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China: Fierce Storm Strikes Luoyang With High Winds And Rain

On June 30, 2024, a severe storm hit Luoyang, Henan, bringing extremely high winds and heavy rainfall. The powerful gusts were strong enough to significantly tilt trees along the roadsides and overturn several vehicles. There were notably fewer pedestrians and vehicles on the streets due to the hazardous conditions.

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Cameroon vows to intensify crackdown on fake drugs

STORY: Cameroon vows to intensify crackdown on fake drugs DATELINE: Oct. 13, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:50 LOCATION: Yaounde CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Ministry of Public Health 2. various of Mokolo market and a store sign 3. various of the Minister of Public Health at the Mokolo market STORYLINE: Cameroon's Minister of Public Health Manaouda Malachie said Thursday that more efforts will be made to prevent the manufacture and sale of counterfeit drugs in the Central African nation. "I would like the medicine traffickers and vendors to know that we will not allow them to sell counterfeit medicines in Cameroon. We will seize their products, arrest them, and they will have their day in court," Manaouda told reporters at a press conference in Yaounde, the capital of Cameroon. "Roadside medicine, fake medicine, poorly stored or mishandled medicine kills. Let us be aware and give priority to the medicines found in pharmacies," he added, promising future crackdowns in markets and on roadsides where th

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CHINA-TIBET-NYINGCHI-ECOLOGICAL TOURISM (CN)

(230722) -- NYINGCHI, July 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Cars of tourists park on the roadsides of the main street in Gaiba Village of Gongbo'Gyamda County in Nyingchi City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, July 20, 2023. Gaiba Village is located near the Basomtso, a national 5A tourist attraction. In the 1980s and 1990s, local villagers here mainly relied on logging to earn money. Thanks to local government's efforts to protect the ecological environment, forest fire prevention stations have been built on the former site of the logging yard, and trees have been replanted on the felled land along the highway. At present, tourism has become the pillar industry of Gaiba Village. There are 48 homestays and family hotels in the village, and the tourism income of the village in the first half of 2023 is about 2.5 million yuan (about 0.34 million U.S. dollars). (Xinhua/Sun Fei)

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Quake-damaged sacred Tibetan mound restored in Yushu, China

STORY: Quake-damaged sacred Tibetan mound restored in Yushu, China DATELINE: March 21, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:13 LOCATION: YUSHU, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Gyanak Mani Stone Mound 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): GE LIWEI, Director of Cultural Heritage Bureau of Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture STORYLINE: Twelve years after a powerful earthquake severely damaged the Gyanak Mani Stone Mound in Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Yushu in northwest China's Qinghai Province, the historic site has got repaired and mended well. Mani stones are stone plates and rocks inscribed with Lamaist mantra prayers or other propitious symbols of Tibetan Buddhism. They are usually placed along roadsides and rivers, or piled up to form mounds or long walls. The Gyanak Mani Stone Mound was the world's largest Mani stone mound before a 7.1-magnitude earthquake on April 14, 2010, reduced the 300-year-old sacred Tibetan mound to a chaotic tangle of rubble and colored sutra streamers. After the earthquake, the Chi

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Plastic Recycle Industry - Dhaka

A woman sorts out plastic bags after they are collected from roadsides and garbage bins in Dhaka, Bangladesh, September 16, 2021. The amount of daily plastic waste has increased by 468 tons in the last 15 years in Bangladesh. Plastic waste has gone up from 178 tons per day in 2005 to 646 tons per day in 2020 in Dhaka city alone. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Plastic Recycle Industry - Dhaka

A woman sorts out plastic bags after they are collected from roadsides and garbage bins in Dhaka, Bangladesh, September 16, 2021. The amount of daily plastic waste has increased by 468 tons in the last 15 years in Bangladesh. Plastic waste has gone up from 178 tons per day in 2005 to 646 tons per day in 2020 in Dhaka city alone. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Plastic Recycle Industry - Dhaka

A woman sorts out plastic bags after they are collected from roadsides and garbage bins in Dhaka, Bangladesh, September 16, 2021. The amount of daily plastic waste has increased by 468 tons in the last 15 years in Bangladesh. Plastic waste has gone up from 178 tons per day in 2005 to 646 tons per day in 2020 in Dhaka city alone. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Plastic Recycle Industry - Dhaka

A woman sorts out plastic bags after they are collected from roadsides and garbage bins in Dhaka, Bangladesh, September 16, 2021. The amount of daily plastic waste has increased by 468 tons in the last 15 years in Bangladesh. Plastic waste has gone up from 178 tons per day in 2005 to 646 tons per day in 2020 in Dhaka city alone. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

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108th Tour de France

Spectators with Breton flag on the roadsides of the first stage of the 108th Tour de France. Presence of spectators with compulsory masks authorized by the relaxation of sanitary measures. Landerneau, France, on June 26, 2021. Photo by Roignant JM/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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108th Tour de France

Spectators with French and Breton flag on the roadsides of the first stage of the 108th Tour de France. Presence of spectators with compulsory masks authorized by the relaxation of sanitary measures. Landerneau, France, on June 26, 2021. Photo by Roignant JM/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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108th Tour de France

Spectators with Breton flag on the roadsides of the first stage of the 108th Tour de France. Presence of spectators with compulsory masks authorized by the relaxation of sanitary measures. Landerneau, France, on June 26, 2021. Photo by Roignant JM/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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108th Tour de France

Cyclists from the peloton in the mythical coast of Stang Ar Garront and spectators on the roadsides of the first stage of the 108th Tour de France. Presence of spectators with compulsory masks authorized by the relaxation of sanitary measures. Chateaulin, France, on June 26, 2021. Photo by Roignant JM/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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108th Tour de France

Cyclists from the peloton in the mythical coast of Stang Ar Garront and spectators on the roadsides of the first stage of the 108th Tour de France. Presence of spectators with compulsory masks authorized by the relaxation of sanitary measures. Chateaulin, France, on June 26, 2021. Photo by Roignant JM/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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108th Tour de France

Spectators with Breton flag on the roadsides of the first stage of the 108th Tour de France. Presence of spectators with compulsory masks authorized by the relaxation of sanitary measures. Landerneau, France, on June 26, 2021. Photo by Roignant JM/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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108th Tour de France

Spectators with Breton flag on the roadsides of the first stage of the 108th Tour de France. Presence of spectators with compulsory masks authorized by the relaxation of sanitary measures. Landerneau, France, on June 26, 2021. Photo by Roignant JM/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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108th Tour de France

Cyclists from the peloton in the mythical coast of Stang Ar Garront and spectators on the roadsides of the first stage of the 108th Tour de France. Presence of spectators with compulsory masks authorized by the relaxation of sanitary measures. Chateaulin, France, on June 26, 2021. Photo by Roignant JM/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM