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Water Resources Allocation Project - China

An aerial drone photo taken on December 30, 2025 shows a pumping station of a water resources allocation project in southwest China's Chongqing. With a total investment of 14.345 billion yuan (about 2.05 billion U.S. dollars) and an annual water supply of over 1 billion cubic meters, the water resources allocation project in Chongqing achieved full water supply on Tuesday. The project is expected to benefit approximately 10 million people. Photo by Huang Wei /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Water Resources Allocation Project - China

A staff member monitors the operation of a pumping station of a water resources allocation project in southwest China's Chongqing, December 30, 2025. With a total investment of 14.345 billion yuan (about 2.05 billion U.S. dollars) and an annual water supply of over 1 billion cubic meters, the water resources allocation project in Chongqing achieved full water supply on Tuesday. The project is expected to benefit approximately 10 million people. Photo by Huang Wei /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Water Resources Allocation Project - China

Staff members inspect a pumping station of a water resources allocation project in southwest China's Chongqing, December 30, 2025. With a total investment of 14.345 billion yuan (about 2.05 billion U.S. dollars) and an annual water supply of over 1 billion cubic meters, the water resources allocation project in Chongqing achieved full water supply on Tuesday. The project is expected to benefit approximately 10 million people. Photo by Huang Wei /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Water Resources Allocation Project - China

Staff members inspect a pumping station of a water resources allocation project in southwest China's Chongqing, December 30, 2025. With a total investment of 14.345 billion yuan (about 2.05 billion U.S. dollars) and an annual water supply of over 1 billion cubic meters, the water resources allocation project in Chongqing achieved full water supply on Tuesday. The project is expected to benefit approximately 10 million people. Photo by Huang Wei /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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EU health watchdog urges countries to boost fight against hepatitis

STORY: EU health watchdog urges countries to boost fight against hepatitis SHOOTING TIME: April 25, 2024 DATELINE: April 26, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:57 LOCATION: Stockholm CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2. various of fact sheet of ECDC publication (credit: ECDC) 3. various of Stockholm street view STORYLINE: The European Union's (EU) health watchdog on Thursday urged its member states to boost testing for hepatitis B and C, which infected approximately 5.4 million people in Europe chronically. This could help prevent complications such as cirrhosis and liver cancer, the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said. According to the center's latest estimate, around 3.6 million people in 30 countries in the EU/European Economic Area (EEA) are chronically infected with hepatitis B. A further 1.8 million people are estimated to have chronic hepatitis C. The prevalence of the disease varies considerably across countries and

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Chinese ductile iron pipes firm to establish new factory in Egypt

STORY: Chinese ductile iron pipes firm to establish new factory in Egypt SHOOTING TIME: March 27, 2024 DATELINE: March 30, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:32 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of signing ceremony (Courtesy of the Egyptian Cabinet) STORYLINE: China's Xinxing Ductile Iron Pipes Co., Ltd. has signed a land lease contract with Egypt-TEDA SEZone Development Company to build a new factory in the China-Egypt TEDA Suez Economic and Trade Cooperation Zone. The signing ceremony held on Wednesday was attended by Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, Suez Canal Economic Zone Chairman Waleid Gamaleldien, and other senior Egyptian officials. The project is planned to cover an area of about 270,000 square meters and produce 250,000 tons of ductile iron pipes per year, said Ma Ye, head of the Egypt project of Xinxing Ductile Iron Pipes Co., Ltd. With an investment of approximately 145 million U.S. dollars, the project is expected to generate nearly 200 million dollars in foreign exc

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CHINA-SOUTH CHINA SEA-THE KAIPING SOUTH OILFIELD (CN)

(240308) -- SHENZHEN, March 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on April 30, 2023 shows a drilling platform at the Kaiping South oilfield in the eastern part of the South China Sea. An oilfield was discovered in the South China Sea, and it has proven oil and gas reserves reaching 102 million tonnes of oil equivalent, according to the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) on Friday. The Kaiping South oilfield, featuring light crude oil, is located in the eastern part of the South China Sea, approximately 300 km from Shenzhen, Guangdong Province. The average depth of the ocean at the oilfield is about 500 meters and the deepest hole drilled is 4,831 meters deep. Zhou Xinhuai, chief executive officer of the CNOOC, said exploring deep water and drilling deep holes will lead to an increase in oil and gas reserves and output. (Xinhua)

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SYRIA-DAMASCUS-CHINA-COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT-DONATION (CN)

(240130) -- DAMASCUS, Jan. 30, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Syrian Minister of Communications and Technology Iyad Mohammad al-Khatib and Chinese Ambassador to Syria Shi Hongwei (R) attend a delivery ceremony of China-donated communications equipment in Damascus, Syria, Jan. 29, 2024. China has donated communications equipment worth approximately 10 million U.S. dollars to Syria aimed at helping restore and strengthen the country's war-damaged telecom stations. (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua)

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SYRIA-DAMASCUS-CHINA-COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT-DONATION (CN)

(240130) -- DAMASCUS, Jan. 30, 2024 (Xinhua) -- China-donated communications equipment is seen in Damascus, Syria, Jan. 29, 2024. China has donated communications equipment worth approximately 10 million U.S. dollars to Syria aimed at helping restore and strengthen the country's war-damaged telecom stations. (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua)

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SYRIA-DAMASCUS-CHINA-COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT-DONATION (CN)

(240130) -- DAMASCUS, Jan. 30, 2024 (Xinhua) -- China-donated communications equipment is seen in Damascus, Syria, Jan. 29, 2024. China has donated communications equipment worth approximately 10 million U.S. dollars to Syria aimed at helping restore and strengthen the country's war-damaged telecom stations. (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua)

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China donates 10 mln USD worth of communications equipment to Syria

STORY: China donates 10 mln USD worth of communications equipment to Syria SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 29, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 30, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:48 LOCATION: Damascus CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ceremony 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): IYAD MOHAMMAD AL-KHATIB, Syrian Minister of Communications and Technology 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): SHI HONGWEI, Chinese ambassador to Syria STORYLINE: China has donated communications equipment worth approximately 10 million U.S. dollars to Syria aimed at helping restore and strengthen the country's war-damaged telecom stations. A delivery ceremony was held on Monday in the Syrian capital with the attendance of Syrian Minister of Communications and Technology Iyad Mohammad al-Khatib and Chinese Ambassador to Syria Shi Hongwei. The batch would equip 26 major base stations in four Syrian provinces of Rural Damascus, Aleppo, Hama, and Deir al-Zour to offer voice and Internet services to over 100,000 families, the Chinese embassy said in a statement. The project's in

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XINHUA-PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2023-WORLD NEWS

(240105) -- BEIJING, Jan. 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- The FSO Safer tanker is seen at Ras Issa port in Hodeidah province, Yemen, on May 30, 2023. The Safer tanker, marooned off the port of Hodeidah since 2015, had been a ticking time bomb containing approximately 1.1 million barrels of oil. As the vessel's condition continued to deteriorate, concerns escalated regarding the potential for a devastating oil spill. The ship-to-ship transfer from the decaying FSO Safer to a replacement tanker began on July 25 and safely concluded on Aug. 11, avoiding what the United Nations warned could have been a devastating environmental catastrophe. (Photo by Mohammed Mohammed/Xinhua)

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Türkiye expects boom in health tourism to alleviate economic woes

STORY: Türkiye expects boom in health tourism to alleviate economic woes DATELINE: July 13, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:29 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: HEALTH/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of tourists at an airport in Türkiye 2. various of scene of beach 3. various of a hospital 4. SOUNDBITE (English): ERDEN KILIC, Head of a private hospital in Ankara STORYLINE: Türkiye has seen a notable rise in the number of medical tourists as the country steps up efforts to boost health tourism. According to the Association of Turkish Travel Agencies, in the first three months of this year, the number of visitors to Türkiye for health and medical reasons increased by 37.5 percent compared to the same period in 2022. It said that Türkiye expects to receive over 1.8 million health tourists this year, with an increase of approximately 30 percent. Erden Kilic, a professor of orthopedics and the head of a private hospital in Türkiye's capital city Ankara told Xinhua in a recent interview that he expects a bigger rise. SOUNDBITE (En

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Tunisia's water shortage to affect agricultural production in 2023

STORY: Tunisia's water shortage to affect agricultural production in 2023 DATELINE: Jan. 12, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:12 LOCATION: Tunis CATEGORY: AGRICULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of a reservoir in Tunisia STORYLINE: The Tunisian Agriculture Ministry has issued a report, stating that the country is facing a severe water shortage crisis, which will impact negatively agricultural production and the lives of urban residents in 2023. According to the report, the rainfall in the rainy season starting from September 2022 reached 110 million cubic meters, which was one-fifth of the normal period. More than 30 reservoirs across the country are short of water, which contain approximately 10 to 30 percent of the reservoir capacity. Located on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, Tunisia's main precipitation is concentrated from September to March in the following year. It is the third consecutive year that Tunisia has suffered from a water shortage. Experts from the ministry said that the lack of water will affect the p

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Kintetsu store in Abeno Harukas marks 30 mil. visitors

OSAKA, Japan - People visit a food section of the Kintetsu department store inside Japan's tallest building Abeno Harukas in Osaka City on June 5, 2014. The number of visitors to the department store reached approximately 30 million as of the end of May since the partial opening in June 2013.