Outgoing Dutch PM Mark Rutte appointed as NATO secretary general

STORY: Outgoing Dutch PM Mark Rutte appointed as NATO secretary general SHOOTING TIME: Recent footage DATELINE: June 27, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:22 LOCATION: Brussels CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the exterior of NATO headquarters in Brussels 2. various of NATO exercise BALTOPS 2024 in Gotland, Sweden 3. various of NATO Integrated Air and Missile Defence exercise Ramstein Legacy in Romania STORYLINE: The North Atlantic Council decided to appoint outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte as the next secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), NATO said in a statement Wednesday. The statement said Rutte will assume his duties as NATO's secretary general on Oct. 1, when Jens Stoltenberg's term expires after ten years at the helm of the alliance. On June 19, Romanian President Klaus Iohannis officially announced his withdrawal from the race for NATO's secretary general. Consequently, Rutte has gained the support of all 32 member countries. The Netherlands is a founding memb

Egypt receives 28 premature babies from Gaza's largest hospital

STORY: Egypt receives 28 premature babies from Gaza's largest hospital SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 20, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 20, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:54 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Egypt receiving premature Palestinian babies STORYLINE: Egypt received on Monday 28 premature babies from Al-Shifa, Gaza's largest hospital, via Rafah crossing, the only crossing point between the besieged Gaza Strip and Egypt, the Egyptian AlQahera News TV reported. Sixteen babies were transferred to El Arish General Hospital in North Sinai province, while the rest were en route to hospitals in Cairo, the report added. TV footages showed ambulances equipped with incubators ready to offer the essential emergency care at the Egyptian side of Rafah. The newborns' rapidly declining health put them in immediate danger of dying, following the total collapse of medical services at Al-Shifa. According to Egypt's State Information Center, the country has received 236 wounded Palestinians and 197 of their family memb

CPC member dedicated to protecting red-flowered black mangroves in S. China

STORY: CPC member dedicated to protecting red-flowered black mangroves in S. China DATELINE: July 7, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:56 LOCATION: HAIKOU, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of Dongzhaigang National Nature Reserve 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WANG SHIJUN, Protector of red-flowered black mangroves 3. various of Wang Shijun working 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): WANG SHIJUN, Protector of red-flowered black mangroves 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): WANG SHIJUN, Protector of red-flowered black mangroves 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): WANG SHIJUN, Protector of red-flowered black mangroves 7. various of the trees 8. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): WANG SHIJUN, Protector of red-flowered black mangroves 9. SOUNDBITE 6 (Chinese): WANG SHIJUN, Protector of red-flowered black mangroves 10. SOUNDBITE 7 (Chinese): WANG SHIJUN, Protector of red-flowered black mangroves 11. various of Wang Shijun and his colleagues STORYLINE: "Saving red-flowered black mangroves is the most meaningful thing I've done in my life." Wang Shijun, a memb

PS Summer Congress Day 1 - Blois

PS Summer Congress Day 1 - Blois

Anne Hidalgo, Mayor of Paris, during the summer annual congress of the French Socialst Party, as she is supposed to become candidate for the presidential election at spring 2022 alongside Olivier Faure, First Secretary of the French socialist party , Marc Gricourt, Mayor of Blois, Carole Delga, President of the region Occitanie and member of the French socialist party and Sylvie Guillaume, European Member of Parliament and memb. Blois, France, August 27th, 2021. Photo by Daniel Derajinski/ABACAPRESS.COM