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China: Man Survives Night Trapped in Narrow Ice Crevasse in Chengdu

On November 18, 2025, in Chengdu, Sichuan, the video captured the man struggling to pull himself out of a narrow ice crack after an entire night of being stuck inside. The morning light revealed the jagged walls around him as he pushed through the cold and fatigue, inching closer to the surface until he finally managed to escape. He was later taken to a hospital, where doctors confirmed that he had survived the ordeal and was receiving treatment while working toward recovery.

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Russian troops launch massive overnight strike on Kyiv

The icon of Mary, mother of Jesus, survives in the Sviatoshynskyi district after a massive overnight missile and drone attack by Russian troops in the Sviatoshynskyi district, Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 24, 2025. (Photo by Kirill Chubotin/Ukrinform)

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Ethiopia Tigray in Crisis

Displaced women sit knitting in silence at an IDP centre in Adwa, Ethiopia on March 30, 2025. Home to 3,500 people, the centre has seen 40% of its residents go without regular aid even before USAID ended operations. “We knit to pass the time, to distract the mind until we starve,” said 84-year-old Ngsti, who survives by begging in the streets. Photo by Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PM Ishiba Survives Parliament Vote - Tokyo

Lawmakers attend a session at the House of Representatives of the National Diet in Tokyo, Japan, November 11, 2024. Leader of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Shigeru Ishiba was reelected as the country's prime minister on Monday after securing the most votes in both houses of the Japanese Diet. Photo by Zhang Xiaoyu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PM Ishiba Survives Parliament Vote - Tokyo

Shigeru Ishiba greets among congratulations at a session in the House of Representatives of the National Diet in Tokyo, Japan, November 11, 2024. Leader of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Shigeru Ishiba was reelected as the country's prime minister on Monday after securing the most votes in both houses of the Japanese Diet. Photo by Zhang Xiaoyu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PM Ishiba Survives Parliament Vote - Tokyo

Shigeru Ishiba greets among congratulations at a session in the House of Representatives of the National Diet in Tokyo, Japan, November 11, 2024. Leader of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Shigeru Ishiba was reelected as the country's prime minister on Monday after securing the most votes in both houses of the Japanese Diet. Photo by Zhang Xiaoyu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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PM Ishiba Survives Parliament Vote - Tokyo

Lawmakers attend a session at the House of Representatives of the National Diet in Tokyo, Japan, November 11, 2024. Leader of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Shigeru Ishiba was reelected as the country's prime minister on Monday after securing the most votes in both houses of the Japanese Diet. Photo by Zhang Xiaoyu/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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China: Brave Child Calmly Handles And Survives Sudden Elevator Malfunction

On June 11, 2024, in Chongqing, an 11-year-old boy Yuanyuan experienced a terrifying elevator malfunction that caused the elevator to plummet from the ninth floor to the third sub-basement level. Despite the fear-inducing situation, the child remained composed, frantically pressing buttons to try and stabilize the situation. Then he half squatted, clinging his hands to the wall tightly. Because the child usually enjoys watching documentaries and may have picked up some knowledge, he remained calm and carried out self-rescue during the more than one minute he was trapped. Once home safely, the ordeal's impact hit, and the child burst into tears, according to his mother.

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Sheep survives for three years with artificial heart

STORY: Sheep survives for three years with artificial heart SHOOTING TIME: May 23, 2024 DATELINE: May 25, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:12 LOCATION: TIANJIN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the sheep with the third-generation ventricular assist device HeartCon "Rocket Heart" in Tianjin TEDA International Cardiovascular Hospital STORYLINE: A sheep celebrated its three-year survival after the implantation of an artificial heart in China's Tianjin. Three years ago, the sheep was successfully implanted with a China-developed ventricular assist device. Up to now, the sheep has set a record for the longest survival of such animal experiments in China. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Tianjin, China. (XHTV)

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3yo Kherson girl survives after Russian mine shrapnel extracted from her heart

KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 28, 2023 - Heart Institute CEO Boris Todurov, Valerii and his granddaughter Miia, 3, who recovers from a surgery that saw a fragment of a Russian mine extracted from her heart, are pictured during a press conference with the team of doctors of the Heart Institute involved in the rescue of the girl, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. In the morning of November 19, three-year-old Miia Trishkina was wounded in a Russian shelling of Kherson, southern Ukraine. The girl was diagnosed with blast and traumatic brain injuries, multiple shrapnel wounds, penetrating chest wound, general and lung contusion. Miia had been transported to Kyiv where doctors removed a piece of a Russian mine from her heart on November 23.

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3yo Kherson girl survives after Russian mine shrapnel extracted from her heart

KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 28, 2023 - Head of the Pediatric Surgery Department of the Heart Institute Vasyl Karpenko visits Miia, 3, who recovers from a surgery that saw a fragment of a Russian mine extracted from her heart, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. In the morning of November 19, three-year-old Miia Trishkina was wounded in a Russian shelling of Kherson, southern Ukraine. The girl was diagnosed with blast and traumatic brain injuries, multiple shrapnel wounds, penetrating chest wound, general and lung contusion. Miia had been transported to Kyiv where doctors removed a piece of a Russian mine from her heart on November 23.

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3yo Kherson girl survives after Russian mine shrapnel extracted from her heart

KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 28, 2023 - Grandfather Valerii holds his granddaughter Miia, 3, who recovers from a surgery that saw a fragment of a Russian mine extracted from her heart, during a press conference with the team of doctors of the Heart Institute who were involved in her rescue, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. In the morning of November 19, three-year-old Miia Trishkina was wounded in a Russian shelling of Kherson, southern Ukraine. The girl was diagnosed with blast and traumatic brain injuries, multiple shrapnel wounds, penetrating chest wound, general and lung contusion. Miia had been transported to Kyiv where doctors removed a piece of a Russian mine from her heart on November 23.

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3yo Kherson girl survives after Russian mine shrapnel extracted from her heart

KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 28, 2023 - Heart Institute CEO Boris Todurov (2nd R), Valerii and his granddaughter Miia, 3, who recovers from a surgery that saw a fragment of a Russian mine extracted from her heart, are pictured during a press conference with the team of doctors of the Heart Institute involved in the rescue of the girl, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. In the morning of November 19, three-year-old Miia Trishkina was wounded in a Russian shelling of Kherson, southern Ukraine. The girl was diagnosed with blast and traumatic brain injuries, multiple shrapnel wounds, penetrating chest wound, general and lung contusion. Miia had been transported to Kyiv where doctors removed a piece of a Russian mine from her heart on November 23.

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3yo Kherson girl survives after Russian mine shrapnel extracted from her heart

KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 28, 2023 - Grandfather Valerii holds his granddaughter Miia, 3, who recovers from a surgery that saw a fragment of a Russian mine extracted from her heart, during a press conference with the team of doctors of the Heart Institute who were involved in her rescue, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. In the morning of November 19, three-year-old Miia Trishkina was wounded in a Russian shelling of Kherson, southern Ukraine. The girl was diagnosed with blast and traumatic brain injuries, multiple shrapnel wounds, penetrating chest wound, general and lung contusion. Miia had been transported to Kyiv where doctors removed a piece of a Russian mine from her heart on November 23.

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3yo Kherson girl survives after Russian mine shrapnel extracted from her heart

KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 28, 2023 - Grandfather Valerii holds his granddaughter Miia, 3, who recovers from a surgery that saw a fragment of a Russian mine extracted from her heart, during a press conference with the team of doctors of the Heart Institute who were involved in her rescue, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. In the morning of November 19, three-year-old Miia Trishkina was wounded in a Russian shelling of Kherson, southern Ukraine. The girl was diagnosed with blast and traumatic brain injuries, multiple shrapnel wounds, penetrating chest wound, general and lung contusion. Miia had been transported to Kyiv where doctors removed a piece of a Russian mine from her heart on November 23.

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3yo Kherson girl survives after Russian mine shrapnel extracted from her heart

KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 28, 2023 - Grandfather Valerii holds his granddaughter Miia, 3, who recovers from a surgery that saw a fragment of a Russian mine extracted from her heart, stay in the ward at the Heart Institute, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. In the morning of November 19, three-year-old Miia Trishkina was wounded in a Russian shelling of Kherson, southern Ukraine. The girl was diagnosed with blast and traumatic brain injuries, multiple shrapnel wounds, penetrating chest wound, general and lung contusion. Miia had been transported to Kyiv where doctors removed a piece of a Russian mine from her heart on November 23.

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3yo Kherson girl survives after Russian mine shrapnel extracted from her heart

KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 28, 2023 - Heart Institute CEO Boris Todurov attends a press conference with the team of doctors who took part in the rescue of Miia, 3, who recovers from a surgery that saw a fragment of a Russian mine extracted from her heart, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. In the morning of November 19, three-year-old Miia Trishkina was wounded in a Russian shelling of Kherson, southern Ukraine. The girl was diagnosed with blast and traumatic brain injuries, multiple shrapnel wounds, penetrating chest wound, general and lung contusion. Miia had been transported to Kyiv where doctors removed a piece of a Russian mine from her heart on November 23.

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3yo Kherson girl survives after Russian mine shrapnel extracted from her heart

KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 28, 2023 - Grandfather Valerii holds his granddaughter Miia, 3, who recovers from a surgery that saw a fragment of a Russian mine extracted from her heart, during a press conference with the team of doctors of the Heart Institute who were involved in her rescue, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. In the morning of November 19, three-year-old Miia Trishkina was wounded in a Russian shelling of Kherson, southern Ukraine. The girl was diagnosed with blast and traumatic brain injuries, multiple shrapnel wounds, penetrating chest wound, general and lung contusion. Miia had been transported to Kyiv where doctors removed a piece of a Russian mine from her heart on November 23.

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3yo Kherson girl survives after Russian mine shrapnel extracted from her heart

KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 28, 2023 - Three-year-old Miia from Kherson, who recovers from a surgery that saw a fragment of a Russian mine extracted from her heart, looks at presents in the ward at the Heart Institute, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. In the morning of November 19, three-year-old Miia Trishkina was wounded in a Russian shelling of Kherson, southern Ukraine. The girl was diagnosed with blast and traumatic brain injuries, multiple shrapnel wounds, penetrating chest wound, general and lung contusion. Miia had been transported to Kyiv where doctors removed a piece of a Russian mine from her heart on November 23.

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3yo Kherson girl survives after Russian mine shrapnel extracted from her heart

KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 28, 2023 - Grandfather Valerii holds his granddaughter Miia, 3, who recovers from a surgery that saw a fragment of a Russian mine extracted from her heart, stay in the ward at the Heart Institute, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. In the morning of November 19, three-year-old Miia Trishkina was wounded in a Russian shelling of Kherson, southern Ukraine. The girl was diagnosed with blast and traumatic brain injuries, multiple shrapnel wounds, penetrating chest wound, general and lung contusion. Miia had been transported to Kyiv where doctors removed a piece of a Russian mine from her heart on November 23.

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3yo Kherson girl survives after Russian mine shrapnel extracted from her heart

KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 28, 2023 - Grandfather Valerii holds his granddaughter Miia, 3, who recovers from a surgery that saw a fragment of a Russian mine extracted from her heart, during a press conference with the team of doctors of the Heart Institute who were involved in her rescue, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. In the morning of November 19, three-year-old Miia Trishkina was wounded in a Russian shelling of Kherson, southern Ukraine. The girl was diagnosed with blast and traumatic brain injuries, multiple shrapnel wounds, penetrating chest wound, general and lung contusion. Miia had been transported to Kyiv where doctors removed a piece of a Russian mine from her heart on November 23.

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3yo Kherson girl survives after Russian mine shrapnel extracted from her heart

KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 28, 2023 - Head of the Pediatric Surgery Department of the Heart Institute Vasyl Karpenko attends a press conference with the team of doctors who took part in the rescue of Miia, 3, who recovers from a surgery that saw a fragment of a Russian mine extracted from her heart, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. In the morning of November 19, three-year-old Miia Trishkina was wounded in a Russian shelling of Kherson, southern Ukraine. The girl was diagnosed with blast and traumatic brain injuries, multiple shrapnel wounds, penetrating chest wound, general and lung contusion. Miia had been transported to Kyiv where doctors removed a piece of a Russian mine from her heart on November 23.

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3yo Kherson girl survives after Russian mine shrapnel extracted from her heart

KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 28, 2023 - Heart Institute CEO Boris Todurov attends a press conference with the team of doctors who took part in the rescue of Miia, 3, who recovers from a surgery that saw a fragment of a Russian mine extracted from her heart, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. In the morning of November 19, three-year-old Miia Trishkina was wounded in a Russian shelling of Kherson, southern Ukraine. The girl was diagnosed with blast and traumatic brain injuries, multiple shrapnel wounds, penetrating chest wound, general and lung contusion. Miia had been transported to Kyiv where doctors removed a piece of a Russian mine from her heart on November 23.

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3yo Kherson girl survives after Russian mine shrapnel extracted from her heart

KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 28, 2023 - Grandfather Valerii holds his granddaughter Miia, 3, who recovers from a surgery that saw a fragment of a Russian mine extracted from her heart, during a press conference with the team of doctors of the Heart Institute who were involved in her rescue, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. In the morning of November 19, three-year-old Miia Trishkina was wounded in a Russian shelling of Kherson, southern Ukraine. The girl was diagnosed with blast and traumatic brain injuries, multiple shrapnel wounds, penetrating chest wound, general and lung contusion. Miia had been transported to Kyiv where doctors removed a piece of a Russian mine from her heart on November 23.

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3yo Kherson girl survives after Russian mine shrapnel extracted from her heart

KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 28, 2023 - Grandfather Valerii holds his granddaughter Miia, 3, who recovers from a surgery that saw a fragment of a Russian mine extracted from her heart, during a press conference with the team of doctors of the Heart Institute who were involved in her rescue, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. In the morning of November 19, three-year-old Miia Trishkina was wounded in a Russian shelling of Kherson, southern Ukraine. The girl was diagnosed with blast and traumatic brain injuries, multiple shrapnel wounds, penetrating chest wound, general and lung contusion. Miia had been transported to Kyiv where doctors removed a piece of a Russian mine from her heart on November 23.

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3yo Kherson girl survives after Russian mine shrapnel extracted from her heart

KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 28, 2023 - Grandfather Valerii holds his granddaughter Miia, 3, who recovers from a surgery that saw a fragment of a Russian mine extracted from her heart, stay in the ward at the Heart Institute, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. In the morning of November 19, three-year-old Miia Trishkina was wounded in a Russian shelling of Kherson, southern Ukraine. The girl was diagnosed with blast and traumatic brain injuries, multiple shrapnel wounds, penetrating chest wound, general and lung contusion. Miia had been transported to Kyiv where doctors removed a piece of a Russian mine from her heart on November 23.

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3yo Kherson girl survives after Russian mine shrapnel extracted from her heart

KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 28, 2023 - Grandfather Valerii holds his granddaughter Miia, 3, who recovers from a surgery that saw a fragment of a Russian mine extracted from her heart, stay in the ward at the Heart Institute, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. In the morning of November 19, three-year-old Miia Trishkina was wounded in a Russian shelling of Kherson, southern Ukraine. The girl was diagnosed with blast and traumatic brain injuries, multiple shrapnel wounds, penetrating chest wound, general and lung contusion. Miia had been transported to Kyiv where doctors removed a piece of a Russian mine from her heart on November 23.

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3yo Kherson girl survives after Russian mine shrapnel extracted from her heart

KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 28, 2023 - Heart Institute CEO Boris Todurov shows a fragment of a Russian mine extracted from the heart of Miia, 3, during a press conference with the team of doctors, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. In the morning of November 19, three-year-old Miia Trishkina was wounded in a Russian shelling of Kherson, southern Ukraine. The girl was diagnosed with blast and traumatic brain injuries, multiple shrapnel wounds, penetrating chest wound, general and lung contusion. Miia had been transported to Kyiv where doctors removed a piece of a Russian mine from her heart on November 23.

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3yo Kherson girl survives after Russian mine shrapnel extracted from her heart

KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 28, 2023 - Heart Institute CEO Boris Todurov (R), Valerii and his granddaughter Miia, 3, who recovers from a surgery that saw a fragment of a Russian mine extracted from her heart, are pictured during a press conference with the team of doctors of the Heart Institute involved in the rescue of the girl, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. In the morning of November 19, three-year-old Miia Trishkina was wounded in a Russian shelling of Kherson, southern Ukraine. The girl was diagnosed with blast and traumatic brain injuries, multiple shrapnel wounds, penetrating chest wound, general and lung contusion. Miia had been transported to Kyiv where doctors removed a piece of a Russian mine from her heart on November 23.

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3yo Kherson girl survives after Russian mine shrapnel extracted from her heart

KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 28, 2023 - Graffiti covers the fence outside the Heart Institute of the Ukrainian Health Ministry, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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3yo Kherson girl survives after Russian mine shrapnel extracted from her heart

KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 28, 2023 - Heart Institute CEO Boris Todurov attends a press conference with the team of doctors who took part in the rescue of Miia, 3, who recovers from a surgery that saw a fragment of a Russian mine extracted from her heart, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. In the morning of November 19, three-year-old Miia Trishkina was wounded in a Russian shelling of Kherson, southern Ukraine. The girl was diagnosed with blast and traumatic brain injuries, multiple shrapnel wounds, penetrating chest wound, general and lung contusion. Miia had been transported to Kyiv where doctors removed a piece of a Russian mine from her heart on November 23.

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3yo Kherson girl survives after Russian mine shrapnel extracted from her heart

KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 28, 2023 - Grandfather Valerii holds his granddaughter Miia, 3, who recovers from a surgery that saw a fragment of a Russian mine extracted from her heart, during a press conference with the team of doctors of the Heart Institute who were involved in her rescue, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. In the morning of November 19, three-year-old Miia Trishkina was wounded in a Russian shelling of Kherson, southern Ukraine. The girl was diagnosed with blast and traumatic brain injuries, multiple shrapnel wounds, penetrating chest wound, general and lung contusion. Miia had been transported to Kyiv where doctors removed a piece of a Russian mine from her heart on November 23.

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3yo Kherson girl survives after Russian mine shrapnel extracted from her heart

KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 28, 2023 - Grandfather Valerii holds his granddaughter Miia, 3, who recovers from a surgery that saw a fragment of a Russian mine extracted from her heart, during a press conference with the team of doctors of the Heart Institute who were involved in her rescue, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. In the morning of November 19, three-year-old Miia Trishkina was wounded in a Russian shelling of Kherson, southern Ukraine. The girl was diagnosed with blast and traumatic brain injuries, multiple shrapnel wounds, penetrating chest wound, general and lung contusion. Miia had been transported to Kyiv where doctors removed a piece of a Russian mine from her heart on November 23.

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3yo Kherson girl survives after Russian mine shrapnel extracted from her heart

KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 28, 2023 - Graffiti covers the fence outside the Heart Institute of the Ukrainian Health Ministry, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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3yo Kherson girl survives after Russian mine shrapnel extracted from her heart

KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 28, 2023 - Heart Institute CEO Boris Todurov attends a press conference with the team of doctors who took part in the rescue of Miia, 3, who recovers from a surgery that saw a fragment of a Russian mine extracted from her heart, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. In the morning of November 19, three-year-old Miia Trishkina was wounded in a Russian shelling of Kherson, southern Ukraine. The girl was diagnosed with blast and traumatic brain injuries, multiple shrapnel wounds, penetrating chest wound, general and lung contusion. Miia had been transported to Kyiv where doctors removed a piece of a Russian mine from her heart on November 23.

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3yo Kherson girl survives after Russian mine shrapnel extracted from her heart

KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 28, 2023 - Grandfather Valerii holds his granddaughter Miia, 3, who recovers from a surgery that saw a fragment of a Russian mine extracted from her heart, stay in the ward at the Heart Institute, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. In the morning of November 19, three-year-old Miia Trishkina was wounded in a Russian shelling of Kherson, southern Ukraine. The girl was diagnosed with blast and traumatic brain injuries, multiple shrapnel wounds, penetrating chest wound, general and lung contusion. Miia had been transported to Kyiv where doctors removed a piece of a Russian mine from her heart on November 23.

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3yo Kherson girl survives after Russian mine shrapnel extracted from her heart

KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 28, 2023 - Grandfather Valerii holds his granddaughter Miia, 3, who recovers from a surgery that saw a fragment of a Russian mine extracted from her heart, during a press conference with the team of doctors of the Heart Institute who were involved in her rescue, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. In the morning of November 19, three-year-old Miia Trishkina was wounded in a Russian shelling of Kherson, southern Ukraine. The girl was diagnosed with blast and traumatic brain injuries, multiple shrapnel wounds, penetrating chest wound, general and lung contusion. Miia had been transported to Kyiv where doctors removed a piece of a Russian mine from her heart on November 23.

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3yo Kherson girl survives after Russian mine shrapnel extracted from her heart

KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 28, 2023 - Heart Institute CEO Boris Todurov shows a fragment of a Russian mine extracted from the heart of Miia, 3, during a press conference with the team of doctors, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. In the morning of November 19, three-year-old Miia Trishkina was wounded in a Russian shelling of Kherson, southern Ukraine. The girl was diagnosed with blast and traumatic brain injuries, multiple shrapnel wounds, penetrating chest wound, general and lung contusion. Miia had been transported to Kyiv where doctors removed a piece of a Russian mine from her heart on November 23.

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3yo Kherson girl survives after Russian mine shrapnel extracted from her heart

KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 28, 2023 - Heart Institute CEO Boris Todurov (R) gives presents to Miia, 3, who recovers from a surgery that saw a fragment of a Russian mine extracted from her heart, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. In the morning of November 19, three-year-old Miia Trishkina was wounded in a Russian shelling of Kherson, southern Ukraine. The girl was diagnosed with blast and traumatic brain injuries, multiple shrapnel wounds, penetrating chest wound, general and lung contusion. Miia had been transported to Kyiv where doctors removed a piece of a Russian mine from her heart on November 23.

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3yo Kherson girl survives after Russian mine shrapnel extracted from her heart

KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 28, 2023 - Graffiti covers the fence outside the Heart Institute of the Ukrainian Health Ministry, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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3yo Kherson girl survives after Russian mine shrapnel extracted from her heart

KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 28, 2023 - Heart Institute CEO Boris Todurov shows a fragment of a Russian mine extracted from the heart of Miia, 3, during a press conference with the team of doctors, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. In the morning of November 19, three-year-old Miia Trishkina was wounded in a Russian shelling of Kherson, southern Ukraine. The girl was diagnosed with blast and traumatic brain injuries, multiple shrapnel wounds, penetrating chest wound, general and lung contusion. Miia had been transported to Kyiv where doctors removed a piece of a Russian mine from her heart on November 23.

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Centennial restaurant in Algeria survives demolition thanks to Chinese company's adjustments to highway project

STORY: Centennial restaurant in Algeria survives demolition thanks to Chinese company's adjustments to highway project SHOOTING TIME: Recent footage DATELINE: Nov. 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:04:17 LOCATION: Algiers CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Monkey Creek restaurant 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): EMBAREK NADJEM, Owner of Monkey Creek restaurant 3. various of the North-South Highway STORYLINE: Nestled 60 km south of Algeria's capital Algiers, the renowned Monkey Creek restaurant in Chiffa Gorge boasts a long history of a century and more. A photo wall inside showcases famous personalities, including Napoleon III, Prince Philip, and former Algerian leaders who visited the site. However, the centerpiece is a Chinese sign that reads "Huan Ying Guang Lin" (welcome). Owner Embarek Nadjem revealed that the restaurant, established in 1850, derives its name from the adjacent creek and Barbary macaques that inhabit the area. Originally a post house for Atlas Mountains travelers, it evolved into a tourist hots

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French gov't survives no-confidence vote, pension reform bill adopted

STORY: French gov't survives no-confidence vote, pension reform bill adopted DATELINE: March 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:50 LOCATION: Paris CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of French National Assembly 2. various of protesters against pension reform 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (French): Local resident 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (French): Local resident 5. various of protesters against pension reform STORYLINE: Two no-confidence motions against the French government failed to convince a majority in the National Assembly after hot debates followed by narrow votes on Monday afternoon. It means the government's unpopular pension reform bill is considered as adopted without vote in the lower house of Parliament. French President Emmanuel Macron now has 15 days to enact the law. The first multiparty motion, filed by the centrist opposition group LIOT, gained 278 votes among the deputies, only nine votes short of the 287 required to topple Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne's government. The second motion, tabled by the far-right Nat

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Hakuho survives 5th-day scare at New Year sumo tourney

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna (grand champion) Hakuho of Mongolia (L) narrowly forces second-ranked maegashira Ikioi out of the ring on the fifth day of the 15-day New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Jan. 15, 2015. Hakuho, who is tied with legendary yokozuna Taiho for the most career championships at 32, remains unbeaten.

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Olympus survives as publicly traded company

TOKYO, Japan - Makoto Minoguchi, official of Tokyo Stock Exchange Group Inc., speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 20, 2012. He said the bourse has decided not to delist Olympus Corp. despite the camera and medical equipment maker's accounting fraud.

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Kan survives no-confidence motion

OSAKA, Japan - A man watches TV screens reporting that a no-confidence motion submitted by opposition parties against Prime Minister Naoto Kan's Cabinet has been rejected by parliament, at an electronics store in Osaka on June 2, 2011.

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Kan survives no-confidence motion

TOKYO, Japan - Lawmakers cast their votes on a no-confidence motion submitted by opposition parties against Prime Minister Naoto Kan's Cabinet in the lower house of parliament on June 2, 2011. The motion was rejected after Kan announced his intention to step down once certain progress is made in containing a nuclear crisis and reconstructing the country after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Kan survives no-confidence vote

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) bows after the House of Representatives votes down an opposition-proposed no-confidence motion against him during a plenary session in the Diet building in Tokyo on June 2, 2011.

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Monument for poet Miyazawa survives tsunami

TANOHATA, Japan - A monument engraved with a poem by well-known writer Kenji Miyazawa stands amid rubble in the village of Tanohata, Iwate Prefecture, on April 22, 2011. The monument was erected in 1997 in front of Sanriku Railway Co.'s Shimanokoshi Station, which was washed away by the March 11 tsunami.

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Shinto shrine gate survives tsunami

KESENNUMA, Japan - Piles of debris lie in front a Shinto shrine gate, which survived a massive tsunami that hit the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 17, 2011, after Japan's strongest recorded earthquake struck the area on March 11.