MIXUE Ice Cream & Tea Listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange

MIXUE Ice Cream & Tea Listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange

HANGZHOU, CHINA- MARCH 3, 2025 - Customers buy drinks at a MIXUE Ice Cream & Tea store in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province, March 3, 2025. By the end of 2024, Michelle Ice City has 46,479 stores, more than Starbucks, the number of ready-to-drink stores ranked first in the world.

MIXUE Ice Cream & Tea Listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange

MIXUE Ice Cream & Tea Listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange

HANGZHOU, CHINA- MARCH 3, 2025 - Customers buy drinks at a MIXUE Ice Cream & Tea store in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province, March 3, 2025. By the end of 2024, Michelle Ice City has 46,479 stores, more than Starbucks, the number of ready-to-drink stores ranked first in the world.

MIXUE Ice Cream & Tea Listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange

MIXUE Ice Cream & Tea Listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange

HANGZHOU, CHINA- MARCH 3, 2025 - Customers buy drinks at a MIXUE Ice Cream & Tea store in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province, March 3, 2025. By the end of 2024, Michelle Ice City has 46,479 stores, more than Starbucks, the number of ready-to-drink stores ranked first in the world.

MIXUE Ice Cream & Tea Listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange

MIXUE Ice Cream & Tea Listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange

HANGZHOU, CHINA- MARCH 3, 2025 - Customers buy drinks at a MIXUE Ice Cream & Tea store in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province, March 3, 2025. By the end of 2024, Michelle Ice City has 46,479 stores, more than Starbucks, the number of ready-to-drink stores ranked first in the world.

MIXUE Ice Cream & Tea Listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange

MIXUE Ice Cream & Tea Listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange

HANGZHOU, CHINA- MARCH 3, 2025 - Customers buy drinks at a MIXUE Ice Cream & Tea store in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province, March 3, 2025. By the end of 2024, Michelle Ice City has 46,479 stores, more than Starbucks, the number of ready-to-drink stores ranked first in the world.

MIXUE Ice Cream & Tea Listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange

MIXUE Ice Cream & Tea Listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange

HANGZHOU, CHINA- MARCH 3, 2025 - Customers buy drinks at a MIXUE Ice Cream & Tea store in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province, March 3, 2025. By the end of 2024, Michelle Ice City has 46,479 stores, more than Starbucks, the number of ready-to-drink stores ranked first in the world.

MIXUE Ice Cream & Tea Listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange

MIXUE Ice Cream & Tea Listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange

HANGZHOU, CHINA- MARCH 3, 2025 - Customers buy drinks at a MIXUE Ice Cream & Tea store in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province, March 3, 2025. By the end of 2024, Michelle Ice City has 46,479 stores, more than Starbucks, the number of ready-to-drink stores ranked first in the world.

MIXUE Ice Cream & Tea Listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange

MIXUE Ice Cream & Tea Listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange

HANGZHOU, CHINA- MARCH 3, 2025 - Customers buy drinks at a MIXUE Ice Cream & Tea store in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province, March 3, 2025. By the end of 2024, Michelle Ice City has 46,479 stores, more than Starbucks, the number of ready-to-drink stores ranked first in the world.

MIXUE Ice Cream & Tea Listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange

MIXUE Ice Cream & Tea Listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange

HANGZHOU, CHINA- MARCH 3, 2025 - Customers buy drinks at a MIXUE Ice Cream & Tea store in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province, March 3, 2025. By the end of 2024, Michelle Ice City has 46,479 stores, more than Starbucks, the number of ready-to-drink stores ranked first in the world.

MIXUE Ice Cream & Tea Listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange

MIXUE Ice Cream & Tea Listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange

HANGZHOU, CHINA- MARCH 3, 2025 - Customers buy drinks at a MIXUE Ice Cream & Tea store in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province, March 3, 2025. By the end of 2024, Michelle Ice City has 46,479 stores, more than Starbucks, the number of ready-to-drink stores ranked first in the world.

Gunners of Ukraines 30th Mechanized Brigade

Gunners of Ukraines 30th Mechanized Brigade

UKRAINE - AUGUST 13, 2024 - Machine gun operator Andrii of the First Artillery Battery of the Self-Propelled Artillery Division of the 30th Prince Kostiantyn Ostrozkyi Mechanized Brigade offers drinks to his fellow servicemen.

Russian ballistic missile attack on Kyiv

Russian ballistic missile attack on Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 13, 2023 - A rescuer walks away from a tent and a van of the Ukrainian Red Cross Society outside a residential building damaged by falling missile debris in the Dniprovskyi district of Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. On Wednesday night, December 13, Russian troops launched allegedly 48Í6 ballistic missiles from the S-400 missile system at the Ukrainian capital. All 10 projectiles were intercepted by Ukrainian air defence systems. As reported, 53 people sustained injuries. Twenty people, including two children, were admitted to hospital.

Stabilisation point in Zaporizhzhia Region

Stabilisation point in Zaporizhzhia Region

ZAPORIZHZHIA REGION, UKRAINE - JULY 27, 2023 - A serviceman with an eye injury is pictured at a stabilisation point of the medical service of one of the brigades fighting against Russian invaders in the Zaporizhzhia direction, Zaporizhzhia Region, southeastern Ukraine.

Beer Carnival in Qingdao

Beer Carnival in Qingdao

QINGDAO, CHINA - JULY 1, 2023 - Residents and visitors enjoy a drink at the first beer Carnival in Qingdao, Shandong province, China, July 1, 2023.

Beer Carnival in Qingdao

Beer Carnival in Qingdao

QINGDAO, CHINA - JULY 1, 2023 - Residents and visitors enjoy a drink at the first beer Carnival in Qingdao, Shandong province, China, July 1, 2023.

Beer Carnival in Qingdao

Beer Carnival in Qingdao

QINGDAO, CHINA - JULY 1, 2023 - Residents and visitors enjoy a drink at the first beer Carnival in Qingdao, Shandong province, China, July 1, 2023.

Beer Carnival in Qingdao

Beer Carnival in Qingdao

QINGDAO, CHINA - JULY 1, 2023 - Residents and visitors enjoy a drink at the first beer Carnival in Qingdao, Shandong province, China, July 1, 2023.

Beer Carnival in Qingdao

Beer Carnival in Qingdao

QINGDAO, CHINA - JULY 1, 2023 - Residents and visitors enjoy a drink at the first beer Carnival in Qingdao, Shandong province, China, July 1, 2023.

Beer Carnival in Qingdao

Beer Carnival in Qingdao

QINGDAO, CHINA - JULY 1, 2023 - Residents and visitors enjoy a drink at the first beer Carnival in Qingdao, Shandong province, China, July 1, 2023.

Beer Carnival in Qingdao

Beer Carnival in Qingdao

QINGDAO, CHINA - JULY 1, 2023 - Residents and visitors enjoy a drink at the first beer Carnival in Qingdao, Shandong province, China, July 1, 2023.

Beer Carnival in Qingdao

Beer Carnival in Qingdao

QINGDAO, CHINA - JULY 1, 2023 - Residents and visitors enjoy a drink at the first beer Carnival in Qingdao, Shandong province, China, July 1, 2023.

Beer Carnival in Qingdao

Beer Carnival in Qingdao

QINGDAO, CHINA - JULY 1, 2023 - Residents and visitors enjoy a drink at the first beer Carnival in Qingdao, Shandong province, China, July 1, 2023.

Beer Carnival in Qingdao

Beer Carnival in Qingdao

QINGDAO, CHINA - JULY 1, 2023 - Residents and visitors enjoy a drink at the first beer Carnival in Qingdao, Shandong province, China, July 1, 2023.

Beer Carnival in Qingdao

Beer Carnival in Qingdao

QINGDAO, CHINA - JULY 1, 2023 - Residents and visitors enjoy a drink at the first beer Carnival in Qingdao, Shandong province, China, July 1, 2023.

Beer Carnival in Qingdao

Beer Carnival in Qingdao

QINGDAO, CHINA - JULY 1, 2023 - Residents and visitors enjoy a drink at the first beer Carnival in Qingdao, Shandong province, China, July 1, 2023.

Beer Carnival in Qingdao

Beer Carnival in Qingdao

QINGDAO, CHINA - JULY 1, 2023 - Residents and visitors enjoy a drink at the first beer Carnival in Qingdao, Shandong province, China, July 1, 2023.

PAKISTAN-PESHAWAR-RAMADAN-IFTAR

PAKISTAN-PESHAWAR-RAMADAN-IFTAR

(230323) -- PESHAWAR, March 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A man prepares sweet drink for Iftar on the first day of the holy month of Ramadan in Peshawar, Pakistan, on March 23, 2023. (Photo by Umar/Xinhua)

Yakult holds opening ceremony for 1st U.S. plant in Calif.

Yakult holds opening ceremony for 1st U.S. plant in Calif.

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, United States - Yoshihiro Kawabata (2nd from L), deputy president of Yakult Honsha Co., and other officials cut the tape at the opening of the Japanese fermented lactic drink maker's first U.S. plant in Fountain Valley, California, on May 23, 2014.

Suntory Beverage debuts on TSE

Suntory Beverage debuts on TSE

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuhiro Torii, president of Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd., rings the bell at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on July 3, 2013, as the soft drink unit of the Suntory group makes its debut on the TSE's First Section.

Suntory Beverage debuts on TSE

Suntory Beverage debuts on TSE

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuhiro Torii, president of Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd., holds a press conference in Tokyo on July 3, 2013, after the soft drink unit of the Suntory group made its debut the same day on the Tokyo Stock Exchange's First Section.

Ceremony to drink tea from huge bowl

Ceremony to drink tea from huge bowl

NARA, Japan - A girl attempts to drink green tea from a huge tea bowl in the year's first ''Ochamori'' traditional tea ceremony at Saidaiji, a Buddhist temple in Nara, western Japan, on Jan. 15, 2012. The bowls used in the ceremony, which dates back more than 750 years, measure around 40 centimeters in diameter and weigh more than 5 kilograms.

Sapporo to make Pokka subsidiary

Sapporo to make Pokka subsidiary

TOKYO, Japan - Sapporo Holdings Ltd. Managing Director Tsutomu Kamijo (L), who is set to become the next president of the holding firm of beverage makers, Masatoshi Hori, president of another beverage producer Pokka Corp. (C) and Takao Murakami, current president of Sapporo Holdings (R), shake hands during a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 10, 2011. The two companies said Sapporo will turn Pokka into a subsidiary in late March as a first step to integrate their management in April 2012, in an effort to better compete in drink and food markets amid an adverse business environment.

F-1 Japanese Grand Prix starts

F-1 Japanese Grand Prix starts

SUZUKA, Japan - Mark Webber of Red Bull Racing sips an energy drink before free practice sessions at Suzuka Circuit in Mie Prefecture on Oct. 8, 2010, the first day of Formula One Japanese Grand Prix.

Huge New Year's bowl tea ceremony held in Nara

Huge New Year's bowl tea ceremony held in Nara

NARA, Japan - A woman is helped by another next to her to drink ''maccha'' green tea from a huge tea bowl in the year's first gathering of the traditional ''Ochamori'' tea ceremony, believed to date back to the 13th century, at Saidaiji Temple in Nara, Nara Prefecture, Jan. 15. Several bowls measuring 30 to 40 centimeters in diameter and weighing 5 to 7 kilograms were used in the ceremony about 20 people took part in.

(4)Two Koreas start ministerial talks

(4)Two Koreas start ministerial talks

SEOUL, South Korea - Kim Ryong Song (L), a senior cabinet councilor of North Korea, and South Korea's Unification Minister Jeong Se Hyun drink a toast at a dinner in Seoul on Aug. 12, the first day of ministerial talks between the two countries to discuss measures to revive the stalled inter-Korean reconciliation process.

(3)Princess Masako hospitalized for delivery

(3)Princess Masako hospitalized for delivery

TOKYO, Japan - Visitors to a Japanese-style bar near the home of Crown Princess Masako's parents in Tokyo's Meguro Ward drink a toast Nov. 30 on hearing the princess has been hospitalized to give birth to her first baby.

Koizumi's son to promote Suntory's new low-calorie 'happoshu'

Koizumi's son to promote Suntory's new low-calorie 'happoshu'

TOKYO, Japan - Aspirin actor Kotaro Koizumi, eldest son of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, is surrounded by the press at a news conference at a hotel in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Sept. 4. Suntory Ltd. announced it will use Kotaro in a TV commercial to promote a new low-malt, beer-like drink, ''happoshu.'' The commercial, due to begin shooting soon, will be Kotaro's first job.

(8)Palace announces Crown Princess is pregnant

(8)Palace announces Crown Princess is pregnant

TOKYO, Japan - A restaurant owner in Meguro, Tokyo, puts up a notice May 15 offering congratulations on Crown Princess Masako's pregnancy. The notice reads 100 yen for first drink, 300 yen for all others.

World's first cloned twin calves

World's first cloned twin calves

Workers at the Ishikawa Prefectural Livestock Center feed the world's first cloned twin calves, shown to the press for the first time. The calves, born July 5, are the first twins ever cloned from somatic cells taken from an adult cow. The twins, named ''Noto'' (back) and ''Kaga,'' each drink 2 liters of milk a day, indicating they are quite healthy, center officials said.

Experience Dong oil tea in SW China's Guizhou

STORY: Experience Dong oil tea in SW China's Guizhou DATELINE: Dec. 1, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:12 LOCATION: GUIYANG, China CATEGORY: CULTURE/AGRICULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of tea gardens in China's Guizhou Province 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WANG CHENGQIU, Villager 3. various of making oil tea 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): PENG XIAOFAN, Villager 5. various of making oil tea 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): PENG YINGUI, Villager 7. various of tea gardens in China's Guizhou Province and the Dong people picking tea leaves STORYLINE: Oil tea is a traditional drink for people of the Dong ethnic group in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province. Dong people make oil tea every month and enjoy it as a snack. The tea is especially popular in winter. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WANG CHENGQIU, Villager in Jianhe County "On the first day of every month in the traditional Chinese calendar, all households make oil tea. New Year and other holidays are also the case. We all like it." SOUNDBITE 2

China committed to openness as import expo champions cooperation, shared opportunities

STORY: China committed to openness as import expo champions cooperation, shared opportunities DATELINE: Nov. 5, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:01 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of The China International Import Expo 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LEON WANG, Executive vice president, International and China president at AstraZeneca 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): VIVIAN WANG, Brand Director of Dole (Shanghai) 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Turkish): DEMIR SARMAN, Head of the Federation of Food and Drink Industry Associations of Türkiye 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): STEPHEN PERRY, Chairman of Britain's 48 Group Club 6. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): LOW KIAN CHUAN, President of Associated Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Malaysia (ACCCIM) STORYLINE: The China International Import Expo (CIIE), the world's first import-themed national-level expo, opens its fifth edition. A total of 145 countries, regions and international organizations are joining this year's expo. Hundreds of new products, technologies and serv

Turkish coffee, ritual deeply embedded in history

STORY: Turkish coffee, ritual deeply embedded in history DATELINE: Sept. 10, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:56 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of coffeehouse 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish) : AHMET ERDOGAN, Coffee maker in a coffehouse in Ankara 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Turkish) : HAKAN GULLU, Veteran coffee maker in a coffehouse in Ankara 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Turkish) : AHMET ERDOGAN, Coffee maker in a coffehouse in Ankara 5. various of coffeehouse STORYLINE: The taste of Turkish coffee has been bringing people together for centuries and is part of daily life today as it was before. It's more than just a cup of coffee. It represents tradition, social interaction and hospitality in Türkiye's culture. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish) : AHMET ERDOGAN, Coffee maker in a coffehouse in Ankara "There is an expression about a coffee. Turkish coffee is said to be remembered for 40 years and is known as a symbol of hospitality. When a family visits another to ask for a young woman's hand for their son, people usually first (drink) t

Portuguese businessman's happy life in China

STORY: Portuguese businessman's happy life in China DATELINE: Sept. 8, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:54 LOCATION: FOSHAN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): CARLOS MARTINS, Casting manager, Nanhai Factory of Roca Group China 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): Teahouse owner 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): CARLOS MARTINS, Casting manager, Nanhai Factory of Roca Group China 4. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): CARLOS MARTINS, Casting manager, Nanhai Factory of Roca Group China 5. various of Carlos eating, drink tea, working and learning Chinese STORYLINE: Carlos Martins, a Portuguese businessman, has enjoyed a good life with a flourishing career and a happy family in China, where he believes to be full of new things. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): CARLOS MARTINS, Casting manager, Nanhai Factory of Roca Group China "My name is Carlos. I'm from Portugal. I like it(China) very much, like the hot pot. When I came to China, it was the first time I ate hot pot, only China. That's why I talk to you, China looks like a heaven. It's ve

Get a glimpse of Middle Ages at medieval market in Finland

STORY: Get a glimpse of Middle Ages at medieval market in Finland DATELINE: July 1, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:11 LOCATION: TURKU, Finland CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1.various of the medieval market STORYLINE: The annual Medieval Market kicked off Thursday in the southwestern Finnish city of Turku. In the open-air handicraft market, stall owners in medieval costumes created a robust medieval atmosphere. The market stalls offered a variety of handicrafts as well as food and drink. Besides, actors entertained tourists for free by recreating scenes of life in medieval Turku on the street. Turku is the oldest city and old capital in Finland. First held in 1996, the Turku Medieval Market is Finland's largest medieval event. The event is set at a unique venue right in the heart of the historical city center. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Turku, Finland. (XHTV)

Japan's 1st commercial made in space shown to media

Japan's 1st commercial made in space shown to media

TOKYO, Japan - A premiere screening of Japan's first-ever television commercial produced in space is held for journalists Dec. 17 in Tokyo. Photo shows one of the scenes depicting a Russian astronaut floating toward a bottle of the Japanese sports drink Pocari Sweat, a product of Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., aboard the International Space Station. It will air in Japan starting Jan. 1.

Koizumi's son to promote Suntory's new low-calorie 'happoshu'

Koizumi's son to promote Suntory's new low-calorie 'happoshu'

TOKYO, Japan - Aspirin actor Kotaro Koizumi, eldest son of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, is surrounded by the press at a news conference at a hotel in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Sept. 4. Suntory Ltd. announced it will use Kotaro in a TV commercial to promote a new low-malt, beer-like drink, ''happoshu.'' The commercial, due to begin shooting soon, will be Kotaro's first job.

(8)Palace announces Crown Princess is pregnant

(8)Palace announces Crown Princess is pregnant

TOKYO, Japan - A restaurant owner in Meguro, Tokyo, puts up a notice May 15 offering congratulations on Crown Princess Masako's pregnancy. The notice reads 100 yen for first drink, 300 yen for all others.

Mini'S First Time (2006)

Mini'S First Time (2006)

Alec Baldwin, Carrie-Anne Moss & Nikki Reed Characters: Martin Tennan,Diane Droggs Tennan & Minerva 'Mini' Droggs Film: Mini'S First Time (2006) Director: Nick Guthe 01 May 2006 Date: 01 May 2006

50 First Dates (2004)

50 First Dates (2004)

Drew Barrymore & Adam Sandler Characters: Lucy Whitmore & Henry Roth Film: 50 First Dates; Fifty First Dates (USA 2004) Director: Peter Segal 13 February 2004 Date: 13 February 2004

50 First Dates (2004)

50 First Dates (2004)

Drew Barrymore & Adam Sandler Characters: Lucy Whitmore & Henry Roth Film: 50 First Dates; Fifty First Dates (USA 2004) Director: Peter Segal 13 February 2004 Date: 13 February 2004