Chinese Neta V electric car officially launched in Indonesia

STORY: Chinese Neta V electric car officially launched in Indonesia DATELINE: Oct. 25, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:45 LOCATION: Jakarta CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Neta V electric car 2. various of the launching ceremony of Neta V electric car in Jakarta STORYLINE: PT Neta Auto Indonesia (NAI) on Tuesday officially launched the Chinese-made Neta V electric car and announced its plan to build an assembly plant in the country next year in cooperation with local company PT Handal Indonesia Motor. Neta Indonesia's Director of External Affairs and Product, Fajrul Ilhami, said that Neta V would be sold in the Indonesian market with five different color types. The price on the road is at 379 million rupiahs (23,930 U.S. dollars), including for all documentation and taxes. The price also comes with a five-year vehicle warranty, an eight-year battery warranty and free periodic maintenance for four years. "We have received almost 170 vehicle booking letters and the company will start shipping the Neta V to th

Libya-Italy flights resume after decade-long halt

STORY: Libya-Italy flights resume after decade-long halt DATELINE: July 25, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:45 LOCATION: Tripoli CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the flight 2. various of the press conference 3. various of speech STORYLINE: Direct flights between Libya and Italy will resume after a hiatus of almost 10 years, announced the Libyan government on Monday. "Today, Monday, Italian Airlines ITA launched a test flight from Rome to Tripoli, carrying Prime Minister Abdul-Hamed Dbeibah, after a suspension of about 10 years as a result of the European Union air ban on Libya," said the government in a statement. In a press conference following the arrival of the flight, Dbeibah said that the test flight is a practical announcement to lift the ban on Libyan civil aviation using European airspace, confirming that commercial flights between Libya and Italy will officially resume in September. "The decision to resume flights between Tripoli and Rome comes after intensive meetings of the committee formed by th

Tibet marks Serfs' Emancipation Day

STORY: Tibet marks Serfs' Emancipation Day DATELINE: March 29, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:45 LOCATION: LHASA, China CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Potala Palace square 2. various of the national flag-raising ceremony 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Tibetan): TASHI NORBU, Lhasa citizen 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Tibetan): GARSEL, Lhasa citizen 5. various of views in Lhasa STORYLINE: Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region marked Serfs' Emancipation Day on Tuesday. This public holiday marks the date in 1959 when people in Tibet launched a democratic reform that ended the region's feudal serfdom and freed a million serfs, or more than 90 percent of its population at the time. SOUNDBITE 1 (Tibetan): TASHI NORBU, Local resident "It has been almost 15 years since March 28 was announced as the day to commemorate the emancipation of one million serfs in Tibet. Our lives are getting better and better in all aspects, which I have personally experienced. I feel very happy from the bottom of my heart." SOUNDBITE 2 (Tibetan)

Filipino farmers crop buckwheat in post-conflict Mindanao

Filipino farmers crop buckwheat in post-conflict Mindanao

BUMBARAN, Philippines - Japanese agricultural expert Takeyoshi Sumikawa (L) and Muslim farmers smile as they hold up newly harvested buckwheat in Bumbaran on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao on April 19, 2014. The Philippines and its largest Muslim rebel group signed a peace pact in March, ending almost 45 years of conflict in the island's south.

Italian chef in China helps provide free boxed meals for medical staff fighting COVID-19

STORY: Italian chef in China helps provide free boxed meals for medical staff fighting COVID-19 DATELINE: March 27, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:45 LOCATION: NANCHANG, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Italian chef Andrea Evaristi 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ANDREA EVARISTI, Executive chef of Swiss Grand Nanchang, Jiangxi 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ANDREA EVARISTI, Executive chef of Swiss Grand Nanchang, Jiangxi STORYLINE: Andrea Evaristi, a 41-year-old Italian, has been living in China for almost 12 years. Now he works as an executive chef at a hotel in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province. Recently, Nanchang has carried out new rounds of mass nucleic acid testing to curb rebound of the COVID-19 pandemic. The hotel where Andrea works provided free boxed meals for the medical staff nearby to show support and gratitude for their hard work. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ANDREA EVARISTI, Executive chef of Swiss Grand Nanchang, Jiangxi "Because now of the epidemic, we don't work and the restaurant now is closed for safety. W