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U.S. Congress passes government funding package to avoid shutdown

STORY: U.S. Congress passes government funding package to avoid shutdown SHOOTING TIME: March 8 and Feb. 13, 2024 DATELINE: March 9, 2024 LENGTH: 0:00:51 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the U.S. Senate voting on the bill 2. various of exterior of the U.S. Capitol STORYLINE: The U.S. Congress on Friday approved a bundle of six bills to finance certain sections of the federal government until September, narrowly sidestepping a potential partial shutdown. The U.S. Senate voted 75 to 22 Friday night to approve the package, which cleared the House earlier this week. The bill now heads to President Joe Biden's desk for signing. The latest measure to keep the government funded covers agriculture, energy and the environment, housing, transportation, veterans and the Justice Department through the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30. Lawmakers recently approved stopgap funding measures to prolong the deadlines of March 1 and March 8 until March 8 and March 22, buyi

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U.S. Congress passes stopgap funding bill to avert gov't shutdown one day ahead of deadline

STORY: U.S. Congress passes stopgap funding bill to avert gov't shutdown one day ahead of deadline SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 29, 2024 DATELINE: March 1, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:00 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of U.S. STORYLINE: U.S. Congress on Thursday passed another stopgap funding bill to extend government funding to avert a partial shutdown, just one day ahead of the Friday deadline. The Senate voted 77-13 Thursday night to approve the bill, which cleared the House by a vote of 320-99 earlier in the day, sending the measure to President Joe Biden's desk for his signature. The passage of the bill came just one day after congressional leaders announced that Democratic and Republican parties had agreed to fund certain government sectors and decided to prolong the existing deadlines of March 1 and March 8 until March 8 and March 22, buying Congress more time to craft annual spending bills. This is the fourth time the U.S. Congress has approved stopgap funding bill to

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U.S. lawmakers reach deal to avert government shutdown ahead of deadline

STORY: U.S. lawmakers reach deal to avert government shutdown ahead of deadline SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 27, 2024 and file DATELINE: Feb. 29, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:55 LOCATION: Washington CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Biden speaking during the meeting with U.S. Congressional leaders at White House (Feb. 27, 2024) (White House video) 2. various of the U.S. Capitol (Dec. 18, 2023) 3. various of exterior of the White House (Feb. 26, 2024) STORYLINE: U.S. congressional leaders have come to an agreement to prevent a partial government shutdown slated for midnight on Friday, lawmakers said Wednesday. The Democratic and Republican parties have agreed to finance certain government sectors and have decided to prolong the existing deadlines of early March until March 8 and March 22, buying Congress more time to craft annual spending bills. In January, Congress approved a stopgap funding bill that would keep part of government open until March 1 and keep other agencies funded until March 8. "We are in a

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(1)Police release documents on N. Korean agent

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken at the Tokyo Metropolitan Department on Feb. 28 shows files of documents, in which North Korea allegedly transmitted orders to its agent in Japan. The documents contained, among other information, orders to recruit sympathizers in South Korea and Japan, and gave deadlines for the recruitment period, police said.

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Constitutional referendum begins in Tunisia

STORY: Constitutional referendum begins in Tunisia DATELINE: July 26, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:15 LOCATION: Tunis CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of security personnel maintaining order 2. various of voters casting ballots STORYLINE: Tunisia started a referendum on a new constitution in its 24 provinces on Monday, also the country's Republic Day. Amid tight security measures, polling stations across the country opened doors to a total of 9,278,541 registered voters at 6 a.m. local time (0500 GMT). According to data released by the Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE), a total of 4,832 voting centers and 11,614 polling stations were open to voters. The preliminary results of the referendum will be made public by the ISIE on Tuesday, and the final results will not be announced until the deadlines for appeals have passed, but no later than Aug. 28. The Tunisian constitution draft, which has 10 chapters and 142 articles, was made public on June 30. After the publication of the draf

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Humanoid robot NAO tested at Haneda airport

A woman talks to the humanoid robot "NAO" at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Feb. 9, 2016, the first day of Japan Airlines Co.'s six-day period for testing the robot's ability to provide customer service. Utilized at check-in counters and security checkpoints, the robot can provide information on airport facilities, flight information, deadlines for passing security and weather in the destinations in any of the three languages of Japanese, English or Chinese. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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640 serious product accidents reported unlawfully late since 2007

File photo taken in September 2009 shows the building housing the Consumer Affairs Agency in Tokyo. Companies failed to report 640 cases of serious product accidents by the legal deadlines over the eight and a half years since such a requirement took effect in May 2007, agency officials said Dec. 12, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(1)Police release documents on N. Korean agent

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken at the Tokyo Metropolitan Department on Feb. 28 shows files of documents, in which North Korea allegedly transmitted orders to its agent in Japan. The documents contained, among other information, orders to recruit sympathizers in South Korea and Japan, and gave deadlines for the recruitment period, police said. (Kyodo)