Türkiye's homegrown fighter jet conducts maiden test flight

STORY: Türkiye's homegrown fighter jet conducts maiden test flight SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 21, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 22, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:59 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the maiden test flight of Türkiye's homegrown fighter jet KAAN (courtesy of ihlas news agency) STORYLINE: Türkiye's indigenous fighter jet, KAAN, conducted its maiden test flight on Wednesday, the Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) said. To replace the Turkish army's aging F-16 fleet, production of the fifth-generation aircraft, KAAN, which was developed by TAI, began in 2016. In a statement released on Wednesday, the Turkish presidency said Türkiye would become one of the five countries in the world capable of producing the fifth-generation aircraft with the arrival of KAAN. Prior to its test flight, the aircraft has already undergone a number of tests, including ejection seat tests, full-scale static tests, inertia and static tests of control surfaces, landing gear drop tests, avionic system tests in the sys

Raising pigs in a 26-story building in central China

STORY: Raising pigs in a 26-story building in central China DATELINE: Nov. 1, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:18 LOCATION: EZHOU, China CATEGORY: AGRICULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. aerial view of the 26-story pig farm 2. various of interior of the building 3. various of the building's central control system 4. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): JIN LIN, General manager, Zhongxinkaiwei Modern Farming Co. Ltd. 5. various of pigs 6. various of a delivery room 7. various of an elevator 8. aerial view of the building STORYLINE: Can you imagine what a pig farm in the future would be like? A company in Ezhou city, central China's Hubei Province, is raising pigs in a 26-story building. Advanced technologies are adopted and operation is carried out through a central control system. The annual output can reach 600,000 heads of pigs. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): JIN LIN, General manager, Zhongxinkaiwei Modern Farming Co. Ltd. "From the 3rd to 26th floor, water, electricity, methane and ventilation can all be controlled and monitored by the central control sys

China's Tibet still among world's best regions in environment

STORY: China's Tibet still among world's best regions in environment DATELINE: Aug. 4, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:32 LOCATION: LHASA, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of Padkhud Lake, Yamdrok Lake, Drolmalam Lake, mount Qomolangma, mount Gang Rinpoche and Daku Valley 2. various of animals on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau STORYLINE: Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region remains one of the best environmental areas in the world, with local biodiversity and ecosystems remaining stable in 2021, according to a report issued in June. The water quality of major rivers and lakes in Tibet was generally good last year. Surface water in rivers including Yarlung Zangbo River and Lhasa River was graded Class II, and that of the Rongbuk River under Mount Qomolangma reached Class I, said the report released by the regional department of ecology and environment. Tibet has made remarkable achievements in ecological protection and restoration in recent years. It has strengthened the protection of a river source sys

Kosai picked as new tax panel chief, eyes basic study of tax sys

Kosai picked as new tax panel chief, eyes basic study of tax sys

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe address a meeting of the government's tax panel as newly named panel Chairman Yutaka Kosai listens at the prime minister's official residence on Jan. 22. The panel agreed to launch basic research subgroups on Japan's tax system as early as February. (Kyodo)

Kosai picked as new tax panel chief, eyes basic study of tax sys

Kosai picked as new tax panel chief, eyes basic study of tax sys

TOKYO, Japan - Yutaka Kosai, a bureaucrat-turned-economist, speaks at a press conference after being named chairman of the govenment's tax panel on Jan. 22. (Kyodo)

Milos Zeman, Karel Sys

Milos Zeman, Karel Sys

Czech President Milos Zeman (left) bestowed the Medal of Merit on poet, writer and journalist Karel Sys at the ceremony of awarding state orders and medals the 41 personalities on the occasion of the national holiday of the 100th anniversary of Czechoslovakia's establishment at Prague Castle, Prague, Czech Republic, on Sunday, October 28, 2018. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

Japan's coronavirus information-sharing system

Japan's coronavirus information-sharing system

Japanese health minister Katsunobu Kato explains HER-SYS, an integrated coronavirus information-sharing system for public health offices and medical institutions, during a press conference in Tokyo on July 25, 2020. The new system, introduced by the health ministry on May 29, has yet to come into wide use.