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Balkan Athletics Championships - Istanbul

Sofia Iosifidou of Greece, Cansu Nimet Sayin of Turkey, Dafni Georgiou of Cyprus, Nataliia Yurchuk of Ukraine, Yaren Yildirim of Turkey during the 60m Hurdles at the 28th Balkan Athletics Championships on February 10, 2024, in Istanbul, Turkey. Photo by Yagiz Gurtug/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM.

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Balkan Athletics Championships - Istanbul

Sofia Iosifidou of Greece, Cansu Nimet Sayin of Turkey, Dafni Georgiou of Cyprus, Nataliia Yurchuk of Ukraine, Yaren Yildirim of Turkey during the 60m Hurdles at the 28th Balkan Athletics Championships on February 10, 2024, in Istanbul, Turkey. Photo by Yagiz Gurtug/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM.

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Balkan Athletics Championships - Istanbul

Cansu Nimet Sayin of Turkey during the 60m Hurdles at the 28th Balkan Athletics Championships on February 10, 2024, in Istanbul, Turkey. Photo by Yagiz Gurtug/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM.

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Balkan Athletics Championships - Istanbul

Cansu Nimet Sayin of Turkey, Dafni Georgiou of Cyprus, Nataliia Yurchuk of Ukraine during the 60m Hurdles at the 28th Balkan Athletics Championships on February 10, 2024, in Istanbul, Turkey. Photo by Yagiz Gurtug/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM.

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Balkan Athletics Championships - Istanbul

Sofia Iosifidou of Greece, Cansu Nimet Sayin of Turkey, Dafni Georgiou of Cyprus, Nataliia Yurchuk of Ukraine, Yaren Yildirim of Turkey during the 60m Hurdles at the 28th Balkan Athletics Championships on February 10, 2024, in Istanbul, Turkey. Photo by Yagiz Gurtug/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM.

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CHINA-XINJIANG-KHUNJERAB-SOLDIERS (CN)

(230429) -- KHUNJERAB, April 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Soldiers train in Khunjerab, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, April 13, 2023. Gao Guanghui, a recruit who had just joined the army for 7 months, was shocked when he walked into the honor room of the border defense regiment in Khunjerab, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The regiment is based on the Pamirs, guarding the China-Pakistan border and Khunjerab Port. With an average altitude of 4,700 meters, the place is a "forbidden zone" for many people, as the temperature here can drop to as low as minus 40 degrees Celsius, and the oxygen content is less than half of that in the plain area. Gao felt even more excited when he was on patrol with his squad leader Zhou Linping to the national border for the first time and renewed the boundary monument. "We are in a troop with glorious history. Now it's on you," Zhou said to Gao. Zhou, a veteran who had been in the regiment for 16 years, had mixed feelings when sayin

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Türkiye's presidential election goes to likely runoff with 93 pct of votes counted

STORY: Türkiye's presidential election goes to likely runoff with 93 pct of votes counted DATELINE: May 15, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:29 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): ZEYNEP CERMEN, Xinhua reporter 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): ILTER SAYIN, Voter 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Turkish): AZIZ OGUZ, Voter 4. various of the voting STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): ZEYNEP CERMEN, Xinhua reporter "The voting process in Türkiye's critical presidential and parliamentary elections (was) completed at 5:00 p.m. local time (on Sunday). We are now at a voting site in the busiest Besiktas district in Türkiye's largest city Istanbul. Around 11 million eligible voters in the city cast their votes into more than 31,000 ballot boxes across all its districts." SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): ILTER SAYIN, Voter "Everyone is so excited. We are all aware that the outcome of this election will change the fate of the country." SOUNDBITE 2 (Turkish): AZIZ OGUZ, Voter "The enthusiasm around you is different. It's more

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CHINA-XINJIANG-KHUNJERAB-SOLDIERS (CN)

(230429) -- KHUNJERAB, April 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Soldiers train in Khunjerab, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, April 13, 2023. Gao Guanghui, a recruit who had just joined the army for 7 months, was shocked when he walked into the honor room of the border defense regiment in Khunjerab, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The regiment is based on the Pamirs, guarding the China-Pakistan border and Khunjerab Port. With an average altitude of 4,700 meters, the place is a "forbidden zone" for many people, as the temperature here can drop to as low as minus 40 degrees Celsius, and the oxygen content is less than half of that in the plain area. Gao felt even more excited when he was on patrol with his squad leader Zhou Linping to the national border for the first time and renewed the boundary monument. "We are in a troop with glorious history. Now it's on you," Zhou said to Gao. Zhou, a veteran who had been in the regiment for 16 years, had mixed feelings when sayin

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China's position paper on Ukraine crisis "important contribution": UN spokesman

STORY: China's position paper on Ukraine crisis "important contribution": UN spokesman DATELINE: Feb. 25, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:54 LOCATION: UN Headquarters CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of press briefing room 2. SOUNDBITE (English): STEPHANE DUJARRIC, Spokesman for UN Secretary-General 3. various of journalists STORYLINE: A United Nations spokesman said on Friday that China's position paper on the political settlement of the Ukraine crisis represents "an important contribution." SOUNDBITE (English): STEPHANE DUJARRIC, Spokesman for UN Secretary-General "The plan put forward by the Chinese government is an important contribution. I think the call on the need to avoid the use of nuclear weapons is particularly important. We all have a collective responsibility to do what we can to reach a just peace in line with international law, the UN Charter and the recent General Assembly Resolution." China on Friday released a paper stating its position on the political settlement of the Ukraine crisis, sayin