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The Saudi Minister of Energy, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, arrives at his hotel in Vienna on the eve of an OPEC+ meeting, the first in-person meeting at the group's headquarters since March 2020. IMAGES
Jaguar Land Rover is joining Her Majesty the Queen’s Jubilee celebrations, with 26 of its cars in the Platinum Jubilee Pageant on Sunday 5 June. British names Luke Evans, Bear Grylls OBE, Jason Robinson OBE, David Gandy and Jess Hawkins will show their support and get behind the wheel of the iconic vehicles. To further commemorate the Queen’s 70 years of dedicated service, Land Rover is giving the British Red Cross a new Defender 130 to support its operations in the UK.Land Rover engineers will work with representatives from the charity, of which the Queen is a patron, to adapt the Defender 130 before it goes into service. Land Rover has supported the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies since 1954.
A Christmas market in Vienna opens as a partial confinement, in place since last month due to soaring Covid cases, comes to an end. However, only the vaccinated will be able to regain their freedoms, those who have not received the required doses will have to remain at home. IMAGES
Tokyo, Oct 16 (EFE).- When architect Akiko Ishimaru realized that the iconic Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokyo had its days numbered, she embarked on revamping one of the capsules to relocate it and turn it into a caravan that travels across the country as a moving pied-à-terre.The capsule A606 is currently the only one that will survive the demolition of the building, scheduled to commence in March 2022 after years of campaigns to preserve and renovate it.Ishimaru, 43, lived in one of the capsules of the iconic building for a year in 2013. (Camera: MARIA ROLDAN).B-ROLL OF THE NAKAGIN CAPSULE TOWER IN TOKYO, JAPAN.SOUND BITES: ARCHITECT AND MEMBER OF THE RESTORATION PROJECT OF THE A606 CAPSULE, AKIKO ISHIMARU, AND HEAD OF THE NAKAGIN CAPSULE TOWER PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION PROJECT, TATSUYUKI MAEDA (IN JAPANESE).TRANSLATIONS:1. AKIKO ISHIMARU, ARCHITECT AND MEMBER OF THE RESTORATION PROJECT OF THE A606 CAPSULE.- We will make this capsule move like a caravan. We want it to travel all over the country, for people to share it, to rent it , while it makes a lot of them happy. 2. TATSUYUKI MAEDA, HEAD OF THE NAKAGIN CAPSULE TOWER PRESERVATION AND RESTORATION PROJECT.- The requests come mainly from the United States and Europe, from top museums, who want us to donate. Some say they want to exhibit them and don't mind paying the necessary costs.
Medan, Sep 17 (EFE/EPA).-Health workers carried out Friday a Covid-19 vaccination drive for market vendors in Medan, Indonesia.The Indonesian government is speeding up its vaccination campaign as Covid-19 restrictions were extended with a number of relaxations for community activities, including reopening schools, public areas and shopping malls.(Camera: DEDI SINUHAJI)SHOT LIST: VACCINATION DRIVE IN MEDAN, INDONESIA.
Dhaka, Aug 5 (EFE/EPA).- Bangladesh continued Thursday its COVID-19 vaccination drive to curb the pandemic.The South Asian country has recorded over 1.31 million COVID-19 cases and over 21,000 deaths since the beginning of pandemic. (Camera: MONIRUL ALAM).SHOT LIST: THE COVID-19 VACCINATION IN DHAKA, BANGLADESH.
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