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Chinese medical team in Tunisia trains local acupuncturists

STORY: Chinese medical team in Tunisia trains local acupuncturists DATELINE: June 26, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:10 LOCATION: Tunis CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of an acupuncture treatment center 2. various of the waiting area 3. various of Chinese doctors treating patients and demonstrating for local doctors 4. various of the exchange between Chinese and Tunisian doctors STORYLINE: The Chinese acupuncture team in Tunisia has taken the task of training local acupuncture doctors, in addition to helping treating patients. The acupuncture postgraduate course organized by the Tunisian Health Ministry is given each week by Chinese acupuncture doctors. After two to three years of theoretical study, local doctors are also required to finish a half-year internship in the hospital where the Chinese acupuncture team works. These local doctors are from various provinces in Tunisia. They said more and more local people get to know and accept Chinese acupuncture. China began sending acupuncture teams to Tunisia in

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MIDEAST-SALFIT-PALESTINIAN MAN-KILLED

(220622) -- SALFIT, June 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People carry the body of a Palestinian young man killed by an Israeli settler at a hospital in the West Bank city of Salfit, June 21, 2022. A Palestinian young man died after an Israeli settler had stabbed him near the northern West Bank city of Salfit on Tuesday night, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said in a statement. (Photo by Nidal Eshtayeh/Xinhua)

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Death toll of Afghanistan's quake surpasses 1,000: official

STORY: Death toll of Afghanistan's quake surpasses 1,000: official DATELINE: June 23, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:41 LOCATION: SHARAN, Afghanistan CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): ARIA, Xinhua reporter 2. SOUNDBITE: SAFFUDDIN, Resident of Gayan district STORYLINE: The death toll from an earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan early Wednesday has surpassed 1,000, while more than 1,500 people were injured, a provincial official said, adding the number of casualties might rise further. STANDUP (English): ARIA, Xinhua reporter "An earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan early Today (Wednesday). The death toll has reached 1,000. More than 1,500 people were injured. I'm at a village struck by the earthquake in Paktika province. I have also visited the provincial hospital in Paktika. A large number of relatives of the injured gathered at the gate of the hospital. The hospital has opened a blood donation channel. People who are willing to donate blood have lined up at the gate of the hospital." Saffuddi

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Newborn among 32 migrants rescued off Greece's island

STORY: Newborn among 32 migrants rescued off Greece's island DATELINE: June 23, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:16 LOCATION: Athens CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: (courtesy of the Greek Coast Guard) 1. drone shots of the point near Lesvos Island where the migrants were rescued 2. various of the woman with her newborn baby 3. various of the transfer of the rescued migrants to Lesvos Island STORYLINE: Thirty-two migrants, including a newborn, were rescued on Wednesday off Greece's Lesvos island, the country's Coast Guard said. A woman who was on board the migrants' dinghy that had sailed from Turkey gave birth on the islet of Barbalias, Greek national news agency AMNA reported. All migrants were transferred to Lesvos and the mother and boy are in good health at the local hospital, Greek Minister of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy Ioannis Plakiotakis said in an e-mailed press statement. The nationalities of the migrants were not revealed. The incident occurred as the influx of migrants and refugees in the

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MIDEAST-SALFIT-PALESTINIAN MAN-KILLED

(220622) -- SALFIT, June 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A relative of a Palestinian young man killed by an Israeli settler mourns at a hospital in the West Bank city of Salfit, June 21, 2022. A Palestinian young man died after an Israeli settler had stabbed him near the northern West Bank city of Salfit on Tuesday night, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said in a statement. (Photo by Nidal Eshtayeh/Xinhua)

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Tunisian health expert warns of possibility of new wave of COVID-19

STORY: Tunisian health expert warns of possibility of new wave of COVID-19 DATELINE: June 22, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:57 LOCATION: Tunis CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. Various of vaccination site 2. Various of a hospital for COVID-19 patients 3. Various of the view of streets in Tunis STORYLINE: Hashemi Al-Wazir, Director of the Pasteur Institute in Tunisia, said on Tuesday that the confirmed cases of the COVID-19 in several regions in the country are rising recently, adding the possibility of a new wave of the pandemic cannot be ruled out. As a member of the country's scientific committee for fighting COVID-19, Al-Wazir told local media that many people have been vaccinated for more than 6 months, and the protective effect of the vaccine is waning. He stressed that the number of daily confirmed cases in some areas, including in the capital Tunis, is on a constant rise. Although Tunisia has lifted its epidemic prevention and control measures, the medical expert advised people to wear masks in enclosed spaces.

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Quake leaves at least 920 dead, over 600 injured in eastern Afghanistan

STORY: Quake leaves at least 920 dead, over 600 injured in eastern Afghanistan DATELINE: June 22, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:30 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various shots of the injured people were receiving treatment in the Provincial hospital in Paktika province STORYLINE: The death toll from an earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan early Wednesday has reached 920, while more than 600 people were injured, a disaster official said, adding the number of casualties might rise further. "The death toll of the quake has reached 920 and at least 620 were wounded," Deputy to State Ministry for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs Mawlawi Sharafuddin Muslim told reporters. The official noted that the number of casualties may further rise as the quake destroyed scores of houses in the mountainous region and several people were still trapped under the debris. Gayan district in Paktika province and Sapari district of neighboring Khost province were the worst-hit areas. The disaster and huma

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PAPUA NEW GUINEA-ENGA-HOSPITAL-CHINA-HANDOVER

(220621) -- ENGA, June 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Papua New Guinea (PNG) Prime Minister James Marape (R, front) and Chinese Ambassador to PNG Zeng Fanhua (L, front) attend the handover ceremony of the newly built provincial hospital in Enga, PNG, June 20, 2022. China handed over the newly built provincial hospital in Enga to the PNG government on Monday, which will help improve medical services for local people. (Chinese Embassy to PNG/Handout via Xinhua)

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PAPUA NEW GUINEA-ENGA-HOSPITAL-CHINA-HANDOVER

(220621) -- ENGA, June 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Papua New Guinea (PNG) Prime Minister James Marape attends the handover ceremony of the newly built provincial hospital in Enga, PNG, June 20, 2022. China handed over the newly built provincial hospital in Enga to the PNG government on Monday, which will help improve medical services for local people. (Chinese Embassy to PNG/Handout via Xinhua)

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PAPUA NEW GUINEA-ENGA-HOSPITAL-CHINA-HANDOVER

(220621) -- ENGA, June 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on May 31, 2022 shows the provincial hospital in Enga, Papua New Guinea (PNG). China handed over the newly built provincial hospital in Enga to the PNG government on Monday, which will help improve medical services for local people. (Guangdong Foreign Construction Co./Handout via Xinhua)

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Chinese medical team introduces music therapy of TCM in Namibia

STORY: Chinese medical team introduces music therapy of TCM in Namibia DATELINE: June 19, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:01 LOCATION: Windhoek CATEGORY: HEALTH/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Katutura State Hospital 2. SOUNDBITE (English): WILLEM, Namibian football player 3. various of Chinese Medicine Music Therapy STORYLINE: The Chinese medical team in Namibia has introduced modern Chinese Medicine Music Therapy (CMMT) to treat local patients, adding to their array of already popular Tradition Chinese Medicine (TCM) therapies. CMMT employs the theory of five phases and five music scales to analyze and treat mind-body illness. The Chinese medical team leader Zhou Haijiang said the therapy is conducted for a 20-minute session at the Katutura State Hospital. The patient lies down comfortably, listening to the music through earphone, while acupuncture is also administered. The different types of music focus on five types of organs, namely the liver, heart, spleen, lung and kidney. SOUNDBITE (English): WILLEM, Namib

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NAMIBIA-WINDHOEK-CHINESE MEDICINE MUSIC THERAPY

(220617) -- WINDHOEK, June 17, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Chinese doctor Zhou Haijiang conducts acupuncture therapy and Chinese Medicine Music Therapy for a patient at the Katutura State Hospital in Windhoek, Namibia, on June 17, 2022. (Xinhua/Chen Cheng) TO GO WITH Chinese medical team introduces music therapy to boost TCM in Namibia

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NAMIBIA-WINDHOEK-CHINESE MEDICINE MUSIC THERAPY

(220617) -- WINDHOEK, June 17, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Chinese doctor Zhou Haijiang conducts Chinese Medicine Music Therapy for a patient at the Katutura State Hospital in Windhoek, Namibia, on June 17, 2022. (Xinhua/Chen Cheng) TO GO WITH Chinese medical team introduces music therapy to boost TCM in Namibia

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US: Paddleboarders Rescue Pilot After Small Plane Crashes Into Lady Bird Lake, TX

A small plane crashed into Lady Bird Lake, just west of Interstate 35 in Austin, Texas, on Thursday, June 16, and the pilot was rescued by nearby paddleboarders.

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Traditional Chinese Medicine experts help improve health for Cambodian patients

STORY: Traditional Chinese Medicine experts help improve health for Cambodian patients DATELINE: June 17, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:24 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1 various of the hospital 2 SOUNDBITE 1 (Cambodian): SOK CHEAV, Cambodian patient 3 various of Sok Cheav receiving TCM treatment 4 SOUNDBITE 2 (Cambodian): TENG VICHAI, Sok Cheav's son 5 various of the TCM clinic 6 SOUNDBITE 3 (English): XU FENG, Head of the TCM anti-COVID-19 pandemic team in Cambodia 7 SOUNDBITE 4 (Cambodian): TENG VICHAI, Sok Cheav's son STORYLINE: 68-year-old Cambodian Sok Cheav has been suffering paralysis left by a stroke for several years. After using Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), she is partially regaining mobility. SOUNDBITE 1 (Cambodian): SOK CHEAV, Cambodian patient "Previously, I could not move my body and collapsed when I sat unassisted. Now, I can sit independently, and my right hand is movable, but my left hand is still unmovable. Traditional Chinese Medicine has also given me a good sleep." She

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Doctor in Spain expresses concerns as COVID preventive measures ease

STORY: Doctor in Spain expresses concerns as COVID preventive measures ease DATELINE: June 15, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:01 LOCATION: BARCELONA, Spain CATEGORY: SOCIETY/HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of street views and hospitals in Spain 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Catalan): ANNA VILELLA, Head of the Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology Service at Barcelona's Clinic Hospital 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Catalan): ANNA VILELLA, Head of the Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology Service at Barcelona's Clinic Hospital 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Catalan): ANNA VILELLA, Head of the Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology Service at Barcelona's Clinic Hospital STORYLINE: Doctors in Spain fear that the COVID situation could get worse this summer due to the relaxation of preventive health measures, such as the use of face masks in closed spaces. While health authorities in Spain no longer diagnose and catalogue new COVID cases, a recent rise in the number of positive cases, especially among older people, indicates that the virus is most likely spreading widely a

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Xinjiang, My home: Dedicated medical researcher

STORY: Xinjiang, My home: Dedicated medical researcher DATELINE: June 13, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:35 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Nurjamal Sarbay working STORYLINE: As a dedicated medical researcher, Nurjamal Sarbay in China's Xinjiang wishes to use her knowledge to contribute to the development of Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture. My name is Nurjamal Sarbay. I work at the institute of Kirgiz medicine of People's Hospital in Xinjiang's Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture I have been particularly interested in plants since I was a child, So I chose a plant-related major when I went to college. Now I'm a PhD student in medicinal botany. Currently our work mainly focuses on collecting and categorizing wild medicinal plants in our prefecture. I learned a lot of professional knowledge in Xinjiang University, which helps me to get the opportunity to study abroad. I continued my study in medicinal botany at the University of Greifswald, Germany. After returning home, I

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Music festival stage collapses in Spain, six workers injured

STORY: Music festival stage collapses in Spain, six workers injured DATELINE: June 11, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:56 LOCATION: SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, Spain CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the collapsed site STORYLINE: At least six workers have been injured, two of them seriously after the main stage for the Monte de Gozo music festival in the city of Santiago de Compostela, in northwest Spain, collapsed on Friday, local rescue services have confirmed. The incident happened at around 12:30 local time (11:30 GMT) as the stage was being assembled for the event, which is due to be celebrated between June 16-18. Around 20 people were working on the stage structure at the time of collapse. The injured were under treatment at a nearby hospital. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Santiago de Compostela, Spain. (XHTV)

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MIDEAST-HEBRON-FUNERAL

(220609) -- HEBRON, June 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A relative mourns during the funeral of Mahmoud Abu Ahyour in the town of Halhul near the West Bank city of Hebron, on June 9, 2022. A Palestinian was killed on Thursday during clashes with the Israeli soldiers in the town of Halhul near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, according to Palestinian medics and eyewitnesses. The Palestinian Health Ministry said in a statement that Mahmoud Abu Ahyour, 27, died in the hospital after he was shot in the abdomen by the Israeli soldiers during clashes that broke out in the town. (Photo by Mamoun Wazwaz/Xinhua)

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MIDEAST-HEBRON-FUNERAL

(220609) -- HEBRON, June 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Relatives mourn during the funeral of Mahmoud Abu Ahyour in the town of Halhul near the West Bank city of Hebron, on June 9, 2022. A Palestinian was killed on Thursday during clashes with the Israeli soldiers in the town of Halhul near the southern West Bank city of Hebron, according to Palestinian medics and eyewitnesses. The Palestinian Health Ministry said in a statement that Mahmoud Abu Ahyour, 27, died in the hospital after he was shot in the abdomen by the Israeli soldiers during clashes that broke out in the town. (Photo by Mamoun Wazwaz/Xinhua)

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18 killed in SW Pakistan's road accident

STORY: 18 killed in SW Pakistan's road accident DATELINE: June 8, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:33 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the accident site STORYLINE: Eighteen people were killed when a passenger coaster fell into a ravine in Pakistan's southwest Balochistan province on Wednesday, local media reports and officials said. The coaster carrying some 25 people was on its way to Zhob district of the province when the accident took place in Killa Saifullah area, local media reported. The Deputy Commissioner of the Killa Saifullah Muhammad Qasim told media that the accident happened when the driver of the vehicle lost control while negotiating a sharp turn. Several people got critically injured in the accident and have been shifted to a nearby hospital, he said. Several women, kids and the van driver were among those killed. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Islamabad. (XHTV)

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Bangladeshi army deployed as container depot fire kills at least 45

STORY: Bangladeshi army deployed as container depot fire kills at least 45 DATELINE: June 6, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:38 LOCATION: Dhaka CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of a terrible fire broke out at a container depot in Chittagong, Bangladesh STORYLINE: At least 45 people were killed and hundreds of others injured as a devastating fire swept through a container facility in Chattogram district, about 242 km southeast of Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh. The fire broke out in one of the containers loaded with chemicals in the container yard located in Sitakunda on the outskirts of Chattogram on Saturday night. The district's chief administrator Mohammad Mominur Rahman told Xinhua over the phone that "the death toll of the depot fire has risen to 45 on Sunday." According to Brigadier General Shamim Ahsan, director of Chattogram Medical College Hospital, at least 250 people were treated in the hospital. They suffered from burn injuries in the devastating fire that erupted at about 8:00 p.m. local time Saturda

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MALAWI-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-INT'L CHILDREN'S DAY

(220605) -- MZUZU, June 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Members of the Chinese Medical Team (CMT) pose with children at the entrance of the paediatric ward of Mzuzu Central Hospital in Mzuzu, Malawi, on June 1, 2022. A team of 8 members from the CMT working at Malawi's northern referral hospital of Mzuzu on Wednesday celebrated International Children's Day by cheering children at the health facility's paediatrics ward. TO GO WITH "Chinese Medical Team in Malawi cheers children on Int'l Children's Day" (Chinese Medical Team in Malawi/Handout via Xinhua)

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MALAWI-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-INT'L CHILDREN'S DAY

(220605) -- MZUZU, June 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A member of the Chinese Medical Team (CMT) cheers up a kid at the paediatric ward of Mzuzu Central Hospital in Mzuzu, Malawi, on June 1, 2022. A team of 8 members from the CMT working at Malawi's northern referral hospital of Mzuzu on Wednesday celebrated International Children's Day by cheering children at the health facility's paediatrics ward. TO GO WITH "Chinese Medical Team in Malawi cheers children on Int'l Children's Day" (Chinese Medical Team in Malawi/Handout via Xinhua)

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MALAWI-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM-INT'L CHILDREN'S DAY

(220605) -- MZUZU, June 5, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A member of the Chinese Medical Team (CMT) stands with a kid at the paediatric ward of Mzuzu Central Hospital in Mzuzu, Malawi, on June 1, 2022. A team of 8 members from the CMT working at Malawi's northern referral hospital of Mzuzu on Wednesday celebrated International Children's Day by cheering children at the health facility's paediatrics ward. TO GO WITH "Chinese Medical Team in Malawi cheers children on Int'l Children's Day" (Chinese Medical Team in Malawi/Handout via Xinhua)

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(SPOT NEWS) CHINA-GUIZHOU-TRAIN DERAIL (CN)

(220604) -- GUIYANG, June 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Rescuers evacuate a passenger at the site of the train derail accident in Rongjiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, June 4, 2022. A train driver died and eight others were injured after a bullet train derailed at around 10:30 a.m. on Saturday in Rongjiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, according to China State Railway Group Co., Ltd. Two carriages of the train D2809 from Guiyang to Guangzhou came off the tracks that were hit by mud and rockslide as the train was about to arrive at the Rongjiang station, the company said. The injured people include one train attendant and seven passengers. They have been receiving treatment at local hospital. A total of 136 other passengers have been evacuated, the company said. The investigation of the accident is under way. (Xinhua)

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US: Shooting Reported At Medical Clinic In Tulsa, Oklahoma

A shooting was reported at a medical clinic on the Saint Francis Hospital campus in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Wednesday afternoon, June 1. This video was shot at 65th Street and Yale Avenue and shows the situation with officers and police vehicles arriving at the scene. Several injuries have been reported.

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CHINA-SICHUAN-YA'AN-EARTHQUAKE (CN)

(220601) -- CHENGDU, June 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on June 1, 2022 shows a view inside a damaged post office after an earthquake in Baoxing County of Ya'an, southwest China's Sichuan Province. Four people have been confirmed dead and 14 others are injured after an earthquake jolted the city of Ya'an in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Wednesday afternoon, according to the city's earthquake relief headquarters. The four people who died were hit by falling rocks, while the injured have been sent to hospital for treatment. (Photo by Wang Yingfa/Xinhua)

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MIDEAST-BETHLEHEM-PALESTINIAN MAN-KILLED

(220602) -- BETHLEHEM, June 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Relatives of Palestinian Ayman Muheisen gather around his body in a hospital in the Al-Dheisheh refugee camp in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, June 2, 2022. A Palestinian man was killed on Thursday during clashes with Israeli soldiers in the Al-Dheisheh refugee camp adjacent to the West Bank city of Bethlehem, medics and eyewitnesses said. The Palestinian Ministry of Health said that Ayman Muheisen, 29, died in a Palestinian hospital after Israeli soldiers shot him during clashes in the refugee camp. (Photo by Mamoun Wazwaz/Xinhua)

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MIDEAST-BETHLEHEM-PALESTINIAN MAN-KILLED

(220602) -- BETHLEHEM, June 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A relative of Palestinian Ayman Muheisen mourns outside a hospital in the Al-Dheisheh refugee camp in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, June 2, 2022. A Palestinian man was killed on Thursday during clashes with Israeli soldiers in the Al-Dheisheh refugee camp adjacent to the West Bank city of Bethlehem, medics and eyewitnesses said. The Palestinian Ministry of Health said that Ayman Muheisen, 29, died in a Palestinian hospital after Israeli soldiers shot him during clashes in the refugee camp. (Photo by Mamoun Wazwaz/Xinhua)

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UKRAINE-KIEV-HOSPITAL-CHILDREN'S DAY

(220602) -- KIEV, June 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A volunteer makes up a kid's face during an event celebrating International Children's Day at a children's hospital in Kiev, Ukraine, June 1, 2022. (Photo by Roman Petushkov/Xinhua)

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UKRAINE-KIEV-HOSPITAL-CHILDREN'S DAY

(220602) -- KIEV, June 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Two kids draw pictures during an event celebrating International Children's Day at a children's hospital in Kiev, Ukraine, June 1, 2022. (Photo by Roman Petushkov/Xinhua)

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CHINA-SICHUAN-YA'AN-EARTHQUAKE (CN)

(220601) -- CHENGDU, June 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on June 1, 2022 shows a view inside a damaged post office after an earthquake in Baoxing County of Ya'an, southwest China's Sichuan Province. Four people have been confirmed dead and 14 others are injured after an earthquake jolted the city of Ya'an in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Wednesday afternoon, according to the city's earthquake relief headquarters. The four people who died were hit by falling rocks, while the injured have been sent to hospital for treatment. (Photo by Wang Yingfa/Xinhua)

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MIDEAST-BETHLEHEM-PALESTINIAN MAN-KILLED

(220602) -- BETHLEHEM, June 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A relative of Palestinian Ayman Muheisen mourns outside a hospital in the Al-Dheisheh refugee camp in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, June 2, 2022. A Palestinian man was killed on Thursday during clashes with Israeli soldiers in the Al-Dheisheh refugee camp adjacent to the West Bank city of Bethlehem, medics and eyewitnesses said. The Palestinian Ministry of Health said that Ayman Muheisen, 29, died in a Palestinian hospital after Israeli soldiers shot him during clashes in the refugee camp. (Photo by Mamoun Wazwaz/Xinhua)

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5 killed in hospital campus shooting

STORY: 5 killed in hospital campus shooting DATELINE: June 2, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:56 LOCATION: NEW YORK, U.S. CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of views in U.S. 2. STANDUP (English): XIE E, Xinhua correspondent 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Spanish): ANTONIO GONZALEZ PLESSMAN, Human rights activist in Venezuela 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): ISMAIL, Lebanese lawyer 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): STEPHEN NDEGWA, United States International University (USIU-Africa) in Kenya STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): XIE E, Xinhua correspondent "At least four people were killed in a hospital campus shooting on Wednesday evening in Tulsa, the second-largest city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma, authorities said. The gunman is also dead, police said. The shooter was reportedly armed with a rifle at the Natalie Medical Building, a physicians' office building on the St. Francis Hospital campus, Tulsa Police Department said on social media. More than 17,000 people have died in gun-related episodes across the U.S. over the past five months, including

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UKRAINE-KIEV-HOSPITAL-CHILDREN'S DAY

(220602) -- KIEV, June 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A kid poses for photos with a giant panda doll during an event celebrating International Children's Day at a children's hospital in Kiev, Ukraine, June 1, 2022. (Photo by Roman Petushkov/Xinhua)

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CHINA-SHANGHAI-MAKESHIFT HOSPITAL-CLOSE (CN)

(220531) -- SHANGHAI, May 31, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on May 31, 2022 shows a view of the makeshift hospital at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (NECC) in east China's Shanghai. The convention center-turned makeshift hospital, Shanghai's largest makeshift hospital for COVID-19 patients during the latest resurgence of infections, closed down on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Ding Ting)

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CHINA-SHANGHAI-MAKESHIFT HOSPITAL-CLOSE (CN)

(220531) -- SHANGHAI, May 31, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on May 31, 2022 shows a view of the makeshift hospital at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (NECC) in east China's Shanghai. The convention center-turned makeshift hospital, Shanghai's largest makeshift hospital for COVID-19 patients during the latest resurgence of infections, closed down on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Ding Ting)

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CHINA-SHANGHAI-MAKESHIFT HOSPITAL-CLOSE (CN)

(220531) -- SHANGHAI, May 31, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on May 31, 2022 shows a view of the makeshift hospital at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (NECC) in east China's Shanghai. The convention center-turned makeshift hospital, Shanghai's largest makeshift hospital for COVID-19 patients during the latest resurgence of infections, closed down on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Ding Ting)

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Shanghai's largest makeshift hospital for COVID-19 shut down

STORY: Shanghai's largest makeshift hospital for COVID-19 shut down DATELINE: May 31, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:43 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (Chinese): PAN XU, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of the makeshift hospital STORYLINE: STANDUP (Chinese): PAN XU, Xinhua correspondent "The largest makeshift hospital for COVID-19 in Shanghai closed down on Tuesday. The hospital was converted from the National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai). It covers about 600,000 square meters with a capacity of 50,000 beds. It was put into use on April 9 to aid the megacity's fight against resurging COVID-19. By Monday, the hospital had received more than 174,000 patients. The Shanghai municipal health commission said Tuesday that the city reported nine confirmed locally transmitted COVID-19 cases and 22 local asymptomatic cases on Monday." Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Shanghai. (XHTV)

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NEPAL-KATHMANDU-PLANE CRASH

(220531) -- KATHMANDU, May 31, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Family members weep as they wait for dead bodies left by a crashed Nepali plane at a hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, May 31, 2022. With the last dead body found on Tuesday morning, all the 22 bodies left by a crashed Nepali passenger plane have been recovered, the Nepal Army said. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)

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NEPAL-KATHMANDU-PLANE CRASH

(220531) -- KATHMANDU, May 31, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A family member weeps as he waits for dead bodies left by a crashed Nepali plane at a hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, May 31, 2022. With the last dead body found on Tuesday morning, all the 22 bodies left by a crashed Nepali passenger plane have been recovered, the Nepal Army said. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)

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NEPAL-KATHMANDU-PLANE CRASH

(220531) -- KATHMANDU, May 31, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A family member weeps as she waits for dead bodies left by a crashed Nepali plane at a hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, May 31, 2022. With the last dead body found on Tuesday morning, all the 22 bodies left by a crashed Nepali passenger plane have been recovered, the Nepal Army said. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)

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NEPAL-KATHMANDU-PLANE CRASH

(220531) -- KATHMANDU, May 31, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A family member weeps as he waits for dead bodies left by a crashed Nepali plane at a hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, May 31, 2022. With the last dead body found on Tuesday morning, all the 22 bodies left by a crashed Nepali passenger plane have been recovered, the Nepal Army said. (Photo by Sulav Shrestha/Xinhua)

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Zimbabwean student savors freedom, diversity in China's Xinjiang

STORY: Zimbabwean student savors freedom, diversity in China's Xinjiang DATELINE: May 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:12 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (English): GEORGE TABENGWA, Zimbabwean student STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE (English): GEORGE TABENGWA, Zimbabwean student "My name is George Tabengwa, I'm from Zimbabwe. I'm in Xinjiang for four years. So I'm in my fourth year in medical school, and I'm about to start internship. I chose medicine because since I was a child, I've always wanted to be someone who helps people." Now a senior student at Xinjiang Medical University in Urumqi, Tabengwa began his ties with Xinjiang in 2018. SOUNDBITE (English): GEORGE TABENGWA, Zimbabwean student "When I came to Xinjiang, it's a very good place. The food is great and the people are great people. So I really enjoy being in Xinjiang. The dormitory is great. The teachers are great. The supervisors are great. The hospital is great. So there's so much mutual respect." What attracts Tabengwa most is

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Argentina confirms first case of monkeypox

STORY: Argentina confirms first case of monkeypox DATELINE: May 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:48 LOCATION: Buenos Aires CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. exterior of Malbran Institute, public scientific institution that confirmed the first case of monkeypox 2. various of Hospital Cemic 3. various of Argentine citizens 4. various of Government building STORYLINE: Argentina has confirmed its first case of monkeypox in a man who arrived from Spain, the Health Ministry said Friday. "The patient is in good condition, undergoing symptomatic treatment, and his close contacts are under clinical and epidemiological control, with no symptoms to date," the ministry said in a statement. The test result from "the sample taken from the first high-probability case is positive, which confirms infection with poxviruses belonging to the Eurasian-African group of the Orthopox genus," the ministry said. Subsequently, genomic sequencing yielded a very high percentage of homology with the West African clade, like those found in new cas

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Telemedicine platform helps safeguard health of villagers in rural China

STORY: Telemedicine platform helps safeguard health of villagers in rural China DATELINE: May 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:51 LOCATION: GUIYANG, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY/MEDICINE SHOTLIST: 1. aerial view of the hospital 2. various of the telemedicine systems 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): CHEN LI, Doctor from Tuanjie Village, Longli County, Guizhou 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): TIAN GUANG, Doctor of Longli People's Hospital 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): CHEN LI, Doctor from Tuanjie Village, Longli County, Guizhou STORYLINE: With the help of telemedicine platforms, villagers in southwest China's Guizhou Province are now able to consult doctors from higher-level hospitals. As the country's first national big data comprehensive pilot zone, Guizhou has been taking advantage of the technology to benefit local villagers. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): CHEN LI, Doctor from Tuanjie Village, Longli County, Guizhou "Most of the villagers left behind at home are elderly people and children as young people choose to work in big cities. Now,

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AFGHANISTAN-MAZAR-I-SHARIF-BLAST

(220526) -- MAZAR-I-SHARIF, May 26, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on May 26, 2022 shows a victim of a blast at a hospital in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan. At least 14 people were killed and 32 others wounded in four explosions that rocked Afghanistan's capital Kabul and northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif on Wednesday, authorities said. (Photo by Kawa Bashart/Xinhua)

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CHINA-NINGXIA-INDIAN STUDENT (CN)

(220527) -- YINCHUAN, May 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Undated file photo shows Ankita (R), an Indian student of Ningxia Medical University, having an operation lesson with a Chinese doctor at the General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. TO GO WITH "Feature: Chinese university a bridge for Sino-India relationship" (Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-MAZAR-I-SHARIF-BLAST

(220526) -- MAZAR-I-SHARIF, May 26, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on May 26, 2022 shows victims of a blast at a hospital in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan. At least 14 people were killed and 32 others wounded in four explosions that rocked Afghanistan's capital Kabul and northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif on Wednesday, authorities said. (Photo by Kawa Bashart/Xinhua)