Laotian FM calls for multilateralism to tackle global challenges

STORY: Laotian FM calls for multilateralism to tackle global challenges DATELINE: Sept. 24, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:24 LOCATION: UN Headquarters CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. wide shot of UNGA Hall 2. wide shot of Laotian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith walking to the rostrum 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SALEUMXAY KOMMASITH, Laotian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister 4. various of delegates 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): SALEUMXAY KOMMASITH, Laotian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister 6. wide shot of Kommasith speaking 7. wide shot of Laotian delegates applauding STORYLINE: Laotian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith on Saturday called for collective actions to tackle global challenges, warning against unilateralism. He told the General Debate of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly that the international community is facing multiple crises at an unprecedented level. Following the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the major chal

CHINA-HUNAN-DONGTING LAKE-RESEARCHERS (CN)

CHINA-HUNAN-DONGTING LAKE-RESEARCHERS (CN)

(230724) -- YUEYANG, July 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Members of the Dongting Lake Station for Wetland Ecosystem Research under the CAS measure the length of a plant sample in the east Dongting Lake nature reserve, central China's Hunan Province, July 9, 2023. Xie Yonghong is the head of the Dongting Lake Station for Wetland Ecosystem Research under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Researchers conduct studies on the ecosystem of the Dongting Lake wetland in this station, which was founded in 2009. Xie Yonghong has played an important role during the establishment of this station since its preparation phase in 2007. Since 2009, Xie Yonghong and his team have taken root in the Dongting Lake wetland and committed to maintaining the local ecological balance and biodiversity for more than a decade. From the age of 36 to 50, Xie Yonghong has gradually become a scientific researcher focusing on scientific researches providing support for economic and social development and led other team members to withstand chal

Flash flood kills 1, injures 10 in Afghanistan's Takhar province

STORY: Flash flood kills 1, injures 10 in Afghanistan's Takhar province DATELINE: April 7, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:11 LOCATION: TALUQAN, Afghanistan CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the flood-affected area in Takhar province, Afghanistan STORYLINE: Heavy rains and a flash flood killed one person and injured 10 others in the Bangi district of Afghanistan's northern Takhar province on Tuesday, the provincial director for information and culture Qari Mohibullah Nikzad said Wednesday. Scores of houses and thousands of acres of farmlands have been damaged or destroyed due to the floods, the official said. In the meantime, locals said rainstorms and flash floods have utterly destroyed and damaged hundreds of houses in neighboring Chal and Ashkamish districts. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Taluqan, Afghanistan. (XHTV)