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Protesters denounce U.S. as "war machine" at Washington rally

STORY: Protesters denounce U.S. as "war machine" at Washington rally DATELINE: Feb. 20, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:57 LOCATION: WASHINGTON D.C. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of protesters at Washington rally 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): LYDIA, Protester 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): CAT MCGUIRE, Protester 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): ALEX, Protester 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): ERIC REEVES, Protester 6. various of protesters at Washington rally STORYLINE: Hundreds of protesters on Sunday slammed America's role of "war machine" in overseas wars at a rally before the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. Organizers said the anti-war rally was planned to protest against massive money funneling into Ukraine, as well as America's role in the Russia-Ukraine conflicts. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): LYDIA, Protester "I think the U.S. has been stoking this for some time and warmongering. I think there are people within the United States government who have a history of trying to provoke conflict with Russia. Between NATO, they used

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China urges U.S., UK to stop playing up so-called "China threat": FM spokesperson

STORY: China urges U.S., UK to stop playing up so-called "China threat": FM spokesperson DATELINE: July 8, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:39 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (English interpretation): ZHAO LIJIAN, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson STORYLINE: China urges the heads of the U.S. and British spy agencies to stop playing up the so-called "China threat" and stoking antagonism and confrontation, said a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Thursday. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): ZHAO LIJIAN, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson "The U.S. politician has been playing up the so-called 'China threat' to smear and attack China. His remarks fully expose his entrenched Cold War zero-sum mentality and ideological prejudice. The U.S. just celebrated its 246th Independence Day. The U.S. was not at war for only 16 years throughout its 240-plus years of history, which made it known as 'the most warlike nation in the history of the world.' Dakota Wood, Senior Research Fellow for Defense Program

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NATO becomes tool for certain countries to uphold hegemony: Chinese FM spokesperson

STORY: NATO becomes tool for certain countries to uphold hegemony: Chinese FM spokesperson DATELINE: June 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:03 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (Chinese/English interpretation): ZHAO LIJIAN, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE (Chinese/English interpretation): ZHAO LIJIAN, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson "As a product of Cold War and the world's largest military alliance, NATO has long held onto the obsolete security vision. It has become a tool for certain countries to uphold their hegemony. The so-called new strategic document of NATO is nothing but an old agenda taking on a new form. In essence, it follows the same Cold War mentality of creating imaginary enemy and stoking bloc confrontation. China follows independent foreign policy of peace. We don't interfere the domestic affairs of other countries, we don't export ideology, and we don't seek long-arm jurisdiction, economic coercion, and unilateral sanctions. How possibly can

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Yearender: Xinhua's top 10 world news events in 2021

(211230) -- BEIJING, Dec. 30, 2021 (Xinhua) -- People receive China's Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines at the Lung Center of the Philippines in Manila, the Philippines on March 1, 2021. Xinhua's top 10 world news events in 2021 Vaccination helps global fight against COVID-19 As of Dec. 29, according to the World Health Organization, 8.6 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines were administrated worldwide. While the large-scale vaccination has helped the global anti-pandemic fight, there is an urgent need to eliminate the immunity gap. While trying to overcome its own difficulties, China has provided a total of 2 billion doses of vaccines against COVID-19 for the world by the end of this year. Yet some Western countries have been busy stoking up "vaccine nationalism." The virus has mutated at a frightening speed as variants including Delta and Omicron sprang up. The worldwide tally of confi.....

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High temperatures, strong winds across parts of Japan

Two women walk against strong winds blowing in Tokyo on Feb. 14, 2016. The same day, record high temperatures for February were set in parts of central and western Japan, as warm air from the south moved in over the Japanese archipelago, pushing up temperatures and stoking strong winds across the country. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Builder fudged data for Hokkaido estate, stoking fears of wider flaws

A Hokkaido official explains the situation surrounding Asahi Kasei Construction Materials Corp.'s use of flawed groundwork data in the expansion of a public housing estate in Kushiro city in the early hours of Oct. 29, 2015. There are concerns that more projects involving the under-fire Tokyo construction company face similar problems. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Women preparing for a meal

The woman on the left is stoking a fire in a clay charcoal stove. The woman on the right is grinding something in a mortar with a pestle, her right knee raised. An iron pot is placed near the cutting board, and pieces of cut radish are visible.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:Usui Shuzaburo, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number94‐46‐0]

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Women working in the kitchen

The woman on the left is facing the clay kitchen furnace, stoking a fire with a bamboo blower. The woman in the center is preparing a side dish by fanning a fire in a shichirin stove. The woman on the right is setting a low meal table. A chopstick box is visible on the table.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number79‐46‐0]

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Suu Kyi laments role of "misinformation" in stoking Rohingya crisis

Photo taken July 15, 2017, in a village in Myanmar's western state of Rakhine shows women and a child of the country's minority Rohingya Muslims. It was reported on Sept. 6 that Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi said misinformation and fake news are contributing to the crisis involving the Rohingya, stressing that her government had "already started defending all the people in Rakhine in the best way possible." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo