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Lake Urmia Environmental Disaster - Iran

A view shows dry reeds on the dry bed of Lake Urmia in northwestern Iran on December 20, 2025. Lake Urmia, once the largest lake in the Middle East, has dramatically shrunk due to prolonged drought, the damming of rivers feeding the lake, and extensive groundwater extraction in the surrounding area. Although increased rainfall and water diversion briefly helped restore water levels in 2019, renewed drought and administrative mismanagement in the early 2020s reversed the trend, and satellite imagery shows the lake has almost entirely dried up by September 2025. Photo by Morteza Aminoroayayi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Lake Urmia Environmental Disaster - Iran

A view shows a wooden pier on the dry bed of Lake Urmia in northwestern Iran on December 20, 2025. Lake Urmia, once the largest lake in the Middle East, has dramatically shrunk due to prolonged drought, the damming of rivers feeding the lake, and extensive groundwater extraction in the surrounding area. Although increased rainfall and water diversion briefly helped restore water levels in 2019, renewed drought and administrative mismanagement in the early 2020s reversed the trend, and satellite imagery shows the lake has almost entirely dried up by September 2025. Photo by Morteza Aminoroayayi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Lake Urmia Environmental Disaster - Iran

A view shows a wooden pier on the dry bed of Lake Urmia in northwestern Iran on December 20, 2025. Lake Urmia, once the largest lake in the Middle East, has dramatically shrunk due to prolonged drought, the damming of rivers feeding the lake, and extensive groundwater extraction in the surrounding area. Although increased rainfall and water diversion briefly helped restore water levels in 2019, renewed drought and administrative mismanagement in the early 2020s reversed the trend, and satellite imagery shows the lake has almost entirely dried up by September 2025. Photo by Morteza Aminoroayayi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Lake Urmia Environmental Disaster - Iran

A view shows a mural depicting a landscape painted on a concrete wall near Sharafkhaneh port at Lake Urmia in northwestern Iran on December 19, 2025. Lake Urmia, once the largest lake in the Middle East, has dramatically shrunk due to prolonged drought, the damming of rivers feeding the lake, and extensive groundwater extraction in the surrounding area. Although increased rainfall and water diversion briefly helped restore water levels in 2019, renewed drought and administrative mismanagement in the early 2020s reversed the trend, and satellite imagery shows the lake has almost entirely dried up by September 2025. Photo by Morteza Aminoroayayi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Lake Urmia Environmental Disaster - Iran

A view shows dry grass and the dry bed of Lake Urmia in northwestern Iran on December 20, 2025. Lake Urmia, once the largest lake in the Middle East, has dramatically shrunk due to prolonged drought, the damming of rivers feeding the lake, and extensive groundwater extraction in the surrounding area. Although increased rainfall and water diversion briefly helped restore water levels in 2019, renewed drought and administrative mismanagement in the early 2020s reversed the trend, and satellite imagery shows the lake has almost entirely dried up by September 2025. Photo by Morteza Aminoroayayi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Lake Urmia Environmental Disaster - Iran

A view shows the dry bed of Lake Urmia in northwestern Iran on December 19, 2025. Lake Urmia, once the largest lake in the Middle East, has dramatically shrunk due to prolonged drought, the damming of rivers feeding the lake, and extensive groundwater extraction in the surrounding area. Although increased rainfall and water diversion briefly helped restore water levels in 2019, renewed drought and administrative mismanagement in the early 2020s reversed the trend, and satellite imagery shows the lake has almost entirely dried up by September 2025. Photo by Morteza Aminoroayayi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Lake Urmia Environmental Disaster - Iran

A view shows a rusty sign next to a wooden pier on the dry bed of Lake Urmia in northwestern Iran on December 20, 2025. Lake Urmia, once the largest lake in the Middle East, has dramatically shrunk due to prolonged drought, the damming of rivers feeding the lake, and extensive groundwater extraction in the surrounding area. Although increased rainfall and water diversion briefly helped restore water levels in 2019, renewed drought and administrative mismanagement in the early 2020s reversed the trend, and satellite imagery shows the lake has almost entirely dried up by September 2025. Photo by Morteza Aminoroayayi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Lake Urmia Environmental Disaster - Iran

A view shows a shallow stream near a rocky cliff on the bed of Lake Urmia in northwestern Iran on December 19, 2025. Lake Urmia, once the largest lake in the Middle East, has dramatically shrunk due to prolonged drought, the damming of rivers feeding the lake, and extensive groundwater extraction in the surrounding area. Although increased rainfall and water diversion briefly helped restore water levels in 2019, renewed drought and administrative mismanagement in the early 2020s reversed the trend, and satellite imagery shows the lake has almost entirely dried up by September 2025. Photo by Morteza Aminoroayayi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Lake Urmia Environmental Disaster - Iran

A view shows a wooden pier on the dry bed of Lake Urmia in northwestern Iran on December 20, 2025. Lake Urmia, once the largest lake in the Middle East, has dramatically shrunk due to prolonged drought, the damming of rivers feeding the lake, and extensive groundwater extraction in the surrounding area. Although increased rainfall and water diversion briefly helped restore water levels in 2019, renewed drought and administrative mismanagement in the early 2020s reversed the trend, and satellite imagery shows the lake has almost entirely dried up by September 2025. Photo by Morteza Aminoroayayi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Lake Urmia Environmental Disaster - Iran

A view shows tire tracks running alongside a shallow stream on the bed of Lake Urmia in northwestern Iran on December 19, 2025. Lake Urmia, once the largest lake in the Middle East, has dramatically shrunk due to prolonged drought, the damming of rivers feeding the lake, and extensive groundwater extraction in the surrounding area. Although increased rainfall and water diversion briefly helped restore water levels in 2019, renewed drought and administrative mismanagement in the early 2020s reversed the trend, and satellite imagery shows the lake has almost entirely dried up by September 2025. Photo by Morteza Aminoroayayi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Lake Urmia Environmental Disaster - Iran

Salt formations cover the cracked surface of the dried bed of Lake Urmia in northwestern Iran on December 19, 2025. Lake Urmia, once the largest lake in the Middle East, has dramatically shrunk due to prolonged drought, the damming of rivers feeding the lake and extensive groundwater extraction in the surrounding area. Although increased rainfall and water diversion briefly helped restore water levels in 2019, renewed drought and administrative mismanagement in the early 2020s reversed the trend, and satellite imagery shows the lake has almost entirely dried up by September 2025. Photo by Morteza Aminoroayayi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Lake Urmia Environmental Disaster - Iran

A discarded tire sits near dry reeds on the dry bed of Lake Urmia in northwestern Iran on December 20, 2025. Lake Urmia, once the largest lake in the Middle East, has dramatically shrunk due to prolonged drought, the damming of rivers feeding the lake, and extensive groundwater extraction in the surrounding area. Although increased rainfall and water diversion briefly helped restore water levels in 2019, renewed drought and administrative mismanagement in the early 2020s reversed the trend, and satellite imagery shows the lake has almost entirely dried up by September 2025. Photo by Morteza Aminoroayayi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Lake Urmia Environmental Disaster - Iran

Remnants of a boat sit on the dry bed of Lake Urmia in northwestern Iran on December 19, 2025. Lake Urmia, once the largest lake in the Middle East, has dramatically shrunk due to prolonged drought, the damming of rivers feeding the lake, and extensive groundwater extraction in the surrounding area. Although increased rainfall and water diversion briefly helped restore water levels in 2019, renewed drought and administrative mismanagement in the early 2020s reversed the trend, and satellite imagery shows the lake has almost entirely dried up by September 2025. Photo by Morteza Aminoroayayi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Lake Urmia Environmental Disaster - Iran

A shepherd guides a flock of sheep on the dry bed of Lake Urmia in northwestern Iran on December 20, 2025. Lake Urmia, once the largest lake in the Middle East, has dramatically shrunk due to prolonged drought, the damming of rivers feeding the lake, and extensive groundwater extraction in the surrounding area. Although increased rainfall and water diversion briefly helped restore water levels in 2019, renewed drought and administrative mismanagement in the early 2020s reversed the trend, and satellite imagery shows the lake has almost entirely dried up by September 2025. Photo by Morteza Aminoroayayi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Lake Urmia Environmental Disaster - Iran

A car drives near a rocky cliff on the dry bed of Lake Urmia in northwestern Iran on December 19, 2025. Lake Urmia, once the largest lake in the Middle East, has dramatically shrunk due to prolonged drought, the damming of rivers feeding the lake, and extensive groundwater extraction in the surrounding area. Although increased rainfall and water diversion briefly helped restore water levels in 2019, renewed drought and administrative mismanagement in the early 2020s reversed the trend, and satellite imagery shows the lake has almost entirely dried up by September 2025. Photo by Morteza Aminoroayayi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Lake Urmia Environmental Disaster - Iran

A rusty boat sits next to a road near Lake Urmia in northwestern Iran on December 20, 2025. Lake Urmia, once the largest lake in the Middle East, has dramatically shrunk due to prolonged drought, the damming of rivers feeding the lake, and extensive groundwater extraction in the surrounding area. Although increased rainfall and water diversion briefly helped restore water levels in 2019, renewed drought and administrative mismanagement in the early 2020s reversed the trend, and satellite imagery shows the lake has almost entirely dried up by September 2025. Photo by Morteza Aminoroayayi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Lake Urmia Environmental Disaster - Iran

A view shows a wooden pier on the dry bed of Lake Urmia in northwestern Iran on December 19, 2025. Lake Urmia, once the largest lake in the Middle East, has dramatically shrunk due to prolonged drought, the damming of rivers feeding the lake, and extensive groundwater extraction in the surrounding area. Although increased rainfall and water diversion briefly helped restore water levels in 2019, renewed drought and administrative mismanagement in the early 2020s reversed the trend, and satellite imagery shows the lake has almost entirely dried up by September 2025. Photo by Morteza Aminoroayayi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Lake Urmia Environmental Disaster - Iran

A man and two children stand near a car and a rocky cliff on the dry bed of Lake Urmia in northwestern Iran on December 19, 2025. Lake Urmia, once the largest lake in the Middle East, has dramatically shrunk due to prolonged drought, the damming of rivers feeding the lake, and extensive groundwater extraction in the surrounding area. Although increased rainfall and water diversion briefly helped restore water levels in 2019, renewed drought and administrative mismanagement in the early 2020s reversed the trend, and satellite imagery shows the lake has almost entirely dried up by September 2025. Photo by Morteza Aminoroayayi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Lake Urmia Environmental Disaster - Iran

A view shows rows of wooden posts protruding from the dry bed of Lake Urmia in northwestern Iran on December 20, 2025. Lake Urmia, once the largest lake in the Middle East, has dramatically shrunk due to prolonged drought, the damming of rivers feeding the lake, and extensive groundwater extraction in the surrounding area. Although increased rainfall and water diversion briefly helped restore water levels in 2019, renewed drought and administrative mismanagement in the early 2020s reversed the trend, and satellite imagery shows the lake has almost entirely dried up by September 2025. Photo by Morteza Aminoroayayi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Lake Urmia Environmental Disaster - Iran

A view shows murals depicting nature scenes painted on concrete walls near Sharafkhaneh port at Lake Urmia in northwestern Iran on December 19, 2025. Lake Urmia, once the largest lake in the Middle East, has dramatically shrunk due to prolonged drought, the damming of rivers feeding the lake, and extensive groundwater extraction in the surrounding area. Although increased rainfall and water diversion briefly helped restore water levels in 2019, renewed drought and administrative mismanagement in the early 2020s reversed the trend, and satellite imagery shows the lake has almost entirely dried up by September 2025. Photo by Morteza Aminoroayayi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Lake Urmia Environmental Disaster - Iran

A view shows the dry bed of Lake Urmia in northwestern Iran on December 19, 2025. Lake Urmia, once the largest lake in the Middle East, has dramatically shrunk due to prolonged drought, the damming of rivers feeding the lake, and extensive groundwater extraction in the surrounding area. Although increased rainfall and water diversion briefly helped restore water levels in 2019, renewed drought and administrative mismanagement in the early 2020s reversed the trend, and satellite imagery shows the lake has almost entirely dried up by September 2025. Photo by Morteza Aminoroayayi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Lake Urmia Environmental Disaster - Iran

A view shows a wooden pier on the dry bed of Lake Urmia in northwestern Iran on December 20, 2025. Lake Urmia, once the largest lake in the Middle East, has dramatically shrunk due to prolonged drought, the damming of rivers feeding the lake, and extensive groundwater extraction in the surrounding area. Although increased rainfall and water diversion briefly helped restore water levels in 2019, renewed drought and administrative mismanagement in the early 2020s reversed the trend, and satellite imagery shows the lake has almost entirely dried up by September 2025. Photo by Morteza Aminoroayayi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Lake Urmia Environmental Disaster - Iran

A view shows reflections on the surface of Lake Urmia in northwestern Iran on December 18, 2025. Lake Urmia, once the largest lake in the Middle East, has dramatically shrunk due to prolonged drought, the damming of rivers feeding the lake, and extensive groundwater extraction in the surrounding area. Although increased rainfall and water diversion briefly helped restore water levels in 2019, renewed drought and administrative mismanagement in the early 2020s reversed the trend, and satellite imagery shows the lake has almost entirely dried up by September 2025. Photo by Morteza Aminoroayayi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Lake Urmia Environmental Disaster - Iran

A car drives on the dry bed of Lake Urmia in northwestern Iran on December 19, 2025. Lake Urmia, once the largest lake in the Middle East, has dramatically shrunk due to prolonged drought, the damming of rivers feeding the lake, and extensive groundwater extraction in the surrounding area. Although increased rainfall and water diversion briefly helped restore water levels in 2019, renewed drought and administrative mismanagement in the early 2020s reversed the trend, and satellite imagery shows the lake has almost entirely dried up by September 2025. Photo by Morteza Aminoroayayi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Lake Urmia Environmental Disaster - Iran

A view shows a mural depicting a landscape painted on a concrete wall near Sharafkhaneh port at Lake Urmia in northwestern Iran on December 19, 2025. Lake Urmia, once the largest lake in the Middle East, has dramatically shrunk due to prolonged drought, the damming of rivers feeding the lake, and extensive groundwater extraction in the surrounding area. Although increased rainfall and water diversion briefly helped restore water levels in 2019, renewed drought and administrative mismanagement in the early 2020s reversed the trend, and satellite imagery shows the lake has almost entirely dried up by September 2025. Photo by Morteza Aminoroayayi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Lake Urmia Environmental Disaster - Iran

A view shows rows of wooden posts protruding from the dry bed of Lake Urmia in northwestern Iran on December 20, 2025. Lake Urmia, once the largest lake in the Middle East, has dramatically shrunk due to prolonged drought, the damming of rivers feeding the lake, and extensive groundwater extraction in the surrounding area. Although increased rainfall and water diversion briefly helped restore water levels in 2019, renewed drought and administrative mismanagement in the early 2020s reversed the trend, and satellite imagery shows the lake has almost entirely dried up by September 2025. Photo by Morteza Aminoroayayi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Lake Urmia Environmental Disaster - Iran

Salt formations cover the cracked surface of the dried bed of Lake Urmia in northwestern Iran on December 19, 2025. Lake Urmia, once the largest lake in the Middle East, has dramatically shrunk due to prolonged drought, the damming of rivers feeding the lake and extensive groundwater extraction in the surrounding area. Although increased rainfall and water diversion briefly helped restore water levels in 2019, renewed drought and administrative mismanagement in the early 2020s reversed the trend, and satellite imagery shows the lake has almost entirely dried up by September 2025. Photo by Morteza Aminoroayayi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Lake Urmia Environmental Disaster - Iran

Remains of a boat sits near the dry bed of Lake Urmia in northwestern Iran on December 20, 2025. Lake Urmia, once the largest lake in the Middle East, has dramatically shrunk due to prolonged drought, the damming of rivers feeding the lake, and extensive groundwater extraction in the surrounding area. Although increased rainfall and water diversion briefly helped restore water levels in 2019, renewed drought and administrative mismanagement in the early 2020s reversed the trend, and satellite imagery shows the lake has almost entirely dried up by September 2025. Photo by Morteza Aminoroayayi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Lake Urmia Environmental Disaster - Iran

A car drives on the dry bed of Lake Urmia in northwestern Iran on December 19, 2025. Lake Urmia, once the largest lake in the Middle East, has dramatically shrunk due to prolonged drought, the damming of rivers feeding the lake, and extensive groundwater extraction in the surrounding area. Although increased rainfall and water diversion briefly helped restore water levels in 2019, renewed drought and administrative mismanagement in the early 2020s reversed the trend, and satellite imagery shows the lake has almost entirely dried up by September 2025. Photo by Morteza Aminoroayayi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Lake Urmia Environmental Disaster - Iran

A view shows the dry bed of Lake Urmia in northwestern Iran on December 19, 2025. Lake Urmia, once the largest lake in the Middle East, has dramatically shrunk due to prolonged drought, the damming of rivers feeding the lake, and extensive groundwater extraction in the surrounding area. Although increased rainfall and water diversion briefly helped restore water levels in 2019, renewed drought and administrative mismanagement in the early 2020s reversed the trend, and satellite imagery shows the lake has almost entirely dried up by September 2025. Photo by Morteza Aminoroayayi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Lake Urmia Environmental Disaster - Iran

A view shows scattered rocks and shallow water in parts of Lake Urmia in northwestern Iran on December 18, 2025. Lake Urmia, once the largest lake in the Middle East, has dramatically shrunk due to prolonged drought, the damming of rivers feeding the lake, and extensive groundwater extraction in the surrounding area. Although increased rainfall and water diversion briefly helped restore water levels in 2019, renewed drought and administrative mismanagement in the early 2020s reversed the trend, and satellite imagery shows the lake has almost entirely dried up by September 2025. Photo by Morteza Aminoroayayi/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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ABN Amro Announces 5,200 Job Cuts by 2028

ABN AMRO will cut thousands of jobs between now and 2028. The bank's workforce has already shrunk by 1,000 FTEs this year. Another 4,200 jobs will be cut in the coming years. In 2024, the bank's workforce consisted of 25,600 full-time positions. Following the acquisition of HAL and NIBC, that number ultimately fell to 27,500. Amsterdam, Netherlands on November 26, 2025. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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ABN Amro Announces 5,200 Job Cuts by 2028

ABN AMRO will cut thousands of jobs between now and 2028. The bank's workforce has already shrunk by 1,000 FTEs this year. Another 4,200 jobs will be cut in the coming years. In 2024, the bank's workforce consisted of 25,600 full-time positions. Following the acquisition of HAL and NIBC, that number ultimately fell to 27,500. Amsterdam, Netherlands on November 26, 2025. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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ABN Amro Announces 5,200 Job Cuts by 2028

ABN AMRO will cut thousands of jobs between now and 2028. The bank's workforce has already shrunk by 1,000 FTEs this year. Another 4,200 jobs will be cut in the coming years. In 2024, the bank's workforce consisted of 25,600 full-time positions. Following the acquisition of HAL and NIBC, that number ultimately fell to 27,500. Amsterdam, Netherlands on November 26, 2025. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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ABN Amro Announces 5,200 Job Cuts by 2028

ABN AMRO will cut thousands of jobs between now and 2028. The bank's workforce has already shrunk by 1,000 FTEs this year. Another 4,200 jobs will be cut in the coming years. In 2024, the bank's workforce consisted of 25,600 full-time positions. Following the acquisition of HAL and NIBC, that number ultimately fell to 27,500. Amsterdam, Netherlands on November 26, 2025. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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ABN Amro Announces 5,200 Job Cuts by 2028

ABN AMRO will cut thousands of jobs between now and 2028. The bank's workforce has already shrunk by 1,000 FTEs this year. Another 4,200 jobs will be cut in the coming years. In 2024, the bank's workforce consisted of 25,600 full-time positions. Following the acquisition of HAL and NIBC, that number ultimately fell to 27,500. Amsterdam, Netherlands on November 26, 2025. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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ABN Amro Announces 5,200 Job Cuts by 2028

ABN AMRO will cut thousands of jobs between now and 2028. The bank's workforce has already shrunk by 1,000 FTEs this year. Another 4,200 jobs will be cut in the coming years. In 2024, the bank's workforce consisted of 25,600 full-time positions. Following the acquisition of HAL and NIBC, that number ultimately fell to 27,500. Amsterdam, Netherlands on November 26, 2025. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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ABN Amro Announces 5,200 Job Cuts by 2028

ABN AMRO will cut thousands of jobs between now and 2028. The bank's workforce has already shrunk by 1,000 FTEs this year. Another 4,200 jobs will be cut in the coming years. In 2024, the bank's workforce consisted of 25,600 full-time positions. Following the acquisition of HAL and NIBC, that number ultimately fell to 27,500. Amsterdam, Netherlands on November 26, 2025. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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ABN Amro Announces 5,200 Job Cuts by 2028

ABN AMRO will cut thousands of jobs between now and 2028. The bank's workforce has already shrunk by 1,000 FTEs this year. Another 4,200 jobs will be cut in the coming years. In 2024, the bank's workforce consisted of 25,600 full-time positions. Following the acquisition of HAL and NIBC, that number ultimately fell to 27,500. Amsterdam, Netherlands on November 26, 2025. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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ABN Amro Announces 5,200 Job Cuts by 2028

ABN AMRO will cut thousands of jobs between now and 2028. The bank's workforce has already shrunk by 1,000 FTEs this year. Another 4,200 jobs will be cut in the coming years. In 2024, the bank's workforce consisted of 25,600 full-time positions. Following the acquisition of HAL and NIBC, that number ultimately fell to 27,500. Amsterdam, Netherlands on November 26, 2025. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sweden's GDP shrinks 1 pct in Q2: statistics

STORY: Sweden's GDP shrinks 1 pct in Q2: statistics DATELINE: Aug. 30, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:59 LOCATION: Stockholm CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Sweden Statics 2. various of Stockholm city 3. various of shopping mall in Stockholm 4. various of Sweden Parliament 5. various of Stockholm City Hall 6. various of Sweden's central bank STORYLINE: Sweden's gross domestic product (GDP) shrunk by 1 percent year-on-year in the second quarter (Q2) of this year while household consumption decreased for the fourth consecutive quarter, according to statistics released on Tuesday. Compared to the first quarter (Q1) and seasonally adjusted, GDP dropped 0.8 percent, Statistics Sweden (SCB) said. The figures are slightly more positive than the preliminary ones released in July. Sweden's Q2 GDP contracted by 2.4 percent year-on-year and by 1.5 percent quarter-on-quarter, the SCB's preliminary figures said on July 28. "The second quarter of 2023 was generally weak with declines in several of the main com

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Ice drift thinning in the Okhotsk Sea

SAPPORO, Japan - Ice drift has shrunk this year in the Okhotsk Sea off northern Hokkaido. While ice packs used to fill the entire Okhotsk Sea at around this time of the year, only half the area is seen covered with floating ice during an observation flight on a Japan Coast Guard plane on Feb. 28. The photo shows the coastal area of Shiretoko Peninsula, a World Heritage site, packed with ice drift.

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Energy-driven inflation shrinks Greeks' purchasing power

STORY: Energy-driven inflation shrinks Greeks' purchasing power DATELINE: Nov. 17, 2022 LENGTH: 0:03:10 LOCATION: Athens CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a bakery in Athens 2. various of an open market in Athens 3. various of an electrical appliances trader at his store 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (Greek): NIKOS KARONIS, Electrical appliances trader 5. various of an air conditioner 6. SOUNDBITE 2 (Greek): KOSTAS SKREKAS, Greek Energy and Environment Minister 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (Greek): NIKOS KARONIS, Electrical appliances trader 8. various of the Greek parliament in Syntagma square STORYLINE: Galloping inflation, driven by the energy crisis, has dramatically shrunk in recent months the purchasing power of people in Greece, who are bracing for a heavy winter. SOUNDBITE 1 (Greek): NIKOS KARONIS, Electrical appliances trader "People are under a lot of pressure, because wages have not increased, and there are no other resources. The government is adopting support measures, they are allocating funds to help. However,

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Endangered Gobi bear dies in southwest Mongolia

STORY: Endangered Gobi bear dies in southwest Mongolia DATELINE: Nov. 4, 2022 LENGTH: 0:00:56 LOCATION: Ulan Bator CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. video clips of endangered Gobi bear in southwest Mongolia STORYLINE: A critically endangered Gobi bear (Mazaalai) has died in the southwestern Mongolian province of Bayankhongor due to unknown cause, the country's minister of environment and tourism said on Friday. "Our ministry has set up a working group to find out exactly when the bear died and the cause of death," Bat-Ulzii Bat-Erdene said in a statement. According to the latest survey, a total of 51 Gobi bears existed in Mongolia, the ministry said in May. Gobi bears, whose habitats have shrunk dramatically compared with the 1950s and 1960s, persist as a unique ecotype in the Gobi Desert of southwestern Mongolia, according to Gobi Bear Project, a non-profit organization focusing on the protection of the endangered species. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Ulan Bator. (XHTV)

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Ice drift thinning in the Okhotsk Sea

SAPPORO, Japan - Ice drift has shrunk this year in the Okhotsk Sea off northern Hokkaido. While ice packs used to fill the entire Okhotsk Sea at around this time of the year, only half the area is seen covered with floating ice during an observation flight on a Japan Coast Guard plane on Feb. 28. The photo shows the coastal area of Shiretoko Peninsula, a World Heritage site, packed with ice drift. (Kyodo)

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Arctic sea ice shrinks to smallest size on record

TOKYO, Japan - Photos released on Aug. 16 by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency show the size of Arctic sea ice pictured in September 2005 (top), September 2006 (middle) and on Aug. 15, 2007 (bottom). The size has shrunk to about 5.31 million square kilometers, the smallest-ever since satellite observation began in 1978, Japanese state-run agencies said. (Kyodo)

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Big Daddy (1999)

Joely Lauren Adams Film: Big Daddy (1999) Director: Dennis Dugan 17 June 1999 Date: 17 June 1999

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Honey, I Shrunk The Kids (1989)

Robert Olivieri, Amy O'Neill, Jared Rushton, Thomas Wilson Brown Characters: ,,Ronald 'Ron' Thompson,Russell 'Russ' Thompson, Jr. (Little Russell Thompson) Film: Honey, I Shrunk The Kids (1989) Director: Joe Johnston 23 June 1989 Date: 23 June 1989

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Honey, I Shrunk The Kids (1989)

Rick Moranis, Marcia Strassman Characters: Wayne Szalinski,Diane Szalinski Film: Honey, I Shrunk The Kids (1989) Director: Joe Johnston 23 June 1989 Date: 23 June 1989

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Honey, I Shrunk The Kids (1989)

Rick Moranis Characters: Wayne Szalinski Film: Honey, I Shrunk The Kids (1989) Director: Joe Johnston 23 June 1989 Date: 23 June 1989