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World Cup 2026 – Cape Verde Fans Celebrate as Debutants Stun Spain With Historic 0-0 Draw

Cape Verde pulled off a stunning upset on Monday, holding heavily favored Spain to a 0-0 draw in the island nation's first-ever World Cup match, earning the 67th-ranked debutants a historic point against the second-ranked European champions. This video shows Cape Verde fans gathering at City of Providence watch party for the game vs. Spain at the municipal parking lot across from Pawtucket City Hall.

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RECAP: Typhoon Jangmi Lashes Okinawa and Amami, Leaving 16 Injured

Typhoon Jangmi brought heavy rain and strong winds to Okinawa and Amami islands, southern Japan on Monday, June 1. In Okinawa Prefecture, 16 people sustained minor injuries, including some who were knocked down by strong winds and others who were struck by shattered car windows.

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Japan: Typhoon Jangmi’s Violent Winds Bring Down Trees in Their Path 2

Typhoon Jangmi brought heavy rain and damaging winds to Okinawa and Amami islands as it approached Okinawa's main island on Monday, June 1, before moving northeast on Tuesday, bringing heavy rain and strong winds to southern Kyushu. This video shows a tree knocked down by strong winds in Kikaijima.

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Japan: Typhoon Jangmi’s Violent Winds Bring Down Trees in Their Path

Typhoon Jangmi brought heavy rain and damaging winds to Okinawa and Amami islands as it approached Okinawa's main island on Monday, June 1. This video shows a tree knocked down by strong winds in Nago, Okinawa.

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Japan: Typhoon Jangmi Lashes Okinawa and Amami Islands With Destructive Winds 3

Typhoon Jangmi brought heavy rain and damaging winds to Okinawa and Amami islands, southern Japan, as it approached Okinawa's main island on Monday, June 1. All flights to and from Naha Airport were cancelled, while public transport, schools, and businesses were also shut for the day.

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Japan: Typhoon Jangmi Lashes Okinawa and Amami Islands With Destructive Winds 2

Typhoon Jangmi brought heavy rain and damaging winds to Okinawa and Amami islands, southern Japan, as it approached Okinawa's main island on Monday, June 1. All flights to and from Naha Airport were cancelled, while public transport, schools, and businesses were also shut for the day.

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Japan: Typhoon Jangmi Lashes Okinawa and Amami Islands With Destructive Winds

Typhoon Jangmi brought heavy rain and damaging winds to Okinawa and Amami islands, southern Japan, as it approached Okinawa's main island on Monday, June 1. All flights to and from Naha Airport were cancelled, while public transport, schools, and businesses were also shut for the day.

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Japan: High Waves Pound Yoron Island Shore as Typhoon Jangmi Approaches 2

Typhoon Jangmi brought strong winds to Okinawa and Amami islands, southern Japan on Monday, June 1 as it approached the Okinawa main island.

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Japan: High Waves Pound Yoron Island Shore as Typhoon Jangmi Approaches

Typhoon Jangmi brought strong winds to Okinawa and Amami islands, southern Japan on Monday, June 1 as it approached the Okinawa main island.

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Whale observation tour

TOKYO, Japan, March 28 Kyodo - Humpback whales swim near people participating in a whale observation tour in waters off Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 11, 2025. (Kyodo)

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[Breaking News]Whale observation tour

TOKYO, Japan, March 28 Kyodo - Humpback whales swim near people participating in a whale observation tour in waters off Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 11, 2025. (Kyodo)

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Whale observation tour

Whale observation tour

Humpback whales swim near people participating in a whale observation tour in waters off Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 11, 2025.

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US: Palisades Fire Visible From Flights Near LAX As 30,000 Evacuate 4

Huge plumes of smoke were visible from flights arriving and departing from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) as a wildfire rapidly spread through Pacific Palisades fueled by Santa Ana winds on Tuesday, January 7. The fire has scorched more than 2,900 acres, prompting the evacuation of nearly 30,000 residents and causing several road closures. Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency to provide additional support to the affected communities.

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US: Palisades Fire Smoke Visible From Flights Near LAX As 30,000 Evacuate 2

Huge plumes of smoke were visible from flights arriving and departing from Los Angeles International Airport as a wildfire rapidly spread through Pacific Palisades fueled by Santa Ana winds on Tuesday, January 7. The fire has scorched more than 2,900 acres, prompting the evacuation of nearly 30,000 residents and causing several road closures. Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency to provide additional support to the affected communities.

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Swimming season begins at beach in Kagoshima Pref.

AMAMI, Japan, April 11 Kyodo - A Shinto ritual is held at a beach on Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on April 11, 2024, as the beach opens for swimming the same day. (Kyodo)

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Swimming season begins at beach in Kagoshima Pref.

Swimming season begins at beach in Kagoshima Pref.

A Shinto ritual is held at a beach on Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on April 11, 2024, as the beach opens for swimming the same day.

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[Breaking News] Whale watching tour off southwestern Japan

AMAMI, Japan Kyodo - Video taken Jan. 9, 2024, shows a whale watching tour in the sea off Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. (Kyodo)

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Whale watching tour off southwestern Japan

Whale watching tour off southwestern Japan

A humpback whale is seen during a whale watching tour in the sea off Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 9, 2024.

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Whale watching tour off southwestern Japan

Whale watching tour off southwestern Japan

Photo taken Jan. 9, 2024, shows a whale watching tour in the sea off Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Whale watching tour off southwestern Japan

Whale watching tour off southwestern Japan

Photo taken Jan. 9, 2024, shows a whale watching tour in the sea off Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Typhoon Khanun passes near Amami-Oshima Island

Typhoon Khanun passes near Amami-Oshima Island

Photo shows sugarcane bent by Typhoon Khanun on Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 8, 2023.

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Whale watching tour off southwestern Japan

Whale watching tour off southwestern Japan

Photo taken Jan. 4, 2023, shows a whale watching tour in the sea off Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Whale watching tour off southwestern Japan

Whale watching tour off southwestern Japan

Photo taken Jan. 4, 2023, shows a whale watching tour in the sea off Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Glowing mushrooms in southwestern Japan

Glowing mushrooms in southwestern Japan

Photo shows Mycena lux-coeli mushrooms emitting greenish light in woods in the Kagoshima Prefecture town of Tatsugo on Amami-Oshima Island on the night of April 21, 2023.

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Glowing mushrooms in southwestern Japan

Glowing mushrooms in southwestern Japan

Photo shows Mycena lux-coeli mushrooms emitting greenish light in woods in the Kagoshima Prefecture town of Tatsugo on Amami-Oshima Island on the night of April 21, 2023.

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Butterflies overwintering on subtropical island

Butterflies overwintering on subtropical island

Photo taken on Jan. 9, 2023, on Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, shows Ceylon blue glassy tigers clustered on twigs to make it through the winter. The butterfly is found in Southeast Asia, including Taiwan and southwestern islands in Japan, and is known to cluster in groups when the temperature falls below 15 C.

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Butterflies overwintering on subtropical island

Butterflies overwintering on subtropical island

Photo taken on Jan. 9, 2023, on Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, shows Ceylon blue glassy tigers clustered on twigs to make it through the winter. The butterfly is found in southeast Asia, including Taiwan and southwestern islands in Japan, and is known to cluster in groups when the temperature falls below 15 C.

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Humpback whale

Humpback whale

Photo taken on Jan. 4, 2023, shows a humpback whale off Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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Humpback whale

Humpback whale

Photo taken on Jan. 4, 2023, shows a humpback whale off Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan.

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'Love jays' bring food to the brood on Amami-Oshima Island

'Love jays' bring food to the brood on Amami-Oshima Island

AMAMI, Japan - A pair of Amami jays take turns bringing feed to their nestlings in a tree hole in the nature park of Amami Shizen Kansatsu no Mori (Amami natural observation park) on Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southern Japan, on April 10.

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Kamikaze flowers bloom on southwestern island

Kamikaze flowers bloom on southwestern island

AMAMI ISLAND, Japan - A blanket of flowers, known locally as ''tokkobana'' (kamikaze flowers), bloom in the fields around an airport on Kikai Island, Kagoshima Prefecture.

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Winter cherry blossoms bloom on southern Japan island

Winter cherry blossoms bloom on southern Japan island

AMAMI, Japan - Wintertime cherry blossoms begin to bloom at the Amami Nature Observation Forest in Tatsugo on Amami Oshima island, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 8, 2015.

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Vanilla Air 1st Japan budget carrier to sell 'air pass'

Vanilla Air 1st Japan budget carrier to sell 'air pass'

TOKYO, Japan - Vanilla Air Inc. announces on Dec. 8, 2014, the launch of monthly passes for its flight linking Narita airport near Tokyo and Amami-Oshima Island in southwestern Japan, becoming the first Japanese budget airline to adopt such an approach. The "Vaniller's Pass" will be available in limited quantities and sold on a first-come-first-served basis.

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Man cuts rope during harvest festival on Amami-Oshima

Man cuts rope during harvest festival on Amami-Oshima

AMAMI, Japan - A man wearing a lion mask cuts the rope during the traditional "Honen Odori" festival to pray for a good harvest in the town of Setouchi on Amami-Oshima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Sept. 8, 2014.

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Isle residents perform holy ritual for bumper rice crop

Isle residents perform holy ritual for bumper rice crop

AMAMI, Japan - Residents on Amami Oshima island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, perform a traditional holy ritual of calling in a "God of Rice" on Sept. 2, 2014, to pray for a bumper crop.

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Men shake thatched hut for bumper rice crop

Men shake thatched hut for bumper rice crop

AMAMI, Japan - Men on Amami Oshima island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, shake a thatched hut on Sept. 2, 2014, as part of a traditional holy ritual of calling in a "God of Rice" and praying for a bumper crop.

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Setouchi Town on Amami to accept GSDF unit

Setouchi Town on Amami to accept GSDF unit

AMAMI, Japan - Katsuomi Fusa (2nd from R), mayor of Setouchi Town on Amami-Oshima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, tells Parliamentary Senior Vice Minister of Defense Ryota Takeda (R in near row) of his decision to accept the deployment of a Japanese Ground Self-Defense unit to the area during a meeting at the town office on Aug. 12, 2014.

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Powerful typhoon expected to approach southern Kyushu

Powerful typhoon expected to approach southern Kyushu

AMAMI, Japan - Children evacuate to a public hall in Tatsugo on Amami Oshima Island in southwestern Japan from a camping area on Aug. 8, 2014, with a powerful typhoon approaching. Typhoon Halong may bring heavy rain, high waves and strong winds to wide areas of Japan over the weekend.

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Drill to recapture island from enemy forces

Drill to recapture island from enemy forces

AMAMI, Japan - Members of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force who participated in a drill to recapture a remote island from enemy forces are seen off Amami-Oshima Island's Setouchi Town, Kagoshima Prefecture, on May 22, 2014.

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GSDF conducts drill to retake occupied islet

GSDF conducts drill to retake occupied islet

SETOUCHI, Japan - Ground Self-Defense Force personnel trained to protect Japan's remote islands conduct a landing exercise on an uninhabited island in the Amami Islands chain on May 22, 2014. A group of reporters was given access to the island retake drill.

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GSDF conducts drill to retake occupied islet

GSDF conducts drill to retake occupied islet

SETOUCHI, Japan - Ground Self-Defense Force personnel trained to protect Japan's remote islands conduct a landing exercise on an uninhabited island in the Amami Islands chain on May 22, 2014. A group of reporters was given access to the island retake drill.

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GSDF troops conduct drill to take back remote island

GSDF troops conduct drill to take back remote island

AMAMI, Japan - Ground Self-Defense Force troops conduct a landing exercise on Eniyabanare Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on May 22, 2014, in a simulated operation to take back an enemy-occupied remote island amid strained ties with China over a territorial dispute involving a group of islets in the East China Sea.

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GSDF conducts drill to retake occupied islet

GSDF conducts drill to retake occupied islet

SETOUCHI, Japan - Ground Self-Defense Force personnel trained to protect Japan's remote islands conduct a landing exercise on an uninhabited island in the Amami Islands chain on May 22, 2014. A group of reporters was given access to the island retake drill.

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GSDF conducts drill to retake occupied islet

GSDF conducts drill to retake occupied islet

SETOUCHI, Japan - Ground Self-Defense Force personnel trained to protect Japan's remote islands conduct a landing exercise on an uninhabited island in the Amami Islands chain on May 22, 2014. A group of reporters was given access to the island retake drill.

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GSDF conducts drill to retake occupied islet

GSDF conducts drill to retake occupied islet

SETOUCHI, Japan - Ground Self-Defense Force personnel trained to protect Japan's remote islands conduct a landing exercise on an uninhabited island in the Amami Islands chain on May 22, 2014. A group of reporters was given access to the island retake drill.

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GSDF conducts drill to retake occupied islet

GSDF conducts drill to retake occupied islet

SETOUCHI, Japan - Ground Self-Defense Force personnel trained to protect Japan's remote islands conduct a landing exercise on an uninhabited island in the Amami Islands chain on May 22, 2014. A group of reporters was given access to the island retake drill.

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Wildlife center in south Japan eyes World Heritage listing

Wildlife center in south Japan eyes World Heritage listing

AMAMI, Japan - The renovated Amami Wildlife Conservation Center in Yamato on Amami-Oshima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, is one of the prefecture's candidate sites for UNESCO's World Natural Heritage designation. The picture of the Environment Ministry-owned center was taken in April 2014.

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"Mongoose busters" to save island's endangered native species

"Mongoose busters" to save island's endangered native species

AMAMI, Japan - Photo taken March 21, 2013 shows a mongoose in captivity at the Amami Wildlife Center for use when experimenting with new traps and bait, with Teruyuki Niino, a mongoose handler at the center standing behind, in Yamato on Amami-Oshima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture.

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"Mongoose busters" to save island's endangered native species

"Mongoose busters" to save island's endangered native species

AMAMI, Japan - Shintaro Abe (R) and Masahiro Nishi examine a trap set in the mountains to capture mongooses on Amami-Oshima Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, on March 21, 2013.

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'Hidden beach' on Amami

'Hidden beach' on Amami

AMAMI, Japan - A white sand beach appears off Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture on May 6, 2012. The beach, known as ''kakurehama'' (hidden beach), appears at low tide in spring and summer.

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