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Brooklyn Nets celebrates Chinese New Year while hosting Detroit Pistons

STORY: Brooklyn Nets celebrates Chinese New Year while hosting Detroit Pistons DATELINE: Jan. 28, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:20 LOCATION: NEW YORK, U.S. CATEGORY: CULTURE/SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the arena featuring Chinese New Year decorations 2. various of Chinese Consul General in New York Huang Ping delivering remarks and exchanging gifts with Sam Zussman, CEO of BSE Global, parent company of the Brooklyn Nets 3. various of performance during the halftime 4. various of New Year wishes board, clothing collection featuring Year of the Rabbit, and Chinese food during the celebration STORYLINE: New York-based professional basketball team Brooklyn Nets celebrated Chinese New Year on Thursday evening while hosting the Detroit Pistons in an NBA game at Barclays Center. The festivities were highlighted by thematic decorations, New Year wishes board, hand-out of red envelopes for every spectator, availability of Chinese food inside the arena, and the launch of an exclusive clothing collection featuring the Chines

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Lion dance performed in Cambodia to celebrate Chinese Lunar New Year

STORY: Lion dance performed in Cambodia to celebrate Chinese Lunar New Year DATELINE: Jan. 21, 2023 LENGTH: 00:04:03 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of lion and dragon dance at the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh 2. various of shop selling New Year decorative items 3. various of New Year decorations at public places in Phnom Penh STORYLINE: Folk artists performed lion and dragon dance in Cambodia on Saturday to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, which falls on Jan. 22 this year. The dancers from six different troupes jointly performed at the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh, receiving a warm welcome from Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Royal Palace Minister Kong Sam Ol. Although it is not an official holiday in Cambodia, Spring Festival is broadly celebrated in the Southeast Asian nation. Days ahead of the New Year, Cambodians with Chinese ancestry always decorate their houses with red color paper-cuts, flowers, red lanterns and Chinese couplets to greet the N

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MALAWI-BLANTYRE-ENTREPRENEUR

(230101) -- BLANTYRE, Jan. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo shows power banks made by Sam Smith Silumbu at his workshop in Blantyre, Malawi, Dec. 29, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Malawian tech entrepreneur ventures into making mobile accessories" (Photo by Joseph Mizere/Xinhua)

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MALAWI-BLANTYRE-ENTREPRENEUR

(230101) -- BLANTYRE, Jan. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Sam Smith Silumbu makes a power bank at his workshop in Blantyre, Malawi, Dec. 29, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Malawian tech entrepreneur ventures into making mobile accessories" (Photo by Joseph Mizere/Xinhua)

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Low-cost power banks helping avert blackout impacts in Malawi

STORY: Low-cost power banks helping avert blackout impacts in Malawi DATELINE: Dec. 31, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:46 LOCATION: BLANTYRE, Malawi CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Silumbu's workshop 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SAM SMITH SILUMBU, Entrepreneur 3. various of Silumbu's workshop 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): SAM SMITH SILUMBU, Entrepreneur STORYLINE: Technology can truly change people's lives for the better. In Malawi, an entrepreneur is making low-cost power banks using Chinese technology to avert impacts of power cuts. Driven by persistent blackouts, Sam Smith Silumbu, in 2021 opened a workshop in one of the suburbs of Blantyre City, south Malawi. Its core business is to manufacture mobile phone accessories including low-cost power banks. The 30-year-old says he came across a lot of Chinese technologies when studying Civil Engineering as a self-sponsored student at Xinyu University in China's Jiangxi Province around 2017. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SAM SMITH SILUMBU, Entrepreneur "When I came bac

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Nadal advances to 2nd-round at French Open tennis

PARIS, May 24 Kyodo - Rafael Nadal of Spain plays a forehand to Sam Groth of Australia during their first-round match at the French Open tennis tournament in Paris on May 24, 2016. Nadal won 6-1, 6-1, 6-1.

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Nishikori hits return shot in 2nd round of Citi Open

WASHINGTON, United States - Kei Nishikori of Japan hits a return shot during a match against U.S. rival Sam Querrey in the second round of the Citi Open tennis tournament in Washington, D.C. on July 30, 2014. Nishikori won 6-4, 5-7, 6-4.

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Nishikori in action in 2nd round of Citi Open

WASHINGTON, United States - Kei Nishikori of Japan reaches for a forehand shot as he beats U.S. rival Sam Querrey 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 in the second round of the Citi Open tennis tournament in Washington, D.C. on July 30, 2014.

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Cambodian PM Hun meets CNRP leader Rainsy

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen (R) shakes hands with President of Cambodia National Rescue Party Sam Rainsy in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on July 22, 2014, after their talks to end the CNRP's boycott of parliament.

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U.N. assembly president-elect keen to attend Hiroshima ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - Sam Kutesa, Uganda's foreign minister and incoming president of the U.N. General Assembly, is interviewed by Kyodo News in Tokyo on July 11, 2014. In the interview, Kutesa expressed his desire to attend the ceremony in 2015 to mark the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.

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Kishida, U.N. assembly president-elect hold talks

TOKYO, Japan - Ugandan Foreign Minister Sam Kutesa (far L), incoming president of the United Nations General Assembly, and Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (far R) hold talks at the Foreign Ministry's Iikura Guest House in Tokyo on July 11, 2014. Kishida reiterated Japan's aspiration to become a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council.

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U.N. assembly president-elect, Kishida hold talks

TOKYO, Japan - Sam Kutesa (L), president-elect of the U.N. General Assembly, shakes hands with Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida before their talks at the Foreign Ministry's Iikura Guest House in Tokyo on July 11, 2014.

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U.N. assembly elects Ugandan minister as new president

NEW YORK, United States - Uganda's Foreign Minister Sam Kutesa holds a press conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York on June 11, 2014, after the U.N. General Assembly elected him as its next president.

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Post-election Cambodia

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Sam Rainsy (R), leader of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party, holds a press conference in Phnom Penh on Oct. 23, 2013, before the party staged a protest rally. Cambodia's lower house of parliament continues to function as a one-party assembly with opposition lawmakers boycotting sessions, while antigovernment protests continue in the wake of the controversial July 28 general election.

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Post-election Cambodia

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Sam Rainsy, leader of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party, and his supporters head to the U.N. human rights office in Phnom Penh on Oct. 23, 2013. They presented a petition asking U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon for help so that a probe will be made into Cambodia's controversial July 28 general election. Cambodia's lower house of parliament continues to function as a one-party assembly with opposition lawmakers boycotting sessions, while antigovernment protests continue in the wake of the poll.

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Post-election Cambodia

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Sam Rainsy (L in middle), leader of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party, attends the party's protest rally in Phnom Penh on Oct. 23, 2013. Cambodia's lower house of parliament continues to function as a one-party assembly with opposition lawmakers boycotting sessions, while antigovernment protests continue in the wake of the controversial July 28 general election.

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Cambodian opposition holds mass protest

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Sam Rainsy (front C), leader of the main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party, marches with supporters in Phnom Penh on Sept. 15, 2013. Thousands of supporters of the opposition party protested against the official results of the July 28 general election, which gave victory to the ruling Cambodian People's Party of Prime Minister Hun Sen amid allegations of electoral fraud.

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Cambodian general election

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Sam Rainsy (L), leader of the main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party, speaks with supporters at a polling station in Phnom Penh as Cambodia holds a general election on July 28, 2013.

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Cambodian opposition leader returns home from exile

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Sam Rainsy (2nd from L), head of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party, smiles in front of Phnom Penh international airport in Cambodia on July 19, 2013, after returning that day from self-exile in France.

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Cambodian opposition leader returns home from exile

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Sam Rainsy, head of the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party, speaks during a party gathering in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on July 19, 2013, after returning that day from self-exile in France.

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Sam Rainsy

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Cambodian opposition leader Sam Rainsy. Cambodia's King Norodom Sihamoni pardoned Sam Rainsy on July 12, 2013. The pardon paves the way for Rainsy, in self-exile even before being sentenced in absentia to 10 years in prison by Cambodian courts in September 2010, to enter the campaign for Cambodia's July 28 national elections.

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Park inauguration

SEOUL, South Korea - New South Korean President Park Geun Hye (front center) shakes hands with former President Kim Young Sam during her inauguration ceremony in Seoul on Feb. 25, 2013. Behind Kim is Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso.

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Cambodia awards honorable medals to Chinese experts for contribution to Angkor restoration

STORY: Cambodia awards honorable medals to Chinese experts for contribution to Angkor restoration DATELINE: Dec. 17, 2022 LENGTH: 0:03:56 LOCATION: SIEM REAP, Cambodia CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of awarding ceremony 2. various of Angkor Archaeological Park 3. SOUNDBITE (English): LONG KOSAL, Deputy director-general of the APSARA National Authority STORYLINE: Cambodia on Friday awarded the government's honorable medal decorations to two Chinese experts in recognition of their contribution to restoring ruined temples at the famed Angkor Archaeological Park. Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Men Sam An presented the "Knight Class" medals to Jin Zhaoyu and Yuan Mengxi at the end of a two-day meeting of the International Coordinating Committee for the Safeguarding and Development of the Historic Site of Angkor (ICC-Angkor). Long Kosal, deputy director-general of the APSARA National Authority, which is the government agency responsible for managing, safeguarding and preserving the Angkor, said China

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2 S. Korean residents of Japan acquitted of espionage

SEOUL, South Korea - Kim Jong Sa (L) and Yu Song Sam hold bouquets presented by friends in Seoul on Sept. 23, 2011, after the Seoul High Court acquitted the two South Korean residents of Japan, who had been detained for two years, of working as North Korean spies in the 1970s.

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Former Vancouver mayor carries Paralympic torch

VANCOUVER, Canada - Former Vancouver Mayor Sam Sullivan, seated in a wheelchair, takes part in the Paralympic torch relay in the city on March 11, 2010.

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Former Vancouver mayor carries Paralympic torch

VANCOUVER, Canada - Former Vancouver Mayor Sam Sullivan, seated in a wheelchair, takes part in the Paralympic torch relay in the city on March 11, 2010.

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Japan beats S. Korea 6-2 to set up semifinal with U.S.

SAN DIEGO, United States - Japan's Shuichi Murata hits a single to center off South Korea's starting pitcher Jang Won Sam in the second inning of a game to determine the winner of their second-round pool of the World Baseball Classic at PEPCO Park in San Diego on March 19. At left is South Korea's catcher Park Kyung Oan. Japan won 6-2 and will face the United States in WBC semifinals in Los Angeles on March 22.

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Japan becomes winner of WBC 2nd pool by beating S. Korea 6-2

SAN DIEGO, United States - Japan's Yasuyuki Kataorka hits an RBI single to right off South Korea starting pitcher Jang Won Sam in the second inning of a game to determine the winner of their second-round pool of the World Baseball Classic at PETCO Park in San Diego on March 19. Japan won 6-2 to play against the United States in the semifinals.

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Japan becomes winner of WBC 2nd pool by beating S. Korea 6-2

SAN DIEGO, United States - Japan's Seiichi Uchikawa (24) is congratulated by his teammates after hitting a solo homer off South Korea starting pitcher Jang Won Sam in the second inning of a game to determine the winner of their second-round pool of the World Baseball Classic at PETCO Park in San Diego on March 19. Japan won 6-2 to play against the United States in the semifinals.

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Japan becomes winner of WBC 2nd pool by beating S. Korea 6-2

SAN DIEGO, United States - Japan's Seiichi Uchikawa runs after hitting a solo homer off South Korea starting pitcher Jang Won Sam over the left-field fence in the second inning of a game to determine the winner of their second-round pool of the World Baseball Classic at PETCO Park in San Diego on March 19. At left is South Korea first baseman Kim Tae Kyun. Japan won 6-2.

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Japan becomes winner of WBC 2nd pool by beating S. Korea 6-2

SAN DIEGO, United States - Japan's Seiichi Uchikawa watches his solo homer off South Korea starting pitcher Jang Won Sam over the left-field fence in the second inning of a game to determine the winner of their second-round pool of the World Baseball Classic at PETCO Park in San Diego on March 19. Japan won 6-2 to play against the United States in the semifinals.

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Japan becomes winner of WBC 2nd pool by beating S. Korea 6-2

SAN DIEGO, United States - Japan's Seiichi Uchikawa hits a solo homer off South Korea starting pitcher Jang Won Sam over the left-field fence in the second inning of a game to determine the winner of their second-round pool of the World Baseball Classic at PETCO Park in San Diego on March 19. Japan won 6-2 to play against the United States in the semifinals.

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S. Korea defeated 2-4 by L.A. Dodgers

GLENDALE, United States - South Korea's starter Jang Won Sam throws against the Los Angeles Dodgers in an exhibition game in Glendale, Arizona, on March 12. South Korea was defeated 2-4 by the Dodgers before moving to San Diego to play in the second round of the World Baseball Classic tournament.

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U.S.-TEXAS-TORNADO

(221215) -- HOUSTON, Dec. 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Dec. 14, 2022 shows a green house sitting above the fence after a tornado in Grapevine, Texas, the United States. In northern Texas' Grapevine, a city of around 50,000 residents, a tornado injured five people, whom NBC News reported to be minors, and damaged businesses, including a shopping mall, a Sam's Club, a Walmart and a gas station. (Photo by Jin Xin/Xinhua)

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U.S.-TEXAS-TORNADO

(221215) -- HOUSTON, Dec. 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Workers repair a damaged business after a tornado in Grapevine, Texas, the United States, Dec. 14, 2022. In northern Texas' Grapevine, a city of around 50,000 residents, a tornado injured five people, whom NBC News reported to be minors, and damaged businesses, including a shopping mall, a Sam's Club, a Walmart and a gas station. (Photo by Jin Xin/Xinhua)

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U.S.-TEXAS-TORNADO

(221215) -- HOUSTON, Dec. 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A shopping mall is seen damaged after a tornado in Grapevine, Texas, the United States, Dec. 14, 2022. In northern Texas' Grapevine, a city of around 50,000 residents, a tornado injured five people, whom NBC News reported to be minors, and damaged businesses, including a shopping mall, a Sam's Club, a Walmart and a gas station. (Photo by Jin Xin/Xinhua)

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U.S.-TEXAS-TORNADO

(221215) -- HOUSTON, Dec. 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Dec. 14, 2022 shows a street left in a mess after a tornado in Grapevine, Texas, the United States. In northern Texas' Grapevine, a city of around 50,000 residents, a tornado injured five people, whom NBC News reported to be minors, and damaged businesses, including a shopping mall, a Sam's Club, a Walmart and a gas station. (Photo by Jin Xin/Xinhua)

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U.S.-TEXAS-TORNADO

(221215) -- HOUSTON, Dec. 15, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A worker cleans up debris in front of a shopping mall after a tornado in Grapevine, Texas, the United States, Dec. 14, 2022. In northern Texas' Grapevine, a city of around 50,000 residents, a tornado injured five people, whom NBC News reported to be minors, and damaged businesses, including a shopping mall, a Sam's Club, a Walmart and a gas station. (Photo by Jin Xin/Xinhua)

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S. Koreans say chicken soup safe despite bird flu outbreak

TOKYO, Japan - Pak Sok Hwan, South Korean Embassy's minister in charge of economic affairs, eats Sam Gye Tang, a South Korean soup made with ginseng, rice and other ingredients stuffed inside a whole chicken, at a tasting event in Tokyo on Dec. 6 to show that South Korean chicken meat is safe to consume despite a bird flu outbreak there in November.

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Closing ceremony of Turin Winter Paralympics

TURIN, Italy - Sam Sullivan, the mayor of Vancouver, which will host the next Winter Olympics and Paralympics, waves the Paralympic flag from his wheelchair during the closing ceremony of the 2006 Winter Paralympic Winter Games in Turin, Italy, on March 19.

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Turin Olympics come to close

TURIN, Italy - International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge hands the Olympic flag to Vancouver Mayor Sam Sullivan in the closing ceremony of the Turin Olympics on Feb. 26.

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Turin Olympics close in ceremony

TURIN, Italy - Sam Sullivan, the mayor of Vancouver, the next Winter Olympics venue, waves the Olympic flag from his wheelchair during the closing ceremony of the Turin Olympics at the Olympic Stadium on Feb. 26.

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Nakata tipped to shine in England

BOLTON, England - Japanese International Hidetoshi Nakata (L) shows off his shirt after signing with English Premiership team Bolton Wanderers, flanked by team manager Sam Allardyce at Reebok Stadium in Bolton on Aug. 18. Allardyce told a press conference earlier, ''I think as always the first thing you look for in a player is quality. We want to get more experience and he has that in abundance.''

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(6) Japan vs N. Korea qualifier

BANGKOK, Thailand - Japan striker Takayuki Suzuki (L) and North Korea defender Ri Myong Sam jump for control of the ball in the first half of their World Cup Asia zone Group B qualifier behind closed doors at Bangkok's Suphachalasai National Stadium on June 8.

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Cambodia marks 50th anniversary of independence

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Cambodian King Norodom Sihanouk (C), Prime Minister Hun Sen (L) and opposition leader Sam Rainsy (R) attend a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the country's independence on Nov. 9 in Phnom Penh.

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(2)Campaign for July 27 election kicks off in Cambodia

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Opposition leader Sam Rainsy on a truck leads thousands of supporters in a march around Phnom Penh on June 26 as a monthlong campaign for the July 27 general election began the same day.

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(3)Kin of Japanese abductees meet ex-N. Korean official

SEOUL, South Korea - Shigeru (L) and Sakie Yokota (2nd from L) whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korea in 1977 at age 13, former South Korean President Kim Young Sam (2nd from R) and Hwang Jang Yop, a former secretary of the Workers Party of Korea who defected to South Korea in 1997, speak to journalists after their meeting in Seoul on June 25.

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(1)Kin of Japanese abductees meet ex-N. Korean official

SEOUL, South Korea - Shigeru (2nd from L) and Sakie Yokota (L), whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korea in 1977 at age 13, shake hands with Hwang Jang Yop (2nd from R), a former secretary of the Workers Party of Korea who defected to South Korea in 1997, and former South Korean President Kim Young Sam (R) in Seoul on June 25. The Yokotas are on a three-day visit to South Korea.

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Sen. Brownback backs U.N. debate on N. Korea abductions

WASHINGTON, United States - Sen. Sam Brownback (L), chairman of the U.S. Senate subcommittee on East Asia and Pacific affairs, welcomes Shigeru Yokota and his wife Sakie, whose daughter Megumi was abducted by North Korea in 1977 at age 13, in Washington on March 3. The group of abduction victims' relatives is in Washington seeking U.S. support to resolve the issue.

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Japan delays N. Korean ship's departure

SOMA, Japan - The North Korean freighter Hwang Kum Sam is seen anchored at Soma port, Fukushima Prefecture, on Feb. 20. Japan barred the departure of the 2,705-ton ship from the port because of maintenance defects.