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Sailors attend the official ceremony for Captain Pierre Suleau to take command of the Toulon naval base, France on July 12, 2024. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rear Admiral Sebastien Rosier is seen during the official ceremony for Captain Pierre Suleau to take command of the Toulon naval base, France on July 12, 2024. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sailors attend the official ceremony for Captain Pierre Suleau to take command of the Toulon naval base, France on July 12, 2024. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Prefet Maritime de la Mediterranee Gilles Boidevezi (center) presides over the official ceremony for Captain Pierre Suleau to take command of the Toulon naval base, France on July 12, 2024. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Captain Pierre Suleau is officially appointed Commander of the Toulon Naval Base, France on July 12, 2024. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Captain Pierre Suleau is officially appointed Commander of the Toulon Naval Base, France on July 12, 2024. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Captain Pierre Suleau is officially appointed Commander of the Toulon Naval Base, France on July 12, 2024. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Captain Pierre Suleau is officially appointed Commander of the Toulon Naval Base, France on July 12, 2024. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rear Admiral Sebastien Rosier is seen during the official ceremony for Captain Pierre Suleau to take command of the Toulon naval base, France on July 12, 2024. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Captain Pierre Suleau is officially appointed Commander of the Toulon Naval Base, France on July 12, 2024. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rear Admiral Sebastien Rosier is seen during the official ceremony for Captain Pierre Suleau to take command of the Toulon naval base, France on July 12, 2024. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rear Admiral Sebastien Rosier is seen during the official ceremony for Captain Pierre Suleau to take command of the Toulon naval base, France on July 12, 2024. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Captain Pierre Suleau is seen during the official ceremony to take command of the Toulon naval base, France on July 12, 2024. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Captain Pierre Suleau is officially appointed Commander of the Toulon Naval Base, France on July 12, 2024. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rear Admiral Sebastien Rosier (L) is seen during the official ceremony for Captain Pierre Suleau to take command of the Toulon naval base, France on July 12, 2024. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Captain Pierre Suleau is officially appointed Commander of the Toulon Naval Base, France on July 12, 2024. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Captain Pierre Suleau is seen during the official ceremony to take command of the Toulon naval base, France on July 12, 2024. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Prefet Maritime de la Mediterranee Gilles Boidevezi presides over the official ceremony for Captain Pierre Suleau to take command of the Toulon naval base, France on July 12, 2024. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Captain Pierre Suleau is seen during the official ceremony to take command of the Toulon naval base, France on July 12, 2024. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Captain Pierre Suleau is seen during the official ceremony to take command of the Toulon naval base, France on July 12, 2024. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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A sailor from the sailors' school is seen during the official ceremony for Captain Pierre Suleau to take command of the Toulon naval base, France on July 12, 2024. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Captain Pierre Suleau is seen during the official ceremony to take command of the Toulon naval base, France on July 12, 2024. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Deputy Yannick Chenevard is seen during the official ceremony for Captain Pierre Suleau to take command of the Toulon naval base, France on July 12, 2024. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rear Admiral Sebastien Rosier is seen during the official ceremony for Captain Pierre Suleau to take command of the Toulon naval base, France on July 12, 2024. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Prefet Maritime de la Mediterranee Gilles Boidevezi presides over the official ceremony for Captain Pierre Suleau to take command of the Toulon naval base, France on July 12, 2024. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sailors attend the official ceremony for Captain Pierre Suleau to take command of the Toulon naval base, France on July 12, 2024. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rear Admiral Sebastien Rosier is seen during the official ceremony for Captain Pierre Suleau to take command of the Toulon naval base, France on July 12, 2024. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Captain Pierre Suleau is seen during the official ceremony to take command of the Toulon naval base, France on July 12, 2024. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Captain Pierre Suleau is seen during the official ceremony to take command of the Toulon naval base, France on July 12, 2024. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sailors attend the official ceremony for Captain Pierre Suleau to take command of the Toulon naval base, France on July 12, 2024. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Captain Pierre Suleau is seen during the official ceremony to take command of the Toulon naval base, France on July 12, 2024. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sailors attend the official ceremony for Captain Pierre Suleau to take command of the Toulon naval base, France on July 12, 2024. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan's net external assets hit record 3 tln USD in 2023

STORY: Japan's net external assets hit record 3 tln USD in 2023 SHOOTING TIME: May 28, 2024 DATELINE: May 28, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:52 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of street views in Tokyo STORYLINE: Japan's net external assets rose to a record 471.31 trillion yen (3 trillion U.S. dollars) in 2023, up 12.2 percent from a year earlier, as a weak yen inflated the value of foreign stocks, bonds, and other holdings in yen terms, government data showed Tuesday. With the figure increasing for a sixth straight year, Japan retained its position as the world's largest creditor for the 33rd straight year in yen terms, followed by Germany and China as of the end of 2023, according to the Ministry of Finance. Gross external assets, held by the Japanese government, companies and individual investors, rose 11.1 percent to 1,488.34 trillion yen, while external debt went up 10.6 percent to 1,017.04 trillion yen, the ministry said. The yen was 7.0 percent weaker against the U.S. dollar in

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Global tourism revenue to total 5.8 tln USD in 2024: report

STORY: Global tourism revenue to total 5.8 tln USD in 2024: report SHOOTING TIME: April 23, 2024 DATELINE: April 24, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:30 LOCATION: Wellington CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the conference 2. various of cultural performances STORYLINE: Global tourism revenue is estimated to total 5.8 trillion U.S. dollars in 2024, marking an increase of 139.6 percent over the pre-pandemic level in 2019. The Report on World Tourism Economy Trends (2024) predicted that international tourist arrivals would amount to 13.579 billion in number this year, recovering to 103.9 percent of 2019. The report was released at an international tourism summit held in Wellington, New Zealand. At the same time, the report called for efforts by the global tourism industry to turn challenges into growth opportunities. Factors such as technological advancement and climate change should be proactively incorporated into the reshaping of the industry. The World Tourism Cities Federation Wellington Fragrant H

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Italy's public debt hits 2.86 tln euros in 2023

STORY: Italy's public debt hits 2.86 tln euros in 2023 SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 16, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 17, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:22 LOCATION: Rome CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of banks in Rome 2. various of stores in Rome 3. various of goods in a fresh market of Rome STORYLINE: Italy's public debt reached 2.86 trillion euros (3.08 trillion U.S. dollars) at the end of 2023, an increase of 105 billion euros compared to the level a year ago, the Bank of Italy said on Thursday. Italy's debt was estimated to be equivalent to around 140 percent of GDP at the end of last year, down from a debt level of 141.7 percent of GDP at the end of 2022, the bank said in a statement. The biggest part of the increase came from 89 billion euros spent on public administration, it said. On Thursday, the European Commission downgraded its estimates for Italian economic growth this year to 0.7 percent, from 0.9 percent previously. Its growth forecast for Italy is 1.2 percent for 2025. (1 euro = 1.08 U.S. dollar) Xi

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Disasters cause 3.8 tln USD in crop, livestock losses over 30 years: FAO

STORY: Disasters cause 3.8 tln USD in crop, livestock losses over 30 years: FAO DATELINE: Oct. 14, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:51 LOCATION: Rome CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of FAO 2. various of "The impact of disasters on agriculture and food security" report 3. SOUNDBITE (English): MAXIMO TORERO, FAO chief economist 4. various of natural disasters affect agricultural production STORYLINE: Over the last 30 years, an estimated 3.8 trillion U.S. dollars worth of crops and livestock production has been lost due to disaster events, corresponding to an average loss of 123 billion U.S. dollars per year or 5 percent of annual global agricultural gross domestic product (GDP), according to a new report released by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on Saturday. A new FAO flagship report entitled "The impact of disasters on agriculture and food security" brings the first-ever global estimation of the impact of disasters on agricultural production focused on crops and livestock. It a

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China's computing industry scale hit 2.6 tln yuan in 2022

STORY: China's computing industry scale hit 2.6 tln yuan in 2022 DATELINE: Sept. 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:48 LOCATION: CHANGSHA, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the conference 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): XUE QIKUN, Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, President of Southern University of Science and Technology STORYLINE: The scale of China's computing industry hit 2.6 trillion yuan (about 362.2 billion dollars) in 2022, according to the 2023 World Computing Conference, which is held in Changsha, central China's Hunan Province from Sept. 14-16. Over the last six years, China has shipped over 20.91 million general servers and 820,000 artificial intelligence (AI) servers, according to a white paper released at the conference by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): XUE QIKUN, Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences, President of Southern University of Science and Technology "Now we are facing the second quantum revolution. On the foundatio