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Canada: Heavy Snow Causes Widespread Disruptions in Southern Ontario

Heavy snow hit southern Ontario on Thursday, disrupting schools, transportation and travel across the region. Environment Canada said parts of the Greater Toronto Area could see up to 40 centimeters of snow, prompting school closures, widespread road accidents and highway shutdowns. Police reported hundreds of collisions, while major transit delays and flight cancellations were reported at Toronto Pearson Airport as the storm caused hazardous conditions throughout the day.

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US Prepare To Evacuate Americans From Lebanon

Handout file photo dated June 19, 2024 shows Marines with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Special Operations Capable (SOC) transit the flight deck of the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21) during the exercise Baltic Operations 24 (BALTOPS 24) in the baltic Sea. In response to escalating hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, the Pentagon has strategically repositioned US military assets in the Mediterranean on Friday, preparing for potential evacuations of American citizens. The USS Wasp, an amphibious assault ship, along with Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, has joined other US naval forces in the region, preparing for potential evacuations of American citizens and other missions. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jesse Turner via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Cash Conveyors Robbed - Champigny-Sur-Marne

Police activity outside BCP bank on January 15, 2024 in Champigny-sur-Marne, east of Paris, France. A cash-in-transit van was held up early on Monday morning. The couriers fought back and put the assailants on the run. They are being sought. The security guards from Brinks were on their way to supply the BCP bank on Avenue Maurice Thorez in Champigny-sur-Marne on Monday when they were attacked "as they got out of their vehicle" at 6am. According to the initial evidence gathered by the police, they were shot at with "M-16 type" automatic weapons. According to the same source, they returned fire "using their service weapons and putting the assailants to flight". Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Cash Conveyors Robbed - Champigny-Sur-Marne

Police activity outside BCP bank on January 15, 2024 in Champigny-sur-Marne, east of Paris, France. A cash-in-transit van was held up early on Monday morning. The couriers fought back and put the assailants on the run. They are being sought. The security guards from Brinks were on their way to supply the BCP bank on Avenue Maurice Thorez in Champigny-sur-Marne on Monday when they were attacked "as they got out of their vehicle" at 6am. According to the initial evidence gathered by the police, they were shot at with "M-16 type" automatic weapons. According to the same source, they returned fire "using their service weapons and putting the assailants to flight". Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Cash Conveyors Robbed - Champigny-Sur-Marne

Police activity outside BCP bank on January 15, 2024 in Champigny-sur-Marne, east of Paris, France. A cash-in-transit van was held up early on Monday morning. The couriers fought back and put the assailants on the run. They are being sought. The security guards from Brinks were on their way to supply the BCP bank on Avenue Maurice Thorez in Champigny-sur-Marne on Monday when they were attacked "as they got out of their vehicle" at 6am. According to the initial evidence gathered by the police, they were shot at with "M-16 type" automatic weapons. According to the same source, they returned fire "using their service weapons and putting the assailants to flight". Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Cash Conveyors Robbed - Champigny-Sur-Marne

Police activity outside BCP bank on January 15, 2024 in Champigny-sur-Marne, east of Paris, France. A cash-in-transit van was held up early on Monday morning. The couriers fought back and put the assailants on the run. They are being sought. The security guards from Brinks were on their way to supply the BCP bank on Avenue Maurice Thorez in Champigny-sur-Marne on Monday when they were attacked "as they got out of their vehicle" at 6am. According to the initial evidence gathered by the police, they were shot at with "M-16 type" automatic weapons. According to the same source, they returned fire "using their service weapons and putting the assailants to flight". Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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China's new visa-free policy hailed by foreign travelers

STORY: China's new visa-free policy hailed by foreign travelers SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 1-2, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 3, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:02 LOCATION: KUNMING, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of foreign travelers passing through the customs 2. SOUNDBITE (English): GLANZ KLAUS PETER, German traveler STORYLINE: China's new policy to trial visa-free entry starting Friday for ordinary passport holders from Spain, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Malaysia has been hailed by foreign travelers. From Dec. 1, 2023 to Nov. 30, 2024, holders of ordinary passports from the above six countries may enter China visa-free for business, tourism, visiting relatives and friends and transit for no more than 15 days. Glanz Klaus Peter is a German traveler who went to Jinan City, east China's Shandong Province, for a business trip. He arrived at the Kunming Changshui International Airport in China's Yunnan Province on Saturday for a flight transfer. SOUNDBITE (English): GLANZ KLAUS PETER, German traveler "B

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Exhibition goods from Vanuatu being shipped to China for CIIE

STORY: Exhibition goods from Vanuatu being shipped to China for CIIE DATELINE: Sept. 13, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:05 LOCATION: CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Vanuatu 2. SOUNDBITE (English): JOE PACOA, Director of Vanuatu's Department of External Trade 3. various of Vanuatu STORYLINE: Products to be exhibited at the 6th China International Import Expo (CIIE) from Vanuatu embarked on a local transport flight to transit through New Zealand on Monday. The Vanuatu products will join the New Zealand exhibition products and set to sail from New Zealand to east China's Shanghai in mid-September, which marks the first shipment of exhibition products for this year's CIIE, undertaken by COSCO SHIPPING. Vanuatu is an island nation located in the southwestern Pacific, with its economy primarily based on agriculture, fisheries and livestock. Since the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1982, China and Vanuatu have maintained stable and positive economic and trade ties. In 2022, th

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Beijing further opens air travel

STORY: Beijing further opens air travel DATELINE: Jan. 18, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:18 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the airport 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): Traveler 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): Traveler 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): Traveler 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): WANG HUI, Business manager, Beijing Daxing International Airport 6. various of the airport STORYLINE: The Beijing Daxing International Airport resumed the operation of international passenger flights on Tuesday after China continuously optimized its COVID-19 response. From March 14, 2020, the airport's international flights had been transferred to the Beijing Capital International Airport amid the COVID-19 epidemic. Also on Tuesday, the Daxing airport resumed the international flight transit service and the 144-hour transit visa-free policy in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei area. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): Traveler "I'm really thrilled at this moment since I haven't been back to Hong Kong for nearly three years." SOUNDBITE 2 (Chines

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Cambodia, Sri Lanka to promote tourism cooperation

STORY: Cambodia, Sri Lanka to promote tourism cooperation DATELINE: May 11, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:03 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. Cambodia's Tourism Minister Thong Khon meeting with Sri Lankan Ambassador to Cambodia Chaminda I. Colonne 2. various of the meeting STORYLINE: Cambodia and Sri Lanka on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on tourism cooperation, paving the way for the two sides to promote direct flights and tourism exchanges. Speaking before the signing ceremony, Cambodia's Tourism Minister Thong Khon said that under the MoU, both sides will try to promote direct flights or charter flights. Currently, there are no direct flights operating between the two countries and air passengers have to take a transit flight in Thailand, Malaysia, or Singapore before arriving in Cambodia. "Both sides have agreed to organize Buddhist tourism events in the future," he said, adding that the two sides have also agreed to further explore the potential for their tourism c