Taiwan: Typhoon Podul Intensifies, Strikes Southern and Eastern Regions 5

Typhoon Podul strengthened as it approached Taiwan on Wednesday, August 13, unleashing strong winds and heavy rain across the island’s southern and eastern regions. Over 5,500 residents were evacuated, while train services were partially suspended and roads closed as precautions. The storm’s impact is expected to peak in the evening.

Taiwan: Typhoon Podul Intensifies, Strikes Southern and Eastern Regions 4

Typhoon Podul strengthened as it approached Taiwan on Wednesday, August 13, unleashing strong winds and heavy rain across the island’s southern and eastern regions. Over 5,500 residents were evacuated, while train services were partially suspended and roads closed as precautions. The storm’s impact is expected to peak in the evening. This video shows the strong winds and rain wash the roof and the street in Taitung City.

Taiwan: Typhoon Podul Intensifies, Strikes Southern and Eastern Regions 3

Typhoon Podul strengthened as it approached Taiwan on Wednesday, August 13, unleashing strong winds and heavy rain across the island’s southern and eastern regions. Over 5,500 residents were evacuated, while train services were partially suspended and roads closed as precautions. The storm’s impact is expected to peak in the evening. This video shows solar panels being blown away by strong winds in Taitung City.

Taiwan: Typhoon Podul Intensifies, Strikes Southern and Eastern Regions

Typhoon Podul strengthened as it approached Taiwan on Wednesday, August 13, unleashing strong winds and heavy rain across the island’s southern and eastern regions. Over 5,500 residents were evacuated, while train services were partially suspended and roads closed as precautions. The storm’s impact is expected to peak in the evening. This video shows the flooding situation in Yuli, Hualien County.

Taiwan: Typhoon Podul Intensifies, Strikes Southern and Eastern Regions 2

Typhoon Podul strengthened as it approached Taiwan on Wednesday, August 13, unleashing strong winds and heavy rain across the island’s southern and eastern regions. Over 5,500 residents were evacuated, while train services were partially suspended and roads closed as precautions. The storm’s impact is expected to peak in the evening. This video shows the heavy rainfall in Chihshang, Taitung County.

Over 1,400 Chinese exhibitors present at Medica 2023 in Germany

STORY: Over 1,400 Chinese exhibitors present at Medica 2023 in Germany SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 13, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 14, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:25 LOCATION: DUSSELDORF, Germany CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the exhibition STORYLINE: Over 1,400 Chinese companies are present at the Medica 2023 medical technology trade fair, which opened its doors to visitors in Dusseldorf, Germany on Monday. The Chinese companies make up over 25 percent of the 5,500 exhibitors from around 70 countries and regions at the event, which is one of the largest medical business-to-business (B2B) trade fairs in the world. The Chinese exhibitors provide comprehensive and diverse clinical solutions to the global medical market, establishing themselves as a significant force in the global medical device industry. For the first time in Europe, SonoScape, a medical manufacturer from the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, exhibits the new high-end color Doppler ultrasound diagnostic systems S80 Elite and P80 Elite for radiology and

About 5,000 homes damaged by floods in E Libya

STORY: About 5,000 homes damaged by floods in E Libya DATELINE: Sept. 16, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:53 LOCATION: Tripoli CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of buildings and roads damaged by floods STORYLINE: The Libyan Agency for Implementation of Housing and Utilities Projects on Friday revealed that around 5,000 homes were damaged by the floods that hit eastern Libya on Sunday. The agency also confirmed that the floods destroyed water supply networks, causing a severe shortage of drinking water in the affected areas. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) estimates that over 38,640 individuals in eastern Libya, mostly in Derna city, were displaced by the floods. IOM also estimates that 2,217 buildings collapsed to rushing water in Derna, which was destroyed the most by the floods. After Mediterranean storm Daniel on Sunday triggered the largest and worst floods in decades, which have claimed at least 5,500 lives and left another 10,000 missing, the war-torn country has another enduring battle

1st Russian-Chinese forum "Rostki" kicks off in Russia's Kazan

STORY: 1st Russian-Chinese forum "Rostki" kicks off in Russia's Kazan DATELINE: Sept. 8, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:20 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the "Rostki" STORYLINE: The first Russian-Chinese forum dubbed "Rostki" kicked off Thursday in Kazan, the capital city of Russia's Republic of Tatarstan. The event will be held on Thursday and Friday, and will bring together over 5,500 representatives from more than 20 countries, including South Africa, Turkey, Vietnam and Iran, among others. A total of 42 business sessions will be held within the framework of the event in such fields as information technology, engineering, finance, transport, tourism, culture, healthcare, sports, education, and investment. Participants will also be able to take part in two large exhibitions, which will be dedicated to the Chinese automobile industry, and will showcase metalworking and welding equipment, machine tools, among other products. "This is the first time that Kazan hosts such a forum in this

Protest against collective self-defense policy

Protest against collective self-defense policy

TOKYO, Japan - An estimated 5,500 people march in Tokyo on Sept. 4, 2014, in protest against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's administration over its approval of the exercise of the right to collective self-defense.

Protest against collective self-defense policy

Protest against collective self-defense policy

TOKYO, Japan - An estimated 5,500 people gather at Hibiya Park in Tokyo on Sept. 4, 2014, in protest against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's administration over its approval of the exercise of the right to collective self-defense.

Running across Tokyo Gate Bridge

Running across Tokyo Gate Bridge

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Feb. 4, 2012, shows people running across Tokyo Gate Bridge in Tokyo Bay. Some 5,500 people took part in an 8-kilometer running event involving a round-trip over the 2.6-km bridge, held in commemoration of the facility's completion ahead of its opening to traffic on Feb. 12, 2012.

Running across Tokyo Gate Bridge

Running across Tokyo Gate Bridge

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Feb. 4, 2012, shows people running across Tokyo Gate Bridge in Tokyo Bay. Some 5,500 people took part in an 8-kilometer running event involving a round-trip over the 2.6-km bridge, held in commemoration of the facility's completion ahead of its opening to traffic on Feb. 12, 2012.

Running across Tokyo Gate Bridge

Running across Tokyo Gate Bridge

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Feb. 4, 2012, shows people running across Tokyo Gate Bridge in Tokyo Bay. Some 5,500 people took part in an 8-kilometer running event involving a round-trip over the 2.6-km bridge, held in commemoration of the facility's completion ahead of its opening to traffic on Feb. 12, 2012.

Japan marks 13th anniversary of subway sarin gas attacks

Japan marks 13th anniversary of subway sarin gas attacks

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo subway workers offer silent prayers at Kasumigaseki Station on March 20 as Japan marked the 13th anniversary the same day of the deadly 1995 sarin nerve gas attacks on the Tokyo subway system. Top members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult, now known as Aleph, released sarin at five stations on three central Tokyo subway lines. The attack took the lives of 12 people, including two subway workers at Kasumigaseki Station, and left over 5,500 sickened.

Japan to pull ground troops from Iraq, expand airlift aid to Baghdad

Japan to pull ground troops from Iraq, expand airlift aid to Baghdad

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Agency Director General Fukushiro Nukaga speaks at a press conference at his agency on June 19 following a Cabinet decision to pull Japan's ground troops from southern Iraq. He said, ''I am very glad that over the past two-and-a-half years, a total of 5,500 GSDF members were able to carry out safe and sound their mission to help reconstruct Iraq.''

Over 5,500 suspected fake coins found, man on wanted list

Over 5,500 suspected fake coins found, man on wanted list

TOKYO, Japan - Kumamoto prefectural police on Feb. 3 show a suspected counterfeit coin (below), which was discovered at an automated teller machine at the Kumamoto Central Post Office in the city of Kumamoto on Jan. 22. A man in his 40s allegedly used 14 fake coins Jan. 22. The 500-yen coin above is genuine. Over 5,500 suspected counterfeit coins have been found in Fukuoka prefecture, Tokyo as well as Kumamoto.

Over 5,500 suspected fake coins found in 3 prefectures

Over 5,500 suspected fake coins found in 3 prefectures

TOKYO, Japan - Pictured on Feb. 3 is one of fake 500-yen coins which have been found in the prefectures of Fukuoka, Kumamoto and Tokyo. A total of 5,583 counterfeit 500-yen coins have been discovered in the prefectures, the Finance Ministry said.

Nagasaki mourns death of 5,500 school A-bomb victims

Nagasaki mourns death of 5,500 school A-bomb victims

NAGASAKI, Japan - Nagasaki citizens mourn the death of about 5,500 pupils and teachers in the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the city in an annual ceremony at the city's Peace Hall on Aug. 1. Mourners offered a silent prayer at 11:02 a.m., the time the bomb exploded over the city on Aug. 9, 1945.

282 killed, over 200 injured as heavy rains continue to wreak havoc in Pakistan

STORY: 282 killed, over 200 injured as heavy rains continue to wreak havoc in Pakistan DATELINE: July 23, 2022 LOCATION: Islamabad LENGTH: 00:03:49 CATEGORY: SOCIETY/ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): ALI JASWAL, Xinhua reporter in Islamabad 2. various of heavy rains STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): ALI JASWAL, Xinhua reporter in Islamabad "According to Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), at least 282 people have been killed and 211 others injured in separate rain-related incidents in the country since June 14 as heavy downpours continued to lash the country. The NDMA said in a situation report released Thursday that a total of 160 women and children are among the dead, and added that the rains have partially or fully damaged over 5,500 houses, several bridges and shops across the country. Most of the damages and casualties were reported from the country's southwestern Balochistan province, where 88 people died and 62 others sustained injuries due to monsoon rains that triggered

Over 5,500 suspected fake coins found, man on wanted list

Over 5,500 suspected fake coins found, man on wanted list

TOKYO, Japan - Kumamoto prefectural police on Feb. 3 show a suspected counterfeit coin (below), which was discovered at an automated teller machine at the Kumamoto Central Post Office in the city of Kumamoto on Jan. 22. A man in his 40s allegedly used 14 fake coins Jan. 22. The 500-yen coin above is genuine. Over 5,500 suspected counterfeit coins have been found in Fukuoka prefecture, Tokyo as well as Kumamoto. (Kyodo)

Japan to pull ground troops from Iraq, expand airlift aid to Bag

Japan to pull ground troops from Iraq, expand airlift aid to Bag

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Agency Director General Fukushiro Nukaga speaks at a press conference at his agency on June 19 following a Cabinet decision to pull Japan's ground troops from southern Iraq. He said, ''I am very glad that over the past two-and-a-half years, a total of 5,500 GSDF members were able to carry out safe and sound their mission to help reconstruct Iraq.'' (Kyodo)

Japan marks 13th anniversary of subway sarin gas attacks

Japan marks 13th anniversary of subway sarin gas attacks

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo subway workers offer silent prayers at Kasumigaseki Station on March 20 as Japan marked the 13th anniversary the same day of the deadly 1995 sarin nerve gas attacks on the Tokyo subway system. Top members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult, now known as Aleph, released sarin at five stations on three central Tokyo subway lines. The attack took the lives of 12 people, including two subway workers at Kasumigaseki Station, and left over 5,500 sickened. (Kyodo)

Running across Tokyo Gate Bridge

Running across Tokyo Gate Bridge

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Feb. 4, 2012, shows people running across Tokyo Gate Bridge in Tokyo Bay. Some 5,500 people took part in an 8-kilometer running event involving a round-trip over the 2.6-km bridge, held in commemoration of the facility's completion ahead of its opening to traffic on Feb. 12, 2012. (Kyodo)

Running across Tokyo Gate Bridge

Running across Tokyo Gate Bridge

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Feb. 4, 2012, shows people running across Tokyo Gate Bridge in Tokyo Bay. Some 5,500 people took part in an 8-kilometer running event involving a round-trip over the 2.6-km bridge, held in commemoration of the facility's completion ahead of its opening to traffic on Feb. 12, 2012. (Kyodo)

Running across Tokyo Gate Bridge

Running across Tokyo Gate Bridge

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Feb. 4, 2012, shows people running across Tokyo Gate Bridge in Tokyo Bay. Some 5,500 people took part in an 8-kilometer running event involving a round-trip over the 2.6-km bridge, held in commemoration of the facility's completion ahead of its opening to traffic on Feb. 12, 2012. (Kyodo)

Protest against collective self-defense policy

Protest against collective self-defense policy

TOKYO, Japan - An estimated 5,500 people gather at Hibiya Park in Tokyo on Sept. 4, 2014, in protest against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's administration over its approval of the exercise of the right to collective self-defense. (Kyodo)

Nagasaki mourns death of 5,500 school A-bomb victims

Nagasaki mourns death of 5,500 school A-bomb victims

NAGASAKI, Japan - Nagasaki citizens mourn the death of about 5,500 pupils and teachers in the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the city in an annual ceremony at the city's Peace Hall on Aug. 1. Mourners offered a silent prayer at 11:02 a.m., the time the bomb exploded over the city on Aug. 9, 1945.