Chinese brands lauded at electric vehicle conference in Kenya

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Colombia enters 5th wave of COVID-19 pandemic

STORY: Colombia enters 5th wave of COVID-19 pandemic DATELINE: July 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:35 LOCATION: Bogota CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of vaccination in Bogota 2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): FERNANDO RUIZ, Minister of Health and Social Protection STORYLINE: Colombia has entered the fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, so citizens should reinforce self-care measures and get vaccinated against the virus, Minister of Health and Social Protection Fernando Ruiz said on Friday. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): FERNANDO RUIZ, Minister of Health and Social Protection "Evidently we are in the fifth peak. It has been spreading in different cities, especially in urban areas. The Cauca Valley is quite affected, as well as Bogota. At this peak, people older than 70 years old are more affected in terms of mortality. But in terms of hospitalizations, both the very young and elderly are affected." Ruiz also stressed the need to accelerate testing to identify new cases in time, emphasizing that although the Omicron variant

They've Evidently Seen Me by Bruce Bairnsfather

They've Evidently Seen Me by Bruce Bairnsfather

A later version of a "Fragment from France" drawn by the famous World War One cartoonist, Bruce Bairnsfather for the Bystander magazine. This time, rather than an unsuspecting Tommy observer, a Russian bolshevik is surprised by a Japanese shell whizzing into the chimney pot he is sitting at the top of. Date: 1918

A snowscape in Hakone

A snowscape in Hakone

It happens once in a while there is a lot of snow from February to March at Hakone. Depending on the altitude the amount of snowfall is evidently different. There is a snowbelt around the altitude of 300m and 500m and below that line, the snow hardly accumulates. Therefore, this must be higher than Ohiradai and definately not Yumoto or Tonosawa. However, it is difficult to determine the exact location.==Date:unknown, Place:Hakone, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number98‐17‐0]

ARYNA SABALENKA

ARYNA SABALENKA

***CTK POOL***Aryna Sabalenko won the J&T Banka Ostrava Open 2020 women's WTA indoor tennis tournament in Ostrava, Czech Republic, October 25, 2020, beating her evidently indisposed Belarusian compatriot Viktoria Azarenko in the singles final 6-2, 6-2. (CTK Photo/Jaroslav Ozana)