Description
Added on the 19/01/2021 10:35:53 - Copyright : Wochit
Tokyo, Mar 9 (EFE/EPA).- Japan's economy contracted by 4.8 percent in 2020, according to revised data published Tuesday by the government, which maintained its initial estimate, although it reported a lower investment and revised down the growth in the last quarter of the year.The revised report released by the Cabinet Office on Tuesday confirms the first contraction in the country's GDP since the record 5.7 percent decline it registered in 2009.That year, the Asian country's economy was impacted by the financial crisis sparked by the collapse of Lehman Brothers, and last year by the coronavirus pandemic. (Camera: ARCHIVE).B-ROLL OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES IN TOKYO, JAPAN.
After climate change meetings in Paris, China has pledged to cut pollutants from its power sector by 60 percent by 2020 while the country is also working toward better efficiency for its vast network of power plants. Meg Teckman reports.
En 1928, Patrick Peyton, un immigrant irlandais pauvre et sans éducation, s'embarque pour l'Amérique avec pour seul bagage sa foi et son rêve de devenir millionnaire. Arrivé en Pennsylvanie, il accepte un poste de concierge à la cathédrale, ce qui change radicalement le cours de sa vie. Devenu prêtre, il consacre sa vie à faire connaître par les médias modernes la puissance de la prière en famille, utilisant parfois la notoriété des plus grandes stars d'Hollywood. Sa renommée s'étendit à l'international et des millions de personnes assistèrent à ses rassemblements de prière.
Trial opens for six teenagers for their role in the 2020 beheading of French teacher Samuel Paty, the first of two trials in a case that horrified France. The suspects, who were between the ages of 13 and 15 at the time of the murder, are accused of having been on the lookout for Paty, identifying him to the killer in exchange for money, or for making false accusations. Paty, a 47-year-old history and geography teacher, was stabbed and then beheaded near his secondary school in the Paris suburb of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine. His attacker was shot dead at the scene by police. IMAGES
The UN human rights chief Volker Türk decries the lack of accountability for the 2020 Beirut port blast, urging an international probe into the massive explosion that destroyed swathes of the city, in a speech to the United Nations Human Rights Council. "It may therefore be time to consider an international fact-finding mission to look into human rights violations related to this tragedy," says Volker Türk. SOUNDBITE
|
Support : Technical 
- Content 
- Editors 
