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Meloni boasts 60 pct decrease in illegal refugee arrivals in Italy

STORY: Meloni boasts 60 pct decrease in illegal refugee arrivals in Italy SHOOTING TIME: June 5, 2024 DATELINE: June 5, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:37 LOCATION: Rome CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of migrants in Rome STORYLINE: Migrant arrivals in Italy are down by 60 percent so far this year compared to the same period in 2023, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said Tuesday. This trend was due to Italy's deals with North African states, the prime minister told her cabinet of ministers. Figures from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) appear to support Meloni's claim, showing that just over 21,000 would-be asylum seekers landed in Italy over the first five months of the year. This is compared to nearly 50,400 over the same period a year earlier, representing a decrease of 58.3 percent. Meloni said the decrease was due to diplomatic deals between Italy and Tunisia and Libya, the two main points of departure for refugees seeking asylum in Italy. According to news reports

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Italy's major banks report record profits in 2023

STORY: Italy's major banks report record profits in 2023 SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 7, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 8, 2024 LENGTH: 0:00:39 LOCATION: Rome CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Italy STORYLINE: Italy's two major banks have reported record profits in 2023, signaling the recovery of the country's banking sector from recent difficulties. On Tuesday, Banca Intesa Sanpaolo, Italy's largest bank by total assets, reported a net profit of 7.7 billion euros (8.3 billion U.S. dollars) for 2023, a year-on-year increase of 76.4 percent. A day earlier, Unicredit revealed a record net profit of 8.6 billion euros for last year, 51 percent higher than in 2022. Both exceeded market expectations. The two banks rank among the world's 50 largest banks, according to Standard & Poor's ratings. Over the past three years, Italy's banking sector faced multiple challenges due to the financial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the energy crisis stemming from the Ukraine crisis. Additionally, four months ago, the Italian p

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U.S. Fed leaves interest rates unchanged amid surging Treasury yields

STORY: U.S. Fed leaves interest rates unchanged amid surging Treasury yields SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 1, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 2, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:14 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the press conference 2. various of speech by Fed Chairman Jerome Powell STORYLINE: The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday left interest rates unchanged at a 22-year high of 5.25-5.5 percent, as yields on long-term U.S. Treasury bonds have spiked in recent months. "Recent indicators suggest that economic activity expanded at a strong pace in the third quarter. Job gains have moderated since earlier in the year but remain strong, and the unemployment rate has remained low. Inflation remains elevated," the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) said in a statement after concluding a two-day policy meeting. Wednesday's decision comes as the 10-year Treasury yield has risen swiftly, by nearly one percentage point, since Fed officials last raised rates in July, recently hitting 5 percent for the first ti

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Maintenance hangar in China's Xiamen offers quality service to aircraft from overseas

STORY: Maintenance hangar in China's Xiamen offers quality service to aircraft from overseas DATELINE: June 3, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:40 LOCATION: XIAMEN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Xiamen Gaoqi Airport 2. various of HAECO Xiamen STORYLINE: A Boeing 787 aircraft flew from overseas and landed at Xiamen Gaoqi Airport for maintenance earlier this week. This was the 100th aircraft from overseas that had entered China's Xiamen for maintenance this year. HAECO Xiamen is one of the largest aircraft maintenance centers in Asia. From January to April this year, the export business volume of the company increased by over 20 percent compared with the same period last year. And the number of overseas aircraft that arrived here for maintenance exceeded 100 two months earlier than last year. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Xiamen, China. (XHTV)

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New Zealand 2023 Rotorua Marathon held in rain

STORY: New Zealand 2023 Rotorua Marathon held in rain DATELINE: May 6, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:02 LOCATION: ROTORUA, New Zealand CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of New Zealand's 2023 Rotorua Marathon STORYLINE: More than 4,000 runners pounded the picturesque tracks around Rotorua Lake in rain on Saturday in the 59th edition of Rotorua Marathon, one of the oldest sporting events in New Zealand. Tokyo Olympian Auckland-based Malcolm Hicks won the men's full marathon in two hours 21 minutes and 49 seconds. Tauranga-based Alice Mason earned a record-equalling fourth victory in the women's race in 2:54:30, just nine months after giving birth to her baby. Earlier in the day, around 4,000 participants set out in a light drizzle to take on either the full marathon, half-marathon, 10km or 5.5km distances. Rotorua, one of North Island's top visitor destinations, is well-known for its fascinating geothermal activity, Maori culture, hot springs and mud pools. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporti

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China, Mongolia trade via Ganqmod Port exceeds 10 mln tonnes

STORY: China, Mongolia trade via Ganqmod Port exceeds 10 mln tonnes DATELINE: April 25, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:40 LOCATION: Hohhot CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Ganqmod Port STORYLINE: The trade volume between China and Mongolia via Ganqmod Port, the largest highway port between the two countries, has surpassed 10 million tonnes so far this year, the port's administration authority said on Monday. Situated in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Ganqmod Port handled approximately 10.02 million tonnes of goods from Jan. 1 to April 22, with a daily average of 112,600 tonnes. Ganqmod Port is the first highway port in the region to reach the 10-million-tonne mark in 2023, hitting the target nearly four months earlier than in 2022. The port has been striving to raise its clearance efficiency by implementing more measures to facilitate trade, said the administration authority. Ganqmod Port is a major energy import channel for the country, and an important hub on the China-Mongolia-Russi

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U.S. House adjourns after failing to elect speaker in historic political stalemate

STORY: U.S. House adjourns after failing to elect speaker in historic political stalemate DATELINE: Jan. 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:00 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the U.S. House of Representatives voting to elect the speaker 2. various of exteriors of the U.S. Capitol STORYLINE: The U.S. House of Representatives adjourned on Tuesday evening after its members failed to elect a speaker for the lower chamber. U.S. Congressman Kevin McCarthy, a Republican from California, failed to secure enough votes in three ballots earlier in the day after a group of House Republicans voted against him. There will be at least a fourth vote as House members agreed to adjourn until Wednesday noon. McCarthy was reportedly negotiating with fellow Republicans on Tuesday night. The political drama came nearly two months after the 2022 midterm elections, in which Republicans flipped the House and Democrats held onto their majority in the Senate. This was the first time in a century that the

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Gazans mourn for 8 youths drowned off Tunisia sea while attempting to reach Europe

STORY: Gazans mourn for 8 youths drowned in sea off Tunisia while trying to reach Europe DATELINE: Dec. 19, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:08 LOCATION: Gaza CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Gazans mourning for the drowned youths 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): AHMED FARIS, Family member of a drowned youth 3. various of Gazans mourning for the drowned youths 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): MOHAMMED SHAATH, Family member of a drowned youth 5. various of Gazans mourning for the drowned youths STORYLINE: Hundreds of Gazans participated on Sunday in the funeral of eight youths who drowned off the Tunisia sea while attempting to reach Europe two months ago. Earlier the day, the bodies of the young men, mostly in their 20s and 30s, arrived in Gaza through the Rafah crossing where they were taken to their families. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): AHMED FARIS, Family member of a drowned youth "Currently, our children are absent, as immigration to Europe is not the solution. Even those who made it to Europe alive regret it and hope to retur

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3 months since Mt. Ontake eruption

OTAKI, Japan - Two women in the central Japan village of Otaki pray on Dec. 27, 2014, for the victims of the Mt. Ontake eruption three months earlier that left 57 people dead and six missing.

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Piles of rubble remain in Gaza despite ceasefire

GAZA, Palestinian Autonomous Area - Piles of rubble have yet to be removed on a street in Gaza in the Palestinian autonomous region on Oct. 22, 2014, despite a ceasefire reached between Israel and Palestinian militants two months earlier.

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Davies in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Glyn Davies (R), U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, shakes hands with Japan's top nuclear envoy Shinsuke Sugiyama at the Japanese Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 26, 2012. Davies briefed Sugiyama about Washington's first high-level contact with Pyongyang the previous week since the death of longtime leader Kim Jong Il about two months earlier. (Pool photo)

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Soviet-Japan war memorial

YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, Russia - Visitors view an old tank of the Imperial Japanese Army exhibited at a museum in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia, on Sep. 1, 2010. The local authorities showed the tank, which had been deserted on Shumshu Island, to reportedly assert the Soviet Union's victory over Japan ahead of Sept. 2, a memorial day designated two months earlier.

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Soviet-Japan war memorial

YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, Russia - Children climb on top of an old tank of the Imperial Japanese Army exhibited at a museum in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia, on Sep. 1, 2010. The local authorities showed the tank, which had been deserted on Shumshu Island, to reportedly assert the Soviet Union's victory over Japan ahead of Sept. 2, a memorial day designated two months earlier.

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Dominican musician in Hong Kong cheers people up amid pandemic

STORY: Dominican musician in Hong Kong cheers people up amid pandemic DATELINE: Sept. 25, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:27 LOCATION: HONG KONG, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Hong Kong and Dominican musician Chris Polanco related footage 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): CHRIS POLANCO, Dominican musician 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): CHRIS POLANCO, Dominican musician 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): CHRIS POLANCO, Dominican musician 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): CHRIS POLANCO, Dominican musician STORYLINE: Earlier this year, Hong Kong was hit hard by the fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Staying at home, 44-year-old Dominican musician Chris Polanco started to produce short videos and put them on social media, calling on people to sing Cantonese songs with him to overcome the difficult time. In just three months, around 80,000 fans followed him. Twenty-two years ago, Polanco left his home country for Hong Kong. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): CHRIS POLANCO, Dominican musician "It's kind of weird, because when I arrived here, I

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Israel begins vaccinating children under 5 against COVID-19

STORY: Israel begins vaccinating children under 5 against COVID-19 DATELINE: Aug. 3, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:26 LOCATION: Jerusalem CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of a four-year old before and after receiving COVID-19 vaccine STORYLINE: A nationwide vaccination campaign against COVID-19 for children aged six months to five years was launched in Israel on Sunday. The vaccination will provide children "with an important protection layer against serious illness and post-COVID symptoms," said a statement issued by the Israeli Ministry of Health on Sunday evening. The vaccine is especially recommended for children at risk of severe COVID-19 illness due to underlying health conditions that impair the immune system, the ministry noted. The shots will either be three doses of the Pfizer vaccine or two doses of the Moderna vaccine, said the ministry. Vaccination for children under the age of five was approved by the ministry's Director General Nachman Ash earlier this month, following a recommendation by a pan

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Nicaragua revokes approval of new U.S. ambassador candidate

STORY: Nicaragua revokes approval of new U.S. ambassador candidate DATELINE: July 29, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:23 LOCATION: Managua CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Nicaragua STORYLINE: Nicaragua revoked its approval of Hugo Rodriguez as a candidate for U.S. ambassador to Nicaragua because of his meddling in the country's internal affairs. "The Government of Nicaragua, in use of its faculties and in the exercise of its national sovereignty, immediately withdraws the placet granted to candidate Hugo Rodriguez," Foreign Minister Denis Moncada said in a press release on Thursday. Moncada denounced Rodriguez's interference in Nicaragua's internal affairs earlier in the day at the confirmation hearing of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, saying, "we reiterate that every diplomat has the duty to contribute to respect and understanding between peoples and governments." Two months ago, U.S. President Joe Biden announced his nomination of Rodriguez as the new U.S. ambassador to Nicaragua to replac

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Australian central bank lifts interest rate by 50 bps to 0.85 pct

STORY: Australian central bank lifts interest rate by 50 bps to 0.85 pct DATELINE: June 8, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:12 LOCATION: SYDNEY, Australia CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Sydney 2. various of Reserve Bank of Australia 3. various of markets and gas stations STORYLINE: Australia's central bank announced on Tuesday a back-to-back rate hike in two consecutive months, lifting interest rate by 0.5 percentage point to 0.85 percent in a bid to relieve the country's growing inflation. "Inflation in Australia has increased significantly. While inflation is lower than in most other advanced economies, it is higher than earlier expected," Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Philip Lowe said at the monetary policy board meeting. "The size and timing of future interest rate increases will be guided by the incoming data and the board's assessment of the outlook for inflation and the labor market," he added. The increasingly aggressive push to interest rates evidenced the central bank's

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Golden statues on top of Nagoya Castle

NAGOYA, Japan Kyodo - Viedo taken on March 8, 2021, shows one of two iconic golden Shachihoko -- a mythical half-fish creature -- statues taken down from the roof of Nagoya Castle in Aichi Prefecture earlier in the day. The statues will go on public display in the central Japan city for nearly four months from March 20.

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Ex-Japanese baseball star Kiyohara given suspended term for drug use

A camera crew waits for former Japanese baseball star Kazuhiro Kiyohara to come out in front of the Tokyo District Court on May 31, 2016. The court earlier sentenced the 48-year-old to two years and six months in prison, suspended for four years, for possessing, using and purchasing illegal drugs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Protests against extended state of emergency in Paris

A man holds a placard during a demonstration at Place de la Republique in Paris on Nov. 22, 2015, as the French parliament voted two days earlier to extend a state of emergency for three months, following the terrorist attacks. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mother of victim of elevator accident unsatisfied with verdict

Masako Ichikawa, 63, whose 16-year-old son Hirosuke Ichikawa (shown in photo in foreground) died in an elevator accident in 2006, expresses her dissatisfaction at a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 29, 2015 regarding the Tokyo District Court's acquittal earlier that day of a former Schindler Elevator K.K. executive. The court handed down suspended prison terms to three people at a maintenance company which had taken over the maintenance and management of the elevator from Schindler two months before the accident. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Spieth wins U.S. Open for 2nd straight major title

Jordan Spieth acknowledges the gallery after completing the final round of the U.S. Open at Chambers Bay in University Place, Washington, on June 21, 2015. The 21-year-old won his second major tournament, having won the Masters two months earlier. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Spieth wins U.S. Open for 2nd straight major title

Jordan Spieth holds the U.S. Open championship trophy at Chambers Bay in University Place, Washington, on June 21, 2015. The 21-year-old won the Masters Tournament two months earlier. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Spieth wins U.S. Open for 2nd straight major title

Jordan Spieth holds the U.S. Open championship trophy at Chambers Bay in University Place, Washington, on June 21, 2015. The 21-year-old won the Masters Tournament two months earlier. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bar hostess-turned-politician attends assembly meeting

Rie Saito, a new member of Tokyo's Kita Ward assembly who is hearing-impaired, communicates with reporters by writing messages during a break on her first day at the assembly on May 26, 2015. She won an assembly seat in unified local elections two months earlier after making her name as a bar hostess in the Ginza entertainment district. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Golden statues on top of Nagoya Castle

Photo taken on March 8, 2021, shows one of two iconic golden "Shachihoko" -- a mythical half-fish creature -- statues taken down from the roof of Nagoya Castle in Aichi Prefecture earlier in the day. The statues will go on public display in the central Japan city for nearly four months from March 20.

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Golden statues on top of Nagoya Castle

Photo taken on March 8, 2021, shows one of two iconic golden "Shachihoko" -- a mythical half-fish creature -- statues taken down from the roof of Nagoya Castle in Aichi Prefecture earlier in the day. The statues will go on public display in the central Japan city for nearly four months from March 20.

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Soviet-Japan war memorial

YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, Russia - Visitors view an old tank of the Imperial Japanese Army exhibited at a museum in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia, on Sep. 1, 2010. The local authorities showed the tank, which had been deserted on Shumshu Island, to reportedly assert the Soviet Union's victory over Japan ahead of Sept. 2, a memorial day designated two months earlier. (Kyodo)

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Soviet-Japan war memorial

YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, Russia - Children climb on top of an old tank of the Imperial Japanese Army exhibited at a museum in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia, on Sep. 1, 2010. The local authorities showed the tank, which had been deserted on Shumshu Island, to reportedly assert the Soviet Union's victory over Japan ahead of Sept. 2, a memorial day designated two months earlier. (Kyodo)

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Davies in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Glyn Davies (R), U.S. special representative for North Korea policy, shakes hands with Japan's top nuclear envoy Shinsuke Sugiyama at the Japanese Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Feb. 26, 2012. Davies briefed Sugiyama about Washington's first high-level contact with Pyongyang the previous week since the death of longtime leader Kim Jong Il about two months earlier. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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3 months since Mt. Ontake eruption

OTAKI, Japan - Two women in the central Japan village of Otaki pray on Dec. 27, 2014, for the victims of the Mt. Ontake eruption three months earlier that left 57 people dead and six missing. (Kyodo)

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Stray young goat rescued

Photo taken Aug. 11, 2020, shows a rescued young goat at a goat farm in Mutsuzawa in Chiba Prefecture. The goat was captured by a farm employee and others earlier in the day after it spent for more than two months on a steep slope just above a railway track in Sakura in the eastern Japan prefecture onto which it had strayed.

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Controversial art exhibition in Japan

A statue symbolizing "comfort women" featured in the controversial "After 'Freedom of Expression?'" exhibition is unveiled to the media in Nagoya, central Japan, on Oct. 14, 2019, after the art festival concluded earlier in the day. The exhibition reopened on Oct. 8 after it was abruptly closed two months ago following threats. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Controversial art exhibition in Japan

A statue (R) symbolizing "comfort women" featured in the controversial "After 'Freedom of Expression?'" exhibition is unveiled to the media in Nagoya, central Japan, on Oct. 14, 2019, after the art festival concluded earlier in the day. The exhibition reopened on Oct. 8 after it was abruptly closed two months ago following threats. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Controversial art exhibition in Japan

A statue symbolizing "comfort women" featured in the controversial "After 'Freedom of Expression?'" exhibition is unveiled to the media in Nagoya, central Japan, on Oct. 14, 2019, after the art festival concluded earlier in the day. The exhibition reopened on Oct. 8 after it was abruptly closed two months ago following threats. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo