UN hands over vessel to Houthis as oil transfer of decaying tanker set to start

STORY: UN hands over vessel to Houthis as oil transfer of decaying tanker set to start DATELINE: July 18, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:37 LOCATION: HODEIDAH, Yemen CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a UN team doing preparation work on FSO Safer 2. various of the Nautica tanker arriving at the site of FSO Safer STORYLINE: The United Nations delivered a replacement vessel to Yemen's Houthi group on Monday as part of an urgent mission to avert a potential oil spill from the decaying Safer tanker off Yemen's western coast. The handover ceremony took place aboard the Nautica, the replacement tanker chartered by the UN in March that arrived at the location of the Safer on Sunday. During the ceremony, which was attended by UN officials and representatives from the Houthi authorities, the tanker was officially renamed the Yemen. A team employed by the UN will start the transfer of approximately 1.14 million barrels of crude oil from the Safer to Yemen in the coming days. The Safer, originally constructed as a supe

Shopping festival held in China's Nanning to promote Thai products

STORY: Shopping festival held in China's Nanning to promote Thai products DATELINE: July 19, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:28 LOCATION: NANNING, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Thai products 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHONG XIAOLI, Nanning resident 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LI WENQING, Manager of a supermarket in Nanning 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Thai): WANLADA RATANAPANICH, Commercial consul with Thai Consulate-General in Nanning STORYLINE: The "Thailand Carnival - 2022 Thailand Shopping Festival" is being held in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Thai Consulate-General in Nanning joins hands with local supermarkets and commercial companies to promote Thai products. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHONG XIAOLI, Nanning resident "When I heard that there're many Thai products, I came here immediately after work. I often eat Thai food. I have traveled to Thailand. I like their customs. We love their sweet-and-sour cuisines very much." SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LI WENQING, Manager of a supe