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JAPAN-EXPO 2025 OSAKA-CONSTRUCTION

(240630) -- OSAKA, June 30, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This photo taken on June 27, 2024 shows the construction site of the Grand Ring, the symbol for Expo 2025 Osaka, on the Yumeshima artificial island in Japan. The stakes are high for Expo 2025 Osaka in less than a year away, as preparations are picking up the pace amid concerns over pavilion construction setbacks, low public interest and uncertain economic outcome. The 2025 World Exposition in Osaka City, western Japan, is scheduled to run for six months from April 13 through Oct. 13, 2025, under the theme of "Designing Future Society for Our Lives." Though Japan aims to use the international platform to showcase its technological and cultural prowess, multiple practical challenges have posed extreme uncertainties to the result. TO GO WITH "Roundup: High stakes for Expo 2025 Osaka amid multiple headwinds" Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zhong Ya)

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JAPAN-EXPO 2025 OSAKA-CONSTRUCTION

(240630) -- OSAKA, June 30, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This photo taken on June 27, 2024 shows the construction site of the Grand Ring, the symbol for Expo 2025 Osaka, on the Yumeshima artificial island in Japan. The stakes are high for Expo 2025 Osaka in less than a year away, as preparations are picking up the pace amid concerns over pavilion construction setbacks, low public interest and uncertain economic outcome. The 2025 World Exposition in Osaka City, western Japan, is scheduled to run for six months from April 13 through Oct. 13, 2025, under the theme of "Designing Future Society for Our Lives." Though Japan aims to use the international platform to showcase its technological and cultural prowess, multiple practical challenges have posed extreme uncertainties to the result. TO GO WITH "Roundup: High stakes for Expo 2025 Osaka amid multiple headwinds" Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zhong Ya)

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JAPAN-EXPO 2025 OSAKA-CONSTRUCTION

(240630) -- OSAKA, June 30, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This photo taken on June 27, 2024 shows the construction site of pavilions on the Yumeshima artificial island in Osaka, Japan. The stakes are high for Expo 2025 Osaka in less than a year away, as preparations are picking up the pace amid concerns over pavilion construction setbacks, low public interest and uncertain economic outcome. The 2025 World Exposition in Osaka City, western Japan, is scheduled to run for six months from April 13 through Oct. 13, 2025, under the theme of "Designing Future Society for Our Lives." Though Japan aims to use the international platform to showcase its technological and cultural prowess, multiple practical challenges have posed extreme uncertainties to the result. TO GO WITH "Roundup: High stakes for Expo 2025 Osaka amid multiple headwinds" Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zhong Ya)

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JAPAN-EXPO 2025 OSAKA-CONSTRUCTION

(240630) -- OSAKA, June 30, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This photo taken on June 27, 2024 shows the construction site of pavilions on the Yumeshima artificial island in Osaka, Japan. The stakes are high for Expo 2025 Osaka in less than a year away, as preparations are picking up the pace amid concerns over pavilion construction setbacks, low public interest and uncertain economic outcome. The 2025 World Exposition in Osaka City, western Japan, is scheduled to run for six months from April 13 through Oct. 13, 2025, under the theme of "Designing Future Society for Our Lives." Though Japan aims to use the international platform to showcase its technological and cultural prowess, multiple practical challenges have posed extreme uncertainties to the result. TO GO WITH "Roundup: High stakes for Expo 2025 Osaka amid multiple headwinds" Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Zhong Ya)

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FRANCE-ST PAUL-LEZ-DURANCE-ARTIFICIAL SUN

(231201) -- ST PAUL-LEZ-DURANCE, Dec. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People work at a preassembly hall of the world's largest fusion experiment machine, the ITER Tokamak, in St Paul-Lez-Durance, France, Nov. 23, 2023. TO GO WITH "Feature: World's largest fusion project on good track despite technical setbacks" (Xinhua/Gao Jing)

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FRANCE-ST PAUL-LEZ-DURANCE-ARTIFICIAL SUN

(231201) -- ST PAUL-LEZ-DURANCE, Dec. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Nov. 23, 2023 shows the assembly building on the construction site of the ITER Tokamak, the world's largest fusion experiment machine, in Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France. TO GO WITH "Feature: World's largest fusion project on good track despite technical setbacks" (Xinhua/Gao Jing)

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FRANCE-ST PAUL-LEZ-DURANCE-ARTIFICIAL SUN

(231201) -- ST PAUL-LEZ-DURANCE, Dec. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Technicians check faulty vacuum vessel sectors in the vast preassembly hall on the construction site of the ITER Tokamak in St Paul-Lez-Durance, southern France, Nov. 24, 2023. TO GO WITH "Feature: World's largest fusion project on good track despite technical setbacks" (Xinhua/Gao Jing)

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FRANCE-ST PAUL-LEZ-DURANCE-ARTIFICIAL SUN

(231201) -- ST PAUL-LEZ-DURANCE, Dec. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A vast device is seen at a preassembly hall of the world's largest fusion experiment machine, the ITER Tokamak, in St Paul-Lez-Durance, France, Nov. 23, 2023. TO GO WITH "Feature: World's largest fusion project on good track despite technical setbacks" (Xinhua/Gao Jing)

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FRANCE-ST PAUL-LEZ-DURANCE-ARTIFICIAL SUN

(231201) -- ST PAUL-LEZ-DURANCE, Dec. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Nov. 24, 2023 shows the assembly building on the construction site of the ITER Tokamak, the world's largest fusion experiment machine, in Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France. TO GO WITH "Feature: World's largest fusion project on good track despite technical setbacks" (Xinhua/Gao Jing)

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FRANCE-ST PAUL-LEZ-DURANCE-ARTIFICIAL SUN

(231201) -- ST PAUL-LEZ-DURANCE, Dec. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Technicians check faulty vacuum vessel sectors in the vast preassembly hall on the construction site of the ITER Tokamak in St Paul-Lez-Durance, southern France, Nov. 23, 2023. TO GO WITH "Feature: World's largest fusion project on good track despite technical setbacks" (Xinhua/Gao Jing)

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FRANCE-ST PAUL-LEZ-DURANCE-ARTIFICIAL SUN

(231201) -- ST PAUL-LEZ-DURANCE, Dec. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Technicians check faulty vacuum vessel sectors in the vast preassembly hall on the construction site of the ITER Tokamak in St Paul-Lez-Durance, southern France, Nov. 23, 2023. TO GO WITH "Feature: World's largest fusion project on good track despite technical setbacks" (Xinhua/Gao Jing)

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FRANCE-ST PAUL-LEZ-DURANCE-ARTIFICIAL SUN

(231201) -- ST PAUL-LEZ-DURANCE, Dec. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Nov. 23, 2023 shows the tokamak pit on the construction site of the ITER Tokamak in St Paul-Lez-Durance, southern France. TO GO WITH "Feature: World's largest fusion project on good track despite technical setbacks" (Xinhua/Gao Jing)

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FRANCE-ST PAUL-LEZ-DURANCE-ARTIFICIAL SUN

(231201) -- ST PAUL-LEZ-DURANCE, Dec. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Nov. 23, 2023 shows the assembly building on the construction site of the ITER Tokamak, the world's largest fusion experiment machine, in Saint-Paul-lez-Durance, France. TO GO WITH "Feature: World's largest fusion project on good track despite technical setbacks" (Xinhua/Gao Jing)

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FRANCE-ST PAUL-LEZ-DURANCE-ARTIFICIAL SUN-ITER-INTERVIEW

(231201) -- ST PAUL-LEZ-DURANCE, Dec. 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor Director General Pietro Barabaschi gives an exclusive interview to Xinhua in St Paul-lez-Durance, France, Nov. 24, 2023. TO GO WITH "Feature: World's largest fusion project on good track despite technical setbacks" (Xinhua/Gao Jing)

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Thailand's MFP party leader Pita denied renomination to be PM

STORY: Thailand's MFP party leader Pita denied renomination to be PM DATELINE: July 20, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:16 LOCATION: Bangkok CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the parliament meeting STORYLINE: Thailand's Move Forward Party (MFP) leader Pita Limjaroenrat suffered major setbacks in his bid to become the country's new prime minister on Wednesday as the parliament denied his renomination. The Constitutional Court on the same day suspended him from parliament due to a disqualification case. In its second joint sitting to pick the Southeast Asian kingdom's new prime minister, a majority in the current 748-member National Assembly voted against Pita's renomination after lengthy debates, citing the parliamentary regulation prohibiting the resubmission of a rejected motion during the same parliamentary session. It was Pita's second failed bid to be the prime minister. He was the only candidate nominated for the post in the first joint parliamentary sitting last week but fell short of the simple m

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IRAQ-BAGHDAD-FISHERY-CHALLENGES

(230523) -- BAGHDAD, May 23, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Fishermen work on the Tigris River in Baghdad, Iraq, on May 16, 2023. Fish production is one of the Iraqi vital economic sectors, but it has suffered many setbacks in recent years due to climate change, water scarcity, pollution by sewage and industrial waste, as well as overfishing. TO GO WITH "Feature: Iraq's fishery struggles to survive water scarcity, overfishing" (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)

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Iraq's fishery industry struggles to survive water scarcity, overfishing

STORY: Iraq's fishery struggles to survive water scarcity, overfishing DATELINE: May 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:04:34 LOCATION: Baghdad CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of fishery in Iraq 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): SAYD HASHIM AL-MUSAWI, Fisherman 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): HATEM FAISAL AL-JUBOURI, Agricultural engineer 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): HAZIM DAHMOUSH, Head of the Fish Hatchery Department at the Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Arabic): SAYD HAIDER, Owner of fishing supplies shop STORYLINE: Fish production is one of Iraq's vital economic sectors, but it has suffered many setbacks in recent years due to climate change, water scarcity, pollution, and overfishing. Hashim al-Musawi, a 76-year-old fisherman living on the western bank of the Tigris River in central Baghdad, feels heart-breaking when he sees that the river has become muddy and polluted. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): SAYD HASHIM AL-MUSAWI, Fisherman "I have been working for more than 50 years in this profession (fisherman) since I was a

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Turkish farmers begin spring plowing in earthquake zone

STORY: Turkish farmers begin spring plowing in earthquake zone DATELINE: March 30, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:45 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of buildings destroyed by the earthquake in Hatay, Türkiye 2. various of agricultural fields around the city 3. various of workers working in the greenhouse, workers planting seedlings and watering in greenhouse 4. various of farmers working in the field with tractors 5. various of buildings destroyed by the earthquake STORYLINE: Farmers in Türkiye's southern province of Hatay who had fled the destruction of last month's massive earthquakes are returning to their homes to start spring plowing amid a series of setbacks. The devastating twin earthquakes on Feb. 6 had caused farmers in the Amik Valley, one of the most fertile areas in the country, to flee to neighboring towns and provinces. The Amik Valley is home to a variety of produce, from grapes, peaches, and apricots to olives, as well as staples such as wheat, onions, and potatoes,

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ElBaradei calls N. Korea nuke standoff lesson in 'mismanagement'

BEIJING, China - Mohamed ElBaradei, director general of the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency, responds to questions from reporters at a news conference in Beijing on April 20. He said the many setbacks the international community has faced in its many years of dealing with the North Korean nuclear issue are a result of ''mismanagement.''

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Takeo Miki

Born on March 17, 1907 in Tokushima Prefecture. Miki was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1937 at age 30. He belonged to several conservative parties before joining the Liberal Democratic Party. Miki became Japan's 66th prime minister on Dec. 9, 1974 after the resignation of Kakuei Tanaka over a bribery scandal. He resigned in December 24, 1976 following LDP setbacks in the general election. Died on Nov. 4, 1988. (Photo taken in June 1986)

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U.S. Navy says it remains determined to salvage Ehime Maru

HONOLULU, United States - U.S. Rear Adm. William Klemm speaks at a hurriedly called news conference in Honolulu on Sept. 6. He said the U.S. Navy remains determined to raise the Ehime Maru from the sea floor despite recent setbacks in salvage efforts.

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Replica of U.S. kamikaze bat on display

SYDNEY, Australia - A replica of a bat with a small napalm bomb strapped to its chest, which was devised during World War II by U.S. military scientists for attacking Japanese cities. The replica, reconstructed by Richard Scott-Child of the Australian Museum in Sydney, is currently on display at the museum. Plans called for hundreds of the bats to be used, but the project was canceled due to embarrassing setbacks during tests.

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U.S. children confronts severe learning losses over COVID-19

STORY: U.S. children confront severe learning losses over COVID-19 DATELINE: Sept. 7, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:17 LOCATION: NEW YORK, U.S. CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): XIA LIN, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of students going to school STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): XIA LIN, Xinhua correspondent "For two years, American schools and researchers have wrestled with pandemic-era learning setbacks, resulting mostly from a lack of in-person classes, reported The Wall Street Journal on Sept. 6. According to the U.S. Department of Education, from 2020 to 2022, average reading scores for 9-year-olds slid 5 points, to 215 out of a possible 500, in the sharpest decline since 1990. Average math scores fell 7 points to 234, the first statistically significant decline in math scores since the long-term trend assessments began in the 1970s. Learning loss generally is worse in districts that kept classes remote longer, with the effects most pronounced in high-poverty districts. The possible reasons: som

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SOUTH KOREA-YEONGDONG-NO GUN RI

(220729) -- CHUNGCHEONGBUK-DO, July 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A railway bridge where the No Gun Ri massacre took place is pockmarked with bullet holes highlighted by white lines in Yeongdong County in Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea, on July 28, 2022. The No Gun Ri massacre, one of the deadliest assaults the U.S. army had committed during the Korean War, had been buried deep in history, until The Associated Press uncovered the horrible tragedy in 1999. After the outbreak of the war, U.S. troops soon suffered setbacks while forces of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) were marching forward. On July 26, 1950, out of the fear that the DPRK guerrilla troops might disguise themselves as refugees, U.S. commanders ordered units retreating through South Korea to shoot civilians. A throng of refugees, many of them women and children, were killed in an air attack and by small- and heavy-weapons fire of the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment at a railroad bridge near the village of No Gun Ri in central South Korea,

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SOUTH KOREA-YEONGDONG-NO GUN RI

(220729) -- CHUNGCHEONGBUK-DO, July 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A copperplate etching showing people demanding an apology and compensation from the United States is seen in Yeongdong County in Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea, on July 28, 2022. The No Gun Ri massacre, one of the deadliest assaults the U.S. army had committed during the Korean War, had been buried deep in history, until The Associated Press uncovered the horrible tragedy in 1999. After the outbreak of the war, U.S. troops soon suffered setbacks while forces of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) were marching forward. On July 26, 1950, out of the fear that the DPRK guerrilla troops might disguise themselves as refugees, U.S. commanders ordered units retreating through South Korea to shoot civilians. A throng of refugees, many of them women and children, were killed in an air attack and by small- and heavy-weapons fire of the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment at a railroad bridge near the village of No Gun Ri in central South Korea, said the

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SOUTH KOREA-YEONGDONG-NO GUN RI

(220729) -- CHUNGCHEONGBUK-DO, July 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A memorial tower to commemorate the No Gun Ri massacre is seen in Yeongdong County in Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea, on July 28, 2022. The No Gun Ri massacre, one of the deadliest assaults the U.S. army had committed during the Korean War, had been buried deep in history, until The Associated Press uncovered the horrible tragedy in 1999. After the outbreak of the war, U.S. troops soon suffered setbacks while forces of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) were marching forward. On July 26, 1950, out of the fear that the DPRK guerrilla troops might disguise themselves as refugees, U.S. commanders ordered units retreating through South Korea to shoot civilians. A throng of refugees, many of them women and children, were killed in an air attack and by small- and heavy-weapons fire of the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment at a railroad bridge near the village of No Gun Ri in central South Korea, said the AP report. Some 400 refugees were killed

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SOUTH KOREA-YEONGDONG-NO GUN RI

(220729) -- CHUNGCHEONGBUK-DO, July 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A statue is seen at the No Gun Ri Peace Park in Yeongdong County in Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea, on July 28, 2022. The No Gun Ri massacre, one of the deadliest assaults the U.S. army had committed during the Korean War, had been buried deep in history, until The Associated Press uncovered the horrible tragedy in 1999. After the outbreak of the war, U.S. troops soon suffered setbacks while forces of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) were marching forward. On July 26, 1950, out of the fear that the DPRK guerrilla troops might disguise themselves as refugees, U.S. commanders ordered units retreating through South Korea to shoot civilians. A throng of refugees, many of them women and children, were killed in an air attack and by small- and heavy-weapons fire of the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment at a railroad bridge near the village of No Gun Ri in central South Korea, said the AP report. Some 400 refugees were killed in the massacre,

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SOUTH KOREA-YEONGDONG-NO GUN RI

(220729) -- CHUNGCHEONGBUK-DO, July 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A statue is seen at the No Gun Ri Peace Park in Yeongdong County in Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea, on July 28, 2022. The No Gun Ri massacre, one of the deadliest assaults the U.S. army had committed during the Korean War, had been buried deep in history, until The Associated Press uncovered the horrible tragedy in 1999. After the outbreak of the war, U.S. troops soon suffered setbacks while forces of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) were marching forward. On July 26, 1950, out of the fear that the DPRK guerrilla troops might disguise themselves as refugees, U.S. commanders ordered units retreating through South Korea to shoot civilians. A throng of refugees, many of them women and children, were killed in an air attack and by small- and heavy-weapons fire of the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment at a railroad bridge near the village of No Gun Ri in central South Korea, said the AP report. Some 400 refugees were killed in the massacre,

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SOUTH KOREA-YEONGDONG-NO GUN RI

(220729) -- CHUNGCHEONGBUK-DO, July 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- An exhibition area is seen at the No Gun Ri Peace Memorial in Yeongdong County in Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea, on July 28, 2022. The No Gun Ri massacre, one of the deadliest assaults the U.S. army had committed during the Korean War, had been buried deep in history, until The Associated Press uncovered the horrible tragedy in 1999. After the outbreak of the war, U.S. troops soon suffered setbacks while forces of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) were marching forward. On July 26, 1950, out of the fear that the DPRK guerrilla troops might disguise themselves as refugees, U.S. commanders ordered units retreating through South Korea to shoot civilians. A throng of refugees, many of them women and children, were killed in an air attack and by small- and heavy-weapons fire of the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment at a railroad bridge near the village of No Gun Ri in central South Korea, said the AP report. Some 400 refugees were killed in

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SOUTH KOREA-YEONGDONG-NO GUN RI

(220729) -- CHUNGCHEONGBUK-DO, July 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A train runs on a railway bridge with white lines marking the bullet holes left during the No Gun Ri massacre in Yeongdong County in Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea, on July 28, 2022. The No Gun Ri massacre, one of the deadliest assaults the U.S. army had committed during the Korean War, had been buried deep in history, until The Associated Press uncovered the horrible tragedy in 1999. After the outbreak of the war, U.S. troops soon suffered setbacks while forces of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) were marching forward. On July 26, 1950, out of the fear that the DPRK guerrilla troops might disguise themselves as refugees, U.S. commanders ordered units retreating through South Korea to shoot civilians. A throng of refugees, many of them women and children, were killed in an air attack and by small- and heavy-weapons fire of the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment at a railroad bridge near the village of No Gun Ri in central South Korea, said

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SOUTH KOREA-YEONGDONG-NO GUN RI

(220729) -- CHUNGCHEONGBUK-DO, July 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Bullet holes left during the No Gun Ri massacre are seen in Yeongdong County in Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea, on July 28, 2022. The No Gun Ri massacre, one of the deadliest assaults the U.S. army had committed during the Korean War, had been buried deep in history, until The Associated Press uncovered the horrible tragedy in 1999. After the outbreak of the war, U.S. troops soon suffered setbacks while forces of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) were marching forward. On July 26, 1950, out of the fear that the DPRK guerrilla troops might disguise themselves as refugees, U.S. commanders ordered units retreating through South Korea to shoot civilians. A throng of refugees, many of them women and children, were killed in an air attack and by small- and heavy-weapons fire of the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment at a railroad bridge near the village of No Gun Ri in central South Korea, said the AP report. Some 400 refugees were killed in th

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SOUTH KOREA-YEONGDONG-NO GUN RI

(220729) -- CHUNGCHEONGBUK-DO, July 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A railway bridge where the No Gun Ri massacre took place is pockmarked with bullet holes highlighted by white lines in Yeongdong County in Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea, on July 28, 2022. The No Gun Ri massacre, one of the deadliest assaults the U.S. army had committed during the Korean War, had been buried deep in history, until The Associated Press uncovered the horrible tragedy in 1999. After the outbreak of the war, U.S. troops soon suffered setbacks while forces of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) were marching forward. On July 26, 1950, out of the fear that the DPRK guerrilla troops might disguise themselves as refugees, U.S. commanders ordered units retreating through South Korea to shoot civilians. A throng of refugees, many of them women and children, were killed in an air attack and by small- and heavy-weapons fire of the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment at a railroad bridge near the village of No Gun Ri in central South Korea,

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SOUTH KOREA-YEONGDONG-NO GUN RI

(220729) -- CHUNGCHEONGBUK-DO, July 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A railway bridge where the No Gun Ri massacre took place is pockmarked with bullet holes highlighted by white lines in Yeongdong County in Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea, on July 28, 2022. The No Gun Ri massacre, one of the deadliest assaults the U.S. army had committed during the Korean War, had been buried deep in history, until The Associated Press uncovered the horrible tragedy in 1999. After the outbreak of the war, U.S. troops soon suffered setbacks while forces of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) were marching forward. On July 26, 1950, out of the fear that the DPRK guerrilla troops might disguise themselves as refugees, U.S. commanders ordered units retreating through South Korea to shoot civilians. A throng of refugees, many of them women and children, were killed in an air attack and by small- and heavy-weapons fire of the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment at a railroad bridge near the village of No Gun Ri in central South Korea,

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SOUTH KOREA-YEONGDONG-NO GUN RI

(220729) -- CHUNGCHEONGBUK-DO, July 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A statue is seen at the No Gun Ri Peace Park in Yeongdong County in Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea, on July 28, 2022. The No Gun Ri massacre, one of the deadliest assaults the U.S. army had committed during the Korean War, had been buried deep in history, until The Associated Press uncovered the horrible tragedy in 1999. After the outbreak of the war, U.S. troops soon suffered setbacks while forces of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) were marching forward. On July 26, 1950, out of the fear that the DPRK guerrilla troops might disguise themselves as refugees, U.S. commanders ordered units retreating through South Korea to shoot civilians. A throng of refugees, many of them women and children, were killed in an air attack and by small- and heavy-weapons fire of the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment at a railroad bridge near the village of No Gun Ri in central South Korea, said the AP report. Some 400 refugees were killed in the massacre,

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SOUTH KOREA-YEONGDONG-NO GUN RI

(220729) -- CHUNGCHEONGBUK-DO, July 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A statue to commemorate the No Gun Ri massacre is seen in Yeongdong County in Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea, on July 28, 2022. The No Gun Ri massacre, one of the deadliest assaults the U.S. army had committed during the Korean War, had been buried deep in history, until The Associated Press uncovered the horrible tragedy in 1999. After the outbreak of the war, U.S. troops soon suffered setbacks while forces of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) were marching forward. On July 26, 1950, out of the fear that the DPRK guerrilla troops might disguise themselves as refugees, U.S. commanders ordered units retreating through South Korea to shoot civilians. A throng of refugees, many of them women and children, were killed in an air attack and by small- and heavy-weapons fire of the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment at a railroad bridge near the village of No Gun Ri in central South Korea, said the AP report. Some 400 refugees were killed in the

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Deal to resume Ukraine grain exports signed in Istanbul

STORY: Deal to resume Ukraine grain exports signed in Istanbul DATELINE: July 22, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:56 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1 STANDUP (English): ZEYNEP CERMEN, Xinhua reporter STORYLINE: Russia and Ukraine each signed a deal in Istanbul Friday respectively with Türkiye and the United Nations to resume grain shipments to international markets via the Black Sea. STANDUP (English): ZEYNEP CERMEN, Xinhua reporter "We are at the main entrance of the Turkish Presidency Dolmabahce Office in Istanbul's vivid Besiktas district. A signing ceremony of a deal is held here today about the delivery of the Ukrainian grain to global markets. The parties became ready to sign the final agreement by eliminating the last setbacks so that approximately 20 million tons of grain waiting at the ports in Ukraine can be shipped to the world via the Black Sea. Türkiye's presidential office said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres are p

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Latin America, Caribbean face sharp economic slowdown, UN agency warns

STORY: Latin America, Caribbean face sharp economic slowdown, UN agency warns DATELINE: June 8, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:59 LOCATION: Santiago CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the press conference 2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): MARIO CIMOLI, Acting executive secretary of ECLAC 3. various of the press conference STORYLINE: Latin America and the Caribbean face a sharp economic slowdown, rising inflation, and a slow and incomplete recovery of labor markets, leading to increases in levels of poverty and extreme poverty, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) warned on Monday. The United Nations agency presented a report at its regional headquarters in Chile's capital Santiago on Monday, showing that 7.8 million more people are likely to join the 86.4 million whose food security is already at risk. The acting executive secretary of ECLAC, Mario Cimoli, said at a press conference that the current situation should not be seen as an isolated phenomenon, but as a part of setbacks caused b

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TURKEY-ISTANBUL-TOURISM REVENUE-RISE

(220131) -- ISTANBUL, Jan. 31, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Tourists take selfies in Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey, on Jan. 31, 2022. Turkey's tourism revenue rose by 103 percent year-on-year in 2021 and reached 24.48 billion U.S. dollars despite setbacks, the Turkish Statistical Institute said on Monday. (Xinhua/Shadati)

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TURKEY-ISTANBUL-TOURISM REVENUE-RISE

(220131) -- ISTANBUL, Jan. 31, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Tourists visit the Bosporus Strait in Istanbul, Turkey, on Jan. 31, 2022. Turkey's tourism revenue rose by 103 percent year-on-year in 2021 and reached 24.48 billion U.S. dollars despite setbacks, the Turkish Statistical Institute said on Monday. (Xinhua/Shadati)

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TURKEY-ISTANBUL-TOURISM REVENUE-RISE

(220131) -- ISTANBUL, Jan. 31, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A tram runs in Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey, on Jan. 31, 2022. Turkey's tourism revenue rose by 103 percent year-on-year in 2021 and reached 24.48 billion U.S. dollars despite setbacks, the Turkish Statistical Institute said on Monday. (Xinhua/Shadati)

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TURKEY-ISTANBUL-TOURISM REVENUE-RISE

(220131) -- ISTANBUL, Jan. 31, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People line up to take a traditional tram in Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey, on Jan. 31, 2022. Turkey's tourism revenue rose by 103 percent year-on-year in 2021 and reached 24.48 billion U.S. dollars despite setbacks, the Turkish Statistical Institute said on Monday. (Xinhua/Shadati)

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TURKEY-ISTANBUL-TOURISM REVENUE-RISE

(220202) -- ISTANBUL, Feb. 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Tourists visit the Hagia Sophia Museum in Istanbul, Turkey, Feb. 1, 2022. Turkey's tourism revenue rose by 103 percent year-on-year in 2021 and reached 24.48 billion U.S. dollars despite setbacks, the Turkish Statistical Institute said on Monday. (Xinhua/Shadati)

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TURKEY-ISTANBUL-TOURISM REVENUE-RISE

(220202) -- ISTANBUL, Feb. 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Tourists take selfies at the Sultanahmet Square in Istanbul, Turkey, Feb. 1, 2022. Turkey's tourism revenue rose by 103 percent year-on-year in 2021 and reached 24.48 billion U.S. dollars despite setbacks, the Turkish Statistical Institute said on Monday. (Xinhua/Shadati)

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TURKEY-ISTANBUL-TOURISM REVENUE-RISE

(220202) -- ISTANBUL, Feb. 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Tourists visit the Sultanahmet Square in Istanbul, Turkey, Feb. 1, 2022. Turkey's tourism revenue rose by 103 percent year-on-year in 2021 and reached 24.48 billion U.S. dollars despite setbacks, the Turkish Statistical Institute said on Monday. (Xinhua/Shadati)

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TURKEY-ISTANBUL-TOURISM REVENUE-RISE

(220202) -- ISTANBUL, Feb. 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A tram runs in Istanbul, Turkey, Feb. 1, 2022. Turkey's tourism revenue rose by 103 percent year-on-year in 2021 and reached 24.48 billion U.S. dollars despite setbacks, the Turkish Statistical Institute said on Monday. (Xinhua/Shadati)

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TURKEY-ISTANBUL-TOURISM REVENUE-RISE

(220202) -- ISTANBUL, Feb. 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Tourists visit the Sultanahmet Square in Istanbul, Turkey, Feb. 1, 2022. Turkey's tourism revenue rose by 103 percent year-on-year in 2021 and reached 24.48 billion U.S. dollars despite setbacks, the Turkish Statistical Institute said on Monday. (Xinhua/Shadati)

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TURKEY-ISTANBUL-TOURISM REVENUE-RISE

(220202) -- ISTANBUL, Feb. 2, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A tram runs on Taksim Square in Istanbul, Turkey, Feb. 1, 2022. Turkey's tourism revenue rose by 103 percent year-on-year in 2021 and reached 24.48 billion U.S. dollars despite setbacks, the Turkish Statistical Institute said on Monday. (Xinhua/Shadati)

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Darvish throwing without pain

Undated photo shows Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish. Darvish, who has resumed throwing five months after Tommy John surgery, voiced on Aug. 25, 2015, that he has had zero setbacks in his throwing program, saying "There's no pain, no discomfort. It's all good." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Philippine Muslim rebel leader says committed to peace process

Al Haj Murad Ebrahim, leader of the Philippines' largest Muslim rebel group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News on March 16, 2015, at Camp Darapanan, the group's administrative foothold in the southern province of Maguindanao on Mindanao Island. Despite recent setbacks in the Mindanao peace process, Murad stressed that the group's commitment remains unchanged. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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ElBaradei calls N. Korea nuke standoff lesson in 'mismanagement'

BEIJING, China - Mohamed ElBaradei, director general of the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency, responds to questions from reporters at a news conference in Beijing on April 20. He said the many setbacks the international community has faced in its many years of dealing with the North Korean nuclear issue are a result of ''mismanagement.'' (Kyodo)