UN official says unlikely to find more survivors from PNG landslide

STORY: UN official says unlikely to find more survivors from PNG landslide SHOOTING TIME: May 29, 2024 DATELINE: May 29, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:04 LOCATION: Port Moresby CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the site of the landslide 2. STANDUP (English): EMMANUEL VINCENT ERALIA, Xinhua Reporter 3. various of the site of the landslide 4. SOUNDBITE: Local resident 5. various of the site of the landslide STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): EMMANUEL VINCENT ERALIA, Xinhua Reporter "It is mid-day here in Yambali Village in the Enga Province. As you can see from my background, these are the locals that are volunteering to dig up the bodies of their loved ones without the help of any heavy machineries. Meanwhile, the provincial disaster committee has established two care centers. And the people are being moved there where they are being provided with food, clean drinking water, and other necessities." The Papua New Guinea National Disaster Center has confirmed that more than 2,000 people were buried alive after a mas

At least 6 wounded in big mosque blast in Afghan capital

STORY: At least 6 wounded in big mosque blast in Afghan capital DATELINE: April 7, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:35 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the mosque where a blast happened in Kabul 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Dari): KHALID ZADRAN, Kabul Police spokesman 3. various of the mosque where a blast happened in Kabul STORYLINE: At least six people were wounded in a hand grenade explosion inside a big mosque in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, on Wednesday, sources said. SOUNDBITE 1 (Dari): KHALID ZADRAN, Kabul Police spokesman "A man hurled a hand grenade inside Pul-e Khishti Mosque at mid-day. As a result, six people were wounded." The wounded were shifted to hospitals and a suspected man has been arrested, according to the Afghan Ministry of Interior. The official report spelled no further details. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Kabul. (XHTV)

AFGHANISTAN-ZABUL-BOY-DEEP WELL-TRAPPED

AFGHANISTAN-ZABUL-BOY-DEEP WELL-TRAPPED

(220218) -- ZABUL, Feb. 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Local people and rescue team members rescue a five-year-old boy who was trapped in a deep dry well in Jaldak area of Qalat city, Zabul province, Afghanistan, Feb. 17, 2022. A five-year-old Afghan boy, who was trapped in a 20-meter-deep dry well at mid-day on Tuesday, was found dead on Friday in Afghanistan's Zabul province, an Interior Ministry official wrote on Twitter. (Photo by Arghand/Xinhua)