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International Conference On Eurasian Security - Minsk

International Conference On Eurasian Security - Minsk

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko speaks during the opening ceremony of the 3rd Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security in Minsk, Belarus, Oct. 28, 2025. The 3rd Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security kicked off in the Belarusian capital here on Tuesday, with representatives and experts from over 40 countries and regions as well as seven international organizations expected to discuss pressing issues of regional and global stability during the two-day event. Photo by Henadz Zhinkov/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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International Conference On Eurasian Security - Minsk

International Conference On Eurasian Security - Minsk

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko speaks during the opening ceremony of the 3rd Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security in Minsk, Belarus, Oct. 28, 2025. The 3rd Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security kicked off in the Belarusian capital here on Tuesday, with representatives and experts from over 40 countries and regions as well as seven international organizations expected to discuss pressing issues of regional and global stability during the two-day event. Photo by Henadz Zhinkov/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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International Conference On Eurasian Security - Minsk

International Conference On Eurasian Security - Minsk

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov speaks during the opening ceremony of the 3rd Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security in Minsk, Belarus, Oct. 28, 2025. The 3rd Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security kicked off in the Belarusian capital here on Tuesday, with representatives and experts from over 40 countries and regions as well as seven international organizations expected to discuss pressing issues of regional and global stability during the two-day event. Photo by Henadz Zhinkov/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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International Conference On Eurasian Security - Minsk

International Conference On Eurasian Security - Minsk

Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto speaks during the opening ceremony of the 3rd Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security in Minsk, Belarus, Oct. 28, 2025. The 3rd Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security kicked off in the Belarusian capital here on Tuesday, with representatives and experts from over 40 countries and regions as well as seven international organizations expected to discuss pressing issues of regional and global stability during the two-day event. Photo by Henadz Zhinkov/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Gas Tanker Explosion Leaves More That 60 People Injured - Mexico

Gas Tanker Explosion Leaves More That 60 People Injured - Mexico

Experts attends the explosion scene occurred when a gas tanker overturned, causing the tragic accident that left 70 people have been injured, three dead, and two unidentified at Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza, near the Puente de la Concordia, . on September 10, 2025 in Mexico City, Mexico. Photo by Marco Gonzalez/ Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Gas Tanker Explosion Leaves More That 60 People Injured - Mexico

Gas Tanker Explosion Leaves More That 60 People Injured - Mexico

Experts attends the explosion scene occurred when a gas tanker overturned, causing the tragic accident that left 70 people have been injured, three dead, and two unidentified at Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza, near the Puente de la Concordia, . on September 10, 2025 in Mexico City, Mexico. Photo by Marco Gonzalez/ Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Utrecht Memorial Protest for Gazas Children - NLD

Utrecht Memorial Protest for Gazas Children - NLD

Two people embrace as they stand before rows of children’s shoes in Utrecht, the Netherlands on August 24, 2025. Dutch activist group Plant een Olijfboom marked a grim milestone by laying out thousands of children’s shoes in remembrance of the young lives lost in Gaza. Activists read aloud the names and ages of 19,000 children killed, a process that lasted nearly six hours. According to The Lancet, the current death toll in Gaza is likely a conservative estimate, with experts predicting that the final toll could reach into the hundreds of thousands. Photo by Courtney Bonneau/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Utrecht Memorial Protest for Gazas Children - NLD

Utrecht Memorial Protest for Gazas Children - NLD

A woman sits with two children among thousands of pairs of shoes in Utrecht, the Netherlands on August 24, 2025. Dutch activist group Plant een Olijfboom marked a grim milestone by laying out thousands of children’s shoes in remembrance of the young lives lost in Gaza. Activists read aloud the names and ages of 19,000 children killed, a process that lasted nearly six hours. According to The Lancet, the current death toll in Gaza is likely a conservative estimate, with experts predicting that the final toll could reach into the hundreds of thousands. Photo by Courtney Bonneau/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Aftermath of massive Russian missile and drone attack in Kyiv

Aftermath of massive Russian missile and drone attack in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 17, 2024 - Workers of the State Emergency Service and forensic experts examine part of a Russian missile that hit a five-storey apartment building in the Pecherskyi district of Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. In the recent massive attack, Russian troops launched 210 aerial targets - 120 missiles and 90 drones - targeting mainly the energy sector facilities across Ukraine. Ukraines Defence Forces shot down 102 rockets and 42 drones used by Russian forces to attack Ukraine since the evening of November 16, while 41 UAVs disappeared from radars. In Kyiv, two women were injured in the Russian attack on Sunday, November 17.

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Aftermath of massive Russian missile and drone attack in Kyiv

Aftermath of massive Russian missile and drone attack in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 17, 2024 - Workers of the State Emergency Service and forensic experts examine part of a Russian missile that hit a five-storey apartment building in the Pecherskyi district of Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. In the recent massive attack, Russian troops launched 210 aerial targets - 120 missiles and 90 drones - targeting mainly the energy sector facilities across Ukraine. Ukraines Defence Forces shot down 102 rockets and 42 drones used by Russian forces to attack Ukraine since the evening of November 16, while 41 UAVs disappeared from radars. In Kyiv, two women were injured in the Russian attack on Sunday, November 17.

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Aftermath of massive Russian missile and drone attack in Kyiv

Aftermath of massive Russian missile and drone attack in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 17, 2024 - Workers of the State Emergency Service and forensic experts examine part of a Russian missile that hit a five-storey apartment building in the Pecherskyi district of Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. In the recent massive attack, Russian troops launched 210 aerial targets - 120 missiles and 90 drones - targeting mainly the energy sector facilities across Ukraine. Ukraines Defence Forces shot down 102 rockets and 42 drones used by Russian forces to attack Ukraine since the evening of November 16, while 41 UAVs disappeared from radars. In Kyiv, two women were injured in the Russian attack on Sunday, November 17.

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Aftermath of massive Russian missile and drone attack in KyivAftermath of massive Russian missile and drone attack in Kyiv

Aftermath of massive Russian missile and drone attack in KyivAftermath of massive Russian missile and drone attack in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 17, 2024 - Workers of the State Emergency Service and forensic experts examine part of a Russian missile that hit a five-storey apartment building in the Pecherskyi district of Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. In the recent massive attack, Russian troops launched 210 aerial targets - 120 missiles and 90 drones - targeting mainly the energy sector facilities across Ukraine. Ukraines Defence Forces shot down 102 rockets and 42 drones used by Russian forces to attack Ukraine since the evening of November 16, while 41 UAVs disappeared from radars. In Kyiv, two women were injured in the Russian attack on Sunday, November 17.

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Aftermath of massive Russian missile and drone attack in Kyiv

Aftermath of massive Russian missile and drone attack in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 17, 2024 - Workers of the State Emergency Service and forensic experts examine part of a Russian missile that hit a five-storey apartment building in the Pecherskyi district of Kyiv, capital of Ukraine. In the recent massive attack, Russian troops launched 210 aerial targets - 120 missiles and 90 drones - targeting mainly the energy sector facilities across Ukraine. Ukraines Defence Forces shot down 102 rockets and 42 drones used by Russian forces to attack Ukraine since the evening of November 16, while 41 UAVs disappeared from radars. In Kyiv, two women were injured in the Russian attack on Sunday, November 17.

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Food Supplies Dwindling Warns UN - Gaza

Food Supplies Dwindling Warns UN - Gaza

Palestinians, mostly children, hold out their plates toward a man, to receive their share of vegetable patties prepared by volunteers in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on August 15, 2024. Food supplies into Gaza have diminished even further in the two months since international experts raised the threat of famine in the enclave, according to the regional director of the World Food Programme, which has been able to bring in only about half of the quantity required. Photo by Abood Abusalama/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Food Supplies Dwindling Warns UN - Gaza

Food Supplies Dwindling Warns UN - Gaza

Palestinians, mostly children, hold out their plates toward a man, to receive their share of vegetable patties prepared by volunteers in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on August 15, 2024. Food supplies into Gaza have diminished even further in the two months since international experts raised the threat of famine in the enclave, according to the regional director of the World Food Programme, which has been able to bring in only about half of the quantity required. Photo by Abood Abusalama/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Food Supplies Dwindling Warns UN - Gaza

Food Supplies Dwindling Warns UN - Gaza

Palestinians, mostly children, hold out their plates toward a man, to receive their share of vegetable patties prepared by volunteers in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on August 15, 2024. Food supplies into Gaza have diminished even further in the two months since international experts raised the threat of famine in the enclave, according to the regional director of the World Food Programme, which has been able to bring in only about half of the quantity required. Photo by Abood Abusalama/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Food Supplies Dwindling Warns UN - Gaza

Food Supplies Dwindling Warns UN - Gaza

Palestinians, mostly children, hold out their plates toward a man, to receive their share of vegetable patties prepared by volunteers in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on August 15, 2024. Food supplies into Gaza have diminished even further in the two months since international experts raised the threat of famine in the enclave, according to the regional director of the World Food Programme, which has been able to bring in only about half of the quantity required. Photo by Abood Abusalama/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Food Supplies Dwindling Warns UN - Gaza

Food Supplies Dwindling Warns UN - Gaza

Palestinians, mostly children, hold out their plates toward a man, to receive their share of vegetable patties prepared by volunteers in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on August 15, 2024. Food supplies into Gaza have diminished even further in the two months since international experts raised the threat of famine in the enclave, according to the regional director of the World Food Programme, which has been able to bring in only about half of the quantity required. Photo by Abood Abusalama/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Food Supplies Dwindling Warns UN - Gaza

Food Supplies Dwindling Warns UN - Gaza

Palestinians, mostly children, hold out their plates toward a man, to receive their share of vegetable patties prepared by volunteers in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on August 15, 2024. Food supplies into Gaza have diminished even further in the two months since international experts raised the threat of famine in the enclave, according to the regional director of the World Food Programme, which has been able to bring in only about half of the quantity required. Photo by Abood Abusalama/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Food Supplies Dwindling Warns UN - Gaza

Food Supplies Dwindling Warns UN - Gaza

Palestinians, mostly children, hold out their plates toward a man, to receive their share of vegetable patties prepared by volunteers in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on August 15, 2024. Food supplies into Gaza have diminished even further in the two months since international experts raised the threat of famine in the enclave, according to the regional director of the World Food Programme, which has been able to bring in only about half of the quantity required. Photo by Abood Abusalama/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Food Supplies Dwindling Warns UN - Gaza

Food Supplies Dwindling Warns UN - Gaza

Palestinian men hold out their plates toward a man, to receive their share of vegetable patties prepared by volunteers in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on August 14, 2024. Food supplies into Gaza have diminished even further in the two months since international experts raised the threat of famine in the enclave, according to the regional director of the World Food Programme, which has been able to bring in only about half of the quantity required. Photo by Abood Abusalama/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Food Supplies Dwindling Warns UN - Gaza

Food Supplies Dwindling Warns UN - Gaza

Palestinians, mostly children, hold out their plates toward a man, to receive their share of vegetable patties prepared by volunteers in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on August 15, 2024. Food supplies into Gaza have diminished even further in the two months since international experts raised the threat of famine in the enclave, according to the regional director of the World Food Programme, which has been able to bring in only about half of the quantity required. Photo by Abood Abusalama/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Food Supplies Dwindling Warns UN - Gaza

Food Supplies Dwindling Warns UN - Gaza

Palestinians, mostly children, hold out their plates toward a man, to receive their share of vegetable patties prepared by volunteers in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on August 15, 2024. Food supplies into Gaza have diminished even further in the two months since international experts raised the threat of famine in the enclave, according to the regional director of the World Food Programme, which has been able to bring in only about half of the quantity required. Photo by Abood Abusalama/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Food Supplies Dwindling Warns UN - Gaza

Food Supplies Dwindling Warns UN - Gaza

Palestinians, mostly children, hold out their plates toward a man, to receive their share of vegetable patties prepared by volunteers in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on August 15, 2024. Food supplies into Gaza have diminished even further in the two months since international experts raised the threat of famine in the enclave, according to the regional director of the World Food Programme, which has been able to bring in only about half of the quantity required. Photo by Abood Abusalama/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Food Supplies Dwindling Warns UN - Gaza

Food Supplies Dwindling Warns UN - Gaza

Palestinians, mostly children, hold out their plates toward a man, to receive their share of vegetable patties prepared by volunteers in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on August 15, 2024. Food supplies into Gaza have diminished even further in the two months since international experts raised the threat of famine in the enclave, according to the regional director of the World Food Programme, which has been able to bring in only about half of the quantity required. Photo by Abood Abusalama/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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China higher education exhibition held in Nepal

STORY: China higher education exhibition held in Nepal SHOOTING TIME: June 18, 2024 DATELINE: June 18, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:58 LOCATION: Kathmandu CATEGORY: EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of the exhibition 2. various of audience and guests 3. various of speeches 4. various of students visiting the exhibition STORYLINE: China higher education exhibition 2024 was held in Kathmandu on Tuesday, drawing many Nepali students and parents. A total of 31 Chinese universities participated in the exhibition and had interactions with students and parents. The exhibition was first held in Nepal in 2003. It returned to the country after a ten-year hiatus. There are as many as 2,500 Nepali students studying in China now, while the number of Chinese experts, scholars, university students and education volunteers who come to Nepal for study, research and teaching has been growing, noted Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Chen Song. "Cultural exchange and educational cooperation between the two countries have become an impor

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E-mobility conference opens in Kenya to accelerate adoption of green transport sector

STORY: E-mobility conference opens in Kenya to accelerate adoption of green transport sector SHOOTING TIME: April 23, 2024 DATELINE: April 24, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:42 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the conference 2. SOUNDBITE (English): ALEX WACHIRA, Principal secretary, Kenyan Ministry of Energy and Petroleum 3. various of the expo STORYLINE: The second edition of the Kenya Power E-Mobility Conference opened in the capital of Nairobi on Tuesday, as the East African country seeks to accelerate the adoption of green modes of transportation. The two-day e-mobility conference is organized by Kenya Power, the state-owned electricity distributor. It brings together more than 200 delegates, including government officials, donors, and e-mobility experts from around the world, to explore innovative and transformative solutions to decarbonizing the transport sector. SOUNDBITE (English): ALEX WACHIRA, Principal secretary, Kenyan Ministry of Energy and Petroleum "The demand of power,

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Culture, driving force in boosting Iran-China ties: experts

STORY: Culture, driving force in boosting Iran-China ties: experts SHOOTING TIME: April 22, 2024 DATELINE: April 24, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:14 LOCATION: Tehran CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the conference STORYLINE: Iranian experts have highlighted the significant role culture can play in contributing to the development of Iran-China relations in various fields. "In recent years, the expansion of relations between Iran and China has created a golden opportunity for the two countries' peoples to know each other's cultures and civilizational manifestations better and more precisely," said Mohammad-Amir Jalali, president of the Center for Chinese Research at Iran's Allameh Tabataba'i University. Jalali made the remarks on the sidelines of a conference in Iran's capital Tehran on Monday to commemorate the prominent Iranian poet and prose writer Saadi Shirazi (1210-1292), which aimed to show the ancient cultural ties between Iran and China based on Saadi's works. Both Iran and China own anci

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Hydrogen hybrid power supply equips drones with "strong heart"

STORY: Hydrogen hybrid power supply equips drones with "strong heart" SHOOTING TIME: March 28, 2024 DATELINE: April 1, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:03 LOCATION: DALIAN, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of industrial-grade Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) adapted with a hydrogen hybrid power supply system 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): CHEN ZHONGWEI, Director of the State Key Laboratory of Catalysis at Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics STORYLINE: An industrial-grade Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) adapted with a hydrogen hybrid power supply system achieved successful test flights. This UAV was independently developed by a team led by a researcher in China's Dalian, featuring high efficiency, high reliability, and long battery life. Experts say that this power supply system can extend the endurance of drones to two hours. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): CHEN ZHONGWEI, Director of the State Key Laboratory of Catalysis at Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics The fuel cell coupling system we developed has the advantage of co

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Two Bridge Victims Recovered From Submerged Vehicle - Baltimore

Two Bridge Victims Recovered From Submerged Vehicle - Baltimore

NO FILM, NO VIDEO, NO TV, NO DOCUMENTARY - The Francis Scott Key Bridge could rejoin Baltimore’s skyline in as little as two years or as many as 15, with some experts eyeing a number in between. The bodies of two people have been recovered from a red pickup truck, which was submerged under the water where the Baltimore bridge collapsed Eight construction workers were on the bridge when a ship struck it, plunging them into the waters below. Two of the workers were rescued on the day, but the search continues for the other four, all presumed dead. Photo by Jerry Jackson/Baltimore Sun/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Russian ballistic missile attack on Kyiv

Russian ballistic missile attack on Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - MARCH 25, 2024 - Experts pick up the fragments of a downed Russian rocket at an academic institution in the Pecherskyi district destroyed by falling missile debris after two Russian ballistic missiles launched at the Ukrainian capital by Russian invaders from temporarily occupied Crimea were intercepted by Ukrainian air defence forces over Kyiv Monday morning at approximately 10:30 am local time, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Russian ballistic missile attack on Kyiv

Russian ballistic missile attack on Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - MARCH 25, 2024 - Experts pick up the fragments of a downed Russian rocket at an academic institution in the Pecherskyi district destroyed by falling missile debris after two Russian ballistic missiles launched at the Ukrainian capital by Russian invaders from temporarily occupied Crimea were intercepted by Ukrainian air defence forces over Kyiv Monday morning at approximately 10:30 am local time, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Russian ballistic missile attack on Kyiv

Russian ballistic missile attack on Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - MARCH 25, 2024 - Experts pick up the fragments of a downed Russian rocket at an academic institution in the Pecherskyi district destroyed by falling missile debris after two Russian ballistic missiles launched at the Ukrainian capital by Russian invaders from temporarily occupied Crimea were intercepted by Ukrainian air defence forces over Kyiv Monday morning at approximately 10:30 am local time, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Russian ballistic missile attack on Kyiv

Russian ballistic missile attack on Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - MARCH 25, 2024 - Experts pick up the fragments of a downed Russian rocket at an academic institution in the Pecherskyi district destroyed by falling missile debris after two Russian ballistic missiles launched at the Ukrainian capital by Russian invaders from temporarily occupied Crimea were intercepted by Ukrainian air defence forces over Kyiv Monday morning at approximately 10:30 am local time, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Russian ballistic missile attack on Kyiv

Russian ballistic missile attack on Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - MARCH 25, 2024 - Experts pick up the fragments of a downed Russian rocket at an academic institution in the Pecherskyi district destroyed by falling missile debris after two Russian ballistic missiles launched at the Ukrainian capital by Russian invaders from temporarily occupied Crimea were intercepted by Ukrainian air defence forces over Kyiv Monday morning at approximately 10:30 am local time, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Turnout in Iran's 2 major elections reaches 41 pct: minister

STORY: Turnout in Iran's 2 major elections reaches 41 pct: minister SHOOTING TIME: March 4, 2024 DATELINE: March 5, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:34 LOCATION: Tehran CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the press conference STORYLINE: Iranian Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi said Monday at a press conference in Tehran that the turnout in the country's 12th parliamentary and sixth Assembly of Experts elections, which were held on Friday, reached 41 percent. The voting began at 8:00 am local time (0430 GMT) at 59,000 polling stations across Iran, with more than 15,000 candidates competing for 290 seats in the Iranian parliament and 144 candidates vying for positions at the eight-year-term Assembly of Experts, an 88-member body that oversees the activities of Iran's supreme leader and is empowered to designate and dismiss the supreme leader. The voting was initially scheduled to end at 6:00 pm local time but was extended three times, with each extension lasting for two hours. Vahidi said 25 million of the total 6

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Experts on significance of China's "two sessions"

STORY: Experts on significance of China's "two sessions" SHOOTING TIME: March 3, 2024/Recent footage DATELINE: March 4, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:21 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of China 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): AMER TAMAM, Egyptian expert on Chinese affairs 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): CHARLES ONUNAIJU, Director of Center for China Studies in Nigeria STORYLINE: China's top political advisory body started its annual session on Monday, marking the beginning of the "two sessions." The "two sessions" refer to the annual meetings of the National People's Congress (NPC), the country's top legislature, and the CPPCC National Committee. The NPC session will open on Tuesday. The "two sessions" are of great importance in China's political calendar, offering the world a window to observe the country's development and understand its policy direction for the following year. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): AMER TAMAM, Egyptian expert on Chinese affairs "China's national 'two sessions' are a remark

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Voting ends in Iran's parliament, Assembly of Experts elections after 16 hours

STORY: Voting ends in Iran's parliament, Assembly of Experts elections after 16 hours SHOOTING TIME: March 1, 2024 DATELINE: March 2, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:52 LOCATION: Tehran CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the polling stations STORYLINE: Voting for Iran's 12th parliament and sixth Assembly of Experts ended at 12:00 a.m. Saturday local time after 16 straight hours, the official news agency IRNA reported. The voting began at 8:00 a.m. Friday local time at 59,000 polling stations across the country, with more than 15,000 candidates competing for 290 seats in the Iranian parliament, and 144 candidates vying for positions at the eight-year-term Assembly of Experts, an 88-member body that oversees the activities of Iran's supreme leader, and is empowered to designate and dismiss the supreme leader. A total of 61.17 million people, comprising 30.94 million men and 30.22 million women, were eligible to vote in the two elections, according to the Iranian Election Office affiliated to the Interior Minist

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Voting ends in Iran's parliament, Assembly of Experts elections after 16 hours

STORY: Voting ends in Iran's parliament, Assembly of Experts elections after 16 hours SHOOTING TIME: March 1, 2024 DATELINE: March 2, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:10 LOCATION: Tehran CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of voters voting for Iran's 12th parliament and sixth Assembly of Experts STORYLINE: Voting for Iran's 12th parliament and sixth Assembly of Experts ended at 12:00 a.m. Saturday local time after 16 straight hours, the official news agency IRNA reported. The voting began at 8:00 a.m. Friday local time at 59,000 polling stations across the country, with more than 15,000 candidates competing for 290 seats in the Iranian parliament, and 144 candidates vying for positions at the eight-year-term Assembly of Experts, an 88-member body that oversees the activities of Iran's supreme leader, and is empowered to designate and dismiss the supreme leader. A total of 61.17 million people, comprising 30.94 million men and 30.22 million women, were eligible to vote in the two elections, according to the I

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Tanzania validates occupational standards for industrial growth

STORY: Tanzania validates occupational standards for industrial growth SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 23, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 24, 2024 LENGTH: 00:04:00 LOCATION: MOROGORO, Tanzania CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ZHANG YUJIA, Acting country director for Sunmaker Tanzania 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (Swahili): ADOLF RUTAYUGA, NACTVET Executive Director 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): SIMON BAREGU, Curriculum developer for TVETs 4. various of the meeting in Morogoro, Tanzania STORYLINE: More than 100 experts and delegates from Tanzanian government institutions, institutions of technical and vocational education and training (TVET), and delegates from the industry had a two-day meeting in the Morogoro Region, eastern Tanzania, on Thursday and Friday to validate occupational standards in important sectors for the growth of the industrial economy. The occupational standards have been prepared by the National Council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (NACTVET) in collaboration with local and foreign s

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TANZANIA-MOROGORO-OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS-MEETING

TANZANIA-MOROGORO-OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS-MEETING

(240223) -- MOROGORO, Feb. 23, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A meeting to validate occupational standards in important sectors for the growth of the industrial economy is held in Morogoro Region, Tanzania, Feb. 22, 2024. More than 100 experts and delegates from Tanzanian government institutions, institutions of technical and vocational education and training (TVET), and delegates from the industry began a two-day meeting in the Morogoro Region, eastern Tanzania, Thursday to validate occupational standards in important sectors for the growth of the industrial economy. The occupational standards have been prepared by the National Council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (NACTVET) in collaboration with local and foreign stakeholders, including Sunmaker, a Chinese company focused on skills development for African youth and the secretariat organization of the China-Africa TVET Alliance. (Xinhua/Herman Emmanuel)

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TANZANIA-MOROGORO-OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS-MEETING

TANZANIA-MOROGORO-OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS-MEETING

(240223) -- MOROGORO, Feb. 23, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Adolf Rutayuga, executive director of the National Council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (NACTVET), speaks during a meeting to validate occupational standards in important sectors for the growth of the industrial economy, in Morogoro Region, Tanzania on Feb. 22, 2024. More than 100 experts and delegates from Tanzanian government institutions, institutions of technical and vocational education and training (TVET), and delegates from the industry began a two-day meeting in the Morogoro Region, eastern Tanzania, Thursday to validate occupational standards in important sectors for the growth of the industrial economy. The occupational standards have been prepared by the National Council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (NACTVET) in collaboration with local and foreign stakeholders, including Sunmaker, a Chinese company focused on skills development for African youth and the secretariat organization of the China-Africa TVET

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TANZANIA-MOROGORO-OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS-MEETING

TANZANIA-MOROGORO-OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS-MEETING

(240223) -- MOROGORO, Feb. 23, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Zhang Yujia, the acting country director for Sunmaker Tanzania, speaks during a meeting to validate occupational standards in important sectors for the growth of the industrial economy, in Morogoro Region, Tanzania on Feb. 22, 2024. More than 100 experts and delegates from Tanzanian government institutions, institutions of technical and vocational education and training (TVET), and delegates from the industry began a two-day meeting in the Morogoro Region, eastern Tanzania, Thursday to validate occupational standards in important sectors for the growth of the industrial economy. The occupational standards have been prepared by the National Council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (NACTVET) in collaboration with local and foreign stakeholders, including Sunmaker, a Chinese company focused on skills development for African youth and the secretariat organization of the China-Africa TVET Alliance. (Xinhua/Herman Emmanuel)

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THAILAND-CHIANG MAI-GIANT PANDA-DEATH-MOURNING

THAILAND-CHIANG MAI-GIANT PANDA-DEATH-MOURNING

(230428) -- CHIANG MAI, April 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A visitor mourns giant panda "Lin Hui" at Chiang Mai Zoo in Chiang Mai, Thailand, April 26, 2023. China and Thailand would summarize the giant panda cooperation program in the past two decades and discuss further cooperation, Chinese Consul General in Chiang Mai Wu Zhiwu said at a memorial event of giant panda "Lin Hui" in the northern Thai city. The 21-year-old female giant panda exhibited unusual symptoms on April 18. The zoo immediately consulted Chinese experts and conducted medical checkup for her. Despite their efforts, "Lin Hui" died on the next morning, according to the zoo. (Xinhua/Wang Teng)

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THAILAND-CHIANG MAI-GIANT PANDA-DEATH-MOURNING

THAILAND-CHIANG MAI-GIANT PANDA-DEATH-MOURNING

(230428) -- CHIANG MAI, April 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A visitor looks at photos of giant panda "Lin Hui" at Chiang Mai Zoo in Chiang Mai, Thailand, April 26, 2023. China and Thailand would summarize the giant panda cooperation program in the past two decades and discuss further cooperation, Chinese Consul General in Chiang Mai Wu Zhiwu said at a memorial event of giant panda "Lin Hui" in the northern Thai city. The 21-year-old female giant panda exhibited unusual symptoms on April 18. The zoo immediately consulted Chinese experts and conducted medical checkup for her. Despite their efforts, "Lin Hui" died on the next morning, according to the zoo. (Xinhua/Wang Teng)

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THAILAND-CHIANG MAI-GIANT PANDA-DEATH-MOURNING

THAILAND-CHIANG MAI-GIANT PANDA-DEATH-MOURNING

(230428) -- CHIANG MAI, April 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on April 26, 2023 shows a memorial event of giant panda "Lin Hui" at Chiang Mai Zoo in Chiang Mai, Thailand. China and Thailand would summarize the giant panda cooperation program in the past two decades and discuss further cooperation, Chinese Consul General in Chiang Mai Wu Zhiwu said at a memorial event of giant panda "Lin Hui" in the northern Thai city. The 21-year-old female giant panda exhibited unusual symptoms on April 18. The zoo immediately consulted Chinese experts and conducted medical checkup for her. Despite their efforts, "Lin Hui" died on the next morning, according to the zoo. (Xinhua/Wang Teng)

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THAILAND-CHIANG MAI-GIANT PANDA-DEATH-MOURNING

THAILAND-CHIANG MAI-GIANT PANDA-DEATH-MOURNING

(230428) -- CHIANG MAI, April 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A child leaves a note in memory of giant panda "Lin Hui" at Chiang Mai Zoo in Chiang Mai, Thailand, April 26, 2023. China and Thailand would summarize the giant panda cooperation program in the past two decades and discuss further cooperation, Chinese Consul General in Chiang Mai Wu Zhiwu said at a memorial event of giant panda "Lin Hui" in the northern Thai city. The 21-year-old female giant panda exhibited unusual symptoms on April 18. The zoo immediately consulted Chinese experts and conducted medical checkup for her. Despite their efforts, "Lin Hui" died on the next morning, according to the zoo. (Xinhua/Wang Teng)

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THAILAND-CHIANG MAI-GIANT PANDA-DEATH-MOURNING

THAILAND-CHIANG MAI-GIANT PANDA-DEATH-MOURNING

(230428) -- CHIANG MAI, April 28, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tourists visit the panda house at Chiang Mai Zoo in Chiang Mai, Thailand, April 26, 2023. China and Thailand would summarize the giant panda cooperation program in the past two decades and discuss further cooperation, Chinese Consul General in Chiang Mai Wu Zhiwu said at a memorial event of giant panda "Lin Hui" in the northern Thai city. The 21-year-old female giant panda exhibited unusual symptoms on April 18. The zoo immediately consulted Chinese experts and conducted medical checkup for her. Despite their efforts, "Lin Hui" died on the next morning, according to the zoo. (Xinhua/Wang Teng)

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Giant Artwork Around Monument in Saudi Arabia - Al Ula

Giant Artwork Around Monument in Saudi Arabia - Al Ula

USE LIMITED UNTIL FEBRUARY 29, 2024 AND RESTRICTED TO THE EVOCATION OF THIS CAMPAIGN, COMPULSORY CREDIT WITH THE NAME OF THE ARTIST - An artwork by US artist David Popa, in Hegra in AlUla desert of Saudi Arabia, taken on January 27, 2024. The art piece which takes the shape of two protective hands, constructed around the Nabatean tomb of Lihyan, Son of Kuza, is the first phase of the “I Care” campaign, launched February 01, 2024, by the Royal Commission for AlUla “to celebrate, protect and promote the rich heritage, diversity and history of Northwest Arabia”. Famous for his sustainable approach and innovative techniques, David Popa’s artwork is symbolic of I Care’s ambition to carefully protect and cherish places of great historic and cultural value – vulnerable sites that resonate deeply with the community and global heritage experts alike. The artwork is constructed using exclusively natural elements, including yellow earth from Europe and red earth from the Middle East, it is one of Popa’s largest to date.

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Giant Artwork Around Monument in Saudi Arabia - Al Ula

Giant Artwork Around Monument in Saudi Arabia - Al Ula

USE LIMITED UNTIL FEBRUARY 29, 2024 AND RESTRICTED TO THE EVOCATION OF THIS CAMPAIGN, COMPULSORY CREDIT WITH THE NAME OF THE ARTIST - An artwork by US artist David Popa, in Hegra in AlUla desert of Saudi Arabia, taken on January 27, 2024. The art piece which takes the shape of two protective hands, constructed around the Nabatean tomb of Lihyan, Son of Kuza, is the first phase of the “I Care” campaign, launched February 01, 2024, by the Royal Commission for AlUla “to celebrate, protect and promote the rich heritage, diversity and history of Northwest Arabia”. Famous for his sustainable approach and innovative techniques, David Popa’s artwork is symbolic of I Care’s ambition to carefully protect and cherish places of great historic and cultural value – vulnerable sites that resonate deeply with the community and global heritage experts alike. The artwork is constructed using exclusively natural elements, including yellow earth from Europe and red earth from the Middle East, it is one of Popa’s largest to date.

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