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The phrase "Hunt Strong" is spray-painted on a house's windows in Hunt, Texas, the United States, July 11, 2025. U.S. President Donald Trump visited central Texas on Friday, clapping back again at the criticism of his policy and federal response to the July 4 major flooding that left at least 121 dead and more than 150 others missing. Photo by Nick Wagner/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nomura Holdings president Okuda

Nomura Holdings Inc. President Kentaro Okuda speaks to reporters in Tokyo on May 14, 2024, after announcing the major Japanese brokerage house's profit expansion plan.

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"Badu Gili: Celestial" light show in Sydney

STORY: "Badu Gili: Celestial" light show in Sydney SHOOTING TIME: March 8, 2024 DATELINE: March 9, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:33 LOCATION: SYDNEY, Australia CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Sydney Opera House lights STORYLINE: The "Badu Gili: Celestial" light show is underway on the Opera House's eastern Bennelong sails in Sydney, Australia. "Badu Gili" means "water light" in the language of the traditional owners of Bennelong Point, now the location of the Sydney Opera House. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Sydney, Australia. (XHTV)

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AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-OPERA HOUSE-LIGHT SHOW

(240305) -- SYDNEY, March 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on March 5, 2024 shows the "Badu Gili: Celestial" light show on the Opera House's eastern Bennelong sails in Sydney, Australia. "Badu Gili" means "water light" in the language of the traditional owners of Bennelong Point, now the location of the Sydney Opera House. The light show is open to the public daily in March. (Xinhua/Ma Ping)

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AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-OPERA HOUSE-LIGHT SHOW

(240305) -- SYDNEY, March 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on March 5, 2024 shows the "Badu Gili: Celestial" light show on the Opera House's eastern Bennelong sails in Sydney, Australia. "Badu Gili" means "water light" in the language of the traditional owners of Bennelong Point, now the location of the Sydney Opera House. The light show is open to the public daily in March. (Xinhua/Ma Ping)

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AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-OPERA HOUSE-LIGHT SHOW

(240305) -- SYDNEY, March 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on March 5, 2024 shows the "Badu Gili: Celestial" light show on the Opera House's eastern Bennelong sails in Sydney, Australia. "Badu Gili" means "water light" in the language of the traditional owners of Bennelong Point, now the location of the Sydney Opera House. The light show is open to the public daily in March. (Xinhua/Ma Ping)

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Shahbaz Sharif elected as Pakistan's new PM

STORY: Shahbaz Sharif elected as Pakistan's new PM SHOOTING TIME: March 3, 2024 DATELINE: March 4, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:55 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Shahbaz Sharif at the parliament STORYLINE: Shahbaz Sharif, the joint candidate of an alliance led by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), was elected as the 24th prime minister of Pakistan in a polling held by the National Assembly or lower house of the parliament on Sunday, said the speaker of the house. Speaker of the National Assembly, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq announced that Sharif, president of PML-N, won the election by securing the lower house's 201 votes out of the total 293 votes cast in Sunday's polling. Sharif's sole competitor Omar Ayub Khan, a joint candidate of the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) and former Prime Minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, secured 92 votes, said the speaker. The speaker announced that Sharif had been declared as the prime minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. A t

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Australia's Sydney Opera House celebrates 50th birthday

STORY: Australia's Sydney Opera House celebrates 50th birthday DATELINE: Oct. 21, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:22 LOCATION: SYDNEY, Australia CATEGORY: SCIENCE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Sydney Opera House's laser show STORYLINE: From Friday to Sunday, the night sky across the Sydney Harbor would be lit up by a special laser show, as the Opera House marks its 50th anniversary after being opened to the public on Oct. 20, 1973. As a part of the landmark's Birthday Festival, the laser show named "ICON" combines lighting technology with a soundscape composed by Australian artist Robin Fox, who was inspired by drawings of the Opera House from the archives and created this audio-visual art experience. The audience can get to know the delicately-balanced assemblage of white shells from the sketches and also imagine the future of the Opera House while being immersed in the techno beats. After the construction project commenced in 1959, it took 14 years and 10,000 workers to turn the design of Danish architect Jorn Utzon into

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More countries line up to join BRICS as growth opportunities abound

STORY: More countries line up to join BRICS as growth opportunities abound DATELINE: Aug. 21, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:27 LOCATION: JOHANNESBURG, South Africa CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of street views in South Africa 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): BARIS DOSTER, Scholar with the Istanbul-based Marmara University 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ANDRE EDGAR ANTONIO THOMASHAUSEN, Professor Emeritus of International Law at University of South Africa 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Portuguese): DRUMOND MAFUTA, Angola's November Publishing House's Chairman of the Board of Administration 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): MELAKU MULUALEM, Senior international relations and diplomacy researcher, Ethiopia's Institute of Strategic Affairs 6. various of BRICS countries STORYLINE: The 15th BRICS Summit is set to be held in South Africa's Johannesburg on Aug. 22-24. There are high expectations among experts and observers about the outcomes of the summit. One major focus is the membership expansion of the group. Attracted by the openness and i

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Japan lower house OKs record 114 tril. yen budget for FY 2023

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) is pictured during a House of Representatives plenary session in Tokyo on Feb. 28, 2023, following the lower house's approval of a record 114.38 trillion yen ($840 billion) budget for fiscal 2023.

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Resumption of China's outbound travel to boost Malaysia's GDP: economists

STORY: Resumption of China's outbound travel to boost Malaysia's GDP: economists DATELINE: Feb. 5, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:35 LOCATION: Kuala Lumpur CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Kuala Lumpur streets 2. various of Kuala Lumpur airport 3. various of Chinese tourists in Thailand 4. various of Kuala Lumpur streets 5. various of Chinese tourists in Thailand STORYLINE: The effect of stronger tourism activity due to the resumption of China's outbound travel could boost Malaysia's gross domestic product (GDP) by at least 1 percentage point. The remark was made by UOB Global Economics & Market Research on Friday. According to the research house's economists, the boost will further support their baseline GDP growth forecast for Malaysia of 4 percent for 2023. The economists said the global tourism sector is expected to make a big leap forward this year as China has eased domestic restrictions since Jan. 8 this year. They highlighted that more than 32 million Chinese travelers visited Southeast Asia before

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Solar power plant

OITA, Japan - Marubeni Corp. President Fumiya Kokubu speaks during the opening ceremony for Japan's largest solar power plant in Oita city, southwestern Japan, on April 23, 2014. The plant run by the trading house's wholly owned subsidiary Oita Solar Power Corp. is capable of generating 82.02 megawatts of electricity, enough to cover demand from 30,000 households.

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Secrecy bill

TOKYO, Japan - (From L) Toshio Seya, former head of the Regional Banks Association of Japan, lawyer Yoichi Eto of the Japan Federation of Bar Associations and Toshiaki Hibino, the head of the Japan Federation of Newspaper Workers' Unions, attend a session of the upper house's security committee in Tokyo on Dec. 3, 2013. All of the experts invited to appear at the Diet hearing expressed concern about controversial legislation to toughen penalties for leakers of state secrets that the ruling bloc is aiming to enact later in the week.

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Japan upper house election

TOKYO, Japan - Former pro wrestler Antonio Inoki celebrates in Tokyo after media projections show he is set to win in the House of Councillors election on July 21, 2013. He ran in the upper house's proportional representation block for the Japan Restoration Party.

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Japan upper house election

TOKYO, Japan - Former pro wrestler Antonio Inoki celebrates in Tokyo after media projections show he is set to win in the House of Councillors election on July 21, 2013. He ran in the upper house's proportional representation block for the Japan Restoration Party.

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Parties involved in AIJ scandal

TOKYO, Japan - In Tokyo on March 27, 2012, (from L to R) Kazuhiko Asakawa, president of AIJ Investment Advisors Co., Hideaki Nishimura, president of ITM Securities Co. which is effectively under AIJ's control, and Isao Ishiyama, a retiree of the now-defunct Social Insurance Agency who currently operates a pension fund consultancy, sit at a session of the House of Representatives' Committee on Financial Affairs which addressed AIJ's loss of assets it had been managing on behalf of pension funds. They were three of the five witnesses to testify at the lower house's committee.

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Japan, U.S. to work out road map to prevent nuclear terrorism

TOKYO, Japan - Laura Holgate, senior director for weapons of mass destruction terrorism and threat reduction in the White House's National Security Council, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Feb. 4, 2011. Holgate said the United States and Japan have agreed to work out a road map to prevent nuclear terrorism ahead of the second nuclear security summit to be held in Seoul in 2012.

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Imperial family visits Akasaka Palace

TOKYO, Japan - (From R) Japanese Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko, Crown Prince Naruhito, Prince Akishino and other members of the imperial family visit the refurbished Asahi no Ma room of the State Guest House's Akasaka Palace in Tokyo on May 30, 2010.

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FY 2010 budget clears Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (C) and his Cabinet members bow after the House of Councillors Budget Committee approved a fiscal 2010 budget March 24, 2010. The record 92.3 trillion yen budget for the year starting April 1 cleared the upper house's plenary session the same day, which meant final endorsement by parliament.

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Japan's new first lady overwhelmed with joy

TOKYO, Japan - Miyuki Hatoyama (L), who became Japan's first lady after her husband Yukio Hatoyama was officially voted in as prime minister on Sept. 16, 2009, talks with Motoko Matsuno, wife of Yorihisa Matsuno, a Democratic Party of Japan member of the House of Representatives, after witnessing the event from the lower house's gallery.

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Name bars of new parliamentarians produced

TOKYO, Japan - Calligraphers create name bars for new House of Representatives members for use in the lower house's plenary chamber. Nine calligraphers from Nushisa Seisakusho, a lacquered tableware company in Tokyo's Taito Ward, on Sept. 2, 2009 worked on completing the bars for a total of 158 new lower house members by Sept. 9, company president Eiji Takemata said. The next parliamentary session is to begin Sept. 16.

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Name bars of new parliamentarians produced

TOKYO, Japan - Calligraphers create name bars for new House of Representatives members for use in the lower house's plenary chamber. Nine calligraphers from Nushisa Seisakusho, a lacquered tableware company in Tokyo's Taito Ward, on Sept. 2, 2009 worked on completing the bars for a total of 158 new lower house members by Sept. 9, company president Eiji Takemata said. The next parliamentary session is to begin Sept. 16.

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Ex-Prime Minister Abe resumes political activities

TOKYO, Japan - Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) shakes hands with Taro Aso, former secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, as he attends a plenary session of the House of Representatives on Nov. 13. It is Abe's first public appearance since he attended the lower house's plenary session on September 25 to elect Yasuo Fukuda as his successor.

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Scandal-hit lawmaker Nagata identifies provider of fake e-mail

TOKYO, Japan - Hisayasu Nagata, a member of the House of Representatives, speaks at the lower house's Discipline Committee in the Diet on March 24.

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Lawmaker Nagata admits e-mail was false at Diet panel

TOKYO, Japan - Hisayasu Nagata, a member of the House of Representatives, bows during a session of the lower house's Discipline Committee in Tokyo on March 22.

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Lawmaker Nagata admits e-mail was false at Diet panel

TOKYO, Japan - Hisayasu Nagata, a member of the House of Representatives, speaks at the lower house's Discipline Committee in Tokyo on March 22.

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Ito denies any wrongdoing over links with Huser

TOKYO, Japan - House of Representatives member and former state minister Kosuke Ito speaks at the lower house's Political Ethics Committee on Feb. 23. He denied any lobbying activities on behalf of property developer Huser Ltd., accused of selling condominiums vulnerable to earthquakes. (Pool photo)

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DPJ wants more say in amending Constitution

TOKYO, Japan - Taro Nakayama (3rd from L), chairman of the lower house's Research Commission on the Constitution, and Yukio Edano (4th from L), the commission's deputy chairman, submit the group's final report to lower house Speaker Yohei Kono (2nd from L) at the Diet building on April 15.

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Upper house all-out to make its presence felt

TOKYO, Japan - The floor of the House of Peers, the upper house's predecessor during the Meiji Period (1968-1912)

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Poneman urges quick U.S. action on N. Korea nuke issue

WASHINGTON, United States - Daniel Poneman, who served as special assistant to then President Bill Clinton and senior director for the nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction at the White House's National Security Council, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Washington on Oct. 21. Poneman is one of the architects of a 1994 U.S.-North Korean nuclear accord.

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Showdown on pension bills expected to last into night

TOKYO, Japan - Ruling and opposition members of the House of Representatives bustle around the podium of the lower house plenary hall at the Diet in Tokyo on June 4 as house speaker Yohei Kono tries to take a vote on a censure motion against Seiichi Eto, chairman of the lower house's health, labor and welfare committee.

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Matsunami apologizes to panel over gangster

TOKYO, Japan - House of Representatives lawmaker Kenshiro Matsunami (standing) speaks at the lower house's Deliberative Council on Political Ethics on May 21 about his links to a gangster who paidd the salaries of his aides. (Pool photo)

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Matsunami apologizes to panel over gangster, refuses to quit

TOKYO, Japan - House of Representatives lawmaker Kenshiro Matsunami, surrounded by security guards, leaves the Diet building in Tokyo on May 21 after attending the lower house's Deliberative Council oon Political Ethics.

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Ishihara meets White House officials about Yokota base issue

WASHINGTON, United States - Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara (R) leaves the White House on Oct. 8 after meeting with James Moriarty, senior director for Asian affairs of the White House's National Security Council (NSC), and Michael Green, NSC director for Asian affairs, to discuss converting the U.S. Air Force's Yokota Base in western Tokyo into a joint civilian-military airport.

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(7)Suzuki gives testimony at lower house committee

TOKYO, Japan - Muneo Suzuki, a House of Representatives member, leaves the Diet on March 11 after finishing his testimony at the house's Budget Committee session over allegations of his involvement in Foreign Ministry affairs.

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(2)Suzuki gives testimony at lower house committee

TOKYO, Japan - House of Representatives lawmaker Muneo Suzuki makes an oath before giving his testimony at the house's Budget Committee session March 11 over allegations of improper influence over Foreign Ministry affairs.

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(1)Suzuki gives testimony at lower house committee

TOKYO, Japan - House of Representatives lawmaker Muneo Suzuki (C) heads to the house's Budget Committee session March 11 to give sworn testimony over allegations of improper influence over Foreign Ministry affairs.

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Lower house panel passes FY 2002 budget bill

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) and Finance Minister Masajuro Shiokawa (L) bow to members of the House of Representatives Budget Committee on March 6 after the committee cleared the 81.23 trillion yen budget for fiscal 2002, beginning April 1, ahead of the house's plenary session, which is to pass the bill later in the evening.

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Naturalized Japanese citizen Tsurunen makes debut in Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Marutei Tsurunen, a naturalized Japanese citizen from Finland, is applauded by members of the House of Councillors after being introduced at the upper house's plenary session in Tokyo on Feb. 8. Tsurunen, who was runner-up on the Democratic Party of Japan's candidate list in last July's upper chamber election, is taking up the seat vacated by Kyosen Ohashi, a former TV perrsonality, who resigned late last month.

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Upper house panel passes SDF bill for U.S.-led operations

TOKYO, Japan - Lawmakers from the ruling coalition parties raise their hands at meeting of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee of the House of Councillors at the Diet in Tokyo on Oct. 26 to approve a bill allowing Japan's Self-Defense Forces (SDF) to lend noncombat support to the U.S.-led antiterrorism campaign. The bill and two additional bills are expected to pass the upper house's plenary session on Oct. 29.

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Women-only lounge opens in lower house building

TOKYO, Japan - The House of Representatives openes the first women-only lounge April 2 in the Diet building in Tokyo, allowing female Diet members, secretaries and employees to rest without being seen by men. The lounge, which includes a changing room and cots, was established at the request of the lower house's female members, the number of whom increased from 25 to 35 in the general election held last June.

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Upper house president quits over Diet turmoil

TOKYO, Japan - House of Councillors President Juro Saito (C) is surrounded by reporters in the Diet on Oct. 18 while walking toward upper house Vice President Hisamitsu Sugano to offer a letter of resignation. Saito resigned after failing to mediate a drawn-out row between the ruling and opposition parties over a plan to revise the upper house's electoral system.

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Japan's lower house dissolved

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's House of Representatives is dissolved by Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori on June 2 for a June 25 general election, amid a recent plunge in his popularity stemming from his controversial remark that Japan is ''a divine nation with the emperor at its center.'' The election will be the lower house's first in three years and eight months.

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Japanese parliament passes extra budget

TOKYO, Japan - The Japanese House of Councillors approves a 6.79 tril. yen extra budget on Dec. 9. Photo shows Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (R front) and Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa bowing to the upper house's plenary session. The bill was passed by a vote of 136 to 101. The budget has already passed through the lower house.

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Wiretapping bills okayed after opposition walkout

With members of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan and the Social Democratic Party having walked out of the lower house's plenary session in protest, the House of Representatives approves June 1 a package of three bills that would allow wiretapping in investigations into organized crime.

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Mexican president blames U.S. foreign policy as interventionist act

STORY: Mexican president blames U.S. foreign policy as interventionist act DATELINE: Aug. 25, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:10 LOCATION: Mexico City CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of press conference 2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): ANDRES MANUEL LOPEZ OBRADOR, President of Mexico STORYLINE: Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday said U.S. foreign policy is interfering with Mexico's internal affairs, referring to the White House's financing of non-governmental organizations in Mexico. He accused the U.S. funding of the non-governmental organization of Mexicans Against Corruption and Impunity. The Mexican government requested the U.S. to end payments a year ago. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): ANDRES MANUEL LOPEZ OBRADOR, President of Mexico "Everything indicates that the U.S. is still funding this group. It is something that we do not agree with the U.S. about, even though we have a good relationship. There are political practices that we consider inappropriate. We believe that these are interventionist

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GLOBALink | Mexican president blames U.S. foreign policy as interventionist act

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday said U.S. foreign policy is interfering with Mexico's internal affairs, referring to the White House's financing of non-governmental organizations in Mexico. Produced by Xinhua Global Service

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Biden urges precautions as Omicron subvariant BA.5 spreads in U.S.

STORY: Biden urges precautions as Omicron subvariant BA.5 spreads in U.S. DATELINE: July 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:48 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: POLITICS/HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JOE BIDEN, U.S. President 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): JOE BIDEN, U.S. President 3. various of the White House STORYLINE: U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday urged precautions as the Omicron BA.5 subvariant of COVID-19 continues to spread in the country. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JOE BIDEN, U.S. President "In fact, this new variant that infected me is getting a lot of people infected all around the world, not just here in the United States. We should take precautions to try to slow the spread of this virus." Biden said this in remarks from the White House's Rose Garden after ending isolation. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): JOE BIDEN, U.S. President "You should consider wearing a mask when you're in a crowded, indoor public place." COVID-19 cases, deaths, and hospitalizations are rising in the United States, with BA

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Biden's symptoms "have improved" after COVID-19 treatment: physician

STORY: Biden's symptoms "have improved" after COVID-19 treatment: physician DATELINE: July 23, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:44 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. picture of the White House's tweet 2. various of Biden boarding Marine One at the White House (file) STORYLINE: U.S. President Joe Biden's COVID-19 symptoms "have improved" after the first full day of treatment, the White House physician said on Friday. Biden's temperature reached 99.4 degrees Fahrenheit (37.4 degrees Celsius) Thursday evening and was given Tylenol, a fever reducer, according to a memo from Dr. Kevin O'Connor. "His temperature has remained normal since then," O'Connor wrote, adding that his symptoms remain characterized as runny nose, fatigue, and "loose" cough. Biden's "voice is deeper" Friday morning and "his pulse, blood pressure, respiratory rate, and oxygen saturation remain entirely normal, on room air," the physician said. O'Connor noted Biden is "tolerating treatment well" and will continue to

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Jen Psaki leaves role as White House press secretary

STORY: Jen Psaki leaves role as White House press secretary DATELINE: May 14, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:06 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JEN PSAKI, White House Press Secretary 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): JEN PSAKI, White House Press Secretary 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): JEN PSAKI, White House Press Secretary 4. Various of Jen Psaki and Karine Jean-Pierre at the press briefing 5. Various of exterior of the White House STORYLINE: Jen Psaki left her role as the White House press secretary on Friday. Psaki told reporters during her last briefing at the White House. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JEN PSAKI, White House Press Secretary "This is my last briefing, and I wanted to start with a series of thank yous. I want to say thank you to the president and the first lady. They entrusted me in serving in this role for the last 15 months." She also extended appreciation to the White House's press team, as well as to reporters in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room. SOUNDBITE 2