Karzai on track for easy victory in Afghan election

Karzai on track for easy victory in Afghan election

TOKYO, Japan - Interim leader Hamid Karzai (in file photo) is on track for a landslide victory in Afghanistan's landmark presidential election, early results of vote counting showed on Oct. 16. With about 100,000 votes tallied so far -- about 1.2 percent of the ballots cast nationwide -- the U.S.-backed Karzai, the election favorite, has garnered 77 percent of the vote.

Türkiye to enter hassle-free winter with full gas storage

STORY: Türkiye to enter hassle-free winter with full gas storage DATELINE: Oct. 22, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:10 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Türkiye's natural gas storage facilities in Aksaray province (edited) 2. various of Türkiye's natural gas storage facilities in Silivri, Istanbul province (courtesy of the state Petroleum Pipeline Corporation (Botas)) 3. SOUNDBITE (Turkish): ALI ARIF AKTURK, Energy researcher and expert STORYLINE: As winter nears, Türkiye has filled its underground natural gas storage units to the brim, confident to be immune from the energy aftershock of the Russia-Ukraine crisis. In October, the state-owned Petroleum Pipeline Corporation (Botas) announced that the country's two underground natural gas facilities have reached a "storage capacity of 100 percent." According to Botas, with respective storage capacities of 4.6 billion cubic meters (bcm) and 1.2 bcm, the two facilities should provide enough gas to cover about 10 percent of annual consumption. Al

Karzai on track for easy victory in Afghan election

Karzai on track for easy victory in Afghan election

KABUL, Afghanistan - Interim leader Hamid Karzai (in file photo) is on track for a landslide victory in Afghanistan's landmark presidential election, early results of vote counting showed on Oct. 16. With about 100,000 votes tallied so far -- about 1.2 percent of the ballots cast nationwide -- the U.S.-backed Karzai, the election favorite, has garnered 77 percent of the vote. (Kyodo)

Rise in Tokyo stocks

Rise in Tokyo stocks

A screen in Tokyo shows the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average rising about 1.2 percent on June 2, 2020, amid continued hopes for a global economic recovery. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo