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New Zealand: Landslide Hits Mount Maunganui 3

Six people, including two teenagers, are missing after a major landslide struck a local campground in Mount Maunganui on Thursday, January 22. Police are also seeking information on three others as search and rescue operations continue in a dangerous environment, with authorities describing the incident as a national tragedy and the community rallying to support affected families.

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Philippines: Typhoon Kalmaegi Triggers Severe Flooding, Displacing Thousands 2

Severe flooding has submerged towns and displaced hundreds of thousands as Typhoon Kalmaegi battered the central Philippines. Rivers overflowed in Cebu and nearby islands, forcing residents onto rooftops while cars and containers were swept through the streets. Local officials said some evacuation centers were inundated, and many survivors of a recent earthquake had to be evacuated again. More than 380,000 people fled their homes across the Visayas, southern Luzon, and northern Mindanao. Kalmaegi, locally named Tino, made landfall late Monday, November 3 with winds of up to 130 kph before moving toward the South China Sea on Tuesday, November 4.

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China: Tourists and Locals Rescue Yaks from Mud Pit in Qinghai

In Qinghai, China, tourists and locals joined forces with an excavator operator to rescue four yaks stuck in deep mud on September 30, 2025. After spotting the trapped animals, the tourists alerted a herdsman and enlisted help from a nearby construction site. Working for nearly an hour, they freed all four yaks safely. The herdsman said the rescue prevented losses of over RMB 40,000.

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US: North Dakota Sees Powerful Winds Amid Tornado-Producing Storm

Severe weather swept across the upper Midwest on Friday, June 20, bringing powerful winds and leaving at least 3 dead in North Dakota as a tornado ripped through the area.

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China: Typhoon Wutip Darkens Hainan Skies Ahead of Landfall in Hainan

This is the terrifying moment a massive wall of dark clouds engulfed the skies over Hainan as Typhoon Wutip approached southern China. On June 11, 2025, in Hainan, China, video captured thick, menacing clouds rolling in ahead of Typhoon Wutip's landfall. The sky turned eerily dark as the season’s first typhoon neared, creating a heavy, ominous atmosphere. The storm made landfall around 11 p.m. on June 13 along the coast of Dongfang, a city in Hainan, with winds reaching up to 30 meters per second and a central pressure of 980 hPa. Heavy rain swept through southern parts of the island, with some areas experiencing torrential downpours and localized extreme rainfall. According to China National Radio, by June 15, Typhoon Wutip had weakened into a tropical depression after moving inland into Jiangxi Province, and continued to lose strength. The video ends with the storm clouds blanketing the landscape as residents brace for the typhoon’s impact.

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Japan: Heavy Snowfall Hits Sea Of Japan Coast 4

Heavy snowfall has battered a wide area of Japan, especially the Hokuriku region along the Sea of Japan coast. This video shows blizzard conditions in the city Otaru, Hokkaido.

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US: EF-1 Tornado Touches Down In Athens, AL, Leaving Devastating Damage

The National Weather Service in Huntsville has confirmed that an EF-1 tornado touched down in downtown Athens, Alabama, on Saturday night, December 28.

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Philippines: Typhoon Yinxing Makes Landfall In Cagayan, Damaging Infrastructure 3

Typhoon Yinxing, known as Marce in the Philippines, made landfall near Santa Ana, Cagayan, on Thursday afternoon, November 7, forcing more than 21,000 people to evacuate and damaging two domestic airports and homes. Telecommunications and power supplies have remained down due to damaged cables and power lines, severely affecting residents in the affected areas.

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Philippines: Typhoon Yinxing Makes Landfall In Cagayan, Damaging Infrastructure 2

Typhoon Yinxing, known as Marce in the Philippines, made landfall near Santa Ana, Cagayan, on Thursday afternoon, November 7, forcing more than 21,000 people to evacuate and damaging two domestic airports and homes. Telecommunications and power supplies have remained down due to damaged cables and power lines, severely affecting residents in the affected areas.

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Thailand: Overflowing Of Ping River Causes Flooding In Chiang Mai Amid Rainy Season 3

Water levels in the Ping River rose, causing severe flooding across Chiang Mai on September 25 and affecting infrastructure. Small vehicles were stranded on flooded roads, and local shops and stalls were forced to close.

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Anthony Delon Accuses His Sister Anouchka

File photo dated March 3, 2018 - Anouchka Delon and Anthony Delon arriving at the Elie Saab show as part of the Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Fall/Winter 2018/2019 in Paris, France on March 3, 2018. - Alain Delon eldest son Anthony Delon announced in Paris Match on Wednesday that he had lodged a complaint against his sister, Anouchka, on 7 November. He accuses her of hiding their father's state of health from him and their brother Alain-Fabien. "She clearly put him in danger", he says, adding that his sister "gave him no choice" about filing a police report. "He added that his sister had never informed the siblings "that between 2019 and 2022, Alain Delon had undergone five cognitive tests during his visits to the clinic in Switzerland, none of which he passed". Photo by Julien Reynaud/APS-Medias/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Anthony Delon Accuses His Sister Anouchka

File photo dated March 3, 2018 - Anouchka Delon and Anthony Delon arriving at the Elie Saab show as part of the Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Fall/Winter 2018/2019 in Paris, France on March 3, 2018. - Alain Delon eldest son Anthony Delon announced in Paris Match on Wednesday that he had lodged a complaint against his sister, Anouchka, on 7 November. He accuses her of hiding their father's state of health from him and their brother Alain-Fabien. "She clearly put him in danger", he says, adding that his sister "gave him no choice" about filing a police report. "He added that his sister had never informed the siblings "that between 2019 and 2022, Alain Delon had undergone five cognitive tests during his visits to the clinic in Switzerland, none of which he passed". Photo by Julien Reynaud/APS-Medias/ABACAPRESS.COM

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US: Beryl Causes Widespread Power Outages And Flooding, Leaves Multiple Dead In Texas 4

Beryl has weakened into a tropical storm after making landfall as a category 1 hurricane near Matagorda in Texas, on Monday, July 8, shortly before 4 a.m. local time. The hurricane caused power outages and life-threatening flooding and left multiple dead in Houston and the surrounding areas.

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Virginie Viard Leaves The Artistic Direction Of Chanel

Virginie Viard Leaves The Artistic Direction Of Chanel - File - Virginie Viard walks the runway during the Chanel Haute Couture Fall Winter 2022 2023 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on July 05, 2022 in Paris, France. Photo by Franck Castel/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Industrial production costs fall in Italy for 6th consecutive month

STORY: Industrial production costs fall in Italy for 6th consecutive month SHOOTING DATE: May 30, 2024 DATELINE: May 31, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:49 LOCATION: Rome CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of streets in Rome STORYLINE: Industrial producer prices in Italy fell for the sixth consecutive month, the country's statistics entity reported Thursday, due largely to continued decreases in energy costs. The Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) said that prices for industrial producers fell by 0.9 percent in April compared to the previous month. Costs were 5.9 percent below their levels from a year earlier. The trend represents a marked turn-around from 2022 and early 2023, when the key index rose nearly every month and when year-on-year increases regularly topped 30 percent due to the spike in energy prices. Overall inflation in Italy has fallen dramatically since October 2023. This decline has been broadly in line with the drop in producer prices. Still, the rate of decrease in producer

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Australian unemployment rate rises to 4.1 pct

STORY: Australian unemployment rate rises to 4.1 pct SHOOTING TIME: May 15, 2024 DATELINE: May 17, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:14 LOCATION: Canberra CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of ABS House 2. various of Canberra employees STORYLINE: Australia's unemployment rate rose for a second straight month to 4.1 percent in April. According to official figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on Thursday, the unemployment rate rose from 3.9 percent in March to 4.1 percent in April -- the equal-highest rate since January 2022. The rise in the unemployment rate came despite the number of employed Australians increasing by 38,500 people between March and April, with a 44,600 rise in part-time positions partially offset by a 6,100 fall in full-time roles. In the same period, the number of unemployed people -- meaning those who are not employed but are actively looking for work -- rose by 30,300 to 604,200. The participation rate, which measures the proportion of the working-age popu

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Cobalt blue Biwa trout

MAIBARA, Japan, May 4 Kyodo - Video taken on May 4, 2024, shows cobalt blue Biwa trout at a fish-raising farm in Maibara in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan. Only this trout, one of about 250,000 trout fry hatched in the fall of 2022, is cobalt blue-colored. (Kyodo)

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Cobalt blue Biwa trout

Photo taken on May 4, 2024, shows cobalt blue Biwa trout at a fish-raising farm in Maibara in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan. Only this trout, one of about 250,000 trout fry hatched in the fall of 2022, is cobalt blue-colored.

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Cobalt blue Biwa trout

Photo taken on May 4, 2024, shows cobalt blue Biwa trout at a fish-raising farm in Maibara in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan. Only this trout, one of about 250,000 trout fry hatched in the fall of 2022, is cobalt blue-colored.

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Australia's environment deteriorated in 2023: report

STORY: Australia's environment deteriorated in 2023: report SHOOTING TIME: March 19, 2024 DATELINE: March 20, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:31 LOCATION: Canberra CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of Australia STORYLINE: The health of Australia's environment declined in 2023 amid low rainfall and a spike in the number of threatened species, a report has said. Led by researchers from the Australian National University (ANU), Australia's Environment Report compiles detailed scientific data to rate the overall health of the country's environment out of 10 every year since 2011. In 2023, the environment scored a 7.5 out of 10, the latest edition published on Tuesday revealed. It marks a fall from 2022 when the environment was given an 8.7 out of 10, the highest ever score. Albert Van Dijk, lead author of the report, described 2023 as a climate rollercoaster for Australia, with a relatively cool start to the year giving way to dry and unseasonably warm weather from May onwards. According to the

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US: Days-Long Winter Storm Dumps Heavy Snow On Sierra Nevada, Closing Roads, Schools

A days-long winter storm dumped heavy snow on the Sierra Nevada, closing major highways, ski resorts, and schools in parts of California. More than 10 feet of snow and hurricane-force wind gusts of 170 mph-plus were reported.

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Australian workers' productivity falls 3.7 percent

STORY: Australian workers' productivity falls 3.7 percent SHOOTING TIME: March 1, 2024 DATELINE: March 2, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:22 LOCATION: Canberra CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Australian construction worker 2. various of Australian factory worker STORYLINE: The productivity of Australian workers fell sharply in 2022-23, a government report has found. The federal government's principal review and advisory body, the Productivity Commission, has published its annual productivity bulletin, revealing that labor productivity fell 3.7 percent in the 12 months to the end of June 2023. By comparison, the long-term average annual growth rate for Australian productivity was 1.3 percent. The report attributed the fall in the cited period to a record-high 6.9 percent increase in the number of hours worked by Australians in the same period. "We now have a clearer understanding of what's behind Australia's productivity slump. Sharp increases in working hours have seen productivity decline, bu

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US: Strong Winter Storm Brings Blizzard Conditions To Sierra Nevada

A strong winter storm hit the Sierra Nevada on Friday, March 1, bringing heavy snow and high winds. Blizzard Warnings were issued for the Sierra, including Lake Tahoe and eastern Nevada. The Sierra Avalanche Center warned that the danger of avalanches was high. Yosemite National Park and many ski resorts in the region announced they were closing at least for the day.

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Australian student visa rejection rate rises

STORY: Australian student visa rejection rate rises SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 23, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 24, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:09 LOCATION: Canberra CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of international students in Canberra 2. various of the Australian National University campus STORYLINE: According to the latest Australian government data, 80.9 percent of total international student visa applications in the six months to December 2023 were approved -- down from 86 percent in the financial year 2022-23 and 91.5 percent in 2021-22. It marks the lowest approval rate since 2005-06. The fall coincided with the December release of the government's new migration strategy, which places an emphasis on greater scrutiny for student visa applicants to end exploitation of the immigration system. Under the overhaul, colleges and universities have been placed into three tiers based on their history of visa fraud or other problems with international students. Those in tier one, including Australia's largest universities, ar

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India's forex reserves fall

STORY: India's forex reserves fall SHOOTING TIME: Earlier footage DATELINE: Jan. 29, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:12 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the India Gate 2. various of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) 3. various of the market STORYLINE: India's foreign exchange reserves declined 2.794 billion U.S. dollars to 616.143 billion dollars during the week ending on Jan. 19, according to the latest data of India's central bank. The data revealed that foreign currency assets, which is termed as the biggest forex component, declined 2.653 billion dollars to 545.855 billion dollars. During the week ending on Jan. 12, India's foreign exchange reserves increased 1.634 billion dollars to 618.937 billion dollars. According to media reports, in the calendar year 2023, nearly 58 billion dollars was added to India's foreign exchange reserves, and in 2022 the country's foreign exchange reserves slumped 71 billion dollars. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from New Delhi. (XHT

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Australian inflation falls to near 2-year low

STORY: Australian inflation falls to near 2-year low SHOOTING DATE: Jan. 10, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 11, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:08 LOCATION: Canberra CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of supermarket STORYLINE: Australia's rate of inflation has fallen to its lowest level in almost two years. According to official data published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on Wednesday, the consumer price index (CPI), Australia's headline measure of inflation, rose by 4.3 percent in the 12 months to the end of November 2023. It marks a fall from a 4.9 percent rise in the 12 months to the end of October 2023 and the slowest annual rate of price rises since January 2022. State media the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported that economists were expecting inflation to come in at 4.4 percent over the year to November. Treasurer Jim Chalmers welcomed the data but said that inflation is still higher than the government would like. "What this number shows is that the government's polic

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Anthony Delon Accuses His Sister Anouchka

File photo dated March 3, 2018 - Anouchka Delon and Anthony Delon arriving at the Elie Saab show as part of the Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Fall/Winter 2018/2019 in Paris, France. - Alain Delon eldest son Anthony Delon announced in Paris Match on Wednesday that he had lodged a complaint against his sister, Anouchka, on 7 November. He accuses her of hiding their father's state of health from him and their brother Alain-Fabien. "She clearly put him in danger", he says, adding that his sister "gave him no choice" about filing a police report. "He added that his sister had never informed the siblings "that between 2019 and 2022, Alain Delon had undergone five cognitive tests during his visits to the clinic in Switzerland, none of which he passed". Photo by Julien Reynaud/APS-Medias/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Anthony Delon Accuses His Sister Anouchka

File photo dated March 3, 2018 - Anouchka Delon and Anthony Delon arriving at the Elie Saab show as part of the Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Fall/Winter 2018/2019 in Paris, France on March 3, 2018. - Alain Delon eldest son Anthony Delon announced in Paris Match on Wednesday that he had lodged a complaint against his sister, Anouchka, on 7 November. He accuses her of hiding their father's state of health from him and their brother Alain-Fabien. "She clearly put him in danger", he says, adding that his sister "gave him no choice" about filing a police report. "He added that his sister had never informed the siblings "that between 2019 and 2022, Alain Delon had undergone five cognitive tests during his visits to the clinic in Switzerland, none of which he passed". Photo by Julien Reynaud/APS-Medias/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Anthony Delon Accuses His Sister Anouchka

File photo dated February 28, 2008 - Alain Delon and his daughter Anouchka attend the Fabrizio Capriata Fall-Winter 2008-2009 Ready-to-Wear collection show held at the 'Hotel De Crillon' in Paris, France. - Alain Delon eldest son Anthony Delon announced in Paris Match on Wednesday that he had lodged a complaint against his sister, Anouchka, on 7 November. He accuses her of hiding their father's state of health from him and their brother Alain-Fabien. "She clearly put him in danger", he says, adding that his sister "gave him no choice" about filing a police report. "He added that his sister had never informed the siblings "that between 2019 and 2022, Alain Delon had undergone five cognitive tests during his visits to the clinic in Switzerland, none of which he passed". Photo by Giancarlo Gorassini/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Anthony Delon Accuses His Sister Anouchka

File photo dated March 3, 2018 - Anouchka Delon and Anthony Delon arriving at the Elie Saab show as part of the Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Fall/Winter 2018/2019 in Paris, France on March 3, 2018. - Alain Delon eldest son Anthony Delon announced in Paris Match on Wednesday that he had lodged a complaint against his sister, Anouchka, on 7 November. He accuses her of hiding their father's state of health from him and their brother Alain-Fabien. "She clearly put him in danger", he says, adding that his sister "gave him no choice" about filing a police report. "He added that his sister had never informed the siblings "that between 2019 and 2022, Alain Delon had undergone five cognitive tests during his visits to the clinic in Switzerland, none of which he passed". Photo by Julien Reynaud/APS-Medias/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Joe Jonas Files For Divorce From Sophie Turner

File photo dated March 07, 2022 shows Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner attending the Louis Vuitton Womenswear Fall/Winter 2022/2023 show as part of Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France. Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner are going their separate ways. The singer filed a petition for divorce in Florida on Tuesday in Miami Dade County. The petition states the marriage is “irretrievably broken” as grounds for dissolution. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Joe Jonas Files For Divorce From Sophie Turner

File photo dated March 07, 2022 shows Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner attending the Louis Vuitton Womenswear Fall/Winter 2022/2023 show as part of Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France. Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner are going their separate ways. The singer filed a petition for divorce in Florida on Tuesday in Miami Dade County. The petition states the marriage is “irretrievably broken” as grounds for dissolution. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Joe Jonas Files For Divorce From Sophie Turner

File photo dated March 07, 2022 shows Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner attending the Louis Vuitton Womenswear Fall/Winter 2022/2023 show as part of Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France. Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner are going their separate ways. The singer filed a petition for divorce in Florida on Tuesday in Miami Dade County. The petition states the marriage is “irretrievably broken” as grounds for dissolution. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(EnchantingGuangxi)CHINA-GUANGXI-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-TRADITIONAL COSTUME (CN)

(230903) -- RONGSHUI, Sept. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Children learn to use the traditional "Liang Bu" hammers in Wuying Village on the border between south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and southwest China's Guizhou Province, on Nov. 14, 2022. Wuying Village is a Miao ethnic group hamlet that nestles snugly in the towering mountains stretching across the border between Guangxi and Guizhou. "Liang Bu", named for its glistening appearance, is a kind of traditional hand-made cloth of Miao ethnic group. Women of Miao ethnic group in Wuying plant woad in spring and harvest it in fall. They soak woad in water for days before mixing it with materials such as lime, to make the dye for "Liang Bu". It usually takes months to make a piece of "Liang Bu" after repeated process of dip-dyeing, drying, pounding, applying egg white and steaming. The cloth gradually becomes glistening owing to tens of thousands of poundings by villagers with traditional wooden hammers. After cutting, sewing, embroidery and ironin

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(EnchantingGuangxi)CHINA-GUANGXI-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-TRADITIONAL COSTUME (CN)

(230903) -- RONGSHUI, Sept. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Villagers install large "Liang Bu" hammers at a square in Wuying Village on the border between south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and southwest China's Guizhou Province, on Nov. 19, 2022. Wuying Village is a Miao ethnic group hamlet that nestles snugly in the towering mountains stretching across the border between Guangxi and Guizhou. "Liang Bu", named for its glistening appearance, is a kind of traditional hand-made cloth of Miao ethnic group. Women of Miao ethnic group in Wuying plant woad in spring and harvest it in fall. They soak woad in water for days before mixing it with materials such as lime, to make the dye for "Liang Bu". It usually takes months to make a piece of "Liang Bu" after repeated process of dip-dyeing, drying, pounding, applying egg white and steaming. The cloth gradually becomes glistening owing to tens of thousands of poundings by villagers with traditional wooden hammers. After cutting, sewing, embroidery and ironing,

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(EnchantingGuangxi)CHINA-GUANGXI-MIAO ETHNIC GROUP-TRADITIONAL COSTUME (CN)

(230903) -- RONGSHUI, Sept. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Children watch the making of "Liang Bu" in Wuying Village on the border between south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and southwest China's Guizhou Province, on Sept. 7, 2022. Wuying Village is a Miao ethnic group hamlet that nestles snugly in the towering mountains stretching across the border between Guangxi and Guizhou. "Liang Bu", named for its glistening appearance, is a kind of traditional hand-made cloth of Miao ethnic group. Women of Miao ethnic group in Wuying plant woad in spring and harvest it in fall. They soak woad in water for days before mixing it with materials such as lime, to make the dye for "Liang Bu". It usually takes months to make a piece of "Liang Bu" after repeated process of dip-dyeing, drying, pounding, applying egg white and steaming. The cloth gradually becomes glistening owing to tens of thousands of poundings by villagers with traditional wooden hammers. After cutting, sewing, embroidery and ironing, a set of gloss

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TSMC 2023 Q2 Net Profit Fell

NANJING, CHINA - JULY 19, 2023 - Visitors visit the booth of TSMC at the 2023 World Semiconductor Congress in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China, July 19, 2023. On the afternoon of July 20, 2023, TSMC released the second quarter of 2023 financial results, due to the impact of the global economic downturn, which led to a decline in demand for automotive, mobile phone and server chips, TSMC net profit in the second quarter of 181.8 billion Taiwan dollars (about 5.85 billion US dollars), although higher than analysts' expectations, But it was down 23.3 per cent from T $237 billion in the same period in 2022. This is also the first time since the second quarter of 2019 that TSMC recorded a year-on-year decline in quarterly profit. TSMC also said it expected full-year sales to fall 10 per cent in US dollar terms.

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TSMC 2023 Q2 Net Profit Fell

NANJING, CHINA - JULY 19, 2023 - Visitors visit the booth of TSMC at the 2023 World Semiconductor Congress in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China, July 19, 2023. On the afternoon of July 20, 2023, TSMC released the second quarter of 2023 financial results, due to the impact of the global economic downturn, which led to a decline in demand for automotive, mobile phone and server chips, TSMC net profit in the second quarter of 181.8 billion Taiwan dollars (about 5.85 billion US dollars), although higher than analysts' expectations, But it was down 23.3 per cent from T $237 billion in the same period in 2022. This is also the first time since the second quarter of 2019 that TSMC recorded a year-on-year decline in quarterly profit. TSMC also said it expected full-year sales to fall 10 per cent in US dollar terms.

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TSMC 2023 Q2 Net Profit Fell

NANJING, CHINA - JULY 19, 2023 - Visitors visit the booth of TSMC at the 2023 World Semiconductor Congress in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China, July 19, 2023. On the afternoon of July 20, 2023, TSMC released the second quarter of 2023 financial results, due to the impact of the global economic downturn, which led to a decline in demand for automotive, mobile phone and server chips, TSMC net profit in the second quarter of 181.8 billion Taiwan dollars (about 5.85 billion US dollars), although higher than analysts' expectations, But it was down 23.3 per cent from T $237 billion in the same period in 2022. This is also the first time since the second quarter of 2019 that TSMC recorded a year-on-year decline in quarterly profit. TSMC also said it expected full-year sales to fall 10 per cent in US dollar terms.

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TSMC 2023 Q2 Net Profit Fell

NANJING, CHINA - JULY 19, 2023 - Visitors visit the booth of TSMC at the 2023 World Semiconductor Congress in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China, July 19, 2023. On the afternoon of July 20, 2023, TSMC released the second quarter of 2023 financial results, due to the impact of the global economic downturn, which led to a decline in demand for automotive, mobile phone and server chips, TSMC net profit in the second quarter of 181.8 billion Taiwan dollars (about 5.85 billion US dollars), although higher than analysts' expectations, But it was down 23.3 per cent from T $237 billion in the same period in 2022. This is also the first time since the second quarter of 2019 that TSMC recorded a year-on-year decline in quarterly profit. TSMC also said it expected full-year sales to fall 10 per cent in US dollar terms.

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TSMC 2023 Q2 Net Profit Fell

NANJING, CHINA - JULY 19, 2023 - Visitors visit the booth of TSMC at the 2023 World Semiconductor Congress in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China, July 19, 2023. On the afternoon of July 20, 2023, TSMC released the second quarter of 2023 financial results, due to the impact of the global economic downturn, which led to a decline in demand for automotive, mobile phone and server chips, TSMC net profit in the second quarter of 181.8 billion Taiwan dollars (about 5.85 billion US dollars), although higher than analysts' expectations, But it was down 23.3 per cent from T $237 billion in the same period in 2022. This is also the first time since the second quarter of 2019 that TSMC recorded a year-on-year decline in quarterly profit. TSMC also said it expected full-year sales to fall 10 per cent in US dollar terms.

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World food prices continue to fall in June: FAO

STORY: World food prices continue to fall in June: FAO DATELINE: July 10, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:56 LOCATION: Rome CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of food in a supermarket STORYLINE: The world Food Price Index of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) continued to fall in June, with the downward trend being driven by a drop in the prices of sugar, vegetable oils, cereals and dairy products, the organization said Friday. The index, which tracks the most globally-traded food commodities, averaged 122.3 points in June, and it is now 23.4 percent below an all-time peak reached in March 2022. In June, the index slipped by 1.4 percent compared to May. Four of its five sub-components dropped in June, while the fifth -- measuring meat prices - stayed almost level compared to May. The prices of grains and cereals, which have the biggest weight in the index, were down 2.1 percent compared to a month earlier, with wheat, corn, rice, barley and sorghum prices all declining compared to May, as

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New Zealand GDP falls 0.1 pct in Q1 as recession starts

STORY: New Zealand GDP falls 0.1 pct in Q1 as recession starts DATELINE: June 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:37 LOCATION: AUCKLAND, New Zealand CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Auckland and harbor 2. various of Auckland's largest container terminal 3. various of Auckland's commercial streets at night STORYLINE: The New Zealand economy has signaled a recession as the gross domestic product (GDP) fell for the second quarter, according to quarterly figures released by the statistics department Stats NZ on Thursday. The GDP fell 0.1 percent in the March 2023 quarter, following a 0.7 percent fall in the December 2022 quarter, Stats NZ said. The second consecutive quarter of negative economic growth signals the start of an economic recession. "Today's outcome fits the definition of a technical recession by the barest of margins," Finance Minister Grant Robertson said, adding the economy was affected by the second-largest natural disaster to hit New Zealand in the first quarter. This result reflects the impa

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Kenya's coffee exports earnings fall on low global prices

STORY: Kenya's coffee exports earnings fall on low global prices DATELINE: June 15, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:25 LOCATION: NYERI, Kenya CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a coffee plantation 2. various of coffee bushes 3. various of ripe coffee berries 4. various of a farmer inspecting coffee bushes 5. various of a farmer picking ripe coffee berries 6. various of farmers sorting coffee berries 7. various of farmers drying the coffee beans 8. various of cups of coffee with different varieties 9. various of processed coffee in packets 10. various of coffee bags being packed for export STORYLINE: The value of Kenya's coffee earnings in the first quarter of 2023 (Q1) dropped 20.2 percent amid a decline in export volumes and global prices, the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) said in an economic report released Tuesday. The country earned 7.63 billion shillings (about 55 million U.S. dollars) from 11,284 metric tons (MT) of coffee, a decline from 69 million dollars from 11,923 MT in Q1 of 2022, KNBS

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Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho

Composer Kaija Saariaho at the opening of the fall season of the National Opera and Ballet in Helsinki, on Aug 18th, 2022. Kaija Saariaho has died today at her home in Paris, France, on June 2, 2023. She was 70 years old. LEHTIKUVA / EMMI KORHONEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Emmi Korhonen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho

Composer Kaija Saariaho at the opening of the fall season of the National Opera and Ballet in Helsinki, on Aug 18th, 2022. Kaija Saariaho has died today at her home in Paris, France, on June 2, 2023. She was 70 years old. LEHTIKUVA / EMMI KORHONEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Emmi Korhonen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho

Composer Kaija Saariaho at the opening of the fall season of the National Opera and Ballet in Helsinki, on Aug 18th, 2022. Kaija Saariaho has died today at her home in Paris, France, on June 2, 2023. She was 70 years old. LEHTIKUVA / EMMI KORHONEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Emmi Korhonen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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(SP)CHINA-URUMQI-BASKETBALL-CBA LEAGUE-XINJIANG VS TIANJIN (CN)

(230403) -- URUMQI, April 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tacko Fall (R) and Abudushalamu of Xinjiang Flying Tigers hug each other during the 41st round match between Xinjiang Flying Tigers and Tianjin Pioneers at 2022-2023 season of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) league in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, April 3, 2023. (Xinhua/Wang Fei)

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(SP)CHINA-URUMQI-BASKETBALL-CBA LEAGUE-XINJIANG VS TIANJIN (CN)

(230403) -- URUMQI, April 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tacko Fall of Xinjiang Flying Tigers reacts after getting injured during the 41st round match between Xinjiang Flying Tigers and Tianjin Pioneers at 2022-2023 season of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) league in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, April 3, 2023. (Xinhua/Wang Fei)

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(SP)CHINA-XINJIANG-URUMQI-BASKETBALL-CBA LEAGUE-NANJING VS XINJIANG (CN)

(230401) -- URUMQI, April 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tacko Fall (C) of Xinjiang Flying Tigers shoots during the 40th round match between Nanjing Monkey Kings and Xinjiang Flying Tigers at the 2022-2023 season of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) league in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, April 1, 2023. (Xinhua/Wang Fei)