Search｜Photos & Images & Videos｜KYODO NEWS IMAGES INC

France: Lyon May Day Protest Turns Violent, Several Arrested

Thousands of demonstrators participated in a trade union-organized protest in Lyon on Thursday, May 1. Violence quickly broke out shortly after the start of the demonstration, leading to at least three arrests.

E

US: Amazon Workers’ Strikes Continue, Demanding Better Pay And Benefits

Strikes by Amazon workers demanding better benefits, higher wages, and improved job security continued on Friday, December 20, at multiple facilities across the US.

E

US: Amazon Workers Strike At Multiple Facilities, Demanding Fair Labor Contract

Workers at multiple Amazon facilities across the U.S. went on strike on Thursday, December 19, less than a week to go before Christmas, for better benefits, more money, and job security.

E

US: Amazon Workers Strike At Multiple Facilities, Demanding Fair Labor Contract 2

Workers at multiple Amazon facilities across the U.S. went on strike on Thursday, December 19, less than a week to go before Christmas, for better benefits, more money, and job security.

E

BRI-backed economic zone in Cambodia benefits local people's lives, economy

STORY: BRI-backed economic zone in Cambodia benefits local people's lives, economy SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 21, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 24, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:54 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Khmer): EM SREYDA, Employee at the General Tire Technology (Cambodia) 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Khmer): SAY UDOM, Warehouse supervisor, Jiangxi 3L Medical Products factory 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Khmer): YEAK CHHIT, Quality control team leader, Jiangxi 3L Medical Products factory 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Khmer): KY KHENG, Beverage and grocery seller inside SSEZ 6. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): CHEN JIANGANG, Chairman of SSEZ STORYLINE: Located in southwest Cambodia, the Sihanoukville Special Economic Zone (SSEZ) has helped improve local people's lives and contributed to the kingdom's economic growth. The SSEZ, a joint venture between Chinese and Cambodian companies, is a landmark project under the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The 11-square-km

E

(CIIE)CHINA-SHANGHAI-CIIE-AFGHAN MERCHANT (CN)

(231108) -- SHANGHAI, Nov. 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Ali Faiz (L) discusses the details of an order with an employee at the Greenland Global Commodity Trading Hub in east China's Shanghai, Nov. 4, 2023. It is the fourth time Faiz has participated in the expo since his first attendance in 2020 when he brought the handmade wool carpet, a specialty product of Afghanistan. The expo helped him obtain over 2,000 orders of carpets, which meant incomes for more than 2,000 local families for an entire year. With his booth growing bigger and bigger and his exhibits becoming more and more diversified over these years in the expos, Faiz hopes to bring more Afghan products to China in the future. "The CIIE provides us with a valuable window of opportunity so we can integrate into economic globalization and enjoy its benefits like those in more developed regions," he said. (Xinhua/Wang Xiang)

E

(CIIE)CHINA-SHANGHAI-CIIE-AFGHAN MERCHANT (CN)

(231108) -- SHANGHAI, Nov. 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Ali Faiz (rear) talks with an employee at the Greenland Global Commodity Trading Hub in east China's Shanghai, Nov. 4, 2023. It is the fourth time Faiz has participated in the expo since his first attendance in 2020 when he brought the handmade wool carpet, a specialty product of Afghanistan. The expo helped him obtain over 2,000 orders of carpets, which meant incomes for more than 2,000 local families for an entire year. With his booth growing bigger and bigger and his exhibits becoming more and more diversified over these years in the expos, Faiz hopes to bring more Afghan products to China in the future. "The CIIE provides us with a valuable window of opportunity so we can integrate into economic globalization and enjoy its benefits like those in more developed regions," he said. (Xinhua/Wang Xiang)

E

(CIIE)CHINA-SHANGHAI-CIIE-AFGHAN MERCHANT (CN)

(231108) -- SHANGHAI, Nov. 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Ali Faiz (L) and his employee use a cart to carry carpets at the Greenland Global Commodity Trading Hub in east China's Shanghai, Nov. 4, 2023. It is the fourth time Faiz has participated in the expo since his first attendance in 2020 when he brought the handmade wool carpet, a specialty product of Afghanistan. The expo helped him obtain over 2,000 orders of carpets, which meant incomes for more than 2,000 local families for an entire year. With his booth growing bigger and bigger and his exhibits becoming more and more diversified over these years in the expos, Faiz hopes to bring more Afghan products to China in the future. "The CIIE provides us with a valuable window of opportunity so we can integrate into economic globalization and enjoy its benefits like those in more developed regions," he said. (Xinhua/Wang Xiang)

E

Date exports in Iraq's Diyala increase as local security situation improves

STORY: Date exports in Iraq's Diyala increase as local security situation improves DATELINE: Jan. 20, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:25 LOCATION: Baghdad CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Iraqi Date Processing and Marketing Company 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): HUSSEIN HADI, Employee of the Iraqi Date Processing and Marketing Company STORYLINE: Iraq's eastern province of Diyala has exported more than 40,000 tons of dates to many Asian and African countries over the past five months, amid expectations that the export will reach 100,000 tons in the coming seasons. The palm trees are once again bringing benefits to Diyala, one of the important agricultural provinces in Iraq, after the improvement of the local security situation. The booming export has also created a lot of business opportunities for food processing companies in the country. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): HUSSEIN HADI, Employee of the Iraqi Date Processing and Marketing Company "Iraqi dates began to recover and began to return gradually. Support (from the govern

E

Farmers reap benefits from smartphone apps

HIKONE, Japan - Photo taken in September 2013 shows Yoichiro Nagai, an employee of Fukuhara Farm, passing his smartphone over the IC tags placed on the side of rice paddies in Hikone, Shiga Prefecture.

E