「11���������3���������」 の 検索結果

RM 38254512

イラク・バグダッド フセイン像引き倒し （2003年４月９日）

IRAQ: TOWERING BAGHDAD STATUE OF SADDAM HUSSEIN PULLED TO GROUND Date:APRIL 9, 2003 A towering statue of Saddam Hussein was pulled to the ground on Wednesday (April 9) in a symbolic act against the dictator's oppressive regime. Working together in the heart of Baghdad, US marines helped crowds of Iraqi men bring down the imposing monument on the day the city's population celebrated its liberation. The scenes were reminiscent of the fall of the Berlin Wall, brought down by citizens of another oppressed city, Using the A-frame of a tank recovery vehicle, the marines scaled the statue and secured chains around the figure alongside a noose which the Iraqis had already put there. As the vehicle's winch was tightened, the monument jerked then slowly fell forward, hanging precariously from the plinth - before crashing to the ground. Hundreds of civilians gathered around cheering, running over and swamping the huge statue as it lay in the central Shahid Square . The event took place just hours after US Marines swept into the eastern area of central Baghdad. At one point, a marine draped the face of Saddam with an American Stars and Stripes flag, but it was quickly removed. Scores of men pulled off their shoes, using them to beat the fallen statue - one of the biggest insults in the Arab world. Raising their hands in delight, men scrambled to join those dancing and jumping up and down on the enormous figure. The statue fell at 3.48pm BST. Earlier in the day, civilians threw stones at the bronze monument and used a sledge hammer to attack the plinth. One of the first to attack the stone pedestal, a large man wearing a grey vest which showed his strong arms, swung the hammer with as much force as he could, drawing cheers and applause from the crowd. While the hammer was passed round from man to man, chanting bystanders clapped in time to the blows, and chunks of stone broke away. The civilians, mostly young men, found a rope and tied it into a noose, before climbing up on a ladder and threading it round the Saddam statue's neck. (Caption:IRAQ: TOWERING BAGHDAD STATUE OF SADDAM HUSSEIN PULLED TO GROUND)

日付：2003年4月9日

RM 38708685

田中角栄首相アジア訪問に反対するデモ

ＩNDONESIA AND MALAYSIA: VIOLENT ANTI-JAPANESE DEMONSTRATIONS DURING ASIAN TOUR BY JAPANESE PREMIER TANAKA. Date:14TH & 15TH JANUARY, 1974 Anti-Japanese feelings were running very high among Indonesia's students over the week-end of the 12th and 13th January as they awaited the arrival of Japanese Prime Minister, Mr. Kakuei Tanaka. An earlier meeting with President Suharto failed to lower the tension. A??? 400 students of the Indonesian Christian University burned an effigy of Mr. Tanaka in Jakarta on Saturday (January 12th). The students also burned effigies of highly placed assistants of President Suharto, alleged to have collaborated with Japanese businessmen. They carried anti-Japanese placards denouncing 'Economic Imperialism'. The Japanese have gradually increased their level of investment in Indonesian business, which has led to some tension. Japan also takes eighty per cent of Indonesia's oil export and is seeking a big share of the new natural gas finds. President Suharto met a group of students for two and a half hours on Friday (January 11th), and answered questions on alleged government corruption and foreign capital investment policy. But he failed to defuse anti-Japanese feeling. When Mr. Tanaka arrived, students swarmed round the airport and one of them was killed. There were similar incidents when Mr. Tanaka arrived in Malaysia for talks with Malaysian Prime Minister, Mr. Tun Abdul Razak. A group of student chanted, 'Burn Tanaka, burn Tanaka' and unfurled placards with slogans such as 'Down with Japanese Imperialism'. Mr. Razak and Mr. Tanaka discussed investment in Malaysia at a low rate of interest and how to improve trading relations. (Caption:INDONESIA AND MALAYSIA: VIOLENT ANTI-JAPANESE DEMONSTRATIONS DURING ASIAN TOUR BY JAPANESE PREMIER TANAKA.)

日付：1974年1月

RM 38409453

カンカンとランラン、一般公開

JAPAN: FIRST PUBLIC SHOWING OF TOKYO ZOO'S GIANT PANDAS - GIFT OF CHINA ON RESUMPTION OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS Date:3 NOVEMBER 1972 The two giant Pandas given by The People's Republic of China to Japan, were officially presented to Tokyo's Ueno (pron Way-noh) Zoo on Saturday (November 3). The gift of the pandas - female Lan Lan (Gentle Flower) and male Kang (Healthy) - is one of the gestures of goodwill to mark the resumption of Sino-Chinese diplomatic relations. They were presented to the Zoo by Chang Shao, Kuang, of the public Affairs Division of Peking City municipality. Receiving them in the name of the Japanese Government, were Chief Cabinet Secretary Susumu Nikaido. The following day (Sunday) they were shown to the public - large crowds were expected. The three-year-old Lan Lan weighs about 80 killogrammes (176 pounds). Two-year old Kang Kang weighs about 50 killogrammes (110 pounds). They had arrived in Tokyo a week earlier, but had spent that time becoming accustomed to their surroundings, while their Chinese keepers were instructing their Japanese counterparts in the care and feeding of the bears. (Caption:JAPAN: FIRST PUBLIC SHOWING OF TOKYO ZOO'S GIANT PANDAS - GIFT OF CHINA ON RESUMPTION OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS)

日付：1972年11月3日

人物：黒柳 徹子

RM 170787844

9.11アメリカ同時多発テロ事件 報告書の機密解除を求める議員たち＝米ワシントンDC

Title:US DC 911 REPORT 20150107 Representatives Walter Jones and Stephen Lynch and Senator Bob Graham push for the declassification of 28 pages within a key 9/11 inquiry report. (Jan. 7) US Representatives Walter B. Jones (R-NC), Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.), and Senator Bob Graham (D-FL) held a bipartisan press conference on H. Res. 428, a resolution that calls on President Obama to declassify the 28 pages of the Joint Inquiry into Intelligence Activities Before and After the Terrorist Attacks of September 2001 that were initially classified by President George W. Bush and have remained classified under President Barack Obama. The resolution states that declassification of the pages is necessary to provide the American public with the full truth surrounding the events of September 11th. During the press conference, Rep. Stephen Lynch affirmed that the declassification was necessary in order to maintain transparency and would not pose a threat to the country's national security. Sen. Bob Graham also asserted that 28 pages in question hold details pertaining to just who financed the attacks in 2001. Graham added that the 28 pages point a 'strong finger' at Saudi Arabia as a key financier to the terrorist attacks. Representatives from the 9/11 Families United for Justice Against Terrorism and family members of victims killed in the attacks were in attendance as well.

日付：2015年1月7日

RM 20010744

IRAQ PRE-WAR - Blair soundbite, France

(d); 11.3.03 - London, UK; SOUNDBITE: (English) Tony Blair, British Prime Minister; If France or any other country is simply going to say we will veto, no matter what, that's obviously a very difficult situation.""

日付：2003年1月1日

人物：トニー・ブレア

RM 38315533

GERMANY: EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK PRESIDENT WIM DUISENBERG SAYS INTROUDCTION OF EURO CURRENCY IS CLEAR SIGNAL OF TRUST AND HOPE

Date:DECEMBER 31, 2001 European Central Bank President Wim Duisenberg has said that the introduction of the Euro currency is a clear signal of the trust and hope in a new Europe. At midnight tonight we, the 300 million people of the euro area, will all cross a symbolic bridge like those shown on the Euro banknotes," said European Central Bank (ECB) chief Wim Duisenberg, on Monday (December 31) at a news conference on the rollout of euro cash on January 1. National currencies are to be replaced by the euro by the end of February at the latest. The ECB said the launch of the cash euro, which will start being used by the 306 million citizens of the 12-nation euro zone on January 1, was going according to plan. More than 15 billion euro banknotes worth over 630 billion euros have been produced, but less than 10 billion of these notes will enter into circulation from Tuesday, with the rest held in reserve in case of changes in demand. More than 51 billion coins worth 16 billion euros have also been minted, the ECB said. Euro notes and coins have been delivered to banks around the euro zone since September 1 and the build up of supplies has been on schedule, the ECB added. By December 31, more than six billion banknotes worth 132 billion euros and more than 37.5 billion euro coins valued at 12.4 billion euros had been transported to the regions banks. Duisenberg said he expects euro zone growth to pick up in 2002, aided by the single currency. "We expect economic growth will resume in the course of next year with our new currency," he said. The first people to receive a complete set of Euro bills were 24 children from the 12 Euro nations who took part in a competition about the Euro. Duisenberg handed the prizes to the children. (Caption:GERMANY: EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK PRESIDENT WIM DUISENBERG SAYS INTROUDCTION OF EURO CURRENCY IS CLEAR SIGNAL OF TRUST AND HOPE)

日付：2001年12月31日

RM 112959546

Denmark - UN Summit On Poverty

Denmark - UN Summit On Poverty

日付：1995年3月11日

RM 112959545

Denmark - Arrivals For Summit on Poverty

Denmark - Arrivals For Summit on Poverty

日付：1995年3月11日

RM 38243943

AFGHANISTAN: U.N EFFORTS TO BRING ABOUT PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF POWER SUFFERS SETBACK, AS FIGHTING BREAKS OUT AROUND CAPITAL

Date:MARCH 9, 1995 The United Nations (U.N.) efforts to bring about a peaceful transfer of power in Afghanistan have suffered another setback with the latest round of fighting which erupted on Wednesday (March 8) in and around the capital, Kabul. The heavy fighting has resulted in a large number of casualties and damage to property. Kabul city presents a grim picture with heavily bombed buildings and people looking for ways to make a living in the face of heavy shelling. The hasty withdrawal of opposition leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's Hezb-i-Islami forces from the country's Charasyab province just beyond Kabul on Tuesday (March 7) after it was attacked by the Talibans, a militia movement of religious students, had raised peace hopes. Hekmatyar's forces had been using Charasyab as a base to attack Mujahideen rivals in Kabul for the last three years before the emergence of the Taliban troops. The Talibans led by their one-eyed leader, Mullah Mohammad Umar have seized control of nine provinces of Afghanistan in the last six months. The student militia is now at the gates of Kabul after successfully fighting against Mujahideen factions which have been battling for power since the fall of the Communist regime in 1992. (Caption:AFGHANISTAN: U.N EFFORTS TO BRING ABOUT PEACEFUL TRANSFER OF POWER SUFFERS SETBACK, AS FIGHTING BREAKS OUT AROUND CAPITAL)

日付：1995年3月9日

RM 84174963

英保守党大会閉幕 メージャー首相

UNITED KINGDOM: PRIME MINISTER MAJOR CALLS ON CONSERVATIVE PARTY TO UNITE IN EUROPEAN CAUSE BUT VOWS NOT TO LOSE NATIONAL IDENTITY British Prime Minister John Major called on his followers to unite behind Britain's drive towards European union on Friday (October 9) when he made the closing speech of the week-long Conservative Party conference in the southern resort of Brighton. Major told the party members gathered for the annual meeting that Britain's future lay with Europe. Emotion must not govern policy, and that at the heart of the Government's policy lay one objective only: a "cold, clear-eyed calculation of the British national interest - what is right for Britain - what is right for our future" and from that calculation he would not be budged. Major's speech was seen as being crucial to his continuing leadership of the party, after a conference divided amid acrimony over Britain's commitment to a united Europe and the government's handling of the economy. In the face of a strong German currency dominating the Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) in Europe and problems of recession at home, Britain dropped out of ERM on September 16. Those with objections to the drive towards a unified Europe include Lord Tebbit, a former cabinet minister, and Lady Thatcher, Major's predecessor as prime minister. Party members at the conference were split into "Euro-sceptics" and those enthusiastic about European unity. Major said that the aims of the Maastricht treaty had been distorted and exaggerated. But it was time to return to reality, and he was committed to steer the treaty that he had negotiated through parliament. He added that the treaty agreed by Britain contained flexibility and freedom that other nations had signed away. During the hour-long speech a young woman protester, who called out for the government to improve protection of the environment and attempted to unfurl a banner, was led out of the conference hall. Major ended by pledging that Britain's interests would always come first, last and always for him. As is customary, party members stood up to applaud their leader, and Major walked among them shaking hands.

日付：1992年10月9日

人物：ジョン・メージャー

RM 79894714

フィリピン・ピナツボ火山噴火 被害状況

PHILIPPINES: ACCUMULATED ASH AND DEBRIS FROM ERUPTING MOUNT PINATUBO BURIES HOUSES AND FARMLAND UNDER TONNES OF VOLCANIC ASH AND BOULDERS BOTOLAN POINT, PHILIPPINES Mount Pinatubo spewed ash seven kilometres (four miles) high in a mild eruption on Monday (July 1), a day after a flooded river north of Manila buried houses and farmland under tonnes of volcanic ash and boulders. On Sunday (June 30) a mass of earth and boulders roared down the Porac River in Pampanga.Residents had heeded earlier warnings to move to higher ground and no casualties were reported. Edwin de la Cruz, head of the Philippines Institute of Volcanology and Seismology monitoring station at Botolan Point said the river had risen one metre (three feet) because of rain and accumulations of ash and debris since Mount Pinatubo began erupting on June 9. De la Cruz added that the evacuation of people living in threatened areas had led to further crowding at refugee centres accommodating victims of Mount Pinatubo. A quarter of a million people have been forced to leave their homes since Pinatubo, dormant for 600 years, began erupting 22 days ago. Elsewhere, officials warned of possible flooding along four other rivers in Pampanga, Tarlac and Zambales provinces, which border the volcano and declared a 20-kilometre (12-mile) danger zone around the volcano.

日付：1991年6月30日

RM 76474950

サミュエル・ドウ　エチオピア訪問

Date:26 AUGUST, 1980 Ethiopia has become the first African nation to give unreserved support to the revolutionary government established in Liberia last April. The Ethiopian Head of State, Lieutenant Colonel Mengistu, expressed his support on Tuesday (26 August) during a visit by the Liberian leader Master Sergeant Samuel Doe. SYNOPSIS: Sergeant Doe arrived in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, from Tanzania where he had held talks with President Julius Nyerere. The Liberian leader was met on arrival by Colonel Mengistu. The aim of the visit was to improve the Liberian government's image in Africa. Many members of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) were alienated by the bloodshed which accompanied Sergeant Doe's rise to power four months ago -- including the execution of former President Tolbert. The Ethiopians accorded Sergeant Doe full state honours on his arrival with a 21-gun salute, a guard of honour and a march past. Sergeant Doe did not attend the last OAU summit in Sierra Leone in the face of criticism of his regime -- a summit committee will report soon on the question of his attendance at the next meeting. But in talks with Colonel Mengistu, Sergeant Doe was left in no doubt of Ethiopia's support for his regime. At a state banquet the Ethiopian Head of State said both countries were now struggling against oppression and exploitation to achieve freedom, equality and democracy. After a motorcade, Sergeant Doe laid a wreath at the Victory Monument. Colonel Mengistu had earlier drawn parallels between the Liberian revolution and Ethiopia's revolution five years earlier. (Caption:ETHIOPIA: LIBERIAN LEADER VISITS ETHIOPIA WHICH DECLARES SUPPORT FOR RECENT LIBERIAN REVOLUTION.)

日付：1980年8月26日

人物：サミュエル・ドウ

RM 38340300

【1979年ノーベル平和賞】マザー・テレサ

INDIA: NOBEL PEACE PRIZE AWARDED TO CALCUTTA'S MOTHER TERESA. Date:17 OCTOBER 1979 Mother Teresa, winner of the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize, has dedicated her life to the sick and hungry. Her simple message is "the poor must know that we love them". Her followers regard her as a saint, but the 69-year-old nun believes she is only doing God's work. Born of Albanian parents in what is now Yugoslavia, she came to India 50 years ago to teach geography in a convent school. She stayed on to work in the slums of Calcutta, became an Indian citizen in 1950 and founded a new religious order, "the Missionaries of Charity". Today, the order runs more than 120 homes for unwanted children and dying destitutes in India and all over the world. SYNOPSIS: The poverty and slums of Calcutta -- here alone, 36 thousand sick and dying have been given shelter. Thousands of children have been cared for and given foster parents, and over two million sick and nearly fifty thousand lepers are treated by mobile dispensaries and special clinics. But for Mother Teresa, the Peace Prize is simply a gift to the poor ... (Caption:INDIA: NOBEL PEACE PRIZE AWARDED TO CALCUTTA'S MOTHER TERESA.)

日付：1979年10月17日

人物：マザー・テレサ

RM 141136387

フィリピン大統領選挙キャンペーン

PHILIPPINES MARCOS DUET SYND 11 3 78 PRESIDENT AND MRS MARCOS SING ELECTION DUET IN MANILA President Marcos of the Philippines and his wife Imelda sing a duet of Someone To Watch Over Me at an election rally in Manila. Whatever the eventual outcome of the elections, President Marcos' position will not be threatened. He will continue to rule as President and Prime Minister. His wife Imelda, leads the KBL Party, the Movement for a new society.

日付：1978年3月9日

人物：イメルダ・マルコス, フェルディナンド・マルコス

RM 71642285

カンボジア内戦

KHMER REPUBLIC: GOVERNMENT TROOPS PUSH LINES FURTHER NORTH ON HIGHWAY FOUR. In the Khmer Republic, government troops have strengthened their positions in a number of areas and retaken positions from Communist insurgents in the last few days according to the military High Command. Troops from the crack First Division pushed their lines further north on Friday (December 7) in an attempt to link up with an armoured column on the edge of Moha Siang, the Khmer Rouge occupied town on Highway Four about forty miles (64 Kms) southwest of Phnom Penh. The government troops mopped up Communist bunkers dug back form the river taking no chances: They used hand grenades and automatic weapons to clear the fortifications before moving in to look for the dead

日付：1973年12月10日

RM 164548647

QATAR: GOVERNMENT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT NEW POLICY OF COMMERCIAL DIVERSIFICATION.

The Gulf State of Qatar has long bee conscious of the economic hazards of over-dependence on a primary source of national revenue -- the consequence of the Japanese cultured pearls on the diminishing market at a fraction of the price of pure Gulf pearls can still be recalled. The people are presently pinning their brightest and commercial diversification aimed at gaining maximum benefits from oil revenues. Over the last few years, Qatar has concentrated a good deal of the oil revenues on fishing, cement production, housing and building, natural gas exploration, transportation, and domestic industrial projects. Fishing and cement production have produced the most favourable results. Visnews staffman Noel Alexandre shot this film of industrial progress in these two fields.

日付：1972年2月1日

RM 38656831

大阪万博　JAPAN: WEST GERMAN NATIONAL DAY AT EXPO-70.

Date:13 May 1970 West Germany's National Day was celebrated at Expo-70 in Japan on Wednesday (13 May) with a special ceremony attended by President Heinemann and Foreign Minister School. Five thousand people gathered at the Festival Plaza at Osaka to join in short celebrations to mark the occasion. Official guests included President and Mrs. Heinemann and Foreign Minister School who are at present visiting Japan. Many of those gathered to welcome the guests wore national costume, as also did a West German band. The official ceremony included a speech from the President and a short programme of entertainment on the Plaza, before the visitors made their way to the West German Pavilion to browse through exhibits. (Caption:JAPAN: WEST GERMAN NATIONAL DAY AT EXPO-70.)

日付：1970年5月13日

RM 94684939

インドネシアで新興国競技大会（GANEFO）開催

INDONESIA: OPENING OF THE "GAMES OF THE EMERGING FORCES." INDONESIA'S PRESIDENT SUKARNO OFFICIALLY OPENED THE FIRST "GAMES OF THE NEW EMERGING FORCES" IN JAKARTA ON SUNDAY. A NEAR CAPACITY CROWD PACKED THE ASIAN GAMES MAIN STADIUM IN THE INDONESIAN CAPITAL TO WATCH THE CEREMONY. STANDING BEFORE THE PRESIDENT WERE SOME 1,800 ATHLETES AND CULTURAL REPRESENTATIVES OF 41 COUNTRIES. A FURTHER 10 COUNTRIES WHOSE TEAMS HAD FAILED TO ARRIVE BY THE OPENING DAY WERE REPRESENTED BY THEIR FLAGS. THE OPENING OF THE GAMES (GANEFO) WAS THE CULMINATION FOR A SHORT BUT INTENSIVE PERIOD OF PREPARATION. THE DECISION TO HOLD THE GAMES WAS MADE LAST FEBRUARY, SHORTLY AFTER INDONESIA WAS HANDED HER SUSPENSION FROM THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE. "GANEFO" WAS ORGANISED AS AN ANSWER TO WHAT INDONESIA CLAIMS TO BE REACTIONARY ELEMENTS CONTROLLING THE I.O.C. AMONG THE COMPETITORS IN JAKARTA FOR THE GAMES THERE ARE ECHOES OF THE BITTER DISPUTES THAT MARRED THE ASIAN GAMES. TAIWAN, WHICH WAS REFUSED ENTRY TO INDONESIA FOR THOSE GAMES IS REPLACED BY 300 ATHLETES FROM THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA. INSTEAD OF ISRAEL THERE IS A TEAM CALLING ITSELF ARAB PALESTINE - AND COMPRISED OF ARAB EXILES FROM ISRAEL, WHO LIVE NOW IN THE UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC. AT THE WEEKEND POLICE AND SECURITY FORCES CLAMPED A TIGHT NET AROUND THE SPORTS ARENA AMID REPORTS THAT ANTI-GOVERNMENT REBELS WERE TRYING TO SABOTAGE THE RUNNING OF THE GAMES. THE SECURITY CLAMP DOWN FOLLOWED AN INCIDENT IN JAKARTA ON FRIDAY NIGHT IN WHICH ARMED POLICE DISTURBED A GROUP OF ALLEGED SUBVERSIVES.

日付：1963年11月10日

RM 118159561

ラグビー　　南アフリカ対オーストラリア

ＣAPE TOWN: AUSTRALIA SCORES SURPRISE RUGBY UNION VICTORY AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA AUSTRALIA ACHIEVED THE BIGGEST SURPRISE OF RECENT YEARS IN INTERNATIONAL RUGBY UNION FOOTBALL WHEN THEY BEAT SOUTH AFRICA AT NEWLANDS, CAPETOWN ON SATURDAY (AUG 10) BY NINE POINTS TO FIVE.AUSTRALIA SCORED WITH A DROPPED GOAL, A PENALTY GOAL AND A TRY TO THEIR OPPONENT'S CONVERTED PENALTY TRY.IT WAS SOUTH AFRICA'S FIRST DEFEAT IN THEIR LAST 16 INTERNATIONAL MATCHES. THE TEAMS, PLAYING A FOUR-MATCH SERIES, ARE NOW LEVEL AT ONE MATCH EACH, WITH TWO TO PLAY.SOUTH AFRICA WON THE FIRST GAME 14-3. MAGNIFICENT TACKLING, TREMENDOUS FORAZRD PLAY AND OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL DISPLAYS BY SCRUM-HALF KEN CATCHPOLE AND NEW ZEALAND-BORN WING-FORWARD GREG DAVIS LED AUSTRALIA TO THEIR GREAT VICTORY.PLAYING UNDER DIFFICULT CONDITIONS - WITH A WET BALL AND A MUDDY PITCH - THE TOURISTS SEIZED EVERY OPPORTUNITY. THE MATCH OPENED DRAMATICALLY.AFTER A SUPERB 80-YARD RUN BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN WING THREE-QUARTER JANNIE ENGELBRECHT IN THE EIGHTH MINUTE, THE REFEREE, CAPTAIN PIET MYBURGH, RULED THAT TOM BEDFORD, SOUTH AFRICAN WING FORWARD, HAD BEEN OBSTRUCTED AND AWARDED A PENALTY TRY.KEITH OXLEE CONVERTED AND SOUTH AFRICA WERE FIVE POINTS AHEAD. IN THE CLOSING MINUTES OF THE FIRST HALF AUSTRALIA WENT AHEAD WITH A TRY BY WING THREE-QUARTER JIM BOYCE AND A DROPPED GOAL BY FLY-HALF PHIL HAWTHORNE, TO LEAD 6-5 AT HALF-TIME.THEY INCREASED THEIR SLENDER LEAD IN THE 28TH MINUTE OF THE SECOND HALF WHEN FULL-BACK TERRY CASEY KICKED A PENALTY GOAL, AND THE TOURISTS HELD ON TO THE END.

日付：1963年8月23日

RM 143857471

ベルリンの壁周辺風景

GERMANY: WEST BERLIN POLICE ERECT OBSERVATION POSTS TO LOOK OVER 'THAT WALL'. IN THEIR EFFORTS TO MONITOR EVENTS IN THE EASTERN SECTOR, WEST BERLIN POLICE HAVE ERECTED A CHAIN OF OBSERVATION POSTS, HIGH ENOUGH TO LOOK OVER THE DIVIDING WALL BUILT BY THE EAST GERMAN REGIME. THIS PARTICULAR ONE HAS BEEN BUILT NEAR THE BRANDENBURG GATE. IT STANDS ABOUT SEVEN-FEET HIGH, BUT NO DOUBT IT COULD BE RAISED HIGHER SHOULD THE EAST GERMAN AUTHORITIES DECIDE TO BUILD THE WALL HIGHER.

日付：1961年11月

RM 118159562

ラグビー：南アフリカ対ニュージーランド

SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN-NEW-ZEALAND-BEATS-SOUTH-AFRICA-SECOND 50,000 fans crowded the Newlands Stadium, Cape Town, South Africa, July 23, to see the second rugby Test match between New Zealand (The All Blacks) and South Africa (The Springboks). The New Zealanders, defeated 13-0 in the first Test at Johannesburg, had their revenge by gaining a dominating grip on the game in the second half and going on to win by 11 points to 3. (A goal, a penalty-goal and a dropped goal for New Zealand, and an unconverted try for South Africa.) Opening with vigorous attacking, the All Blacks opened the scoring in the fifth minute when Don Clarke, from 35 yards out, caught a pass from Chris Koch and went over near the corner flag. This seemed to spark off great determination in the Springbok forward line. Persistently pressing on, their efforts were rewarded in the 31st minute when Oxlee dived over. The result remained at 3-3 until half time. Resuming with the sun in their eyes, the All-Blacks were soon forced on the defensive by the Springbok's drive. After many near misses in the early stage, the tables were turned and the All-Blacks came back with a series of near misses. With seven minutes plus injury time left the All-Blacks persistent pressure was rewarded when Meads crossed far out and Don Clarke converted to make it 8-3. His conversion gave Clarke 101 points for the South African tour so far. Clarke was not finished yet. Three minutes from the final whistle he gathered a long pass from Briscoe, steadied himself, and put over a left-footed drop from close on 50 yards to register the final score...11-3. Both teams have two more Tests to play before the series ends.

日付：1960年7月26日

RM 38548529

JAPAN: TELECOMMUNICATION COMPANY NTT DOCOMO LAUNCHES ITS NEXT GENERATION MOBILE PHONE THE 3G PHONE

Date:OCTOBER 1, 2001/SEPTEMBER 27, 2001/FILE Japan has launched its much vaunted next generation mobile phones which allows users to download video off the web and conduct video conferences. Japan's NTT DoCoMo on Monday (October 1) launched a new generation of cellphones that allow users to talk face-to-face via video and surf the Internet faster than before. Braving a decade of economic gloom in the world's second-largest economy, DoCoMo began selling the new phones in the initial service area of greater metropolitan Tokyo under the brand name FOMA, for Freedom of Mobile Multimedia Access. The world's first third-generation, or 3G, handsets will transmit at speeds six to 40 times faster than current cellphones and use a radio spectrum set aside for the new service. About half a dozen people lined up outside one retail shop in Tokyo's Shinjuku district in rainy weather to buy the phones. It was a low-key beginning for a technology that had investors and other wireless carriers in a frenzy just two years ago, resulting in a huge stock boom. Part of the reason for 3G's underwhelming start was that DoCoMo, Japan's top mobile operator, had formally launched 3G four months earlier as a trial service to iron out problems in an unstable network. But buyers nevertheless were curious to try out the new phone, in gadget-loving Japan. "I like it because it comes with a television inside," said one woman who came with her boyfriend to try out the new phones. "I just wanted to have newest model," said another man. While DoCoMo, which means "anywhere" in Japanese, said it had deliberately kept the launch low-key, it is not because of a lack of confidence in the technology. In fact DoCoMo is hoping people will understand that 3G is more than just for video conferencing. "On October 1st, we will be launching a high speed communication, high speed i-mode and TV phone. While they may have the function of TV telephones, it doesn't always have to be face-to-face communication. We would rather people want to use the function of video communication or video transmission in more than just that situation," said DoCoMo's president Keiji Tachikawa at a press conference early last week. Judging from the nearly 150,000 applicants for the trial batch of 4,500 phones in May, those goals may be reached sooner than expected. DoCoMo is aiming for 150,000 subscribers by March. DoCoMo is hoping for no less than a repeat of its success with "i-mode", its popular, current-generation Net access service that lets users surf the Web, check e-mail and read the news on business card-size screens. I-mode's 27.5 million users have made DoCoMo into one of Japan's biggest companies by value and put it on the global map as the first mobile carrier to succeed in making mobile Internet services popular. And analysts said NTT may be successful in repeating that success. Mark Berman, Director of Equity research at Credit Suisse First Boston said "Now if we take 3g, and all the sudden you move the services to network, that offers, let's say, it's only 64 kilobits which we think is going to happen, you still giving people a network that offers six times as much as fast network, higher data rate, therefore I think it's given actually going to be successful." The faster speeds are expected to allow people to communicate in new ways, exemplified by the tiny camera on the Panasonic-brand video mobile phone, which is equipped with a camera for live, two-way video conferencing. Although prices vary depending on whether a customer is buying a new 3G phone or trading in a 2G model, the video phone ranges from 59,800 to 76,800 yen (502 U.S. dollars to 670 U.S. dollars), depending on its model and functions. Tachikawa said that 20,000 of the standard models would be available at 260 shops throughout Tokyo and that several thousand video phones would be for sale. Total monthly output would be 25,000 units, he said. The phones are capable of transmitting data at 64 to 384 kilobits per second, six to 40 times faster than the slowest 9.6 kbps used for i-mode services. (Caption:JAPAN: TELECOMMUNICATION COMPANY NTT DOCOMO LAUNCHES ITS NEXT GENERATION MOBILE PHONE THE 3G PHONE)

日付：

RM 209517616

Tunisians voice little hope following low election turnout

Tunisian residents voice little hope on the day after just 11.3 percent of Tunisians voted in a second-round poll for a toothless parliament in the politically divided nation. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES - Ghada Ben Amor,liberal profession - Ryan Mekki, student - Mohamed Guesmi,retired civil servant

日付：2023年1月30日

RM 209517593

Tunisia opposition calls for unity after tepid election turnout

Tunisia's main opposition coalition urges a united front against President Kais Saied after just 11.3 percent of Tunisians voted on Sunday in a second-round poll for a toothless parliament in the politically divided nation. "Let's join hands to work for change, in the form of Kais Saied's departure", Ahmed Nejib Chebbi, head of the National Salvation Front, tells a press conference in Ariana. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES

日付：2023年1月30日

RM 209517592

Tepid turnout as Tunisians vote on toothless parliament

Just 11.3 percent of Tunisians voted Sunday in a second-round poll for a toothless parliament,according to initial figures announced by the electoral board,as the politically divided nation grapples with economic woes. Speaking after voting stations closed at 6:00 pm (1700 GMT),electoral board chief Farouk Bouasker said,"voting went smoothly (...) operations were quick and simple throughout the country." [COMPLETES VIDI33863WFEN] IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES - Farouk Bouasker,president of the Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE)

日付：2023年1月29日

RM 209517591

Turnout in Tunisia vote scrapes 11.3%: preliminary figures

Just 11.3 percent of Tunisian voters cast ballots in Sunday's second-round election for a toothless parliament,according to preliminary figures announced by the electoral board. The body's chief Farouk Bouasker says 887,638 out of some 7.8 million registered voters had taken part in the poll,which follows a widely boycotted first round in December. SOUNDBITE - Farouk Bouasker,president of the Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE)

日付：2023年1月29日

RM 208672401

New Zealand sees largest annual increase in food prices in 32 years

New Zealand's food prices were 11.3 percent higher in December 2022 than they were in December 2021, which was the biggest annual increase in 32 years, the statistics department Stats NZ said on Thursday. It has been the biggest annual increase since April 1990, when food prices increased by 11.4 percent, Stats NZ said. In December 2022, the annual increase was due to rises across all the broad food categories measured, with fruit and vegetable prices increasing by 23 percent, compared with December 2021. Grocery food was the largest contributor to this movement. Monthly food prices rose 1.1 percent in December 2022 compared with November 2022. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Wellington. (XHTV) ( Original Title: New Zealand sees largest annual increase in food prices in 32 years )

日付：2023年1月20日

RM 205635297

Motorcycling on the rise in Mexico City

In addition to the nearly five million cars that struggle to get around Mexico City every day,there are now hundreds of thousands of motorbikes,whose numbers are growing rapidly. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES - Alexis aka "El Diputado",Motorcyclist - Erick García aka "El Diablo",Motorcyclist - Laura Barrera ,Organizer of Intertrafic Mexico - Arturo Cervantes,President of the National Alliance for Road Safety

日付：2022年12月5日

RM 201536489

第20回 中国共産党大会 国家発展改革委員会が会見

The Chinese economy has made extraordinary achievements in its economic development amid the complex international situation over the past decade which has resulted in the historic leap of the country’s economic strength, an official said Monday. Zhao Chenxin, deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission, listed a few statistics of Chinese economy in the past decade at a press conference on the sidelines of the ongoing 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. "Since the 18th National Congress, our Party has solved a great number of problems that had long gone unsolved, securing many accomplishments that hold major future significance, and enabled historical achievements and changes in China's economic and social development. Numbers speak louder than words. From 2012 to 2021, China's GDP grew from 53.9 to 114.4 trillion yuan (about 7.5 to 15.9 trillion U.S. dollars). It now accounts for 18.5 percent of the world economy, up from 11.3 percent, an increase of 7.2 percentage points. China's per capita GDP increased from 39,800 to 81,000 yuan (about 5,500 to 11,200 U.S. dollars),"said Zhao. "The historic leap of China's economic strength and the remarkable and extraordinary achievements in China's economic development were made against the backdrop of a grim and complex international situation, with a variety of major risks and challenges constantly emerging, which are indeed hard-won gains. It would not have been possible without the overall leadership of General Secretary Xi Jinping and guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era," he continued. A series of significant and innovative viewpoints have been proposed under the guidance of Xi Jinping's economic thought to adapt to the changing circumstances and new challenges over the past ten years, said Zhao. "Xi Jinping's economic thought has produced a number of innovative concepts, including the important theoretical view of strengthening the Party's overall leadership of economic work, a philosophy of people-oriented development, a new development philosophy featuring and adhering to the ideas of innovation, coordination, greenness, openness and shared development, the major conclusion that China's economy has shifted from high-speed growth to the stage of high-quality development, the important thought of improving the socialist market economy, the major policy of supply-side structural reform, the major strategy of constructing the new development pattern, and the important thought of promoting the sound development of economic globalization," he said. ( Original Title: China achieves remarkable progress in economic development amid complex international situation: official )

日付：2022年10月17日

RM 201086808

SHORT PROFILE: Saleh Kebzabo becomes prime minister of Chad

The former opposition figure becomes prime minister following a decree issued by military leader and interim president Mahamat Idriss Deby Into,who was proclaimed head of state at the death of his father. SHORT PROFILE

日付：2022年10月12日

RM 199405380

Malaysian ringgit movements continue to be market determined: central bank

The Malaysian Central Bank said on Friday that Malaysian ringgit movements will continue to be market determined. Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) said in a statement that the bank continues to closely monitor and ensure orderly financial market conditions amidst external developments that have led to persistent strength in the U.S. dollar against almost all currencies, including the ringgit. The dollar has strengthened significantly due to aggressive monetary policy tightening in the United States, it added. It also said that tighter global financial conditions and higher volatility in the foreign exchange markets are not expected to derail Malaysia's economic growth. According to the bank, the Malaysian economy expanded by 8.9 percent in the second quarter and will continue to be driven by further improvements in labor market conditions and higher tourism activities. It also said Malaysia's exports are underpinned by its highly diversified products and markets. The domestic financial system is well capitalized with ample liquidity, and financial intermediation continues to be supportive of the economy, it added. The BNM also said that the foreign exchange market continues to function and intermediate effectively. According to the bank, daily onshore foreign exchange transaction volume has been increasing throughout, reaching a current average of 13.3 billion dollars against 11.3 billion dollars in 2021, amid two-way flows. Bond market activity remains healthy, and is well supported by institutional investors and financial institutions, it said. It also said that BNM's market operations will ensure sufficient liquidity and orderly functioning of financial markets. "Malaysia remains an open economy. Rather than resorting to capital controls or re-pegging of the ringgit, the policy priority now is to sustain economic growth in an environment of price stability and to further strengthen domestic economic fundamentals through structural reforms. This will provide a more enduring support for the ringgit," Bank Negara Malaysia Governor Nor Shamsiah said. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Kuala Lumpur. (XHTV) ( Original Title: Malaysian ringgit movements continue to be market determined: central bank )

日付：2022年9月24日

RM 199202296

Britain observes minute's silence in memory of Queen Elizabeth II

In the last official hommage to Queen Elizabeth II before her funeral on Monday,Britain observes a minute of silence in her memory. Citizens are encouraged to mark the the moment on their doorsteps or at community events and vigils. IMAGES

日付：2022年9月19日

人物：エリザベス 2世

RM 197689573

Tunisian young parents feel pinch as price of school supplies hikes

Rising costs of school supplies cause extra pain for young parents in Tunisia during their back-to-school shopping ahead of the new school year that starts next week. "The prices have increased ridiculously. I spend about 300 Tunisian dinars (93 U.S. dollars) on my kids' school supplies, accounting for 15 percent of my monthly income," Fatma, a Tunisian mother of two, told Xinhua. She complained that she had to adjust the yearly budget for her family over and over again to cover the back-to-school expenses. Maryem Blidi, a 44-year-old office manager in the northern province of Ariana, told Xinhua that she had to limit her budget for buying stationery as the rising inflation creeps into every aspect of life in Tunisia. To curb inflation, the central bank in the North African country raised the key interest rate by 75 basis points to 7 percent in May, the first hike in over three years. However, inflation continued to rise for the consecutive 11 months to 8.6 percent in August, the highest record since September 1991. The increase is explained by the rise in the price of food products (11.9 percent), furniture, household items and routine household maintenance (11.3 percent), and educational products and services (10 percent), according to the data released by the National Institute of Statistics on Monday. When asked about the reason for the stationery inflation, many parents referred to the spill-out of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, both key timber suppliers. Data shows that Russia exported around 6 million tons of pulp and paper products in 2021. Moreover, as many school supplies in Tunisia are imported, their prices rose under a stronger dollar led by the U.S. Federal Reserve's repeated rate hikes this year. For Fatma, one of the ways in which inflation will harm children is through its impact on their education. "Education is the top priority for our family, so we tighten our belts to buy school supplies. School and schooling should be altogether be protected from profit and the free market, our kids need to have equal opportunities in their learning experience," she said. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Tunis. (XHTV) ( Original Title: Tunisian young parents feel pinch as price of school supplies hikes )

日付：2022年9月7日

RM 196386659

ジル・バイデン米国大統領夫人　ショートプロフィール映像

Short profile of US First Lady Jill Biden,who has tested positive for Covid-19 and is suffering "mild symptoms," according to the White House,two weeks after her husband Joe Biden contracted the virus for a second time. SHORT PROFILE OF Jill Biden

日付：2022年8月16日

人物：ジル・バイデン

RM 195329821

渋谷に飛び出す「3D犬」が登場

A giant digital dog appears on screens in Tokyo's busy shopping and business district of Shibuya,the latest 3D display in the megacity following a massive 4K cat last year that went viral. The new installation sees the dog appear at the top of each hour across eight different billboards,leaping from screen to screen and catching a frisbee. The digital canine is the same Akita breed as Hachiko,a dog famous in Shibuya with its very own statue outside the area’s busy train station. "In Shibuya,as you can see,there are many screens. But they’re only in 2D. Everyone has gotten used to that. But by doing a 3D advertisement,it attracts everyone's attention," said one passerby. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES - Noboru Takawa,Tokyo resident - Masashi Kido,Tokyo resident ( Original Title: Giant 3D dog leaps between billboards in Tokyo )

日付：2022年8月2日

RM 194924552

SHORT PROFILE: Uruguay striker Luis Suarez

SHORT PROFILE of Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez,who said he had reached a "pre-agreement" with Nacional,the club where he started his career in Uruguay. SHORT PROFILE OF Luis Suarez

日付：2022年7月27日

RM 188678593

Biden denounces white supremacy after Buffalo mass shooting

U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday denounced white supremacy in a visit to the city of Buffalo in New York, where a gunman killed 10 people and injured three others, 11 of them African Americans. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JOE BIDEN, U.S. President "White supremacy is a poison. It's a poison, running through our body politic. And it's been allowed to fester and grow right in front of our eyes. No more. I mean, no more. We need to say as clearly and forcefully as we can that the ideology of white supremacy has no place in America. None." Payton Gendron, an 18-year-old white man, opened fire at a supermarket in Buffalo on Saturday. He was alleged to have been motivated by a far-right conspiracy theory that white people are at risk of being replaced by immigrants and people of color. The massacre is being investigated as a racially motivated hate crime. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): JOE BIDEN, U.S. President "What happened here is simple and straightforward: Terrorism. Terrorism. Domestic terrorism. Violence inflicted in the service of hate and the vicious thirst for power that defines one group of people being inherently inferior to any other group." The Buffalo attack was the deadliest mass shooting in the United States so far in 2022 and one of at least 202 such incidents -- defined as one in which four or more people were injured or killed -- through mid-May, according to the Gun Violence Archive. More than 29,000 people have either been killed or injured in gun violence-related incidents across the country since the start of the year, the nonprofit organization's data also showed. Many Americans believe that gun violence in the country has much to do with a high number of firearms in private hands and easy access to lethal weapons. Licensed gun makers in the United States built 11.3 million firearms in 2020, a 187 percent increase over the number they made in 2000, according to a report released by the Justice Department on Tuesday. "We can only address the current rise in violence if we have the best available information and use the most effective tools and research to fuel our efforts," U.S. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco said in a statement. "This report is an important step in that direction," Monaco vowed. "The Department will continue to gather the data necessary to tailor our approach at the most significant drivers of gun violence and take shooters off the streets." Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Washington D.C. (XHTV) ( Original Title: Biden denounces white supremacy after Buffalo mass shooting )

日付：2022年5月19日

RM 184320774

At least 4 wounded in oil refinery blast in Turkey

At least four workers were wounded in an explosion at an oil refinery in northwest Turkey, local media reported on Friday. The blast occurred at the Turkish Petroleum Refineries Corporation (TUPRAS)'s facility in the Kocaeli province, about 100 km to the country's largest city Istanbul, reported the Ihlas news agency. It said the cause of the incident, which happened at one of the filling tanks of the refinery, was not immediately clear, and authorities launched a comprehensive investigation. The injured have been rushed to nearby hospitals, the report said. A fire broke out after the explosion and was extinguished in a short time, it added. TUPRAS operates four refineries across the country, and the refinery in Kocaeli processes 11.3 million tons of crude oil per year, accounting for 33 percent of Turkey's petroleum products consumption. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Istanbul, Turkey. (XHTV) ( Original Title: At least 4 wounded in oil refinery blast in Turkey )

日付：2022年3月26日

RM 184226517

SHORT PROFILE: US actress Jessica Chastain

SHORT PROFILE OF US actress Jessica Chastain,nominated to the Oscars in the "Best Actress" category for her role in "The Eyes of Tammy Faye." SHORT PROFILE OF Jessica Chastain

日付：2022年3月24日

RM 182332357

ウクライナの農民　1500万ドルもするロシア軍のミサイルシステム車両を焼却

Farmers seized a Russian missile system and reportedly set it alight in a field in Ukraine on March 1 in this clip sourced via Ukrainian media. The villagers claimed the invading soldiers fled following the incident near the city of Bashtanka in the Mykolaiv Oblast region. Dnipro city mayor Boris Filatov, 49, claimed that farmers seized and destroyed the Pantsir-C missile system vehicle and that it cost around 15 million USD (11.3 million GBP). Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a 'special military operation' in Ukraine's Donbas region last week. He said in a public address on February 24: 'We decided to launch a special military action aimed at demilitarisation and denazification of Ukraine.' Russia and Ukrainian officials began ceasefire talks on March 1 in the Republic of Belarus, a staunch Russian ally. ( Original Title: Ukrainian farmers seize and burn $15m Russian missile system )

日付：2022年3月1日

RM 181326524

FILE: WHO mRNA Vaccine Hub for Africa

The World Health Organization set up a global mRNA technology transfer hub in South Africa in 2021 to support manufacturers in low- and middle-income countries to produce their own Covid-19 vaccines. The WHO said Friday six African countries have been chosen to establish their own mRNA vaccine production. Currently the continent of 1.3 billion people only produces one percent of its vaccines. FILE IMAGES of the mRNA Vaccine Hub for Africa

日付：2022年2月18日

RM 180558693

SHORT PROFILE: Prince Charles, heir to the British Crown

Images of Britain's Prince Charles,heir to the British Crown,who tested positive with Covid-19 for the second time. Prince Charles had previously suffered from the virus in March 2020,but quickly recovered. SHORT PROFILE OF Prince Charles

日付：2022年2月10日

RM 179597574

SHORT PROFILE: Barbadian pop star Rihanna

SHORT PROFILE of Rihanna,as the superstar drops the news that she is pregnant with her first child by revealing her baby bump,alongside her boyfriend A$AP Rocky,in Harlem. SHORT PROFILE OF Barbadian pop star Rihanna

日付：2022年1月31日

人物：リアーナ

RM 179553392

German factory feels the sting of supply chain woes

A new warehouse with a freshly unboxed smell is the consequence of the coronavirus pandemic for the German ladder,stool and scaffold-maker Munk. In the southern town of Guenzburg on the banks of the Danube,the group has invested 10 million euros ($11.3 million) into a new complex to stockpile enough raw materials and components to keep production running amid serious disruptions to supply chains. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES ARRANGED IN SEQUENCES - Ferdinand Munk,boss of the company Munk - Fritzi Köhler-Geib,economist at the public bank KfW - Ferdinand Munk,boss of Munk company

日付：2022年1月27日

RM 176067668

Havana Film Festival opens amid pandemic, economic and political tensions

The 42nd Havana Film Festival finally turns on the projectors this Friday,after 22 months of pandemic with economic crisis and political tensions,still simmering. "The important thing is not to give up on the festival," says its president,Iván Giroud. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES - Ivan Giroud,Director of the Havana Latin American Film Festival

日付：2021年12月3日

RM 175656204

SHORT PROFILE: Manuel Zelaya, ousted former Honduran president

SHORT PROFILE: Manuel Zelaya is the former President of Honduras who was ousted in a military coup in 2009. He is the husband of current presidential candidate Xiomara Castro. SHORT PROFILE OF Manuel Zelaya

日付：2021年11月26日

RM 175656201

The sweet melody of Soweto's oldest ice cream van

The melody of Sipho Mtshali's ice-cream van has drawn hoards of Soweto children since South Africa's violent apartheid years,running over for creamy soft servings. Decades later,it still is going. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES ARRANGED IN SEQUENCES - Sipho Mtshali,ice cream van man - Nkosinathi (right),local resident - Andile (left),local resident

日付：2021年11月26日

RM 175287100

PROFILE: Yani Rosenthal, Honduran presidential candidate

Yani Rosenthal is the presidential candidate of Honduras' third political force,the right-wing Liberal Party. Rosenthal served a three-year sentence in the United States for laundering drug money. SHORT PROFILE OF PROFILE OF Yani Rosenthal - Yani Rosenthal Hidalgo,Honduras presidential candidate - Yani Rosenthal,Presidential candidate for Honduran opposition Liberal party

日付：2021年11月26日

RM 175218589

SHORT PROFILE: football legend Diego Maradona

Diego Maradona is widely considered to be one of the greatest footballers in history and inspired Argentina to the 1986 World Cup. The Argentine footballer played for Boca Juniors, Barcelona, Napoli, among other clubs, and the national team. He died after undergoing brain surgery on a blood clot, and after decades of battles with cocaine and alcohol addictions, at age 60 on 25 November 2020. SHORT PROFILE OF football star Diego Maradona

日付：2021年11月24日

RM 175151558

FILE: Patients and victims of Covid-19 in Europe

FILE IMAGES of Covid-19 patients in hospitals,funeral homes and victims of the virus as the World Health Organization warns another 700,000 Europeans could die by March 1,in addition to the 1.5 million who have already succumbed to the virus. FILE IMAGES of Covid patients in hospital and funeral homes and victims of the virus

日付：2021年11月23日

RM 173297904

Japan votes as ruling party seeks fresh start

Images of people arriving at voting centre and casting their votes at Japan's general election on Sunday. "I hope Japanese politics will become more casual and diverse so more young people would participate in it," says one voter. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is hoping to win over a pandemic-fatigued public with spending promises as his long-ruling conservatives seek a fresh start. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES - Eko Nagasaki,voter - Takashi Shima,voter - Chieko Murata,voter

日付：2021年10月31日

RM 168704370

Afghan refugees in Qatar's World Cup complex fear for families back home

At a compound set to host attendees of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar,a few hundred Afghan refugees await their fate,hoping they will be accepted in Europe or America,but some like Ahmad Wali Sarhadi,who left his wife and five children behind in Kandahar,have no idea what lies ahead. The 28-year-old freelance journalist says he has "no final destination" yet and spends sleepless nights worrying about his family still in Afghanistan and wondering "who will accept him as a refugee". IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES ARRANGED IN SEQUENCES - Ahmad Wali Sarhadi,freelance journalist

日付：2021年9月3日

RM 168388685

Egypt's external debt jumps to 134.8 bln USD by end of March, says CBE report

The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) has said that the country's external debt jumped to 134.8 billion U.S. dollars by the end of March 2021, an increase of about 11.3 billion dollars from June 2020, the end of Egypt's 2019-2020 fiscal year, local media reported on Wednesday. The CBE said the increase was mainly caused by the rise in loans granted by banks and the depreciation of the U.S. dollar. The long-term external debt increased to 121.5 billion dollars, making up 90.2 percent of the total external debt. The short-term external debt increase by 2.4 billion dollars, reaching 13.3 billion, the bank added. The government remains the main obligor, accounting for around 59.7 percent of Egypt's external debt, reaching 80.5 billion dollars, said the CBE's report. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Cairo. (XHTV) ( Original Title: Egypt's external debt jumps to 134.8 bln USD by end of March, says CBE report )

日付：2021年9月2日

RM 165476129

中国中部地方の洪水被害に対する緊急対応を強化

China on Wednesday upgraded its emergency response to floods from Level III to Level II as heavy downpours ravaged the central province of Henan, according to the Ministry of Emergency Management. Torrential rains have lashed the central, western, and northern regions of Henan since July 17, and continued to wreak havoc as of Tuesday afternoon, the MEM said. Some rivers in the province, including tributaries of the Yellow and Haihe rivers, have seen their water levels exceed warning levels, the Ministry of Water Resources warned. Continued rainfalls are expected to trigger sharp water level rises and flooding over the next three days. According to the meteorological department, as of 14:00 on Tuesday, average rainfall over the past 24 hours reached 253 mm in the provincial capital Zhengzhou, with the biggest rainfall of 400.8 mm recorded in Pingdingshan City's Lushan County. The heavy downpours flooded streets, stranding motorists and disrupting traffic across the region. Train services were suspended, many highways were closed, and flights were delayed or canceled in Henan. In Zhengzhou, heavy rain even flooded the subway, leaving passengers trapped in waist-high floodwater. Meanwhile, firefighters in the cities of Zhengzhou, Pingdingshan, and Luoyang have been busy evacuating local residents to safety. The provincial flood control and drought relief headquarters on Tuesday said that more than 144,660 residents have been affected by torrential rains in Henan since July 16, and 10,152 have been relocated to safe places. As of Tuesday, fire departments in Henan have carried out 408 flood-relief and emergency rescues. Fire departments in Zhengzhou alone have dispatched 548 fire engines, 25 boats, and 2,710 firefighters in response to emergencies. A total of 849 trapped people were saved, and more than 1,500 residents were evacuated to safety in Zhengzhou. Floodwater has damaged 9,222 hectares of crops, causing direct economic losses of nearly 73 million yuan (about 11.3 million U.S. dollars). The State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters dispatched a work team to the affected areas in Henan to help local authorities with disaster relief work. China has a four-tier flood-control emergency response system, with Level I being the most severe. (Original Title: China upgrades flood emergency response in central province)

日付：2021年7月20日

RM 165044149

河南省で144,660人以上が大雨の影響を受ける

More than 144,660 residents have been affected by torrential rains in central China's Henan Province since July 16, and 10,152 have been relocated to safe places, the provincial flood control and drought relief headquarters said Tuesday. A total of 16 large and medium-sized reservoirs have seen water levels rise above the alert level after torrential rains battered most parts of the province on Monday and Tuesday. The biggest rainfall was recorded in Lushan County of Pingdingshan City with 400.8 mm of precipitation. The provincial meteorological bureau has raised the emergency response for meteorological disasters to level II, and made preparations for possible natural disasters triggered by persistent heavy rainfall. Rainwater has damaged 9,222 hectares of crops, causing a direct economic loss of nearly 73 million yuan (about 11.3 million U.S. dollars). Heavy rains are expected to lash the central, western and northern areas of the province in the next 24 hours, according to forecasts. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Zhengzhou. (XHTV) ( Original Title: GLOBALink | Heavy rain affects over 144,660 people in central China's Henan )

日付：2021年7月20日

RM 165476126

豪雨が続く河南省の緊急対応レベルを2に引き上げ＝中国

The persistent torrential rain has continued to wreak havoc in central China's Henan Province as of Monday, forcing provincial meteorological bureau to raise the emergency response for meteorological disasters to level II and make preparations for possible natural disasters triggered by the heavy rainfall. Heavy rain has been continuing to pour on cities including Zhengzhou, Luoyang, Xuchang, Pingdingshan and Nanyang since Monday. The biggest rainfall was recorded in Lushan County of Pingdingshan City with 400.8 mm of precipitation. Local fire departments in cities of Luoyang, Pindingshan and Xinxiang have also manned more staff and dispatched firefighters to evacuate flood-trapped residents. As of 17:00 Tuesday, a total of 836 trains under the management of Zhengzhou Railway Bureau had been delayed, another 155 trains suspended service or returned to its departure stations due to the heavy rainfall. The downpour has also caused waterlogging in downtown areas of Zhengzhou, forcing local metro subway to suspend all its service in the city at present. The Yellow River Water Resources Commission of the Ministry of Water Resources issued a blue alert for flood conditions in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River and a level IV emergency response for meteorological disasters at 19:00 Monday. The torrential rains have affected more than 144,660 residents in the province, forcing 10,152 to be relocated to safe places, the provincial flood control and drought relief headquarters said Tuesday. A total of 16 large and medium-sized reservoirs have seen water levels rise above the alert level after torrential rains battered most parts of the province on Monday and Tuesday. Rainwater has damaged 9,222 hectares of crops, causing a direct economic loss of nearly 73 million yuan (about 11.3 million U.S. dollars). Heavy rains are expected to lash the central, western and northern areas of the province in the next 24 hours, according to forecasts. (Original Title: Henan raises emergency response to level II as downpour continues)

日付：2021年7月19日

RM 165864586

成都の緑化住宅プロジェクト 「垂直の森」と称されるマンションで暮らす人々＝中国

An experimental green housing project in China's southwestern Chengdu city has been overrun by its own plants. The newly arrived residents describe living at the Qiyi City Forest Garden as positive,saying that being surrounded by vegetation is good for the air quality and the view. This report is part of an AFPTV series on urban farms and gardens around the world. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES - Lin Dengying,Lives at Qiyi City Forest Garden - Yuan Ming,Lives at Qiyi City Forest Garden (Original Title: Cities growing green: China's 'vertical forest' overrun by greenery )

日付：2021年7月12日

RM 162939146

SHORT PROFILE: Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan was celebrated as a national hero when he swept to power in a peaceful revolution in 2018,but now he is fighting for political survival. Pashinyan,46,has come under immense pressure to resign since November when he signed a ceasefire agreement with Azerbaijan that ended six weeks of fighting for control of the mountainous Nagorno-Karabakh region. The reformer now faces a key test in snap parliamentary polls on Sunday. SHORT PROFILE OF NIKOL PASHINYAN

日付：2021年6月17日

RM 162455355

First day of full lockdown in Santiago amid Covid surge

"Lockdown is not the best solution but it is the only one here at the moment" a resident says on the first day of total lockdown in the Metropolitan region of Santiago,a health security measure to face an increase in daily cases of Covid-19 despite a successful mass vaccination campaign. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES - Matías,Santiago resident - Pascual,Writer

日付：2021年6月12日

RM 161232741

Argentines protest against lockdown as virus deaths surpass 75,000

Argentines gather at the Buenos Aires Obelisk and in front of the Government House to protest a nine-day lockdown introduced by President Alberto Fernandez,amid surging coronavirus cases and deaths. The protest comes on the same day Argentina surpassed Covid-19 75,000 deaths,placing it among the countries with the highest rate per million inhabitants in the region. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES - Néstor,protester - Bea,retired - Diego García,owner of satellite internet company - Sara,retired

日付：2021年5月25日

RM 160457816

Colombia: Police deployed at stadium for Copa Libertadores match

Police's deployed at the Romelio Martinez stadium in the Colombian Caribbean city of Barranquilla on the day of the Libertadores Cup match between America from Cali and Brazil's Atletico Mineiro,after the Junior and River Plate game,held in the same stadium,was paused due to tear gas smoke from nearby protests. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES - Nelson Patron,Barranquilla's Secretary of Security and Coexistence

日付：2021年5月14日

RM 158587838

SHORT PROFILE: Venezuelan conductor Gustavo Dudamel

Venezuela's Gustavo Dudamel was only a teenager when he first picked up a conductor's baton,and has since conquered many of the world's orchestral stages. Having just turned 40,the lively maestro with a mop of curly hair is taking on a new challenge: he will be the new musical director of the Paris Opera. FILE IMAGES

日付：2021年4月19日

RM 157989271

China's NEV storage battery output skyrockets in March

China's output of storage batteries to power new energy vehicles (NEVs) rose 151.9 percent year on year in March, industry data showed. The output stood at 11.3 gigawatt-hours last month, according to the China Automotive Battery Innovation Alliance. In the first quarter, the total output reached 32.8 gigawatt-hours, up 296.5 percent year on year. In March, the installed capacity of the batteries came in at 9 gigawatt-hours, soaring 224.8 percent from the same period last year, showed the data. Sales of NEVs in China increased by 2.8 times year on year in the first quarter amid the steady recovery of the country's automobile sector, the latest data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers showed. In the first three months, NEV sales amounted to 515,000 units. In March alone, NEV sales surged 2.4 times year on year to reach 226,000 units, the data showed. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Beijing, China. (XHTV) ( Original Title: China's NEV storage battery output skyrockets in March )

日付：2021年4月12日

RM 157721753

Link between AstraZeneca vaccine and blood clots "clear," EMA official tells Italian daily

There is a causal link between the coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and very rare cases of blood clots, although it remains unclear what the connection is and the possible causes are likewise still unknown, a senior European Medicines Agency (EMA) expert told the Italian newspaper Il Messaggero on Tuesday. "It is clear that an association exists" between the vaccine and the dozens of reported blood clots, said Marco Cavaleri, head of the EMA's health threats and vaccines strategy. "Such cases are extremely rare, and the benefits (of the vaccine) still largely outweigh the risks," he stressed. "Yet, it is becoming increasingly hard to say there is no cause-effect relationship between the vaccination with AstraZeneca and very rare cases of unusual blood clots associated with a low number of platelets," he said. In its latest assessment of embolic and thrombotic events reported after coronavirus vaccination published on March 24, the EMA looked at 258 such cases (45 of them fatal) that occurred in Europe out of almost 20 million first doses of the vaccine administered. On March 31, the agency explained that such an assessment did not unveil "any specific risk factors, such as age, gender or a previous medical history of clotting disorders for these very rare events." "A causal link with the vaccine is not proven but is possible, and further analysis is continuing," it added. Cavaleri told the Italian newspaper on Tuesday that the assessment process was "far from over." The EMA is expected to provide a new evaluation on the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine soon, perhaps by late Wednesday, the European Union's (EU) Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides said on Twitter on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA) and the Health Ministry were also due to discuss the issue late on Tuesday, although the AIFA would reportedly not issue any new rule on the AstraZeneca vaccine's use pending the EMA's decision. Like other EU countries, Italy on March 15 issued a "temporary and precautionary" ban on the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine following reports of a small number of clot deaths in the country. Three days later, it resumed use of the AstraZeneca vaccine following the EMA's announcement that it was safe. Also in March, the Italian branch of AstraZeneca said that "an analysis of safety data on over ten million doses administered has shown no evidence of an increased risk of pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis in any age group, gender or batch." The AstraZeneca vaccine was authorized for use in Italy on Jan. 29 and is one of four vaccines currently approved against the coronavirus here, the others being those by Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson. Italy's vaccination campaign is ongoing but it has been marred by a slow start and delays. To date, the country has administered 11.3 million doses out of the 14.1 million doses available, according to the government. Over 3.5 million people have received both vaccine doses. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Rome. (XHTV) ( Original Title: Link between AstraZeneca vaccine and blood clots "clear," EMA official tells Italian daily )

日付：2021年4月8日

RM 156218301

Grüne sehen Rückenwind für Bundestagswahl

Date:14.03.2021 Grüne und SPD starten mit einem Etappensieg in das Superwahljahr 2021, die CDU mit einem deutlichen Dämpfer. Bei den Landtagswahlen in Baden-Württemberg und Rheinland-Pfalz am Sonntag punkteten beide Amtsinhaber: In Baden-Württemberg verteidigten die Grünen unter Ministerpräsident Winfried Kretschmann ihre Spitzenposition. Damit können sie die Koalition mit der CDU fortsetzen. Rechnerisch können die Grünen aber auch eine Ampelkoalition mit SPD und FDP eingehen. In Rheinland-Pfalz wurde die SPD unter Regierungschefin Malu Dreyer erneut stärkste Kraft. Verantwortlich für die Verluste der CDU in beiden Ländern machten Politiker der Partei vor allem den Masken-Skandal. Kretschmann nahm den Regierungsauftrag unmittelbar nach Bekanntgabe der Ergebnisse am Abend an: "Ich verstehe das als Auftrag, unserem Land weiter als Ministerpräsident zu dienen", sagte er in Stuttgart. Der Regierungschef ließ allerdings nicht erkennen, ob er an der Koalition mit der CDU festhält oder eine Ampel-Koalition in Aussicht nimmt. Die Grünen würden nun "mit allen demokratischen Parteien" sprechen. "Das werden wir in der nötigen Ernsthaftigkeit tun." Es gelte, den Klimawandel zu begrenzen, den Strukturwandel der Wirtschaft zu meistern und die Demokratie zu verteidigen. Dreyer sagte in Mainz, es gebe erneut einen "klaren Regierungsauftrag". Ihre Regierung aus SPD, FDP und Grünen sei eindeutig bestätigt worden. In Baden-Württemberg kommen die Grünen laut Hochrechnungen der ARD auf 30,7 Prozent, nach 30,3 Prozent bei der Wahl 2016. Die CDU erreicht 23,3 Prozent, nach 27 Prozent vor fünf Jahren. Die SPD schafft 11,7 Prozent, nach 12,7 Prozent. Die FDP kommt auf 11,3 Prozent, nach 8,3 Prozent. Die AfD erzielt demnach 11,8 Prozent, nach 15,1 Prozent 2016. Das ZDF kommt zu ähnlichen Hochrechnungen. (Caption:7070GE-DEUTSCHLAND-BW_GRUENE_REAX)

日付：2021年3月14日

RM 156218300

Grüne sehen Rückenwind für Bundestagswahl

Date:14.03.2021 Grüne und SPD starten mit einem Etappensieg in das Superwahljahr 2021, die CDU mit einem deutlichen Dämpfer. Bei den Landtagswahlen in Baden-Württemberg und Rheinland-Pfalz am Sonntag punkteten beide Amtsinhaber: In Baden-Württemberg verteidigten die Grünen unter Ministerpräsident Winfried Kretschmann ihre Spitzenposition. Damit können sie die Koalition mit der CDU fortsetzen. Rechnerisch können die Grünen aber auch eine Ampelkoalition mit SPD und FDP eingehen. In Rheinland-Pfalz wurde die SPD unter Regierungschefin Malu Dreyer erneut stärkste Kraft. Verantwortlich für die Verluste der CDU in beiden Ländern machten Politiker der Partei vor allem den Masken-Skandal. Kretschmann nahm den Regierungsauftrag unmittelbar nach Bekanntgabe der Ergebnisse am Abend an: "Ich verstehe das als Auftrag, unserem Land weiter als Ministerpräsident zu dienen", sagte er in Stuttgart. Der Regierungschef ließ allerdings nicht erkennen, ob er an der Koalition mit der CDU festhält oder eine Ampel-Koalition in Aussicht nimmt. Die Grünen würden nun "mit allen demokratischen Parteien" sprechen. "Das werden wir in der nötigen Ernsthaftigkeit tun." Es gelte, den Klimawandel zu begrenzen, den Strukturwandel der Wirtschaft zu meistern und die Demokratie zu verteidigen. Dreyer sagte in Mainz, es gebe erneut einen "klaren Regierungsauftrag". Ihre Regierung aus SPD, FDP und Grünen sei eindeutig bestätigt worden. In Baden-Württemberg kommen die Grünen laut Hochrechnungen der ARD auf 30,7 Prozent, nach 30,3 Prozent bei der Wahl 2016. Die CDU erreicht 23,3 Prozent, nach 27 Prozent vor fünf Jahren. Die SPD schafft 11,7 Prozent, nach 12,7 Prozent. Die FDP kommt auf 11,3 Prozent, nach 8,3 Prozent. Die AfD erzielt demnach 11,8 Prozent, nach 15,1 Prozent 2016. Das ZDF kommt zu ähnlichen Hochrechnungen. (Caption:7070GE-DEUTSCHLAND-BW_GRUENE_REAX)

日付：2021年3月14日

RM 156218251

AfD knapp zweistellig bei beiden Wahlen im Südwesten

Date:14.03.2021 Die AfD hat sich mit dem Ergebnis der Landtagswahlen in Baden-Württemberg und Rheinland-Pfalz zufrieden gezeigt. "Es ist ein super Ergebnis für uns, wir sind sehr, sehr zufrieden, dass wir ein gutes Ergebnis haben, mit dem wir in das Superwahljahr starten können", sagte die Vorsitzende der Bundestagsfraktion, Alice Weidel, nach der ersten Prognose in Stuttgart. "Die ersten Hochrechnungen pendeln zwischen 11,8 und 12,5 Prozent, ich glaube, da ist noch Luft nach oben und da werden wir abwarten müssen, wie sich das zu den anderen Parteien noch verschiebt." Der Vorsitzende der Bundespartei, Tino Chrupalla, sieht die AfD auch im Westen auf dem Weg zur "Volkspartei". "Es gibt ja bei allen Parteien lokale und regionale Unterschiede, so wie auch bei uns", sagte der AfD-Politiker. "Alles, was über 10 Prozent ist, haben wir gesagt, ist stabil, und das muss man ja auch erst mal schaffen, nach fünf Jahren zu konsolidieren, nochmal ein stabiles Ergebnis zu holen und deswegen sind wir sehr zufrieden", sagte Chrupalla in Mainz. In Baden-Württemberg kommen die Grünen laut Hochrechnungen der ARD auf 30,7 Prozent, nach 30,3 Prozent bei der Wahl 2016. Die CDU erreicht 23,3 Prozent, nach 27 Prozent vor fünf Jahren. Die SPD schafft 11,7 Prozent, nach 12,7 Prozent. Die FDP kommt auf 11,3 Prozent, nach 8,3 Prozent. Die AfD erzielt demnach 11,8 Prozent, nach 15,1 Prozent 2016. Das ZDF kommt zu ähnlichen Hochrechnungen. In Rheinland-Pfalz kommt die SPD demnach auf 34,7 Prozent, nach 36,2 Prozent bei der Wahl 2016. Zweitstärkste Kraft wurde die CDU mit 26,0 Prozent, nach 31,8 Prozent vor fünf Jahren. Die Grünen kommen auf 8,3 Prozent, nach 5,3 Prozent. Die AfD bekommt 10,4 Prozent, nach 12,6 Prozent. Die FDP erhält 6,3 Prozent, nach 6,2 Prozent vor fünf Jahren. Die Freien Wähler ziehen demnach mit 5,7 Prozent erstmals in den Landtag ein. (Caption:7074GE-DEUTSCHLAND-AFD_REAX)

日付：2021年3月14日

RM 156218215

Kretschmann will weiter Ministerpräsident bleiben

Date:14.03.2021 Grüne und SPD starten mit einem Etappensieg in das Superwahljahr 2021, die CDU mit einem deutlichen Dämpfer. Bei den Landtagswahlen in Baden-Württemberg und Rheinland-Pfalz am Sonntag punkteten beide Amtsinhaber: In Baden-Württemberg verteidigten die Grünen unter Ministerpräsident Winfried Kretschmann ihre Spitzenposition. Damit können sie die Koalition mit der CDU fortsetzen. Rechnerisch können die Grünen aber auch eine Ampelkoalition mit SPD und FDP eingehen. In Rheinland-Pfalz wurde die SPD unter Regierungschefin Malu Dreyer erneut stärkste Kraft. Verantwortlich für die Verluste der CDU in beiden Ländern machten Politiker der Partei vor allem den Masken-Skandal. Kretschmann nahm den Regierungsauftrag unmittelbar nach Bekanntgabe der Ergebnisse am Abend an: "Ich verstehe das als Auftrag, unserem Land weiter als Ministerpräsident zu dienen", sagte er in Stuttgart. Der Regierungschef ließ allerdings nicht erkennen, ob er an der Koalition mit der CDU festhält oder eine Ampel-Koalition in Aussicht nimmt. Die Grünen würden nun "mit allen demokratischen Parteien" sprechen. "Das werden wir in der nötigen Ernsthaftigkeit tun." Es gelte, den Klimawandel zu begrenzen, den Strukturwandel der Wirtschaft zu meistern und die Demokratie zu verteidigen. Dreyer sagte in Mainz, es gebe erneut einen "klaren Regierungsauftrag". Ihre Regierung aus SPD, FDP und Grünen sei eindeutig bestätigt worden. In Baden-Württemberg kommen die Grünen laut Hochrechnungen der ARD auf 30,7 Prozent, nach 30,3 Prozent bei der Wahl 2016. Die CDU erreicht 23,3 Prozent, nach 27 Prozent vor fünf Jahren. Die SPD schafft 11,7 Prozent, nach 12,7 Prozent. Die FDP kommt auf 11,3 Prozent, nach 8,3 Prozent. Die AfD erzielt demnach 11,8 Prozent, nach 15,1 Prozent 2016. Das ZDF kommt zu ähnlichen Hochrechnungen. (Caption:7071GE-DEUTSCHLAND-BW_KRETSCHMANN)

日付：2021年3月14日

RM 156218214

Kretschmann will weiter Ministerpräsident bleiben

Date:14.03.2021 Grüne und SPD starten mit einem Etappensieg in das Superwahljahr 2021, die CDU mit einem deutlichen Dämpfer. Bei den Landtagswahlen in Baden-Württemberg und Rheinland-Pfalz am Sonntag punkteten beide Amtsinhaber: In Baden-Württemberg verteidigten die Grünen unter Ministerpräsident Winfried Kretschmann ihre Spitzenposition. Damit können sie die Koalition mit der CDU fortsetzen. Rechnerisch können die Grünen aber auch eine Ampelkoalition mit SPD und FDP eingehen. In Rheinland-Pfalz wurde die SPD unter Regierungschefin Malu Dreyer erneut stärkste Kraft. Verantwortlich für die Verluste der CDU in beiden Ländern machten Politiker der Partei vor allem den Masken-Skandal. Kretschmann nahm den Regierungsauftrag unmittelbar nach Bekanntgabe der Ergebnisse am Abend an: "Ich verstehe das als Auftrag, unserem Land weiter als Ministerpräsident zu dienen", sagte er in Stuttgart. Der Regierungschef ließ allerdings nicht erkennen, ob er an der Koalition mit der CDU festhält oder eine Ampel-Koalition in Aussicht nimmt. Die Grünen würden nun "mit allen demokratischen Parteien" sprechen. "Das werden wir in der nötigen Ernsthaftigkeit tun." Es gelte, den Klimawandel zu begrenzen, den Strukturwandel der Wirtschaft zu meistern und die Demokratie zu verteidigen. Dreyer sagte in Mainz, es gebe erneut einen "klaren Regierungsauftrag". Ihre Regierung aus SPD, FDP und Grünen sei eindeutig bestätigt worden. In Baden-Württemberg kommen die Grünen laut Hochrechnungen der ARD auf 30,7 Prozent, nach 30,3 Prozent bei der Wahl 2016. Die CDU erreicht 23,3 Prozent, nach 27 Prozent vor fünf Jahren. Die SPD schafft 11,7 Prozent, nach 12,7 Prozent. Die FDP kommt auf 11,3 Prozent, nach 8,3 Prozent. Die AfD erzielt demnach 11,8 Prozent, nach 15,1 Prozent 2016. Das ZDF kommt zu ähnlichen Hochrechnungen. (Caption:7071GE-DEUTSCHLAND-BW_KRETSCHMANN)

日付：2021年3月14日

RM 156218201

CDU-Generalsekretär - Gab keine Wechselstimmung im Südwesten

Date:14.03.2021 Im Südwesten gab es nach Angaben von CDU-Generalsekretär Paul Ziemiak keine Wechselstimmung. "Es sind persönliche Erfolge der Ministerpräsidenten", sagt er. Mitverantwortlich sei auch die Maskenaffäre gewesen, die der CDU geschadet habe. Es gebe zudem Unverständnis und Kritik an dem Corona-Krisenmanagement. Grüne und SPD starten mit einem Etappensieg in das Superwahljahr 2021, die CDU mit einem deutlichen Dämpfer. Bei den Landtagswahlen in Baden-Württemberg und Rheinland-Pfalz am Sonntag punkteten beide Amtsinhaber: In Baden-Württemberg verteidigten die Grünen unter Ministerpräsident Winfried Kretschmann ihre Spitzenposition. Damit können sie die Koalition mit der CDU fortsetzen. Rechnerisch können die Grünen aber auch eine Ampelkoalition mit SPD und FDP eingehen. In Rheinland-Pfalz wurde die SPD unter Regierungschefin Malu Dreyer erneut stärkste Kraft. Dreyer sagte im ZDF, eine Fortsetzung der Ampelkoalition aus SPD, Grünen und FDP sei ihre erste Wahl. Verantwortlich für die Verluste der CDU in beiden Ländern machten Politiker der Partei vor allem den Masken-Skandal. Kretschmann nahm den Regierungsauftrag unmittelbar nach Bekanntgabe der Ergebnisse am Abend an: "Ich verstehe das als Auftrag, unserem Land weiter als Ministerpräsident zu dienen", sagte er in Stuttgart. Der Regierungschef ließ allerdings nicht erkennen, ob er an der Koalition mit der CDU festhält oder eine Ampel-Koalition in Aussicht nimmt. Die Grünen würden nun "mit allen demokratischen Parteien" sprechen. "Das werden wir in der nötigen Ernsthaftigkeit tun." Es gelte, den Klimawandel zu begrenzen, den Strukturwandel der Wirtschaft zu meistern und die Demokratie zu verteidigen. Dreyer sagte in Mainz, es gebe erneut einen "klaren Regierungsauftrag". Ihre Regierung aus SPD, FDP und Grünen sei eindeutig bestätigt worden. In Baden-Württemberg kommen die Grünen laut Hochrechnungen der ARD auf 30,7 Prozent, nach 30,3 Prozent bei der Wahl 2016. Die CDU erreicht 23,3 Prozent, nach 27 Prozent vor fünf Jahren. Die SPD schafft 11,7 Prozent, nach 12,7 Prozent. Die FDP kommt auf 11,3 Prozent, nach 8,3 Prozent. Die AfD erzielt demnach 11,8 Prozent, nach 15,1 Prozent 2016. Das ZDF kommt zu ähnlichen Hochrechnungen. In Rheinland-Pfalz kommt die SPD demnach auf 34,7 Prozent, nach 36,2 Prozent bei der Wahl 2016. Zweitstärkste Kraft wurde die CDU mit 26,0 Prozent, nach 31,8 Prozent vor fünf Jahren. Die Grünen kommen auf 8,3 Prozent, nach 5,3 Prozent. Die AfD bekommt 10,4 Prozent, nach 12,6 Prozent. Die FDP erhält 6,3 Prozent, nach 6,2 Prozent vor fünf Jahren. Die Freien Wähler ziehen demnach mit 5,7 Prozent erstmals in den Landtag ein. (Caption:7079GE-DEUTSCHLAND_WAHLEN_CDU_ZIEMIAK)

日付：2021年3月14日

RM 156348107

2本足で立った2頭のシカがケンカ＝イギリス

This is the incredible moment two majestic stags reared up on their hinds legs and began boxing in a fight for dominance at a country park. Cara Hewitt, 17, captured the sparring male heavyweights tussling at Bradgate Park, in Charnwood Forest, Leics., last Thursday (11/3). Cara, ,who has worked as assistant park ranger for two years, said she was feeding the red deer when a male with one antler towered up on its hind legs. This video was filmed on the 11th March 2021. ( Original Title: Incredible video shows two majestic stags standing on their hind legs and start boxing )

日付：2021年3月11日

RM 155911347

Bolivian left faces setback in local elections - exit polls

Date:MARCH 7, 2021 EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: QUALITY AS INCOMING Bolivia's leftist ruling party received an electoral setback on Sunday (March 7) when exit polls showed it had lost the possibility of governing the most populated cities in the country. In the midst of a second wave of coronavirus, the centre-right won the mayoralties of La Paz, Santa Cruz, Cochabamba and El Alto, which account for about 70 percent of the Bolivian population. In all the country has 11.3 million inhabitants. The ruling party's rivals won eight of the 10 main Bolivian cities and appeared set to take control of least four of the nine provincial governorships, according to survey data released by local television channels Unitel, Red Uno and Bolivision. The left returned to power in Bolivia at the end of last year, when current president, Luis Arce, won the national election with a comfortable 55.1 percent. He was backed by former president Evo Morales. Election authorities have a week to announce the official results of Sunday's vote, which was marred by with long delays at many polling stations where lines formed as people waited to cast their ballots. (Production: Monica Machicao, Santiago Limachi, Sergio Limachi, Paul Vieira) (Caption:1058LA-BOLIVIA-ELECTION__O_)

日付：2021年3月7日

RM 155911346

Bolivian left faces setback in local elections - exit polls

Date:MARCH 7, 2021 EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: QUALITY AS INCOMING Bolivia's leftist ruling party received an electoral setback on Sunday (March 7) when exit polls showed it had lost the possibility of governing the most populated cities in the country. In the midst of a second wave of coronavirus, the centre-right won the mayoralties of La Paz, Santa Cruz, Cochabamba and El Alto, which account for about 70 percent of the Bolivian population. In all the country has 11.3 million inhabitants. The ruling party's rivals won eight of the 10 main Bolivian cities and appeared set to take control of least four of the nine provincial governorships, according to survey data released by local television channels Unitel, Red Uno and Bolivision. The left returned to power in Bolivia at the end of last year, when current president, Luis Arce, won the national election with a comfortable 55.1 percent. He was backed by former president Evo Morales. Election authorities have a week to announce the official results of Sunday's vote, which was marred by with long delays at many polling stations where lines formed as people waited to cast their ballots. (Production: Monica Machicao, Santiago Limachi, Sergio Limachi, Paul Vieira) (Caption:1058LA-BOLIVIA-ELECTION__O_)

日付：2021年3月7日

RM 155107425

Portugal spends 915.9 mln euros on fighting against pandemic

The Portuguese government announced on Sunday that it had spent 915.9 million euros (1.11 billion U.S. dollars) on fighting against the coronavirus pandemic. Official data showed that the expenditure on the country's health system increased by 11.3 percent in January 2021 compared to the same period last year, with most of it being paid for professionals and medical equipment. The Ministry of Health has reported having contracted 981 hospital beds by the end of January this year, with 745 beds from the private and social sectors and 236 from the Armed Forces. The number of ventilators for the treatment of COVID-19 patients has almost doubled, now totaling 2,216 pieces of equipment available through the health system. Beds in intensive care units more than tripled, rising from 431 beds in January 2020 to 1,411 on Feb. 10 this year. According to the latest data from the Directorate-General for Health, Portugal currently has 861,922 people vaccinated against the coronavirus: 596,812 with the first dose and 265,110 with the second dose. Portugal's confirmed COVID-19 cases stood now at 804,562. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Lisbon. (XHTV)

日付：2021年3月1日

RM 155253783

FILE PHOTOS of Iraq's Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani

File photos of Iraq's most revered Shiite cleric,Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani. The Vatican confirmed that Pope Francis will meet with Sistani during his forthcoming trip to Iraq. FILE PHOTOS of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani

日付：2021年3月1日

RM 154517675

One year on, Italian city in first virus crosshairs remembers

On the night of 20-21 February 2020,patient zero,the first to contract Covid-19 in the West,was identified at Codogno Hospital. One year later,in the small town in the province of Lodi,60 kilometres from Milan,people have learned to live with the virus. The streets,deserted a year ago,are slowly returning to normality,but the citizens of Codogno have not let their guard down. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES - Emy Cavalli,owner of a bar in Codogno - Emanuele Patti,university student living in Codogno - Francesco Passerini,Mayor of Codogno - Iginio Passerini,parish priest of Codogno

日付：2021年2月20日

RM 153571452

China's biggest auto company sets to sell 1.5 mln cars overseas for next five years

Although the world is still shrouded in the shadow of the COVID-19 epidemic, Chinese leading automaker Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. (SAIC) has achieved 390,000 vehicle exports and overseas sales in 2020, an increase of 11.3 percent over 2019, ranking first in China for five consecutive years. According to the latest announced international business strategy target of the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025), SAIC will strive to increase its overseas annual sales volume to 1.5 million vehicles. According to statistics, in 2020, China's auto exports to EU countries show a rapid growth trend, of which 21,800 vehicles were exported to the UK, an increase of 32.3 percent year on year, and the export value was 459 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 67.8 percent year on year; exports to Belgium were 17,500 vehicles, an increase of 1423.7 percent year on year, exports of 439 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 638.6 percent year on year. In addition, exports to Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and other countries have increased significantly. By 2025, SAIC's sales volume in European market is expected to reach 300,000 vehicles with new energy vehicles accounting for 70 percent to 80 percent. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Shanghai, China. (XHTV)

日付：2021年2月7日

RM 153522370

China's garment industry reports shrinking profits in 2020

China's garment industry registered lower profits and revenue in 2020, data from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology showed. Profits of the country's major garment enterprises came in at 64.04 billion yuan (about 9.9 billion U.S. dollars) last year, down 21.3 percent year on year, the ministry said. Meanwhile, the combined operating revenue of these companies fell 11.3 percent from a year ago to 1.37 trillion yuan. The output of China's garment sector reached 22.37 billion pieces in 2020, down 7.7 percent year on year, according to the ministry. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Beijing. (XHTV)

日付：2021年2月6日

RM 152957034

Political agreement "shattered dreams of Yemenis for change", analyst

Yemeni analyst says there is "great hope" to change the path of Yemen's future but this requires great efforts as today,millions of Yemenis are on the brink of famine,the economy is destroyed the relentless Huthi campaign for more territory grinds on. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES TO COMPLETE VDI8ZM29MEN - Bassem Al-Shaabi,political Analyst

日付：2021年1月27日

RM 152957027

FILE: Images of French film director Ladj Ly

The association of the award-winning French director of "Les Misérables" Ladj Ly,who set up a free film school in Seine-Saint-Denis,is under preliminary investigation for breach of trust and money laundering. FILE IMAGES

日付：2021年1月27日

RM 151859247

Dead Bruda whale discovered on Thai beach

A rotting carcass of a rare Bryde's whale, or Bruda whale, has been found washed up on rocks at Choeng Mon beach on Koh Samui in southern Thailand. The whale was found beached on rocks around 20 metres from the shore on Sunday. It is about 11.3 metres long with an estimated weight of one tonne. Its sex is yet to have been determined. Chaowalit Phetnoy, the Koh Samui fishery office chief, said the carcass was probably washed ashore by waves from the north east. Chaowalit said experts from the Chumphon-based Marine Resources Development and Research Centre for the Upper Gulf of Thailand were expected to arrive this week to examine the carcass and try to determine how it died. The Bruda whale is at risk of extinction due to its small population size, restricted range, and several other major threats. Chaowait said he estimates that fewer than 100 of the whales are in existence. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Bangkok. (XHTV)

日付：2021年1月12日

RM 151782335

China's courier sector expands in December

China's courier sector saw fast expansion in December, official data showed. The China express delivery development index stood at 298.7 last month, up 43.5 percent year on year, the State Post Bureau said. The sub-indices for development scale, service quality and development trend rose 39.5 percent, 65.9 percent and 11.3 percent, respectively, from a year earlier, according to the bureau. The express delivery industry is expected to handle 95.5 billion parcels in 2021, and its operating revenue will reach 980 billion yuan (about 151.45 billion U.S. dollars), the bureau said. Compiled on the basis of data from major logistics firms' operating delivery services, the development index reflects the overall business activities and trends in the country's courier sector. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Beijing. (XHTV)

日付：2021年1月10日

RM 149303901

Manchester residents react as city placed under Tier 3 restrictions

Manchester residents react as the city is placed in Tier 3,the highest level of anti-Covid restrictions in England,after the national lockdown was lifted. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES - Ben,student - Kevin,shopkeeper - Loredana,accountant - Robert,shopkeeper

日付：2020年12月2日

RM 149303900

Department stores reopen in London as second lockdown ends

Department store Selfridges in London welcomes its first clients as England exits lockdown three weeks from Christmas,with a regional tier system in place aimed at reducing case numbers. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES - Charlotte Cobb,customer - Oliver Doohin,customer,buying and selling shoes - Elliott Myers,CEO of Roto VR - Maeve Wall,store director,Selfridges

日付：2020年12月2日

RM 149290594

Londoners on shopping spree in Debenhams and Topshop as lockdown restriction lifted

Londoners go on a shopping spree on Oxford Street in Debenhams and Topshop after the second lockdown across England is lifted. Debenhams and Topshop-owner Arcadia,two of Britain's biggest clothing retailers,stand on the brink of collapse following coronavirus fallout and fierce online competition,risking the loss of 25,000 jobs. IMAGES

日付：2020年12月2日

RM 149290575

Non-essential shops reopen in central London as England emerges from second lockdown

Across England,non-essential shops in "Tier 2" reopen,including in central London's Oxford Circus,following a four-week lockdown imposed to stop surging rates of Covid-19 infection,ease pressure on health services,and to allow families to gather for Christmas. IMAGES

日付：2020年12月2日

RM 149290571

Images of London's 'rush hour' as England emerges from second lockdown

Images of "rush hour" in Whitechapel in London,as England emerges from its second lockdown and enters level two of a three-tier restriction system,limiting household mixing and allowing the reopening of the hospitality sector. IMAGES

日付：2020年12月2日

RM 148879346

UK expected to see worst recession in over 300 years: senior official

he British economy is forecast to shrink by 11.3 percent this year, the worst recession in more than 300 years in the country as a result of the coronavirus crisis, British Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak said Wednesday. The chancellor told British lawmakers that the Office of Budget of Responsibility (OBR) did not expect the economy to return to its pre-coronavirus levels until the end of 2022. SOUNDBITE (English): RISHI SUNAK, British Chancellor of the Exchequer "The OBR forecasts that the economy will contract this year by 11.3 percent, the largest fall in output for more than 300 years. As the restrictions are eased, it expects the economy to start recovering and growing by 5.5 percent next year, 6.6 percent in 2022 and then 2.3 percent, 1.7 percent and 1.8 percent in the following years. Even with growth returning, our economic output is not expected to return to pre-crisis levels until the fourth quarter of 2022. The economic damage is likely to be lasting. Long-term scarring means in 2025, the economy will be around 3 percent smaller than expected in the March Budget." He warned that the "economic emergency has only just begun" as he unveiled his first Spending Review in the wake of the coronavirus crisis. In the Spending Review, he said the British government has spent 280 billion pounds (about 374.1 billion U.S. dollars) on its response to the coronavirus crisis and intends to spend a further 55 billion pounds (about 73.5 billion dollars) next year to tackle the pandemic. Meanwhile, the public borrowing is set to stand at 394 billion pounds (about 526.4 billion dollars) in the current 2020/21 financial year, equivalent to 19 percent of Britain's gross domestic product (GDP), said Sunak. To fuel growth and support jobs, he said that Britain is estimated to spend 100 billion pounds (133.6 billion dollars) of capital expenditure next year on infrastructure. In addition, Britain will establish a new infrastructure bank -- headquartered in the north of England -- to work with the private sector to finance major new investment projects across the country, he said. Sunak's remarks came just one day after Britain recorded the highest daily COVID-19 death toll since May 12 on Tuesday. The coronavirus-related deaths in Britain rose by 608 to 55,838, marking the highest daily death number since May 12, according to official figures released Tuesday. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from London. (XHTV)

日付：2020年11月26日

RM 149172423

SLIDESHOW: Highlights of football legend Diego Maradona in ten photos

Diego Maradona,one of the greatest players of all time,died Wednesday at the age of 60,plunging his native Argentina and football fans around the world into mourning. Here are 10 AFP photos looking at the football legend's life. FILE PHOTOS of Diego Maradona

日付：2020年11月26日

RM 147229862

Environmentalists and markets eye Argentina’s transgenic wheat askance

Argentina, one of the world’s biggest food exporters, has become the first country to approve the marketing of transgenic wheat, a variant named HB4 which its creators consider a triumph of science but faces the rejection of the markets, environmental activists, and health professionals. Developed by the biotech giant Bioceres, drought-resistant HB4 is the result of joint work between that private company, CONICET (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas) researchers and a team at the 'Universidad Nacional del Litoral.' Argentina has been producing transgenic soy and maize for years, mainly used for animal feed and also for emulsifiers and sweeteners for human consumption, present in ultra-processed foods but in very small quantities. This wheat will be the first time that a genetically modified seed is used to elaborate a food aimed totally at human consumption – the flour used to make bread or pasta. Although Argentina’s food health authorities have approved its marketing, linked to the application of glufosinate-ammonium herbicides, the effective start of sales will depend on the endorsement of Brazil, Argentina’s leading wheat importer. In a statement, agricultural firms, producers, stock exchanges, and Argentine bond markets criticized "the extraordinary economic risk" posed by HB4. "The Argentine market has no experience in consuming transgenic wheat and the commercial domestic use of HB4 will have an impact on wheat pricing and supply in this country," they highlighted in a communiqué. "The damage to the Argentine wheat market would be irreparable and irreversible, since the contamination [of non-transgenic wheat by this new variant] would spread and segmentation become unviable, thus jeopardizing the joint [public/private] efforts to consolidate new markets and boost exports strongly," they explain. Brazil’s Wheat Industry Association also expressed itself "against the use of this alternative source of food production." Last year Argentina was the world’s ninth wheat producer with 19.5 million tons and fifth exporter with 11.3 million tons. (Original Title: Environmentalists and markets eye Argentina’s transgenic wheat askance)

日付：2020年10月26日

RM 151848038

Beijing's nearly 300 medical personnel assist Xinjiang in improving local treatment

Beijing has selected in batches nearly 300 medical personnel since 2016 to assist northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in improving local health service system. As the Hotan Prefecture in Xinjiang has inadequate medical service resources, many medical workers are willing to offer their help. The new outpatient service building of the People's Hospital in Kunyu City was put into use on October 28, 2018, supported mostly by Beijing's funds to aid Xinjiang, totaling 75 million yuan (about 11.3 million U.S. dollars). "From 2016 to 2020, a total of 289 doctors were sent to Hotan. After the doctors from Beijing came to the Hotan Prefecture, what they said the most was 'I want to do my bit here'. They often asked to return to wards on weekends. They just want to help build a local medical team so that people in Hotan can enjoy relatively high-level medical and health services without having to go out from their homes," said Zhang Li, who heads Beijing's 10th medical team to assist Xinjiang. During the 13th Five-Year Plan period from 2016 to 2020, Beijing has carried out 45 projects to help improve Xinjiang's medical and health services, with a total investment of 585 million yuan (about 87.8 million U.S. dollars). In addition, a total of 289 medical personnel have been selected to assist Xinjiang in this period, who have helped to improve the local health service system and contributed to targeted poverty alleviation. (Original Title: Beijing's nearly 300 medical personnel assist Xinjiang in improving local treatment)

日付：2020年10月22日

RM 146669597

STOCKSHOTS: Argentina becomes first country to approve GMO wheat

Images of fields where Argentine biotechnology company Bioceres is conducting trials to develop a genetically modified wheat variety and of their laboratory,as Argentina becomes the first country to approve the growth and consumption of GMO wheat. STOCKSHOTS of wheat fields and a laboratory

日付：2020年10月19日

RM 146001948

Expressways, railways busy beating travel peak of return trip as National Day holiday is coming to end

Expressways and railways across China are busy preparing to beat the travel peak of return trips as the National Day holiday is coming to an end. The traffic over the past six days of the holiday has been stable. On October 6, the traffic flow on expressways hit nearly 50 million cars and the railways put through 10 million passengers over the past six days. Data provided by the Ministry of Transport, the traffic flow of national expressways reached 48.98 million vehicles on October 6. From October 1-5 , the average daily vehicles put through reached more than 49 million, with the highest on October 1, which reached more than 53 million, 0.85 percent more than that on the National Day holiday in 2019. "The return road trip started on October 6, with the traffic flow gradually rising, with the biggest flow to be concentrated in such areas as the Yangtze River Delta, the Zhujiang (Pearl) River Delta, the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and the Chengdu-Chongqing region," said Zhou Kefu of the Highway Monitoring and Response Center under the Ministry of Transport. The public transit operation of the high-speed trains has made the one-day short-distance round trip a hot spot. The railways in the country put through 10 million passengers for six days running. On October 6, the railways put through 11.3 million passengers and added 803 passenger trains. The number of tourists going to the populus diversifolia forests in the Ejin Banner of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region doubled. "The daily passengers the Ejin Railway Station receives are more than eight times than usual. Especially we expect 57 special trains from all over the country this year, 20 more than that of last year and the number of tourists could increase by about 30 percent," said Jiang Guoliang, head of the Ejin Railway Station. The local transport department has taken a series of measures to beat the return trip rush by making real-time adjustments according to the monitoring big data. (Original Title: Expressways, railways busy beating travel peak of return trip as National Day holiday is coming to end)

日付：2020年10月7日

RM 144846825

Balance of loans rises in Shanghai at end of August

The balance of loans in Shanghai stood at 8.23 trillion yuan (about 1.22 trillion U.S. dollars) at the end of August, up 5.1 percent year on year, data showed. The balance of loans in the Chinese yuan, or the renminbi (RMB), was 7.57 trillion yuan at the end of August, up 4.9 percent year on year, and the growth rate was 0.2 percentage points lower than at the end of the previous month, according to the People's Bank of China Shanghai Head Office. The balance of foreign currency loans was 96.5 billion U.S. dollars at the end of August, up 11.3 percent year on year. The balance of Shanghai's deposits stood at 14.84 trillion yuan at the end of August, up 13.6 percent year on year. The balance of RMB deposits was 13.87 trillion yuan, a rise of 14.3 percent year on year. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Shanghai, China. (XHTV)

日付：2020年9月21日

RM 144572551

China becomes EU's top trading partner in first 7 months: Eurostat

In the first seven months of 2020, China became the top trading partner of the European Union (EU), a position previously held by the United States, said Eurostat on Wednesday. EU's imports from China increased by 4.9 percent in the January-July period, compared to the same period last year, whereas its imports from the U.S. dropped by 11.7 percent. The bloc's exports to China recorded a slight drop of 1.8 percent, while those to the U.S. fell by 9.9 percent, according to the EU's statistical office. China and the U.S. were followed by the United Kingdom, Switzerland, and Russia on the EU's main trading partner list in the first seven months. In accordance with the world's changing epidemiological situation during the first seven months, the EU's international trade started to fall in January and regained momentum after May, when confinement measures were gradually eased. In July, EU exports out of the bloc stood at 168.5 billion euros, down by 11.3 percent compared to July 2019, and its imports from the rest of the world reached 142.6 billion euros, down by 16 percent year-on-year, according to Eurostat estimates. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Brussels. (XHTV)

日付：2020年9月17日

RM 143298101

Over 30,000 5G base stations built in southwest China's Sichuan

Southwest China's Sichuan Province released a blue book introducing the region's 5G development on Friday, during the Global 5G Industry Innovation Summit. According to the Sichuan Province 5G Development Index Blue Book, communication companies in the province have invested 11.3 billion yuan (about 1.7 billion U.S. dollars) in the construction of 5G infrastructure and have built over 30,000 5G base stations in the region as of July. (Original Title: Over 30,000 5G base stations built in southwest China's Sichuan)

日付：2020年8月29日

RM 143293362

Protesters outside White House sound airhorns as Trump makes his case for reelection

Date:AUGUST 27, 2020 EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES AND PROFANITY IN SHOT 1, 12 Anti-Trump demonstrators gathered outside the White House in Washington D.C. on Thursday (August 27) blowing airhorns and wielding whistles with the hope that their cacophony would be over heard during the nomination acceptance speech of U.S. President Donald Trump at the Republican National Convention. In a reminder of the country's divisions, attendees could hear the protesters sounding horns as he spoke, a noise that occasionally was audible on the live broadcast. Fencing and barriers have fortified the White House since George Floyd, a Black man, died on May 25 died after a white Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck. The protection has been in place for several months, but additional fencing was erected on Wednesday ahead of Thursday's RNC event and a civil rights rally planned to be held on Friday, timed to the 57th anniversary of Reverend Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech. (Production: Greg Savoy / Temis Tormo) (Caption:5066WD-USA-ELECTION_CONVENTION_PROTEST_UPDATE)

日付：2020年8月27日

RM 142501721

China's natural gas output up 4.8 pct in July

China saw slower growth in natural gas output last month, according to official data. The natural gas output went up 4.8 percent year on year to 14.2 billion cubic meters last month, retreating from the 11.3-percent rise seen in June, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed. Average daily production came in at 460 million cubic meters. In the first seven months of this year, the country's natural gas production gained 9.5 percent year on year to 108.3 billion cubic meters. The country's natural gas imports fell 6.9 percent year on year to 7.35 million tonnes last month, according to the NBS. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Beijing. (XHTV)

日付：2020年8月16日

RM 142566632

First major cruise line departs Genoa for Mediterranean tour

The first major cruise ship to set sail in the Mediterranean leaves Genoa,as Italy's struggling travel industry hopes to regain ground after a bruising coronavirus hiatus. IMAGES

日付：2020年8月16日

RM 132087928

World food prices rise for first time in 2020, pushed by prices for vegetable oil, sugar

STORY: World food prices rise for first time in 2020, pushed by prices for vegetable oil, sugar DATELINE: July 4, 2020 LENGTH: 00:02:58 LOCATION: Rome CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST 1. various of Guatemala 2. various of Egypt 3. various of Africa STORYLINE World food prices climbed in June for the first time this year, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported Thursday, as big rises in prices for vegetable oil and sugar and a smaller rise in dairy prices offset lower prices in other areas. The overall index rose 2.4 percent, the first time it showed gains since December 2019. The overall rise in prices came despite a modest decrease in prices for grains and cereals -- the largest component in the index -- which fell 0.6 percent. FAO said wheat prices fell the most based on strong harvests in several major wheat-producing countries. Rice prices saw a small decline based on technical factors, while corn prices held steady. Meat prices also fell, slipping 0.6 percent as well. FAO said that strong production levels for chicken and beef were enough to offset rising demand from China and Middle Eastern countries. Pork prices rose in June, but very slight. The other sub-indexes all saw prices climb in June. The vegetable oil index rose by 11.3 percent, reversing five months of declines. FAO said prices for all types of oil gained ground, but the biggest mover was palm oil prices. Prices for sugar climbed 10.6 percent, pushed by higher oil prices that pushed transport costs higher and also increased demand for ethanol, leaving less sugar for international markets. Dairy prices were 4.0 percent higher in June. FAO said prices were impacted by rising demand, though it noted dairy products remained nearly 5 percent below their levels of a year ago, with demand remaining below levels registered before the coronavirus pandemic. The monthly FAO Food Price Index is based on worldwide prices for 23 food commodity categories covering prices for 73 different products compared to a baseline year. The next index is scheduled for release on Aug. 6, 2020. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Rome. (XHTV)

日付：2020年7月4日