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Climate Press Conference at US Capitol - Washington

U.S. Representative Sean Casten (D-IL) speaks at a press conference hosted by the Climate Action Campaign outside of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on April 9, 2025. Members of Congress and others spoke out against U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin, whom they say is rolling back climate and clean air safeguards. Photo by Bryan Dozier/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Climate Press Conference at US Capitol - Washington

U.S. Representative Sean Casten (D-IL) speaks at a press conference hosted by the Climate Action Campaign outside of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on April 9, 2025. Members of Congress and others spoke out against U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin, whom they say is rolling back climate and clean air safeguards. Photo by Bryan Dozier/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Climate Press Conference at US Capitol - Washington

U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) speaks at a press conference hosted by the Climate Action Campaign outside of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on April 9, 2025. Members of Congress and others spoke out against U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin, whom they say is rolling back climate and clean air safeguards. Photo by Bryan Dozier/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Climate Press Conference at US Capitol - Washington

U.S. Representative Sean Casten (D-IL) speaks at a press conference hosted by the Climate Action Campaign outside of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on April 9, 2025. Members of Congress and others spoke out against U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin, whom they say is rolling back climate and clean air safeguards. Photo by Bryan Dozier/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Climate Press Conference at US Capitol - Washington

U.S. Representative Sean Casten (D-IL) speaks at a press conference hosted by the Climate Action Campaign outside of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on April 9, 2025. Members of Congress and others spoke out against U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin, whom they say is rolling back climate and clean air safeguards. Photo by Bryan Dozier/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Climate Press Conference at US Capitol - Washington

U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) speaks at a press conference hosted by the Climate Action Campaign outside of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on April 9, 2025. Members of Congress and others spoke out against U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin, whom they say is rolling back climate and clean air safeguards. Photo by Bryan Dozier/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Climate Press Conference at US Capitol - Washington

U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) speaks at a press conference hosted by the Climate Action Campaign outside of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on April 9, 2025. Members of Congress and others spoke out against U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin, whom they say is rolling back climate and clean air safeguards. Photo by Bryan Dozier/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Climate Press Conference at US Capitol - Washington

A woman holds a sign during a press conference hosted by the Climate Action Campaign outside of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on April 9, 2025. Members of Congress and others spoke out against U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin, whom they say is rolling back climate and clean air safeguards. Photo by Bryan Dozier/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Climate Press Conference at US Capitol - Washington

U.S. Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) speaks at a press conference hosted by the Climate Action Campaign outside of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on April 9, 2025. Members of Congress and others spoke out against U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin, whom they say is rolling back climate and clean air safeguards. Photo by Bryan Dozier/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Climate Press Conference at US Capitol - Washington

U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) speaks at a press conference hosted by the Climate Action Campaign outside of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on April 9, 2025. Members of Congress and others spoke out against U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin, whom they say is rolling back climate and clean air safeguards. Photo by Bryan Dozier/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Climate Press Conference at US Capitol - Washington

U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) holds a copy of The Economist magazine entitled 'The Next Housing Disaster' while speaking at a press conference hosted by the Climate Action Campaign outside of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on April 9, 2025. Members of Congress and others spoke out against U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin, whom they say is rolling back climate and clean air safeguards. Photo by Bryan Dozier/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Climate Press Conference at US Capitol - Washington

U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) speaks at a press conference hosted by the Climate Action Campaign outside of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on April 9, 2025. Members of Congress and others spoke out against U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin, whom they say is rolling back climate and clean air safeguards. Photo by Bryan Dozier/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Climate Press Conference at US Capitol - Washington

U.S. Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) speaks at a press conference hosted by the Climate Action Campaign outside of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on April 9, 2025. Members of Congress and others spoke out against U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin, whom they say is rolling back climate and clean air safeguards. Photo by Bryan Dozier/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Climate Press Conference at US Capitol - Washington

U.S. Representative Chellie Pingree (D-ME) speaks at a press conference hosted by the Climate Action Campaign outside of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on April 9, 2025. Members of Congress and others spoke out against U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin, whom they say is rolling back climate and clean air safeguards. Photo by Bryan Dozier/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Climate Press Conference at US Capitol - Washington

U.S. Representative Paul Tonko (D-NY) speaks at a press conference hosted by the Climate Action Campaign outside of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on April 9, 2025. Members of Congress and others spoke out against U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin, whom they say is rolling back climate and clean air safeguards. Photo by Bryan Dozier/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Climate Press Conference at US Capitol - Washington

U.S. Representative Paul Tonko (D-NY) speaks at a press conference hosted by the Climate Action Campaign outside of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on April 9, 2025. Members of Congress and others spoke out against U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin, whom they say is rolling back climate and clean air safeguards. Photo by Bryan Dozier/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Climate Press Conference at US Capitol - Washington

U.S. Representative Chellie Pingree (D-ME) speaks at a press conference hosted by the Climate Action Campaign outside of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on April 9, 2025. Members of Congress and others spoke out against U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin, whom they say is rolling back climate and clean air safeguards. Photo by Bryan Dozier/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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IAEA Head Visits Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant - Ukraine

Handout photo shows IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi and Massimo Aparo, IAEA Deputy Director General and Head of the Department of Safeguards visiting fresh fuel storage facility at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP). Ukraine, September 4, 2024. The head of the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog said a cooling tower at Ukraine's Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant had been badly damaged in a fire last month and would probably have to be demolished. Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, made the comment on Wednesday during his fifth visit to the plant, which was seized by Russian forces soon after Russia's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Moscow and Kyiv have regularly accused each other of attacking the plant and risking a nuclear accident. Photo by IAEA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-LIAONING-SHENYANG-DOCTOR-GAMBIA (CN)

(240403) -- SHENYANG, April 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Guo Quan communicates with a colleague at Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, March 25, 2024. TO GO WITH "Profile: Chinese doctor safeguards people's health in The Gambia" (Xinhua/Yang Qing)

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CHINA-LIAONING-SHENYANG-DOCTOR-GAMBIA (CN)

(240403) -- SHENYANG, April 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Guo Quan (C) and his colleagues perform surgery on a patient at Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, March 25, 2024. TO GO WITH "Profile: Chinese doctor safeguards people's health in The Gambia" (Xinhua/Yang Qing)

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CHINA-LIAONING-SHENYANG-DOCTOR-GAMBIA (CN)

(240403) -- SHENYANG, April 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Guo Quan (2nd R) and his colleagues perform surgery on a patient at a local hospital in the Gambia, Jan. 29, 2021. TO GO WITH "Profile: Chinese doctor safeguards people's health in The Gambia" (Xinhua)

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Slovak mountain rescue service safeguards tourism and people's lives

STORY: Slovak mountain rescue service safeguards tourism and people's lives SHOOTING TIME: March 21, 2024 DATELINE: March 24, 2024 LENGTH: 00:04:26 LOCATION: Bratislava CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (English): IGNOR ZIAK, Deputy Director of the Mountain Rescue Service of Slovakia 2. various of the Mountain Rescue Service building STORYLINE: Slovak Mountain Rescue Service, which celebrated its 20th anniversary last year, is under the Slovak Ministry of Interior Affairs. The Tatras Mountains in northern Slovakia is popular among sports lovers in Central Europe for skiing and hiking, particularly its Jasna Ski Resort, the largest of its kind in Central Europe. Ignor Ziak, Deputy Director of the Mountain Rescue Service of Slovakia, told Xinhua that they have done around 1,200 rescues during the year of 2023, mainly in the winter. They provide rescue service for skiers at the ski resorts as well as climbers in other mountainous areas. They also provide avalanche danger warnings based on scientif

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CHINA-YUNNAN-RESEARCHER-CORAL (CN)

(240312) -- KUNMING, March 12, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Luo Jie, an associate researcher from the Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, conducts coral preservation research in Bali, a renowned resort in Indonesia in June 2023. TO GO WITH "Across China: Researcher safeguards undersea garden against coral bleaching" (Xinhua)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-RESEARCHER-CORAL (CN)

(240312) -- KUNMING, March 12, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken with a mobile phone shows Luo Jie, an associate researcher from the Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, collecting coral specimen in a laboratory of the institute in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Jan. 17, 2024. TO GO WITH "Across China: Researcher safeguards undersea garden against coral bleaching" (Xinhua/Yue Ranran)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-RESEARCHER-CORAL (CN)

(240312) -- KUNMING, March 12, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Luo Jie, an associate researcher from the Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, conducts coral preservation research in Bali, a renowned resort in Indonesia in June 2023. TO GO WITH "Across China: Researcher safeguards undersea garden against coral bleaching" (Xinhua)

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Katie Britt Defends Her False Sex Trafficking Story

File photo dated February 14, 2023 shows United States Senator Katie Britt (Republican of Alabama) questions the witnesses during a Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs hearing to examine the crypto crash, focusing on why financial system safeguards are needed for digital assets, in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, USA. In her first interview since delivering her widely ridiculed rebuttal to Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech, Republican senator Katie Britt refused to apologize for invoking a story about child rape that she implied resulted from the president’s handling of the ongoing crisis at the southern US border – even though the abuse occurred years earlier in Mexico while her party controlled the White House. Photo by Rod Lamkey/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Boarding education safeguards rights of Tibetan children: Chinese expert

STORY: Boarding education safeguards rights of Tibetan children: Chinese expert SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 24, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 25, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:06 LOCATION: GENEVA, Switzerland CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the meeting 2. SOUNDBITE (English): YUAN XINGYU, Director of the China Association for Preservation and Development of Tibetan Culture 3. various of a boarding school in Xizang STORYLINE: The UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group conducted its fourth review of China's human rights record on Tuesday in Geneva. At a side event on the protection of children's rights, a Chinese expert shared insights on the positive outcomes of boarding education in Xizang in safeguarding the rights of Tibetan children, drawing from personal experience. SOUNDBITE (English): YUAN XINGYU, Director of the China Association for Preservation and Development of Tibetan Culture "Today, my topic is boarding school. Boarding school is also like the long sleeves. It's suitable for T

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Overseas Palestinian safeguards cultural heritage through artworks

STORY: Overseas Palestinian safeguards cultural heritage through artworks SHOOTING TIME: Recent footage, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 24, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:54 LOCATION: Damascus CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the artist working in his house 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): HANI AL-RAKOUI, Palestinian artist 3. various of the artist working in his house 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): HANI AL-RAKOUI, Palestinian artist 5. various of the artist's store STORYLINE: Hani al-Rakoui, a Palestinian refugee living in Syria, is on a unique journey to safeguard and promote the Palestinian heritage among the diaspora by creating artworks representing his homeland culture. Inspired by his father, who started the work back in 2000 in the Yarmouk Camp, the largest camp for Palestinian refugees in the Syrian capital Damascus, the now 36-year-old information technology graduate has taken on the mission to connect Palestinians living abroad with their traditional culture. At his house in the countryside of Damascus, al-Rakoui has

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Nature reserve in east China becoming paradise for int'l migratory birds

STORY: Nature reserve in east China becoming paradise for int'l migratory birds SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 15, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 21, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:08 LOCATION: DONGYING, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. file footage of various birds in the Yellow River Delta National Nature Reserve 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LIU JING, Deputy director of Yellow River Delta National Nature Reserve management committee 3. file footage of the Yellow River Delta National Nature Reserve 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ZHAO YAJIE, Deputy director of Yellow River Delta ecological monitoring center STORYLINE: The Yellow River Delta National Nature Reserve in Dongying, east China's Shandong Province, has become a paradise for migratory birds, thanks to continued efforts in wetland conservation. Millions of birds pass by the reserve annually, making here a key area for international migratory bird protection. In recent years, the reserve has witnessed growing technological measures providing safeguards. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LIU

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SYRIA-DAMASCUS-PALESTINIAN REFUGEE-ARTWORK

(231120) -- DAMASCUS, Nov. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Hani al-Rakoui works on a piece of souvenir at his workshop in Damascus, Syria, Nov. 9, 2023. Hani al-Rakoui, a Palestinian refugee living in Syria, is on a unique journey to safeguard and promote the Palestinian heritage among the diaspora by creating artworks representing his homeland culture. TO GO WITH "Feature: Overseas Palestinian safeguards cultural heritage through artworks" (Photo by Monsef Memari/Xinhua)

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SYRIA-DAMASCUS-PALESTINIAN REFUGEE-ARTWORK

(231120) -- DAMASCUS, Nov. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Hani al-Rakoui works on a piece of souvenir at his workshop in Damascus, Syria, Nov. 9, 2023. Hani al-Rakoui, a Palestinian refugee living in Syria, is on a unique journey to safeguard and promote the Palestinian heritage among the diaspora by creating artworks representing his homeland culture. TO GO WITH "Feature: Overseas Palestinian safeguards cultural heritage through artworks" (Photo by Monsef Memari/Xinhua)

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Iran rejects U.S. claims about its latest nuclear development

STORY: Iran rejects U.S. claims about its latest nuclear development DATELINE: Oct. 3, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:00 LOCATION: Tehran CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the press conference STORYLINE: Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani on Monday rejected the U.S. government's anti-Tehran claims in its latest report on "Strategy for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD)." "These are baseless claims. Iran is a committed signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty and has signed the comprehensive safeguards agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency and is implementing it," Kanaani said at a regular press conference in the Iranian capital Tehran. Kanaani stressed that Iran has repeatedly announced that nuclear weapons have no place in its military and defense doctrine and his country is opposed to any use of such weapons. He noted that Iran was the biggest victim of chemical weapons, particularly in the Iraq-Iran war from 1980 to 1988, when a number of Western states

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BARBADOS-BRIDGETOWN-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM

(230625) -- BRIDGETOWN, June 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- He Ping, the chief surgeon of the trauma department at the Chongqing Emergency Medical Center and a member of the third Chinese medical team to Barbados, conducts a surgery at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Bridgetown, Barbados, July 31, 2019. TO GO WITH "Feature: Chinese medical care safeguards Barbadians' well-being" (Xinhua)

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BARBADOS-BRIDGETOWN-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM

(230625) -- BRIDGETOWN, June 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Anthony Harris, director of medical services at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Barbados receives an interview with Xinhua at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Bridgetown, Barbados, June 1, 2023. TO GO WITH "Feature: Chinese medical care safeguards Barbadians' well-being" (Xinhua/Xin Yuewei)

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BARBADOS-BRIDGETOWN-CHINESE MEDICAL TEAM

(230625) -- BRIDGETOWN, June 25, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Medical staff members work at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Bridgetown, Barbados, June 1, 2023. TO GO WITH "Feature: Chinese medical care safeguards Barbadians' well-being" (Xinhua/Xin Yuewei)

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Infrared cameras record growing number of wild animals at nature reserve in China's Yunnan

STORY: Infrared cameras record growing number of wild animals at nature reserve in China's Yunnan DATELINE: May 24, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:58 LOCATION: KUNMING, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of Wumengshan Mountains National Nature Reserve 2. various of wild animals STORYLINE: Infrared cameras have recorded a growing number of wild animals at the Wumengshan Mountains Nature Reserve in southwest China's Yunnan Province. In order to better monitor and protect wild animals, about 300 infrared cameras have been installed at the reserve. The Wumengshan Mountains National Nature Reserve, located in Zhaotong City in Yunnan, covers more than 26,000 hectares. It provides shelters for rare and endangered endemic species and safeguards subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forests. 　 Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Kunming, China. (XHTV)

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Water diversion project safeguards ecology in China's Gansu

STORY: Water diversion project safeguards ecology in China's Gansu DATELINE: April 1, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:15 LOCATION: LANZHOU, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the water diversion project 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LEI ZAIXIN, Local official 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): JIA GUANGYU, Deputy director with the water diversion program STORYLINE: A water diversion project across a desert in northwest China has been in operation for more than two decades, providing much-needed water to residents and safeguarding the local ecology. In one section of the project, water is diverted from the Yellow River, China's second largest river, to Minqin, a county in Gansu Province that had long suffered severe water shortages. Construction of the project began in 1995, and was completed in 2000. The project was put into operation in March 2001. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LEI ZAIXIN, Local official "A total of 1.755 billion cubic meters of water had been transferred to Minqin by the end of 2022. This has provid

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China's "river chief" safeguards water quality of rural river

STORY: China's "river chief" safeguards water quality of rural river DATELINE: March 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:24 LOCATION: HANGZHOU, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): QIN WEIJUAN, Party Secretary of Dongwang Village, Huzhou City 2. various of Qin Weijuan patrolling along the river STORYLINE: Qin Weijuan is a "river chief" in charge of a river in Dongwang Village, east China's Zhejiang Province. She is one of over 1.2 million "river chiefs" or stewards assigned for waterways to tackle water pollution amid China's efforts in water resources protection. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): QIN WEIJUAN, River chief "I was born and raised in Dongwang Village. I grew up near the Beiheng Port. This river bears many memories of mine. Now I am in charge of the river. I became the river chief since 2013. I patrol the river routinely to check the water quality and see if there are any floating garbage or other objects. Over the past decade, the water quality of the river has greatly improved. It was smelly an

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GLOBALink | How China safeguards water resources

China feeds around 20 percent of the world's population with only 6 percent of the world's fresh water. How does the country manage to safeguard its water resources? #WorldWaterDay Produced by Xinhua Global Service

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How China safeguards water resources

STORY: How China safeguards water resources DATELINE: March 22, 2023 LENGTH: 0:05:21 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of water conservation efforts in China 2. STANDUP 1 (English): WU YAO, Xinhua correspondent 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): HAO JIFENG, Construction and Administration Bureau of South-to-North Water Diversion Middle Route 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): HAO JIFENG, The Construction and Administration Bureau of South-to-North Water Diversion Middle Route 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): LI ZHIHAO, Xinhua correspondent and LIU WEI, Cotton farmer 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): WANG ZHIYONG, Assistant to the general manager of a drainage company in Nanning 7. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): ZHOU LIUYANG, River chief, Party chief of Nakao River residential community in Nanning 8. SOUNDBITE 6 (Chinese): WANG ZHIYONG, Assistant to the general manager of a drainage company in Nanning STORYLINE: STANDUP 1 (English): WU YAO, Xinhua correspondent "Wednesday is World Water Day, an annual UN observance day that

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Iran says agrees with IAEA to regulate relations based on safeguards agreements

STORY: Iran says agrees with IAEA to regulate relations based on safeguards agreements DATELINE: March 5, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:46 LOCATION: Tehran CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the joint press conference STORYLINE: The Iranian nuclear chief said on Saturday Tehran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have agreed to regulate their relations on the basis of the safeguards agreements. President of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Mohammad Eslami made the remarks in an address to a joint press conference with visiting IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi in Tehran following their meetings earlier in the day. Eslami said basing the two sides' relations on the safeguards agreements helps the IAEA be assured of Iran's nuclear activities and prevent any discrepancy or contradiction. The AEOI president noted that the communication "should be in a way to build trust," adding the two sides should shield it from external interference so as to let cooperation and exchange continue

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Mobile clinic in China's Anhui safeguards health of villagers

STORY: Mobile clinic in China's Anhui safeguards health of villagers DATELINE: Jan. 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:18 LOCATION: HEFEI, China CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the mobile clinic 2. various of doctors working 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): HUANG JUN, Head of a health center in Zhongming Town 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): HUANG JUN, Head of a health center in Zhongming Town 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): HUANG JUN, Head of a health center in Zhongming Town 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): HUANG JUN, Head of a health center in Zhongming Town STORYLINE: China has made rural areas a focal point in the country's current COVID response, boosting medical capacities and providing timely support. In rural areas of Zhongming Town, Anhui Province, a mobile clinic has been set up to safeguard the villagers' health, especially the elderly. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): HUANG JUN, Head of a health center in Zhongming Town "In order to address the difficulties of the rural people in seeking medical treatment, especially some elderly

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IAEA safeguards head Nackaerts

VIENNA, Austria - Herman Nackaerts, deputy director general and head of the department of safeguards of the International Atomic Energy Agency, speaks to reporters at an airport in Vienna on Feb. 19, 2012, before leaving for Iran.

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IAEA team returns from Iran

VIENNA, Austria - Herman Nackaerts, deputy director general for safeguards of the International Atomic Energy Agency, speaks to reporters at an airport in Vienna on Feb. 1, 2012, after holding talks with Iranian officials. A senior IAEA team led by Nackaerts visited Iran over Tehran's alleged ambition to develop nuclear weapons.

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CPC plays decisive role in China's rapid development: Turkish journalist

STORY: CPC plays decisive role in China's rapid development: Turkish journalist DATELINE: Oct. 5, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:01 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Tunc Akkoc working 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): TUNC AKKOC, Turkish journalist 3. various of Tunc Akkoc working 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): TUNC AKKOC, Turkish journalist STORYLINE: Turkish veteran journalist Tunc Akkoc has said the Communist Party of China (CPC) plays a decisive role in China's rapid development. Visiting different provinces in China many times, Akkoc has witnessed great changes in the country. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): TUNC AKKOC, Turkish journalist "I think it is a great achievement to develop strong leadership in such a large geography, in the most populous country in the world, and in such a multicultural society. The biggest success is the elimination of poverty of course." Akkoc also praised the CPC's health policy, which always safeguards people's health. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): TUNC AKKOC, Turkish j

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Experts hail China's dynamic zero-COVID policy as effective, "rooted in realities"

STORY: Experts hail China's dynamic zero-COVID policy as effective, "rooted in realities" DATELINE: Sept. 24, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:41 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JOSEPH MATTHEWS, Senior professor, BELTEI International University in Phnom Penh 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (English) WILLIAM JONES, Washington bureau chief of U.S. publication Executive Intelligence Review 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): COSTANTINOS BT. COSTANTINOS, Senior professor of public policy at the Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia 4. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): BILAWAL BHUTTO ZARDARI, Foreign Minister of Pakistan STORYLINE: China has made it clear that it will adhere firmly to its dynamic zero-COVID strategy that has proven both pragmatic and effective. Experts and officials from different countries say the strategy, rooted in China's realities, safeguards the right to life, the most fundamental human right. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JOSEPH MATTHEWS, Senior professor, BELTEI International University in Phnom Penh "China

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Tibetan doctor safeguards health of herders on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

STORY: Tibetan doctor safeguards health of herders on Qinghai-Tibet Plateau DATELINE: Aug. 18, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:58 LOCATION: XINING, China CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Suojia Township 2. SOUNDBITE (Tibetan/English interpretation): SONAM, Director of a clinic of Suojia Township STORYLINE: With an altitude of 4,700 meters, Suojia Township in China's Qinghai is dubbed "a town in the skyline." The town, known for its harsh conditions, is home to around 6,000 herdsmen. Sonam, a local Tibetan doctor, has been working in the region for more than 20 years. He learned Tibetan medicine from his father in childhood and has become an inheritor of Tibetan medicine. Over the years, Sonam often went to the countryside to visit patients, and has gradually become known far and wide. SOUNDBITE (Tibetan/English interpretation): SONAM, Director of a clinic of Suojia Township "My father and I are both doctors. My father has built a strong connection with the people in this region and he's quite well-known

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(InTibet)CHINA-MT. QOMOLANGMA-SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION-METEOROLOGICAL SUPPORT (CN)

(220503) -- MOUNT QOMOLANGMA BASE CAMP, May 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Scientific research members prepare the radiosonde and ozonesonde to be attached to a weather balloon at the Mount Qomolangma base camp on May 3, 2022. China has started a new comprehensive scientific expedition on Mount Qomolangma, the world's highest peak on the China-Nepal border. Weather factors such as temperature, wind speed and humidity will directly affect the completion of scientific research tasks and the safety of research personnel at high altitude. Therefore, a meteorological support team has been launched in safeguards of the scientific expedition. The team is composed of staff members from the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, and the Meteorological Bureau of Tibet Autonomous Region, etc. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)

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(InTibet)CHINA-MT. QOMOLANGMA-SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION-METEOROLOGICAL SUPPORT (CN)

(220503) -- MOUNT QOMOLANGMA BASE CAMP, May 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A scientific research member checks a microwave radiometer at the Mount Qomolangma base camp on May 3, 2022. China has started a new comprehensive scientific expedition on Mount Qomolangma, the world's highest peak on the China-Nepal border. Weather factors such as temperature, wind speed and humidity will directly affect the completion of scientific research tasks and the safety of research personnel at high altitude. Therefore, a meteorological support team has been launched in safeguards of the scientific expedition. The team is composed of staff members from the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, and the Meteorological Bureau of Tibet Autonomous Region, etc. (Xinhua/Jiang Fan)

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(InTibet)CHINA-MT. QOMOLANGMA-SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION-METEOROLOGICAL SUPPORT (CN)

(220503) -- MOUNT QOMOLANGMA BASE CAMP, May 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A staff member of the Meteorological Bureau of Tibet Autonomous Region checks real-time data in an emergency support vehicle at the Mount Qomolangma base camp on May 3, 2022. China has started a new comprehensive scientific expedition on Mount Qomolangma, the world's highest peak on the China-Nepal border. Weather factors such as temperature, wind speed and humidity will directly affect the completion of scientific research tasks and the safety of research personnel at high altitude. Therefore, a meteorological support team has been launched in safeguards of the scientific expedition. The team is composed of staff members from the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, and the Meteorological Bureau of Tibet Autonomous Region, etc. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)