Incumbent President of Comoros Assoumani wins presidential election

STORY: Incumbent President of Comoros Assoumani wins presidential election SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 10-16, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 17, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:57 LOCATION: Moroni CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of a press conference 2. various of pre-election campaign STORYLINE: Incumbent President of the Comoros Azali Assoumani has won the presidential election by garnering over 60 percent of the votes, according to preliminary results released Tuesday by the country's Independent National Electoral Commission. At a press conference, the commission announced that Assoumani secured a total of 33,209 votes, which constitute 62.97 percent of the total votes and Salim Issa Abdallah from the Juwa party was the runner-up, garnering 20.26 percent of the votes. Despite the election turnout being a mere 16.3 percent, the commission commended the voters in a press release, stating that they fulfilled their duty in a calm and serene atmosphere. It also expressed appreciation for the mobilization of all those involv

Australian surgery wait times hit record high: report

STORY: Australian surgery wait times hit record high: report SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 7, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 8, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:29 LOCATION: Canberra CATEGORY: SOCIETY/HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2. various of patients waiting at I-Med medicine 3. various of surgery STORYLINE: Wait times for elective surgery in Australia have surged to the highest level on record in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, new government data has shown. According to a report published by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) on Wednesday, elective surgery wait times in Australia hit the highest level on record in 2022-23 due to a backlog caused by disruptions to the health system during the pandemic. The report found that as of 2022-23, 9.6 percent of patients spend longer than one year waiting to be admitted for elective surgery, up from 2.1 percent in 2018-19. Elective surgery refers to procedures that are considered medically necessary but do not involv