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The Porsche 911 Sally Special sold at the RM Sotheby’s Monterey Auction on Saturday evening for a record $3.6 million (auction hammer price). In the charged atmosphere of the packed bidding hall, the one-of-one car attracted significant interest, with the final winning offer coming from a telephone bidder. The price was a record for a new Porsche sold at auction, according to the auction house.The sale reunited members of the original Cars team who created both the car in the Disney and Pixar film and the life-size Sally Carrera, based on a 2002 Porsche 911 Carrera. That team included actress Bonnie Hunt, the voice of Sally Carrera, Jay Ward, Creative Director of Franchise at Pixar Animation Studios, and Bob Pauley, who, as Production Designer for Cars, sketched Sally for the first time 20 years ago. They were joined by Kjell Gruner, President and CEO of Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (PCNA), and key members of Porsche Exclusive Manufaktur’s Sonderwunsch team including Alexander Fabig and Boris Apenbrink.
Kabul (Afghanistan), Oct 9 (EFE / EPA).- Some 3.2 million children under the age of five are at risk of severe malnutrition in Afghanistan at the end of the year. This has been announced by the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef), which relates the increase in these data with the takeover of the country by the Taliban.FOOTAGE OF AFGHAN CHILDREN IN KABUL.
Hong Kong, Sep 21 (EFE/EPA).- The Chinese real estate giant Evergrande continued to fall Tuesday on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange as it lost 3.51 percent of its value at the noon to $0.28 per share. (Camera: JEROME FAVRE). B-ROLL OF OUTSIDE VIEWS OF EXCHANGE SQUARE (HK BOURSE) IN HONG KONG.
Dhaka, Aug 7 (EFE / EPA).- (Camera: Monirul Alam) The vaccination campaign against Covid-19 continued this Saturday in a makeshift center on the outskirts of Dhaka to administer the dose of Sinopharm. FOOTAGE OF THE COVID-19 VACCINATION CAMPAIGN IN DHAKA, BANGLADESH.
Bogota, Jul 25 (EFE).-A shipment with 3.5 million doses of the Modern Covid-19 vaccine, donated by the United States Government, arrived in Colombia Sunday and are added to the 2.5 million J&J doses the country received at the beginning of the month, also donated by the Government of Joe Biden."This is a extremely important donation to continue our battle with the Covid-19," said the Colombian president, Iván Duque upon the arrival of the vaccine shipment at the El Dorado airport in Bogota. (Camera: JUAN DIEGO LOPEZ).B-ROLL OF THE ARRIVAL OF THE DOSES OF MODERNA COVID-19 VACCINE DONATED BY THE US GOVERNMENT, AT THE EL DORADO AIPORT IN BOGOTA, COLOMBIA.