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VIETNAM-HANOI-LATE PARTY CHIEF-NGUYEN PHU TRONG-MEMORIAL SERVICE-BURIAL CEREMONY

(240726) -- HANOI, July 26, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This photo taken on July 26, 2024 shows the hearse motorcade for the late General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong on a street in Hanoi, Vietnam. A memorial service and a burial ceremony were held in the Vietnamese capital on Friday for Trong. (VNA via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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VIETNAM-HANOI-LATE PARTY CHIEF-NGUYEN PHU TRONG-MEMORIAL SERVICE-BURIAL CEREMONY

(240726) -- HANOI, July 26, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- People hold photos of the late General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong to bid him farewell on a street in Hanoi, Vietnam, July 26, 2024. A memorial service and a burial ceremony were held in the Vietnamese capital on Friday for Trong. (VNA via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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VIETNAM-HANOI-LATE PARTY CHIEF-NGUYEN PHU TRONG-MEMORIAL SERVICE-BURIAL CEREMONY

(240726) -- HANOI, July 26, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This photo taken on July 26, 2024 shows a scene of the memorial service for the late General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong at the National Funeral Hall in Hanoi, Vietnam. A memorial service and a burial ceremony were held in the Vietnamese capital on Friday for Trong. (VNA via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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VIETNAM-HANOI-LATE PARTY CHIEF-NGUYEN PHU TRONG-MEMORIAL SERVICE-BURIAL CEREMONY

(240726) -- HANOI, July 26, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This photo taken on July 26, 2024 shows a scene of the burial ceremony for the late General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong at the Mai Dich Cemetery in Hanoi, Vietnam. A memorial service and a burial ceremony were held in the Vietnamese capital on Friday for Trong. (VNA via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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VIETNAM-HANOI-LATE PARTY CHIEF-NGUYEN PHU TRONG-MEMORIAL SERVICE-BURIAL CEREMONY

(240726) -- HANOI, July 26, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- The coffin of the late General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong is carried onto a hearse at the National Funeral Hall in Hanoi, Vietnam, July 26, 2024. A memorial service and a burial ceremony were held in the Vietnamese capital on Friday for Trong. (VNA via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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VIETNAM-HANOI-LATE PARTY CHIEF-NGUYEN PHU TRONG-MEMORIAL SERVICE-BURIAL CEREMONY

(240726) -- HANOI, July 26, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This photo taken on July 26, 2024 shows the hearse motorcade for the late General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong on a street in Hanoi, Vietnam. A memorial service and a burial ceremony were held in the Vietnamese capital on Friday for Trong. (VNA via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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VIETNAM-HANOI-LATE PARTY CHIEF-NGUYEN PHU TRONG-MEMORIAL SERVICE-BURIAL CEREMONY

(240726) -- HANOI, July 26, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This photo taken on July 26, 2024 shows the hearse motorcade for the late General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong on a street in Hanoi, Vietnam. A memorial service and a burial ceremony were held in the Vietnamese capital on Friday for Trong. (VNA via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Thailand holds national senate election

STORY: Thailand holds national senate election SHOOTING TIME: June 26, 2024 DATELINE: June 27, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:45 LOCATION: Bangkok CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the voting STORYLINE: Thailand held the final round of voting for the Senate election in the capital Bangkok on Wednesday, after the five-year term of outgoing senators ended in May. Previously competing at the district and provincial levels across the Southeast Asian country, 2,989 successful candidates advanced to the national Senate election, where they cast votes among themselves to elect the 200-member parliament's upper house, according to the Thai Election Commission (EC). Representing 20 categories of social and professional groups, 10 candidates who receive the most votes from each group will be elected as senators. The vote counting continued until late Wednesday and the EC is expected to announce the official results by July 2. Under the kingdom's 2017 constitution, the new set of senators will no longer

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China's economic recovery shows resilience

STORY: China's economic recovery shows resilience DATELINE: Aug. 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:26 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of views in China 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): RONNIE LINS, Director of China-Brazil Center for Research and Business in Brazil 3. various of the views in China 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): DETLEF KRATZ, President of group research at German chemical giant BASF 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): COREY LINDLEY, CEO of doTERRA 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): BENOIT BAZIN, CEO of Saint-Gobain Group 7. various of the views in China 8. SOUNDBITE 5 (English): CARL FEY, Professor, BI Norwegian Business School STORYLINE: China's overall economic growth accelerated in the first half (H1) of this year. In late July, all 31 provincial-level regions of the Chinese mainland published their H1 GDP figures and other key economic indicators. The economic aggregates of 20 regions each exceeded one trillion yuan (about 138 billion U.S. dollars), indicating the robust resurgence and swift recover

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Flood-related deaths rise to 26 in east Afghanistan

STORY: Flood-related deaths rise to 26 in east Afghanistan DATELINE: July 24, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:27 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the flood-affected area in Wardak province, Afghanistan 2. various of muddy street 3. various of damaged houses STORYLINE: The number of flood-related casualties has increased to 26 deaths, with 44 people injured in east Afghanistan's Wardak province, said Shafiullah Rahimi, spokesman for the Natural Disaster Management Authority on Sunday. "A total of 26 people were killed, 44 others injured, and 36 more people went missing in rainstorms and flooding that swept through parts of eastern Wardak province late Saturday," Rahimi told reporters. Rahimi confirmed that the rainstorms and flash floods had also claimed four lives in the Paghman district outside Kabul and another in the eastern Khost province over the past three days. At least 250 cattle have been killed, 400 houses were partially or utterly destroyed, and dozens of acres of land were subme

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Japan considering Mt. Fuji, Kamakura as cultural heritage candidates

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in February 2004 shows the Great Buddha statue in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, which was Japan's capital between the late 12th and early 14th centuries. The Japanese government is considering recommending that UNESCO approve Mt. Fuji in central Japan and Kamakura as World Heritage cultural sites, officials said July 26, 2011.

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Ozawa returns to work

OKUSHIGA, Japan - Conductor Seiji Ozawa speaks during a news conference in Yamanouchi, Nagano Prefecture, on Aug. 1, 2010. Ozawa, who was undergoing treatment for esophagus cancer, revealed that he had an operation in late January for removal of his gullet and that he has resumed his work in public in Nagano Prefecture since July 26.

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Ozawa returns to work

OKUSHIGA, Japan - Conductor Seiji Ozawa speaks during a news conference in Yamanouchi, Nagano Prefecture, on Aug. 1, 2010. Ozawa, who was undergoing treatment for esophagus cancer, revealed that he had an operation in late January for removal of his gullet and that he has resumed his work in public in Nagano Prefecture since July 26.

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Powerful typhoon approaching eastern Japan

MINAMIIZU, Japan - High waves strike the coast of Minamiizu in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on July 25. Typhoon Banyan was located about 550 kilometers west northwest of Chichijima Island in the Ogasawara island chain in the Pacific at 6 p.m. and was heading north at about 30 km per hour. Banyan is expected to close in on the Pacific coast of central and eastern Japan on late July 26.

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U.N. observers group endorses Cambodia's general election

Sven Linder (R), spokesman of the U.N.-coordinated Joint International Observer Group (JIOG), announces in a press conference late July 27 in Phnom Penh that it believes the vote and the counting of Cambodia's general election had been sufficiently free and fair to reflect the will of the people. JIOG is the main foreign observer group for the July 26 election.

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Syrian president makes 1st visit to Aleppo in 11 years

STORY: Syrian president makes 1st visit to Aleppo in 11 years DATELINE: July 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:26 LOCATION: Damascus CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad at the thermal station (courtesy: SYRIAN PRESIDENCY) 2. various of Syrian president talking to experts, technicians and workers (courtesy: SYRIAN PRESIDENCY) STORYLINE: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Friday paid his first visit to the country's economic and industrial hub Aleppo since the outbreak of the country's war 11 years ago, the state news agency SANA reported. Assad took part in the inauguration of a thermal plant and a water pumping plant in Aleppo, a major city in northern Syria that the government army took back from rebel fighters in late 2016. During his visit to the rehabilitated thermal plant, Assad blamed "Western forces led by the United States" for the devastation and destruction of the plant's facilities. Syrian experts, technicians, and workers repaired the plant with local expe

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Powerful typhoon approaching eastern Japan

MINAMIIZU, Japan - High waves strike the coast of Minamiizu in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on July 25. Typhoon Banyan was located about 550 kilometers west northwest of Chichijima Island in the Ogasawara island chain in the Pacific at 6 p.m. and was heading north at about 30 km per hour. Banyan is expected to close in on the Pacific coast of central and eastern Japan on late July 26. (Kyodo)

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Ozawa returns to work

OKUSHIGA, Japan - Conductor Seiji Ozawa speaks during a news conference in Yamanouchi, Nagano Prefecture, on Aug. 1, 2010. Ozawa, who was undergoing treatment for esophagus cancer, revealed that he had an operation in late January for removal of his gullet and that he has resumed his work in public in Nagano Prefecture since July 26. (Kyodo)

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Ozawa returns to work

OKUSHIGA, Japan - Conductor Seiji Ozawa speaks during a news conference in Yamanouchi, Nagano Prefecture, on Aug. 1, 2010. Ozawa, who was undergoing treatment for esophagus cancer, revealed that he had an operation in late January for removal of his gullet and that he has resumed his work in public in Nagano Prefecture since July 26. (Kyodo)

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Japan considering Mt. Fuji, Kamakura as cultural heritage candida

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in February 2004 shows the Great Buddha statue in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, which was Japan's capital between the late 12th and early 14th centuries. The Japanese government is considering recommending that UNESCO approve Mt. Fuji in central Japan and Kamakura as World Heritage cultural sites, officials said July 26, 2011. (Kyodo)

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U.N. observers group endorses Ca

Sven Linder (R), spokesman of the U.N.-coordinated Joint International Observer Group (JIOG), announces in a press conference late July 27 in Phnom Penh that it believes the vote and the counting of Cambodia's general election had been sufficiently free and fair to reflect the will of the people. JIOG is the main foreign observer group for the July 26 election.