China delivers 50 buses to Mongolia

STORY: China delivers 50 buses to Mongolia SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 13, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 17, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:41 LOCATION: ERENHOT, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Chinese-made buses at the Erenhot port 2. various of customs officers inspecting the buses before they were delivered to Mongolia STORYLINE: China has recently delivered 50 domestically-made buses to Ulan Bator of Mongolia through the land port of Erenhot, the largest land port on the China-Mongolia border, as part of an order for 600 Yutong buses placed by Mongolia last year. Mongolia made the purchase from China to help meet its public transport demand and the first batch of 35 vehicles arrived at the Mongolian capital in late December 2023. The remaining vehicles will arrive at Ulan Bator in February and they are expected to help relieve Mongolia's shortage of bus supplies, according to local customs authorities in Erenhot. The Erenhot port has opened a special green channel for the exported buses, greatly helping facil

C919 jetliner arrives in south China's tropical island

STORY: C919 jetliner arrives in south China's tropical island DATELINE: Jan. 3, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:48 LOCATION: HAIKOU, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the plane STORYLINE: China's C919 large passenger jet landed at an airport in Haikou on Monday, as a part of its 100-hour aircraft validation flight process. The C919 is China's first homegrown large jetliner. The first such aircraft was delivered to China Eastern Airlines last month. The C919 started its airline validation flight in late December. The testing process will comprehensively verify the reliability of the C919 with commercial operation in mind -- with the aim of ensuring its safety and efficiency. The validation flight will last until mid-February and the aircraft is expected to be put into commercial operation by China Eastern Airlines in the spring of this year. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Haikou, China. (XHTV)

Fishermen's protest blocks Isahaya reclamation project

Fishermen's protest blocks Isahaya reclamation project

NAGASAKI, Japan - Some 30 fishermen from Fukuoka, Nagasaki and Kumamoto prefectures surround a dump truck Jan. 8 at the floodgate in the town of Takai, Nagasaki Prefecture. They were protesting against a government attempt to resume a land reclamation project in Isahaya Bay, suspended since late February last year.

Russia-Ukraine conflict's fallout shadows Europe's growth prospects

STORY: Russia-Ukraine conflict's fallout shadows Europe's growth prospects DATELINE: June 2, 2021 LENGTH: 0:01:38 LOCATION: Madrid/Athens CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of streets, gas stations and supermarkets in Europe 2. SOUNDBITE (Catalan): LOLA EXPOSITO, Taxi driver in Spain 3. SOUNDBITE (Greek): DIAMANTIS ZOURNAS livestock breeder in Greece STORYLINE: Soaring prices are expected to limit economic growth in Europe this year, with gross domestic product estimates for 2022 being lowered across the continent. Prices in Europe started climbing late last year, pushed mostly by supply chain issues. But the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, which started in late February, had an immediate impact on energy prices, putting further upward pressure on prices for transport, industry, food and heating. Consumer prices in the eurozone rose by an average of 8.1 percent in May, the highest annual level since the creation of the common currency in 1999, Eurostat, the statistical office of the Europe

Petrol prices in Australia's major cities hit 8-year high

STORY: Petrol prices in Australia's major cities hit 8-year high DATELINE: March 15, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:33 LOCATION: SYDNEY, Australia CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Sydney, Australia STORYLINE: The Russia-Ukraine crisis and OPEC production limitation combined with recovering oil demand pushed February prices for both international refined petrol and average retail petrol in Australia's five largest cities to an eight-year high. The latest petrol monitoring report published on Monday by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), the country's consumer watchdog, revealed that daily average retail petrol prices in Australia's five major cities: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth hit 182.4 cents per liter (about 132.4 U.S. cents) in late-February 2022, the highest inflation-adjusted (real) level since 2014. ACCC Chair Rod Sims said the world was already experiencing high crude oil prices since late last year and the Russia-Ukraine crisis has forced crude oil pri