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Thailand: Typhoon Matmo Strengthens Monsoon, Bringing Heavy Rains and Flooding to Bangkok

Heavy downpours swept across Bangkok on Saturday, October 4, after Typhoon Matmo, which intensified near Vietnam, strengthened the southwest monsoon, causing widespread flooding and traffic chaos.

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Thailand: Magnitude 7.7 Earthquake Strikes Bangkok, Water Cascades From Skyscraper 5

A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Bangkok on Friday, March 28. This video shows water from a swimming pool gushing down from a skyscraper's upper floors.

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ANONYMOUSE HELLO AND GOODBYE

Artists Elin Westerholm and Lupus Nensén in front of the miniature nut shop Noix de Vie on Bergsgatan in Malmö, Sweden, on February 12, 2025. The artists behind the acclaimed miniature mouse art have come forward and announced that this is the last miniature art piece. It started with a tiny mouse neighborhood in a basement window in Malmö in December 2016, a miniature nut shop next to an Italian restaurant. Photo: Johan Nilsson / TT / Code 50090

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ANONYMOUSE HELLO AND GOODBYE

Artists Elin Westerholm and Lupus Nensén in front of the miniature nut shop Noix de Vie on Bergsgatan in Malmö, Sweden, on February 12, 2025. The artists behind the acclaimed miniature mouse art have come forward and announced that this is the last miniature art piece. It started with a tiny mouse neighborhood in a basement window in Malmö in December 2016, a miniature nut shop next to an Italian restaurant. Photo: Johan Nilsson / TT / Code 50090

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ANONYMOUSE HELLO AND GOODBYE

Artists Elin Westerholm and Lupus Nensén in front of the miniature nut shop Noix de Vie on Bergsgatan in Malmö, Sweden, on February 12, 2025. The artists behind the acclaimed miniature mouse art have come forward and announced that this is the last miniature art piece. It started with a tiny mouse neighborhood in a basement window in Malmö in December 2016, a miniature nut shop next to an Italian restaurant. Photo: Johan Nilsson / TT / Code 50090

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ANONYMOUSE HELLO AND GOODBYE

Artists Elin Westerholm and Lupus Nensén in front of the miniature nut shop Noix de Vie on Bergsgatan in Malmö, Sweden, on February 12, 2025. The artists behind the acclaimed miniature mouse art have come forward and announced that this is the last miniature art piece. It started with a tiny mouse neighborhood in a basement window in Malmö in December 2016, a nut shop next to an Italian restaurant in miniature. Photo: Johan Nilsson / TT / Code 50090

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ANONYMOUSE HELLO AND GOODBYE

Artists Elin Westerholm and Lupus Nensén in front of the miniature nut shop Noix de Vie on Bergsgatan in Malmö, Sweden, on February 12, 2025. The artists behind the acclaimed miniature mouse art have come forward and announced that this is the last miniature art piece. It started with a tiny mouse neighborhood in a basement window in Malmö in December 2016, a miniature nut shop next to an Italian restaurant. Photo: Johan Nilsson / TT / Code 50090

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ANONYMOUSE HELLO AND GOODBYE

Artists Elin Westerholm and Lupus Nensén in front of the miniature nut shop Noix de Vie on Bergsgatan in Malmö, Sweden, on February 12, 2025. The artists behind the acclaimed miniature mouse art have come forward and announced that this is the last miniature art piece. It started with a tiny mouse neighborhood in a basement window in Malmö in December 2016, a miniature nut shop next to an Italian restaurant. Photo: Johan Nilsson / TT / Code 50090

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ANONYMOUSE HELLO AND GOODBYE

Artists Elin Westerholm and Lupus Nensén in front of the miniature nut shop Noix de Vie on Bergsgatan in Malmö, Sweden, on February 12, 2025. The artists behind the acclaimed miniature mouse art have come forward and announced that this is the last miniature art piece. It started with a tiny mouse neighborhood in a basement window in Malmö in December 2016, a miniature nut shop next to an Italian restaurant. Photo: Johan Nilsson / TT / Code 50090

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ANONYMOUSE RETURNS AND SAYS FAREWELL

Artists Elin Westerholm and Lupus Nensén in front of the miniature nut shop Noix de Vie on Bergsgatan in Malmö, Sweden, on February 12, 2025. The artists behind the acclaimed miniature mouse art have come forward and announced that this is the last miniature art piece. It started with a tiny mouse neighborhood in a basement window in Malmö in December 2016, a miniature nut shop next to an Italian restaurant. Photo: Johan Nilsson / TT / Code 50090

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ANONYMOUSE HELLO AND GOODBYE

Artists Elin Westerholm and Lupus Nensén in front of the miniature nut shop Noix de Vie on Bergsgatan in Malmö, Sweden, on February 12, 2025. The artists behind the acclaimed miniature mouse art have come forward and announced that this is the last miniature art piece. It started with a tiny mouse neighborhood in a basement window in Malmö in December 2016, a miniature nut shop next to an Italian restaurant. Photo: Johan Nilsson / TT / Code 50090

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ANONYMOUSE HELLO AND GOODBYE

Artists Elin Westerholm and Lupus Nensén in front of the miniature nut shop Noix de Vie on Bergsgatan in Malmö, Sweden, on February 12, 2025. The artists behind the acclaimed miniature mouse art have come forward and announced that this is the last miniature art piece. It started with a tiny mouse neighborhood in a basement window in Malmö in December 2016, a miniature nut shop next to an Italian restaurant. Photo: Johan Nilsson / TT / Code 50090

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ANONYMOUSE HELLO AND GOODBYE

Artists Elin Westerholm and Lupus Nensén in front of the miniature nut shop Noix de Vie on Bergsgatan in Malmö, Sweden, on February 12, 2025. The artists behind the acclaimed miniature mouse art have come forward and announced that this is the last miniature art piece. It started with a tiny mouse neighborhood in a basement window in Malmö in December 2016, a miniature nut shop next to an Italian restaurant. Photo: Johan Nilsson / TT / Code 50090

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ANONYMOUSE HELLO AND GOODBYE

Artists Elin Westerholm and Lupus Nensén in front of the miniature nut shop Noix de Vie on Bergsgatan in Malmö, Sweden, on February 12, 2025. The artists behind the acclaimed miniature mouse art have come forward and announced that this is the last miniature art piece. It started with a tiny mouse neighborhood in a basement window in Malmö in December 2016, a miniature nut shop next to an Italian restaurant. Photo: Johan Nilsson / TT / Code 50090

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ANONYMOUSE HELLO AND GOODBYE

Artists Elin Westerholm and Lupus Nensén in front of the miniature nut shop Noix de Vie on Bergsgatan in Malmö, Sweden, on February 12, 2025. The artists behind the acclaimed miniature mouse art have come forward and announced that this is the last miniature art piece. It started with a tiny mouse neighborhood in a basement window in Malmö in December 2016, a miniature nut shop next to an Italian restaurant. Photo: Johan Nilsson / TT / Code 50090

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Betel Nuts - Bangladesh

This photo taken on November 18, 2024 shows a view of a local betel nut market in Laxmipur, Bangladesh. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration Insects

Curculio nucum, the nut weevil photographed in Occitanie, France, undated. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Afghans crack open opportunity from China-bound pine nut trade

STORY: Afghans crack open opportunity from China-bound pine nut trade SHOOTING TIME: June 20, 2024 DATELINE: June 26, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:56 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of pine trees in eastern Afghanistan 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Pashto): CHIN MOHAMMAD, Farmer 3. various of pine trees in eastern Afghanistan 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Pashto): MINA GUL, Farmer 5. various of pine nuts STORYLINE: Once primarily used as a source of fuel for heating homes, pine trees in eastern Afghanistan have become a cash cow for local villagers. Afghanistan's annual export of 5,000 tonnes of pine nuts is mostly destined for neighboring China. Since November 2018, a China-Afghanistan air corridor has offered a lucrative source of income for farmers in Afghanistan's remote mountains. The first air shipment contained 20 tonnes of pine nuts and flew from Kabul to Shanghai. Afghani farmer Chin Mohammad said six years ago that most pine nut buyers in his village were from neighboring countries. They would purchase

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AFGHANISTAN-PAKTIA-PINE NUTS-CHINA-TRADE

(240623) -- PAKTIA, June 23, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This photo taken on June 20, 2024 shows packed pine nuts at a pine nut processing factory in Paktia province, east Afghanistan. Once primarily used as a home-heating fuel, pine trees in eastern Afghanistan have become a cash cow for local villagers, with an average annual export of 5,000 tonnes of pine nuts, mostly destined for neighboring China. TO GO WITH "Afghans crack open opportunity from China-bound pine nut trade" (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AFGHANISTAN-PAKTIA-PINE NUTS-CHINA-TRADE

(240623) -- PAKTIA, June 23, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Staff members pack pine nuts at a pine nut processing factory in Paktia province, east Afghanistan, June 20, 2024. Once primarily used as a home-heating fuel, pine trees in eastern Afghanistan have become a cash cow for local villagers, with an average annual export of 5,000 tonnes of pine nuts, mostly destined for neighboring China. TO GO WITH "Afghans crack open opportunity from China-bound pine nut trade" (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AFGHANISTAN-PAKTIA-PINE NUTS-CHINA-TRADE

(240623) -- PAKTIA, June 23, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A person presents a seeded pine cone at a pine nut processing factory in Paktia province, east Afghanistan, June 20, 2024. Once primarily used as a home-heating fuel, pine trees in eastern Afghanistan have become a cash cow for local villagers, with an average annual export of 5,000 tonnes of pine nuts, mostly destined for neighboring China. TO GO WITH "Afghans crack open opportunity from China-bound pine nut trade" (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AFGHANISTAN-PAKTIA-PINE NUTS-CHINA-TRADE

(240623) -- PAKTIA, June 23, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This photo taken on June 20, 2024 shows pine trees in Paktia province, east Afghanistan. Once primarily used as a home-heating fuel, pine trees in eastern Afghanistan have become a cash cow for local villagers, with an average annual export of 5,000 tonnes of pine nuts, mostly destined for neighboring China. TO GO WITH "Afghans crack open opportunity from China-bound pine nut trade" (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AFGHANISTAN-PAKTIA-PINE NUTS-CHINA-TRADE

(240623) -- PAKTIA, June 23, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A person presents pine nuts at a pine nut processing factory in Paktia province, east Afghanistan, June 20, 2024. Once primarily used as a home-heating fuel, pine trees in eastern Afghanistan have become a cash cow for local villagers, with an average annual export of 5,000 tonnes of pine nuts, mostly destined for neighboring China. TO GO WITH "Afghans crack open opportunity from China-bound pine nut trade" (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AFGHANISTAN-PAKTIA-PINE NUTS-CHINA-TRADE

(240623) -- PAKTIA, June 23, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on June 20, 2024 shows pine trees in Paktia province, east Afghanistan. Once primarily used as a home-heating fuel, pine trees in eastern Afghanistan have become a cash cow for local villagers, with an average annual export of 5,000 tonnes of pine nuts, mostly destined for neighboring China. TO GO WITH "Afghans crack open opportunity from China-bound pine nut trade" (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-PAKTIA-PINE NUTS-CHINA-TRADE

(240623) -- PAKTIA, June 23, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Staff members pack pine nuts at a pine nut processing factory in Paktia province, east Afghanistan, June 20, 2024. Once primarily used as a home-heating fuel, pine trees in eastern Afghanistan have become a cash cow for local villagers, with an average annual export of 5,000 tonnes of pine nuts, mostly destined for neighboring China. TO GO WITH "Afghans crack open opportunity from China-bound pine nut trade" (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-PAKTIA-PINE NUTS-CHINA-TRADE

(240623) -- PAKTIA, June 23, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on June 20, 2024 shows packed pine nuts at a pine nut processing factory in Paktia province, east Afghanistan. Once primarily used as a home-heating fuel, pine trees in eastern Afghanistan have become a cash cow for local villagers, with an average annual export of 5,000 tonnes of pine nuts, mostly destined for neighboring China. TO GO WITH "Afghans crack open opportunity from China-bound pine nut trade" (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-PAKTIA-PINE NUTS-CHINA-TRADE

(240623) -- PAKTIA, June 23, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A person presents a seeded pine cone at a pine nut processing factory in Paktia province, east Afghanistan, June 20, 2024. Once primarily used as a home-heating fuel, pine trees in eastern Afghanistan have become a cash cow for local villagers, with an average annual export of 5,000 tonnes of pine nuts, mostly destined for neighboring China. TO GO WITH "Afghans crack open opportunity from China-bound pine nut trade" (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-PAKTIA-PINE NUTS-CHINA-TRADE

(240623) -- PAKTIA, June 23, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A person presents pine nuts at a pine nut processing factory in Paktia province, east Afghanistan, June 20, 2024. Once primarily used as a home-heating fuel, pine trees in eastern Afghanistan have become a cash cow for local villagers, with an average annual export of 5,000 tonnes of pine nuts, mostly destined for neighboring China. TO GO WITH "Afghans crack open opportunity from China-bound pine nut trade" (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

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Pine nut season ruined by Israeli shelling in border town: farmer

STORY: Pine nut season ruined by Israeli shelling in border town: farmer SHOOTING TIME: May 20, 2024 DATELINE: May 22, 2024 LENGTH: 0:03:31 LOCATION: Beirut CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of pine trees on the outskirts of the border town of Kfar Hamam and pine cones 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): ABDO HASSAN KHALIFEH, Resident of the border town of Kfar Hamam STORYLINE: Abdo Hassan Khalifeh, a pine nut farmer in the Lebanese border town of Kfar Hamam, has had his harvest season destroyed by the continuous Israeli shelling. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): ABDO HASSAN KHALIFEH, Resident of the border town of Kfar Hamam "The pine cones dropped from the trees, and even if there is a truce, it will not save our season. It is over. This forest you can see, all the pine trees are being hit and broken, and we have not been able to harvest the pine because of the Israeli aggression since July of last year and before the Al Aqsa Flood operation. The main target of the Israeli shelling and air raids was the forests of K

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AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-CANDY-MAKING

(240220) -- KABUL, Feb. 20, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A man works in a candy-making plant in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, Feb. 20, 2024. The plant produces candies locally known as Noqhl, a piece of confectionery, which mostly made of rice flour, sugar and almond nut. Afghans often serve noqhl with tea after having meal. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

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AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-CANDY-MAKING

(240220) -- KABUL, Feb. 20, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A worker packs candies in a candy-making plant in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, Feb. 20, 2024. The plant produces candies locally known as Noqhl, a piece of confectionery, which mostly made of rice flour, sugar and almond nut. Afghans often serve noqhl with tea after having meal. (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

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BANGLADESH-COX'S BAZAR-BETEL NUTS

(231129) -- COX'S BAZAR, Nov. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Nov. 26, 2023 shows betel nuts at a market place in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. Harvesting of betel nut, one of the major cash crops, is now going on in full swing in the district. Markets in parts of the district are now abuzz with buyers and sellers of freshly harvested betel nuts. (Xinhua)

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BANGLADESH-COX'S BAZAR-BETEL NUTS

(231129) -- COX'S BAZAR, Nov. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A farmer shows freshly harvested betel nuts at a market place in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on Nov. 25, 2023. Harvesting of betel nut, one of the major cash crops, is now going on in full swing in the district. Markets in parts of the district are now abuzz with buyers and sellers of freshly harvested betel nuts. (Xinhua)

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Pine nut exports to China spur job opportunities for Afghans

STORY: Pine nut exports to China spur job opportunities for Afghans SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 21, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 28, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:52 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a pine nut processing factory in Kabul 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Dari): KHALA FATIMA, Local worker 3. various of a pine nut processing factory in Kabul 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Pashto): SHIR ALI ZADRAN, Afghan businessman STORYLINE: As one of the daily wagers involved in cleaning pine nuts on the outskirts of Kabul, the national capital of Afghanistan, Khala Fatima was delighted to witness more such nuts exported to China. The increase in pine nut exports to China has created job opportunities in Afghanistan as hundreds of thousands of Afghans work to clean and process the precious dry fruit to make it ready for export. SOUNDBITE 1 (Dari): KHALA FATIMA, Local worker "I have been working here for the past six years, and the pine nut exports to China make us happy because we work here and earn our livelihood. Exporting pine nuts to

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AFGHANISTAN-KABUL-PINE NUTS

(231127) -- KABUL, Nov. 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Nov. 21, 2023 shows pine nuts at a factory in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan. TO GO WITH "Feature: Pine nut exports to China spur job opportunities for Afghans" (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

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Xinhua Headlines: Foreign specialty crops thrive amid China's economic vitality

(231120) -- KUNMING, Nov. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This undated file photo shows a staff member picking nuts at a nut farm in Zhenkang County of Lincang City, southwest China's Yunnan Province. (Photo by Li Ying/Xinhua)

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Xinhua Headlines: Foreign specialty crops thrive amid China's economic vitality

(231120) -- KUNMING, Nov. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Farmer Bi Jiafu trims a macadamia nut tree at his plantation in Xingtang Village of Yongde County, Lincang City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Oct. 23, 2019. (Xinhua)

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Young Syrian woman shares life in China's Jiangsu

STORY: Young Syrian woman shares life in China's Jiangsu DATELINE: Sept. 25, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:14 LOCATION: NANJING, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Fajer Kseibi's daily life in China 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): FAJER KSEIBI, Danyang Kseibi Tools Co. Ltd. in Jiangsu Province STORYLINE: 22-year-old Fajer Kseibi from Syria came to China with her parents during her childhood Now Fajer not only speaks fluent Chinese, but also has an interest in traditional Chinese history and culture SOUNDBITE (Chinese): FAJER KSEIBI, Danyang Kseibi Tools Co. Ltd. in Jiangsu Province "I'm Fajer Kseibi from Syria. I am 22 years old. I first came across the Chinese character 'Ren' (benevolence) during my childhood, as the character can also refer to nuts like almonds and walnuts in mooncakes, and we also have pastries with five-nut fillings in Syria. However, as I grew up, I studied Chinese culture in China and interacted with Chinese people. I realized that the word 'Ren' has deeper meanings; it can be said t

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-GUIDING-TEACHING POINT-TEACHER (CN)

(230910) -- GUIDING, Sept. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Lu Chengwen (3rd L) and his students play the game "eagle catching chickens" during a PE class at Yanjiao teaching point in Yanshan Township of Guiding County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Sept. 6, 2023. Yanjiao teaching point is a "micro primary school" located at a flat area among mountains in southwest China's Guizhou. Lu Chengwen is the only teacher here with 28 preschool and 6 grade one students. In 2012, Lu, who had just graduated from the university, chose to teach at the remote Yanjiao teaching point. Preschool students, grown up from the mountainous village of the Miao ethnic group, could hardly speak Mandarin Chinese. In order to help his students learn Chinese characters and Mandarin Chinese, Lu taught them bilingually in Mandarin Chinese and his self-taught Miao language. For his students, Lu is their teacher and caretaker. Besides literacy course, Lu has been teaching PE, art, and music all by himself, and also assisted in purchasing nut

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CHINA-YUNNAN-KUNMING-LANTERN FESTIVAL-ANIMALS-FOOD (CN)

(230204) -- KUNMING, Feb. 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A macaw enjoys a nut as "festive food" ahead of the upcoming Lantern Festival at Yunnan Wild Animal Park in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Feb. 4, 2023. (Xinhua/Jiang Wenyao)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-KUNMING-LANTERN FESTIVAL-ANIMALS-FOOD (CN)

(230204) -- KUNMING, Feb. 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A macaw enjoys a nut as "festive food" ahead of the upcoming Lantern Festival at Yunnan Wild Animal Park in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Feb. 4, 2023. (Xinhua/Jiang Wenyao)

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Former Korean Air vice president arrested over "nut rage" affair

SEOUL, South Korea - Former Korean Air Vice President Cho Hyun Ah is surrounded by reporters in front of the Seoul Western Prosecutors' Office in the South Korean capital on Dec. 30, 2014, after being arrested for violating aviation security and other laws. Cho, the eldest daughter of Korean Air Chairman Cho Yang Ho, delayed a Seoul-bound flight from New York over nuts served aboard in a case known as "nut rage."

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Former Korean Air vice president arrested over "nut rage" affair

SEOUL, South Korea - Former Korean Air Vice President Cho Hyun Ah (C) is taken to a detention house from the Seoul Western Prosecutors' Office in the South Korean capital on Dec. 30, 2014, after being arrested for violating aviation security and other laws. Cho, the eldest daughter of Korean Air Chairman Cho Yang Ho, delayed a Seoul-bound flight from New York over nuts served aboard in a case known as "nut rage."

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Former Korean Air vice president arrested over "nut rage" affair

SEOUL, South Korea - Former Korean Air Vice President Cho Hyun Ah (C) emerges from the Seoul Western Prosecutors' Office in the South Korean capital on Dec. 30, 2014, after being arrested for violating aviation security and other laws. Cho, the eldest daughter of Korean Air Chairman Cho Yang Ho, delayed a Seoul-bound flight from New York over nuts served aboard in a case known as "nut rage."

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Squirrel in field in spring bloom

SAPPORO, Japan - A Hokkaido squirrel eats a nut in a field of Ezoengosaku flowers in bloom in the town of Urausu, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on May 5, 2014.

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Bioplastic made from nutshells

TOKYO, Japan - NEC Corp. unveils bioplastic made by bonding cardanol, a primary component of cashew nut shells, and cellulose, a main component of plant stems, in Tokyo on Aug. 25, 2010. NEC is aiming for the commercialization of the product by fiscal 2013.

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Honda unveils P-NUT at L.A. Auto Show

LOS ANGELES, United States - Honda Motor Co.'s futuristic vehicle prototype ''P-NUT'' is displayed at the Los Angeles Auto Show on Dec. 2, 2009. The compact car with a central driving position and two rear seats was developed by Honda's design studio in Los Angeles.

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Afghan businessman busy preparing for CIIE

STORY: Afghan businessman busy preparing for CIIE DATELINE: Nov. 2, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:49 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Afghan businessman Ali selling pine nuts 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ALI, Afghan businessman STORYLINE: Ali, an Afghan businessman who brought rugs, handicrafts and pine nuts from his hometown to sell in China is now busy selecting products for the fifth China International Import Expo (CIIE), which is scheduled to open on Nov. 5. In August 2021, the pine nuts route from Afghanistan to China was suspended due to Afghanistan's political changes. In October, at the request of the Afghan interim government, the Chinese government immediately renewed the charter flight permit and restored the pine nut flight. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ALI, Afghan businessman "Last year (2021), many pine nuts in Afghanistan could not be exported to China. At that time, the Chinese government offered a favorable policy to pine nuts imported to the Chinese market. From then on, I st

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Somalis abandon homes in search of food, water and aid as drought deepens

STORY: Somalis abandon homes in search of food, water and aid as drought deepens DATELINE: Sept. 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:04:53 LOCATION: BAIDOA, Somalia CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. Various of Issack Hassan, children, temporary shelter, IDP camp 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Somali): ISSACK HASSAN, Displaced Somali 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Somali): ISSACK HASSAN, Displaced Somali 4. Various of IDPs, animal carcass on ground 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Somali): ISSACK HASSAN, Displaced Somali 7. Various of children, shelter, dry field 8. Various of cow carcass, baby being weighed at clinic, child holding sachet of plumpy nut 9. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): ASMAL BRAHIM, UNHCR field assistant 10. Various of woman holding child, displaced people walking in settlement 11. SOUNDBITE 5 (Somali): OSMAN IBRAHIM MOHAMED, Displaced Somali pastoralist 12. Various of livestock carcasses, cow on ground, Osman looking at animal carcass 13. SOUNDBITE 6 (Somali): OSMAN IBRAHIM MOHAMED, Displaced Somali pastoralist 14. Various of animal carcass, women and children se

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BANGLADESH-DHAKA-COLORFUL YUNNAN-EXHIBITION

(220926) -- DHAKA, Sept. 26, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A visitor looks at nut products during the Colorful Yunnan exhibition in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sept. 24, 2022. The exhibition, held at Bangabandhu Bangladesh-China Friendship Exhibition Center in Dhaka on Saturday, showcased Yunnan's local culture, heritage and a variety of products including fruits, nuts and flowers. (Xinhua)