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CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-GAMBLING-SCAM SUSPECTS-CAMBODIA (CN)

(240413) -- WUHAN, April 13, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Gambling and scam suspects escorted by Chinese police officers are pictured on a chartered flight to China, April 13, 2024. Two police-chartered civilian flights brought back 130 gambling and scam suspects from Cambodia earlier on Saturday. This marks the first lot of suspects repatriated from Cambodia this year as Chinese and Cambodian police launched joint operations to crack down on crimes associated with gambling and swindling. (Xinhua/Yin Gang)

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CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-GAMBLING-SCAM SUSPECTS-CAMBODIA (CN)

(240413) -- WUHAN, April 13, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Gambling and scam suspects are escorted by Chinese police officers at Wuhan Tianhe International Airport in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, April 13, 2024. Two police-chartered civilian flights brought back 130 gambling and scam suspects from Cambodia earlier on Saturday. This marks the first lot of suspects repatriated from Cambodia this year as Chinese and Cambodian police launched joint operations to crack down on crimes associated with gambling and swindling. (Xinhua/Yin Gang)

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CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-GAMBLING-SCAM SUSPECTS-CAMBODIA (CN)

(240413) -- WUHAN, April 13, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Gambling and scam suspects are escorted by Chinese police officers at Wuhan Tianhe International Airport in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, April 13, 2024. Two police-chartered civilian flights brought back 130 gambling and scam suspects from Cambodia earlier on Saturday. This marks the first lot of suspects repatriated from Cambodia this year as Chinese and Cambodian police launched joint operations to crack down on crimes associated with gambling and swindling. (Xinhua/Yin Gang)

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CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-GAMBLING-SCAM SUSPECTS-CAMBODIA (CN)

(240413) -- WUHAN, April 13, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Gambling and scam suspects escorted by Chinese police officers are pictured on a chartered flight to China, April 13, 2024. Two police-chartered civilian flights brought back 130 gambling and scam suspects from Cambodia earlier on Saturday. This marks the first lot of suspects repatriated from Cambodia this year as Chinese and Cambodian police launched joint operations to crack down on crimes associated with gambling and swindling. (Xinhua/Yin Gang)

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CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-GAMBLING-SCAM SUSPECTS-CAMBODIA (CN)

(240413) -- WUHAN, April 13, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Gambling and scam suspects are escorted by Chinese police officers at the Phnom Penh International Airport in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, April 13, 2024. Two police-chartered civilian flights brought back 130 gambling and scam suspects from Cambodia earlier on Saturday. This marks the first lot of suspects repatriated from Cambodia this year as Chinese and Cambodian police launched joint operations to crack down on crimes associated with gambling and swindling. (Xinhua/Yin Gang)

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CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-GAMBLING-SCAM SUSPECTS-CAMBODIA (CN)

(240413) -- WUHAN, April 13, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Gambling and scam suspects are escorted by Chinese police officers at Wuhan Tianhe International Airport in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, April 13, 2024. Two police-chartered civilian flights brought back 130 gambling and scam suspects from Cambodia earlier on Saturday. This marks the first lot of suspects repatriated from Cambodia this year as Chinese and Cambodian police launched joint operations to crack down on crimes associated with gambling and swindling. (Xinhua/Yin Gang)

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CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-GAMBLING-SCAM SUSPECTS-CAMBODIA (CN)

(240413) -- WUHAN, April 13, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Gambling and scam suspects are escorted by Chinese police officers at the Phnom Penh International Airport in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, April 13, 2024. Two police-chartered civilian flights brought back 130 gambling and scam suspects from Cambodia earlier on Saturday. This marks the first lot of suspects repatriated from Cambodia this year as Chinese and Cambodian police launched joint operations to crack down on crimes associated with gambling and swindling. (Xinhua/Yin Gang)

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CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-GAMBLING-SCAM SUSPECTS-CAMBODIA (CN)

(240413) -- WUHAN, April 13, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Gambling and scam suspects are escorted by Chinese police officers at the Phnom Penh International Airport in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, April 13, 2024. Two police-chartered civilian flights brought back 130 gambling and scam suspects from Cambodia earlier on Saturday. This marks the first lot of suspects repatriated from Cambodia this year as Chinese and Cambodian police launched joint operations to crack down on crimes associated with gambling and swindling. (Xinhua/Yin Gang)

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CHINA-HUBEI-WUHAN-GAMBLING-SCAM SUSPECTS-CAMBODIA (CN)

(240413) -- WUHAN, April 13, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Gambling and scam suspects escorted by Chinese police officers are pictured on a chartered flight to China, April 13, 2024. Two police-chartered civilian flights brought back 130 gambling and scam suspects from Cambodia earlier on Saturday. This marks the first lot of suspects repatriated from Cambodia this year as Chinese and Cambodian police launched joint operations to crack down on crimes associated with gambling and swindling. (Xinhua/Yin Gang)

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Jordan, U.S. conduct joint aid airdrops to Gaza

STORY: Jordan, U.S. conduct joint aid airdrops to Gaza SHOOTING TIME: March 2, 2024 DATELINE: March 3, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:06 LOCATION: GAZA, Palestine CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of airdrops of aid STORYLINE: Jordan and the United States on Saturday jointly carried out airdrops of aid to Gaza, the first time that the U.S. participated in the multinational humanitarian effort. Two aircraft from the Jordan Armed Forces airdropped in the northern Gaza Strip, while three aircraft belonging to the U.S. Air Force airdropped in the south, the state-run Petra news agency reported. The U.S. Air Force said its three planes carried 66 bundles containing about 38,000 meals. Jordan has been air-dropping supplies directly to Gaza and sending aid planes to Egypt's North Sinai since November last year. Some of the operations involve cooperation with other countries, including the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, France, and Britain, among others. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Gaza, Palestin

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Biden Picks 1st Female Admiral To Lead Navy

Handout file photo dated June 1, 2018 shows Vice Adm. Lisa M. Franchetti, commander, U.S. 6th Fleet and Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO, answers questions at a local media press conference during the exercise Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 2018 pre-sail conference in Klaipeda, Lithuania. US President Biden has chosen a female admiral to lead the US Navy, the first time a woman has been nominated to head a Pentagon military service branch. Lisa Franchetti is a former head of the US 6th Fleet and US naval forces in South Korea, and has also served as an aircraft carrier strike commander. Her nomination must still be confirmed by the US Senate. If confirmed as Chief of Naval Operations she will be the first woman to become a member of the elite group of senior military officers who make up the Joint Chiefs of Staff. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Justin Stumberg via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Biden Picks 1st Female Admiral To Lead Navy

Handout file photo dated October 25, 2019 shows Vice Adm. Lisa Franchetti, commander of U.S. 6th Fleet, reviews the recruit ceremonial honor guard during a pass in review graduation ceremony at Recruit Training Command (RTC) in Great Lakes, Illinois. US President Biden has chosen a female admiral to lead the US Navy, the first time a woman has been nominated to head a Pentagon military service branch. Lisa Franchetti is a former head of the US 6th Fleet and US naval forces in South Korea, and has also served as an aircraft carrier strike commander. Her nomination must still be confirmed by the US Senate. If confirmed as Chief of Naval Operations she will be the first woman to become a member of the elite group of senior military officers who make up the Joint Chiefs of Staff. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Spencer Fling via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Biden Picks 1st Female Admiral To Lead Navy

Handout file photo dated August 15, 2018 shows Vice Adm. Lisa M. Franchetti, commander, U.S. 6th Fleet and commander, Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO, observes Romanian Navy Day celebrations in Constanta, Romania. US President Biden has chosen a female admiral to lead the US Navy, the first time a woman has been nominated to head a Pentagon military service branch. Lisa Franchetti is a former head of the US 6th Fleet and US naval forces in South Korea, and has also served as an aircraft carrier strike commander. Her nomination must still be confirmed by the US Senate. If confirmed as Chief of Naval Operations she will be the first woman to become a member of the elite group of senior military officers who make up the Joint Chiefs of Staff. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jonathan Nelson via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Biden Picks 1st Female Admiral To Lead Navy

Handout file photo dated June 9, 2018 shows Vice Adm. Lisa M. Franchetti, center, commander of U.S. 6th Fleet and Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO (STRIKFORNATO), and Rear Adm. Guy Robinson, right, OBE, Royal Navy, deputy commander of STRIKFORNATO, visit the Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Carson City (T-EPF 7) at Bornholm Island in Denmark during exercise Baltic Operations (BALTOPS). US President Biden has chosen a female admiral to lead the US Navy, the first time a woman has been nominated to head a Pentagon military service branch. Lisa Franchetti is a former head of the US 6th Fleet and US naval forces in South Korea, and has also served as an aircraft carrier strike commander. Her nomination must still be confirmed by the US Senate. If confirmed as Chief of Naval Operations she will be the first woman to become a member of the elite group of senior military officers who make up the Joint Chiefs of Staff. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist America A. Henry

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Biden Picks 1st Female Admiral To Lead Navy

Handout file photo dated July 7, 2019 shows Vice Adm. Lisa M. Franchetti, commander of U.S. 6th Fleet, was honored with sideboys as she enters a reception provided by the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64) as part of Ukrainian Navy Day, which coincides with exercise Sea Breeze. US President Biden has chosen a female admiral to lead the US Navy, the first time a woman has been nominated to head a Pentagon military service branch. Lisa Franchetti is a former head of the US 6th Fleet and US naval forces in South Korea, and has also served as an aircraft carrier strike commander. Her nomination must still be confirmed by the US Senate. If confirmed as Chief of Naval Operations she will be the first woman to become a member of the elite group of senior military officers who make up the Joint Chiefs of Staff. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Fred Gray IV via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Biden Picks 1st Female Admiral To Lead Navy

Handout file photo dated July 7, 2019 shows Vice Adm. Lisa M. Franchetti, commander of U.S. 6th Fleet, front, and Adm. Ihor Voronchenko, commander of the Ukrainian navy, back right, salute as a Ukrainian patrol boat gets underway from Odesa Port during Ukrainian Navy Day, which coincides with exercise Sea Breeze 2019, in Odesa, Ukraine. US President Biden has chosen a female admiral to lead the US Navy, the first time a woman has been nominated to head a Pentagon military service branch. Lisa Franchetti is a former head of the US 6th Fleet and US naval forces in South Korea, and has also served as an aircraft carrier strike commander. Her nomination must still be confirmed by the US Senate. If confirmed as Chief of Naval Operations she will be the first woman to become a member of the elite group of senior military officers who make up the Joint Chiefs of Staff. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Kyle Steckler via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Biden Picks 1st Female Admiral To Lead Navy

Handout file photo dated October 25, 2019 shows Vice Adm. Lisa Franchetti, commander of U.S. 6th Fleet, delivers remarks inside Midway Ceremonial Drill Hall during a pass in review graduation ceremony at Recruit Training Command (RTC) i Great Lakes, Illinois US President Biden has chosen a female admiral to lead the US Navy, the first time a woman has been nominated to head a Pentagon military service branch. Lisa Franchetti is a former head of the US 6th Fleet and US naval forces in South Korea, and has also served as an aircraft carrier strike commander. Her nomination must still be confirmed by the US Senate. If confirmed as Chief of Naval Operations she will be the first woman to become a member of the elite group of senior military officers who make up the Joint Chiefs of Staff. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Spencer Fling via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Biden Picks 1st Female Admiral To Lead Navy

Handout file photo dated May 11, 2018 shows Vice Adm. Lisa Franchetti, commander, U.S. 6th Fleet, delivers remarks during the closing ceremony of exercise Phoenix Express 2018 in Souda Bay, Greece. US President Biden has chosen a female admiral to lead the US Navy, the first time a woman has been nominated to head a Pentagon military service branch. Lisa Franchetti is a former head of the US 6th Fleet and US naval forces in South Korea, and has also served as an aircraft carrier strike commander. Her nomination must still be confirmed by the US Senate. If confirmed as Chief of Naval Operations she will be the first woman to become a member of the elite group of senior military officers who make up the Joint Chiefs of Staff. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ryan U. Kledzik via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Biden Picks 1st Female Admiral To Lead Navy

Handout file photo dated May 27, 2019 shows Vice Adm. Lisa M. Franchetti, commander of U.S. 6th Fleet, greets Tunisian naval officers at the Tunisian Ministry of Defense in Tunis, Tunisia. US President Biden has chosen a female admiral to lead the US Navy, the first time a woman has been nominated to head a Pentagon military service branch. Lisa Franchetti is a former head of the US 6th Fleet and US naval forces in South Korea, and has also served as an aircraft carrier strike commander. Her nomination must still be confirmed by the US Senate. If confirmed as Chief of Naval Operations she will be the first woman to become a member of the elite group of senior military officers who make up the Joint Chiefs of Staff. U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Cmdr. Amelia Umayam via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan, U.S., Australia in 1st joint aviation training

GUAM, Guam - Members of the U.S. Air Force and Japan's Air Self-Defense Force chat on Feb. 22, 2012, at Andersen Air Force Base on Guam, where the first joint operations between the two forces and the Royal Australian Air Force took place.

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Japan, U.S., Australia in 1st joint aviation training

GUAM, Guam - A U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber (upper) and a Japanese Air Self-Defense Force E-2C airborne early warning aircraft arrive at Andersen Air Force Base on Guam on Feb. 22, 2012, during the first joint operations between the two forces and the Royal Australian Air Force.

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Chinese defense chief visits Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie (R) reviews a guard of honor at the Japanese Defense Ministry with Japanese Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa (L) in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2009. Japan and China agreed to deepen defense exchanges by holding a joint naval drill for search and rescue operations for the first time.

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(2)Mitsubishi Tokyo, UFJ announce merger accord

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Mitsubishi Tokyo Bank Chairman Shigemitsu Miki, Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc. President Nobuo Kuroyanagi, UFJ Holdings Inc. President Ryosuke Tamakoshi and UFJ Bank President Takamune Okihara give a joint press conference in Tokyo after signing a memorandum of understanding to launch negotiations with the aim of integrating their operations during the first half of fiscal 2005. The deal will create the world's biggest banking group with total assets of 190 trillion yen, topping the 135 trillion yen of Mizuho Financial Group Inc.

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Vote counting begins in Indonesia's election

Hirofumi Endo, a member of the Japanese government's election monitoring team, works on a computer terminal at the Joint Operations and Media Center in Jakarta on June 7 as vote counting begins in Indonesia's first free election in 44 years.

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CPEC's Karot Hydropower Plant put into full commercial operation

STORY: CPEC's Karot Hydropower Plant put into full commercial operation DATELINE: June 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:55 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the hydropower plant 2. SOUNDBITE (English): WANG MINSHENG, General manager of Karot Power Company STORYLINE: Karot Hydropower Plant, the first hydropower investment project under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), was put into full commercial operations on Wednesday. SOUNDBITE (English): WANG MINSHENG, General manager of Karot Power Company "It is the first hydropower project recorded in the joint statement of the Chinese and Pakistani governments. So later on, the Karot project will provide 3.2 billion kWh of clean energy to the local power grid every year after COD." Wu Shengliang, chairman of the China Three Gorges International Corporation, said the project serves as a bridge of friendship between China and Pakistan. The start of commercial operations was the latest outcome of the construction of energy projects u

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Bangladesh's 1st metro rail to open in December

STORY: Bangladesh's 1st metro rail to open in December DATELINE: March 27, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:21 LOCATION: Dhaka CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of aerial view of Bangladesh's first metro rail project in Dhaka 2. various of Bangladesh's first metro rail building and structure constructed by ITD-Sinohydro JV (Joint Venture) in Dhaka 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): DAI JUN, ITD-Sinohydro JV 4. various of workers 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Bengali): RABIUL HASAN CHOWDHURY, Deputy safety manager of ITD-Sinohydro JV 6. various of aerial view of the country's first metro rail project in Dhaka 7. various of workers 8. SOUNDBITE 3 (Bengali): NAZMUL ISLAM, Civil engineer 9. various of aerial view of Bangladesh's first metro rail project in Dhaka STORYLINE: Bangladesh's first metro rail will begin commercial operations on Dec. 16, easing gridlock in capital city Dhaka. Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTC), a Bangladeshi state-owned enterprise is behind the 20.1-km project, with work being carried out by joint ventures.

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Biden announces closure of U.S. airspace to Russian planes

STORY: Biden announces closure of U.S. airspace to Russian planes DATELINE: March 2, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:32 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Biden speaking STORYLINE: U.S. President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that the United States will close its airspace to all Russian planes in response to Moscow's ongoing military operations in Ukraine. Biden made the announcement while delivering his State of the Union address, the first of his presidency, to a joint session of Congress. The U.S. move followed similar ones made by the European Union and Canada on Sunday. In retaliation, the Russian aviation authority said Monday that Russia will ban airlines from 36 countries, including the 27 members of the EU, from using the country's airspace. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Washington D.C. (XHTV)

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Japan, Britain to hold joint fighter drill in Oct.

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (R) shakes hands with Air Marshal Greg Bagwell, deputy commander of operations at Air Command of Britain's Royal Air Force, ahead of their talks at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 12, 2016. The two sides agreed to hold the countries' first joint fighter drill sometime in October. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, U.S., Australia in 1st joint aviation training

GUAM, Guam - Members of the U.S. Air Force and Japan's Air Self-Defense Force chat on Feb. 22, 2012, at Andersen Air Force Base on Guam, where the first joint operations between the two forces and the Royal Australian Air Force took place. (Kyodo)

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Japan, U.S., Australia in 1st joint aviation training

GUAM, Guam - A U.S. Air Force B-52 bomber (upper) and a Japanese Air Self-Defense Force E-2C airborne early warning aircraft arrive at Andersen Air Force Base on Guam on Feb. 22, 2012, during the first joint operations between the two forces and the Royal Australian Air Force. (Kyodo)

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Chinese defense chief visits Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie (R) reviews a guard of honor at the Japanese Defense Ministry with Japanese Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa (L) in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2009. Japan and China agreed to deepen defense exchanges by holding a joint naval drill for search and rescue operations for the first time. (Kyodo)

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(2)Mitsubishi Tokyo, UFJ announce merger accord

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Mitsubishi Tokyo Bank Chairman Shigemitsu Miki, Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc. President Nobuo Kuroyanagi, UFJ Holdings Inc. President Ryosuke Tamakoshi and UFJ Bank President Takamune Okihara give a joint press conference in Tokyo after signing a memorandum of understanding to launch negotiations with the aim of integrating their operations during the first half of fiscal 2005. The deal will create the world's biggest banking group with total assets of 190 trillion yen, topping the 135 trillion yen of Mizuho Financial Group Inc. (Kyodo)

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Vote counting begins in Indonesia's election

Hirofumi Endo, a member of the Japanese government's election monitoring team, works on a computer terminal at the Joint Operations and Media Center in Jakarta on June 7 as vote counting begins in Indonesia's first free election in 44 years.