Jerusalem: Protesters March Against Benjamin Netanyahu

Thousands of anti-government protesters marched toward Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem, blocking the city's main entrance. The protest, which occurred on Wednesday morning, March 19, was driven by opposition to Netanyahu's decision to dismiss the head of the Shin Bet domestic security service and his move to resume the war in the Gaza Strip.

Free meals provided for elderly people in Uzhhorod

Free meals provided for elderly people in Uzhhorod

UZHHOROD, URAINE - DECEMBER 30, 2024 - A volunteer distributes dressed herring salad to the elderly, Uzhhorod, western Ukraine

Free meals provided for elderly people in Uzhhorod

Free meals provided for elderly people in Uzhhorod

UZHHOROD, URAINE - DECEMBER 30, 2024 - A volunteer pours portions of fish soup for the elderly people in line, Uzhhorod, western Ukraine

Free meals provided for elderly people in Uzhhorod

Free meals provided for elderly people in Uzhhorod

UZHHOROD, URAINE - DECEMBER 30, 2024 - A volunteer pours portions of fish soup for the elderly people in line, Uzhhorod, western Ukraine

Free meals provided for elderly people in Uzhhorod

Free meals provided for elderly people in Uzhhorod

UZHHOROD, URAINE - DECEMBER 30, 2024 - A volunteer pours portions of fish soup for the elderly people in line, Uzhhorod, western Ukraine

Free meals provided for elderly people in Uzhhorod

Free meals provided for elderly people in Uzhhorod

UZHHOROD, URAINE - DECEMBER 30, 2024 - A volunteer pours portions of fish soup for the elderly people in line, Uzhhorod, western Ukraine

Free meals provided for elderly people in Uzhhorod

Free meals provided for elderly people in Uzhhorod

UZHHOROD, URAINE - DECEMBER 30, 2024 - A volunteer pours portions of fish soup for the elderly people in line, Uzhhorod, western Ukraine

Free meals provided for elderly people in Uzhhorod

Free meals provided for elderly people in Uzhhorod

UZHHOROD, URAINE - DECEMBER 30, 2024 - A volunteer pours portions of fish soup for the elderly people in line, Uzhhorod, western Ukraine

Free meals provided for elderly people in Uzhhorod

Free meals provided for elderly people in Uzhhorod

UZHHOROD, URAINE - DECEMBER 30, 2024 - A volunteer puts a portion of dressed herring salad into a disposable container to distribute it to the elderly, Uzhhorod, western Ukraine

Free meals provided for elderly people in Uzhhorod

Free meals provided for elderly people in Uzhhorod

UZHHOROD, URAINE - DECEMBER 30, 2024 - A volunteer puts a portion of dressed herring salad into a disposable container to distribute it to the elderly, Uzhhorod, western Ukraine

CHINA-HENAN-LANKAO-PAULOWNIA-MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (CN)

CHINA-HENAN-LANKAO-PAULOWNIA-MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (CN)

(231010) -- KAIFENG, Oct. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Guqin maker Xu Yachong tunes the Guqin at Lankao County of Kaifeng City, central China's Henan Province, Oct. 9, 2023. Lankao County is rich in paulownia trees, an ideal raw material for musical instrument manufacturing. But in the last century, frequent floods and sandstorms left the area with poor soil and crop failures. In the1960s, local Party chief Jiao Yulu initiated the locals to plant paulownia trees to help improve soil and conserve water. In the 1980s, when the trees were thriving, locals found it the fine material to make furniture, as well as traditional Chinese music instruments. Up to date, there are over 200 musical instrument manufacturing workshops with products sold home and abroad in Lankao. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli)

CHINA-HENAN-LANKAO-PAULOWNIA-MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (CN)

CHINA-HENAN-LANKAO-PAULOWNIA-MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (CN)

(231010) -- KAIFENG, Oct. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Oct. 9, 2023 shows the paulownia trees at Lankao County of Kaifeng City, central China's Henan Province. Lankao County is rich in paulownia trees, an ideal raw material for musical instrument manufacturing. But in the last century, frequent floods and sandstorms left the area with poor soil and crop failures. In the1960s, local Party chief Jiao Yulu initiated the locals to plant paulownia trees to help improve soil and conserve water. In the 1980s, when the trees were thriving, locals found it the fine material to make furniture, as well as traditional Chinese music instruments. Up to date, there are over 200 musical instrument manufacturing workshops with products sold home and abroad in Lankao. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli)

CHINA-HENAN-LANKAO-PAULOWNIA-MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (CN)

CHINA-HENAN-LANKAO-PAULOWNIA-MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (CN)

(231010) -- KAIFENG, Oct. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A staff member tunes a musical instrument at a musical instrument factory in Lankao County of Kaifeng City, central China's Henan Province, Oct. 9, 2023. Lankao County is rich in paulownia trees, an ideal raw material for musical instrument manufacturing. But in the last century, frequent floods and sandstorms left the area with poor soil and crop failures. In the1960s, local Party chief Jiao Yulu initiated the locals to plant paulownia trees to help improve soil and conserve water. In the 1980s, when the trees were thriving, locals found it the fine material to make furniture, as well as traditional Chinese music instruments. Up to date, there are over 200 musical instrument manufacturing workshops with products sold home and abroad in Lankao. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli)

CHINA-HENAN-LANKAO-PAULOWNIA-MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (CN)

CHINA-HENAN-LANKAO-PAULOWNIA-MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (CN)

(231010) -- KAIFENG, Oct. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Guqin maker Xu Yachong plays the Guqin at Lankao County of Kaifeng City, central China's Henan Province, Oct. 9, 2023. Lankao County is rich in paulownia trees, an ideal raw material for musical instrument manufacturing. But in the last century, frequent floods and sandstorms left the area with poor soil and crop failures. In the1960s, local Party chief Jiao Yulu initiated the locals to plant paulownia trees to help improve soil and conserve water. In the 1980s, when the trees were thriving, locals found it the fine material to make furniture, as well as traditional Chinese music instruments. Up to date, there are over 200 musical instrument manufacturing workshops with products sold home and abroad in Lankao. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli)

CHINA-HENAN-LANKAO-PAULOWNIA-MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (CN)

CHINA-HENAN-LANKAO-PAULOWNIA-MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (CN)

(231010) -- KAIFENG, Oct. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Guqin maker Xu Bing plays the Guqin at Lankao County of Kaifeng City, central China's Henan Province, Oct. 9, 2023. Lankao County is rich in paulownia trees, an ideal raw material for musical instrument manufacturing. But in the last century, frequent floods and sandstorms left the area with poor soil and crop failures. In the1960s, local Party chief Jiao Yulu initiated the locals to plant paulownia trees to help improve soil and conserve water. In the 1980s, when the trees were thriving, locals found it the fine material to make furniture, as well as traditional Chinese music instruments. Up to date, there are over 200 musical instrument manufacturing workshops with products sold home and abroad in Lankao. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli)

CHINA-HENAN-LANKAO-PAULOWNIA-MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (CN)

CHINA-HENAN-LANKAO-PAULOWNIA-MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (CN)

(231010) -- KAIFENG, Oct. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Guqin maker Xu Bing plays the Guqin at Lankao County of Kaifeng City, central China's Henan Province, Oct. 9, 2023. Lankao County is rich in paulownia trees, an ideal raw material for musical instrument manufacturing. But in the last century, frequent floods and sandstorms left the area with poor soil and crop failures. In the1960s, local Party chief Jiao Yulu initiated the locals to plant paulownia trees to help improve soil and conserve water. In the 1980s, when the trees were thriving, locals found it the fine material to make furniture, as well as traditional Chinese music instruments. Up to date, there are over 200 musical instrument manufacturing workshops with products sold home and abroad in Lankao. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli)

CHINA-HENAN-LANKAO-PAULOWNIA-MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (CN)

CHINA-HENAN-LANKAO-PAULOWNIA-MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (CN)

(231010) -- KAIFENG, Oct. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A staff member tunes a musical instrument at Lankao County of Kaifeng City, central China's Henan Province, Oct. 9, 2023. Lankao County is rich in paulownia trees, an ideal raw material for musical instrument manufacturing. But in the last century, frequent floods and sandstorms left the area with poor soil and crop failures. In the1960s, local Party chief Jiao Yulu initiated the locals to plant paulownia trees to help improve soil and conserve water. In the 1980s, when the trees were thriving, locals found it the fine material to make furniture, as well as traditional Chinese music instruments. Up to date, there are over 200 musical instrument manufacturing workshops with products sold home and abroad in Lankao. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli)

CHINA-HENAN-LANKAO-PAULOWNIA-MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (CN)

CHINA-HENAN-LANKAO-PAULOWNIA-MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (CN)

(231010) -- KAIFENG, Oct. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A deliveryman loads instruments at Lankao County of Kaifeng City, central China's Henan Province, Oct. 9, 2023. Lankao County is rich in paulownia trees, an ideal raw material for musical instrument manufacturing. But in the last century, frequent floods and sandstorms left the area with poor soil and crop failures. In the1960s, local Party chief Jiao Yulu initiated the locals to plant paulownia trees to help improve soil and conserve water. In the 1980s, when the trees were thriving, locals found it the fine material to make furniture, as well as traditional Chinese music instruments. Up to date, there are over 200 musical instrument manufacturing workshops with products sold home and abroad in Lankao. (Xinhua/Li Jianan)

CHINA-HENAN-LANKAO-PAULOWNIA-MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (CN)

CHINA-HENAN-LANKAO-PAULOWNIA-MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (CN)

(231010) -- KAIFENG, Oct. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Guqin maker Xu Bing makes Guqin at Lankao County of Kaifeng City, central China's Henan Province, Oct. 9, 2023. Lankao County is rich in paulownia trees, an ideal raw material for musical instrument manufacturing. But in the last century, frequent floods and sandstorms left the area with poor soil and crop failures. In the1960s, local Party chief Jiao Yulu initiated the locals to plant paulownia trees to help improve soil and conserve water. In the 1980s, when the trees were thriving, locals found it the fine material to make furniture, as well as traditional Chinese music instruments. Up to date, there are over 200 musical instrument manufacturing workshops with products sold home and abroad in Lankao. (Xinhua/Li Jianan)

CHINA-HENAN-LANKAO-PAULOWNIA-MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (CN)

CHINA-HENAN-LANKAO-PAULOWNIA-MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (CN)

(231010) -- KAIFENG, Oct. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Guqin maker Xu Bing makes Guqin at Lankao County of Kaifeng City, central China's Henan Province, Oct. 9, 2023. Lankao County is rich in paulownia trees, an ideal raw material for musical instrument manufacturing. But in the last century, frequent floods and sandstorms left the area with poor soil and crop failures. In the1960s, local Party chief Jiao Yulu initiated the locals to plant paulownia trees to help improve soil and conserve water. In the 1980s, when the trees were thriving, locals found it the fine material to make furniture, as well as traditional Chinese music instruments. Up to date, there are over 200 musical instrument manufacturing workshops with products sold home and abroad in Lankao. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli)

Italian bank stocks plummet after gov't approves windfall tax

STORY: Italian bank stocks plummet after gov't approves windfall tax DATELINE: Aug. 10, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:28 LOCATION: Rome CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of banks in Rome STORYLINE: Italian banking stocks took a beating on Tuesday, after the government passed a measure that will tax the surplus profits of the country's financial institutions at 40 percent this year. Matteo Salvini, Italy's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructure and Transportation, said that the funds raised by the windfall tax would be used to help poor families and small businesses hurt by the increase in interest rates over the last year. The new decree was passed by the Council of Ministers late on Monday. The country's main banks felt the impact of the new policy immediately. The main blue-chip index on the Italian Stock Exchange in Milan finished Tuesday's trading session down 2.1 percent, in what was a mildly negative session across Europe. Paris's CAC-40 index was down 0.69 percent for the day, while the D

Children in Lebanon flock to public playground to enjoy Eid al-Fitr

STORY: Children in Lebanon flock to public playground to enjoy Eid al-Fitr DATELINE: April 23, 2023 LENGTH: 0:04:34 LOCATION: Beirut CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of children playing in the public playground 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ABED TERIAKI, Owner of a swing in old Sidon market 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): ADEL ABED, Parent STORYLINE: As Lebanon continues to suffer from an unprecedented crisis and a tremendous increase in prices, the country still offers children a chance to enjoy Eid al-Fitr festivities at affordable costs. On the first and second days of Eid, a large number of children flocked to the playground in the old Sidon market. While the playground charged 5,000 Lebanese pounds (LBP) or 3 U.S. dollars at the old dollar rate of 1,500 LBP ahead of the crisis, it now charges 0.3 U.S. dollars to help children access these playgrounds and feel the joy of Eid. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ABED TERIAKI, Owner of a swing in old Sidon market "We offer a space for vulnerable and poor people to enjoy

MIDEAST-GAZA CITY-RAMADAN-CHARITY FOOD

MIDEAST-GAZA CITY-RAMADAN-CHARITY FOOD

(230403) -- GAZA, April 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Walid al-Hattab cooks soup for poor locals during Ramadan at al-Shujaiya neighborhood in Gaza City April 2, 2023. In the al-Nuseirat refugee camp of the besieged coastal Palestinian enclave of Gaza Strip, Amjad Majdalawi and his friends prepare about 150 meals for poor families every day during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. TO GO WITH "Feature: Gazans launch charity programs to help poor families during Ramadan" (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)

MIDEAST-GAZA CITY-RAMADAN-CHARITY FOOD

MIDEAST-GAZA CITY-RAMADAN-CHARITY FOOD

(230403) -- GAZA, April 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Walid al-Hattab (1st R) distributes soup for children during Ramadan at al-Shujaiya neighborhood in Gaza City April 2, 2023. In the al-Nuseirat refugee camp of the besieged coastal Palestinian enclave of Gaza Strip, Amjad Majdalawi and his friends prepare about 150 meals for poor families every day during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. TO GO WITH "Feature: Gazans launch charity programs to help poor families during Ramadan" (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)

Initiatives launched to cook food for poor people amid Ramadan in Gaza

STORY: Initiatives launched to cook food for poor people amid Ramadan in Gaza DATELINE: April 2, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:27 LOCATION: GAZA, Palestine CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Walid al-Hattab cooking in Gaza 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): WALID AL-HATTAB, Resident in Gaza 3. various of young men cooking in al-Nusairat refugee camp 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): AMJAD MAJDALAWI, Resident in al-Nusairat refugee camp STORYLINE: Some locals in the Gaza Strip have launched charity initiatives to cook food for poor families during the holy month of Ramadan. The organizers said that "such meals can help the needy families to prepare food for their kids during Ramadan." Walid al-Hattab, a 58-year-old Palestinian man, cooks a soup called "Garisha" with minced wheat, lamb meat, and onions, for the poor families in the poverty-stricken al-Shujaeya neighborhood in Gaza city during Ramadan. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): WALID AL-HATTAB, Resident in Gaza "For the tenth year in a row, I have been cooking and serving food to fa

Police help herdsman retrieve 300 sheep in China's Xinjiang

STORY: Police help herdsman retrieve 300 sheep in China's Xinjiang DATELINE: Jan. 18, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:29 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of police officers searching the herdsman and his sheep 2. various of police officers finding the man and his sheep 3. the herdsman holding hands with a police officer STORYLINE: Border police officers in Tacheng, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region helped a herdsman retrieve 300 lost sheep on a snowy night. The police received a call from a herdsman, who said he had lost his way while herding his sheep and asked for help. The temperature was minus 20 degrees Celcius then and snow was falling, resulting in poor visibility. After searching hard, the police finally found the lost herdsman and helped him find his sheep worth more than 300,000 yuan (about 44,370 U.S. dollars). Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Urumqi, China. (XHTV)

Danish PM seeks early delivery of financial aid to poor countries

Danish PM seeks early delivery of financial aid to poor countries

TOKYO, Japan - Visiting Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on March 9, 2010. Rasmussen, who chaired a U.N. climate summit in Copenhagen last December, called for the early implementation of financial aid worth $30 billion pledged by rich countries to help poor nations grapple with the impact of climate change.

Fukuda unveils more food aid at U.N. food security conference

Fukuda unveils more food aid at U.N. food security conference

ROME, Italy - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda delivers a speech at the U.N. Conference on World Food Security in Rome on June 3, in which he pledged an additional $50 million in aid to help the poor survive the current food crisis and called for a mechanism to survey food markets to make sure there are no speculative elements causing food price surges. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

Fukuda unveils more food aid at U.N. food security conference

Fukuda unveils more food aid at U.N. food security conference

ROME, Italy - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda delivers a speech at the U.N. Conference on World Food Security in Rome on June 3. To his right is U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon. In his speech, Fukuda pledged an additional $50 million in aid to help the poor survive the current food crisis and called for a mechanism to survey food markets to make sure there are no speculative elements causing food price surges. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

Fukuda unveils more food aid at U.N. food security conference

Fukuda unveils more food aid at U.N. food security conference

ROME, Italy - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda delivers a speech at the U.N. Conference on World Food Security in Rome on June 3, in which he pledged an additional $50 million in aid to help the poor survive the current food crisis and called for a mechanism to survey food markets to make sure there are no speculative elements causing food price surges. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

MMC's Eckrodt to resign to take blame for business woes

MMC's Eckrodt to resign to take blame for business woes

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (MMC) President Rolf Eckrodt (in file photo) may step down to take the blame for poor results at the firm, which is trying to revive itself with help from its biggest shareholder, DaimlerChrysler AG, sources close to the company said Feb. 16. Eckrodt, a former senior official at DaimlerChrysler, assumed the presidency in June 2002 after being sent to the MMC board in 2001 from the German-American automaker to turn around the Japanese company.

Tomen Pres. Tashiro to resign

Tomen Pres. Tashiro to resign

TOKYO, Japan - Morihiko Tashiro (R), president of financially troubled Japanese trading house Tomen Corp., announces in Tokyo on Dec. 27 that he will give up his post to take the blame for the company's poor business results. Tomen announced the same day a rehabilitation plan featuring help from the Toyota Motor Corp. group.

PAKISTAN-CHINESE VOLUNTEERS

PAKISTAN-CHINESE VOLUNTEERS

(220819) -- ISLAMABAD, Aug. 19, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on May 17, 2022 by a Chinese volunteer shows Pakistani students as the volunteers build classrooms and wells for a school in Gujarat of Pakistan's eastern Punjab province. A group of volunteers from China is winning hearts in Pakistan through their continuous humanitarian assistance to the people in Pakistan in their hour of need. The volunteers are working under the name of the China-Pakistan Youth Exchange Community (CPYEC). They collect donations from overseas Chinese in Pakistan to provide necessary help to poor communities in the country. TO GO WITH "Feature: From China with love" (CPYEC/Handout via Xinhua)

Libyans struggling to buy sacrifices for Eid al-Adha

STORY: Libyans struggling to buy sacrifices for Eid al-Adha DATELINE: July 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:12 LOCATION: Tripoli CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the sheep market 2. SOUNDBITE(Arabic): YOUNIS ALI YOUNIS, Libyan resident STORYLINE: Many Libyans are struggling to buy sacrifices for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha. Eid al-Adha, known as the Festival of the Sacrifice, is one of the two Islamic holidays celebrated worldwide every year. According to Islamic teachings, Muslim families should buy a sheep, a goat, or a cow as a sacrifice in the early morning of Eid al-Adha and distribute its meat to the poor as a charity gift. SOUNDBITE(Arabic): YOUNIS ALI YOUNIS, Libyan resident "Prices (of sheep) are a little high. I don't know the reason. It could be because of merchants rising prices or unbalanced supply and demand. I call on the merchants to consider the economic situation of many Libyans with the prices. This is not a time of financial profit. It's time for the people to help each other. It

Visually impaired volunteer assists COVID-19 fight in Beijing

STORY: Visually impaired volunteer assists COVID-19 fight in Beijing DATELINE: May 21, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:36 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Ma working 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): MA ERDONG, Community worker in Haidian District, Beijing 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): MA ERDONG, Community worker in Haidian District, Beijing STORYLINE: Ma Erdong is a community worker in charge of disability affairs in Haidian District, Beijing. Though a visually impaired person herself, she has volunteered to help with the COVID-19 fight in her community amid the latest resurgence of coronavirus infections in the city. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): MA ERDONG, Community worker in Haidian District, Beijing "Since 2006, I have been working here (at Capital Normal University community) for 16 years. I was born with retinitis pigmentosa, which affects me with poor vision and sensitivity to light." "Please keep a distance of two meters, with your ID cards in your hands." Beijing has conducted rounds of nucleic ac

Charity group in Yemen's capital helps patients to see light again

STORY: Charity group in Yemen's capital helps patients to see light again DATELINE: March 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:16 LOCATION: Sanaa CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Al-Barraq eye center in Sanaa, Yemen's capital 2. various of ophthalmologists performing surgery on patients 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ABDEL-MUGHNI AL-BURRAQ, Ophthalmologist 4. various of doctors conducting examinations 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): MUHAMMAD ALI AL-DROUBI, Local resident 6. various of doctors checking the patients 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): SALEH MUQBIL, Local resident 8. various of people walking in the Al-Barraq eye center STORYLINE: A charity group in Sanaa, Yemen's capital, launched this week a free medical service campaign for the city's poor citizens suffering from eye diseases. The campaign provides free examination, regular treatment and surgeries for patients. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): ABDEL-MUGHNI AL-BURRAQ, Ophthalmologist "The goal of the campaign is to help patients with limited income and who cannot affor

CHINA-GUIZHOU-KAILI-EMBROIDERER-RURAL VITALIZATION (CN)

CHINA-GUIZHOU-KAILI-EMBROIDERER-RURAL VITALIZATION (CN)

(220131) -- KAILI, Jan. 31, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Yang Mei (R) introduces the cloth for ethnic garment to a customer (C) at her garment factory in Kaili, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 30, 2022. Kaishao Village, embroiderer Yang Mei's hometown, used to be impoverished due to its poor soil and limited transport conditions. Lots of villagers here chose to work as immigrant workers in other places. In 2016, thanks to local poverty alleviation policies, Yang Mei's family got a chance to move to their new home at a relocation site in Kaili. With the help from skill training sessions and supportive funding from government, Yang started her own business by establishing a garment factory in 2018. The factory makes local ethnic clothing, work outfits and dancing clothes. Currently, the factory has employed about 100 relocated people. She also initiated an embroidery cooperative, aiming to.....

CHINA-GUIZHOU-KAILI-EMBROIDERER-RURAL VITALIZATION (CN)

CHINA-GUIZHOU-KAILI-EMBROIDERER-RURAL VITALIZATION (CN)

(220131) -- KAILI, Jan. 31, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Yang Mei buys commodities for the upcoming Spring Festival in Kaili, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 30, 2022. Kaishao Village, embroiderer Yang Mei's hometown, used to be impoverished due to its poor soil and limited transport conditions. Lots of villagers here chose to work as immigrant workers in other places. In 2016, thanks to local poverty alleviation policies, Yang Mei's family got a chance to move to their new home at a relocation site in Kaili. With the help from skill training sessions and supportive funding from government, Yang started her own business by establishing a garment factory in 2018. The factory makes local ethnic clothing, work outfits and dancing clothes. Currently, the factory has employed about 100 relocated people. She also initiated an embroidery cooperative, aiming to help boost the incomes of those em.....

CHINA-GUIZHOU-KAILI-EMBROIDERER-RURAL VITALIZATION (CN)

CHINA-GUIZHOU-KAILI-EMBROIDERER-RURAL VITALIZATION (CN)

(220131) -- KAILI, Jan. 31, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Yang Mei (C) introduces materials for ethnic clothing to a customer (L) at her garment factory in Kaili, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 30, 2022. Kaishao Village, embroiderer Yang Mei's hometown, used to be impoverished due to its poor soil and limited transport conditions. Lots of villagers here chose to work as immigrant workers in other places. In 2016, thanks to local poverty alleviation policies, Yang Mei's family got a chance to move to their new home at a relocation site in Kaili. With the help from skill training sessions and supportive funding from government, Yang started her own business by establishing a garment factory in 2018. The factory makes local ethnic clothing, work outfits and dancing clothes. Currently, the factory has employed about 100 relocated people. She also initiated an embroidery cooperative, aiming t.....

Fukuda unveils more food aid at U.N. food security conference

Fukuda unveils more food aid at U.N. food security conference

ROME, Italy - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda delivers a speech at the U.N. Conference on World Food Security in Rome on June 3. To his right is U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon. In his speech, Fukuda pledged an additional $50 million in aid to help the poor survive the current food crisis and called for a mechanism to survey food markets to make sure there are no speculative elements causing food price surges. (Pool photo by Kyodo News) (Kyodo)

Fukuda unveils more food aid at U.N. food security conference

Fukuda unveils more food aid at U.N. food security conference

ROME, Italy - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda delivers a speech at the U.N. Conference on World Food Security in Rome on June 3, in which he unveiled additional aid to help the poor survive the current food crisis and called for a mechanism to survey food markets to make sure there are no speculative elements causing food price surges. (Pool photo by Kyodo News) (Kyodo)

Fukuda unveils more food aid at U.N. food security conference

Fukuda unveils more food aid at U.N. food security conference

ROME, Italy - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda delivers a speech at the U.N. Conference on World Food Security in Rome on June 3. To his right is U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon. In his speech, Fukuda pledged an additional $50 million in aid to help the poor survive the current food crisis and called for a mechanism to survey food markets to make sure there are no speculative elements causing food price surges. (Pool photo by Kyodo News) (Kyodo)

Nomads to play key role in 21st century world

Nomads to play key role in 21st century world

PARIS, France - Jacques Attali, president of PlaNet Finance, an international nonprofit body to help the 8,000 ''banks of the poor'' through the Internet, speaks about conflicts between nomadic and sedentary cultures in an interview with Kyodo News at his office in Paris. Attali was a special adviser to former French President Francois Mitterrand (1981-1990) and the first president of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (1991-1993).

Danish PM seeks early delivery of financial aid to poor countries

Danish PM seeks early delivery of financial aid to poor countries

TOKYO, Japan - Visiting Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on March 9, 2010. Rasmussen, who chaired a U.N. climate summit in Copenhagen last December, called for the early implementation of financial aid worth $30 billion pledged by rich countries to help poor nations grapple with the impact of climate change. (Kyodo)

MMC's Eckrodt to resign to take blame for business woes

MMC's Eckrodt to resign to take blame for business woes

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (MMC) President Rolf Eckrodt (in file photo) may step down to take the blame for poor results at the firm, which is trying to revive itself with help from its biggest shareholder, DaimlerChrysler AG, sources close to the company said Feb. 16. Eckrodt, a former senior official at DaimlerChrysler, assumed the presidency in June 2002 after being sent to the MMC board in 2001 from the German-American automaker to turn around the Japanese company. (Kyodo)

Tomen Pres. Tashiro to resign

Tomen Pres. Tashiro to resign

TOKYO, Japan - Morihiko Tashiro (R), president of financially troubled Japanese trading house Tomen Corp., announces in Tokyo on Dec. 27 that he will give up his post to take the blame for the company's poor business results. Tomen announced the same day a rehabilitation plan featuring help from the Toyota Motor Corp. group. (Kyodo)