China, Vietnam jointly maintain cross-border railway bridge for upcoming travel rush

STORY: China, Vietnam jointly maintain cross-border railway bridge for upcoming travel rush SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 19, 2024 & File DATELINE: Jan. 21, 2024 LENGTH: 0:00:37 LOCATION: HEKOU, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the China-Vietnam Railway Bridge 2. various of workers conducting maintenance on the bridge 3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): CAI SONG, Employee of China Railway Kunming Bureau Group Co., Ltd. 4. various of the China-Vietnam Railway Bridge STORYLINE: The railway departments of China and Vietnam have recently conducted joint maintenance on the China-Vietnam Railway Bridge to prepare for the upcoming Spring Festival travel rush and ensure the safety of the cross-border transportation. The China-Vietnam Railway Bridge connects Hekou of China's Yunnan Province and Lao Cai of Vietnam, which is a cross-border railway bridge with a history of over 100 years. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): CAI SONG, Employee of China Railway Kunming Bureau Group Co., Ltd. "In order to ensure the safety and smooth operat

Türkiye detains Kazakh citizen wanted by Interpol

STORY: Türkiye detains Kazakh citizen wanted by Interpol SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 19-20, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 21, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:56 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of some operations of Turkish police (courtesy of Turkish Interior Ministry) 2. various of Turkish police detaining a Kazakh national, who was wanted by Interpol, in western Izmir province of Türkiye (courtesy of ihlas news agency) 3. various of some operations of Turkish police (courtesy of Turkish Interior Ministry) STORYLINE: Turkish security forces detained on Saturday a Kazakh national, who was wanted by Interpol on charges of being a member of an "international organized crime syndicate, facilitating gambling and corruption," the public prosecutor's office of the western Izmir province said. The suspect, whose name was not revealed, had been involved in many international crimes in Kazakhstan and had disguised himself, the office said in a statement. The Kazakh was arrested in a joint intelligence-based operat

3 killed, 12 injured in cylinder blast in Pakistan's Karachi

STORY: 3 killed, 12 injured in cylinder blast in Pakistan's Karachi SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 18, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 19, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:06 LOCATION: KARACHI, Pakistan CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the blast site and rescue efforts STORYLINE: At least three people were killed and around 12 others severely injured on Monday in a gas cylinder blast in a building in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi, the rescue service said. Salman Naseer, an official of the rescue organization Edhi Foundation, told Xinhua that the accident took place in Machar Colony area when new gas cylinders were being shifted to a shop of cylinders beneath a double-story residential building. Soon after the blast, the building suddenly turned into rubble, he added. The locals of the area immediately started rescuing the trapped people and were then joined by the rescue workers, Naseer said, adding that up to 15 trapped people had been recovered while at least one was still under the rubble. A search operat

China building SCO demonstration area into new Belt and Road cooperation platform

STORY: China building SCO demonstration area into new Belt and Road cooperation platform DATELINE: Oct. 11, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:00 LOCATION: QINGDAO, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the SCO demonstration area 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHOU SHICHAO, Cross-border e-commerce supervision department, Jiaozhou Customs, Qingdao 3. various of freight trains 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Russian): SERGEY MANASSARIAN, Armenian Ambassador to China 5. various of the SCO demonstration area STORYLINE: The China-SCO Local Economic and Trade Cooperation Demonstration Area (SCODA) in the eastern Chinese coastal city of Qingdao has become a new promising platform for Belt and Road cooperation. The demonstration area was proposed to be built in June 2018. It has since grown into an important link in the international industrial, supply and trade chains, boosting the economic and trade cooperation of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) members. Apart from sea, air, and road transport, the demonstration area operat

4 dead after refugee boat sinks off Greek island

STORY: 4 dead after refugee boat sinks off Greek island DATELINE: Feb. 6, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:23 LOCATION: Athens CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the rescue of refugees and migrants in a boat in the Aegean Sea STORYLINE: Three children and a woman died after a boat carrying yet unknown number of refugees and migrants sank off the island of Leros in the Aegean Sea, Greek national news agency AMNA reported on Sunday. The body of the woman was collected in the sea, the Hellenic Coast Guard said in a statement on Sunday. The three children had been transferred to a local hospital where they died, AMNA reported, citing the local Port Authority. A total of 39 people were rescued, according to the latest count, and many were of African descent, according to AMNA. Survivors told authorities there were about 40 people, among them minors and a person with disabilities, on board the dinghy that had set sail from the Turkish coast, a Hellenic Coast Guard statement said. A search and rescue operat

Spain, Portugal and France say hydrogen pipeline to be operational by 2030

STORY: Spain, Portugal and France say hydrogen pipeline to be operational by 2030 DATELINE: Dec. 10, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:29 LOCATION: Madrid CATEGORY: POLITICS/ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the meeting 2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): PEDRO SANCHEZ, Spanish Prime Minister STORYLINE: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa and French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday formally presented a new green hydrogen pipeline project. The three leaders discussed further details of the project on the sidelines of a European Union (EU) regional summit. The meeting also included European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): PEDRO SANCHEZ, Spanish Prime Minister "This project above all is extraordinarily good news for Europe as a whole, because this major energy corridor will provide greater energy security and yet greater strategic autonomy to the whole of the European Union." The project, known as the H2Med, will cost some 2.5 billion euros and be operat

Jakarta-Bandung HSR No. 1 casting yard completes box girders erection

STORY: Jakarta-Bandung HSR No. 1 casting yard completes box girders erection DATELINE: June 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:09 LOCATION: Jakarta CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ceremony, Chinese and Indonesian representatives speaking 2. various of No.1 casting yard 3. various of workers working on the construction site STORYLINE: The No. 1 casting yard of the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway (HSR) has completed the erection of 1,018 box girders, laying a solid foundation for the completion of the railway project in June 2023. The 142-km Jakarta-Bandung HSR has three casting yards along its route, among which the No. 1 casting yard was constructed by the Sinohydro Engineering Bureau 8 Co. It is the largest casting yard with the task of prefabricating the largest quantity of box girders for the railway. Some of the box girders it needs to install are close to the busy Jakarta-Bandung expressway, and the situation increases construction safety risks and difficulties for coordination. During operat