Categories
Games

Trae Young Sets NBA Season-High Mark With 56 Points in Hawks’ Loss

Published by
Sports Illustrated

By Nick Selbe The Hawks guard scored 56 points against the Blazers—most of any player this season—and joined some elite company in the process. View the original article to see embedded media. No matter who the Trail Blazers put on him, Atlanta’s Trae Young simply could not be stopped. In the end, it didn’t matter for the result, but Young’s Monday night performance for the ages put the All-Star guard in some elite company. Portland beat the Hawks, 136-131, despite the absences of both Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum. It was Young who stole the show, though, as he scored a career-best 56 points…

Categories
Health

Off night from Steph Curry? Back at full strength, Warriors don’t mind

Published by
The Mercury News

SAN FRANCISCO — The Golden State Warriors rode the COVID-19 wave to shorthanded wins over two conference rivals, but on Monday reminded the league of what they’re capable of at full strength, or at least getting closer. With a vintage performance from Draymond Green in his return from health and safety protocols, the Warriors didn’t mind a cold night from Steph Curry, or that Klay Thompson remained on the bench in street clothes. It’s unlikely either of those remain true for long, leaving Golden State (29-7) only primed for reinforcements and with a group that raced out to a double-digit first…

Categories
MENA Press Releases

CGTN: CMG president delivers New Year message to overseas audience

BEIJING, Jan. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Shen Haixiong, president of China Media Group (CMG), extended New Year greetings in an address to overseas audiences via CGTN, China Radio International, and through the internet on January 1, 2022.

CMG President Shen Haixiong said 2021 was particularly remarkable for the Communist Party of China and the country. Shen said China Media Group has served as a witness to the remarkable past and recorded the country’s achievements through its dedicated work.

China’s overseas broadcasting services will continue this in 2022.

Shen said presenting China’s stories well to global audiences remains CMG’s mission. CMG’s programs, such as “China in the Stories,” “China in the Classics,” and “Chinese Culture in Toponymy,” documented the country’s deep and solid history and people’s vitality in their everyday lives. Programs including “National Parks” and “The Olympism and Art” recorded the scenes of “Beautiful China” and “Healthy China” in the new era. The global live broadcast of “Tiangong Class” from China’s space station inspired youngsters to explore the mysteries of the universe. When a herd of 16 wild elephants from Yunnan Province wandered from south to north and back home, platforms including CGTN, Yangshipin, and CCTV News Digital kept track of every step, delivering over 7,000 hours of livestreaming, which made the “wandering elephants” a hot topic across the world.

The CMG President said reporting based on facts should be the fundamental principle of global journalists. In the meantime, it has debunked lies and myths in news stories regarding issues such as COVID and Afghanistan. Shen also expressed the group has established a diverse and inclusive cooperation mechanism with international media partners.

“We exchanged over 600 letters with our international media colleagues and friends, and also met both online and offline over 20 times. We worked together to build a media partnership and cooperation mechanism with diversity, inclusiveness, equality and mutual trust. These candid and warm exchanges built bridges of trust, and those enthusiastic calls and letters encouraged us to do better,” said Shen.

China will also host the world’s biggest sporting event of 2022. The Beijing Winter Olympics will bring together athletes from around the world to compete on ice and snow. Shen said China Media Group is ready to bring the action to global audiences with cutting-edge technologies and its newly-launched Olympic Channel.

“With the technologies of “5G+4K/8K+AI,” CMG has set up a livestreaming carriage on the high-speed train from Beijing to Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province. It’s the first tech solution in the world to record and broadcast with Ultra HD streaming on high-speed trains. We would very much like to share it with our global counterparts, and jointly present a wonderful and extraordinary Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics to the world,” he said.

He also said that in the coming year, the CPC will hold its 20th National Congress to draw a blueprint for China’s future. He added that with the spirit of pursuing excellence, precision and perfection, CMG will strive to produce more quality programs to present the vitality of China from multiple perspectives in the new era to the international community and play its role as a media organization in the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.

Link:
https://news.cgtn.com/news/2022-01-03/CMG-president-delivers-New-Year-message-to-overseas-audience-16wGvcWeMEw/index.html

Video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7R0Fe-6DkVo

Categories
Arabic MENA Press Releases

‫شبكة تلفزيون الصين الدولية CGTN: كان عام 2021 مهمًا بشكل استثنائي: كيف استعدت الصين لبناء دولة اشتراكية حديثة

بكين، 3 يناير 2022 /PRNewswire/ — كان عام 2021 بلا شك عامًا استثنائيًا بالنسبة للصين. فقد شهد هذا العام انطلاق الخطة الخمسية الرابعة عشرة (2021-2025). كما تحقق خلال هذا العام التقارب التاريخي للأطر الزمنية اللازمة لتحقيق هدفي الصين المئويين؛ بناء مجتمع مزدهر بشكل جيد من كافة النواحي وبناء دولة اشتراكية حديثة عظيمة من كافة النواحي.

وقال الرئيس الصيني شي جين بينغ في خطابه بمناسبة العام الجديد 2022: “لقد كان العام الماضي عامًا ذا أهمية استثنائية.

كيف قامت الصين بالاستعداد بشكل كامل خلال العام الماضي للشروع في رحلة جديدة لبناء دولة اشتراكية حديثة؟

بداية جيدة

لقد أظهرت بيانات رسمية صدرت في 18 يناير 2021 أن الناتج المحلي الإجمالي للصين تجاوز عتبة 100 تريليون يوان (نحو 15.42 تريليون دولار) في عام 2020.

في أوائل شهر يناير، تناول شي، بصفته أيضًا الأمين العام للجنة المركزية للحزب الشيوعي الصيني ورئيس اللجنة العسكرية المركزية، جلسة دراسية في مدرسة اللجنة المركزية للحزب الشيوعي الصيني.

وقد دعا أكثر من 190 مسئولًا على مستوى المقاطعات والوزارات الحاضرين إلى السعي من أجل بداية طيبة في البناء الكامل لدولة اشتراكية حديثة .

وبعد نحو أسبوعين، أكد شي، الذي ترأس جلسة دراسة جماعية للمكتب السياسي للجنة المركزية للحزب الشيوعي الصيني، على الحاجة إلى ضمان التنمية الاقتصادية والاجتماعية السليمة، حيث كانت “الخطوة الأولى “للخطة الخمسية الرابعة عشرة حاسمة.

وفى وقت لاحق من شهر مارس، كشفت الصين عن النسخة النهائية من خطة التنمية الوطنية للسنوات الخمس والخمسة عشر القادمة مع التركيز على النمو الاقتصادي المستدام ونمط النمو الاقتصادي “للتداول المزدوج” والنظم الصناعية القائمة على الابتكار وتنمية المناطق الريفية.

وقال شي في رسالة التهنئة بمناسبة العام الجديد إلى الشعب الصيني: “على مدار العام الماضي، بذلنا جهودنا، وساهمنا بدورنا، وتلقينا الكثير في المقابل”.

إرشادات فلسفة التنمية الجديدة

بالمقارنة مع الخطط الخمسية السابقة، فإن الخطة الخمسية الرابعة عشر تنقل نموذجًا إنمائيًا جديدًا لا تحدد رقمًا مستهدفًا لنمو الناتج المحلي الإجمالي، بل تركز أكثر على التنمية المتوازنة والمستدامة، مع وضع السوق المحلية كدعامة أساسية.

تقوم فلسفة التنمية الجديدة على تنمية مبتكرة ومنسقة ونظيفة ومفتوحة ومشتركة توجه وتمهد الطريق لوضع التنمية عالية الجودة موضع التنفيذ.

وضعت الصين الابتكار في مركز حملة التحديث، وحققت العديد من الاختراقات العلمية والتكنولوجية مثل إطلاق سفينة الفضاء المأهولة شنتشو 13، وهبوط مسبار المريخ تيان ون-1 على الكوكب الأحمر، والتقدم في صناعة الرقائق وتحقيق القفزات في الحوسبة الكمّية.

وفي عام 2021، تفقد شي العديد من شركات العلوم والتكنولوجيا، حيث سلط الضوء مرارًا وتكرارًا على أهمية الاعتماد على الذات وتعزيز الذات في الابتكار العلمي والتكنولوجي عالي المستوى.

وبما أن اللون الأخضر هو السمة المميزة للتنمية عالية الجودة، فقد شهد العام الماضي أيضًا إنجازات في هذا المجال. وفقًا لتقرير البيئة الصيني لعام 2020 الذي نشرته وزارة البيئة والنظام الإيكولوجي في شهر مايو، فقد شهدت الصين تحسينات شاملة في البيئية والنظم الإيكولوجية وسط تكثيف جهود البلاد لتحفيز التنمية الخضراء.

لقد كانت الحماية الايكولوجية والتنمية عالية الجودة لحوض النهر الأصفر، كاستراتيجية وطنية كبرى، دليلًا حيًا على مساعي الصين في تعزيز الحضارة الايكولوجية.

في شهر أكتوبر من العام الماضي، أصدرت الصين مخططًا من أجل حماية حوض النهر الأصفر وتنميته حتى عام 2030؛ ليكون بمثابة دليل على وضع السياسات وتخطيط المشاريع الهندسية في الحوض من أجل مواجهة التحديات.

وقد زار الرئيس الصيني منذ انعقاد المؤتمر الوطني الثامن عشر للحزب الشيوعي الصيني (CPC) جميع مقاطعات الحوض والمناطق ذاتية الحكم، معبرًا عن مخاوفه بشأن “النهر الأم” في الصين. كما تفقد الرئيس منفردًا حوض النهر الأصفر أربع مرات في أقل من عام من أغسطس 2019 إلى يونيو 2020.

وقال شي يوم الجمعة في خطابه بمناسبة العام الجديد” مع مرور الوقت، رأينا وشهدنا الصين في حالة من المرونة والديناميكية، وبلدًا يتميز بشعبه الودود والمحترم، وبلدًا يتطور بسرعة مع مرور كل يوم، وبلدًا يحرز تقدمًا مستمرًا في جميع تعهداته”.

https://news.cgtn.com/news/2022-01-03/How-did-China-prepare-in-2021-for-building-a-modern-socialist-country–16uwrdXNaY8/index.html

Categories
Games

Panthers coach Matt Rhule gives his evaluation of Sam Darnold’s quarterback play

Published by
The Charlotte Observer

Panthers coach Matt Rhule said Monday that quarterback Sam Darnold will likely start next week against the Buccaneers in the team’s season finale. Darnold started in the Panthers’ Week 17 loss to the Saints for the first time since cracking his shoulder blade in Week 9. Before that, quarterback Cam Newton had started the previous five games. “I have no thoughts of changing,” Rhule said. “We’ve seen Cam. Seen all the good things to see what he could do. Chance for us to see where Sam is at. Started one game, would love to see his growth into the next game.” Darnold is the only quarterback on th…

Categories
Judicial

China: 5 killed, 9 missing following massive landslide

Five people were killed while nine others remain missing after a landslide hit a construction site in Bijie city, southwest China’s Guizhou province, local authorities said Tuesday.

The Bijie’s municipal authority stated that the tragic landslide happened about 7 p.m. on Monday. According to media reports, eight individuals have been rescued.

“Three of the rescued victims were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment and are currently in stable condition, whereas the death of the other five was verified,” the reports added.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Categories
Affairs

Gov’t to set up JD57mln industrial support fund

Minister of Industry, Trade and Supply Youssef Shamali has revealed that the government will establish a JD57-million fund to support national industries, adding that the proposed fund’s allocations are already earmarked in the in 2022 general state budget.

The minister made the remarks during a meeting at the Amman Chamber of Commerce and did not elaborate further on the proposed fund’s mandate. The meeting discussed an array of issues pertaining to national industries. The minister noted that industrial production inputs will continue to be exempt from any customs duties.

He indicated that the Jordan Enterprise Development Corporation (JEDCO) will continue to support the industrial sector by covering part of shipping costs through its flagship program “We Ship Your Export”, stressing that the industrial sector is a key employer of Jordanians.

“We are proud of the accomplishments recorded by the industrial sector, the exports of which are found in more than 140 countries worldwide,” Shamali said.

As for the restructuring of customs duties, the minister said that no decision has yet been taken in this regard, expecting tariff categories to be reduced to four instead of 18 now. According to Shamali, 90 percent of the Kingdom’s imports are exempt from customs duties.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Categories
Affairs

King, German chancellor discuss enhancing strategic partnership

His Majesty King Abdullah, in a phone call on Tuesday with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, discussed the ties of friendship between the two countries and means of enhancing their strategic partnership.

King Abdullah congratulated the German chancellor on assuming office, expressing keenness on advancing the deep-rooted relations between Jordan and Germany.

His Majesty called for continued coordination and consultation on issues of mutual concern, in service of shared interests and global peace and prosperity.

The phone call also covered regional and international developments, foremost of which is the Palestinian cause, in addition to efforts to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, counter terrorism within a holistic approach, and reach political solutions to regional crises.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Categories
Affairs

Lebanese pound plunges amidst economic turmoil

The Lebanese local currency Tuesday depreciated further as the country is suffering from a financial crisis.

The Lebanese pound was exchanged at around 1,507 to the dollar before the 2019 crisis in Lebanon, but the rate has nosedived to more than 30,000 to the dollar, a 95 percent decrease.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Categories
General

Cold, wet weather forecast for coming two days

Weather conditions on Tuesday will remain cold and cloudy, with a chance of scattered rain during the day throughout the Kingdom, mainly in the northern region, according to the Jordan Meteorological Department (JMD).

The weather department warned of slippery roads in areas expecting rainfall, and of low-visibility due to fog formation in the mountainous areas and some parts of the Badia and the plains.

Similar cold weather will persist on Wednesday, with southwesterly moderate winds, while fair and sunny conditions will prevail on Thursday in most parts of the country.

The highs in Amman and other highlands across Jordan today will range between 13 and 10 degrees Celsius, dropping at night to 7C or even 4C in the southern highlands. In the Gulf city of Aqaba, it will be warmer with mercury levels reaching a high of 20C and a low of 11C.

Source: Jordan News Agency