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US: Dramatic Cloud Formation Spotted in Kentucky Ahead of Severe Storm System

A dramatic cloud formation was spotted in Kentucky on Monday, April 27 as several rounds of storms swept through the state.

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US: Dramatic Cloud Formation Spotted in Kentucky Ahead of Severe Storm System 2

A dramatic cloud formation was spotted in Kentucky on Monday, April 27 as several rounds of storms swept through the state.

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China: Out-of-Control Cement Mixer Causes Accident on Sichuan Mountain Road

On February 4, 2026, in Sichuan, a video recorded a tense moment on a mountain road. The filmer was driving when a cement mixer truck suddenly appeared from the opposite direction. The truck was moving unstably and collided with a white car before continuing forward in a swerving motion. It then veered toward the filmer’s vehicle. A black car ahead narrowly avoided being struck. Reacting quickly, the filmer pressed the accelerator and moved forward to escape the truck’s path. The unstable truck passed by without direct impact.

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Baseball: Marlins vs. Dodgers

Japanese musician and songwriter Yoshiki performs the U.S. anthem on the piano ahead of a baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Miami Marlins at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 27, 2026.

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Baseball: Marlins vs. Dodgers

Japanese musician and songwriter Yoshiki performs the U.S. anthem on the piano ahead of a baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Miami Marlins at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 27, 2026.

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Baseball: Marlins vs. Dodgers

Japanese musician and songwriter Yoshiki performs the U.S. anthem on the piano ahead of a baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Miami Marlins at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 27, 2026.

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Baseball: Marlins vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Roki Sasaki gives Jun Endo, a Japanese footballer who plays for U.S. professional soccer team Angel City FC based in Los Angeles, the ball she threw for the ceremonial first pitch ahead of a baseball game between the Dodgers and the Miami Marlins at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 27, 2026.

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Baseball: Marlins vs. Dodgers

Jun Endo, a Japanese footballer who plays for U.S. professional soccer team Angel City FC based in Los Angeles, throws the ceremonial first pitch ahead of a baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Miami Marlins at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 27, 2026.

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Baseball: Marlins vs. Dodgers

Jun Endo, a Japanese footballer who plays for U.S. professional soccer team Angel City FC based in Los Angeles, throws the ceremonial first pitch ahead of a baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Miami Marlins at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 27, 2026, with Dodgers pitcher Roki Sasaki acting as catcher.

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Baseball: Marlins vs. Dodgers

Jun Endo, a Japanese footballer who plays for U.S. professional soccer team Angel City FC based in Los Angeles, reacts after throwing the ceremonial first pitch ahead of a baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Miami Marlins at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 27, 2026.

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Baseball: Marlins vs. Dodgers

Jun Endo, a Japanese footballer who plays for U.S. professional soccer team Angel City FC based in Los Angeles, throws the ceremonial first pitch ahead of a baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Miami Marlins at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 27, 2026, with Dodgers pitcher Roki Sasaki acting as catcher.

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Japan-Australia foreign ministerial talks

Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (R) and his Australian counterpart Penny Wong shake hands ahead of their talks at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on April 28, 2026.

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Baseball: Cubs vs. Dodgers

Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani is pictured in the dugout ahead of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on April 26, 2026.

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Hibakusha rally in New York ahead of NPT review conference

Kunihiko Sakuma (C), head of an association for Hiroshima atomic bomb survivors' groups, march with other hibakusha near the U.N. headquarters in New York on April 26, 2026, calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons ahead of the 2026 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons review conference, which will begin on April 27.

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Hibakusha rally in New York ahead of NPT review conference

Hibakusha sing an anti-nuclear song before marching toward the U.N. headquarters in New York on April 26, 2026, calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons ahead of the 2026 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons review conference, which will begin on April 27.

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Hibakusha rally in New York ahead of NPT review conference

Hibakusha march near the U.N headquarters in New York on April 26, 2026, calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons ahead of the start on April 27 of the 2026 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons review conference.

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Hibakusha rally in New York ahead of NPT review conference

Hibakusha march near the U.N headquarters in New York on April 26, 2026, calling for the abolition of nuclear weapons ahead of the start on April 27 of the 2026 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons review conference.

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Int'l confab on nuclear safety at Chernobyl nuclear plant

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks to the press ahead of an international conference on nuclear safety and recovery at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Chernobyl, Ukraine, on April 26, 2026, the 40th anniversary of the 1986 nuclear accident at the plant.

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Ritual at Ise Jingu shrine

ISE, Japan, April 21 Kyodo - Priests conduct a ritual to pray for the safety of construction at Ise Jingu shrine in Ise, Mie Prefecture, on April 21, 2026, ahead of the start of the "Shikinen Sengu" shrine hall reconstruction every 20 years at the Shinto shrine in the central Japan city. The 63rd "Shikinen Sengu," with a history of about 1,300 years, will culminate in 2033 when an object believed to contain the spirit of the shrine's deity will be transferred to the shrine's newly reconstructed main hall. (Kyodo)

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NPT review conference

Izumi Nakamitsu, U.N. undersecretary general for disarmament affairs, speaks during a press conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York on April 24, 2026, ahead of the start on April 27 of the 2026 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons review conference.

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NPT review conference

Izumi Nakamitsu, U.N. undersecretary general for disarmament affairs, speaks during a press conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York on April 24, 2026, ahead of the start on April 27 of the 2026 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons review conference.

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NPT review conference

Izumi Nakamitsu, U.N. undersecretary general for disarmament affairs, speaks during a press conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York on April 24, 2026, ahead of the start on April 27 of the 2026 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons review conference.

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NPT review conference

Izumi Nakamitsu, U.N. undersecretary general for disarmament affairs, speaks during a press conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York on April 24, 2026, ahead of the start on April 27 of the 2026 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons review conference.

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Baseball: White Sox vs. Diamondbacks

Chicago White Sox rookie Munetaka Murakami (L) signs autographs for fans ahead of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, on April 23, 2026.

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Int'l forum in Beijing

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (front, R) and Mozambican President Daniel Francisco Chapo (far L) are pictured ahead of the opening ceremony for an international forum on global action for shared development hosted by China in Beijing on April 22, 2026.

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Japan-Montenegro meeting in Tokyo

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (R) and Montenegrin President Jakov Milatovic shake hands ahead of their meeting in Tokyo on April 22, 2026.

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NASA's telescope ready for dark matter search

Photo taken on April 21, 2026, shows NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope at Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, ahead of its planned launch in September to search for dark matter.

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NASA's telescope ready for dark matter search

NASA head Jared Isaacman speaks at a press conference during the unveiling of the U.S. space agency's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope at Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, ahead of its planned launch in September to search for dark matter.

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Football: ACLE

Japan's Machida Zelvia manager Go Kuroda (R) and United Arab Emirates' Shabab Al Ahli manager Paulo Sousa greet each other ahead of an Asian Champions League Elite semifinal match in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on April 21, 2026.

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. Giants

Los Angeles Dodgers two-way player Shohei Ohtani plays catch ahead of a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants in San Francisco on April 21, 2026.

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. Giants

Los Angeles Dodgers two-way player Shohei Ohtani plays catch ahead of a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants in San Francisco on April 21, 2026.

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. Giants

Los Angeles Dodgers two-way player Shohei Ohtani is pictured during practice ahead of a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants in San Francisco on April 21, 2026.

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Baseball: Dodgers vs. Giants

Los Angeles Dodgers two-way player Shohei Ohtani is pictured during practice ahead of a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants in San Francisco on April 21, 2026.

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Ritual at Ise Jingu shrine

Priests conduct a ritual to pray for the safety of construction at Ise Jingu shrine in Ise, Mie Prefecture, on April 21, 2026, ahead of the start of the "Shikinen Sengu" shrine hall reconstruction every 20 years at the Shinto shrine in the central Japan city. The 63rd "Shikinen Sengu," with a history of about 1,300 years, will culminate in 2033 when an object believed to contain the spirit of the shrine's deity will be transferred to the shrine's newly reconstructed main hall.

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Ritual at Ise Jingu shrine

Priests conduct a ritual to pray for the safety of construction at Ise Jingu shrine in Ise, Mie Prefecture, on April 21, 2026, ahead of the start of the "Shikinen Sengu" shrine hall reconstruction every 20 years at the Shinto shrine in the central Japan city. The 63rd "Shikinen Sengu," with a history of about 1,300 years, will culminate in 2033 when an object believed to contain the spirit of the shrine's deity will be transferred to the shrine's newly reconstructed main hall.

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Ritual at Ise Jingu shrine

Priests conduct a ritual to pray for the safety of construction at Ise Jingu shrine in Ise, Mie Prefecture, on April 21, 2026, ahead of the start of the "Shikinen Sengu" shrine hall reconstruction every 20 years at the Shinto shrine in the central Japan city. The 63rd "Shikinen Sengu," with a history of about 1,300 years, will culminate in 2033 when an object believed to contain the spirit of the shrine's deity will be transferred to the shrine's newly reconstructed main hall.

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Ritual at Ise Jingu shrine

Priests conduct a ritual to pray for the safety of construction at Ise Jingu shrine in Ise, Mie Prefecture, on April 21, 2026, ahead of the start of the "Shikinen Sengu" shrine hall reconstruction every 20 years at the Shinto shrine in the central Japan city. The 63rd "Shikinen Sengu," with a history of about 1,300 years, will culminate in 2033 when an object believed to contain the spirit of the shrine's deity will be transferred to the shrine's newly reconstructed main hall.

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Boxing: Inoue meets press ahead of May world title bout

Undisputed super bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue of Japan poses at the end of a press conference at his gym in Yokohama near Tokyo on April 20, 2026, before taking on countryman and challenger Junto Nakatani, a former unified bantamweight world champion, on May 2 at Tokyo Dome.

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