U.S. conservationist says global cooperation important for desert ecosystems amid climate change

STORY: U.S. conservationist says global cooperation important for desert ecosystems amid climate change DATELINE: July 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:18 LOCATION: LOS ANGELES, U.S. CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of Joshua trees 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): KELLY HERBINSON, Co-Executive Director of the Mojave Desert Land Trust 3. various of Joshua trees 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): KELLY HERBINSON, Co-Executive Director of the Mojave Desert Land Trust STORYLINE: The Joshua trees, an integral part of California's Mojave Desert landscape, with their characteristic spiky leaves and unique branches, are locked in a desperate battle for survival. Increasingly severe droughts driven by climate change, habitat fragmentation due to expanding residential and commercial real estate development, and heightened wildfires all pose dire threats to this iconic and enduring symbol of the U.S. West. "There are desert and arid ecosystems all over the planet facing similar issues, including in China," Kelly Herbinson, Co-Execu

China's machinery industry showcased at Munich int'l trade fair bauma

STORY: China's machinery industry showcased at Munich int'l trade fair bauma DATELINE: Oct. 26, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:18 LOCATION: MUNICH, Germany CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the bauma 2022 STORYLINE: China is among the top 10 exhibiting countries at the ongoing 2022 edition of bauma, the world's largest construction machinery trade fair in terms of exhibition space. The event, held for the 33rd time in Germany's Munich on Oct. 24-30, gathers more than 3,100 exhibitors from around 60 countries and regions in an exhibition space of 614,000 square meters, of which 414,000 square meters outdoors. Alongside numerous excavators, dump trucks, asphalting machines and mixing towers, visitors are being treated to a "crane forest" made up of more than 30 cranes, the organizers said. This year, exhibitors from Germany, Italy and Türkiye are joined by nearly 90 Chinese companies, such as XCMG, Sany, Zoomlion and Sunward. "This puts China among the top 10 exhibiting countries," Stefan Rummel, chief execu

Vaclav Klaus Junior, son of ex-president

Vaclav Klaus Junior, son of ex-president

+++FILE PHOTO+++The leadership of the Czech opposition right-wing Civic Democrats (ODS) has expelled Vaclav Klaus Junior (pictured), a son of ODS founder and ex-president Vaclav Klaus, from the party, ODS chairman Petr Fiala told reporters after the execu