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Driverless sanitation vehicles to be put into use in China's Guangdong

STORY: Driverless sanitation vehicles to be put into use in China's Guangdong SHOOTING TIME: June 18, 2024 DATELINE: June 19, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:15 LOCATION: GUANGZHOU, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY/TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the driverless sanitation vehicles STORYLINE: Eleven intelligent, driverless sanitation vehicles will be officially put into use in Dongguan, south China's Guangdong Province. The vehicles can cover an operating area of about 860,000 square meters, with a cleaning speed of 5-8 kilometers per hour. They can work continuously for 5-6 hours, with no-dead-corner garbage sweeping, automatic avoidance of roadblocks, and automatic parking. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Guangzhou, China. (XHTV)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-INTELLIGENT DRIVING-COMPETITION (CN)

(240618) -- TIANJIN, June 18, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A vehicle goes through a simulated pedestrian avoidance test at a closed test road during the World Intelligent Driving Challenge 2024 in Dongli District of north China's Tianjin, June 18, 2024. This year's event set up challenges including information security attack and defense, real car intelligent network competition, mass production application challenge, etc., which attracted 109 teams from universities and enterprises across the country. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-INTELLIGENT DRIVING-COMPETITION (CN)

(240618) -- TIANJIN, June 18, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Vehicles go through a simulated pedestrian avoidance test at a closed test road during the World Intelligent Driving Challenge 2024 in Dongli District of north China's Tianjin, June 18, 2024. This year's event set up challenges including information security attack and defense, real car intelligent network competition, mass production application challenge, etc., which attracted 109 teams from universities and enterprises across the country. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-INTELLIGENT DRIVING-COMPETITION (CN)

(240618) -- TIANJIN, June 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Vehicles go through a simulated pedestrian avoidance test at a closed test road during the World Intelligent Driving Challenge 2024 in Dongli District of north China's Tianjin, June 18, 2024. This year's event set up challenges including information security attack and defense, real car intelligent network competition, mass production application challenge, etc., which attracted 109 teams from universities and enterprises across the country. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-INTELLIGENT DRIVING-COMPETITION (CN)

(240618) -- TIANJIN, June 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A vehicle goes through a simulated pedestrian avoidance test at a closed test road during the World Intelligent Driving Challenge 2024 in Dongli District of north China's Tianjin, June 18, 2024. This year's event set up challenges including information security attack and defense, real car intelligent network competition, mass production application challenge, etc., which attracted 109 teams from universities and enterprises across the country. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)

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Unmanned Rice Transplanter For Intelligent Rice Transplanting Operations

XINGHUA, CHINA - JUNE 14, 2024 - An unmanned rice transplanter performs an intelligent rice transplanting operation in Zhaohe village, Lincheng Street, Xinghua city, East China's Jiangsu province, June 14, 2024. According to reports, the unmanned rice transplanter uses the Beidou satellite positioning system to achieve automatic driving, automatic obstacle avoidance and U-turn during field operations. At the same time, the vehicle body is equipped with a camera to transmit the situation of the seedlings in the field to the smart agriculture center in real time through 5G signals, so as to achieve accurate rice transplantation, save labor costs, and improve the efficiency and quality of rice transplantation operations.

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Unmanned Rice Transplanter For Intelligent Rice Transplanting Operations

XINGHUA, CHINA - JUNE 14, 2024 - An unmanned rice transplanter performs an intelligent rice transplanting operation in Zhaohe village, Lincheng Street, Xinghua city, East China's Jiangsu province, June 14, 2024. According to reports, the unmanned rice transplanter uses the Beidou satellite positioning system to achieve automatic driving, automatic obstacle avoidance and U-turn during field operations. At the same time, the vehicle body is equipped with a camera to transmit the situation of the seedlings in the field to the smart agriculture center in real time through 5G signals, so as to achieve accurate rice transplantation, save labor costs, and improve the efficiency and quality of rice transplantation operations.

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Unmanned Rice Transplanter For Intelligent Rice Transplanting Operations

XINGHUA, CHINA - JUNE 14, 2024 - An unmanned rice transplanter performs an intelligent rice transplanting operation in Zhaohe village, Lincheng Street, Xinghua city, East China's Jiangsu province, June 14, 2024. According to reports, the unmanned rice transplanter uses the Beidou satellite positioning system to achieve automatic driving, automatic obstacle avoidance and U-turn during field operations. At the same time, the vehicle body is equipped with a camera to transmit the situation of the seedlings in the field to the smart agriculture center in real time through 5G signals, so as to achieve accurate rice transplantation, save labor costs, and improve the efficiency and quality of rice transplantation operations.

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Unmanned Rice Transplanter For Intelligent Rice Transplanting Operations

XINGHUA, CHINA - JUNE 14, 2024 - An unmanned rice transplanter performs an intelligent rice transplanting operation in Zhaohe village, Lincheng Street, Xinghua city, East China's Jiangsu province, June 14, 2024. According to reports, the unmanned rice transplanter uses the Beidou satellite positioning system to achieve automatic driving, automatic obstacle avoidance and U-turn during field operations. At the same time, the vehicle body is equipped with a camera to transmit the situation of the seedlings in the field to the smart agriculture center in real time through 5G signals, so as to achieve accurate rice transplantation, save labor costs, and improve the efficiency and quality of rice transplantation operations.

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Unmanned Rice Transplanter For Intelligent Rice Transplanting Operations

XINGHUA, CHINA - JUNE 14, 2024 - An unmanned rice transplanter performs an intelligent rice transplanting operation in Zhaohe village, Lincheng Street, Xinghua city, East China's Jiangsu province, June 14, 2024. According to reports, the unmanned rice transplanter uses the Beidou satellite positioning system to achieve automatic driving, automatic obstacle avoidance and U-turn during field operations. At the same time, the vehicle body is equipped with a camera to transmit the situation of the seedlings in the field to the smart agriculture center in real time through 5G signals, so as to achieve accurate rice transplantation, save labor costs, and improve the efficiency and quality of rice transplantation operations.

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Unmanned Rice Transplanter For Intelligent Rice Transplanting Operations

XINGHUA, CHINA - JUNE 14, 2024 - An unmanned rice transplanter performs an intelligent rice transplanting operation in Zhaohe village, Lincheng Street, Xinghua city, East China's Jiangsu province, June 14, 2024. According to reports, the unmanned rice transplanter uses the Beidou satellite positioning system to achieve automatic driving, automatic obstacle avoidance and U-turn during field operations. At the same time, the vehicle body is equipped with a camera to transmit the situation of the seedlings in the field to the smart agriculture center in real time through 5G signals, so as to achieve accurate rice transplantation, save labor costs, and improve the efficiency and quality of rice transplantation operations.

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Unmanned Rice Transplanter For Intelligent Rice Transplanting Operations

XINGHUA, CHINA - JUNE 14, 2024 - An unmanned rice transplanter performs an intelligent rice transplanting operation in Zhaohe village, Lincheng Street, Xinghua city, East China's Jiangsu province, June 14, 2024. According to reports, the unmanned rice transplanter uses the Beidou satellite positioning system to achieve automatic driving, automatic obstacle avoidance and U-turn during field operations. At the same time, the vehicle body is equipped with a camera to transmit the situation of the seedlings in the field to the smart agriculture center in real time through 5G signals, so as to achieve accurate rice transplantation, save labor costs, and improve the efficiency and quality of rice transplantation operations.

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Unmanned Rice Transplanter For Intelligent Rice Transplanting Operations

XINGHUA, CHINA - JUNE 14, 2024 - An unmanned rice transplanter performs an intelligent rice transplanting operation in Zhaohe village, Lincheng Street, Xinghua city, East China's Jiangsu province, June 14, 2024. According to reports, the unmanned rice transplanter uses the Beidou satellite positioning system to achieve automatic driving, automatic obstacle avoidance and U-turn during field operations. At the same time, the vehicle body is equipped with a camera to transmit the situation of the seedlings in the field to the smart agriculture center in real time through 5G signals, so as to achieve accurate rice transplantation, save labor costs, and improve the efficiency and quality of rice transplantation operations.

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Egypt, Cyprus discuss developments in Gaza, bilateral relations

STORY: Egypt, Cyprus discuss developments in Gaza, bilateral relations SHOOTING TIME: June 4, 2024 DATELINE: June 5, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:03 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the meeting 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): SAMEH SHOUKRY, Egypt's Foreign Minister 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): CONSTANTINOS KOMBOS, Cypriot Foreign Minister STORYLINE: Egyptian Foreign Minister Samah Shoukry held talks on Tuesday with Cyprus' Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos. They discussed the strategic relations between Egypt and Cyprus and exchanged views on the war in Gaza. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): SAMEH SHOUKRY, Egypt's Foreign Minister "Our bilateral and expanded talks have also focused on the war on Gaza. We called for an immediate ceasefire, the entry of aid in a way that meets the needs of the Palestinian people in Gaza, and the avoidance of attempts to liquidate the Palestinian cause by displacement." On his part, the Cypriot minister asserted that the expansion of military operations in Rafah is causin

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Intelligent Drive Future Factory Workshop in Hangzhou

HANGZHOU, CHINA - OCTOBER 18, 2023 - An AGV car with automatic routing and obstacle avoidance transports motor parts at the Intelligent Drive Future factory workshop in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, October 18, 2023. On the same day, the National Bureau of Statistics released the operation of the national economy in the first three quarters of 2023. According to the preliminary calculation, China's GDP in the first three quarters of 2023 was 9,130.27 billion yuan, an increase of 5.2% at constant prices.

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Intelligent Drive Future Factory Workshop in Hangzhou

HANGZHOU, CHINA - OCTOBER 18, 2023 - An AGV car with automatic routing and obstacle avoidance transports motor parts at the Intelligent Drive Future factory workshop in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, October 18, 2023. On the same day, the National Bureau of Statistics released the operation of the national economy in the first three quarters of 2023. According to the preliminary calculation, China's GDP in the first three quarters of 2023 was 9,130.27 billion yuan, an increase of 5.2% at constant prices.

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CHINA-BEIJING-CIFTIS-CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGIES (CN)

(230903) -- BEIJING, Sept. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A staff member of China Unicom displays a bracelet capable of guiding and obstacle avoidance based on ultrasonic wave technology during the 2023 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) at Shougang Park in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 3, 2023. Themed "Opening-up leads development, cooperation delivers the future," the 2023 CIFTIS is being held in Beijing from Sept. 2 to 6 and features over 200 varied events, including forums, negotiations, and summits. During the event, cutting-edge technologies have attracted the eyes of visitors. (Xinhua/Li Xin)

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An Intelligent Sweeping Robot in Hangzhou

HANGZHOU, CHINA - JULY 5, 2023 - An intelligent sweeping robot performs cleaning operations on the Bai Causeway of West Lake in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang Province, July 5, 2023. It is understood that the intelligent sweeping robot has autonomous obstacle avoidance, visual learning and navigation and positioning technology, and can independently clean up the ground garbage during the tour, thereby greatly reducing the cleaning pressure of sanitation workers on the West Lake white embankment.

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An Intelligent Sweeping Robot in Hangzhou

HANGZHOU, CHINA - JULY 5, 2023 - An intelligent sweeping robot performs cleaning operations on the Bai Causeway of West Lake in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang Province, July 5, 2023. It is understood that the intelligent sweeping robot has autonomous obstacle avoidance, visual learning and navigation and positioning technology, and can independently clean up the ground garbage during the tour, thereby greatly reducing the cleaning pressure of sanitation workers on the West Lake white embankment.

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An Intelligent Sweeping Robot in Hangzhou

HANGZHOU, CHINA - JULY 5, 2023 - An intelligent sweeping robot performs cleaning operations on the Bai Causeway of West Lake in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang Province, July 5, 2023. It is understood that the intelligent sweeping robot has autonomous obstacle avoidance, visual learning and navigation and positioning technology, and can independently clean up the ground garbage during the tour, thereby greatly reducing the cleaning pressure of sanitation workers on the West Lake white embankment.

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An Intelligent Sweeping Robot in Hangzhou

HANGZHOU, CHINA - JULY 5, 2023 - An intelligent sweeping robot performs cleaning operations on the Bai Causeway of West Lake in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang Province, July 5, 2023. It is understood that the intelligent sweeping robot has autonomous obstacle avoidance, visual learning and navigation and positioning technology, and can independently clean up the ground garbage during the tour, thereby greatly reducing the cleaning pressure of sanitation workers on the West Lake white embankment.

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An Intelligent Sweeping Robot in Hangzhou

HANGZHOU, CHINA - JULY 5, 2023 - An intelligent sweeping robot performs cleaning operations on the Bai Causeway of West Lake in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang Province, July 5, 2023. It is understood that the intelligent sweeping robot has autonomous obstacle avoidance, visual learning and navigation and positioning technology, and can independently clean up the ground garbage during the tour, thereby greatly reducing the cleaning pressure of sanitation workers on the West Lake white embankment.

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An Intelligent Sweeping Robot in Hangzhou

HANGZHOU, CHINA - JULY 5, 2023 - An intelligent sweeping robot performs cleaning operations on the Bai Causeway of West Lake in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang Province, July 5, 2023. It is understood that the intelligent sweeping robot has autonomous obstacle avoidance, visual learning and navigation and positioning technology, and can independently clean up the ground garbage during the tour, thereby greatly reducing the cleaning pressure of sanitation workers on the West Lake white embankment.

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An Intelligent Sweeping Robot in Hangzhou

HANGZHOU, CHINA - JULY 5, 2023 - An intelligent sweeping robot performs cleaning operations on the Bai Causeway of West Lake in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang Province, July 5, 2023. It is understood that the intelligent sweeping robot has autonomous obstacle avoidance, visual learning and navigation and positioning technology, and can independently clean up the ground garbage during the tour, thereby greatly reducing the cleaning pressure of sanitation workers on the West Lake white embankment.

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An Intelligent Sweeping Robot in Hangzhou

HANGZHOU, CHINA - JULY 5, 2023 - An intelligent sweeping robot performs cleaning operations on the Bai Causeway of West Lake in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang Province, July 5, 2023. It is understood that the intelligent sweeping robot has autonomous obstacle avoidance, visual learning and navigation and positioning technology, and can independently clean up the ground garbage during the tour, thereby greatly reducing the cleaning pressure of sanitation workers on the West Lake white embankment.

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Beidou Intelligent Agriculture in China

NANJING, CHINA - JUNE 21, 2023 - A farmer uses an unmanned intelligent rice transplanter to transplant rice in Qiancang village, Liuhe district, Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province, June 21, 2023. According to reports, the application of unmanned intelligent rice transplanter Beidou satellite positioning system can achieve automatic obstacle avoidance, U-turn and turning during field operations, further improving the efficiency and quality of rice transplanting operations, and saving labor costs.

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Beidou Intelligent Agriculture in China

NANJING, CHINA - JUNE 21, 2023 - A farmer uses an unmanned intelligent rice transplanter to transplant rice in Qiancang village, Liuhe district, Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province, June 21, 2023. According to reports, the application of unmanned intelligent rice transplanter Beidou satellite positioning system can achieve automatic obstacle avoidance, U-turn and turning during field operations, further improving the efficiency and quality of rice transplanting operations, and saving labor costs.

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Beidou Intelligent Agriculture in China

NANJING, CHINA - JUNE 21, 2023 - A farmer uses an unmanned intelligent rice transplanter to transplant rice in Qiancang village, Liuhe district, Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province, June 21, 2023. According to reports, the application of unmanned intelligent rice transplanter Beidou satellite positioning system can achieve automatic obstacle avoidance, U-turn and turning during field operations, further improving the efficiency and quality of rice transplanting operations, and saving labor costs.

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Beidou Intelligent Agriculture in China

NANJING, CHINA - JUNE 21, 2023 - A farmer uses an unmanned intelligent rice transplanter to transplant rice in Qiancang village, Liuhe district, Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province, June 21, 2023. According to reports, the application of unmanned intelligent rice transplanter Beidou satellite positioning system can achieve automatic obstacle avoidance, U-turn and turning during field operations, further improving the efficiency and quality of rice transplanting operations, and saving labor costs.

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Beidou Intelligent Agriculture in China

NANJING, CHINA - JUNE 21, 2023 - A farmer uses an unmanned intelligent rice transplanter to transplant rice in Qiancang village, Liuhe district, Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province, June 21, 2023. According to reports, the application of unmanned intelligent rice transplanter Beidou satellite positioning system can achieve automatic obstacle avoidance, U-turn and turning during field operations, further improving the efficiency and quality of rice transplanting operations, and saving labor costs.

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Beidou Intelligent Agriculture in China

NANJING, CHINA - JUNE 21, 2023 - A farmer uses an unmanned intelligent rice transplanter to transplant rice in Qiancang village, Liuhe district, Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province, June 21, 2023. According to reports, the application of unmanned intelligent rice transplanter Beidou satellite positioning system can achieve automatic obstacle avoidance, U-turn and turning during field operations, further improving the efficiency and quality of rice transplanting operations, and saving labor costs.

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Beidou Intelligent Agriculture in China

NANJING, CHINA - JUNE 21, 2023 - A farmer uses an unmanned intelligent rice transplanter to transplant rice in Qiancang village, Liuhe district, Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province, June 21, 2023. According to reports, the application of unmanned intelligent rice transplanter Beidou satellite positioning system can achieve automatic obstacle avoidance, U-turn and turning during field operations, further improving the efficiency and quality of rice transplanting operations, and saving labor costs.

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Beidou Intelligent Agriculture in China

NANJING, CHINA - JUNE 21, 2023 - A farmer uses an unmanned intelligent rice transplanter to transplant rice in Qiancang village, Liuhe district, Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province, June 21, 2023. According to reports, the application of unmanned intelligent rice transplanter Beidou satellite positioning system can achieve automatic obstacle avoidance, U-turn and turning during field operations, further improving the efficiency and quality of rice transplanting operations, and saving labor costs.

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Beidou Intelligent Agriculture in China

NANJING, CHINA - JUNE 21, 2023 - A farmer uses an unmanned intelligent rice transplanter to transplant rice in Qiancang village, Liuhe district, Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province, June 21, 2023. According to reports, the application of unmanned intelligent rice transplanter Beidou satellite positioning system can achieve automatic obstacle avoidance, U-turn and turning during field operations, further improving the efficiency and quality of rice transplanting operations, and saving labor costs.

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Beidou Intelligent Agriculture in China

NANJING, CHINA - JUNE 21, 2023 - A farmer uses an unmanned intelligent rice transplanter to transplant rice in Qiancang village, Liuhe district, Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province, June 21, 2023. According to reports, the application of unmanned intelligent rice transplanter Beidou satellite positioning system can achieve automatic obstacle avoidance, U-turn and turning during field operations, further improving the efficiency and quality of rice transplanting operations, and saving labor costs.

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Beidou Intelligent Agriculture in China

NANJING, CHINA - JUNE 21, 2023 - A farmer uses an unmanned intelligent rice transplanter to transplant rice in Qiancang village, Liuhe district, Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province, June 21, 2023. According to reports, the application of unmanned intelligent rice transplanter Beidou satellite positioning system can achieve automatic obstacle avoidance, U-turn and turning during field operations, further improving the efficiency and quality of rice transplanting operations, and saving labor costs.

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Nissan develops crash avoidance robot

TOKYO, Japan - Nissan Motor Co.'s BR23C robots avoid colliding with a woman during a demonstration at the CEATEC JAPAN 2008 electronic products trade fair at the Makuhari Messe hall in Chiba on Sept. 30. The robots, equipped with sophisticated sensors modeled on the compound eyes of bees, can detect approaching obstacles and instantly avoid colliding with them.

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(1)Panel concludes multiple errors caused near-miss of JAL planes

TOKYO, Japan - Land, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Chikage Ogi (L) receives a final report on the near-miss incident between two Japan Airlines (JAL) passenger planes in January 2001 from Junzo Sato, chairman of the Aircraft and Railway Accidents Investigation Commission on June 12. The report concluded that air traffic control's error in giving the wrong flight numbers when asking the pilots to change course and the pilots' decision to follow air traffic control instead of the computerized Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) were two of the main causes.

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SWITZERLAND-GENEVA-UN-GLOBAL FOOD INSECURITY-AVOIDANCE

(221119) -- GENEVA, Nov. 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Secretary-General Rebeca Grynspan speaks during a press briefing in Geneva, Switzerland, Nov. 18, 2022. A breakthrough has been made on hundreds of thousands of tons of Russian-made fertilizer blocked in European ports, which is vital to avoid a global food insecurity crisis next year, Grynspan said on Friday. TO GO WITH "Blocked Russian fertilizer to be shipped out to avoid global food insecurity: UN" (Xinhua/Lian Yi)

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SWITZERLAND-GENEVA-UN-GLOBAL FOOD INSECURITY-AVOIDANCE

(221119) -- GENEVA, Nov. 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Secretary-General Rebeca Grynspan (L) speaks during a press briefing in Geneva, Switzerland, Nov. 18, 2022. A breakthrough has been made on hundreds of thousands of tons of Russian-made fertilizer blocked in European ports, which is vital to avoid a global food insecurity crisis next year, Grynspan said on Friday. TO GO WITH "Blocked Russian fertilizer to be shipped out to avoid global food insecurity: UN" (Xinhua/Lian Yi)

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Jordan, Slovakia discuss multi-sector cooperation, regional developments

STORY: Jordan, Slovakia discuss multi-sector cooperation, regional developments DATELINE: June 25, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:04 LOCATION: Amman CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the meeting between Jordanian Foreign Minister his visiting Slovak counterpart Ivan Korcok STORYLINE: Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi on Friday met with his visiting Slovak counterpart Ivan Korcok over ways to increase cooperation in various sectors. During a meeting in Amman, they underlined the need of unifying the legislative framework to raise the level of cooperation between the private sectors in both countries, according to a statement by the foreign ministry. The two ministers highlighted the need to hold a meeting in the near future between concerned authorities to finalize the Double Tax Avoidance Agreement, which they said will help enhance trade and investment collaboration between the two countries. They also talked about increasing cooperation in the field of education and tourism, according to t

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Chinese scientists develop trajectory planning system for collision-free flight of drone swarms

STORY: Chinese scientists develop trajectory planning system for collision-free flight of drone swarms DATELINE: May 6, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:46 LOCATION: HANGZHOU, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the smart drones flying STORYLINE: Chinese scientists have developed a new flight path planning system that can help miniature, fully autonomous drone swarms fly smartly through crowded forests, without collisions. The planning system enabled 10 aerial robots to collectively maneuver unhindered through a cluttered bamboo forest and find the most efficient flight path, according to the study published Thursday in the journal Science Robotics. Inspired by how flocks of birds can flexibly coordinate their collective flight paths, the researchers from Zhejiang University designed a trajectory planning method that processes data from onboard sensors and incorporates collision avoidance, flight efficiency, and swarm coordination to optimize swarm flying within a few milliseconds. The fleet o

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More nations join global efforts to fight tax dodging

Masatsugu Asakawa, the Japanese Finance Ministry's vice minister for international affairs, attends a press conference in Kyoto on July 1, 2016, after a two-day meeting of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Asakawa called the meeting "a major achievement," enabling the group to "take the first step" in accelerating global cooperation to tackle tax avoidance. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Some 100 nations to join new regime to fight tax avoidance

Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso speaks to reporters in Kyoto on June 30, 2016, after the end of the first-day session of the Committee on Fiscal Affairs of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The committee started a two-day gathering to prompt more countries to take part in ongoing efforts by 46 nations to impose tougher international rules to prevent tax avoidance by multinational enterprises. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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OECD meets to expand efforts to fight tax avoidance

Japan's Finance Minister Taro Aso (L) and Pascal Saint-Amans, director of the Center for Tax Policy and Administration of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, attend a meeting of the OECD's Committee on Fiscal Affairs in Kyoto, western Japan, on June 30, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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OECD meets to expand efforts to fight tax avoidance

The Committee on Fiscal Affairs of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development start a two-day meeting in Kyoto, western Japan, on June 30, 2016, to expand global efforts to fight tax avoidance amid growing public concern following the revelations contained in the so-called Panama Papers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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G-7 vows to tackle tax avoidance

U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew attends a press conference in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on May 21, 2016, following a meeting of the Group of Seven finance chiefs. The participants pledged to take the lead in international efforts to crack down on tax avoidance, while agreeing to work together on dealing with the risks facing the global economy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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G-7 vows to tackle tax avoidance

Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso attends a press conference in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on May 21, 2016, following a meeting of the Group of Seven finance chiefs. The participants pledged to take the lead in international efforts to crack down on tax avoidance, while agreeing to work together on dealing with the downside risks facing the global economy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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G-7 vows to tackle tax avoidance

Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso (L) and Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda attend a press conference in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on May 21, 2016, following a meeting of the Group of Seven finance chiefs. The participants pledged to take the lead in international efforts to crack down on tax avoidance, while agreeing to work together on dealing with the downside risks facing the global economy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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G-7 vows to tackle tax avoidance

Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso (C) and Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda (R) attend a press conference in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on May 21, 2016, following a meeting of the Group of Seven finance chiefs. The participants pledged to take the lead in international efforts to crack down on tax avoidance, while agreeing to work together on dealing with the downside risks facing the global economy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo