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UK: Flash Flooding Causes Travel Disuprions In Parts Of Yorkshire

Stormy weather brought heavy rains to West Yorkshire and North Yorkshire on Monday, May 6, causing flash flooding and travel disruptions. The MET office issued a yellow weather warning.

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8 killed as blast hits election office in SW Pakistan

STORY: 8 killed as blast hits election office in SW Pakistan SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 7, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 7, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:27 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the blast site STORYLINE: At least eight people were killed and several others injured when a blast went off in Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province on Wednesday, police and government officials said. The blast took place near an election office of a political leader in Pishin district of the province, Deputy Commissioner Pishin Juma Dad Khan Mandukhel told local media. Following the blast, rescue teams, police and security forces reached the site and shifted the injured to a nearby hospital. The nature of the blast was not known yet. No group has claimed the attack yet. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Islamabad. (XHTV)

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EU defense spending hits historic high in 2022

STORY: EU defense spending hits historic high in 2022 SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 30, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 1, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:33 LOCATION: Brussels CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the European Commission Berlaymont building 2. various of EDA Annual Conference 2023 STORYLINE: European Union (EU) member states have collectively allocated a record-breaking 240 billion euros (262.4 billion U.S. dollars) for defense expenditure in 2022, as disclosed in the latest European Defense Agency (EDA) report released on Thursday. The figure was up by 6 percent from a year ago, marking a remarkable eight-year consecutive growth trend, according to the EDA Defense Data 2022 report. Among the 27 EU member states, 20 increased their defense spending. Six countries witnessed growth rates exceeding 10 percent. Established in 2004, the EDA serves as the central hub for European defense cooperation. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Brussels. (XHTV)

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8 injured as blast hits vehicle in NW Pakistan

STORY: 8 injured as blast hits vehicle in NW Pakistan DATELINE: July 19, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:46 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the incident 2. various of the rescue teams and police STORYLINE: Eight people were injured when a blast hit a vehicle of paramilitary troops Frontier Corps in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday afternoon, rescue teams and police said. The vehicle was passing by a densely populated area in the provincial capital of Peshawar when it was attacked, a non-government rescue organization Edhi Foundation said. Revealing initial investigation, police sources who cordoned off the site following the explosion told Xinhua that a suicide bomber blew himself up near the vehicle, injuring the troops and passersby. However, the police did not officially confirm the nature of the attack yet. The injured people were shifted to a nearby hospital, where two of them are in critical condition, the state-run Rescue 1122 said in a statement. No

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Egypt's population hits 105 mln: statistics agency

STORY: Egypt's population hits 105 mln: statistics agency DATELINE: June 4, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:42 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Nile River 2. various of Egyptian people walking on the street STORYLINE: Egypt's population reached 105 million on Saturday, showed the population clock of the country's statistics agency. On Oct. 1, 2022, Egypt's population stood at 104 million, meaning the population of the most populous Arab country has increased by 1 million in eight months, according to the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics. In the past few years, Egypt has been working on solutions to curb overpopulation. In March, the government said it will pay married women aged between 21 and 45 with no more than two children an annual incentive of 1,000 Egyptian pounds (32.42 U.S. dollars). They will receive the total amount when they turn 45. In February 2022, President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi launched a national family development project to tackle the health, ed

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India's core sector growth hits 5-month low of 3.6 pct in March

STORY: India's core sector growth hits 5-month low of 3.6 pct in March DATELINE: April 30, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:41 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. shot of India gate 2. shots of plants 3. shots of oil storage tank 4. shots of coal mine STORYLINE: India's core sector, comprising eight key infrastructure industries, registered a growth of 3.6 percent in March 2023, the slowest in five months, according to the Ministry of Commerce & Industry. According to data, the growth rate in India's core infrastructure industries stood at 7.2 percent in February 2023. The previous low of 0.7 percent was recorded in October 2022. The output of crude oil declined by 2.8 percent, power by 1.8 percent, and cement by 0.8 percent in March this year, while coal production recorded an increase of 12.2 percent, fertilizers by 9.7 percent, steel by 8.8 percent, natural gas by 2.8 percent, and refinery products by 1.5 percent. India's infrastructure sectors, which include coal, crude oil, natural gas, refinery p

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8 injured, scores missing after land sliding hits NW Pakistan's border area

STORY: 8 injured, scores missing after land sliding hits NW Pakistan's border area DATELINE: April 19, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:48 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the rescue forces 2. various of the landslide site STORYLINE: Eight people were injured and scores of others went missing under the rubble following a landslide at the Torkham border in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday, rescue sources said. The incident happened at about 3:50 a.m. local time in the border area near Afghanistan, sources from the state-owned Rescue 1122 told Xinhua. "It was a massive landslide, and part of a mountain caved in when it was struck by lightning, trapping dozens of trucks waiting to cross the border," the sources added. Earlier in a statement, Rescue 1122 said that several vehicles caught fire after the landslide, adding that initially three ambulances from the nearby camp of the rescue organization were dispatched to the site. The statement said that judging from th

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H. Matsui hits 2 of Yankees' record-tying 8 HRs in win

NEW YORK, United States - New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui hits a solo homer over the center-field wall in the first inning of a game against the Chicago White Sox at Yankee Stadium in New York on July 31. Matsui homered twice to wrap up his strong July as the New York Yankees tied a club record by hitting eight home runs in a 16-3 rout of the Chicago White Sox.

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Ichiro extends hitting streaks

SEATTLE, United States - Seattle Mariners center fielder Ichiro Suzuki hits a double down the right-field line in the eighth inning, extending his hitting streak to eight games at Safeco Field on Aug. 14. But the Mariners lost to the Minnesota Twins 11-3. (MLB)

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Japan leads group B at International Crown

OWING MILLS, United States - Japan's Ai Miyazato hits from a bunker on the sixth hole during the second round of the inaugural International Crown golf tournament at the Caves Valley Golf Club in Owing Mills, Maryland, on July 25, 2016. Japan leads Pool B with six points in the eight-country competition.

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