Indian PM Modi thanks countrymen for expressing trust in his ruling alliance

STORY: Indian PM Modi thanks countrymen for expressing trust in his ruling alliance SHOOTING TIME: June 4, 2024 DATELINE: June 5, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:50 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of India gate 2. various of ruling party celebration 3. various of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi STORYLINE: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday thanked the countrymen for placing trust in the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for a third consecutive term. Taking to the social platform X, formerly Twitter, Modi said that it was an unprecedented moment in the history of India. "The people of the country have expressed their trust in the NDA for the third consecutive time. This is an unprecedented moment in the history of India," Modi posted on X. "I assure the countrymen that to fulfil their aspirations, we will move forward with new energy, new enthusiasm and new resolves," he wrote. Even as the counting of votes was

CHINA-FUJIAN-VILLAGE-DISPUTE-MEDIATOR (CN)

CHINA-FUJIAN-VILLAGE-DISPUTE-MEDIATOR (CN)

(231125) -- FUZHOU, Nov. 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Primary-level mediator Zhang Qiuxiang (1st R) resolves dispute in the village of Boyang, southeast China's Fujian Province, Nov. 18, 2023. TO GO WITH "Across China: Fujian village's white tea regimen to cure local disputes" (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)

Kan resolves to restore Japan's fiscal health

Kan resolves to restore Japan's fiscal health

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks at a press conference at his office in Tokyo on July 30, 2010. Kan renewed his resolve to restore Japan's tattered finances.

Kan resolves to restore Japan's fiscal health

Kan resolves to restore Japan's fiscal health

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks at a press conference at his office in Tokyo on July 30, 2010. Kan renewed his resolve to restore Japan's tattered finances.

Koizumi resolves to resubmit, enact postal bills in Diet speech

Koizumi resolves to resubmit, enact postal bills in Diet speech

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi delivers his policy speech at a plenary session of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on Sept. 26.

Resumption of normalization talks up to Japan: N. Korea

Resumption of normalization talks up to Japan: N. Korea

NEW YORK, United States - North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun says at a news conference on Sept. 25 that Pyongyang is ready to restart normalization talks with Japan but that improved relations would depend on whether Japan resolves to ''liquidate its past crimes.'' Japan would have to apologize for its 1910-1945 colonization of the Korean Peninsula until the end of World War II and pay compensation, Paek said after making an address to a U.N. General Assembly session.

Egypt's president resolves to remove barriers to investment

STORY: Egypt's president resolves to remove barriers to investment DATELINE: Sept. 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:52 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. shots of the press conference 2. shots of Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi inaugurating a number of projects of the General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI) 3. shots of the press conference STORYLINE: Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi stressed on Tuesday the country's determination in resolving barriers that may hinder investment, adding that such obstacles to investment will be removed within 1 to 2 months. Sisi made the remarks at a ceremony during which a number of national projects affiliated to Egypt's General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI) were signed. During the ceremony, Sisi inaugurated two investment zones in Banha of Qalyubia Governorate and Meit Ghamr of Gharbia Governorate. The president also emphasized the role of research and development centers. Egypt has been working to grant the private se

Ono Pharma to pay 28 bil. yen to settle patent suit with Nobel winner

Ono Pharmaceutical Co. said Friday it has agreed to pay 5 billion yen ($44 million) to Japanese Nobel laureate in medicine Tasuku Honjo and donate 23 billion yen to a research fund at his university to settle a lawsuit on cancer drug patent royalties. The settlement, reached at the Osaka District Court, resolves the suit in which Honjo, a distinguished professor at Kyoto University and 2018 Nobel Prize winner, had sought about 26.2 billion yen in patent royalties from the company that sells the cancer treatment drug Opdivo, developed based on discoveries by his research team. "We were able to reach a settlement I feel satisfied with. I would like to support fundamental research with the funds that we will get back from the company," Honjo said through his lawyer. In a news conference Friday, Ono Pharmaceutical President Gyo Sagara also welcomed the settlement, which he said "fully resolved" issues between the company and Honjo.

Koizumi resolves to resubmit, enact postal bills in Diet speech

Koizumi resolves to resubmit, enact postal bills in Diet speech

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi delivers his policy speech at a plenary session of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on Sept. 26. (Kyodo)

Japan stages forum on North Korean rights situation in New York

Japan stages forum on North Korean rights situation in New York

Eriko Yamatani, the Japanese Cabinet minister in charge of the issue of North Korea's abduction of Japanese nationals, speaks with reporters in New York on May 5, 2015, after attending an international symposium on Pyongyang's human rights situation. While calling for the return of all Japanese abductees, Yamatani said at the symposium, "North Korea will have no future unless it resolves the abduction issue." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Kan resolves to restore Japan's fiscal health

Kan resolves to restore Japan's fiscal health

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks at a press conference at his office in Tokyo on July 30, 2010. Kan renewed his resolve to restore Japan's tattered finances. (Kyodo)

Kan resolves to restore Japan's fiscal health

Kan resolves to restore Japan's fiscal health

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks at a press conference at his office in Tokyo on July 30, 2010. Kan renewed his resolve to restore Japan's tattered finances. (Kyodo)

Resumption of normalization talks up to Japan: N. Korea

Resumption of normalization talks up to Japan: N. Korea

NEW YORK, United States - North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun says at a news conference on Sept. 25 that Pyongyang is ready to restart normalization talks with Japan but that improved relations would depend on whether Japan resolves to ''liquidate its past crimes.'' Japan would have to apologize for its 1910-1945 colonization of the Korean Peninsula until the end of World War II and pay compensation, Paek said after making an address to a U.N. General Assembly session.