13-year-old Gazan boy becomes only breadwinner in family in Hamas-Israel conflict

STORY: 13-year-old Gazan boy becomes only breadwinner in family in Hamas-Israel conflict SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 8, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 16, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:54 LOCATION: GAZA CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Mohammed al-Yazji and his siblings 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): MOHAMMED AL-YAZJI, Palestinian teenager in Gaza 3. various of Mohammed al-Yazji and his siblings STORYLINE: Mohammed al-Yazji, a 13-year-old Palestinian boy, lives in a small tent in Rafah, a city in the southern Gaza Strip. He is responsible for taking care of his six siblings, including his six-month-old sister Toleen, after losing their parents several months ago. Al-Yazji and his siblings have been displaced several times since the Hamas-Israeli conflict erupted in October 2023. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): MOHAMMED AL-YAZJI, Palestinian teenager in Gaza "We were evacuated to Rafah, and at that time my brothers and I slept on the streets, but then I discovered the Qatari Hospital and stayed there, but because of the sewage issues, I was not

On site in Aleppo: Life at displacement shelter after devastating earthquake

STORY: On site in Aleppo: Displaced Syrians recall earthquake horrors DATELINE: Feb. 11, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:22 LOCATION: ALEPPO, Syria CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): HUMMAM SHEIKH ALI, Xinhua reporter 2. various of rescue missions in Aleppo STORYLINE: Xinhua reporter Hummam Sheikh Ali visited a shelter in the quake-hit Syrian city of Aleppo. Survivors recalled the earthquake horrors, asking for help to rebuild their homes. STANDUP (English): HUMMAM SHEIKH ALI, Xinhua reporter "Hello, everyone. We are still here in Aleppo. Today, we came to the sites where the earthquake hit and caused destruction and pushed people out of their homes to seek refuge in shelters. We have here a young man, his name is Talal. Talal is the breadwinner of his family. He and his family had to flee their home after the earthquake hit and caused a big crack in the wall. The house is no longer livable. He said that they were asleep, and when the earthquake hit, his mother started screaming, saying that they were g

More Japanese men relish joy of homemaking

More Japanese men relish joy of homemaking

TOKYO, Japan - Scenes from ''Katarue'' (http://katarue.com/), a blog run by Takatoshi Miyauchi, a 31-year-old househusband in Tokyo to chronicle his day-to-day activities in comic strips in hopes of networking with people in similar situations. The wife says in the top frame, ''I didn't know how much pressure being the breadwinner of the family can involve,'' and continues to say in the bottom frame, ''Phew, I'm tired.'' The husband says to himself in his heart, ''A little bit of a sense of superiority feeling, 'now you know how tough being a man is,' and a little bit of a sense of guilt feeling, 'I'm sorry to have made you feel that way'.'' (Kyodo)