US: Labrador Puppy Slips On Icy Stairs As Major Winter Storm Hits Kansas

A major winter storm swept into the U.S. central plains on Saturday, January 4, causing icy streets and multiple crashes in Kansas. This video shows a Labrador puppy slipping down icy outdoor stairs in Lawrence.

Various Senate Committee Hearings - Washington

Various Senate Committee Hearings - Washington

Jeff Rupert, Director, Office of Wildland Fire, U.S. Department of the Interior, appears before a Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing to examine the federal response to escalating wildfires and to evaluate reforms to land management and wildland firefighter recruitment and retention, in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, Thursday, June 8, 2023. Photo by Rod Lamkey/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

China's Gansu accelerates development of clean energy

STORY: China's Gansu accelerates development of clean energy DATELINE: Feb. 22, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:17 LOCATION: LANZHOU, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of new energy in Gansu 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): HAN XUDONG, Director of comprehensive management department, Gansu Chongtong Chengfei New Energy Co., Ltd. 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): REN QIANG, General manager, Jiayu Xinxin Investment (Group) Co., Ltd. Wuwei Base STORYLINE: Northwest China's Gansu Province is taking advantage of its rich wind and solar energy resources by developing green energy. Over the past decade, more than 100 power generation enterprises have started new energy-related services in Gansu. Gansu's Wuwei City has become a manufacturing base for clean energy equipment. A total of 24 projects related to clean energy equipment manufacturing are in operation in the city, with an output value of more than 6.2 billion yuan (about 899 million U.S. dollars) last year. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): HAN XUDONG, Director of comprehensive m

S. Korea, Japan resume fishery talks in Seoul

S. Korea, Japan resume fishery talks in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Park Dok Bae (L), head of the Fishery Resources Bureau of the South Korean Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, and Hiroshi Unno, director general of the Resources Management Department of the Japanese Fisheries Agency, shake hands to kick off a two-day meeting in Seoul on Dec. 27 to set the terms for fishing operations for next year in each other's 200-nautical mile exclusive economic zone.

China is good example to learn from in wetland protection: experts

STORY: China is good example to learn from in wetland protection: experts DATELINE: Nov. 6, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:12 LOCATION: GENEVA, Switzerland CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the COP14 on wetlands conservation 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): PIPAT RUANGNGAM, Water Resources Department of Thailand 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): BARUGAHARE VINCENT COHEN, Assistant Commissioner, Wetlands Management Dept. of the Ministry of Water and Environment of Uganda 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): SUH SEUNG OH, Executive director of Ramsar Regional Center - East Asia STORYLINE: The COP14 on wetlands conservation is underway in China's Wuhan and Switzerland's Geneva. It is the first time for China to host a meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (COP14). The main venue is in China's Wuhan, and a parallel session is held in Geneva. Experts attending the conference spoke highly of China's efforts to pursue harmony between humanity and nature while pushing for modernization

Senate Hearings - Washington

Senate Hearings - Washington

Nada Culver, Deputy Director of Policy and Programs, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of the Interior, appears before a Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing to examine energy development on federal lands, focusing on the current status of the Department of the Interior's onshore oil and gas leasing program, in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, USA, Tuesday, April, 27, 2021. Photo by Rod Lamkey/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

Senate Hearings - Washington

Senate Hearings - Washington

Nada Culver, Deputy Director of Policy and Programs, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of the Interior, appears before a Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing to examine energy development on federal lands, focusing on the current status of the Department of the Interior's onshore oil and gas leasing program, in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, USA, Tuesday, April, 27, 2021. Photo by Rod Lamkey/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

S. Korea, Japan resume fishery talks in Seoul

S. Korea, Japan resume fishery talks in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Park Dok Bae (L), head of the Fishery Resources Bureau of the South Korean Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, and Hiroshi Unno, director general of the Resources Management Department of the Japanese Fisheries Agency, shake hands to kick off a two-day meeting in Seoul on Dec. 27 to set the terms for fishing operations for next year in each other's 200-nautical mile exclusive economic zone.