Türkiye says Sweden fulfills "significant part" of responsibilities for NATO bid

STORY: Türkiye says Sweden fulfills "significant part" of responsibilities for NATO bid SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 10, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 11, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:33 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Turkish Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmus (courtesy of ihlas news agency) 2. various of the meeting of Turkish parliament's foreign affairs committee (Dec. 26, 2023) 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): NUMAN KURTULMUS, Turkish Parliament Speaker 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Turkish): NUMAN KURTULMUS, Turkish Parliament Speaker 5. various of the headquarter of NATO (April. 4, 2023) 6. various of Turkish F-16 fighter jets (April. 18, 2022) 7. various of an old high council meeting of Türkiye-Sweden-Finland and NATO in Türkiye (Jun. 14, 2023) STORYLINE: Sweden has fulfilled an important part of demands by Türkiye for the Nordic country's NATO bid, Turkish parliament speaker Numan Kurtulmus said Wednesday. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): NUMAN KURTULMUS, Turkish Parliament Speaker "We see that Sweden also fulfills a significa

Staggering inflation fuels poverty in Türkiye despite government measures

STORY: Staggering inflation fuels poverty in Türkiye despite government measures SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 3, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:15 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of street views in Türkiye 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): HUSEYIN PENCE, Pensioner 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Turkish): IREM EROGLU, Student STORYLINE: Stubborn inflation in Türkiye is fueling the impoverishment of households in the long run, and the worse is still to come in 2024 as consumer prices are set to peak, according to the latest official forecasts. In October, consumer prices increased by 61.3 percent compared to the same period of the previous year, the Turkish Statistical Institute announced on Friday. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): HUSEYIN PENCE, Pensioner "The price of everything has skyrocketed. One cup of tea costs now 10 liras (about 0.35 U.S. dollars), and one simit costs 10 liras and so on. Everyone is complaining about this situation. Purchasing power has been decimated. The price of gasoline has significa

Long COVID ravages U.S. amid lack of federal funding

STORY: Long COVID ravages U.S. amid lack of federal funding DATELINE: Sept. 1, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:41 LOCATION: NEW YORK, U.S. CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): XIA LIN, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of the street view in New York City 3. various of media reports STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): XIA LIN, Xinhua correspondent "The U.S. government will end its distribution of free COVID-19 testing kits to Americans on September 2 due to lack of funding, according to the federal website. Ordering through this program will be suspended, because 'Congress hasn't provided additional funding to replenish the nation's stockpile of tests.' More and more Black people have reported prolonged COVID-19 symptoms, together with difficulty getting treatment, reported NBC News recently. Like most of the pandemic's fallout, Black people are bearing the brunt of long COVID, making up a majority of long COVID hospitalizations, and researchers even projecting that Black people's life expectancy will drop significa