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Those Who'll Count In Next Trump Administration

File photo - Robert F. Kennedy Jr. talks to members of the media in the lobby of the Trump Tower in New York, NY, on January 10, 2017. One-time campaign rival Robert F Kennedy Jr appears poised to clinch a key role in shaping public health policy in Trump’s administration. An anti-vaccine activist, Kennedy has suggested that common immunisations, as well as fluoridated water, could be under scrutiny, along with the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, which provides health insurance to 45mn Americans. Photo by Anthony Behar/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Those Who'll Count In Next Trump Administration

File photo - Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is seen waiting for the elevator in the lobby of the Trump Tower in New York, NY, USA on January 10, 2017. One-time campaign rival Robert F Kennedy Jr appears poised to clinch a key role in shaping public health policy in Trump’s administration. An anti-vaccine activist, Kennedy has suggested that common immunisations, as well as fluoridated water, could be under scrutiny, along with the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, which provides health insurance to 45mn Americans. Photo by Anthony Behar/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Those Who'll Count In Next Trump Administration

File photo - NO FILM, NO VIDEO, NO TV, NO DOCUMENTARY - Signatories of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s petition for ballot access in North Carolina were targeted in a text campaign. June 5, 2024. One-time campaign rival Robert F Kennedy Jr appears poised to clinch a key role in shaping public health policy in Trump’s administration. An anti-vaccine activist, Kennedy has suggested that common immunisations, as well as fluoridated water, could be under scrutiny, along with the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, which provides health insurance to 45mn Americans. Photo by Tracy Kimball/The Herald/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM -

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Those Who'll Count In Next Trump Administration

File photo - Robert F. Kennedy Jr. talks to members of the media in the lobby of the Trump Tower in New York, NY, on January 10, 2017. One-time campaign rival Robert F Kennedy Jr appears poised to clinch a key role in shaping public health policy in Trump’s administration. An anti-vaccine activist, Kennedy has suggested that common immunisations, as well as fluoridated water, could be under scrutiny, along with the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, which provides health insurance to 45mn Americans. Photo by Anthony Behar/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Those Who'll Count In Next Trump Administration

File photo - Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is seen waiting for the elevator in the lobby of the Trump Tower in New York, NY, USA on January 10, 2017. One-time campaign rival Robert F Kennedy Jr appears poised to clinch a key role in shaping public health policy in Trump’s administration. An anti-vaccine activist, Kennedy has suggested that common immunisations, as well as fluoridated water, could be under scrutiny, along with the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, which provides health insurance to 45mn Americans. Photo by Anthony Behar/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Türkiye sends 9th aid ship to Gaza

STORY: Türkiye sends 9th aid ship to Gaza SHOOTING TIME: April 16, 2024 DATELINE: April 17, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:05 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Türkiye sending its ninth aid ship to the Gaza Strip (courtesy of ihlas news agency) STORYLINE: Türkiye sent Tuesday its ninth ship to the Gaza Strip carrying 3,774 tonnes of humanitarian aid, including food, baby supplies, sleeping bags, and gluten-free products. The humanitarian ship, prepared by the Turkish Red Crescent, departed from the southern port of Mersin, according to the Turkish NGO. "Our aids are not one-time or short-term. Our aid will continue until all the needs in Gaza are over. They are continuous aids," said Turkish Red Crescent President Fatma Meric Yilmaz at the send-off ceremony. The vessel will reach Egypt's Al-Arish port, the closest port to Gaza, after a 40-hour sea voyage. Türkiye had sent humanitarian supplies in 13 planes and eight ships after the Israel-Hamas conflict broke out last October.

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China's development in eyes of German executive

STORY: China's development in eyes of German executive SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 8 to Feb. 10, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 27, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:44 LOCATION: GUIZHOU, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various shots of Garvin Hoefig 2. SOUNDBITE (English): GARVIN HOEFIG, German expat in China STORYLINE: Garvin Hoefig, the COO of a Sino-German joint venture in eastern China's Jiangsu Province, has started to work in China since 2012. Over the past decade, Hoefig spent almost every Spring Festival holiday in his wife's hometown of Changshun County in southwest China's Guizhou Province. Over the years, he has witnessed the development of China both in big cities and small counties. SOUNDBITE (English): GARVIN HOEFIG, German expat in China "Reunion. I think this is the most important part because I think everybody is busy in his daily life. I think this is really like an anchor point where we have the possibility one year one time, at least we need to come together. I live in China since 2012. I really can say that th

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Int'l Tai Chi contest in central Chinese city attracts fans from afar

STORY: Int'l Tai Chi contest in central Chinese city attracts fans from afar DATELINE: Sept. 20, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:45 LOCATION: ZHENGZHOU, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Tai Chi contest 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): KAI HARTMANN, Contestant from Germany 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): DIONYSIOS PARASCHOS, Contestant from Greece 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): FELICITY POWELL, Contestant from New Zealand 5. various of Tai Chi-related footage STORYLINE: An international Tai Chi contest was held recently in Jiaozuo City of central China's Henan Province, attracting more than 2,600 Tai Chi practitioners from 31 countries and regions. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): KAI HARTMANN, Contestant from Germany "I like Tai Chi because it teaches you on the one time to be relaxed, but also in the next move to be powerful and fast. And I think that will also help for the Kung Fu training later. And from all the experience I have here in China, here in Jiaozuo, I will take the experience back home to my country and try to t

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Thriving job market signals economic rebound in Hainan

STORY: Thriving job market signals economic rebound in Hainan DATELINE: Feb. 17, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:36 LOCATION: HAIKOU, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY/MARKET SHOTLIST: 1. various of job fairs in Haikou 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): CHEN JINGYI, Jobseeker 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): HE XIAOWEN, Jobseeker 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): ZHANG YUNHONG, Official of Dongfang city 5. various of views in Hainan STORYLINE: Job fairs in Haikou, capital of south China's Hainan Province, have witnessed heightened enthusiasm for recruiting. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): CHEN JINGYI, Jobseeker "It's very convenient. You can get to know a lot of job opportunities in Hainan at one time. And according to your own will, you can apply for multiple positions within a short time." SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): HE XIAOWEN, Jobseeker "I'm now looking for job opportunities. I do need a platform like this, because it's hard for me to reach out to companies gathering here today. I'm very grateful." SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): ZHANG YUNHONG, Official of Don

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China removes ex-president's top aide from senior post

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Ling Jihua, a Chinese politician. Ling, one-time top aide to former Chinese President Hu Jintao, who has been placed under investigation for unspecified disciplinary violations, has been sacked as head of the United Front Work Department, a senior Communist Party post, state-run media said Dec. 31, 2014.

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Chinese papers on Bo Xilai's case

BEIJING, China - Photo shows various Chinese newspapers dated Sept. 23, 2013, reporting on their front pages the ruling given on Bo Xilai, one-time rising star of China's Communist Party, the previous day. Bo was sentenced to life in prison and deprived of his political rights forever in the country's most high-profile corruption trial in decades.

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Bo Xilai sentenced

BEIJING, China - Photo posted on the Internet by the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Shandong Province, eastern China, shows Bo Xilai (C), one-time rising star of China's Communist Party, standing during his trial at the court on Sept. 22, 2013. Bo was sentenced the same day to life in prison and permanently deprived of his political rights following his conviction on charges of corruption, embezzlement and abuse of power.

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Bo Xilai sentenced

JINAN, China - Police officers guard the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Jinan, in eastern China's Shandong Province, on Sept. 22, 2013. Bo Xilai, one-time rising star of China's Communist Party, was sentenced by the court the same day to life in prison and permanently deprived of his political rights following his conviction on charges of corruption, embezzlement and abuse of power.

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Bo Xilai sentenced

BEIJING, China - Photo posted on the Internet by the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Shandong Province, eastern China, shows Bo Xilai (C), one-time rising star of China's Communist Party, standing during his trial at the court on Sept. 22, 2013. Bo was sentenced the same day to life in prison and permanently deprived of his political rights following his conviction on charges of corruption, embezzlement and abuse of power.

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Event with 1,574 shogi games logged as world record

TOKYO, Japan - Participants pose for photos on Nov. 18, 2012, at a shogi event for children of elementary school age or younger held at Tokyo Big Sight in Tokyo, which was recognized as a world record by holding 1,574 games at one time and at one place.

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Event with 1,574 shogi games logged as world record

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Nov. 18, 2012, shows a shogi event for children of elementary school age or younger held at Tokyo Big Sight in Tokyo, which was recognized as a world record by holding 1,574 games at one time and at one place. (Photo taken with super-wide-angle lens)

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Event with 1,574 shogi games logged as world record

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Nov. 18, 2012, shows a shogi event for children of elementary school age or younger held at Tokyo Big Sight in Tokyo, which was recognized as a world record by holding 1,574 games at one time and at one place.

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Event with 1,574 shogi games logged as world record

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Nov. 18, 2012, shows a shogi event for children of elementary school age or younger held at Tokyo Big Sight in Tokyo, which was recognized as a world record by holding 1,574 games at one time and at one place.

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Anti-Marxism scholar, ex-Defense Academy head Inoki dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Masamichi Inoki, a Japanese political scientist and one-time head of the National Defense Academy. Inoki, known for his critical stance against Marxism, died of natural causes at a Kyoto hospital on Nov. 5, 2012. He was 98.

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Last AUM fugitive arrested

OSAKA, Japan - Fumihiro Joyu, the leader of Hikari no Wa (Circle of Rainbow Light), a group that split off from the AUM Shinrikyo doomsday cult, gives a press conference in Osaka on June 15, 2012, following the arrest earlier in the day in Tokyo of Katsuya Takahashi, the last AUM fugitive sought for the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system. Joyu, the one-time AUM spokesman, urged Takahashi to help get to the bottom of the AUM-related criminal cases.

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Sakata 1st Japanese in Rugby Hall of Fame

NAGOYA, Japan - Yoshihiro Sakata holds a framed certificate of his induction into the International Rugby Board's Hall of Fame, at Mizuho Stadium in Nagoya on June 5, 2012. Sakata, at one time considered among the top rugby players in the world, is the 51st member and first Japanese to join the Hall.

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U.S. nuclear cleanup holds lessons for Fukushima crisis

RICHLAND, United States - A number of trucks operate inside a massive pit to dump their loads of contaminated top soil from the Hanford Site, a one-time U.S. nuclear complex, on April 24, 2012. The U.S. Energy Department showed to the press the same day the pit, which is over six story-deep and covers an area roughly equivalent to 52 football fields.

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Old favorite sports car's revival as EV

KYOTO, Japan - An electricity-powered model of the one-time popular sports car Tommykaira ZZ is unveiled at Kyoto University on Dec. 2, 2010. Green Lord Motors Co., a Kyoto-based venture business, created the replica of the car as an electric vehicle.

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Ozawa's ex-aide Ishikawa arrested over funds scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Tomohiro Ishikawa, a Democratic Party of Japan lawmaker and one-time secretary to DPJ Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa, speaks to reporters in Obihiro, Hokkaido, on Dec. 28, 2009. Prosecutors arrested Ishikawa on Jan. 15, 2010, in connection with a political funds scandal involving Ozawa's fund management body.

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LDP veteran Yamasaki loses Diet seat

FUKUOKA, Japan - Taku Yamasaki, former vice president of the Liberal Democratic Party, appears dejected while speaking to reporters in Fukuoka on Aug. 30. Yamasaki, also known as a one-time right-hand man of former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, lost his seat in the House of Representatives.

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Dollar plunges to lower 88 yen near 13-year low

TOKYO, Japan - An electric signboard at a money broker in Tokyo shows the U.S. dollar dropping to the 88 yen level on Dec. 17. The dollar plunged to the lower 88 yen level at one time in Tokyo, nearing a 13-year low, after the U.S. Federal Reserve on Dec. 16 slashed its key interest rate to near zero in an unprecedented move.

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Japanese wooden barrel recognized as world's biggest

OITA, Japan - A wooden barrel, measuring nine meters in both height and diameter, is displayed in Usuki, Oita Prefecture, on June 15 after being recognized as the world's largest brewing barrel by Guinness World Records in April. The barrel, made by a soy sauce association in the prefecture in 2002, can produce about 300,000 1.8-liter bottles of soy sauce at one time.

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Ex-Koizumi associate concerned Yasukuni may cloud Japan-U.S. ties

TOKYO, Japan - Koichi Kato, a one-time political associate of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, speaks at a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Aug. 29. Kato voiced concern that the issue of Japanese leaders' visits to the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine could chill Japan-U.S. ties after the premier leaves office in September.

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BOJ's Fukui reaped big gains from investing in Murakami Fund

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Toshihiko Fukui speaks in reply to questions at a House of Representatives Financial Affairs Committee session on June 16. He said that unrealized gains he made by putting 10 million yen in an investment fund set up by arrested financier Yoshiaki Murakami climbed to several millions of yen a year at one time.

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SMBC to step up online banking security with new password system

TOKYO, Japan - Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. will step up computer security efforts for customers of its Internet banking by introducing a new system that automatically changes a password, which can be used only once, every minute, the bank said on Jan. 12. The new ''One-time Password'' system, to be introduced next month, will provide applicants from the bank's 6 million online customers with a device (in photo) incorporating software to automatically change six-digit passwords for them.

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Gov't sets Princess Sayako's marriage allowance

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi attends a meeting of the Imperial Household Economic Council at the Imperial Household Agency in Tokyo on Oct. 6. The eight-member council decided to provide 152.5 million yen in a one-time allowance to Princess Sayako, who will be leaving the imperial household after her marriage to Tokyo metropolitan employee Yoshiki Kuroda. (Pool photo)

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Vodafone K.K. returns to black mainly on 89.9 bil. yen tax relief

TOKYO, Japan - Vodafone K.K. Chiarman speaks at a press conference at a Tokyo hotel on May 24. The mobile phone service provider said its group net balance returned to the black in the 2004 business year as it booked 89.87 billion yen in future tax relief as a one-time gain.

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Noted economist Morishima dies at 80

TOKYO, Japan - Renowned economist Michio Morishima (file photo), professor emeritus at the University of London and Osaka University, died of old age at a hospital in Britain on July 13, Osaka University said on July 15. He was 80. Morishima, who was from Kobe, western Japan, and resided in Brentwood, Essex, made contributions to the progress in theoretical economics and was a one-time candidate for a Nobel Prize in economics.

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Sega, Sammy scrap merger plan

TOKYO, Japan - Hideki Sato (L), president of Sega Corp., the struggling one-time leading maker of game software, speaks to reporters at the Tokyo Stock Exchange about a collapsed merger plan with pachinko machine manufacturer Sammy Corp. Later in the day, Game maker Namco Ltd. also announced it will withdraw a proposal made in April to merge with Sega.

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Sega scraps merger plan with Sammy

TOKYO, Japan - Hideki Sato, president of Sega Corp., the struggling one-time leading maker of game software, is surrounded by journalists at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on May 8 after announcing that the company has scrapped a merger plan with pachinko game machine maker Sammy Corp.

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One-time premier aspirant Kato testifies in Diet

TOKYO, Japan - Koichi Kato, former secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and one-time aspirant to become prime minister, testifies at a House of Representatives Budget Committee session April 8. He was summoned to testify as an unsworn witness over various allegations involving his political funds.

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SDP urges Tsujimoto to quit over money scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Takako Doi, leader of the opposition Social Democratic Party (SDP), speaks at a press conference at the party's headquarters in Tokyo early March 26. Doi said the SDP will dismiss Kiyomi Tsujimoto as chairwoman of the party's policy board and call on her to quit the Diet over a money scandal involving her one-time aide.

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Gov't announces acceptance of leprosy suit settlement

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Chikara Sakaguchi speaks to the media in Sapporo on Dec. 26. He said the government will accept a court proposal to compensate former leprosy patients who were not forced into sanitariums under the government's one-time quarantine policy as well as the kin of dead leprosy patients.

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Noake bags men's 1,500

NAGANO, Japan - One-time world record holder Hiroyuki Noake wins the men's 1,500-meter title in the speed skating single-distance national championships meet at the M-Wave ice arena in Nagano on Nov. 4.

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Former tennis ace Date to marry German racing driver

TOKYO, Japan - Former Japanese women's tennis ace Kimiko Date (L) is to marry German racing driver Michael Krumm (R). Date, at one time Japan's most recognized female tennis player, made the announcement on her Internet home page Jan. 12, saying she and Krumm had ''become close at the end of last year'' and had ''started making plans for their wedding.''

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Kintetsu pitcher Elvira, son celebrate no-hitter

OSAKA, Japan - Kintetsu southpaw Narciso Elvira and his son celebrate at Osaka Dome on June 20 after the one-time Milwaukee Brewers' hurler threw a no-hitter to defeat the Seibu Lions 4-0. Elvira became the 69th pitcher in the history of Japanese baseball to throw a no-hitter.

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Sumo wrestler Kyokushuzan, wife and daughter meet press

TOKYO, Japan - Mongolian sumo wrestler Kyokushuzan, whose real name is Batvayar Davaa, met with the press after a wedding ceremony at a Tokyo hotel on May 27. Joining the one-time komusubi-ranked wrestler from the Oshima stable are his wife Prebsuren Boyanbireg (phonetic spelling) and his baby daughter Alyunzaya (phonetic).

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Ivory imports checked at Tokyo customs

TOKYO, Japan - A customs official in Tokyo on July 16 examines ivory imported from Namibia. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) decided in February to approve a one-time sale of ivory to Japan from Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe. Ivory sales had been banned for 10 years.

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Olympic flag arrives for opening ceremony

Former Japanese Olympic skier Chiharu Igaya (F-R) helps carry the Olympic flag into the stadium at the opening ceremony of the Nagano Winter Games on Feb. 7. Igaya, a one-time Alpine ski silver medalist is now a member of the International Olympic Committee.

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U.S. announces largest weapons package for Ukraine

STORY: U.S. announces largest weapons package for Ukraine DATELINE: Aug. 25, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:12 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the U.S. Air Force loading palletized explosives onto a C-17 Globemaster III for Ukraine at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware (Aug. 9, 2022) 2. SOUNDBITE (English): COLIN KAHL, U.S. undersecretary of defense for policy STORYLINE: The United States on Wednesday announced an additional tranche of security assistance to Ukraine worth nearly 3 billion U.S. dollars, the largest one-time weapons aid to Kiev that came as the Russia-Ukraine conflict reached the half-year mark. SOUNDBITE (English): COLIN KAHL, U.S. undersecretary of defense for policy "The Department of Defense has decided to provide an additional 2.98 billion dollars in security assistance to Ukraine under the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative or USAI. They include six additional National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS) with additional munitions for NASAMS, up to

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Chinese-aided teaching building to bolster education in Afghanistan

STORY: Chinese-aided teaching building to bolster education in Afghanistan DATELINE: Aug. 12, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:11 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): ZOU XUEMIAN, Xinhua correspondent 2. various shots of the Chinese-aided teaching building in Kabul University. 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Dari): HAMID GHOLAMI, Professor, Kabul University 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Pashto): OSAMA AZIZ, Head of Kabul University 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Dari): AMANULLAH, Construction worker STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): ZOU XUEMIAN, Xinhua correspondent "I'm now in Kabul, the capital city of Afghanistan. What's behind me are two China-aided buildings in Kabul University. The teaching building accommodates an academic lecture hall and a number of classrooms. And the auditorium with a capacity of more than one thousand people at one time is the largest hall in Kabul University." The four-story complex was inaugurated last week, which was constructed with the help from China The teaching building has an academic lecture hall an

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Afghan central bank to inject 12 mln USD to stabilize local currency

STORY: Afghan central bank to inject 12 mln USD to stabilize local currency DATELINE: June 19, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:22 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Afghan central bank in Kabul STORYLINE: Afghanistan's central bank, the Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB), said Sunday it would further inject 12 million U.S. dollars into the local market to boost the national currency afghani. The DAB said in a statement that it was requesting all eligible banks and monetary service providers to participate in the auction scheduled for Monday. "In auction bids, partial settlement of currencies is not allowed and the winners of the auction must deposit in the Da Afghanistan Bank their money at one time in cash," the statement said. The U.S. dollar has depreciated against the afghani compared with a couple of weeks ago. The DAB conducted auctioning of 11 million dollars earlier this week. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Kabul. (XHTV)

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Afghanistan injects 11 mln USD to stabilize local currency

STORY: Afghanistan injects 11 mln USD to stabilize local currency DATELINE: June 13, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:18 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB) 2. various of street views of Kabul STORYLINE: Afghanistan's central bank injected 11 million U.S. dollars into the local market in a bid to strengthen the national currency, afghani, Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB) said on Sunday. The DAB was requesting all eligible banks, foreign exchange and monetary service providers to participate in the auction scheduled on Monday, according to a DAB statement. "In auction bids, partial settlement of currencies is not allowed and the winners of the auction must deposit to Da Afghanistan Bank their money at one time in cash," the statement said. The U.S. dollar has depreciated against afghani, compared with a couple of weeks ago. Earlier this week, the DAB conducted auctioning of 13 million dollars. Since the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan in mid-August last year, the U

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Afghan central bank to inject more money to stabilize local currency

STORY: Afghan central bank to inject more money to stabilize local currency DATELINE: May 11, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:34 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Afghan central bank and a money exchange market in Kabul. STORYLINE: Afghanistan's central bank, the Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB), said Tuesday it would further inject 12 million U.S. dollars into the local market to boost the national currency afghani. The DAB said in a statement that it was requesting all eligible banks and monetary service providers, among others, to participate in the auction scheduled for Wednesday. "In auction bids, partial settlement of currencies is not allowed and the winners of the auction must deposit in the Da Afghanistan Bank their money at one time in cash," the statement said. The U.S. dollar has depreciated against afghani compared with a couple of weeks ago. The DAB conducted auctioning of 12 million U.S. dollars late in April. Since the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan in August last year, the Unite

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Afghanistan injects 12 mln USD to stabilize local currency

STORY: Afghanistan injects 12 mln USD to stabilize local currency DATELINE: April 26, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:28 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of money exchange market in Kabul and Afghan central bank STORYLINE: Afghanistan's central bank injected 12 million U.S. dollars into the local market in a bid to strengthen the national currency, afghani, Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB) said in a statement on Tuesday. According to the statement, the DAB was requesting all eligible banks, foreign exchange and monetary service providers to participate in the auction on Tuesday. "In auction bids, partial settlement of currencies is not allowed and the winners of the auction must deposit to Da Afghanistan Bank their money at one time in cash," the statement said. The U.S. dollar has depreciated against afghani, compared with a couple of weeks ago. On Sunday, the DAB conducted auctioning of 12 million dollars. Since the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan in mid-August last year, the United