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Lekki Port And The Lekki Free Trade Zone - Nigeria

Employees work at a tire factory in the Lekki Free Trade Zone in Lagos, Nigeria, on Nov. 30, 2024. The Lekki Port and the Lekki Free Trade Zone are both located in the Lekki Peninsula of Lagos, Nigeria's largest city. The Lekki Port, a commercial cooperation project constructed by China Harbour Engineering Company Ltd., stands as Nigeria's first deep seaport and one of the largest of its kind in West Africa. The port began commercial operations in April 2023, with a designed capacity to handle 1.2 million standard containers annually. The Lekki Free Trade Zone, developed and operated by China Railway Construction Corporation, spans 30 square kilometers. The duo of port and free trade zone gave birth to a synergistic development model, which significantly shortens cargo transport time, boosts Nigeria's foreign trade, and injects new momentum into the local economy. Photo by Wang Guansen/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Lekki Port And The Lekki Free Trade Zone - Nigeria

Employees work at a tire factory in the Lekki Free Trade Zone in Lagos, Nigeria, on Nov. 30, 2024. The Lekki Port and the Lekki Free Trade Zone are both located in the Lekki Peninsula of Lagos, Nigeria's largest city. The Lekki Port, a commercial cooperation project constructed by China Harbour Engineering Company Ltd., stands as Nigeria's first deep seaport and one of the largest of its kind in West Africa. The port began commercial operations in April 2023, with a designed capacity to handle 1.2 million standard containers annually. The Lekki Free Trade Zone, developed and operated by China Railway Construction Corporation, spans 30 square kilometers. The duo of port and free trade zone gave birth to a synergistic development model, which significantly shortens cargo transport time, boosts Nigeria's foreign trade, and injects new momentum into the local economy. Photo by Wang Guansen/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Zelensky Visits Pennsylvania Ammunition Plant - Scranton

Handout photo shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky posing for a photo with Scranton Army Ammunition Plant employees during a tour of the plant in Scranton, PA, USA, September 22, 2024. Zelensky toured a Pennsylvania ammunition plant on Sunday as he began a key visit to the United States in which he is expected to present his blueprint to defeat Russia to President Joe Biden and other allies. Zelensky will fully outline his “victory plan”, which includes Kyiv’s long-stated request to use long-range missiles on targets inside Russia, to Biden for the first time during the visit before sharing it with both presidential candidates, US lawmakers and international partners, he said. Photo by Ukrainian Presidency via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Canada-Wide Freight Rail Stoppage Looms

Employees are seen on a locomotive being moved at the Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) rail yard in Port Coquitlam, BC, Canada, Monday, August 19, 2024. A phased shutdown of the networks at Canadian National Railway Co. and Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. is already underway as the clock ticks down on negotiations with the union representing 9,300 engineers, conductors and yard workers. Both companies have issued lockout notices while the union has also threatened to strike. Photo by Darryl Dyck/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Canada-Wide Freight Rail Stoppage Looms

Employees move locomotives, right, as rail and tanker cars and shipping containers sit idle at the Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) rail yard in Port Coquitlam, BC, Canada, Monday, August 19, 2024. A phased shutdown of the networks at Canadian National Railway Co. and Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. is already underway as the clock ticks down on negotiations with the union representing 9,300 engineers, conductors and yard workers. Both companies have issued lockout notices while the union has also threatened to strike. Photo by Darryl Dyck/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Canada-Wide Freight Rail Stoppage Looms

Employees move locomotives, right, as rail and tanker cars and shipping containers sit idle at the Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) rail yard in Port Coquitlam, BC, Canada, Monday, August 19, 2024. A phased shutdown of the networks at Canadian National Railway Co. and Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. is already underway as the clock ticks down on negotiations with the union representing 9,300 engineers, conductors and yard workers. Both companies have issued lockout notices while the union has also threatened to strike. Photo by Darryl Dyck/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-BEIJING-VISUALLY IMPAIRED-RESTAURANT (CN)

(240119) -- BEIJING, Jan. 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Zhi Ming (L) and Yang Demin, both visually impaired employees, perform at Trojan Fairy in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 22, 2023. At Xidan in the very heart of Beijing, restaurant Trojan Fairy, is not an ordinary eatery because the diners can find their way to their tables only through the help of an usher, in complete dark. Yang Demin, the pianist and part-time usher of Trojan Fairy, is now a student at the music department of the Special Education College of Beijing Union University. Yang, with no sense of the light, can accurately locate the table for diners in the restaurant. Yu Shuang, a former surgeon, founded Trojan Fairy in 2009. Yu, once a short period patient of retinal detachment, though cured, set up the restaurant in order to enable customers to have a brief impression on how the visually impaired people feel everyday. She provides jobs for the disabled with the hope to help them fit into the society. More than 130 visually impaired and

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CHINA-BEIJING-VISUALLY IMPAIRED-RESTAURANT (CN)

(240119) -- BEIJING, Jan. 19, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows Zhi Ming (R) and her lover Yang Demin, both visually impaired employees, leaving Special Education College of Beijing Union University in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 22, 2023 (above) and Zhi Ming (2nd, R) and Yang Demin waiting for a subway on the platform in Beijing, Dec. 22, 2023 (middle) and Zhi Ming (R) and Yang Demin arriving at Trojan Fairy in Beijing, Dec. 22, 2023 (below). They work as music performers and ushers at Trojan Fairy. At Xidan in the very heart of Beijing, restaurant Trojan Fairy, is not an ordinary eatery because the diners can find their way to their tables only through the help of an usher, in complete dark. Yang Demin, the pianist and part-time usher of Trojan Fairy, is now a student at the music department of the Special Education College of Beijing Union University. Yang, with no sense of the light, can accurately locate the table for diners in the restaurant. Yu Shuang, a former surgeon, founded Troja

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China's dance challenge "Kemusan" goes viral on social media

STORY: China's dance challenge "Kemusan" goes viral on social media SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 20, 2023 & File DATELINE: Dec. 27, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:51 LOCATION: NANNING, China CATEGORY: ENTERTAINMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of dancers practicing "Kemusan" in a dance studio 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): GUO SIYUAN, Street dance teacher in Guangxi 3. various of employees of Haidilao dancing "Kemusan" 4. various of foreigners dancing "Kemusan" 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): Street dance enthusiast in Guangxi 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): Street dance enthusiast in Guangxi STORYLINE: A viral dance "Kemusan" from China has recently swept over social media, fueling a wave of dance challenges among young people both online and offline. The "Kemusan" dance routine was widely believed to originate from a dance created and performed by a wedding guest from south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region more than two years ago. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): GUO SIYUAN, Street dance teacher in Guangxi "Actually, 'Kemusan' dance requires coordi

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Restoration of Kharkiv ecopark

LISNE, UKRAINE - SEPTEMBER 6, 2023 - Lion cubs that were protected by the employees live at Feldman Ecopark as restoration works are underway after the shelling by Russian troops, Lisne village, Kharkiv Region, northeastern Ukraine. The regional landscape park, which offered both animal care and therapy for children with special needs, was largely destroyed during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Six people - both workers and a volunteer - and several animals were killed in the shelling. Moreover, Russians stole vegetables intended for animals. Approximately, 6,000 animals were evacuated from the park.

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Restoration of Kharkiv ecopark

LISNE, UKRAINE - SEPTEMBER 6, 2023 - Employees are seen at work as Feldman Ecopark is recovering from Russian shelling, Lisne village, Kharkiv Region, northeastern Ukraine. The regional landscape park, which offered both animal care and therapy for children with special needs, was largely destroyed during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Six people - both workers and a volunteer - and several animals were killed in the shelling. Moreover, Russians stole vegetables intended for animals. Approximately, 6,000 animals were evacuated from the park.

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Restoration of Kharkiv ecopark

LISNE, UKRAINE - SEPTEMBER 6, 2023 - Employees are seen at work as Feldman Ecopark is recovering from Russian shelling, Lisne village, Kharkiv Region, northeastern Ukraine. The regional landscape park, which offered both animal care and therapy for children with special needs, was largely destroyed during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Six people - both workers and a volunteer - and several animals were killed in the shelling. Moreover, Russians stole vegetables intended for animals. Approximately, 6,000 animals were evacuated from the park.

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Merck CEO sees continued development potential in China

STORY: Merck CEO sees continued development potential in China DATELINE: July 27, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:25 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): BELEN GARIJO, Chair of the Executive Board and CEO of Merck Group STORYLINE: During a recent visit to China, Belen Garijo, chief executive of Germany's Merck Group expressed confidence in China's economy and reaffirmed the company's commitment to the Chinese market. SOUNDBITE (English): BELEN GARIJO, Chair of the Executive Board and CEO of Merck Group "China continues to be a very strategic market for Merck. It's our second most important market and one of the fastest growing, so we have a strong footprint in China that has developed very rapidly in recent years. We have seven sites, and almost 5,000 employees. And the contribution of China to our global operations is critical on several fronts. One, our regionalized supply chain. Second, innovation. In addition to that, we continue to invest very heavily in China. Both in 2

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Report reveals sexual abuse of female inmates in U.S. federal prisons

STORY: Report reveals sexual abuse of female inmates in U.S. federal prisons DATELINE: Dec. 19, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:59 LOCATION: NEW YORK, U.S. CATEGORY: LAW/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of street views and the report 2. STANDUP (English): XIA LIN, Xinhua correspondent STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): XIA LIN, Xinhua correspondent "The U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations released a report in mid-December to reveal sexual abuse of female inmates in federal prisons. According to the report, Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) employees sexually abused female prisoners in at least two-thirds of federal prisons that have held women over the past decade. 'The BOP has failed to prevent, detect, and stop recurring sexual abuse, including by senior prison officials.' At the all-women's prison in the city of Dublin in California, the former warden and chaplain both sexually abused female prisoners, the report has found. 'Sexual abuse of inmates is a gross abuse of human and Constitutional rights,' said U.S

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Wedding at Tokyo Disneyland Cinderella Castle

CHIBA, Japan - Takayuki Abiko (L center), 35, and Mayumi Kagoshi (R center), 32, both company employees from Saitama Prefecture, hold their wedding at Tokyo Disneyland's Cinderella Castle in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture on Sept. 28, 2012. The theme park hosted its first wedding at its landmark facility as park operator Oriental Land Co. began a service enabling couples to marry at the site recreating a famous fairy tale.

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Japanese lawmakers view disputed Senkaku Islands

ISHIGAKI, Japan - Japanese lawmakers observe Uotsuri Island in the Senkaku island chain in the East China Sea on June 10, 2012. A private group and local fishermen took around 120 people on 14 fishing vessels to the area, including six lawmakers from both the ruling and opposition parties, Tokyo metropolitan assembly members, employees of Ishigaki city in Okinawa and reporters.

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'Cool Biz' campaign starts in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Employees at the Environment Ministry work without ties in their office in Tokyo on May 1, 2012, when Japan's government ministries and both houses of parliament began the ''Cool Biz'' summertime casual wear campaign aimed at saving power by reducing the use of air conditioning.

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'Cool Biz' campaign starts in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Employees at the Environment Ministry work without ties in their office in Tokyo on May 1, 2012, when Japan's government ministries and both houses of parliament began the ''Cool Biz'' summertime casual wear campaign aimed at saving power by reducing the use of air conditioning.

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Japanese workers commemorate century's last business day

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Ministry officials pose for commemorative photographs in front of the sign at the main entrance of the ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 28., the last business day of the century for both employees of private companies and public organizations. The ministry's Japanese name ''Okura-sho'' will change to ''Zaimu-sho'' in January to reflect its new designation as Treasury Ministry.

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U.S. educators face unprecedented hardship after COVID-19 pandemic

STORY: U.S. educators face unprecedented hardship after COVID-19 pandemic DATELINE: Sept. 15, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:03 LOCATION: NEW YORK, U.S. CATEGORY: EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP(English): XIA LIN, Xinhua correspondent 2. a picture of a relevant online news 3. various of a public school STORYLINE: STANDUP(English): XIA LIN, Xinhua correspondent "Sixteen percent of U.S. educators are having trouble making rent or mortgage payments, up from 12 percent before the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Education Association has found. House rents are a common burden felt by teachers and other school employees nationwide. On average, monthly rents in the country have nearly doubled in the past 10 years, rising from about 700 dollars a month in 2012 to more than 1,300 dollars in 2022. 'The pandemic exacerbated educators' challenging working conditions, leaving school systems across the country struggling to retain teaching talent and forcing some to double as both employers and landlords,' said news portal Channel

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'Cool Biz' campaign starts in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Employees at the Environment Ministry work without ties in their office in Tokyo on May 1, 2012, when Japan's government ministries and both houses of parliament began the ''Cool Biz'' summertime casual wear campaign aimed at saving power by reducing the use of air conditioning. (Kyodo)

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'Cool Biz' campaign starts in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Employees at the Environment Ministry work without ties in their office in Tokyo on May 1, 2012, when Japan's government ministries and both houses of parliament began the ''Cool Biz'' summertime casual wear campaign aimed at saving power by reducing the use of air conditioning. (Kyodo)

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Japanese workers commemorate century's last business day

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Ministry officials pose for commemorative photographs in front of the sign at the main entrance of the ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 28., the last business day of the century for both employees of private companies and public organizations. The ministry's Japanese name ''Okura-sho'' will change to ''Zaimu-sho'' in January to reflect its new designation as Treasury Ministry.