7 dead, dozen hospitalized on migrant boat off Spanish coast

STORY: 7 dead, dozen hospitalized on migrant boat off Spanish coast SHOOTING TIME: March 12, 2024 DATELINE: March 13, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:15 LOCATION: Madrid CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the rescue work STORYLINE: At least seven people have perished and 12 others have been hospitalized after a migrant boat was rescued on Tuesday morning about 140 km south of Gran Canaria island, Spanish Maritime Rescue services said. The casualties were due to serious dehydration while the migrants aboard were attempting to reach the Spanish coast, the rescue services said. The boat was spotted at around 20:00 (1900 GMT) on Monday by a merchant ship, which alerted rescue services. Two helicopters and a rescue vessel were dispatched to assist. Two bodies were discovered on the migrant boat, while there were 34 survivors, comprising 27 men and seven women. They are reported from Sub-Saharan Africa. The survivors recounted that five individuals had perished during the perilous crossing from the northwe

Chinese hybrid rice experts help Madagascar achieve food security

STORY: Chinese hybrid rice experts help Madagascar achieve food security DATELINE: June 1, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:05 LOCATION: Antananarivo CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the China National Hybrid Rice Research and Development Center's Africa sub-center 2. various of field of the African sub-center 3. various of local workers and Chinese expert harvesting rice 4. various of local worker transporting bunches of rice to threshing place 5. various of Chinese expert to another threshing place 6. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): HU YUEFANG, Chinese hybrid rice expert 7. various of local workers and Chinese expert preparing to thresh 8. various of local workers working while paddy is drying STORYLINE: In Madagascar, an Indian Ocean island country, the month of May is in the autumn season. Hu Yuefang, a Chinese hybrid rice expert, is working with local farmers to harvest the last batch of hybrid rice at the China National Hybrid Rice Research and Development Center's Africa sub-center in Mahitsy, a town 35 km northwe