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3 die in house fire near Barcelona

STORY: 3 die in house fire near Barcelona DATELINE: March 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:58 LOCATION: BARCELONA, Spain CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the flats affected by the fire STORYLINE: Three people lost their lives early Wednesday morning in a fire in a block of flats in the municipality of Rubi near Barcelona. The Catalan fire brigade confirmed the deaths after they had attended the blaze with 11 fire engines. They said that five more people suffered smoke inhalation. The three victims were all residents in the same first-floor apartment of the three-story building. They all died as they were trying to leave the building. Police are still investigating the cause of the fire. The local radio station (Radio Rubi) reported that neighbors had heard an explosion in the hall of the building and the flames appeared immediately afterwards. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Barcelona, Spain. (XHTV)

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(SP)XINHUA SPORTS PHOTO OF THE WEEK

(230227) -- BEIJING, Feb. 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- XINHUA SPORTS PHOTO OF THE WEEK (from Feb. 20 to Feb. 26, 2023) TRANSMITTED on Feb. 27, 2023. Luo Zhibai(2nd R), a 13-year-old who suffers form cerebral palsy, carried by his father Luo Shujian, a 45-year-old marathon runner in their apartment located in Jinhua City, east China's Zhejiang Province, Feb. 24, 2023. The photo in a frame taken on Feb. 19, 2023 on the table next to them shows Luo Shujian participates in 2023 Shenzhen Marathon with a unique stroller in which his son Xiaobai sat and wore a helmet. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)

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Spainish police recover 100-year-old drawings by Salvador Dali

STORY: Spainish police recover 100-year-old drawings by Salvador Dali DATELINE: Feb. 18, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:00 LOCATION: Madrid CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the artwork, courtesy of Mossos d'Esquadra (Catalan regional police force) STORYLINE: The Catalan regional police have recovered two stolen drawings by famous Spanish artist Salvador Dali, which were made 100 years ago and valued at 300,000 euros (320,460 U.S. dollars) each. The drawings were stolen from an apartment in the wealthy Sarria-Sant Gervasi district of Barcelona, and the police have returned them to the owners, said Jose Luis Gonzalez, head of the Central Investigation and Heritage Area of the Criminal Investigation Division of Catalan police, at a press conference on Friday. According to the police, three men aged 50, 53 and 55 were arrested on the charge of burglary, while another two were detained for dealing with the swag. The drawings are "Les sardanes de la festa major" (the Sardana at the celebration) and "Els pagesos"

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Scene in quake-hit Turkey

A man sits on the ground in front of a collapsed apartment building as work to remove the debris takes place in Antakya, southern Turkey, on Feb. 16, 2023, after a devastating earthquake hit the country and Syria on Feb. 6.

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Scene in quake-hit Turkey

People stand by a collapsed apartment building in Adana in southern Turkey on Feb. 13, 2023, after a strong earthquake hit the country and neighboring Syria on Feb. 6.

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Scene in quake-hit Turkey

A framed photo is placed at the site of a collapsed apartment building in Adana in southern Turkey on Feb. 13, 2023, after a strong earthquake hit the country and neighboring Syria on Feb. 6.

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Aftermath of Turkey-Syria earthquake

Photo taken on Feb. 10, 2023, days after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck parts of Turkey and Syria, shows an apartment building in Iskenderun, southern Turkey, after it collapsed into a pile of rubble.

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Israel says seals family home of Palestinian attacker in East Jerusalem

STORY: Israel says seals family home of Palestinian attacker in East Jerusalem DATELINE: Feb. 13, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:40 LOCATION: Jerusalem CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. Israeli Cabinet meeting (courtesy of Government Press Office, or GPO) 2. Israeli security forces sealing attackers' house (courtesy of police spokesperson) 3. Friday's scene of car-ramming attack 4. Israeli Cabinet meeting (courtesy of GPO) STORYLINE: The family home of a Palestinian man who carried out a car-ramming attack in East Jerusalem that killed three Israelis has been sealed, the Israeli police said Sunday. A video clip released by the police shows policemen and soldiers welding the doors and windows of an apartment in East Jerusalem. The home belongs to the parents of the assailant and is occupied by two of his brothers, who were all evacuated along with their belongings prior to the sealing, according to a police statement. This sealing, the first step toward a possible demolition of the house, came under the order

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Volunteers searching for survivors in Türkiye's quake-hit regions

STORY: Volunteers searching for survivors in Türkiye's quake-hit regions DATELINE: Feb. 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:20 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of rescue scenes 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): KEREM OKYAY, Search-and-rescue volunteer 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Turkish): KEREM OKYAY, Search-and-rescue volunteer 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Turkish): KEREM OKYAY, Search-and-rescue volunteer STORYLINE: At a collapsed apartment building in Elbistan, Türkiye, Kerem Okyay and his friends are searching for survivors buried under it. They are among the innumerable volunteers who flock to southern Türkiye after a series of earthquakes jolted parts of the country and caused heavy casualties since Monday. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): KEREM OKYAY, Search-and-rescue volunteer "We formed a team with some friends as soon as we heard the news of the earthquakes and came here as volunteers. It was good that we came. When we arrived, the area was deserted. There was rubble everywhere but no aid in sight." Unfortunately, t

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Turkey: Rescue Efforts Underway After M7.8 Earthquake In Southern Provinces 2

Search and rescue operations were underway across southern Turkey on Monday, February 6 after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit the region early morning. This video shows the rescue action near Osmanağa Apartment early Tuesday morning, February 7.

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3 die in fire in Huelva, Spain

STORY: 3 die in fire in Huelva, Spain DATELINE: Feb. 1, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:04 LOCATION: Madrid CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of an apartment in the city of Huelva, southwestern Spain on fire STORYLINE: Three students died in a fire that occurred in an apartment in the city of Huelva, southwestern Spain, in the early hours of Tuesday. The government of the region of Andalusia has confirmed that the victims were two 21-year-old women and a man of the same age, who were students at the University of Huelva (UHU) and had apparently been celebrating the end of their quarterly exams in the city's Isla Chica neighborhood. According to witnesses, the fire broke out shortly before 8 a.m. local time and quickly spread through the building. Seven others, who had been in the apartment, were able to escape, but the three victims remained trapped. Firemen discovered the three unconscious victims, who later died in hospital. Although the causes of the blaze are still being investigated, sources from the

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Scene of Ukraine

People walk by a damaged apartment building in Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine, on Jan. 15, 2023, following Russia's invasion of the country.

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Scene of Ukraine

People look at a destroyed apartment building in Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine, on Jan. 15, 2023, following Russia's invasion of the country.

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Vlog: Ukrainian student enjoys Chinese New Year in NE China

STORY: Vlog: Ukrainian student enjoys Chinese New Year in NE China DATELINE: Jan. 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:41 LOCATION: SHENYANG, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of people celebrating Chinese New Year 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): KASHUBA ANASTASIIA, Ukrainian Student STORYLINE: Watching fireworks, pasting couplets, making dumplings... Ukrainian student Kashuba Anastasiia is celebrating the Spring Festival in northeast China. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): KASHUBA ANASTASIIA, Ukrainian Student "Hello everyone! My name is Kashuba Anastasiia and I'm from Ukraine. I have been in China for four years, so this is my fourth Chinese New Year. People are setting off firecrackers and buying gifts for relatives and friends. Chinese people buy red clothes for Chinese New Year, and we also bought a few pairs of red socks. Pasting Spring Festival couplets is a major custom of the Chinese New Year. We also bought a pair of couplets in the market to decorate our apartment. Some Chinese people buy lanterns to decorate thei

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China's Spring festival travel rush through eyes of a Canadian

STORY: China's Spring festival travel rush through eyes of a Canadian DATELINE: Jan. 21, 2023 LENGTH: 00:04:44 LOCATION: GUANGZHOU, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): Passenger 2. STANDUP (English): ADRIAN BERZENJI, Canadian expat in Zhongshan 3. various of a high-speed railway station in Zhongshan STORYLINE: This Spring Festival, Adrian Berzenji, a Canadian expat living in south China's Guangdong Province, went to a high-speed railway station in Zhongshan, talking to people who were on their way home. 　　 SOUNDBITE (Chinese): Passenger "I wish I'll do better and better in my study." SOUNDBITE (Chinese): Passenger "I bought a 140-square-meter apartment." SOUNDBITE (Chinese): Passenger "I can't wait to get home." STANDUP (English): ADRIAN BERZENJI, Canadian expat in Zhongshan "The most important traditional Chinese festival, the Spring Festival, is coming. Now that we are past the COVID-19 peak, production and life is returning to normal, and those workers who are working away from

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Scene in Ukraine

Video taken Jan. 17, 2023, shows an apartment building struck by a missile in Dnipro amid Russia's war on Ukraine. Flowers are seen piled up near an apartment building struck by a missile in Dnipro on Jan. 17, 2023, amid Russia's war on Ukraine.

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Scene in Ukraine

Photo taken Jan. 17, 2023, shows an apartment building struck by a missile in Dnipro amid Russia's war on Ukraine.

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Scene in Ukraine

A woman protests against Russian missile attacks in Dnipro, on Jan. 17, 2023, three days after a deadly Russian missile strike on an apartment building in the eastern Ukraine city.

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Scene in Ukraine

People protesting against Russian missile attacks stand in front of an apartment building struck by a missile in Dnipro, on Jan. 17, 2023, amid Russia's war on Ukraine.

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Scene in Ukraine

Photo taken Jan. 17, 2023, shows an apartment building struck by a missile in Dnipro amid Russia's war on Ukraine.

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Scene in Ukraine

Children look at an apartment building struck by a missile in Dnipro on Jan. 17, 2023, amid Russia's war on Ukraine.

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Scene in Ukraine

People protesting against Russian missile attacks stand in front of an apartment building struck by a missile in Dnipro, on Jan. 17, 2023, amid Russia's war on Ukraine.

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Ukraine: Russian Missile Strike On Apartment Building Kills Over 40 In Dnipro

Russian missile strike hit an apartment complex in Dnipro on Saturday, January 14 killing over 40 people. This video shows fire and black smoke rising and the severely destroyed building at the site.

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Scene in Ukraine

A woman cries before the body of a victim taken out from an apartment building struck by a missile in Dnipro on Jan. 17, 2023, amid Russia's war on Ukraine.

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Scene in Ukraine

A woman cries before the body of a victim taken out from an apartment building struck by a missile in Dnipro on Jan. 17, 2023, amid Russia's war on Ukraine.

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Scene in Ukraine

Photo taken Jan. 17, 2023, shows an apartment building struck by a missile in Dnipro amid Russia's war on Ukraine.

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Scene in Ukraine

Photo taken Jan. 17, 2023, shows an apartment building struck by a missile in Dnipro amid Russia's war on Ukraine.

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Scene in Ukraine

Photo taken Jan. 17, 2023, shows an apartment building struck by a missile in Dnipro amid Russia's war on Ukraine.

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Scene in Ukraine

Photo taken Jan. 17, 2023, shows an apartment building struck by a missile in Dnipro amid Russia's war on Ukraine.

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Scene in Ukraine

Rescue workers carry the body of a victim taken out from an apartment building hit by a missile in Dnipro on Jan. 17, 2023, amid Russia's war on Ukraine.

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Scene in Ukraine

Flowers are seen piled up at a bus stop near an apartment building struck by a missile in Dnipro on Jan. 17, 2023, amid Russia's war on Ukraine.

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Scene in Ukraine

Flowers are seen piled up near an apartment building struck by a missile in Dnipro on Jan. 17, 2023, amid Russia's war on Ukraine.

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US: Residents Displaced After 2-Alarm Fire Breaks Out In San Francisco’s Mission District

A 2-alarm fire broke out at an apartment building in the Mission District, San Francisco on Friday night, January 13. More than a dozen residents have been displaced due to the fire, according to reports. The Red Cross is assisting those who were displaced. SFFD said the fire is under investigation.

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UK: Fire Breaks Out At Tower Block In Salford, Greater Manchester

Fire crews and paramedics responded to a fire that broke out at a tower block in Salford, Greater Manchester on Tuesday morning, December 27. Reports say the fire occurred on Mulberry Road near the Salford Precinct shopping center. The fire was put out around 10 a.m.

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Manager of Taiwan Compatriots Apartment in China's Fuzhou wins heart of residents

STORY: Manager of Taiwan Compatriots Apartment in China's Fuzhou wins heart of residents DATELINE: Dec. 24, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:54 LOCATION: FUZHOU, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Fuzhou 2. various of Taiwan Compatriots Apartment 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WANG TINGWEI, Manager of Taiwan Compatriots Apartment 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): HUANG XINGXIANG, Resident of Taiwan Compatriots Apartment 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): WANG TINGWEI, Manager of Taiwan Compatriots Apartment STORYLINE: Since the beginning of this year, east China's Fuzhou has offered affordable apartments with comprehensive facilities to people from Taiwan to help them settle in the city. So far, more than 190 people have moved in. Wang Tingwei lives in the Taiwan Compatriots Apartment, and has become an apartment manager due to his warmheartedness. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WANG TINGWEI, Manager of Taiwan Compatriots Apartment "Mr. Wang is very busy at work. I'm here to help him receive some furniture. OK, I've fixed that for you

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2 Taiwanese students killed in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows an apartment building (C) in Tokyo's Taito Ward where two female Taiwanese language-school students were killed on Jan. 5, 2012. Lin Chih-ying, 22, and Chu Li-chieh, 24, were found bleeding with stab wounds in their apartment in the building rented as a dorm by the language school they attended. The cause of their death was apparently blood loss.

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Japanese flags at Sochi Olympic athletes' village

SOCHI, Russia - Japan's Hinomaru flags hang outside apartment balconies at one of the three Olympic Villages where Japanese athletes will be staying in Sochi, Russia, on Jan. 31, 2014, a week before the Games begin.

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SDF officers' homes, workplaces raided over defense data leak

TOKYO, Japan - Investigators leave an official apartment house of the Maritime Self-Defense Force in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Aug. 28 after searching the home of a 34-year-old MSDF lieutenant commander over a leak of classified materials on high-tech Aegis vessels.

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Policeman suspected of shooting acquaintance to death

TOKYO, Japan - Police officers examine an apartment house in Kokubunji, Tokyo, on Aug. 21 where Hidekazu Tomono, 40, of the Tachikawa Police Station of the Metropolitan Police Department, and his 32-year-old female acquaintance were found dead. Police suspect Tomono shot the woman to death with his handgun and committed suicide by shooting himself with the same gun.

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Coronavirus infections rampant at German factory

VERL, Germany, July 2 Kyodo - Employees working near Verl stand just outside an apartment building in the western German city that is being used as a dormitory for them, on June 30, 2020. A metallic fence is erected around the building to isolate the workers, many of whom are from Romania and Bulgaria, amid the coronavirus pandemic. Over 1,500 people working at a slaughterhouse near Verl were infected with the new coronavirus in June after they were crammed into narrow rooms of the apartment complex.

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Coronavirus infections rampant at German factory

VERL, Germany, July 2 Kyodo - Employees working near Verl stand just outside an apartment building in the western German city that is being used as a dormitory for them, on June 30, 2020. A metallic fence is erected around the building to isolate the workers, many of whom are from Romania and Bulgaria, amid the coronavirus pandemic. Over 1,500 people working at a slaughterhouse near Verl were infected with the new coronavirus in June after they were crammed into narrow rooms of the apartment complex.

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Coronavirus infections rampant at German factory

VERL, Germany, July 2 Kyodo - Employees working near Verl stand just outside an apartment building in the western German city that is being used as a dormitory for them, on June 30, 2020. A metallic fence is erected around the building to isolate the workers, many of whom are from Romania and Bulgaria, amid the coronavirus pandemic. Over 1,500 people working at a slaughterhouse near Verl were infected with the new coronavirus in June after they were crammed into narrow rooms of the apartment complex.

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Attack on civilians in Syria

DOUMA, Syria, April 20 Kyodo - Nasr Hanan, a resident in Douma, a suburb of Damascus, shows the press the roof of his apartment building on April 16, 2018, after an incident in which chemical weapons were suspected to have been used against citizens.

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Lonely death in Japan

SAPPORO, Japan, Jan. 16 Kyodo - File photo taken in November 2017 in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, shows an apartment room where a 68-year-old man was found dead on a chair alone about a month after his death. More people in Japan are living alone but what is particularly alarming is their identity: mainly men with loose ties to their local communities.

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2018 Asian Games preparation

NAGOYA, Japan, Dec. 29 Kyodo - Photo taken Nov. 28, 2017, shows a room of an apartment building in an athletes' village in Palembang in the country's South Sumatra Province to be used for the 2018 Asian Games.

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2018 Asian Games preparation

NAGOYA, Japan, Dec. 29 Kyodo - Photo taken Nov. 28, 2017, shows the interior of an apartment building in an athletes' village in Jakarta to be used for the 2018 Asian Games in Indonesia.

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Many 2011 tsunami survivors still in shelter

TOKYO, Japan - Prefabricated temporary housing (L) stands alongside newly constructed public apartment buildings for survivors of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami on higher ground in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, in a file photo taken in September 2014.

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Man belonging to 'ant tribe' walks in Beijing suburb

BEIJING, China - A young Chinese man who belongs to the so-called "ant tribe" walks near his apartment building in a Beijing suburb on Nov. 15, 2014. The name "ant tribe" refers to a group of unemployed or underpaid university graduates.

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PanaHome targets women in apartment lease business

OSAKA, Japan - PanaHome Corp., a Panasonic Corp. subsidiary specializing in housing and property development businesses, shows a model room of its "Lacine" rental apartment series featuring large storage spaces and other designs popular among women at its head office in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 12, 2014.

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Residents check apartment built for nuke disaster evacuees

KORIYAMA, Japan - Prospective residents check a room in an apartment complex on Nov. 7, 2014, built by the Fukushima prefectural government in Koriyama in the northeastern Japan prefecture for people evacuated after the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster.