Zelensky On Surprise Visit To Germany

Zelensky On Surprise Visit To Germany

Handout photo shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky paying a visit to the headquarters of the U.S. Army Command in Europe and Africa, located in the German city of Wiesbaden on December 14, 2023. Ukraine's head of state visited several countries in recent days, including Argentina, the U.S., and Norway, in a bid to reinvigorate support for Ukraine amid fears of growing hesitancy among allies. Photo by Ukrainian Presidency via ABACAPRESS.COM

Zelensky On Surprise Visit To Germany

Zelensky On Surprise Visit To Germany

Handout photo shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky paying a visit to the headquarters of the U.S. Army Command in Europe and Africa, located in the German city of Wiesbaden on December 14, 2023. Ukraine's head of state visited several countries in recent days, including Argentina, the U.S., and Norway, in a bid to reinvigorate support for Ukraine amid fears of growing hesitancy among allies. Photo by Ukrainian Presidency via ABACAPRESS.COM

Zelensky On Surprise Visit To Germany

Zelensky On Surprise Visit To Germany

Handout photo shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky paying a visit to the headquarters of the U.S. Army Command in Europe and Africa, located in the German city of Wiesbaden on December 14, 2023. Ukraine's head of state visited several countries in recent days, including Argentina, the U.S., and Norway, in a bid to reinvigorate support for Ukraine amid fears of growing hesitancy among allies. Photo by Ukrainian Presidency via ABACAPRESS.COM

Zelensky On Surprise Visit To Germany

Zelensky On Surprise Visit To Germany

Handout photo shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky paying a visit to the headquarters of the U.S. Army Command in Europe and Africa, located in the German city of Wiesbaden on December 14, 2023. Ukraine's head of state visited several countries in recent days, including Argentina, the U.S., and Norway, in a bid to reinvigorate support for Ukraine amid fears of growing hesitancy among allies. Photo by Ukrainian Presidency via ABACAPRESS.COM

Zelensky On Surprise Visit To Germany

Zelensky On Surprise Visit To Germany

Handout photo shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky paying a visit to the headquarters of the U.S. Army Command in Europe and Africa, located in the German city of Wiesbaden on December 14, 2023. Ukraine's head of state visited several countries in recent days, including Argentina, the U.S., and Norway, in a bid to reinvigorate support for Ukraine amid fears of growing hesitancy among allies. Photo by Ukrainian Presidency via ABACAPRESS.COM

Zelensky On Surprise Visit To Germany

Zelensky On Surprise Visit To Germany

Handout photo shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky paying a visit to the headquarters of the U.S. Army Command in Europe and Africa, located in the German city of Wiesbaden on December 14, 2023. Ukraine's head of state visited several countries in recent days, including Argentina, the U.S., and Norway, in a bid to reinvigorate support for Ukraine amid fears of growing hesitancy among allies. Photo by Ukrainian Presidency via ABACAPRESS.COM

Zelensky On Surprise Visit To Germany

Zelensky On Surprise Visit To Germany

Handout photo shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky paying a visit to the headquarters of the U.S. Army Command in Europe and Africa, located in the German city of Wiesbaden on December 14, 2023. Ukraine's head of state visited several countries in recent days, including Argentina, the U.S., and Norway, in a bid to reinvigorate support for Ukraine amid fears of growing hesitancy among allies. Photo by Ukrainian Presidency via ABACAPRESS.COM

Zelensky On Surprise Visit To Germany

Zelensky On Surprise Visit To Germany

Handout photo shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky paying a visit to the headquarters of the U.S. Army Command in Europe and Africa, located in the German city of Wiesbaden on December 14, 2023. Ukraine's head of state visited several countries in recent days, including Argentina, the U.S., and Norway, in a bid to reinvigorate support for Ukraine amid fears of growing hesitancy among allies. Photo by Ukrainian Presidency via ABACAPRESS.COM

Zelensky On Surprise Visit To Germany

Zelensky On Surprise Visit To Germany

Handout photo shows Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky paying a visit to the headquarters of the U.S. Army Command in Europe and Africa, located in the German city of Wiesbaden on December 14, 2023. Ukraine's head of state visited several countries in recent days, including Argentina, the U.S., and Norway, in a bid to reinvigorate support for Ukraine amid fears of growing hesitancy among allies. Photo by Ukrainian Presidency via ABACAPRESS.COM

New Zealand residential property median price records largest fall since 1990s

STORY: New Zealand residential property median price records largest fall since 1990s DATELINE: Nov. 15, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:01 LOCATION: Wellington CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of houses in New Zealand STORYLINE: New Zealand's national median price for residential property decreased 7.5 percent in October compared to the same period last year, which was the largest annual fall since the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ) started to record house prices in the early 1990s. Rising interest rates have caused hesitancy among buyers across New Zealand, said Jen Baird, chief executive at the REINZ, while releasing the monthly property report on Tuesday. Sales activities remain down and properties are taking longer to sell than in October 2021, Baird said. Across New Zealand, median prices for residential property decreased 7.5 percent annually to 825,000 NZ dollars (503,609 U.S. dollars) in October 2022, she said, adding that this represents a 1.9 percent increase month-on-month.

New study finds global acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine on rise

STORY: New study finds global acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine on rise DATELINE: July 21, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:23 LOCATION: BARCELONA, Spain CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of people are vaccinated in Barcelona, Spain 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English) JEFFREY LAZARUS, Head of ISGlobal's Health Systems Research Group and Professor at Barcelona University 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English) JEFFREY LAZARUS, Head of ISGlobal's Health Systems Research Group and Professor at Barcelona University 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English) JEFFREY LAZARUS, Head of ISGlobal's Health Systems Research Group and Professor at Barcelona University STORYLINE: A new international study led by Spanish researchers at the ISGlobal Barcelona Institute for Global Health found that the global acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine is rising. The study on COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy found that between 2020 and 2021, the acceptance of the coronavirus vaccine around the world went up 3.7 percent. Carried out with the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Po

U.S. questions Japan's hesitancy in backing S. Sudan arms embargo

U.S. questions Japan's hesitancy in backing S. Sudan arms embargo

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power speaks at a press conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Dec. 19, 2016. Power laid out her criticism of Tokyo's logic in its reluctance to back a draft Security Council resolution Washington is pushing to impose an arms embargo on South Sudan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

U.S. questions Japan's hesitancy in backing S. Sudan arms embargo

U.S. questions Japan's hesitancy in backing S. Sudan arms embargo

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power speaks at a press conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Dec. 19, 2016. Power laid out her criticism of Tokyo's logic in its reluctance to back a draft Security Council resolution Washington is pushing to impose an arms embargo on South Sudan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo