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International Conference On Eurasian Security - Minsk

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko speaks during the opening ceremony of the 3rd Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security in Minsk, Belarus, Oct. 28, 2025. The 3rd Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security kicked off in the Belarusian capital here on Tuesday, with representatives and experts from over 40 countries and regions as well as seven international organizations expected to discuss pressing issues of regional and global stability during the two-day event. Photo by Henadz Zhinkov/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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International Conference On Eurasian Security - Minsk

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko speaks during the opening ceremony of the 3rd Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security in Minsk, Belarus, Oct. 28, 2025. The 3rd Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security kicked off in the Belarusian capital here on Tuesday, with representatives and experts from over 40 countries and regions as well as seven international organizations expected to discuss pressing issues of regional and global stability during the two-day event. Photo by Henadz Zhinkov/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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International Conference On Eurasian Security - Minsk

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov speaks during the opening ceremony of the 3rd Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security in Minsk, Belarus, Oct. 28, 2025. The 3rd Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security kicked off in the Belarusian capital here on Tuesday, with representatives and experts from over 40 countries and regions as well as seven international organizations expected to discuss pressing issues of regional and global stability during the two-day event. Photo by Henadz Zhinkov/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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International Conference On Eurasian Security - Minsk

Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto speaks during the opening ceremony of the 3rd Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security in Minsk, Belarus, Oct. 28, 2025. The 3rd Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security kicked off in the Belarusian capital here on Tuesday, with representatives and experts from over 40 countries and regions as well as seven international organizations expected to discuss pressing issues of regional and global stability during the two-day event. Photo by Henadz Zhinkov/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Russian troops strike Vilniansk with missiles

VILNIANSK, UKRAINE - JUNE 29, 2024 - A man walks past criminal experts examining cars destroyed by the Russian missile strike in central Vilniansk, Zaporizhzhia region, southern Ukraine. Russia launched rockets at the centre of Vilniansk, a city close to the front line in Zaporizhzhia region, at 17:40 local time on Saturday, June 29. The attack killed seven people, including three children. Thirty-six people were injured, including nine children.

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Russian troops strike Vilniansk with missiles

VILNIANSK, UKRAINE - JUNE 29, 2024 - Criminal experts examine the bodies of people killed by the Russian missile attack in central Vilniansk, Zaporizhzhia region, southern Ukraine. Russia launched rockets at the centre of Vilniansk, a city close to the front line in Zaporizhzhia region, at 17:40 local time on Saturday, June 29. The attack killed seven people, including three children. Thirty-six people were injured, including nine children.

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Russian troops strike Vilniansk with missiles

VILNIANSK, UKRAINE - JUNE 29, 2024 - Criminal experts examine the bodies of people killed by the Russian missile attack in central Vilniansk, Zaporizhzhia region, southern Ukraine. Russia launched rockets at the centre of Vilniansk, a city close to the front line in Zaporizhzhia region, at 17:40 local time on Saturday, June 29. The attack killed seven people, including three children. Thirty-six people were injured, including nine children.

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Russian troops strike Vilniansk with missiles

VILNIANSK, UKRAINE - JUNE 29, 2024 - Criminal experts examine cars destroyed by the Russian missile strike in central Vilniansk, Zaporizhzhia region, southern Ukraine. Russia launched rockets at the centre of Vilniansk, a city close to the front line in Zaporizhzhia region, at 17:40 local time on Saturday, June 29. The attack killed seven people, including three children. Thirty-six people were injured, including nine children.

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Russian troops strike Vilniansk with missiles

VILNIANSK, UKRAINE - JUNE 29, 2024 - Criminal experts examine the bodies of people killed by the Russian missile attack in central Vilniansk, Zaporizhzhia region, southern Ukraine. Russia launched rockets at the centre of Vilniansk, a city close to the front line in Zaporizhzhia region, at 17:40 local time on Saturday, June 29. The attack killed seven people, including three children. Thirty-six people were injured, including nine children.

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CHINA-BEIJING-SCIENCE-SEMICONDUCTOR-TANKEBLUE (CN)

(240608) -- BEIJING, June 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Yang Jian (R) poses for a group photo with researcher Chen Xiaolong (C) and engineer Wang Wenjun, both experts from the Institute of Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in Beijing, capital of China, May 24, 2024. In 2006, Yang Jian, the entrepreneurial team leader, founded TankeBlue Semiconductor Co., Ltd., in close cooperation with a research team of the Institute of Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The company now takes the lead in China in the research and development, manufacture and sales of the third generation of semiconductor SiC (silicon carbide) substrates. After 18 years of development, the company has up to now owned seven core technology systems with independent intellectual property rights, covering the whole SiC integrated industrial chain. It has formed a large-scale business layout consisting of a research center, three wholly-owned subsidiaries and a holding subsidiary. Silicon carbide substrate is the id

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CHINA-BEIJING-SCIENCE-SEMICONDUCTOR-TANKEBLUE (CN)

(240608) -- BEIJING, June 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Yang Jian (R) poses for a group photo with researcher Chen Xiaolong (C) and engineer Wang Wenjun, both experts from the Institute of Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in Beijing, capital of China, May 24, 2024. In 2006, Yang Jian, the entrepreneurial team leader, founded TankeBlue Semiconductor Co., Ltd., in close cooperation with a research team of the Institute of Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The company now takes the lead in China in the research and development, manufacture and sales of the third generation of semiconductor SiC (silicon carbide) substrates. After 18 years of development, the company has up to now owned seven core technology systems with independent intellectual property rights, covering the whole SiC integrated industrial chain. It has formed a large-scale business layout consisting of a research center, three wholly-owned subsidiaries and a holding subsidiary. Silicon carbide substrate is the ideal material for

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Aftermath of Russian missile attack in Kharkiv on May 23, 2024

KHARKIV, UKRAINE - MAY 23, 2024 - Forensic experts work at the crater of a projectile during a response effort to a Russian S-300 missile strike on a printing company in Kharkiv, northeastern Ukraine. As reported, on the morning of May 23, Russian troops attacked the Kharkiv region. In Kharkiv, seven people were killed and 20 others were injured at a printing company. A large-scale fire broke out. In Liubotyn, eight people were injured. The Ukrainian Railways said that their facilities in Kharkiv and the region had been hit, and six employees had been injured.

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Aftermath of Russian missile attack in Kharkiv on May 23, 2024

KHARKIV, UKRAINE - MAY 23, 2024 - Forensic experts work at the crater of a projectile during a response effort to a Russian S-300 missile strike on a printing company in Kharkiv, northeastern Ukraine. As reported, on the morning of May 23, Russian troops attacked the Kharkiv region. In Kharkiv, seven people were killed and 20 others were injured at a printing company. A large-scale fire broke out. In Liubotyn, eight people were injured. The Ukrainian Railways said that their facilities in Kharkiv and the region had been hit, and six employees had been injured.

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Aftermath of Russian missile attack in Kharkiv on May 23, 2024

KHARKIV, UKRAINE - MAY 23, 2024 - Forensic experts are seen at work during a response effort to a Russian S-300 missile strike on a printing company in Kharkiv, northeastern Ukraine. As reported, on the morning of May 23, Russian troops attacked the Kharkiv region. In Kharkiv, seven people were killed and 20 others were injured at a printing company. A large-scale fire broke out. In Liubotyn, eight people were injured. The Ukrainian Railways said that their facilities in Kharkiv and the region had been hit, and six employees had been injured.

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Digital experts meet in Gunma Pref.

Leading digital business executives, policymakers and other stakeholders attend a photo session for the so-call DX Summit in the Ikaho hot spring resort in Shibukawa, Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, on April 28, 2023, on the eve of a meeting of the Group of Seven digital and technology ministers in Gunma's Takasaki.

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Digital experts meet in Gunma Pref.

Leading digital business executives, policymakers and other stakeholders meet in the Ikaho hot spring resort in Shibukawa, Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, on April 28, 2023, on the eve of a meeting of the Group of Seven digital and technology ministers in Gunma's Takasaki.

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THAILAND-PLASMA-NUCLEAR FUSION-TRAINING

(230531) -- BANGKOK, May 31, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Participants of the Eighth ASEAN School on Plasma and Nuclear Fusion 2023 visit Thailand Tokamak 1, in Nakhon Nayok, Thailand, on May 29, 2023. Experts from seven countries, including China, joined a training session on plasma and nuclear fusion technology this week for researchers and students from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and neighboring countries in the central Thai province of Nakhon Nayok. The Eighth ASEAN School on Plasma and Nuclear Fusion 2023, which started on Monday, is a five-day program held by the Thailand Institute of Nuclear Technology (TINT). (Photo by Tim Santasombat/Xinhua)

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THAILAND-PLASMA-NUCLEAR FUSION-TRAINING

(230531) -- BANGKOK, May 31, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Hu Jiansheng, Deputy Director General of the Institute of Plasma Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (ASIPP), gives a lecture at the Eighth ASEAN School on Plasma and Nuclear Fusion 2023, in Nakhon Nayok, Thailand, on May 29, 2023. Experts from seven countries, including China, joined a training session on plasma and nuclear fusion technology this week for researchers and students from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and neighboring countries in the central Thai province of Nakhon Nayok. The Eighth ASEAN School on Plasma and Nuclear Fusion 2023, which started on Monday, is a five-day program held by the Thailand Institute of Nuclear Technology (TINT). (Photo by Tim Santasombat/Xinhua)

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THAILAND-PLASMA-NUCLEAR FUSION-TRAINING

(230531) -- BANGKOK, May 31, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Experts and participants of the Eighth ASEAN School on Plasma and Nuclear Fusion 2023 pose for a group photo, in Nakhon Nayok, Thailand, on May 29, 2023. Experts from seven countries, including China, joined a training session on plasma and nuclear fusion technology this week for researchers and students from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and neighboring countries in the central Thai province of Nakhon Nayok. The Eighth ASEAN School on Plasma and Nuclear Fusion 2023, which started on Monday, is a five-day program held by the Thailand Institute of Nuclear Technology (TINT). (Photo by Tim Santasombat/Xinhua)

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U.S.-manipulated G7 Summit sparks strong protest, criticism

STORY: U.S.-manipulated G7 Summit sparks strong protest, criticism DATELINE: May 27, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:29 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of protesters 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Japanese): Protesters 3. various of G7 Summit 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): SAEB RAWASHDEH, Political analyst at Jordan Press Foundation 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): DIAA HELMY, Secretary-general, Egyptian-Chinese Chamber of Commerce 6. various of street views in China STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE 1 (Japanese): Protesters "No to War." "Smash the G7 Hiroshima Summit." The U.S.-led Group of Seven (G7) ended its three-day gathering last weekend in Hiroshima, Japan amid days of protests. In the bloc's communique, the G7 leaders said they are not "decoupling" from China but "de-risking" instead. Experts said the U.S.-manipulated G7 Summit only escalates tensions and seeks to contain China's peaceful development. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): SAEB RAWASHDEH, Political analyst at Jordan Press Foundation "I don't think that the aim of the G7

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Digital experts meet in Gunma Pref.

Japanese digital reform minister Taro Kono (L) attends a photo session with his avatar during a meeting of leading digital business executives, policymakers and other stakeholders in the Ikaho hot spring resort in Shibukawa, Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, on April 28, 2023. The so-called DX summit was held on the eve of a meeting of the Group of Seven digital and technology ministers in Gunma's Takasaki.

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Digital experts meet in Gunma Pref.

Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura (2nd from L) speaks during a meeting of leading digital business executives, policymakers and other stakeholders in the Ikaho hot spring resort in Shibukawa, Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, on April 28, 2023. The so-called DX summit was held on the eve of a meeting of the Group of Seven digital and technology ministers in Gunma's Takasaki.

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Digital experts meet in Gunma Pref.

Leading digital business executives, policymakers and other stakeholders meet in the Ikaho hot spring resort in Shibukawa, Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, on April 28, 2023, on the eve of a meeting of the Group of Seven digital and technology ministers in Gunma's Takasaki.

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Digital experts meet in Gunma Pref.

Leading digital business executives, policymakers and other stakeholders attend a photo session for the so-call DX Summit in the Ikaho hot spring resort in Shibukawa, Gunma Prefecture, eastern Japan, on April 28, 2023, on the eve of a meeting of the Group of Seven digital and technology ministers in Gunma's Takasaki.

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Int'l experts optimistic about China's economic recovery

STORY: Int'l experts optimistic about China's economic recovery DATELINE: Feb. 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:59 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of views in China 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): HAMID RASHID, Chief of Global Economic Monitoring Branch, Economic Analysis and Policy Division, UN DESA 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): PATRICK MWANGI, International affairs analyst in Kenya STORYLINE: Off to a good start in 2023, China's economy is seeing a faster-than-expected recovery. During the seven-day Spring Festival holiday, China saw nearly 2.9 million cross-border trips, up 120.5 percent year on year, and 308 million domestic trips, up 23.1 percent compared with 2022. In January, the purchasing managers' index for China's manufacturing sector came in at 50.1, returning to expansion territory after three consecutive months of contraction. This outstanding performance has won applause from international experts. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): HAMID RASHID, Chief of Global Economic Monitoring Branch, E

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Close scrutiny of overturned pier off Kagoshima City

FUKUOKA, Japan - Experts closely examine a pier (front) brought to waters off Kagoshima City in southwestern Japan on June 1, 2014, following an accident around Okinotorishima Island in late March, in which seven workers died after the pier overturned.

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State secrecy panel

TOKYO, Japan - Tsuneo Watanabe, chairman of a panel of seven experts on rules for how to designate and disclose state secrets, speaks as the panel began discussions on the issue at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 17, 2014. Watanabe heads newspaper group Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings.

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Japan discusses collective self-defense

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from R) speaks at the outset of a session of a panel of experts at the premier's office in Tokyo on Sept. 17, 2013. After a seven-month hiatus, the panel resumed discussions on whether to lift a self-imposed ban on exercising the right of collective self-defense in the face of security threats posed by China's maritime assertiveness and North Korea's nuclear ambitions.

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Panel to rethink road privatization

TOKYO, Japan - A government advisory panel tasked with privatizing four debt-ridden road-related public corporations is in session at a Tokyo hotel Aug. 22. The agreed to review a scheme to turn the entities into self-sustaining private firms 10 to 15 years after privatization. About 8.1 trillion yen in taxpayer money needs to be injected to repay some of the entities' debts if they all go public within 10 to 15 years, said the panel of seven private-sector experts.

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Japanese experts begin checking waste dumped in Manila

MANILA, Philippines - A team of Japanese government officials and environmental experts inspect waste illegally shipped to the Philippines from Japan in July at a Manila harbor. Masafumi Ishii of Japan's Foreign Ministry leads the seven-man team in inspecting the containers packed with soiled adult diapers, plastic pouches bearing Japanese characters, plastic cases for syringe needles, and other hospital waste.

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Group of rare bird species spotted in China's Yunnan

STORY: Group of rare bird species spotted in China's Yunnan DATELINE: Sept. 16, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:08 LOCATION: KUNMING, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. pics of the 22 blossom-headed parakeets 2. various of blossom-headed parakeets STORYLINE: A total of 22 blossom-headed parakeets were recently spotted in Ruili, southwest China's Yunnan Province. The rare bird species mainly lives in China's Yunnan, Guangdong, Guangxi and other provinces. It has been put under second-class national protection. Some bird experts had thought that blossom-headed parakeet might have disappeared in China years ago, until seven of them were spotted in Yunnan in 2015. Experts said that the pictures of 22 parakeets may prove that the number of the bird species has increased in China. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Kunming, China. (XHTV)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-CAVE CLOUD (CN)

(220706) -- NANNING, July 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on July 2, 2022 shows the "cave cloud", a special kind of natural mineral deposit within a cave, in Xiniuyan Cave in Wuxuan County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The cave cloud, found in the Xiniuyan Cave, in Wuxuan County, in the city of Laibin, covers an area of 300 square meters and is only the second such structure found in China. It is distributed in seven pools within a cave, with each pool having the shape of a pumpkin or loaf of bread, according to the team of experts. The cave itself measures 2,754 meters long and features gentle terrain. (Photo by Chen Lixin/Xinhua)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-CAVE CLOUD (CN)

(220706) -- NANNING, July 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on July 2, 2022 shows the interior view of Xiniuyan Cave in Wuxuan County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The cave cloud, found in the Xiniuyan Cave, in Wuxuan County, in the city of Laibin, covers an area of 300 square meters and is only the second such structure found in China. It is distributed in seven pools within a cave, with each pool having the shape of a pumpkin or loaf of bread, according to the team of experts. The cave itself measures 2,754 meters long and features gentle terrain. (Photo by Chen Lixin/Xinhua)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-CAVE CLOUD (CN)

(220706) -- NANNING, July 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on July 2, 2022 shows the interior view of Xiniuyan Cave in Wuxuan County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The cave cloud, found in the Xiniuyan Cave, in Wuxuan County, in the city of Laibin, covers an area of 300 square meters and is only the second such structure found in China. It is distributed in seven pools within a cave, with each pool having the shape of a pumpkin or loaf of bread, according to the team of experts. The cave itself measures 2,754 meters long and features gentle terrain. (Photo by Chen Lixin/Xinhua)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-CAVE CLOUD (CN)

(220706) -- NANNING, July 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on July 2, 2022 shows the "cave cloud", a special kind of natural mineral deposit within a cave, in Xiniuyan Cave in Wuxuan County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The cave cloud, found in the Xiniuyan Cave, in Wuxuan County, in the city of Laibin, covers an area of 300 square meters and is only the second such structure found in China. It is distributed in seven pools within a cave, with each pool having the shape of a pumpkin or loaf of bread, according to the team of experts. The cave itself measures 2,754 meters long and features gentle terrain. (Photo by Chen Lixin/Xinhua)

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CHINA-GUANGXI-CAVE CLOUD (CN)

(220706) -- NANNING, July 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on July 2, 2022 shows the "cave cloud", a special kind of natural mineral deposit within a cave, in Xiniuyan Cave in Wuxuan County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The cave cloud, found in the Xiniuyan Cave, in Wuxuan County, in the city of Laibin, covers an area of 300 square meters and is only the second such structure found in China. It is distributed in seven pools within a cave, with each pool having the shape of a pumpkin or loaf of bread, according to the team of experts. The cave itself measures 2,754 meters long and features gentle terrain. (Photo by Chen Lixin/Xinhua)

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U.S.-WASHINGTON-COVID SURGE

(220531) -- WASHINGTON, D.C., May 31, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People visit the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., the United States, May 30, 2022. As the United States marks the Memorial Day and celebrates the unofficial start of summer, the seven-day average for COVID-19 cases in the country is more than six times what it was a year ago. The Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center reported a seven-day average of 119,725 COVID-19 cases as of Saturday. That figure held at 17,887 cases on May 28 of last year. TO GO WITH "Roundup: U.S. experts warn of COVID surge from Memorial Day weekend gatherings" (Xinhua/Liu Jie)

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U.S.-WASHINGTON-COVID SURGE

(220531) -- WASHINGTON, D.C., May 31, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People visit the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., the United States, May 30, 2022. As the United States marks the Memorial Day and celebrates the unofficial start of summer, the seven-day average for COVID-19 cases in the country is more than six times what it was a year ago. The Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center reported a seven-day average of 119,725 COVID-19 cases as of Saturday. That figure held at 17,887 cases on May 28 of last year. TO GO WITH "Roundup: U.S. experts warn of COVID surge from Memorial Day weekend gatherings" (Xinhua/Liu Jie)

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U.S.-WASHINGTON-COVID SURGE

(220531) -- WASHINGTON, D.C., May 31, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People visit the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., the United States, May 30, 2022. As the United States marks the Memorial Day and celebrates the unofficial start of summer, the seven-day average for COVID-19 cases in the country is more than six times what it was a year ago. The Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center reported a seven-day average of 119,725 COVID-19 cases as of Saturday. That figure held at 17,887 cases on May 28 of last year. TO GO WITH "Roundup: U.S. experts warn of COVID surge from Memorial Day weekend gatherings" (Xinhua/Liu Jie)

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Chinese mainland sends TCM experts to HK to help fight COVID-19

STORY: Chinese mainland sends TCM experts to HK to help fight COVID-19 DATELINE: March 30, 2022 LENGTH: 0:00:48 LOCATION: HONG KONG, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of traditional Chinese medicine experts 2. various of COVID-19 prevention in Hong Kong STORYLINE: The Chinese mainland on Tuesday sent a team of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) experts to Hong Kong to support its fight against the fifth wave of the pandemic. The seven-member team is led by Tong Xiaolin, an academician with the Chinese Academy of Sciences. All the medical professionals have rich experiences in anti-epidemic work. At a press conference held last week, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Carrie Lam said the HKSAR government had requested the central authorities to send another team of traditional Chinese medicine experts to Hong Kong. She said the mainland's experience in using the traditional Chinese medicine to treat COVID-19 patients is applicable to Hong Kong, and she belie

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Abe eyes new economic talks with experts ahead of G-7 summit

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks in a session of the House of Representatives Budget Committee in Tokyo on March 1, 2016. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a press conference the same day that Abe plans to launch talks with experts from home and abroad to analyze the world economy and study ways to stabilize financial markets in the run-up to a Group of Seven summit Japan will host in May. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Resurgence of coronavirus infections in Tokyo

A meeting of the Tokyo metropolitan government's panel of experts tasked with monitoring the coronavirus situation is held at the government headquarters in the Japanese capital on July 15, 2020. Tokyo has seen a spike in the number of new infections, with the average daily figure over the last seven days exceeding 170.

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Panel to rethink road privatization

TOKYO, Japan - A government advisory panel tasked with privatizing four debt-ridden road-related public corporations is in session at a Tokyo hotel Aug. 22. The agreed to review a scheme to turn the entities into self-sustaining private firms 10 to 15 years after privatization. About 8.1 trillion yen in taxpayer money needs to be injected to repay some of the entities' debts if they all go public within 10 to 15 years, said the panel of seven private-sector experts. (Kyodo)

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Japanese experts begin checking waste dumped in Manila

MANILA, Philippines - A team of Japanese government officials and environmental experts inspect waste illegally shipped to the Philippines from Japan in July at a Manila harbor. Masafumi Ishii of Japan's Foreign Ministry leads the seven-man team in inspecting the containers packed with soiled adult diapers, plastic pouches bearing Japanese characters, plastic cases for syringe needles, and other hospital waste.