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ECB raises key rate to 2.25%

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde holds a press conference in Frankfurt on June 11, 2026, after the ECB raised its benchmark deposit rate from 2 percent to 2.25 percent at a Governing Council meeting, the first rate hike in two years and nine months.

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ECB raises key rate to 2.25%

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde holds a press conference in Frankfurt on June 11, 2026, after the ECB raised its benchmark deposit rate from 2 percent to 2.25 percent at a Governing Council meeting, the first rate hike in two years and nine months.

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NEV Production And Sales - China

An aerial drone photo taken on Oct. 14, 2025 shows cars ready for transportation parking at a wharf in Lianyungang, east China's Jiangsu Province. China's new energy vehicle (NEV) sector maintained strong momentum in production and sales in the first nine months of the year, according to industry data released Tuesday. NEV production jumped 35.2 percent year on year to 11.24 million units during the first three quarters, as reported by China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM). Sales during the same period climbed 34.9 percent year on year to nearly 11.23 million units, accounting for 46.1 percent of total vehicle sales in China, CAAM data showed. Photo by Wang Chun /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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NEV Production And Sales - China

An aerial drone photo taken on Oct. 4, 2025 shows cars ready for shipment and export at a port area in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province. China's new energy vehicle (NEV) sector maintained strong momentum in production and sales in the first nine months of the year, according to industry data released Tuesday. NEV production jumped 35.2 percent year on year to 11.24 million units during the first three quarters, as reported by China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM). Sales during the same period climbed 34.9 percent year on year to nearly 11.23 million units, accounting for 46.1 percent of total vehicle sales in China, CAAM data showed. Photo by Yang Suping /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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NEV Production And Sales - China

An aerial drone photo taken on Oct. 14, 2025 shows cars ready for transportation parking besides a roll-on/roll-off (RORO) ship at a wharf in Lianyungang, east China's Jiangsu Province. China's new energy vehicle (NEV) sector maintained strong momentum in production and sales in the first nine months of the year, according to industry data released Tuesday. NEV production jumped 35.2 percent year on year to 11.24 million units during the first three quarters, as reported by China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM). Sales during the same period climbed 34.9 percent year on year to nearly 11.23 million units, accounting for 46.1 percent of total vehicle sales in China, CAAM data showed. Photo by Wang Chun /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Record amount of green energy installed in Italy this year: data

STORY: Record amount of green energy installed in Italy this year: data SHOOTING DATE: Dec. 27, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 27, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:49 LOCATION: Rome CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of solar photovoltaic panels in Rome 2. various of windmill generators in Lampedusa STORYLINE: Italy installed a record amount of renewable energy this year, according to new data released on Tuesday by a monitoring group in the sector. The country installed 3.1 gigawatts of renewable energy over the first nine months of this year, a record high compared with the same period in previous years, said the Renewable Energy Sources (FER) Observatory. The total amount of new renewable energy -- enough to power around 2.5 million homes for one year -- represents an increase of 57 percent compared to the same period last year. The total amount of renewable energy produced in Italy as of Sept. 30 also increased to 63.8 gigawatts, or around 37 percent of the country's total energy needs, the Observatory said. Hydroelectr

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Türkiye's tourism revenues reach 41.9 bln USD in Jan.-Sept.

STORY: Türkiye's tourism revenues reach 41.9 bln USD in Jan.-Sept. SHOOTING TIME: Oct. 31, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 1, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:21 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of tourists in Antalya Airport (shooting time: Oct. 10, 2023) (courtesy of ihlas news agency) 2. various of tourists in Alanya (shooting time: Oct. 28, 2023) (courtesy of ihlas news agency) 3. various of tourists in Bodrum (shooting time: Oct. 10, 2023) (courtesy of ihlas news agency) 4. various of tourists in Antalya (shooting time: Oct. 30, 2023) (courtesy of ihlas news agency) STORYLINE: Türkiye had earned 41.9 billion U.S. dollars in tourism revenues in the first nine months of this year, the Turkish Statistical Institute said Tuesday. The country received 44.6 million visitors from January to September, registering a 13.2 percent year-on-year increase. Tourism revenues between July and September reached 20.2 billion dollars, a 13.1 percent growth from the third quarter last year. In the same period, nearly 22.4

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Italy's UniCredit reports record profits in Q3

STORY: Italy's UniCredit reports record profits in Q3 DATELINE: Oct. 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:07 LOCATION: Rome CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of UniCredit in Rome STORYLINE: Italian banking giant UniCredit on Tuesday reported a remarkable 67.7 percent surge in profits for the first three quarters of 2023 compared to the previous year. The bank's net profit for the first nine months reached 6.7 billion euros (7.1 billion U.S. dollars), with the third quarter leading the way with a net profit of 2.3 billion euros, up 36 percent year-on-year, the Milan-based bank said in a press release. While UniCredit exceeded profit expectations and raised revenue forecasts, it maintained its full-year profit guidance at 7.25 billion euros. UniCredit is Italy's second-largest bank only after Banca Intesa Sanpaolo in terms of total assets. UniCredit's shares traded as much as 2.1 percent higher in trading Tuesday, before settling down to a 1.4-percent increase. Despite the surge from UniCredit's

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GERMANY-WIND POWER-EXPANSION

(231014) -- BERLIN, Oct. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Oct. 14, 2023 shows wind turbines in Brandenburg, Germany. Germany is accelerating the expansion of onshore wind power. Newly installed capacity in the first nine months of 2023 already surpassed last year's total, according to estimates published by the Onshore Wind Energy Agency on Thursday. New onshore capacity commissioned through September 2023 exceeded the prior-year period by more than 50 percent, totaling 2,436 megawatts. More than one-third was built in the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein in northern Germany. (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)

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GERMANY-WIND POWER-EXPANSION

(231014) -- BERLIN, Oct. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Oct. 14, 2023 shows wind turbines in Brandenburg, Germany. Germany is accelerating the expansion of onshore wind power. Newly installed capacity in the first nine months of 2023 already surpassed last year's total, according to estimates published by the Onshore Wind Energy Agency on Thursday. New onshore capacity commissioned through September 2023 exceeded the prior-year period by more than 50 percent, totaling 2,436 megawatts. More than one-third was built in the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein in northern Germany. (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)

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GERMANY-WIND POWER-EXPANSION

(231014) -- BERLIN, Oct. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Oct. 14, 2023 shows wind turbines in Brandenburg, Germany. Germany is accelerating the expansion of onshore wind power. Newly installed capacity in the first nine months of 2023 already surpassed last year's total, according to estimates published by the Onshore Wind Energy Agency on Thursday. New onshore capacity commissioned through September 2023 exceeded the prior-year period by more than 50 percent, totaling 2,436 megawatts. More than one-third was built in the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein in northern Germany. (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)

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GERMANY-WIND POWER-EXPANSION

(231014) -- BERLIN, Oct. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Oct. 14, 2023 shows wind turbines in Brandenburg, Germany. Germany is accelerating the expansion of onshore wind power. Newly installed capacity in the first nine months of 2023 already surpassed last year's total, according to estimates published by the Onshore Wind Energy Agency on Thursday. New onshore capacity commissioned through September 2023 exceeded the prior-year period by more than 50 percent, totaling 2,436 megawatts. More than one-third was built in the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein in northern Germany. (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)

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GERMANY-WIND POWER-EXPANSION

(231014) -- BERLIN, Oct. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Oct. 14, 2023 shows wind turbines in Brandenburg, Germany. Germany is accelerating the expansion of onshore wind power. Newly installed capacity in the first nine months of 2023 already surpassed last year's total, according to estimates published by the Onshore Wind Energy Agency on Thursday. New onshore capacity commissioned through September 2023 exceeded the prior-year period by more than 50 percent, totaling 2,436 megawatts. More than one-third was built in the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein in northern Germany. (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)

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Tunisia's Jan.-Sept. tourism revenues grow 41.7 pct y-o-y

STORY: Tunisia's Jan.-Sept. tourism revenues grow 41.7 pct y-o-y DATELINE: Oct. 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:25 LOCATION: Tunis CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Bardo National Musuem in Tunisia STORYLINE: Tunisia's tourism revenues in the first nine months of 2023 reached 1.82 billion U.S. dollars, local Echorouk newspaper quoted the Tourism Minister Mohamed Belhassine as saying on Friday. Revenues from the tourism sector amounted to 5.8 billion dinars (1.82 billion U.S. dollars) by September, he told a hearing at the Assembly of People's Representatives on Thursday. He said the Central Bank of Tunisia had confirmed that the tourism revenues recorded an increase of 41.7 percent compared to the same period in 2022. He added that the Tunisian tourism sector was able to help cover most of the trade deficit of the country at the end of September. The minister said that Tunisian government was working to develop tourism sector at various levels and attract investments in the sector, given that t

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Egypt releases imported goods worth nearly 54 bln USD in 9 months

STORY: Egypt releases imported goods worth nearly 54 bln USD in 9 months DATELINE: Oct. 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:05 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Egypt 2. various of the cabinet of Egypt 3. various of Suez Canal waterway and ships STORYLINE: Egypt released 53.7 billion U.S. dollars worth of imported goods from ports in the first nine months this year. Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly on Tuesday discussed ways of facilitating customs clearance procedures for commodities at various Egyptian ports with ministers. Madbouly indicated that the government is in an effort to reach the goal of transforming various Egyptian ports into global ones, with the aim of increasing trade movement. The meeting referred that during the period from Jan. 1 to Sept. 30, the total value of the goods released amounted to 53.7 billion U.S. dollars. In details, the value of the strategic goods amounted to 14.3 billion U.S. dollars while the total value of the production supplies reached 24.8 billi

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Kevin McCarthy ousted as U.S. House speaker amid Republican infighting

STORY: Kevin McCarthy ousted as U.S. House speaker amid Republican infighting DATELINE: Oct. 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:35 LOCATION: Washington CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the announcement of the U.S. House of Representatives voting on the motion STORYLINE: The U.S. Republican-controlled House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a motion to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy in an unprecedented move amid Republican infighting, days after McCarthy relied on Democratic votes to pass a "clean" stopgap funding bill to avert a federal government shutdown. The 216-210 vote came nearly nine months after McCarthy won the position in a dramatic 15-round floor fight, marking the first time in U.S. history that a House speaker has been voted out of office in the middle of a term. Eight Republicans joined Democrats in voting to remove McCarthy from the speakership, less than one day after hardline Republican Representative Matt Gaetz announced a resolution to remove McCarthy through a process known as "a motio

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CANADA-TORONTO-UNEMPLOYMENT RATE-RISE

(230609) -- TORONTO, June 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A man walks past a job poster outside a store in Toronto, Canada, on June 9, 2023. Canada's unemployment rate rose 0.2 percentage points to 5.2 percent in May, the first increase in nine months, Statistics Canada said on Friday. (Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua)

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CANADA-TORONTO-UNEMPLOYMENT RATE-RISE

(230609) -- TORONTO, June 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People walk past a job board by a street in Toronto, Canada, on June 9, 2023. Canada's unemployment rate rose 0.2 percentage points to 5.2 percent in May, the first increase in nine months, Statistics Canada said on Friday. (Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua)

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CANADA-TORONTO-UNEMPLOYMENT RATE-RISE

(230609) -- TORONTO, June 9, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A woman walks past a job board by a street in Toronto, Canada, on June 9, 2023. Canada's unemployment rate rose 0.2 percentage points to 5.2 percent in May, the first increase in nine months, Statistics Canada said on Friday. (Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua)

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Sharp posts 1st profit in 3 years

TOKYO, Japan - Kozo Takahashi, president of Sharp Corp., answers a reporter's question after releasing the company's earnings results for the nine months to Dec. 31, 2013, at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2014. Sharp reported a group net profit of 17.72 billion yen for the period, a turnaround from a year-earlier loss of 424.35 billion yen and its first black ink in three years.

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Sharp posts 1st profit in 3 years

TOKYO, Japan - Kozo Takahashi, president of Sharp Corp., answers a reporter's question after releasing the company's earnings results for the nine months to Dec. 31, 2013, at a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2014. Sharp reported a group net profit of 17.72 billion yen for the period, a turnaround from a year-earlier loss of 424.35 billion yen and its first black ink in three years.

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Schoolgirl shot by Taliban

NEW YORK, United States - Malala Yousafzai (R), an education activist shot by the Taliban in Pakistan in 2012, shakes hands with U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon at the U.N. headquarters in New York on July 12, 2013. Yousafzai delivered a speech there that day, her first public speech since she was critically injured nine months ago.

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Schoolgirl shot by Taliban

NEW YORK, United States - Malala Yousafzai, an education activist shot by the Taliban in Pakistan in 2012, delivers a speech at the U.N. headquarters in New York on July 12, 2013, her first public speech since she was critically injured nine months ago.

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Japan, S. Korea agree to improve ties

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (L) leads the way prior to holding talks with his South Korean counterpart Yun Byung Se (R) in Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei, on July 1, 2013. In the first talks in nine months between the foreign ministers of the two countries, they agreed to cooperate closely in developing bilateral relations that have been strained over Japan's perception of wartime history and a dispute over a pair of islets controlled by Seoul which are claimed by Tokyo in the Sea of Japan.

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Japan, S. Korea agree to improve ties

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (L) and his South Korean counterpart Yun Byung Se shake hands prior to holding talks in Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei, on July 1, 2013. In the first talks in nine months between the foreign ministers of the two countries, they agreed to cooperate closely in developing bilateral relations that have been strained over Japan's perception of wartime history and a dispute over a pair of islets controlled by Seoul which are claimed by Tokyo in the Sea of Japan.

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Japan, S. Korea agree to improve ties

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (far R) and his South Korean counterpart Yun Byung Se (far L) hold talks in Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei, on July 1, 2013. In the first talks in nine months between the foreign ministers of the two countries, they agreed to cooperate closely in developing bilateral relations that have been strained over Japan's perception of wartime history and a dispute over a pair of islets controlled by Seoul which are claimed by Tokyo in the Sea of Japan.

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Japan, S. Korea agree to improve ties

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - Combination photo shows Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (R) and his South Korean counterpart Yun Byung Se while holding talks in Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei, on July 1, 2013. In the first talks in nine months between the foreign ministers of the two countries, they agreed to cooperate closely in developing bilateral relations that have been strained over Japan's perception of wartime history and a dispute over a pair of islets controlled by Seoul which are claimed by Tokyo in the Sea of Japan.

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Japan, S. Korea agree to improve ties

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (L) and his South Korean counterpart Yun Byung Se shake hands prior to holding talks in Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei, on July 1, 2013. In the first talks in nine months between the foreign ministers of the two countries, they agreed to cooperate closely in developing bilateral relations that have been strained over Japan's perception of wartime history and a dispute over a pair of islets controlled by Seoul which are claimed by Tokyo in the Sea of Japan.

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Japan, S. Korea agree to improve ties

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (L) and his South Korean counterpart Yun Byung Se shake hands prior to holding talks in Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei, on July 1, 2013. In the first talks in nine months between the foreign ministers of the two countries, they agreed to cooperate closely in developing bilateral relations that have been strained over Japan's perception of wartime history and a dispute over a pair of islets controlled by Seoul which are claimed by Tokyo in the Sea of Japan.

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Icelandic firm sells whale meat to Japan

LONDON, England - File photo taken on Oct. 15, 2010, shows a whale meat restaurant in Reykjavik. Icelandic company Hvalur has shipped 631 tons of finback whale meat to Japan in the first nine months of 2010, sources close to the matter said on Nov. 5, 2010.

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Nomura posts 492.36 bil. yen net loss for April-Dec. period

TOKYO, Japan - Masafumi Nakada, chief financial officer of Nomura Holdings Inc., briefs reporters on the company's group earnings report for the first nine months of fiscal 2008 during a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 27.

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Nikkei recovers 18,000 mark for 1st time in nearly 7 yrs

TOKYO, Japan - A signboard in Tokyo's Marunouchi district shows Japan's Nikkei stock index recovering the 18,000 mark on the morning of Feb. 22 for the first time in six years and nine months with export-oriented issues bought on the U.S. dollar's appreciation against the yen.

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Hearing starts for Niigata man who held girl for 9 years

NIIGATA, Japan - A Niigata District Court room is pictured May 23, before the start of the first hearing in the trial of Nobuyuki Sato, a 37-year-old unemployed man. Sato pleaded guilty to abducting a 9-year-old girl in 1990 and holding her captive for nine years and two months until January at his home in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture.

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Niigata man pleads guilty to confining girl for 9 years

NIIGATA, Japan - People form long queues outside the Niigata District Court on May 23 for admission tickets into the first hearing in trial of Nobuyuki Sato, a 37-year-old unemployed man charged with abduction. Sato pleaded guilty to abducting a 9-year-old girl in 1990 and holding her captive for nine years and two months at his home in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture.

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Egyptian economy achieved high growth in first 9 months of current fiscal year

STORY: Egyptian economy achieved high growth in first 9 months of current fiscal year DATELINE: May 26, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:57 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of workers working at the factory 2. various of supermarket 3. various of Suez Canal STORYLINE: Egyptian Minister of Planning and Economic Development Hala Al-Saeed reviewed on Wednesday in a cabinet meeting the performance indicators of the Egyptian economy during the third quarter and the first nine months of the current fiscal year 2021/2022. The Minister pointed out that the Egyptian economy achieved high growth during the first nine months of the current fiscal year (July 2021 - March 2022) by 7.8 percent, compared to 1.9 percent, during the corresponding period of last fiscal year, while the growth rate during the third quarter of the current fiscal year (January-March 2022) was 5.4 percent. In this context, the Minister of Planning and Economic Development clarified that manufacturing, trade, extractions, real estate ac

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Farmers in China's Nenjiang benefit from rural e-commerce

STORY: Farmers in China's Nenjiang benefit from rural e-commerce DATELINE: Oct. 29, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:35 LOCATION: HARBIN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Nenjiang's view 2. various of live broadcast training 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): GUO HONGYING, Head of e-commerce service station in Hutan Village, Nenjiang City 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): WANG XU, Manager of logistics department, Nenjiang e-commerce operation center 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): LIU HAIJUN, General manager, Nenjiang e-commerce operation center 7. various of county view STORYLINE: As e-commerce booms in most Chinese cities, some rural areas in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province have also been given a welcome fillip, with many farmers garnering a handsome income in the sector. In the first nine months of this year, online sales volume of agricultural products in Nenjiang City reached 8.36 million yuan (1.15 million U.S. dollars), a year-on-year increase of 32.38 percent. The total e-commerce transaction volume went up 11

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China's green transition has positive impact on global trade: Danish expert

STORY: China's green transition has positive impact on global trade: Danish expert DATELINE: Oct. 29, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:33 LOCATION: Copenhagen CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): PETER BOGH HANSEN, Confederation of Danish Industry (DI) in Denmark 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): PETER BOGH HANSEN, Confederation of Danish Industry (DI) in Denmark 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): PETER BOGH HANSEN, Confederation of Danish Industry (DI) in Denmark 4. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): PETER BOGH HANSEN, Confederation of Danish Industry (DI) in Denmark 5. various of Peter Bogh Hansen in DI office in central Copenhagen STORYLINE: China's installed capacity of renewable energy registered rapid growth in the first nine months of the year amid the country's pursuit of green development. China leads globally in installed capacities of wind, photovoltaic, hydro, and biomass power. An industry leader in Denmark has spoken positively about China's green transition. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): PETER BOGH HANSEN, Confederation

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Türkiye's exports up by 9.2 pct in September

STORY: Türkiye's exports up by 9.2 pct in September DATELINE: Oct. 5, 2022 LENGTH: 0:00:45 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of cargo in port STORYLINE: Türkiye's exports increased by 9.2 percent year on year to 22.6 billion U.S. dollars in September, Trade Minister Mehmet Mus announced Tuesday. "This is the highest September export figure. Thus, we reached the highest monthly export value in the first nine months of 2022," Mus tweeted. According to data released by the Trade Ministry, Türkiye's imports grew by 41.5 percent to 33 billion U.S. dollars in September, leading to a 298.3-percent increase in the trade deficit compared to the same month last year. Germany, the United States, and Iraq were the top three importers of Turkish goods in September. Last year, the Turkish government announced an economic model that pursues a current account surplus through higher exports and low-interest rates, despite rising inflation and a depreciation in the local currency. The country's fo

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Italian inflation climbs to record high in September

STORY: Italian inflation climbs to record high in September DATELINE: Oct. 5, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:16 LOCATION: Rome CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of people shopping in the supermarket STORYLINE: The consumer price index in Italy set a new record by rising 8.9 percent in September compared to the same month in 2021, the largest year-on-year increase recorded since the creation of the euro currency. The previous record was set a month earlier, when prices climbed 8.4 percent between August 2021 and August of this year. So far, the four largest year-on-year increases in Italy's inflation rate have all been recorded over the last four months. According to Italy's National Statistics Institute (ISTAT), the country's inflation rate over the first nine months of the year was 7.1 percent higher than the same period a year earlier. The main factors pushing prices higher are direct and indirect energy-related costs. While prices for energy goods were 44.5 percent higher in September than in the same

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Cameroon launches new approach to curb malaria cases in children

STORY: Cameroon launches new approach to curb malaria cases in children DATELINE: April 26, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:51 LOCATION: Yaounde CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. Various shots of Soa district hospital where activities of World Malaria Day are organized 2. Various shots of parents with their children waiting for IPTi treatment 3. Various shots of IPTi drugs; 4. Various shots of officials feeding children with IPTi drugs and giving parents mosquitos nets; 5. SOUNDBITE 1 (French): DOROTHY ACHU, Permanent Secretary of National Malaria Control Program 6. Various shots of parents with their children waiting for IPTi treatment; 7. SOUNDBITE 2 (French): CARINE MOUSSI, Mother of a nine months old girl; 8. Various shots of nurses feeding children with IPTi drugs STORYLINE: Cameroon on Monday began giving children doses of antimalarial drugs even before the children are infected, as part of a new approach to curb malaria in the Central African nation. It was the first time that the country was initiating the intermi

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Nikkei recovers 18,000 mark for 1st time in nearly 7 yrs

TOKYO, Japan - A signboard in Tokyo's Marunouchi district shows Japan's Nikkei stock index recovering the 18,000 mark on the morning of Feb. 22 for the first time in six years and nine months with export-oriented issues bought on the U.S. dollar's appreciation against the yen. (Kyodo)

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Nomura posts 492.36 bil. yen net loss for April-Dec. period

TOKYO, Japan - Masafumi Nakada, chief financial officer of Nomura Holdings Inc., briefs reporters on the company's group earnings report for the first nine months of fiscal 2008 during a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 27. (Kyodo)

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Hearing starts for Niigata man who held girl for 9 years

NIIGATA, Japan - A Niigata District Court room is pictured May 23, before the start of the first hearing in the trial of Nobuyuki Sato, a 37-year-old unemployed man. Sato pleaded guilty to abducting a 9-year-old girl in 1990 and holding her captive for nine years and two months until January at his home in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture.

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Niigata man pleads guilty to confining girl for 9 years

NIIGATA, Japan - People form long queues outside the Niigata District Court on May 23 for admission tickets into the first hearing in trial of Nobuyuki Sato, a 37-year-old unemployed man charged with abduction. Sato pleaded guilty to abducting a 9-year-old girl in 1990 and holding her captive for nine years and two months at his home in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture.

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Baseball: Darvish marks return to majors with victory

Fans applaud Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish after he ends the first inning of a 5-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates at Globe Life Park in Arlington on May 28, 2016. Darvish won his first major league start in a year and nine months after allowing one run in five innings. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Darvish marks return to majors with victory

Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish walks back to the dugout after allowing one run in five innings in a 5-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates at Globe Life Park in Arlington on May 28, 2016. Darvish won his first major league start in a year and nine months. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Darvish marks return to majors with victory

Yu Darvish of the Texas Rangers wins his first major league start in a year and nine months on May 28, 2016, holding the Pittsburgh Pirates to one run in five innings with seven strikeouts at Globe Life Park in Arlington. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Darvish marks return to majors with victory

Yu Darvish of the Texas Rangers wins his first major league start in a year and nine months on May 28, 2016, holding the Pittsburgh Pirates to one run in five innings with seven strikeouts at Globe Life Park in Arlington. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aoki sets record as oldest player to appear on JGTO Tour

Japanese golfer Isao Aoki hits a bunker shot on the 1st hole in the first round of the Chunichi Crowns golf tournament at the Nagoya Golf Course in Togo, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on April 28, 2016. Although he could only complete nine holes due to a sore right ankle, Aoki became the oldest player to play on the Japanese men's tour, at 73 years, seven months and 28 days. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korean, Japanese defense chiefs meet in Seoul

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (L) meets with his South Korean counterpart Han Min Koo in Seoul on Oct. 20, 2015. Nakatani, the first Japanese defense minister to visit South Korea in four years and nine months, said at the start of the meeting that the two countries share security interests. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo