MYANMAR-HPAKANT-JADE MINE-COLLAPSE

MYANMAR-HPAKANT-JADE MINE-COLLAPSE

(240312) -- HPAKANT, March 12, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on March 12, 2024 shows the site of a tailing pond collapse at a jade mine in Hpakant township of northern Myanmar's Kachin state. One person was killed and four others injured in this accident which occurred on Tuesday morning, local police said. (Str/Xinhua)

MYANMAR-HPAKANT-JADE MINE-COLLAPSE

MYANMAR-HPAKANT-JADE MINE-COLLAPSE

(240312) -- HPAKANT, March 12, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People gather around the site of a tailing pond collapse at a jade mine in Hpakant township of northern Myanmar's Kachin state, March 12, 2024. One person was killed and four others injured in this accident which occurred on Tuesday morning, local police said. (Str/Xinhua)

MYANMAR-HPAKANT-JADE MINE-COLLAPSE

MYANMAR-HPAKANT-JADE MINE-COLLAPSE

(240312) -- HPAKANT, March 12, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on March 12, 2024 shows the site of a tailing pond collapse at a jade mine in Hpakant township of northern Myanmar's Kachin state. One person was killed and four others injured in this accident which occurred on Tuesday morning, local police said. (Str/Xinhua)

MYANMAR-HPAKANT-JADE MINE-COLLAPSE

MYANMAR-HPAKANT-JADE MINE-COLLAPSE

(240312) -- HPAKANT, March 12, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on March 12, 2024 shows the site of a tailing pond collapse at a jade mine in Hpakant township of northern Myanmar's Kachin state. One person was killed and four others injured in this accident which occurred on Tuesday morning, local police said. (Str/Xinhua)

1 killed, 4 injured in jade mine collapse in northern Myanmar

STORY: 1 killed, 4 injured in jade mine collapse in northern Myanmar SHOOTING TIME: March 12, 2024 DATELINE: March 12, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:21 LOCATION: YANGON, Myanmar CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of landslide site at a jade mine STORYLINE: One person was killed and four others injured in a tailing pond collapse at a jade mine in Hpakant township of northern Myanmar's Kachin state on Tuesday morning, local police said. Local police and residents told Xinhua that due to hazardous conditions at the site, rescue efforts have been suspended in the afternoon. An official from Kayunar Rescue Organization in Hpakant township said that their team was working at the scene, and one dead body was found and four others sustained serious injuries. They halted the rescue efforts in the afternoon due to high risk associated with the site, the official added. According to local residents, approximately 30 people have been missing following the accident. The accident occurred at around 5 a.m. lo

Syrian calligrapher strives to keep handwritten art alive after computers take over

STORY: Syrian calligrapher strives to keep handwritten art alive after computers take over DATELINE: Sept. 24, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:33 LOCATION: Damascus CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1 various of Haitham Kattan doing calligraphy works 2 SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): HAITHAM KATTAN, Syrian calligrapher 3 SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): HAITHAM KATTAN, Syrian calligrapher STORYLINE: Computer technology has made life mostly easier, but not for Syrian calligraphers, as the popularity of digital printing has endangered their profession of handwriting signage for local businesses. Haitham Kattan, a 73-year-old calligrapher from Damascus, is one of the craftsmen whose long-lived artwork has been taken over by digital graphics. He is one of the very few people still practicing calligraphy, which used to be a bread-earning profession. Over the past 55 years, Kattan's signature has been seen tailing most shop banners, before digital printing, which is easy to use and inexpensive, started to prevail, making handmade calligraphy f