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China: Motorcyclist Jumps Red Light, Almost Hit By Car In Shandong

This video caught the moment when a car hit an electric bike in an intersection in Shandong, China. The driver of the bike leaps off the scooter and dashes to a safe area, preventing the worst possible scenario. According to the the video owner, the biker, who was a delivery man, jumped a red light. The video was recorded on March 9, 2024.

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US: Strong Winter Storm Brings Blizzard Conditions To Sierra Nevada 3

A strong winter storm hit the Sierra Nevada on Friday, March 1, bringing heavy snow and high winds. Blizzard Warnings were issued for the area, including Lake Tahoe and eastern Nevada. The Sierra Avalanche Center warned that the danger of avalanches was high. Yosemite National Park and many ski resorts in the region announced they were closing at least for the day.

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Chinese artwork lights up summer night in Tel Aviv Port

STORY: Chinese artwork lights up summer night in Tel Aviv Port DATELINE: Aug. 19, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:01 LOCATION: Jerusalem CATEGORY: SOCIETY/CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of people visiting a Chinese Lantern Exhibition in Tel Aviv, Israel 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): GARRY, Israeli visitor 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): CARMEL, Israeli visitor STORYLINE: A spectacular 11-day light exhibition designed by Chinese artists has wrapped up in the Israeli Mediterranean city of Tel Aviv. The festival, which concluded on Thursday evening, attracted numerous visitors to the Tel Aviv Port, an area of culture, entertainment and leisure activities in the northwest of the city, to enjoy the 21 bright and colorful light installations from Zigong, a city in southwest China's Sichuan province famous for its lantern culture. A large winding Chinese dragon lightning exhibit beside the landmark of the port "I love Tel Aviv" was particularly a big hit. The 30-meter-long and 3-meter-high artwork in red and yellow was the most popular

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Israelis celebrate opening day of Tel Aviv's 1st light rail line

STORY: Israelis celebrate opening day of Tel Aviv's 1st light rail line DATELINE: Aug. 19, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:10 LOCATION: TEL AVIV, Israel CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): WANG ZHUOLUN, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of platforms and passengers 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): HAIM GLICK, CEO of Tel Aviv Metropolitan Mass Transit System 4. various of new rail 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ERAN, Israeli citizen STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): WANG ZHUOLUN, Xinhua correspondent "Here I'm in Tel Aviv, the economic center of Israel. On Friday morning, the first light rail, known as the Red Line, began chugging through the metropolis, which would tremendously reduce traffic congestion plaguing people here for many years." The Red Line connects Tel Aviv with four smaller cities in the metropolitan coastal area -- Bat Yam, Ramat Gan, Bnei Brak, and Petah Tikvah. The 24-km line has 34 stops, ten of them located underground. It was jointly built and operated by Chinese and Israeli companies. SOUNDBITE 1

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ISRAEL-TEL AVIV-LIGHT RAIL LINE

(230819) -- TEL AVIV, Aug. 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo shows trains of the light rail Red Line at a parking area in Tel Aviv, Israel on Aug. 18, 2023. About 100,000 people from across Israel enjoyed a free light rail ride along Tel Aviv's Red Line on Friday, to mark the first operative day of the line jointly built and operated by Chinese and Israeli companies. (Xinhua)

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ISRAEL-TEL AVIV-LIGHT RAIL LINE

(230819) -- TEL AVIV, Aug. 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo shows trains of the light rail Red Line at a parking area in Tel Aviv, Israel on Aug. 18, 2023. About 100,000 people from across Israel enjoyed a free light rail ride along Tel Aviv's Red Line on Friday, to mark the first operative day of the line jointly built and operated by Chinese and Israeli companies. (Xinhua)

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Israel's Tel Aviv inaugurates 1st light rail

STORY: Israel's Tel Aviv inaugurates 1st light rail DATELINE: Aug. 18, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:07 LOCATION: TEL AVIV, Israel CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attending the inauguration of the light rail red line for the Tel Aviv metropolitan area STORYLINE: The first light rail in Tel Aviv, Israel's financial capital, was inaugurated at an official ceremony on Thursday, ahead of its first commercial drive on Friday. At the Kiryat Aryeh operational center in Petah Tikvah city, north of Tel Aviv, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu snipped a red ribbon at a rail station entrance. "This is a festive event for Israel. Today, we are realizing Israel's transport vision," he said, adding that the rail will "link cities and enhance connectivity between them." The rail, currently operational on a single line known as the Red Line, will commence its first commercial service on Friday morning. The Red Line connects Tel Aviv with four smaller cities in the metrop

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Ageya, Yoshiwara

TOKYO, Japan - The file photo shows the Ageya area in Yoshiwara, which was Japan's largest licensed red-light district until prostitution was banned in 1957, located in Tokyo. The undated photo was taken in the early Showa era (1926-1989).

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Soccer league for sex workers' children gaining strength in India

Photo taken in May 2016 shows children gathering to play soccer in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata. The city's Sonagachi area is home to India's largest red light district, with around 61 brothels and 10,000 sex workers. It is now also home to a soccer league supported by a nongovernmental organization representing 65,000 sex workers in the state of West Bengal. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer league for sex workers' children gaining strength in India

Photo taken in May 2016 shows children gathering to play soccer in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata. The city's Sonagachi area is home to India's largest red light district, with around 61 brothels and 10,000 sex workers. It is now also home to a soccer league supported by a nongovernmental organization representing 65,000 sex workers in the state of West Bengal. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yokohama community engages in revitalization through art

German artist Verena Issel explains her artwork during a press tour in Yokohama on Sept. 17, 2015, before Koganecho Bazaar 2015, an art festival aimed at revitalizing the Koganecho area, once known for its red-light district, through art. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yokohama community engages in revitalization through art

The Koganecho Bazaar art festival is under way in Yokohama on Oct. 11, 2015. Artists from Japan and abroad participate in the annual event aimed at revitalizing the Koganecho area, once known for its red-light district, through art. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ageya, Yoshiwara

TOKYO, Japan - The file photo shows the Ageya area in Yoshiwara, which was Japan's largest licensed red-light district until prostitution was banned in 1957, located in Tokyo. The undated photo was taken in the early Showa era (1926-1989). (Kyodo)

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Shinchi in kita,the north

The so-called Kita Shinchi originated from the restoration of Dojimagawa in the Genroku years. After the present grounds were formed when the Sonezaki River was reclaimed in 1912, it was divided in two areas, the commercial Dojima area and the red-light district of Sonezakishinchi.==Date:unknown, Place:Osaka, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number23‐18‐0]

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A red star and the word Kremlin written in the Cyrillic alphabet on a private building in the Uherske Hradiste town centre

A red star and the word Kremlin written in the Cyrillic alphabet on a private building in the Uherske Hradiste town centre, Zlin Region, Czech Republic, July 19, 2020. Uherske Hradiste Mayor Stanislav Blaha has filed a legal complaint over a light installation which was placed on the building in a square in the urban conservation area in the past days without letting the town hall know about it and asking for respective permits, he said. The building owner is the Simexcoc company. Its executive Vilem Kubis told CTK that the light installation was to point to the state of dilapidation of the former prison in the neighbourhood, where even political prisoners had stayed. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

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A red star and the word Kremlin written in the Cyrillic alphabet on a private building in the Uherske Hradiste town centre

A red star and the word Kremlin written in the Cyrillic alphabet on a private building in the Uherske Hradiste town centre, Zlin Region, Czech Republic, July 19, 2020. Uherske Hradiste Mayor Stanislav Blaha has filed a legal complaint over a light installation which was placed on the building in a square in the urban conservation area in the past days without letting the town hall know about it and asking for respective permits, he said. The building owner is the Simexcoc company. Its executive Vilem Kubis told CTK that the light installation was to point to the state of dilapidation of the former prison in the neighbourhood, where even political prisoners had stayed. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

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A red star and the word Kremlin written in the Cyrillic alphabet on a private building in the Uherske Hradiste town centre

A red star and the word Kremlin written in the Cyrillic alphabet on a private building in the Uherske Hradiste town centre, Zlin Region, Czech Republic, July 19, 2020. Uherske Hradiste Mayor Stanislav Blaha has filed a legal complaint over a light installation which was placed on the building in a square in the urban conservation area in the past days without letting the town hall know about it and asking for respective permits, he said. The building owner is the Simexcoc company. Its executive Vilem Kubis told CTK that the light installation was to point to the state of dilapidation of the former prison in the neighbourhood, where even political prisoners had stayed. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

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A red star and the word Kremlin written in the Cyrillic alphabet on a private building in the Uherske Hradiste town centre

A red star and the word Kremlin written in the Cyrillic alphabet on a private building in the Uherske Hradiste town centre, Zlin Region, Czech Republic, July 19, 2020. Uherske Hradiste Mayor Stanislav Blaha has filed a legal complaint over a light installation which was placed on the building in a square in the urban conservation area in the past days without letting the town hall know about it and asking for respective permits, he said. The building owner is the Simexcoc company. Its executive Vilem Kubis told CTK that the light installation was to point to the state of dilapidation of the former prison in the neighbourhood, where even political prisoners had stayed. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

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A red star and the word Kremlin written in the Cyrillic alphabet on a private building in the Uherske Hradiste town centre

A red star and the word Kremlin written in the Cyrillic alphabet on a private building in the Uherske Hradiste town centre, Zlin Region, Czech Republic, July 19, 2020. Uherske Hradiste Mayor Stanislav Blaha has filed a legal complaint over a light installation which was placed on the building in a square in the urban conservation area in the past days without letting the town hall know about it and asking for respective permits, he said. The building owner is the Simexcoc company. Its executive Vilem Kubis told CTK that the light installation was to point to the state of dilapidation of the former prison in the neighbourhood, where even political prisoners had stayed. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

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Summer heat in Japan

People wearing face masks due to the coronavirus pandemic wait at a red light at a scramble intersection in Tokyo's Shibuya area amid scorching summer heat on Aug. 12, 2020.