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Turkish police seize smuggled gold worth 1.4 mln USD in border province

STORY: Turkish police seize smuggled gold worth 1.4 mln USD in border province SHOOTING TIME: May 2, 2024 DATELINE: May 3, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:05 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. police removing smuggled gold bars hidden in the trailer of a truck in Edirne, Türkiye 2. smuggled gold bars and bracelets seized in the operation being exhibited at the police headquarters in Edirne, Türkiye STORYLINE: Turkish police seized smuggled gold bars and bracelets worth 1.4 million U.S. dollars in an operation on Thursday at the northwestern border province of Edirne, local media reported. The Haberturk Daily said the security forces seized two trucks arriving in Türkiye from the Kapikule border gate with Bulgaria, confiscating 23 gold bars and 22 gold bracelets weighing nearly 19 km. The seized gold is worth 45.2 million Turkish liras or 1.4 million dollars, said Haberturk. Rampant inflation, a weakening currency and geopolitical tensions are boosting demand for gold in Türkiye, acco

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China hands over relief materials to herders in central Mongolia hit by harsh winter

STORY: China hands over relief materials to herders in central Mongolia hit by harsh winter SHOOTING DATE: March 18, 2024 DATELINE: March 19, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:06 LOCATION: ERDENE, Mongolia CATEGORY: ECONOMY/POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of relief materials provided by China to Mongolia STORYLINE: Chinese Ambassador to Mongolia Shen Minjuan and Mongolian Foreign Minister Batmunkh Battsetseg on Monday visited the central Mongolian province of Tuv to hand over relief materials provided by China to 500 herdsmen affected by the extreme wintry weather. This winter, Mongolia has been hit by a severe "dzud," a Mongolian term to describe a severely cold winter when many livestock die because the ground is frozen or covered in snow. They handed over the relief materials including warm clothes, family packages, food and other necessities to herder families in Erdene soum (administrative subdivision) of the province. More than 4 million head of livestock have died so far this winter due to the dzud, acco

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Israeli researchers grow human embryo models from stem cells to study human embryonic development

STORY: Israeli researchers grow human embryo models from stem cells to study human embryonic development DATELINE: Sept. 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:45 LOCATION: Jerusalem CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of researchers working at a lab of the Weizmann Institute of Science STORYLINE: Stem cell researchers created artificial models of human embryos and successfully grew them outside the womb up to day 14, the Weizmann Institute of Science (WIS) in central Israel said in a statement on Wednesday. In a new study published in the journal Science, the researchers created artificial stem cell embryo models that accurately mimic all the essential features and components of this developmental stage, including the placenta, yolk sac, chorionic sac, and assorted external tissues essential for facilitating dynamic and healthy growth. Due to their genuine complexity, the human embryo models created by the WIS team could offer an unprecedented opportunity to gain fresh insights into the beginnings of embryos, acco

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Taxi Gathering - Barcelona

Several cabs with dollar bills printed with the face of the president of l'Autoritat Catalana de la Competència (ACCO), Roger Loppacher during a cab rally, on September 5, 2023, in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). The cab sector cuts traffic today in several arteries of the Catalan capital in protest against the penalty of 123,000 euros that the Catalan Competition Authority (ACCO) has imposed on Élite Taxi for boycotting Uber and other VTC platforms. The professional association has called for a slow march that will affect mobility from 9 a.m. to noon. Photo by David Oller/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Taxi Gathering - Barcelona

Several cabs in slow motion during a cab rally, on September 5, 2023, in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). The cab sector cuts traffic today in several arteries of the Catalan capital in protest against the penalty of 123,000 euros that the Catalan Competition Authority (ACCO) has imposed on Élite Taxi for boycotting Uber and other VTC platforms. The professional association has called for a slow march that will affect mobility from 9 a.m. to noon. Photo by David Oller/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Taxi Gathering - Barcelona

Several cabs with dollar bills printed with the face of the president of l'Autoritat Catalana de la Competència (ACCO), Roger Loppacher during a cab rally, on September 5, 2023, in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). The cab sector cuts traffic today in several arteries of the Catalan capital in protest against the penalty of 123,000 euros that the Catalan Competition Authority (ACCO) has imposed on Élite Taxi for boycotting Uber and other VTC platforms. The professional association has called for a slow march that will affect mobility from 9 a.m. to noon. Photo by David Oller/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Taxi Gathering - Barcelona

Élite Taxi spokesman Tito Álvarez (r) during a cab rally on September 5, 2023, in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). The cab sector cuts traffic today in several arteries of the Catalan capital in protest against the penalty of 123,000 euros that the Catalan Competition Authority (ACCO) has imposed on Élite Taxi for boycotting Uber and other VTC platforms. The professional association has called a slow march that will affect mobility from 9 am until noon. Photo by David Oller/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Taxi Gathering - Barcelona

Several cabs in slow motion during a cab rally, on September 5, 2023, in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). The cab sector cuts traffic today in several arteries of the Catalan capital in protest against the penalty of 123,000 euros that the Catalan Competition Authority (ACCO) has imposed on Élite Taxi for boycotting Uber and other VTC platforms. The professional association has called for a slow march that will affect mobility from 9 a.m. to noon. Photo by David Oller/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Taxi Gathering - Barcelona

Dozens of cabs in the Reina Maria Cristina avenue next to Plaza de España in Barcelona during a cab rally, on September 5, 2023, in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). The cab sector cuts traffic today in several arteries of the Catalan capital in protest against the penalty of 123,000 euros that the Catalan Competition Authority (ACCO) has imposed on Élite Taxi for boycotting Uber and other VTC platforms. The professional association has called a slow march that will affect mobility from 9 am until noon. Photo by David Oller/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Taxi Gathering - Barcelona

Dozens of cabs in the Reina Maria Cristina avenue next to Plaza de España in Barcelona during a cab rally, on September 5, 2023, in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). The cab sector cuts traffic today in several arteries of the Catalan capital in protest against the penalty of 123,000 euros that the Catalan Competition Authority (ACCO) has imposed on Élite Taxi for boycotting Uber and other VTC platforms. The professional association has called for a slow march that will affect mobility from 9 a.m. to noon. Photo by David Oller/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Taxi Gathering - Barcelona

Dozens of cabs in the Reina Maria Cristina avenue next to Plaza de España in Barcelona during a cab rally, on September 5, 2023, in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). The cab sector cuts traffic today in several arteries of the Catalan capital in protest against the penalty of 123,000 euros that the Catalan Competition Authority (ACCO) has imposed on Élite Taxi for boycotting Uber and other VTC platforms. The professional association has called for a slow march that will affect mobility from 9 a.m. to noon. Photo by David Oller/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Taxi Gathering - Barcelona

Dozens of cabs in the Reina Maria Cristina avenue next to Plaza de España in Barcelona during a cab rally, on September 5, 2023, in Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). The cab sector cuts traffic today in several arteries of the Catalan capital in protest against the penalty of 123,000 euros that the Catalan Competition Authority (ACCO) has imposed on Élite Taxi for boycotting Uber and other VTC platforms. The professional association has called for a slow march that will affect mobility from 9 a.m. to noon. Photo by David Oller/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(AmazingAnhui)CHINA-ANHUI-QIMEN-KEEMUN BLACK TEA-INHERITOR-MAKING SKILLS (CN)

(230421) -- HEFEI, April 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Xie Yongzhong, inheritor of Keemun black tea making skills, checks the growth of tea leaves at a tea garden in Qimen County of Huangshan City, east China's Anhui Province, April 19, 2023. Keemun black tea, which originated in Qimen County of east China's Anhui Province, is one of the most famous Chinese teas featuring an intense aroma. It has a history of more than 100 years. Xie Yongzhong, a 71-year-old inheritor of Keemun black tea making skills, followed his elders to pick tea leaves on the mountains and learned the basic tea-making skills since childhood. "I am very interested in processing tea. Even if I am tired, as long as I see the tea and the sieve, I feel very happy," Xie said. Xie is able to endure hardship and has a high learning ability. He has learned from several tea masters and gradually mastered all seventeen processing steps of Keemun black tea. "If you want to make good tea, every detail must be conducted seriously," he said. Acco

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(AmazingAnhui)CHINA-ANHUI-QIMEN-KEEMUN BLACK TEA-INHERITOR-MAKING SKILLS (CN)

(230421) -- HEFEI, April 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Xie Yongzhong, inheritor of Keemun black tea making skills, shows tea leaves for making Keemun black tea in Qimen County of Huangshan City, east China's Anhui Province, on April 19, 2023. Keemun black tea, which originated in Qimen County of east China's Anhui Province, is one of the most famous Chinese teas featuring an intense aroma. It has a history of more than 100 years. Xie Yongzhong, a 71-year-old inheritor of Keemun black tea making skills, followed his elders to pick tea leaves on the mountains and learned the basic tea-making skills since childhood. "I am very interested in processing tea. Even if I am tired, as long as I see the tea and the sieve, I feel very happy," Xie said. Xie is able to endure hardship and has a high learning ability. He has learned from several tea masters and gradually mastered all seventeen processing steps of Keemun black tea. "If you want to make good tea, every detail must be conducted seriously," he said. Acco

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(EyesonSci)CHINA-QINGHAI-SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION-BIODIVERSITY (CN)

(220727) -- YUSHU, July 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Fan Yadong, a member of a scientific expedition team, observes an insect sample she has collected from a source of the Yangtze River in northwest China's Qinghai Province, July 26, 2022. Chinese scientists launched an expedition on Sunday in the headwater regions of the Yangtze and Lancang rivers in northwest China's Qinghai Province, to investigate the regions' water resources and ecological environment. Zhang Guoyue and Fan Yadong are two female members of the scientific expedition team. To fulfill their duties as "insect catchers" for the sake of biodiversity survey, Zhang and Fan have to work day and night in the headwater regions of the Yangtze and Lancang rivers, regardless of fatigue from long hours of work, coldness at night, and thin air on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The expedition will conduct scientific investigations into the water resources, river hydrology, water ecology, glaciers, soil erosion and permafrost of the regions, among other things, acco