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BULGARIA-SOFIA-CHINESE CINEMA WEEK

(240223) -- SOFIA, Feb. 23, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A woman looks at a poster of the Chinese Cinema Week in Sofia, Bulgaria, on Feb. 23, 2024. The Chinese Cinema Week kicked off in movie theaters in five major cities in Bulgaria on Friday. (Photo by Marian Draganov/Xinhua)

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BULGARIA-SOFIA-CHINESE CINEMA WEEK

(240223) -- SOFIA, Feb. 23, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People look at a poster of the Chinese Cinema Week in Sofia, Bulgaria, on Feb. 23, 2024. The Chinese Cinema Week kicked off in movie theaters in five major cities in Bulgaria on Friday. (Photo by Marian Draganov/Xinhua)

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"Play Winter Zones" offer chance to experience winter sports, culture at Gangwon 2024

STORY: "Play Winter Zones" offer chance to experience winter sports, culture at Gangwon 2024 SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 27, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 29, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:18 LOCATION: GANGNEUNG, South Korea CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of "Play Winter Zone" at Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Games STORYLINE: "Play Winter Zones" near major venues of the 2024 Gangwon Winter Youth Olympic Games have been offering fans and audience the chance to experience winter sports and culture. The zones lie at five locations in the four cities of South Korea's eastern Gangwon province, including Gangneung, PyeongChang, Jeongseon and Hoengseong, during the two-week winter sports event which runs through February 1. An outdoor ice rink has been set up in front of the Gangneung Hockey Center to allow visitors to skate freely. The Alpensia Ski Jumping Center in PyeongChang and the Welli Hilli Park in Hoengseong have given visitors chances to experience ski jumping and skiing on slopes. In the PyeongChang 2018 Legacy Foundation,

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DPJ gearing up for local elections

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) and Katsuya Okada, secretary general of the Democratic Party of Japan, hang a signboard for the DPJ task force on nationwide local elections in April at party headquarters in Tokyo on Jan. 21, 2011. The ruling party set up the task force the same day ahead of unified local elections on April 10, when gubernatorial elections will be held in 13 prefectures, including Tokyo and Fukuoka, while mayoral and prefectural assembly elections will be held in five major cities and 44 prefectures. Other local elections taking place every four years will be held on April 24.

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Petrol prices in Australia's major cities hit 8-year high

STORY: Petrol prices in Australia's major cities hit 8-year high DATELINE: March 15, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:33 LOCATION: SYDNEY, Australia CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Sydney, Australia STORYLINE: The Russia-Ukraine crisis and OPEC production limitation combined with recovering oil demand pushed February prices for both international refined petrol and average retail petrol in Australia's five largest cities to an eight-year high. The latest petrol monitoring report published on Monday by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), the country's consumer watchdog, revealed that daily average retail petrol prices in Australia's five major cities: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth hit 182.4 cents per liter (about 132.4 U.S. cents) in late-February 2022, the highest inflation-adjusted (real) level since 2014. ACCC Chair Rod Sims said the world was already experiencing high crude oil prices since late last year and the Russia-Ukraine crisis has forced crude oil pri

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AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-PETROL PRICES-RISE

(220314) -- SYDNEY, March 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on March 14, 2022 shows a petrol station in Sydney, Australia. The latest petrol monitoring report published on Monday by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), the country's consumer watchdog, revealed that daily average retail petrol prices in Australia's five major cities: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth hit 182.4 cents per liter (about 132.4 U.S. cents) in late-February 2022, the highest inflation-adjusted (real) level since 2014. (Xinhua/Bai Xuefei)

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AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-PETROL PRICES-RISE

(220314) -- SYDNEY, March 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on March 14, 2022 shows a petrol station in Sydney, Australia. The latest petrol monitoring report published on Monday by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), the country's consumer watchdog, revealed that daily average retail petrol prices in Australia's five major cities: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth hit 182.4 cents per liter (about 132.4 U.S. cents) in late-February 2022, the highest inflation-adjusted (real) level since 2014. (Xinhua/Bai Xuefei)

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AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-PETROL PRICES-RISE

(220314) -- SYDNEY, March 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on March 14, 2022 shows petrol prices displayed at a petrol station in Sydney, Australia. The latest petrol monitoring report published on Monday by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), the country's consumer watchdog, revealed that daily average retail petrol prices in Australia's five major cities: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth hit 182.4 cents per liter (about 132.4 U.S. cents) in late-February 2022, the highest inflation-adjusted (real) level since 2014. (Xinhua/Bai Xuefei)

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AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-PETROL PRICES-RISE

(220314) -- SYDNEY, March 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on March 14, 2022 shows a petrol station in Sydney, Australia. The latest petrol monitoring report published on Monday by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), the country's consumer watchdog, revealed that daily average retail petrol prices in Australia's five major cities: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth hit 182.4 cents per liter (about 132.4 U.S. cents) in late-February 2022, the highest inflation-adjusted (real) level since 2014. (Xinhua/Bai Xuefei)

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AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-PETROL PRICES-RISE

(220314) -- SYDNEY, March 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on March 14, 2022 shows a petrol station in Sydney, Australia. The latest petrol monitoring report published on Monday by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), the country's consumer watchdog, revealed that daily average retail petrol prices in Australia's five major cities: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth hit 182.4 cents per liter (about 132.4 U.S. cents) in late-February 2022, the highest inflation-adjusted (real) level since 2014. (Xinhua/Bai Xuefei)

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AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-PETROL PRICES-RISE

(220314) -- SYDNEY, March 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on March 14, 2022 shows a petrol station in Sydney, Australia. The latest petrol monitoring report published on Monday by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), the country's consumer watchdog, revealed that daily average retail petrol prices in Australia's five major cities: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth hit 182.4 cents per liter (about 132.4 U.S. cents) in late-February 2022, the highest inflation-adjusted (real) level since 2014. (Xinhua/Bai Xuefei)

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AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-PETROL PRICES-RISE

(220314) -- SYDNEY, March 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on March 14, 2022 shows a petrol station in Sydney, Australia. The latest petrol monitoring report published on Monday by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), the country's consumer watchdog, revealed that daily average retail petrol prices in Australia's five major cities: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth hit 182.4 cents per liter (about 132.4 U.S. cents) in late-February 2022, the highest inflation-adjusted (real) level since 2014. (Xinhua/Bai Xuefei)

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AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-PETROL PRICES-RISE

(220314) -- SYDNEY, March 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A man fills up his car at a petrol station in Sydney, Australia, March 14, 2022. The latest petrol monitoring report published on Monday by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), the country's consumer watchdog, revealed that daily average retail petrol prices in Australia's five major cities: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth hit 182.4 cents per liter (about 132.4 U.S. cents) in late-February 2022, the highest inflation-adjusted (real) level since 2014. (Xinhua/Bai Xuefei)

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New Zealand opens borders with tears and hugs

STORY: New Zealand opens borders with tears and hugs DATELINE: March. 1, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:15 LOCATION: Wellington CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of airports 2. various of terminals 3. various of passengers STORYLINE: New Zealand officially opened its borders on Monday, lifting the COVID-19 border restrictions after two years. Monday's border reopening was the first stage of New Zealand's five-step reconnecting plan, which allowed fully vaccinated Kiwis and other current eligible travellers from Australia to enter the country without the need for managed isolation. According to Auckland International Airport, four Air New Zealand flights and one Qantas flight arrived from Australia's Melbourne, Sydney and Perth on Monday, with more than 900 passengers arriving. More than 300 flights will be available between New Zealand and major Australian cities in March alone, said an Auckland airport spokesperson. The airport's arrival terminal was full of tears and hugs. Families who have not

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DPJ gearing up for local elections

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) and Katsuya Okada, secretary general of the Democratic Party of Japan, hang a signboard for the DPJ task force on nationwide local elections in April at party headquarters in Tokyo on Jan. 21, 2011. The ruling party set up the task force the same day ahead of unified local elections on April 10, when gubernatorial elections will be held in 13 prefectures, including Tokyo and Fukuoka, while mayoral and prefectural assembly elections will be held in five major cities and 44 prefectures. Other local elections taking place every four years will be held on April 24. (Kyodo)

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New coronavirus

Osaka Castle in western Japan is almost empty on April 11, 2020, as a state of emergency is in place in Tokyo, Osaka and five other major cities in Japan amid the spread of the new coronavirus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

Osaka Castle in western Japan is almost empty on April 11, 2020, as a state of emergency is in place in Tokyo, Osaka and five other major cities in Japan amid the spread of the new coronavirus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Osaka Castle Park in western Japan almost empty on April 11, 2020, as a state of emergency is in place in Tokyo, Osaka and five other major cities in Japan amid the spread of the new coronavirus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows Osaka Castle Park in western Japan almost empty on April 11, 2020, as a state of emergency is in place in Tokyo, Osaka and five other major cities in Japan amid the spread of the new coronavirus. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo