rice because his supporters provide him with plenty, amid a rice shortage and surging prices in the country.

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Prime Minister Ishiba meets media

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba tells the press at the premier's office in Tokyo on May 20, 2025, that he will retain agriculture minister Taku Eto despite his controversial comments about receiving rice from supporters. Eto said in a speech two days earlier that he does not need to buy rice because his supporters provide him with plenty, amid a rice shortage and surging prices in the country.

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Japan farm minister's controversial comments on rice

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba meets the press at the premier's office in Tokyo on May 19, 2025, following a meeting with agriculture minister Taku Eto over controversial comments about receiving rice from supporters. Eto said in a speech the previous day that he does not need to buy rice because his supporters provide him with plenty, amid a rice shortage and surging prices in the country.

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Japan farm minister's controversial comments on rice

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba meets the press at the premier's office in Tokyo on May 19, 2025, following a meeting with agriculture minister Taku Eto over controversial comments about receiving rice from supporters. Eto said in a speech the previous day that he does not need to buy rice because his supporters provide him with plenty, amid a rice shortage and surging prices in the country.

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Japan farm minister meets media after rice comments

Japanese agriculture minister Taku Eto meets the press in Tokyo on May 19, 2025, following a meeting with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba over his controversial comments about receiving rice from supporters. Eto said in a speech the previous day that he does not need to buy rice because his supporters provide him with plenty, amid a rice shortage and surging prices in the country.

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Japan farm minister meets media after rice comments

Japanese agriculture minister Taku Eto meets the press in Tokyo on May 19, 2025, following a meeting with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba over his controversial comments about receiving rice from supporters. Eto said in a speech the previous day that he does not need to buy rice because his supporters provide him with plenty, amid a rice shortage and surging prices in the country.

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Japan farm minister meets media after rice comments

Japanese agriculture minister Taku Eto meets the press in Tokyo on May 19, 2025, following a meeting with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba over his controversial comments about receiving rice from supporters. Eto said in a speech the previous day that he does not need to buy rice because his supporters provide him with plenty, amid a rice shortage and surging prices in the country.

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Paramount+ Series 1923 Season 2 - Premiere - LA

Mo Brings Plenty arrives at the Los Angeles Premiere Of Paramount+ Series' '1923' Season 2 held at the Harmony Gold Theater on February 19, 2025 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States. Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paramount+ Series 1923 Season 2 - Premiere - LA

Mo Brings Plenty arrives at the Los Angeles Premiere Of Paramount+ Series' '1923' Season 2 held at the Harmony Gold Theater on February 19, 2025 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States. Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paramount+ Series 1923 Season 2 - Premiere - LA

Mo Brings Plenty arrives at the Los Angeles Premiere Of Paramount+ Series' '1923' Season 2 held at the Harmony Gold Theater on February 19, 2025 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States. Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Paramount+ Series 1923 Season 2 - Premiere - LA

Mo Brings Plenty arrives at the Los Angeles Premiere Of Paramount+ Series' '1923' Season 2 held at the Harmony Gold Theater on February 19, 2025 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States. Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

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XXXI Kingdom Day

Obinitsa, 03.08.2024 When the Seto people and their guests gather for the Seto Kingdom day in August, it is the culmination of the year in Setomaa. It is a chance to experience the Seto language, handicraft, music, and cuisine. Naturally, there is plenty of singing and dancing. Various Seto foods can be sampled and purchased to take home. Photo Arvo Meeks, Lõuna-Eesti Postimees

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XXXI Kingdom Day

Obinitsa, 03.08.2024 When the Seto people and their guests gather for the Seto Kingdom day in August, it is the culmination of the year in Setomaa. It is a chance to experience the Seto language, handicraft, music, and cuisine. Naturally, there is plenty of singing and dancing. Various Seto foods can be sampled and purchased to take home. Photo Arvo Meeks, Lõuna-Eesti Postimees

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XXXI Kingdom Day

Obinitsa, 03.08.2024 When the Seto people and their guests gather for the Seto Kingdom day in August, it is the culmination of the year in Setomaa. It is a chance to experience the Seto language, handicraft, music, and cuisine. Naturally, there is plenty of singing and dancing. Various Seto foods can be sampled and purchased to take home. Photo Arvo Meeks, Lõuna-Eesti Postimees

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XXXI Kingdom Day

Obinitsa, 03.08.2024 When the Seto people and their guests gather for the Seto Kingdom day in August, it is the culmination of the year in Setomaa. It is a chance to experience the Seto language, handicraft, music, and cuisine. Naturally, there is plenty of singing and dancing. Various Seto foods can be sampled and purchased to take home. Photo Arvo Meeks, Lõuna-Eesti Postimees

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XXXI Kingdom Day

Obinitsa, 03.08.2024 When the Seto people and their guests gather for the Seto Kingdom day in August, it is the culmination of the year in Setomaa. It is a chance to experience the Seto language, handicraft, music, and cuisine. Naturally, there is plenty of singing and dancing. Various Seto foods can be sampled and purchased to take home. Photo Arvo Meeks, Lõuna-Eesti Postimees

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XXXI Kingdom Day

Obinitsa, 03.08.2024 When the Seto people and their guests gather for the Seto Kingdom day in August, it is the culmination of the year in Setomaa. It is a chance to experience the Seto language, handicraft, music, and cuisine. Naturally, there is plenty of singing and dancing. Various Seto foods can be sampled and purchased to take home. Photo Arvo Meeks, Lõuna-Eesti Postimees

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XXXI Kingdom Day

Obinitsa, 03.08.2024 When the Seto people and their guests gather for the Seto Kingdom day in August, it is the culmination of the year in Setomaa. It is a chance to experience the Seto language, handicraft, music, and cuisine. Naturally, there is plenty of singing and dancing. Various Seto foods can be sampled and purchased to take home. Photo Arvo Meeks, Lõuna-Eesti Postimees

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China: Flying Insects Cluster Over Trees To Look Like Smoke In Shandong

A visitor used a drone to capture a miraculous scene of plenty of flying insects clustering over the trees which looks like smoke in eastern China. Video filmed in Fulong Lake in Heze City, Shandong Province, on May 28, 2024, shows the swarms forming “tornadoes” over the trees. Reportedly, this might be a natural phenomenon called "Mosquito tornado" which can be commonly seen during the rainy season. It occurs when male mosquitoes swarm around a group of female mosquitoes for mating.

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Spain still has a lot to do in renewable energy transition: energy expert

STORY: Spain still has a lot to do in renewable energy transition: energy expert SHOOTING TIME: April 24, 2024 DATELINE: April 25, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:08 LOCATION: BARCELONA, Spain CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of wind, solar, hydraulic and biogas production facilities and parks in Spain 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Catalan): LAURA PEREZ SANCHEZ, Energy expert and researcher at the Autonomous University of Barcelona's Institute of Environmental Science and Technology 3. various of the city of Barcelona and solar panel installations on buildings 4. various of wind and solar parks 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Catalan): LAURA PEREZ SANCHEZ, Energy expert and researcher at the Autonomous University of Barcelona's Institute of Environmental Science and Technology 6. various of renewable energy in the city STORYLINE: A Spanish energy expert said on Wednesday that the country still has plenty of work to do to achieve its goal of fully transitioning from fossil fuels to renewable power sources, though it has made positive progre

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Silk Road Gansu Travel in China

GANSU, CHINA - FEBRUARY 14, 2016 - (FILE) Photo taken on 14 February 2016 shows an ancient township called ｡ｰBajiao Walled Village｡ｱ located in Xiahe county, China's Gansu province.Though some of the areas nearest to town have become quite commercial, there is still plenty of scope for exploring. Xiahe is a county in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. It is home to the famed Labrang Tibetan Buddhist monastery, one of the largest Tibetan Buddhist monasteries outside the Tibet Autonomous Region. The town is populated largely by ethnic Tibetans, as well as some Hui and Han Chinese. The area is highly rural and pastoral (including yak and other animal rearing). The geography is mountainous. In recent years it has become a tourist attraction.

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Silk Road Gansu Travel in China

GANSU, CHINA - FEBRUARY 14, 2016 - (FILE) Photo taken on 14 February 2016 shows an ancient township called ｡ｰBajiao Walled Village｡ｱ located in Xiahe county, China's Gansu province.Though some of the areas nearest to town have become quite commercial, there is still plenty of scope for exploring. Xiahe is a county in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. It is home to the famed Labrang Tibetan Buddhist monastery, one of the largest Tibetan Buddhist monasteries outside the Tibet Autonomous Region. The town is populated largely by ethnic Tibetans, as well as some Hui and Han Chinese. The area is highly rural and pastoral (including yak and other animal rearing). The geography is mountainous. In recent years it has become a tourist attraction.

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Silk Road Gansu Travel in China

GANSU, CHINA - FEBRUARY 14, 2016 - (FILE) Photo taken on 14 February 2016 shows an ancient township called ｡ｰBajiao Walled Village｡ｱ located in Xiahe county, China's Gansu province.Though some of the areas nearest to town have become quite commercial, there is still plenty of scope for exploring. Xiahe is a county in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. It is home to the famed Labrang Tibetan Buddhist monastery, one of the largest Tibetan Buddhist monasteries outside the Tibet Autonomous Region. The town is populated largely by ethnic Tibetans, as well as some Hui and Han Chinese. The area is highly rural and pastoral (including yak and other animal rearing). The geography is mountainous. In recent years it has become a tourist attraction.

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Silk Road Gansu Travel in China

GANSU, CHINA - FEBRUARY 14, 2016 - (FILE) Photo taken on 14 February 2016 shows an ancient township called ｡ｰBajiao Walled Village｡ｱ located in Xiahe county, China's Gansu province.Though some of the areas nearest to town have become quite commercial, there is still plenty of scope for exploring. Xiahe is a county in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. It is home to the famed Labrang Tibetan Buddhist monastery, one of the largest Tibetan Buddhist monasteries outside the Tibet Autonomous Region. The town is populated largely by ethnic Tibetans, as well as some Hui and Han Chinese. The area is highly rural and pastoral (including yak and other animal rearing). The geography is mountainous. In recent years it has become a tourist attraction.

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Silk Road Gansu Travel in China

GANSU, CHINA - FEBRUARY 14, 2016 - (FILE) Photo taken on 14 February 2016 shows an ancient township called ｡ｰBajiao Walled Village｡ｱ located in Xiahe county, China's Gansu province.Though some of the areas nearest to town have become quite commercial, there is still plenty of scope for exploring. Xiahe is a county in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. It is home to the famed Labrang Tibetan Buddhist monastery, one of the largest Tibetan Buddhist monasteries outside the Tibet Autonomous Region. The town is populated largely by ethnic Tibetans, as well as some Hui and Han Chinese. The area is highly rural and pastoral (including yak and other animal rearing). The geography is mountainous. In recent years it has become a tourist attraction.

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Silk Road Gansu Travel in China

GANSU, CHINA - FEBRUARY 14, 2016 - (FILE) Photo taken on 14 February 2016 shows an ancient township called ｡ｰBajiao Walled Village｡ｱ located in Xiahe county, China's Gansu province.Though some of the areas nearest to town have become quite commercial, there is still plenty of scope for exploring. Xiahe is a county in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. It is home to the famed Labrang Tibetan Buddhist monastery, one of the largest Tibetan Buddhist monasteries outside the Tibet Autonomous Region. The town is populated largely by ethnic Tibetans, as well as some Hui and Han Chinese. The area is highly rural and pastoral (including yak and other animal rearing). The geography is mountainous. In recent years it has become a tourist attraction.

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Silk Road Gansu Travel in China

GANSU, CHINA - FEBRUARY 14, 2016 - (FILE) Photo taken on 14 February 2016 shows an ancient township called ｡ｰBajiao Walled Village｡ｱ located in Xiahe county, China's Gansu province.Though some of the areas nearest to town have become quite commercial, there is still plenty of scope for exploring. Xiahe is a county in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. It is home to the famed Labrang Tibetan Buddhist monastery, one of the largest Tibetan Buddhist monasteries outside the Tibet Autonomous Region. The town is populated largely by ethnic Tibetans, as well as some Hui and Han Chinese. The area is highly rural and pastoral (including yak and other animal rearing). The geography is mountainous. In recent years it has become a tourist attraction.

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Silk Road Gansu Travel in China

GANSU, CHINA - FEBRUARY 14, 2016 - (FILE) Photo taken on 14 February 2016 shows an ancient township called ｡ｰBajiao Walled Village｡ｱ located in Xiahe county, China's Gansu province.Though some of the areas nearest to town have become quite commercial, there is still plenty of scope for exploring. Xiahe is a county in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. It is home to the famed Labrang Tibetan Buddhist monastery, one of the largest Tibetan Buddhist monasteries outside the Tibet Autonomous Region. The town is populated largely by ethnic Tibetans, as well as some Hui and Han Chinese. The area is highly rural and pastoral (including yak and other animal rearing). The geography is mountainous. In recent years it has become a tourist attraction.

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Silk Road Gansu Travel in China

GANSU, CHINA - FEBRUARY 14, 2016 - (FILE) Photo taken on 14 February 2016 shows an ancient township called ｡ｰBajiao Walled Village｡ｱ located in Xiahe county, China's Gansu province.Though some of the areas nearest to town have become quite commercial, there is still plenty of scope for exploring. Xiahe is a county in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. It is home to the famed Labrang Tibetan Buddhist monastery, one of the largest Tibetan Buddhist monasteries outside the Tibet Autonomous Region. The town is populated largely by ethnic Tibetans, as well as some Hui and Han Chinese. The area is highly rural and pastoral (including yak and other animal rearing). The geography is mountainous. In recent years it has become a tourist attraction.

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Silk Road Gansu Travel in China

GANSU, CHINA - FEBRUARY 14, 2016 - (FILE) Photo taken on 14 February 2016 shows an ancient township called ｡ｰBajiao Walled Village｡ｱ located in Xiahe county, China's Gansu province.Though some of the areas nearest to town have become quite commercial, there is still plenty of scope for exploring. Xiahe is a county in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. It is home to the famed Labrang Tibetan Buddhist monastery, one of the largest Tibetan Buddhist monasteries outside the Tibet Autonomous Region. The town is populated largely by ethnic Tibetans, as well as some Hui and Han Chinese. The area is highly rural and pastoral (including yak and other animal rearing). The geography is mountainous. In recent years it has become a tourist attraction.

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Silk Road Gansu Travel in China

GANSU, CHINA - FEBRUARY 14, 2016 - (FILE) Photo taken on 14 February 2016 shows an ancient township called ｡ｰBajiao Walled Village｡ｱ located in Xiahe county, China's Gansu province.Though some of the areas nearest to town have become quite commercial, there is still plenty of scope for exploring. Xiahe is a county in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. It is home to the famed Labrang Tibetan Buddhist monastery, one of the largest Tibetan Buddhist monasteries outside the Tibet Autonomous Region. The town is populated largely by ethnic Tibetans, as well as some Hui and Han Chinese. The area is highly rural and pastoral (including yak and other animal rearing). The geography is mountainous. In recent years it has become a tourist attraction.

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Silk Road Gansu Travel in China

GANSU, CHINA - FEBRUARY 14, 2016 - (FILE) Photo taken on 14 February 2016 shows an ancient township called ｡ｰBajiao Walled Village｡ｱ located in Xiahe county, China's Gansu province.Though some of the areas nearest to town have become quite commercial, there is still plenty of scope for exploring. Xiahe is a county in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. It is home to the famed Labrang Tibetan Buddhist monastery, one of the largest Tibetan Buddhist monasteries outside the Tibet Autonomous Region. The town is populated largely by ethnic Tibetans, as well as some Hui and Han Chinese. The area is highly rural and pastoral (including yak and other animal rearing). The geography is mountainous. In recent years it has become a tourist attraction.

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Silk Road Gansu Travel in China

GANSU, CHINA - FEBRUARY 14, 2016 - (FILE) Photo taken on 14 February 2016 shows an ancient township called ｡ｰBajiao Walled Village｡ｱ located in Xiahe county, China's Gansu province.Though some of the areas nearest to town have become quite commercial, there is still plenty of scope for exploring. Xiahe is a county in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. It is home to the famed Labrang Tibetan Buddhist monastery, one of the largest Tibetan Buddhist monasteries outside the Tibet Autonomous Region. The town is populated largely by ethnic Tibetans, as well as some Hui and Han Chinese. The area is highly rural and pastoral (including yak and other animal rearing). The geography is mountainous. In recent years it has become a tourist attraction.

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Silk Road Gansu Travel in China

GANSU, CHINA - FEBRUARY 14, 2016 - (FILE) Photo taken on 14 February 2016 shows an ancient township called ｡ｰBajiao Walled Village｡ｱ located in Xiahe county, China's Gansu province.Though some of the areas nearest to town have become quite commercial, there is still plenty of scope for exploring. Xiahe is a county in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. It is home to the famed Labrang Tibetan Buddhist monastery, one of the largest Tibetan Buddhist monasteries outside the Tibet Autonomous Region. The town is populated largely by ethnic Tibetans, as well as some Hui and Han Chinese. The area is highly rural and pastoral (including yak and other animal rearing). The geography is mountainous. In recent years it has become a tourist attraction.

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Silk Road Gansu Travel in China

GANSU, CHINA - FEBRUARY 14, 2016 - (FILE) Photo taken on 14 February 2016 shows an ancient township called ｡ｰBajiao Walled Village｡ｱ located in Xiahe county, China's Gansu province.Though some of the areas nearest to town have become quite commercial, there is still plenty of scope for exploring. Xiahe is a county in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. It is home to the famed Labrang Tibetan Buddhist monastery, one of the largest Tibetan Buddhist monasteries outside the Tibet Autonomous Region. The town is populated largely by ethnic Tibetans, as well as some Hui and Han Chinese. The area is highly rural and pastoral (including yak and other animal rearing). The geography is mountainous. In recent years it has become a tourist attraction.

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Silk Road Gansu Travel in China

GANSU, CHINA - FEBRUARY 14, 2016 - (FILE) Photo taken on 14 February 2016 shows an ancient township called ｡ｰBajiao Walled Village｡ｱ located in Xiahe county, China's Gansu province.Though some of the areas nearest to town have become quite commercial, there is still plenty of scope for exploring. Xiahe is a county in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. It is home to the famed Labrang Tibetan Buddhist monastery, one of the largest Tibetan Buddhist monasteries outside the Tibet Autonomous Region. The town is populated largely by ethnic Tibetans, as well as some Hui and Han Chinese. The area is highly rural and pastoral (including yak and other animal rearing). The geography is mountainous. In recent years it has become a tourist attraction.

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Silk Road Gansu Travel in China

GANSU, CHINA - FEBRUARY 14, 2016 - (FILE) Photo taken on 14 February 2016 shows an ancient township called ｡ｰBajiao Walled Village｡ｱ located in Xiahe county, China's Gansu province.Though some of the areas nearest to town have become quite commercial, there is still plenty of scope for exploring. Xiahe is a county in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. It is home to the famed Labrang Tibetan Buddhist monastery, one of the largest Tibetan Buddhist monasteries outside the Tibet Autonomous Region. The town is populated largely by ethnic Tibetans, as well as some Hui and Han Chinese. The area is highly rural and pastoral (including yak and other animal rearing). The geography is mountainous. In recent years it has become a tourist attraction.

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Silk Road Gansu Travel in China

GANSU, CHINA - FEBRUARY 14, 2016 - (FILE) Photo taken on 14 February 2016 shows an ancient township called ｡ｰBajiao Walled Village｡ｱ located in Xiahe county, China's Gansu province.Though some of the areas nearest to town have become quite commercial, there is still plenty of scope for exploring. Xiahe is a county in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. It is home to the famed Labrang Tibetan Buddhist monastery, one of the largest Tibetan Buddhist monasteries outside the Tibet Autonomous Region. The town is populated largely by ethnic Tibetans, as well as some Hui and Han Chinese. The area is highly rural and pastoral (including yak and other animal rearing). The geography is mountainous. In recent years it has become a tourist attraction.

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Silk Road Gansu Travel in China

GANSU, CHINA - FEBRUARY 14, 2016 - (FILE) Photo taken on 14 February 2016 shows an ancient township called ｡ｰBajiao Walled Village｡ｱ located in Xiahe county, China's Gansu province.Though some of the areas nearest to town have become quite commercial, there is still plenty of scope for exploring. Xiahe is a county in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. It is home to the famed Labrang Tibetan Buddhist monastery, one of the largest Tibetan Buddhist monasteries outside the Tibet Autonomous Region. The town is populated largely by ethnic Tibetans, as well as some Hui and Han Chinese. The area is highly rural and pastoral (including yak and other animal rearing). The geography is mountainous. In recent years it has become a tourist attraction.

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Silk Road Gansu Travel in China

GANSU, CHINA - FEBRUARY 14, 2016 - (FILE) Photo taken on 14 February 2016 shows an ancient township called ｡ｰBajiao Walled Village｡ｱ located in Xiahe county, China's Gansu province.Though some of the areas nearest to town have become quite commercial, there is still plenty of scope for exploring. Xiahe is a county in Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. It is home to the famed Labrang Tibetan Buddhist monastery, one of the largest Tibetan Buddhist monasteries outside the Tibet Autonomous Region. The town is populated largely by ethnic Tibetans, as well as some Hui and Han Chinese. The area is highly rural and pastoral (including yak and other animal rearing). The geography is mountainous. In recent years it has become a tourist attraction.

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Namibia stands to benefit from BRI: official

STORY: Namibia stands to benefit from BRI: official SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 20, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 23, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:20 LOCATION: Windhoek CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of BRI projects 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SIKONGO HAIHAMBO, Executive director, Namibian Ministry of Trade and Industrialization 3. various of street views in China 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): SIKONGO HAIHAMBO, Executive director, Namibian Ministry of Trade and Industrialization STORYLINE: A Namibian official has said that not only Namibia but also the Global South stands to benefit from the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SIKONGO HAIHAMBO, Executive director, Namibian Ministry of Trade and Industrialization "There is a saying that goes, 'If you want to take people out of poverty, you have to build roads,' and the saying comes from the Chinese side. Those benefits are plenty and Namibia is still working on that in order for us to really harness the benefits that come with the Belt and Road In

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XINHUA-PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2023-CHINA NEWS

(240105) -- BEIJING, Jan. 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Children and grandchildren of Tseten celebrate a traditional festival at their home in Lhaze County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Jan. 22, 2023. Born in 1943, Tseten was a "Tralpa" (serf) before the campaign of democratic reform in Xizang. In March 1959, democratic reform was launched in Xizang and feudal serfdom was finally abolished. Nowadays, 11 members of four generations of Tseten's family live in plenty in their newly-built two-story house. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)

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New Miss France's Pixie Haircut Sparks Pageant World Drama - Paris

Newly crowned Miss France 2024 Eve Gilles exits Laduree Paris Champs Elysees restaurant on December 18, 2023 in Paris, France. Pixie cut-sporting contestant Eve Gilles, 20, from Nord-Pas-de-Calais in northern France was crowned the winner of the pageant on Saturday night, and declared that it was a positive result for “diversity” in the competition. There were plenty of people celebrating the choice of winner online, pointing out the Ms Gilles follows in a rich tradition of short-haired French fashion, from Mistinguett to Coco Chanel. But others called it a “woke” choice on the part of the contest’s jury. "Miss France is no longer a beauty contest but a woke contest which is based on inclusiveness," one critic said. "The androgynous body is clearly to serve woke propaganda," said another. Photo by ABACAPRESS.COM

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New Miss France's Pixie Haircut Sparks Pageant World Drama - Paris

Newly crowned Miss France 2024 Eve Gilles exits Laduree Paris Champs Elysees restaurant on December 18, 2023 in Paris, France. Pixie cut-sporting contestant Eve Gilles, 20, from Nord-Pas-de-Calais in northern France was crowned the winner of the pageant on Saturday night, and declared that it was a positive result for “diversity” in the competition. There were plenty of people celebrating the choice of winner online, pointing out the Ms Gilles follows in a rich tradition of short-haired French fashion, from Mistinguett to Coco Chanel. But others called it a “woke” choice on the part of the contest’s jury. "Miss France is no longer a beauty contest but a woke contest which is based on inclusiveness," one critic said. "The androgynous body is clearly to serve woke propaganda," said another. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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New Miss France's Pixie Haircut Sparks Pageant World Drama - Paris

Newly crowned Miss France 2024 Eve Gilles exits Laduree Paris Champs Elysees restaurant on December 18, 2023 in Paris, France. Pixie cut-sporting contestant Eve Gilles, 20, from Nord-Pas-de-Calais in northern France was crowned the winner of the pageant on Saturday night, and declared that it was a positive result for “diversity” in the competition. There were plenty of people celebrating the choice of winner online, pointing out the Ms Gilles follows in a rich tradition of short-haired French fashion, from Mistinguett to Coco Chanel. But others called it a “woke” choice on the part of the contest’s jury. "Miss France is no longer a beauty contest but a woke contest which is based on inclusiveness," one critic said. "The androgynous body is clearly to serve woke propaganda," said another. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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New Miss France's Pixie Haircut Sparks Pageant World Drama - Paris

Newly crowned Miss France 2024 Eve Gilles exits Laduree Paris Champs Elysees restaurant on December 18, 2023 in Paris, France. Pixie cut-sporting contestant Eve Gilles, 20, from Nord-Pas-de-Calais in northern France was crowned the winner of the pageant on Saturday night, and declared that it was a positive result for “diversity” in the competition. There were plenty of people celebrating the choice of winner online, pointing out the Ms Gilles follows in a rich tradition of short-haired French fashion, from Mistinguett to Coco Chanel. But others called it a “woke” choice on the part of the contest’s jury. "Miss France is no longer a beauty contest but a woke contest which is based on inclusiveness," one critic said. "The androgynous body is clearly to serve woke propaganda," said another. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM