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Egypt receives 14 bln USD from UAE as 2nd payment of investment deal: cabinet

STORY: Egypt receives 14 bln USD from UAE as 2nd payment of investment deal: cabinet SHOOTING TIME: file DATELINE: May 16, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:45 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the cabinet headquarters 2. various of Egyptian PM speaking 3. various of U.S. dollars STORYLINE: Egypt has received 14 billion U.S. dollars from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as the second payment of a 35-billion-dollar investment deal signed in February to develop Ras Al-Hekma, a new resort city on Egypt's northern coast, the Egyptian cabinet said Wednesday. During a cabinet meeting, Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly confirmed the receipt of the payment, which he said would "contribute to pumping more dollar resources," according to a statement released by the cabinet. In early March, Egypt announced the receipt of 15 billion U.S. dollars from the UAE as the first tranche of the 35-billion-dollar deal. The sum included 5 billion received in late February, another 5 billion received in earl

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Civilians in DR Congo's Sake suffer from rebel M23 offensive

STORY: Civilians in DR Congo's Sake suffer from rebel M23 offensive SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 13, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 14, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:29 LOCATION: Kinshasa CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of people fleeing Sake towards Goma, eastern DR Congo 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Swahili): EUSTACHE GASORE, Displaced person 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Swahili): SON AMANI, Displaced person 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Swahili): GUILAIN IRUNVA, Displaced person STORYLINE: For several weeks, residents of Sake, a city in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), have been living under the intensive exchange of heavy weapons fire as fighting flared up between government troops and March 23 Movement (M23) rebels, Xinhua correspondents observed on the ground. Located about 20 km from Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, much of which is occupied by the M23, Sake City is considered to be the last barrier for Goma, which was taken by M23 rebels in late 2012. The DRC army and military partners such as the Southern African Development

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20 years after brutal U.S. invasion, traumatic memories still haunt Iraqi victims

STORY: 20 years after brutal U.S. invasion, traumatic memories still haunt Iraqi victims DATELINE: March 20, 2023 LENGTH: 00:08:49 LOCATION: Baghdad CATEGORY: MILITARY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the town of Dhuluyia in Iraq 2. various of Sondos al-Lami holding the photo of her late husband 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): SONDOS AL-LAMI, Iraqi resident 4. various of Sondos al-Lami showing newspapers 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): HIND AMER, Daughter of Sondos al-Lami 6. various of Abdullah Mahmoud Ibrahim moving on a wheelchair 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): ABDULLAH MAHMOUD IBRAHIM, Iraqi resident 8. various of exterior of Abu Ghraib prison 9. SOUNDBITE 4 (Arabic): ALAA KARIM AHMED, Former Iraqi detainee in Abu Ghraib prison 10. various of streets in Baghdad, Iraq 11. SOUNDBITE 5 (Arabic): LAITH KAMEL, Former soldier in the Iraqi army 12. various of streets in Baghdad, Iraq 13. SOUNDBITE 6 (Arabic): SAADI AL-DHEHAYBAH, Iraqi doctor 14. various of streets in Baghdad, Iraq STORYLINE: In the town of Dhuluyia, about 100 km

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Czechs vote in 2nd round of presidential election

STORY: Czechs vote in 2nd round of presidential election DATELINE: Jan. 28, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:59 LOCATION: Prague CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Prague and Prague Castle (seat of Czech president) 2. Presidential candidate Petr Pavel 3. Presidential candidate Andrej Babis 4. People vote at a polling station in Prague STORYLINE: Voters in the Czech Republic began to cast their ballots on Friday afternoon in the second round of this year's presidential election. The first round was held on Jan. 13-14. Since postal ballots is not an option, Czechs living abroad could already go to the polls on Thursday so that their votes can make it in time for the final tally on Saturday. The two candidates in the two-day runoff are retired army general Petr Pavel and former prime minister Andrej Babis. The winner will succeed incumbent President Milos Zeman, whose second and final term ends in early March. The election results are expected to be announced late on Saturday. Analysts predict a higher voter tu

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Retrial for wartime speech crackdown case ends with no verdict

TOKYO, Japan - Maki Kimura (front), wife of the late Toru Kumura, one of five men convicted for the ''Yokohama Incident,'' a case involving wartime repression of free speech, expresses disappointment at a press conference in Tokyo on March 14. The Supreme Court earlier in the day rejected an appeal against a lower court decision to terminate the retrial of the five men.

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Usen mulls business tie-up with Livedoor

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken late March 14 shows the building in Tokyo's Nagatacho which houses Usen Corp., Japan's major cable broadcaster, which is reported in negotiations with scandal-tainted Livedoor Co. on a possible business tie-up in the Internet services business.

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Uygur delivery man travels over 5,000 km to support Shanghai's logistics

STORY: Uygur delivery man travels over 5,000 km to support Shanghai's logistics DATELINE: April 18, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:18 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): USMAN REJEP, Courier 2. various of travelling 3. various of Shanghai's distribution STORYLINE: A Uygur delivery man from Yutian County, northwest China's Xinjiang, has traveled over 5,000 km in 55 hours to Shanghai to help with the megacity's logistics. Shanghai has been working hard to boost the supply of daily necessities for its population of 25 million, as it has adopted restriction measures to tackle the latest resurgence of COVID-19 since late March. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): USMAN REJEP, Courier "I'm Usman Rejep, a courier from Yutian County in Xinjiang's Hotan prefecture. To help with the logistics in Shanghai, our company mobilized us to come to Shanghai. And I personally also wanted to come here to contribute to the anti-epidemic efforts. I set off from Yutian County on April 14 and arrived in Shanghai thi

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AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-PETROL PRICES-RISE

(220314) -- SYDNEY, March 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on March 14, 2022 shows a petrol station in Sydney, Australia. 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. (Xinhua/Bai Xuefei)

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AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-PETROL PRICES-RISE

(220314) -- SYDNEY, March 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on March 14, 2022 shows a petrol station in Sydney, Australia. 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. (Xinhua/Bai Xuefei)

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AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-PETROL PRICES-RISE

(220314) -- SYDNEY, March 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on March 14, 2022 shows petrol prices displayed at a petrol station in Sydney, Australia. 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. (Xinhua/Bai Xuefei)

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AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-PETROL PRICES-RISE

(220314) -- SYDNEY, March 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on March 14, 2022 shows a petrol station in Sydney, Australia. 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. (Xinhua/Bai Xuefei)

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AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-PETROL PRICES-RISE

(220314) -- SYDNEY, March 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on March 14, 2022 shows a petrol station in Sydney, Australia. 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. (Xinhua/Bai Xuefei)

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AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-PETROL PRICES-RISE

(220314) -- SYDNEY, March 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on March 14, 2022 shows a petrol station in Sydney, Australia. 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. (Xinhua/Bai Xuefei)

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AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-PETROL PRICES-RISE

(220314) -- SYDNEY, March 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on March 14, 2022 shows a petrol station in Sydney, Australia. 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. (Xinhua/Bai Xuefei)

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AUSTRALIA-SYDNEY-PETROL PRICES-RISE

(220314) -- SYDNEY, March 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A man fills up his car at a petrol station in Sydney, Australia, March 14, 2022. 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. (Xinhua/Bai Xuefei)

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Tunisia sees increasing number of tourists after ease of COVID-19 restrictions

STORY: Tunisia sees increasing number of tourists after ease of COVID-19 restrictions DATELINE: March 14, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:37 LOCATION: Tunis CATEGORY: TOURISM SHOTLIST: 1. various of tourists at tourist attractions of Sidi Bou Said 2. various of tourists enjoying sea view STORYLINE: Tunisia is seeing a significant increase of tourists at major tourist attractions after the country eased health restrictions on inbound tourists since the beginning of March. Some of the main attractions in Tunis, such as the Old Town and Sidi Bou Said, have seen a rapid rise in tourists number. The Tunisian government announced that starting from March 1, people over the age of 18 can enter the country with proof of vaccination and those under 18 do not need any health certificates. The new wave of the COVID-19 in Tunisia has slowed down significantly since late February. The daily numbers of confirmed cases and infection rates have dropped significantly. The government hopes that the number of inbound tourists in 2022

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Usen mulls business tie-up with Livedoor

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken late March 14 shows the building in Tokyo's Nagatacho which houses Usen Corp., Japan's major cable broadcaster, which is reported in negotiations with scandal-tainted Livedoor Co. on a possible business tie-up in the Internet services business. (Kyodo)

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Work begins on Atomic Bomb Dome to make it quake resistant

Workers prepare for seismic strengthening work on the Atomic Bomb Dome, a part of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in the western Japan city, on Dec. 14, 2015. The seismic retrofitting of the building, designated as a UNESCO world heritage site, is expected to be completed in late March, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Work begins on Atomic Bomb Dome to make it quake resistant

Workers prepare for seismic strengthening work on the Atomic Bomb Dome, a part of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in the western Japan city, on Dec. 14, 2015. The seismic retrofitting of the building, designated as a UNESCO world heritage site, is expected to be completed in late March, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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FEATURE: Spring is time for needlework for many Japanese mothers

Nami Uchiyama, a 39-year-old graphic designer in Tokyo, uses a sewing machine to make a fabric bag for her son at her home on March 14, 2016, before he enters elementary school in April. Every year as cherry blossoms bloom, mothers of young children across Japan toil until late at night to sew fabric bags as many Japanese nursery and elementary schools require parents to prepare a number of items, often difficult to purchase, for use by their children at the schools. There remains social pressure for mothers to make them by hand, while fathers are generally not expected to do the needlework. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Retrial for wartime speech crackdown case ends with no verdict

TOKYO, Japan - Maki Kimura (front), wife of the late Toru Kumura, one of five men convicted for the ''Yokohama Incident,'' a case involving wartime repression of free speech, expresses disappointment at a press conference in Tokyo on March 14. The Supreme Court earlier in the day rejected an appeal against a lower court decision to terminate the retrial of the five men. (Kyodo)

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Vaclav Havel Airport Prague, woman, respirator, coronavirus

A woman with a respirator, due to concerns about the spread of the new coronavirus, is seen at the Vaclav Havel Airport Prague in Czech Republic, on March 14, 2020. An awareness campaign and screening of all passengers coming from risk areas was introduced at all airports in the country in late January. As of February 25, the airport reserved special gates for aircraft from Italy and applied tightened sanitary measures and targeted screening of passengers there. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Vaclav Havel Airport Prague, man, protective medical mask, coronavirus

A man with a protective medical mask, due to concerns about the spread of the new coronavirus, is seen at the Vaclav Havel Airport Prague in Czech Republic, on March 14, 2020. An awareness campaign and screening of all passengers coming from risk areas was introduced at all airports in the country in late January. As of February 25, the airport reserved special gates for aircraft from Italy and applied tightened sanitary measures and targeted screening of passengers there. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Vaclav Havel Airport Prague, disinfection, disinfectant gel, antibacterial, coronavirus

A disinfectant gel, due to concerns about the spread of the new coronavirus, is seen at the Vaclav Havel Airport Prague in Czech Republic, on March 14, 2020. An awareness campaign and screening of all passengers coming from risk areas was introduced at all airports in the country in late January. As of February 25, the airport reserved special gates for aircraft from Italy and applied tightened sanitary measures and targeted screening of passengers there. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Vaclav Havel Airport Prague, boy, protective medical mask, coronavirus

A boy with a protective medical mask, due to concerns about the spread of the new coronavirus, is seen at the Vaclav Havel Airport Prague in Czech Republic, on March 14, 2020. An awareness campaign and screening of all passengers coming from risk areas was introduced at all airports in the country in late January. As of February 25, the airport reserved special gates for aircraft from Italy and applied tightened sanitary measures and targeted screening of passengers there. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Vaclav Havel Airport Prague, woman, protective medical mask, coronavirus

A woman with a protective medical mask, due to concerns about the spread of the new coronavirus, is seen at the Vaclav Havel Airport Prague in Czech Republic, on March 14, 2020. An awareness campaign and screening of all passengers coming from risk areas was introduced at all airports in the country in late January. As of February 25, the airport reserved special gates for aircraft from Italy and applied tightened sanitary measures and targeted screening of passengers there. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Vaclav Havel Airport Prague, man, protective medical mask, coronavirus

A man with a protective medical mask, due to concerns about the spread of the new coronavirus, is seen at the Vaclav Havel Airport Prague in Czech Republic, on March 14, 2020. An awareness campaign and screening of all passengers coming from risk areas was introduced at all airports in the country in late January. As of February 25, the airport reserved special gates for aircraft from Italy and applied tightened sanitary measures and targeted screening of passengers there. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Vaclav Havel Airport Prague, woman, protective medical mask, coronavirus

A woman with a protective medical mask, due to concerns about the spread of the new coronavirus, is seen at the Vaclav Havel Airport Prague in Czech Republic, on March 14, 2020. An awareness campaign and screening of all passengers coming from risk areas was introduced at all airports in the country in late January. As of February 25, the airport reserved special gates for aircraft from Italy and applied tightened sanitary measures and targeted screening of passengers there. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Vaclav Havel Airport Prague, woman, protective medical mask, coronavirus

A woman with a protective medical mask, due to concerns about the spread of the new coronavirus, is seen at the Vaclav Havel Airport Prague in Czech Republic, on March 14, 2020. An awareness campaign and screening of all passengers coming from risk areas was introduced at all airports in the country in late January. As of February 25, the airport reserved special gates for aircraft from Italy and applied tightened sanitary measures and targeted screening of passengers there. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Vaclav Havel Airport Prague, woman, protective medical mask, coronavirus

A woman with a protective medical mask, due to concerns about the spread of the new coronavirus, is seen at the Vaclav Havel Airport Prague in Czech Republic, on March 14, 2020. An awareness campaign and screening of all passengers coming from risk areas was introduced at all airports in the country in late January. As of February 25, the airport reserved special gates for aircraft from Italy and applied tightened sanitary measures and targeted screening of passengers there. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)