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JINAN, CHINA - JANUARY 12, 2026 - Researchers from Quanmai Agriculture Company monitored and recorded the seedling traits of excellent wheat strains in a greenhouse in Jinan City, Shandong Province, China on January 12, 2026.

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Water Crisis Strains Urban Water - Turkey

An aerial drone photo taken on July 2, 2025 shows the drought-stricken Kurtbogazi Dam in Ankara, Turkiye. As summer grips Turkiye's capital, Ankara, the city of nearly 6 million is confronting a worsening water crisis. Reservoirs are nearing historic lows, and drought conditions exacerbated by climate change threaten to deliver one of central Anatolia's weakest wheat harvests in years. Photo by Mustafa Kaya/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Water Crisis Strains Urban Water - Turkey

An aerial drone photo taken on July 2, 2025 shows the drought-stricken Kurtbogazi Dam in Ankara, Turkiye. As summer grips Turkiye's capital, Ankara, the city of nearly 6 million is confronting a worsening water crisis. Reservoirs are nearing historic lows, and drought conditions exacerbated by climate change threaten to deliver one of central Anatolia's weakest wheat harvests in years. Photo by Mustafa Kaya/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Water Crisis Strains Urban Water - Turkey

An aerial drone photo taken on July 2, 2025 shows the drought-stricken Kurtbogazi Dam in Ankara, Turkiye. As summer grips Turkiye's capital, Ankara, the city of nearly 6 million is confronting a worsening water crisis. Reservoirs are nearing historic lows, and drought conditions exacerbated by climate change threaten to deliver one of central Anatolia's weakest wheat harvests in years. Photo by Mustafa Kaya/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Water Crisis Strains Urban Water - Turkey

An aerial drone photo taken on July 2, 2025 shows the drought-stricken Kurtbogazi Dam in Ankara, Turkiye. As summer grips Turkiye's capital, Ankara, the city of nearly 6 million is confronting a worsening water crisis. Reservoirs are nearing historic lows, and drought conditions exacerbated by climate change threaten to deliver one of central Anatolia's weakest wheat harvests in years. Photo by Mustafa Kaya/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pakistan Heat Strains Water Resources - Pakistan

People walk on the exposed dry bed of Rawal Dam after a significant drop in water levels due to record low rainfall, in Islamabad, Pakistan on June 16, 2025. The Rawal, Simli, and Khanpur dams — crucial for water supply to Islamabad and Rawalpindi — are nearing critically low levels as authorities brace for potential shortages ahead of the delayed monsoon. Photo by Raja Imran/Middle East/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pakistan Heat Strains Water Resources - Pakistan

A stray dog seeks shade under an old water tank at the cracked bed of Rawal Dam, whose water levels have plummeted due to record low rainfall, in Islamabad, Pakistan on June 16, 2025. Authorities warn that Rawal, Simli and Khanpur dams — key sources of water for Islamabad and Rawalpindi — are barely sufficient to meet the next two months of demand, as the monsoon's delay threatens a severe water crisis. Photo by Raja Imran/Middle East/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pakistan Heat Strains Water Resources - Pakistan

A flock of geese walks across the parched bed of Rawal Dam after water levels receded drastically due to prolonged dry weather, in Islamabad on June 16, 2025. Pakistan is facing growing concerns over a looming water crisis, as reservoirs serving Islamabad and Rawalpindi dip to alarming lows amid a delayed monsoon. Photo by Raja Imran/Middle East/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pakistan Heat Strains Water Resources - Pakistan

A stray dog seeks shade under an old water tank at the cracked bed of Rawal Dam, whose water levels have plummeted due to record low rainfall, in Islamabad, Pakistan on June 16, 2025. Authorities warn that Rawal, Simli and Khanpur dams — key sources of water for Islamabad and Rawalpindi — are barely sufficient to meet the next two months of demand, as the monsoon's delay threatens a severe water crisis. Photo by Raja Imran/Middle East/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pakistan Heat Strains Water Resources - Pakistan

A stray dog seeks shade under an old water tank at the cracked bed of Rawal Dam, whose water levels have plummeted due to record low rainfall, in Islamabad, Pakistan on June 16, 2025. Authorities warn that Rawal, Simli and Khanpur dams — key sources of water for Islamabad and Rawalpindi — are barely sufficient to meet the next two months of demand, as the monsoon's delay threatens a severe water crisis. Photo by Raja Imran/Middle East/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pakistan Heat Strains Water Resources - Pakistan

A stray dog seeks shade under an old water tank at the cracked bed of Rawal Dam, whose water levels have plummeted due to record low rainfall, in Islamabad, Pakistan on June 16, 2025. Authorities warn that Rawal, Simli and Khanpur dams — key sources of water for Islamabad and Rawalpindi — are barely sufficient to meet the next two months of demand, as the monsoon's delay threatens a severe water crisis. Photo by Raja Imran/Middle East/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pakistan Heat Strains Water Resources - Pakistan

People walk on the exposed dry bed of Rawal Dam after a significant drop in water levels due to record low rainfall, in Islamabad, Pakistan on June 16, 2025. The Rawal, Simli, and Khanpur dams — crucial for water supply to Islamabad and Rawalpindi — are nearing critically low levels as authorities brace for potential shortages ahead of the delayed monsoon. Photo by Raja Imran/Middle East/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pakistan Heat Strains Water Resources - Pakistan

A stray dog seeks shade under an old water tank at the cracked bed of Rawal Dam, whose water levels have plummeted due to record low rainfall, in Islamabad, Pakistan on June 16, 2025. Authorities warn that Rawal, Simli and Khanpur dams — key sources of water for Islamabad and Rawalpindi — are barely sufficient to meet the next two months of demand, as the monsoon's delay threatens a severe water crisis. Photo by Raja Imran/Middle East/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pakistan Heat Strains Water Resources - Pakistan

A stray dog seeks shade under an old water tank at the cracked bed of Rawal Dam, whose water levels have plummeted due to record low rainfall, in Islamabad, Pakistan on June 16, 2025. Authorities warn that Rawal, Simli and Khanpur dams — key sources of water for Islamabad and Rawalpindi — are barely sufficient to meet the next two months of demand, as the monsoon's delay threatens a severe water crisis. Photo by Raja Imran/Middle East/ABACAPRESS.COM

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House Republicans Visit Pro-Palestinian Encampment - Washington

Rep. James Comer (R-KY), Chair of the House Oversight Committee, strains to hear a question over the crowd noise during a press conference at the George Washington University Gaza encampment, Washington, DC, USA, May 1, 2024. Hundreds of students opposed to the far-right Republicans who visited the camp chanted over and frequently drowned out the members of Congress. GWU students established the camp the prior week in conjunction with students from other DC, USA-area universities. It is one of more than one hundred Gaza solidarity encampments in college campuses across the country. Photo by Allison Bailey/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turks welcome holy month of Ramadan with mix of joy, worry

STORY: Turks welcome holy month of Ramadan with mix of joy, worry SHOOTING TIME: Recent footage DATELINE: March 12, 2024 LENGTH: 00:03:34 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of people on the streets in Türkiye 2. various of people doing Ramadan shopping in Türkiye 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): PELIN OZTURK, Resident 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Turkish): AHMET ONCU, Resident 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Turkish): FURKAN YUCEASLANTAS, Resident STORYLINE: As the holy month of Ramadan begins, Turks are embracing it with a mixture of joy and worry due to unprecedented economic challenges gripping their nation. Rising costs and soaring inflation have compelled many to tighten their belts, navigating through financial strains that have surged over the past year. Pelin Ozturk, a homemaker, living in Ankara's bustling Kizilay district, said her family, like many others in Türkiye, has to scale back traditional celebrations amid the country's skyrocketing inflation. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): PELIN OZTURK, Resident "Ramadan

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Pope Francis Weekly General Audience

Msgr. Filippo Ciampanelli delivered the Catechesis in place of Pope Francis, prevented by his lung infection that strains his speech, during weekly general audience at the Paul VI Hall, in Vatican, on November 29, 2023. Photo by Massimiliano Migliorato/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Weekly General Audience

Msgr. Filippo Ciampanelli delivered the Catechesis in place of Pope Francis, prevented by his lung infection that strains his speech, during weekly general audience at the Paul VI Hall, in Vatican, on November 29, 2023. Photo by Massimiliano Migliorato/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-YUNNAN-SPACE BREEDING-NEW FLOWER SPECIES (CN)

(231028) -- KUNMING, Oct. 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tian Liantong (L) talks with his colleague at a roses plantation demonstration garden of a modern agricultural park in Anning City, southwest China's Yunnan Province on Oct. 20, 2023. In August of 2022, over 8,000 flower seeds arrived at Yunnan Jinke Flower Engineering Research Center Co., Ltd. after their spaceflight trip aboard Shenzhou manned spaceship. Space breeding refers to exposing seeds or strains to cosmic radiation and microgravity in space to mutate their genes, so as to create new species or varieties with greater performances like shorter growth periods, higher yield and better resistance to diseases. According to Tian Liantong, a technologist of Jinke Flower Engineering Research Center Co., Ltd., usually it takes five years to breed new flower species which consumers could buy on market, and some species even need ten years to go through the process from breeding to becoming commodity, as they have to pass various and harsh growth conditions

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CHINA-YUNNAN-SPACE BREEDING-NEW FLOWER SPECIES (CN)

(231028) -- KUNMING, Oct. 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tian Liantong takes notes of the condition of roses at a roses plantation demonstration garden of a modern agricultural park in Anning City, southwest China's Yunnan Province on Oct. 20, 2023. In August of 2022, over 8,000 flower seeds arrived at Yunnan Jinke Flower Engineering Research Center Co., Ltd. after their spaceflight trip aboard Shenzhou manned spaceship. Space breeding refers to exposing seeds or strains to cosmic radiation and microgravity in space to mutate their genes, so as to create new species or varieties with greater performances like shorter growth periods, higher yield and better resistance to diseases. According to Tian Liantong, a technologist of Jinke Flower Engineering Research Center Co., Ltd., usually it takes five years to breed new flower species which consumers could buy on market, and some species even need ten years to go through the process from breeding to becoming commodity, as they have to pass various and harsh growth c

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CHINA-YUNNAN-SPACE BREEDING-NEW FLOWER SPECIES (CN)

(231028) -- KUNMING, Oct. 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tian Liantong breeds seeds brought back from space at a lab in Anning City, southwest China's Yunnan Province on April 3, 2023. In August of 2022, over 8,000 flower seeds arrived at Yunnan Jinke Flower Engineering Research Center Co., Ltd. after their spaceflight trip aboard Shenzhou manned spaceship. Space breeding refers to exposing seeds or strains to cosmic radiation and microgravity in space to mutate their genes, so as to create new species or varieties with greater performances like shorter growth periods, higher yield and better resistance to diseases. According to Tian Liantong, a technologist of Jinke Flower Engineering Research Center Co., Ltd., usually it takes five years to breed new flower species which consumers could buy on market, and some species even need ten years to go through the process from breeding to becoming commodity, as they have to pass various and harsh growth conditions including temperature, humidity and nutrition supply.

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CHINA-YUNNAN-SPACE BREEDING-NEW FLOWER SPECIES (CN)

(231028) -- KUNMING, Oct. 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tian Liantong checks roses at a roses plantation demonstration garden of a modern agricultural park in Anning City, southwest China's Yunnan Province on Oct. 20, 2023. In August of 2022, over 8,000 flower seeds arrived at Yunnan Jinke Flower Engineering Research Center Co., Ltd. after their spaceflight trip aboard Shenzhou manned spaceship. Space breeding refers to exposing seeds or strains to cosmic radiation and microgravity in space to mutate their genes, so as to create new species or varieties with greater performances like shorter growth periods, higher yield and better resistance to diseases. According to Tian Liantong, a technologist of Jinke Flower Engineering Research Center Co., Ltd., usually it takes five years to breed new flower species which consumers could buy on market, and some species even need ten years to go through the process from breeding to becoming commodity, as they have to pass various and harsh growth conditions including tempe

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CHINA-YUNNAN-SPACE BREEDING-NEW FLOWER SPECIES (CN)

(231028) -- KUNMING, Oct. 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tian Liantong takes notes of the serial numbers of roses at a roses plantation demonstration garden of a modern agricultural park in Anning City, southwest China's Yunnan Province on Oct. 20, 2023. In August of 2022, over 8,000 flower seeds arrived at Yunnan Jinke Flower Engineering Research Center Co., Ltd. after their spaceflight trip aboard Shenzhou manned spaceship. Space breeding refers to exposing seeds or strains to cosmic radiation and microgravity in space to mutate their genes, so as to create new species or varieties with greater performances like shorter growth periods, higher yield and better resistance to diseases. According to Tian Liantong, a technologist of Jinke Flower Engineering Research Center Co., Ltd., usually it takes five years to breed new flower species which consumers could buy on market, and some species even need ten years to go through the process from breeding to becoming commodity, as they have to pass various and harsh gro

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CHINA-YUNNAN-SPACE BREEDING-NEW FLOWER SPECIES (CN)

(231028) -- KUNMING, Oct. 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tian Liantong checks roses at a roses plantation demonstration garden of a modern agricultural park in Anning City, southwest China's Yunnan Province on Oct. 20, 2023. In August of 2022, over 8,000 flower seeds arrived at Yunnan Jinke Flower Engineering Research Center Co., Ltd. after their spaceflight trip aboard Shenzhou manned spaceship. Space breeding refers to exposing seeds or strains to cosmic radiation and microgravity in space to mutate their genes, so as to create new species or varieties with greater performances like shorter growth periods, higher yield and better resistance to diseases. According to Tian Liantong, a technologist of Jinke Flower Engineering Research Center Co., Ltd., usually it takes five years to breed new flower species which consumers could buy on market, and some species even need ten years to go through the process from breeding to becoming commodity, as they have to pass various and harsh growth conditions including tempe

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CHINA-YUNNAN-SPACE BREEDING-NEW FLOWER SPECIES (CN)

(231028) -- KUNMING, Oct. 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tian Liantong takes pictures of roses at a roses plantation demonstration garden of a modern agricultural park in Anning City, southwest China's Yunnan Province on Oct. 20, 2023. In August of 2022, over 8,000 flower seeds arrived at Yunnan Jinke Flower Engineering Research Center Co., Ltd. after their spaceflight trip aboard Shenzhou manned spaceship. Space breeding refers to exposing seeds or strains to cosmic radiation and microgravity in space to mutate their genes, so as to create new species or varieties with greater performances like shorter growth periods, higher yield and better resistance to diseases. According to Tian Liantong, a technologist of Jinke Flower Engineering Research Center Co., Ltd., usually it takes five years to breed new flower species which consumers could buy on market, and some species even need ten years to go through the process from breeding to becoming commodity, as they have to pass various and harsh growth conditions incl

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CHINA-YUNNAN-SPACE BREEDING-NEW FLOWER SPECIES (CN)

(231028) -- KUNMING, Oct. 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tian Liantong (L) trims rose sprays at a roses plantation demonstration garden of a modern agricultural park in Anning City, southwest China's Yunnan Province on Oct. 20, 2023. In August of 2022, over 8,000 flower seeds arrived at Yunnan Jinke Flower Engineering Research Center Co., Ltd. after their spaceflight trip aboard Shenzhou manned spaceship. Space breeding refers to exposing seeds or strains to cosmic radiation and microgravity in space to mutate their genes, so as to create new species or varieties with greater performances like shorter growth periods, higher yield and better resistance to diseases. According to Tian Liantong, a technologist of Jinke Flower Engineering Research Center Co., Ltd., usually it takes five years to breed new flower species which consumers could buy on market, and some species even need ten years to go through the process from breeding to becoming commodity, as they have to pass various and harsh growth conditions includ

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CHINA-YUNNAN-SPACE BREEDING-NEW FLOWER SPECIES (CN)

(231028) -- KUNMING, Oct. 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Oct. 20, 2023 shows blooming roses at a roses plantation demonstration garden of a modern agricultural park in Anning City, southwest China's Yunnan Province. In August of 2022, over 8,000 flower seeds arrived at Yunnan Jinke Flower Engineering Research Center Co., Ltd. after their spaceflight trip aboard Shenzhou manned spaceship. Space breeding refers to exposing seeds or strains to cosmic radiation and microgravity in space to mutate their genes, so as to create new species or varieties with greater performances like shorter growth periods, higher yield and better resistance to diseases. According to Tian Liantong, a technologist of Jinke Flower Engineering Research Center Co., Ltd., usually it takes five years to breed new flower species which consumers could buy on market, and some species even need ten years to go through the process from breeding to becoming commodity, as they have to pass various and harsh growth conditions incl

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CHINA-YUNNAN-SPACE BREEDING-NEW FLOWER SPECIES (CN)

(231028) -- KUNMING, Oct. 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combined photo shows new species of roses at a roses plantation demonstration garden of a modern agricultural park in Anning City, southwest China's Yunnan Province. In August of 2022, over 8,000 flower seeds arrived at Yunnan Jinke Flower Engineering Research Center Co., Ltd. after their spaceflight trip aboard Shenzhou manned spaceship. Space breeding refers to exposing seeds or strains to cosmic radiation and microgravity in space to mutate their genes, so as to create new species or varieties with greater performances like shorter growth periods, higher yield and better resistance to diseases. According to Tian Liantong, a technologist of Jinke Flower Engineering Research Center Co., Ltd., usually it takes five years to breed new flower species which consumers could buy on market, and some species even need ten years to go through the process from breeding to becoming commodity, as they have to pass various and harsh growth conditions including te

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CHINA-YUNNAN-SPACE BREEDING-NEW FLOWER SPECIES (CN)

(231028) -- KUNMING, Oct. 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 3, 2023 shows germinated seeds brought back from space at Yunnan Jinke Flower Engineering Research Center Co., Ltd. in Anning City, southwest China's Yunnan Province. In August of 2022, over 8,000 flower seeds arrived at Yunnan Jinke Flower Engineering Research Center Co., Ltd. after their spaceflight trip aboard Shenzhou manned spaceship. Space breeding refers to exposing seeds or strains to cosmic radiation and microgravity in space to mutate their genes, so as to create new species or varieties with greater performances like shorter growth periods, higher yield and better resistance to diseases. According to Tian Liantong, a technologist of Jinke Flower Engineering Research Center Co., Ltd., usually it takes five years to breed new flower species which consumers could buy on market, and some species even need ten years to go through the process from breeding to becoming commodity, as they have to pass various and harsh growth c

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CHINA-YUNNAN-SPACE BREEDING-NEW FLOWER SPECIES (CN)

(231028) -- KUNMING, Oct. 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Oct. 20, 2023 shows a roses plantation demonstration garden of a modern agricultural park in Anning City, southwest China's Yunnan Province. In August of 2022, over 8,000 flower seeds arrived at Yunnan Jinke Flower Engineering Research Center Co., Ltd. after their spaceflight trip aboard Shenzhou manned spaceship. Space breeding refers to exposing seeds or strains to cosmic radiation and microgravity in space to mutate their genes, so as to create new species or varieties with greater performances like shorter growth periods, higher yield and better resistance to diseases. According to Tian Liantong, a technologist of Jinke Flower Engineering Research Center Co., Ltd., usually it takes five years to breed new flower species which consumers could buy on market, and some species even need ten years to go through the process from breeding to becoming commodity, as they have to pass various and harsh growth conditions including tempe

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National Bank Open - Toronto

Italy's Jannik Sinner strains to reach a shot during his win over fellow countryman Matteo Berrettini during tennis action at the National Bank Open in Toronto, ON, Canada on Wednesday, August 9, 2023. Photo by Chris Young/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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National Bank Open - Toronto

Britain's Andy Murray strains to reach a shot from Australia's Max Purcell during tennis action at the National Bank Open in Toronto, ON, Canada on Wednesday, August 9, 2023. Photo by Chris Young/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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National Bank Open - Toronto

Britain's Andy Murray strains to reach a shot from Australia's Max Purcell during tennis action at the National Bank Open in Toronto, ON, Canada on Wednesday, August 9, 2023. Photo by Chris Young/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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U.S.-WASHINGTON, D.C.-IMF-NATALUCCI-INTERVIEW

(230417) -- WASHINGTON, D.C., April 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Fabio Natalucci, deputy director of the Monetary and Capital Markets Department at the IMF, attends a press conference in Washington, D.C., the United States, on April 11, 2023. China's economic growth is important for both Chinese and global financial stability at a time when the global financial system is showing considerable strains, an International Monetary Fund (IMF) official has said. TO GO WITH "Interview: China's growth contributes to Chinese, global financial stability, says IMF official" (Xinhua/Liu Jie)

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U.S.-WASHINGTON, D.C.-IMF-NATALUCCI-INTERVIEW

(230417) -- WASHINGTON, D.C., April 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Fabio Natalucci, deputy director of the Monetary and Capital Markets Department at the IMF, attends a press conference in Washington, D.C., the United States, on April 11, 2023. China's economic growth is important for both Chinese and global financial stability at a time when the global financial system is showing considerable strains, an International Monetary Fund (IMF) official has said. TO GO WITH "Interview: China's growth contributes to Chinese, global financial stability, says IMF official" (Xinhua/Liu Jie)

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Palestinian experts slam West for imposing travel restrictions against China

STORY: Palestinian experts slam West for imposing travel restrictions against China DATELINE: Jan. 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:40 LOCATION: GAZA, Palestine CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Chinese tourists 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): TALAL OKAL, Political analyst in Gaza 3. various of Chinese tourists 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): MOHAMMED HIJAZI, Political analyst in Gaza 5. shot of a street in Gaza 6. various of Chinese tourists STORYLINE: Palestinian experts have said entry restrictions targeting travellers from China by the U.S. and some European countries are not justified, adding that the move reveals their double standards. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): TALAL OKAL, Political analyst in Gaza "Simply put, these measures have nothing to do with curbing the coronavirus pandemic or the fight against the new virus strains, but rather it is a matter of distorting the image of China, and therefore it practices double standards that violate human rights when it comes to China. Therefore, these measures show the extent

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Nishikori reaches U.S. Open q'finals

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's Kei Nishikori strains to play a shot against Canadian Milos Raonic in the fourth round of the U.S. Open at Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York on Sept. 1, 2014. No. 10 seed Nishikori defeated the fifth-seeded Raonic 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-7 (6), 7-5, 6-4 in a match that lasted more than four hours, becoming the first Japanese player in 92 years to reach the final eight in the men's singles tournament.

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Nishikori reaches U.S. Open q'finals

NEW YORK, United States - Japan's Kei Nishikori strains to play a shot against Canadian Milos Raonic in the fourth round of the U.S. Open at Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York on Sept. 1, 2014. No. 10 seed Nishikori defeated the fifth-seeded Raonic 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-7 (6), 7-5, 6-4 in a match that lasted more than four hours, becoming the first Japanese player in 92 years to reach the final eight in the men's singles tournament.

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California rice grower

SACRAMENTO, United States - Director Kent McKenzie shows how new kinds of California rice are tested for quality at the Rice Experiment Station in Biggs, California, on June 27, 2013. Funded by farmers, the facility develops new rice strains, some of them with Japanese and Japanese American consumers in mind.

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Searching for radiation-resistant rice

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Foreign-originated brands of rice are grown in an experimental rice field at the Fukushima Agricultural Technology Center in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 18, 2011. The research agency has been examining around 110 varieties of rice from inside and outside Japan in the search for strains that absorb less radioactive cesium from soil, following the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

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Rakutan ace Tanaka strains in game vs Lotte

SENDAI, Japan - Rakuten Eagles ace Masahiro Tanaka reacts after striking out Chiba Lotte Marines Saburo Omura in the eighth inning of a game at Kleenex Stadium in Sendai on Aug. 14. Tanaka took his 10th win in his team's 4-3 victory.

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Japan revamps policy to tackle new flu

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Yoichi Masuzoe briefs reporters about a new government policy on battling new strains of influenza during a press conference in Tokyo on May 22.

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Japan revamps policy to tackle new flu

TOKYO, Japan - Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Yoichi Masuzoe briefs reporters about a new government policy on battling new strains of influenza during a press conference in Tokyo on May 22.

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G-8 leaders plant pine trees able to absorb 20% more CO2

TOYAKO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (3rd L) passes a shovel to U.S. President George W. Bush while German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) and French President Nicolas Sarkozy (R of Fukuda) look on as Group of Eight leaders plant a new strain of pine trees at the Windsor Hotel Toya in Toyako, Hokkaido, on July 8. The trees are able to absorb 20 percent more carbon dioxide than traditional strains, experts say. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Classic music used to ferment miso, natto

YAMAGATA, Japan - 'Natto' and miso products are made in Yamagata Prefecture with soy beans fermented to the strains of Mozart and J. S. Bach.

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Plum blossom festival in Kyoto's Kitano Tenman-gu shrine

KYOTO, Japan - The Kitano Tenman-gu shrine, a well-known plum blossom viewing site in Kyoto, holds a plum blossom festival on Feb. 25 with geisha serving tea to visitors. The shrine boasts 2,000 plum trees of 50 strains.

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State lab found to have kept hazardous bacteria in lax manner

TSUKUBA, Japan - Shingo Ichimura (C), an official of the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, apologizes, along with two others, in Tsububa, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Oct. 17 after International Patent Organism Depository, one of its units, was found to have been keeping about 300 strains of biohazard materials in a careless manner against internal regulations.

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Human cells auctioned for first time

TOKYO, Japan - Hideo Okumura, director general of the Japan Human Cell Society, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo late on Oct. 25 to explain the circumstance that led to the first auction of human cells in Japan. The human cells strains, used by Okumura as collateral for loans totaling 120 million yen, were bought in an auction Oct. 26 for 160 million yen by a Tokyo businessman, one of creditors of the loans.

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Tight siege hurts livestock farmers in northern Yemen

STORY: Tight siege hurts livestock farmers in northern Yemen DATELINE: Oct. 1, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:48 LOCATION: HAJJAH, Yemen CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Yemeni farmers taking care of their livestock in Midi district, Hajjah province, northern Yemen 2. various of farmers feeding sheep STORYLINE: Livestock farmers in the Midi district of Hajjah province, northern Yemen, have complained that the siege imposed by the Houthi rebels are making their life worse every day. Midi is held by government forces but besieged by Houthi rebels who control the southern part of the country's northwestern province of Hajjah. The livestock farmers, who already have to deal with soaring prices of fodders and a severe fuel shortage, are under additional strains as a result of the shrinking demand brought by widespread poverty. Moreover, the civil war and the chaos and division it causes have made it difficult for livestock or grain to circulate in the poor Arab country. Yemen has been mired in a ci

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Shipwrights in Lebanon impacted by financial strains

STORY: Shipwrights in Lebanon impacted by financial strains DATELINE: Sept. 30, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:34 LOCATION: Beirut CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of people making boats 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): AHMAD ABBAS 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): KHALIL SENBOL 4. various of people making boats STORYLINE: Ahmad Abbas, a man in his 70's, spends hours producing boats in the southern city of Sidon. Abbas cuts the woods with help from several workers at his workshop and implements a map he had drawn for his boat. "This is a hobby that starts since he is a kid, as it is my case," Abbas told Xinhua. Abbas explained that the new generation is not much interested in this craftsmanship because it is too exhausting. Abbas started with the boat business since he was 5 years old with help from his father. He used to renovate old boats until he was able to build a new boat from scratch at the age of 18. The old man explained to Xinhua that he uses different sizes and types of woods for each part of the boat after havin