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Awarding Ceremony for the F1 Mexico Grand Prix - Mexico City

Awarding Ceremony for the F1 Mexico Grand Prix - Mexico City

First-placed McLaren's British driver Lando Norris (2nd R), second-placed Ferrari's Monegasque driver Charles Leclerc (1st L) and third-placed Red Bull's Dutch driver Max Verstappen (1st R) pose with McLaren's British engineer Will Joseph during the awarding ceremony for the Formula One Mexico Grand Prix at the Hermanos Rodriguez Circuit in Mexico City, Mexico, Oct. 26, 2025. Photoby Song Haiyuan Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Awarding Ceremony for the F1 Mexico Grand Prix - Mexico City

Awarding Ceremony for the F1 Mexico Grand Prix - Mexico City

First-placed McLaren's British driver Lando Norris (2nd R), second-placed Ferrari's Monegasque driver Charles Leclerc (1st L) and third-placed Red Bull's Dutch driver Max Verstappen (1st R) pose with McLaren's British engineer Will Joseph during the awarding ceremony for the Formula One Mexico Grand Prix at the Hermanos Rodriguez Circuit in Mexico City, Mexico, Oct. 26, 2025. Photoby Song Haiyuan Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Awarding Ceremony for the F1 Mexico Grand Prix - Mexico City

Awarding Ceremony for the F1 Mexico Grand Prix - Mexico City

First-placed McLaren's British driver Lando Norris (2nd R), second-placed Ferrari's Monegasque driver Charles Leclerc (1st L) and third-placed Red Bull's Dutch driver Max Verstappen (1st R) pose with McLaren's British engineer Will Joseph during the awarding ceremony for the Formula One Mexico Grand Prix at the Hermanos Rodriguez Circuit in Mexico City, Mexico, Oct. 26, 2025. Photo by Li Mengxin Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Formula One Canadian Grand Prix - Montreal

Formula One Canadian Grand Prix - Montreal

Winner Mercedes driver George Russell, of the United Kingdom, looks on as second place Red Bull Racing driver Max Verstappen, of the Netherlands, sprays champagne at Mercedes performance engineer Katsu Kuwahara and third place Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli, of Italy, following Formula One auto racing at the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal, Sunday, June 15, 2025. Photo by Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Formula One Canadian Grand Prix - Montreal

Formula One Canadian Grand Prix - Montreal

Second place Red Bull Racing driver Max Verstappen, of the Netherlands, left to right, winner Mercedes driver George Russell, of the United Kingdom, and his team's performance engineer Katsu Kuwahara watch as third place Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli, of Italy, douses himself with champagne following Formula One auto racing at the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal, Sunday, June 15, 2025. Photo by Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Formula One Canadian Grand Prix - Montreal

Formula One Canadian Grand Prix - Montreal

Third place Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli of Italy, right douses himself with champagne beside the team's performance engineer Katsu Kuwahara following Formula One auto racing at the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal, Sunday, June 15, 2025. Photo by Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan Car of the Year 2024-2025 Finalists

Japan Car of the Year 2024-2025 Finalists

Japan Car of the Year 2024-2025, Final Round. The photo shows the Honda Freed, winner of the Japan Car of the Year 2024-2025, with Satoru Azumi, Senior Chief Engineer, LPL, BEV Development Center, Honda Electric Business Development Division (third from right) and Honda officials.=December 5,2024,Yokohama City, Kanagawa

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Carlos Sainz Jr Wins F1 Grand Prix - Mexico

Carlos Sainz Jr Wins F1 Grand Prix - Mexico

First placed Ferrari's Spanish driver Carlos Sainz (2nd L), second placed McLaren's British driver Lando Norris (1st L), third placed Ferrari's Monegasque driver Charles Leclerc (2nd R) and Ferrari's race engineer Riccardo Adami pose during the awarding ceremony after the Formula One Mexico Grand Prix at the Hermanos Rodriguez Circuit in Mexico City, Mexico on October 27, 2024. Photo by Li Mengxin/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-BEIJING-SCIENCE-SEMICONDUCTOR-TANKEBLUE (CN)

CHINA-BEIJING-SCIENCE-SEMICONDUCTOR-TANKEBLUE (CN)

(240608) -- BEIJING, June 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Yang Jian (R) poses for a group photo with researcher Chen Xiaolong (C) and engineer Wang Wenjun, both experts from the Institute of Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in Beijing, capital of China, May 24, 2024. In 2006, Yang Jian, the entrepreneurial team leader, founded TankeBlue Semiconductor Co., Ltd., in close cooperation with a research team of the Institute of Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The company now takes the lead in China in the research and development, manufacture and sales of the third generation of semiconductor SiC (silicon carbide) substrates. After 18 years of development, the company has up to now owned seven core technology systems with independent intellectual property rights, covering the whole SiC integrated industrial chain. It has formed a large-scale business layout consisting of a research center, three wholly-owned subsidiaries and a holding subsidiary. Silicon carbide substrate is the id

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CHINA-BEIJING-SCIENCE-SEMICONDUCTOR-TANKEBLUE (CN)

CHINA-BEIJING-SCIENCE-SEMICONDUCTOR-TANKEBLUE (CN)

(240608) -- BEIJING, June 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Yang Jian (R) poses for a group photo with researcher Chen Xiaolong (C) and engineer Wang Wenjun, both experts from the Institute of Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in Beijing, capital of China, May 24, 2024. In 2006, Yang Jian, the entrepreneurial team leader, founded TankeBlue Semiconductor Co., Ltd., in close cooperation with a research team of the Institute of Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The company now takes the lead in China in the research and development, manufacture and sales of the third generation of semiconductor SiC (silicon carbide) substrates. After 18 years of development, the company has up to now owned seven core technology systems with independent intellectual property rights, covering the whole SiC integrated industrial chain. It has formed a large-scale business layout consisting of a research center, three wholly-owned subsidiaries and a holding subsidiary. Silicon carbide substrate is the ideal material for

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Work on Chinese-built airport for Cambodian capital in full swing

STORY: Work on Chinese-built airport for Cambodian capital in full swing SHOOTING TIME: March 12, 2024 DATELINE: March 13, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:13 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Chinese-built new Phnom Penh international airport 2. SOUNDBITE (English): EL SETHSOVATHA, Site engineer at Techo International Airport project STORYLINE: Some 66.1 percent of the construction work on a Chinese-built new Phnom Penh international airport, officially known as the Techo International Airport, has been completed so far, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet said on Tuesday. Invested by the Cambodia Airport Investment Co., Ltd, the 1.5-billion-U.S. dollar airport is being constructed by the China Construction Third Engineering Bureau Group Co., Ltd. on an area of 2,600 hectares, about 20 km from the capital Phnom Penh. It will be capable of handling 13 million passengers a year in the first phase, 30 million passengers in the second phase after 2030, and up to 50 million passengers in 2050 i

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(SP)BAHRAIN-SAKHIR-FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX-FINAL

(SP)BAHRAIN-SAKHIR-FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX-FINAL

(240303) -- SAKHIR, March 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- First-placed Red Bull Racing's driver Max Verstappen (2nd L) of the Netherlands poses for photos with Red Bull team engineer Tom Hart (2nd R), second-placed Red Bull Racing's driver Sergio Perez (1st L) of Mexico and third-placed Ferrari's Carlos Sainz Jr of Spain during the awarding ceremony for the Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain, on March 2, 2024. (Photo by Qian Jun/Xinhua)

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Turkish inflation keeps rising, adding burden to ordinary Turks

STORY: Turkish inflation keeps rising, adding burden to ordinary Turks DATELINE: Oct. 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:12 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of people on the streets 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): HASAN DENIZ ARPACI, Unemployed mechanical engineer 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Turkish): OZAN SENOL, Student STORYLINE: According to the Turkish Statistical Institute, Türkiye's annual inflation rate rose to 61.53 percent in Sept., climbing for a third straight month since it started to slide from Oct. last year. Due to runaway inflation, Turks are often on a bargain hunt for deals. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): HASAN DENIZ ARPACI, Unemployed mechanical engineer "We have to juggle between several stores to find cheaper goods but then risk spending more transport fares. I don't see a bright future ahead of us. This high inflation will create high unemployment, impact further the economy in a negative way, and create social problems. Inflation has impacted everyone." SOUNDBITE 2 (Turkish): OZAN SENOL, Student

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Skyscraper building machine builds a floor within days

STORY: Skyscraper building machine builds a floor within days DATELINE: June 30, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:15 LOCATION: WUHAN, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the construction site 2. various of workers 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LI JIN, China Construction Third Engineering Bureau Co., Ltd. 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): YANG JU, Engineer STORYLINE: In June, a new generation of skyscraper building machines developed by China Construction Third Engineering Bureau Co., Ltd. was put into use in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province. With the rise of the mighty machine, a building with a design height of about 270 meters in the core business district along the Yangtze River in the city is gradually taking shape. There is an assembly line inside the machine, which can help workers complete steel column hoisting, steel bar binding, formwork support, concrete pouring and other construction works layer by layer. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LI JIN, China Construction Third Engineering Bureau Co., Ltd

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Türkiye gears for runoff presidential election

STORY: Türkiye gears for runoff presidential election DATELINE: May 24, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:21 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of people on the streets in Türkiye 2. various of the presidential election in Türkiye 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): REMZI KARAOGUZ, Pensioner 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Turkish): ZIYA DERYA, Electrical engineer STORYLINE: Türkiye's landmark presidential election is heading for a runoff, with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan predicted to have a clearer edge in the upcoming showdown against Kemal Kilicdaroglu, after a third-place candidate said he would endorse the incumbent president. This is the first time Erdogan faces a second-round runoff vote as a presidential candidate, as none of the three candidates garnered more than 50 percent of votes needed to call a winner in the first round on May 14. Pre-election opinion polls gave a winning percentage to the opposition alliance led by Kilicdaroglu, but the scale seems to be tilting toward Erdogan after he received the open

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A glimpse of milestones in China's manned space program

STORY: A glimpse of milestones in China's manned space program DATELINE: April 25, 2023 LENGTH: 0:04:52 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the achievements of China's manned space program 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHAI ZHIGANG, China's first spacewalker 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): NIE HAISHENG, Chinese astronaut 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): SHEN TINGZHENG, Specialist at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): SUN JIADONG, Chinese aerospace engineer, Honoree of the Medal of the Republic 6. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): BAO SHUO, Member of Beijing Aerospace Control Center STORYLINE: China's manned space program started in 1992 with a three-step strategy. The first step was to send astronauts into space and bring them back safely. In October 2003, China successfully launched its first manned spaceship Shenzhou-5. The Shenzhou-5 mission made China the third country to send a man into space after the Soviet Union and the United States. Two years later, China sent two ast

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Japanese skier, engineer eyeing Olympic medal with Japan-made skis

Japanese skier, engineer eyeing Olympic medal with Japan-made skis

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows alpine skier Naoki Yuasa holding a pair of homemade skis and a plaque after finishing third in men's slalom event in the December 2012 alpine skiing World Cup in Madonna di Campiglio, Italy.

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(2)3 abducted by pirates not abused, captors made no demands

(2)3 abducted by pirates not abused, captors made no demands

PENANG, Malaysia - Nobuo Inoue (L), captain of Japan's tugboat Idaten, the boat's chief engineer Shunji Kuroda (C) and Kanji Kondo, president of the shipping company that owns the boat, speak to reporters in Penang on March 21 after Inoue, Kuroda and third engineer Edgardo Sadang of the Philippines were released by pirates.

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Malaysia police interview released crewmen

Malaysia police interview released crewmen

PENANG, Malaysia - Shunji Kuroda (R), chief engineer of Japan's tugboat Idaten and the ship's captain Nobuo Inoue (L) arrive at a police office in Penang on March 22 for an interview with police about their abduction by pirates. Kuroda, Inoue and third engineer Edgardo Sadang of the Philippines were found safe on March 20 after being abducted by pirates in the Malacca Strait.

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Chinese-built int'l airport expected to play key role in boosting growth in Cambodia

STORY: Chinese-built int'l airport expected to play key role in boosting growth in Cambodia DATELINE: Nov. 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:44 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the construction site of the new Phnom Penh international airport 2. STANDUP (English): HUANG XITIAN, Xinhua correspondent 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): XIANG HAIFENG, Executive General Manager of China Construction Yangtze River (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Khmer): HANG AMATAK, Cambodian engineer at the new Phnom Penh international airport project STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): HUANG XITIAN, Xinhua correspondent "I'm here at the construction site of the new Phnom Penh international airport in the capital of Cambodia. Located about 20 kilometers south of the capital of Phnom Penh, the airport is constructed by China Construction Third Engineering Bureau. The main construction of the terminal hall is now completed, with more construction work underway." SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): XIANG HAIFENG, Executive General Man

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(SP)AZERBAIJAN-BAKU-F1 AZERBAIJAN GRAND PRIX

(SP)AZERBAIJAN-BAKU-F1 AZERBAIJAN GRAND PRIX

(220613) -- BAKU, June 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Winner Red Bull driver Max Verstappen (2nd L) of the Netherlands, pose for photo with Red Bull team engineer Tom Hart (3rd L), second place Red Bull driver Sergio Perez (1st L) of Mexico, and third place Mercedes driver George Russell of Britain, during the awarding ceremony of the Azerbaijan Formula One Grand Prix at the Baku circuit, in Baku, Azerbaijan, June 12, 2022. (Xinhua/Tofiq Babayev)

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(SP)AZERBAIJAN-BAKU-F1 AZERBAIJAN GRAND PRIX

(SP)AZERBAIJAN-BAKU-F1 AZERBAIJAN GRAND PRIX

(220613) -- BAKU, June 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Winner Red Bull driver Max Verstappen (2nd L) of the Netherlands, Red Bull team engineer Tom Hart (3rd L), second place Red Bull driver Sergio Perez (1st L) of Mexico, and third place Mercedes driver George Russell of Britain, celebrate during the awarding ceremony of the Azerbaijan Formula One Grand Prix at the Baku circuit, in Baku, Azerbaijan, June 12, 2022. (Xinhua/Tofiq Babayev)

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(SP)AZERBAIJAN-BAKU-F1 AZERBAIJAN GRAND PRIX

(SP)AZERBAIJAN-BAKU-F1 AZERBAIJAN GRAND PRIX

(220613) -- BAKU, June 13, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Winner Red Bull driver Max Verstappen (2nd L) of the Netherlands, pose for photo with Red Bull team engineer Tom Hart (3rd L), second place Red Bull driver Sergio Perez (1st L) of Mexico, and third place Mercedes driver George Russell of Britain, during the awarding ceremony of the Azerbaijan Formula One Grand Prix at the Baku circuit, in Baku, Azerbaijan, June 12, 2022. (Xinhua/Tofiq Babayev)

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Malaysia police interview released crewmen

Malaysia police interview released crewmen

PENANG, Malaysia - Shunji Kuroda (R), chief engineer of Japan's tugboat Idaten and the ship's captain Nobuo Inoue (L) arrive at a police office in Penang on March 22 for an interview with police about their abduction by pirates. Kuroda, Inoue and third engineer Edgardo Sadang of the Philippines were found safe on March 20 after being abducted by pirates in the Malacca Strait. (Kyodo)

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(2)3 abducted by pirates not abused, captors made no demands

(2)3 abducted by pirates not abused, captors made no demands

PENANG, Malaysia - Nobuo Inoue (L), captain of Japan's tugboat Idaten, the boat's chief engineer Shunji Kuroda (C) and Kanji Kondo, president of the shipping company that owns the boat, speak to reporters in Penang on March 21 after Inoue, Kuroda and third engineer Edgardo Sadang of the Philippines were released by pirates. (Kyodo)

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