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India's forex reserves fall

STORY: India's forex reserves fall SHOOTING TIME: Earlier footage DATELINE: Jan. 29, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:12 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the India Gate 2. various of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) 3. various of the market STORYLINE: India's foreign exchange reserves declined 2.794 billion U.S. dollars to 616.143 billion dollars during the week ending on Jan. 19, according to the latest data of India's central bank. The data revealed that foreign currency assets, which is termed as the biggest forex component, declined 2.653 billion dollars to 545.855 billion dollars. During the week ending on Jan. 12, India's foreign exchange reserves increased 1.634 billion dollars to 618.937 billion dollars. According to media reports, in the calendar year 2023, nearly 58 billion dollars was added to India's foreign exchange reserves, and in 2022 the country's foreign exchange reserves slumped 71 billion dollars. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from New Delhi. (XHT

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Malaysia's palm oil stock falls to 1.67 million tons in March

STORY: Malaysia's palm oil stock falls to 1.67 million tons in March DATELINE: April 11, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:45 LOCATION: Kuala Lumpur CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of gathered palm fruits 2. various of trucks carrying a bunch of palm fruits on the road 3. various of palm trees plantation area STORYLINE: Malaysia, the world's second-largest palm oil producer, saw its palm oil stock plunge 21.08 percent month on month to 1.67 million tons in March, official data showed Monday. The Malaysian Palm Oil Board said in a statement that the country's crude palm oil production rose 2.77 percent month on month to 1.29 million tons. Malaysia's palm oil exports also surged 31.76 percent monthly to 1.49 million tons. Its palm oil imports slumped 24.25 percent month on month to 39,772 tons. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Kuala Lumpur. (XHTV)

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Sugiyama upset in U.S. Open mixed doubles

NEW YORK, United States - The third-seeded pair of Japan's Ai Sugiyama (front) and Zimbabwe's Kevin Ullyett (in background) slumped to a 6-4, 6-4 loss to unseeded Americans Jill Craybas and Eric Butorac in the mixed doubles first round of the U.S. Open on Aug. 29.

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Ozeki Kaio suffers loss at New Year sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Ozeki Kaio (L) slumped to a third defeat after being pushed out of the ring by fifth-ranked maegashira Kakizoe at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Jan. 22.

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Gov't mulls measures to boost slumped stock market

TOKYO, Japan - Economic and fiscal policy minister Heizo Takenaka speaks at a news conference May 14 after a meeting of economic ministers and the Bank of Japan chief held to discuss measures to bolster the slumped stock market.

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Yokozuna pair fall on 4th day of sumo tournament

Yokozuna brothers Takanohana and Wakanohana were both defeated March 17, the 4th day of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka. The photo shows maegashira Kyokushuzan dragging yokozuna Wakanohana to the dirt. Waka slumped to his 3rd straight defeat.

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Malaysia's palm oil stocks rise 10.54 pct month on month in September

STORY: Malaysia's palm oil stocks rise 10.54 pct month on month in September DATELINE: Oct. 12, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:39 LOCATION: Kuala Lumpur CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Kuala Lumpur City Centre view 2. various of workers harvesting palm seeds 3. various of palm oil plantation area 4. various of palm oil factory and oil truck STORYLINE: Data released by the Malaysian Palm Oil Board showed on Tuesday that Malaysia's September palm oil inventories rose 10.54 percent from August to 2.32 million tonnes. According to the data, the world's second-largest palm oil producer saw its crude palm oil production climb 2.59 percent month on month to 1.77 million tonnes. Meanwhile, its palm oil exports grew 9.25 percent month on month to 1.42 million tonnes. Palm oil imports, on the other hand, slumped 23.15 percent month on month to 132,303 tonnes. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Kuala Lumpur. (XHTV)

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Euro falls to parity with USD, hitting 20-year low

STORY: Euro falls to parity with USD, hitting 20-year low DATELINE: July 13, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:00 LOCATION: FRANKFURT, Germany CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the European Central Bank STORYLINE: For the first time in two decades, the euro on Tuesday fell to parity with the U.S. dollar, meaning one U.S. dollar is equal in value to one euro. The single currency of 19 European Union countries has not fallen to or below a one-to-one exchange rate with the U.S. dollar since December 2002. The euro continued to fall from Tuesday morning and traded at par with the U.S. dollar in a short-term in intraday trading. After reaching parity, the euro exchange rate picked up again slightly. As of 4:20 p.m. local time (1420 GMT), euro was trading for 1.005 dollars in the currency market. The euro will continue to fall even after falling below par with the dollar, said Ebrahim Rahbari, global head of foreign exchange analysis at Citigroup. Euro has slumped 10 percent against U.S. dollar since the start of

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GERMANY-FRANKFURT-EURO-U.S. DOLLAR-EXCHANGE RATE

(220707) -- FRANKFURT, July 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on July 7, 2022 shows the headquarter of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, Germany. The Euro on Tuesday slumped against the U.S. dollar, hitting a 20-year low of 1.029 dollars in the shadow of an economic recession in the euro zone. (Xinhua/Shan Weiyi)

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GERMANY-FRANKFURT-EURO-U.S. DOLLAR-EXCHANGE RATE

(220707) -- FRANKFURT, July 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on July 7, 2022 shows the headquarter of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, Germany. The Euro on Tuesday slumped against the U.S. dollar, hitting a 20-year low of 1.029 dollars in the shadow of an economic recession in the euro zone. (Xinhua/Shan Weiyi)

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GERMANY-FRANKFURT-EURO-U.S. DOLLAR-EXCHANGE RATE

(220707) -- FRANKFURT, July 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on July 7, 2022 shows a currency exchange office in Frankfurt, Germany. The Euro on Tuesday slumped against the U.S. dollar, hitting a 20-year low of 1.029 dollars in the shadow of an economic recession in the euro zone. (Xinhua/Shan Weiyi)

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BELGIUM-BRUSSELS-EURO

(220707) -- BRUSSELS, July 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on July 7, 2022 shows the currency of Euro and US dollar in Brussels, Belgium. The Euro on Tuesday slumped against the U.S. dollar, hitting a 20-year low of 1.029 dollars in the shadow of an economic recession in the euro zone. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)

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BELGIUM-BRUSSELS-EURO

(220707) -- BRUSSELS, July 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on July 7, 2022 shows the currency of Euro and US dollar in Brussels, Belgium. The Euro on Tuesday slumped against the U.S. dollar, hitting a 20-year low of 1.029 dollars in the shadow of an economic recession in the euro zone. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)

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BELGIUM-BRUSSELS-EURO

(220707) -- BRUSSELS, July 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on July 7, 2022 shows the currency of Euro and US dollar in Brussels, Belgium. The Euro on Tuesday slumped against the U.S. dollar, hitting a 20-year low of 1.029 dollars in the shadow of an economic recession in the euro zone. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)

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BELGIUM-BRUSSELS-EURO

(220707) -- BRUSSELS, July 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on July 7, 2022 shows the currency of Euro and US dollar in Brussels, Belgium. The Euro on Tuesday slumped against the U.S. dollar, hitting a 20-year low of 1.029 dollars in the shadow of an economic recession in the euro zone. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)

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GERMANY-BERLIN-CONSUMER SENTIMENT-FALL

(220427) -- BERLIN, April 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A consumer shops at a supermarket in Berlin, capital of Germany, on April 27, 2022. Consumer confidence in Germany deteriorated significantly in April amidst the Russia-Ukraine conflict, according to a monthly study published by the Nuremberg-based market research institute GfK on Wednesday. Due to the "explosion in energy prices" and high inflation, the forward-looking GfK indicator for May slumped 10.8 points to a historic low of minus 26.5 points, according to the study based on interviews of around 2,000 German consumers. (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)

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GERMANY-BERLIN-CONSUMER SENTIMENT-FALL

(220427) -- BERLIN, April 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A consumer shops at a supermarket in Berlin, capital of Germany, on April 27, 2022. Consumer confidence in Germany deteriorated significantly in April amidst the Russia-Ukraine conflict, according to a monthly study published by the Nuremberg-based market research institute GfK on Wednesday. Due to the "explosion in energy prices" and high inflation, the forward-looking GfK indicator for May slumped 10.8 points to a historic low of minus 26.5 points, according to the study based on interviews of around 2,000 German consumers. (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)

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GERMANY-BERLIN-CONSUMER SENTIMENT-FALL

(220427) -- BERLIN, April 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A consumer shops at a supermarket in Berlin, capital of Germany, on April 27, 2022. Consumer confidence in Germany deteriorated significantly in April amidst the Russia-Ukraine conflict, according to a monthly study published by the Nuremberg-based market research institute GfK on Wednesday. Due to the "explosion in energy prices" and high inflation, the forward-looking GfK indicator for May slumped 10.8 points to a historic low of minus 26.5 points, according to the study based on interviews of around 2,000 German consumers. (Xinhua/Ren Pengfei)

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Sugiyama upset in U.S. Open mixed doubles

NEW YORK, United States - The third-seeded pair of Japan's Ai Sugiyama (front) and Zimbabwe's Kevin Ullyett (in background) slumped to a 6-4, 6-4 loss to unseeded Americans Jill Craybas and Eric Butorac in the mixed doubles first round of the U.S. Open on Aug. 29. (Kyodo)

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Gov't mulls measures to boost slumped stock market

TOKYO, Japan - Economic and fiscal policy minister Heizo Takenaka speaks at a news conference May 14 after a meeting of economic ministers and the Bank of Japan chief held to discuss measures to bolster the slumped stock market. (Kyodo)

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ZERO HOUR1 [US 1957] ELROY 'CRAZYLEGS' HIRSCH [slumped], STEVE LONDON Date: 1957

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N. Korean man arrested over Kim Jong Nam's murder: Malaysia police

Malaysian English newspaper New Straits Times carries in its Feb. 18, 2017, edition photos that it says shows Kim Jong Nam, the elder half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, slumped unconscious at Kula Lumpur International Airport and four suspects in his murder. Kim Jong Nam, son of late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, was apparently poisoned at the airport on Feb. 13. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Jaroslav Faltynek

The preferences of the ANO movement of PM Andrej Babis and the junior government Social Democrats (CSSD) slumped. ANO is facing consequences of the leak of information from the diary of its lower house group痴 head Jaroslav Faltynek. Faltynek speaks during press conference in Prague, Czech Republic, April 13, 2021. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Japan's 2nd qtr GDP shrinks at record 27.8% amid virus pandemic+

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 17, 2020, shows foreign-bound passenger cars at a distribution center in Kawasaki near Tokyo. Japan's exports of goods and services slumped 18.5 percent in the April-June quarter from the previous quarter as the overall economy shrank an annualized real 27.8 percent, the sharpest contraction on record, due to restricted business activity amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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Japan's 2nd qtr GDP shrinks at record 27.8% amid virus pandemic+

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Aug. 17, 2020, shows foreign-bound passenger cars at a distribution center in Kawasaki near Tokyo. Japan's exports of goods and services slumped 18.5 percent in the April-June quarter from the previous quarter as the overall economy shrank an annualized real 27.8 percent, the sharpest contraction on record, due to restricted business activity amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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Tokyo stocks drop on U.S. political uncertainty

Pedestrians pass a financial data screen showing a sharp fall in the Nikkei Stock Average in Tokyo on May 18, 2017, after U.S. stocks slumped amid worries over the direction of the Trump administration. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo stocks drop on U.S. political uncertainty

Pedestrians pass a financial data screen showing a sharp fall in the Nikkei Stock Average in Tokyo on May 18, 2017, after U.S. stocks slumped amid worries over the direction of the Trump administration. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yokozuna pair fall on 4th day of sumo tournament

Yokozuna brothers Takanohana and Wakanohana were both defeated March 17, the 4th day of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka. The photo shows maegashira Kyokushuzan dragging yokozuna Wakanohana to the dirt. Waka slumped to his 3rd straight defeat.