US: Super Typhoon Bavi Slams Guam, Northern Marianas 2

Super Typhoon Bavi made landfall Monday, July 6, passing directly over Rota in the Northern Mariana Islands around 8 a.m. local time, with sustained winds over 150 mph. Guam and nearby islands also reported major damage from the storm.

US: North Dakota Sees Powerful Winds Amid Tornado-Producing Storm

Severe weather swept across the upper Midwest on Friday, June 20, bringing powerful winds and leaving at least 3 dead in North Dakota as a tornado ripped through the area.

China's gigantic telescope detects over 900 new pulsars

STORY: China's gigantic telescope detects over 900 new pulsars SHOOTING TIME: recent footages DATELINE: April 17, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:11 LOCATION: GUIYANG, China CATEGORY: SCIENCE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): HAN JINLIN, Scientist with the National Astronomical Observatories under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC) 3. various of the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): JIANG PENG, Chief engineer of the FAST STORYLINE: China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), the world's largest single-dish radio telescope, has identified more than 900 new pulsars since its launch in 2016, its operator said Wednesday. Pulsars, or fast-spinning neutron stars, originate from the imploded cores of massive dying stars through supernova explosions. Pulsar observation is an important task for FAST, which can be used to confirm the existence of gravitational radia

Wu Zhaohui As Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Wu Zhaohui As Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

HANGZHOU, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 29, 2016 - Wu Zhaohui, then president of Zhejiang University, delivers a speech at a forum in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, Sept 29, 2016. On April 11, 2024, The State Council appointed Wu Zhaohui as vice president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Wu Zhaohui As Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Wu Zhaohui As Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

HANGZHOU, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 29, 2016 - Wu Zhaohui, then president of Zhejiang University, delivers a speech at a forum in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, Sept 29, 2016. On April 11, 2024, The State Council appointed Wu Zhaohui as vice president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Wu Zhaohui As Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Wu Zhaohui As Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

HANGZHOU, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 29, 2016 - Wu Zhaohui, then president of Zhejiang University, delivers a speech at a forum in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, Sept 29, 2016. On April 11, 2024, The State Council appointed Wu Zhaohui as vice president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Wu Zhaohui As Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Wu Zhaohui As Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

HANGZHOU, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 29, 2016 - Wu Zhaohui, then president of Zhejiang University, delivers a speech at a forum in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, Sept 29, 2016. On April 11, 2024, The State Council appointed Wu Zhaohui as vice president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Wu Zhaohui As Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Wu Zhaohui As Vice President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

HANGZHOU, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 29, 2016 - Wu Zhaohui, then president of Zhejiang University, delivers a speech at a forum in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, Sept 29, 2016. On April 11, 2024, The State Council appointed Wu Zhaohui as vice president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Xinhua Headlines: Looking back at days of heroism, humiliation in "heroic county" on roof of world

Xinhua Headlines: Looking back at days of heroism, humiliation in "heroic county" on roof of world

(240411) -- LHASA, April 11, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on March 25, 2016 shows a view of Tsechen Monastery in Gyantse, Xigaze City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

US To Send 2nd Aircraft Carrier To Eastern Mediterranean

US To Send 2nd Aircraft Carrier To Eastern Mediterranean

Handout photo dated April 11, 2016 shows Chief Warrant Officer 3 Hector Arroyo signals to an E/A-18G Growler assigned to the Zappers of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 130 on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) in the Atlantic Ocean. The Pentagon has ordered a second carrier strike group to the eastern Mediterranean Sea and is sending Air Force fighter jets to the region as Israel prepares to expand its Gaza operations, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a statement Saturday. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class J. Alexander Delgado via ABACAPRESS.COM

Freed man swears innocence in girl's fire death as retrial begins

Freed man swears innocence in girl's fire death as retrial begins

OSAKA, April 28 Kyodo - Tatsuhiro Boku (L), who served more than 20 years of a life term over an 11-year-old girl's death in a 1995 house fire, heads to the Osaka District Court with his lawyers on April 28, 2016, for a retrial to exonerate him. Boku later declared his innocence, and the court is expected to pronounce Boku not guilty in early August.

Hiroshima hails Kerry's A-bomb park visit, some call it too brief

Hiroshima hails Kerry's A-bomb park visit, some call it too brief

HIROSHIMA, April 11 Kyodo - Kazumi Matsui, mayor of Hiroshima, meets the press at the municipal government offices on April 11, 2016, after accompanying U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on his landmark visit to the Peace Memorial Museum commemorating the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city.

Locally-born lion cub trio debut in Australian zoo

STORY: Locally-born lion cub trio debut in Australian zoo DATELINE: July 29, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:11 LOCATION: SYDNEY, Australia CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: various of lion cubsSOUNDBITE (English): JUSTINE POWELL, Taronga Western Plains Zoo's lion supervisor STORYLINE: Taronga Western Plains Zoo Dubbo, located in the Australian state of New South Wales, has publicly unveiled three adorable lion cubs. The zoo's lion supervisor Justine Powell said the three little lion cubs are all females. They are very healthy and putting on approximately 1 kg per week and transitioning well to a meat diet. It was a major milestone for the zoo's conservation program when the cubs were born in April as it was the first successful lion offspring since 2016. The zoo has also invited the public to visit and opened a naming competition on the website for one of the trio, as the other two are to be named by Zoo's Lion Keepers and Taronga Foundation supporters. SOUNDBITE (English): JUSTINE POWELL, Taronga Western Plains Zoo

Turkey detains 113 over suspected links to 2016 coup

STORY: Turkey detains 113 over suspected links to 2016 coup DATELINE: April 20, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:11 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. Various of Turkish police operation against Gulen movement in Turkey ( courtesy of ihlas news agency ) 2. Various of detained people during the Turkish police operation against Gulen movement in Turkey ( courtesy of ihlas news agency ) 3. Various of Fethullah Gulen, U.S.-based Muslim preacher ( edited ) 4. Various of the attempted coup on July 15, 2016 in Turkey ( edited ) STORYLINE: Turkish police on Tuesday detained at least 113 suspects over their alleged links to a movement accused of orchestrating a coup attempt in 2016. According to the statement by the office of the capital Ankara's chief prosecutor, an arrest warrant was issued for 34 suspects for their suspected affiliation with the "public service structure" of the Gulen movement. At least 30 people have been detained so far in police raids across 19 provinces, the semi-official Anadolu Agency repo

College student still missing after Kumamoto quake in April

College student still missing after Kumamoto quake in April

Shinobu Yamato, whose son Hikaru has been missing since a major earthquake on April 16, 2016, pours tea on June 11 into an area, where the son is believed to be caught in a quake-triggered bridge collapse in Minamiaso, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan. An aerial and land search has been unable to find the college student. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Nissan to take 30% stake in Mitsubishi Motors

Nissan to take 30% stake in Mitsubishi Motors

File photo taken April 22, 2016, shows the Tokyo headquarters of Mitsubishi Motors Corp. It was reported on May 11 that Nissan Motor Co. is poised to take a more than 30 percent stake in Mitsubishi Motors, which has been hit by a scandal over its rigging of fuel efficiency data, for over 200 billion yen ($1.8 billion). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Tokyo governor under fire over travel expenses, car use

Tokyo governor under fire over travel expenses, car use

Photo taken on May 11, 2016, shows Tokyo Gov. Yoichi Masuzoe at the Tokyo metropolitan government building. The former welfare minister has been in the hot seat since he was found in April to have spent massive amounts on official trips overseas and used official cars for frequent visits to his vacation home. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Masuda wins N.Y. ballet competition for 2nd straight year

Masuda wins N.Y. ballet competition for 2nd straight year

Japanese ballet dancer Itsuku Masuda celebrates as he won the top prize for the second year in a row at the New York finals of the 2016 Youth America Grand Prix competition on April 29. Masuda, 13, from the city of Kyoto, came first in the males aged 12 to 14 division, following his victory in 2015 in the 9 to 11-year-old division. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

M4.5 quake rocks southwest Japan

M4.5 quake rocks southwest Japan

An employee of JR Yufuin Station runs outside of the station building in Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, at 3:11 p.m. on April 29, 2016, shortly after a magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck the region. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Freed man swears innocence in girl's fire death as retrial begins

Freed man swears innocence in girl's fire death as retrial begins

File photo taken Oct. 26, 2015, shows Tatsuhiro Boku (R) embracing his mother in Osaka, after being released from prison, where Boku and his de facto wife Keiko Aoki were serving life sentences for allegedly lighting a fire that killed Aoki's 11-year-old daughter in Osaka in 1995. Boku declared his innocence as a retrial to exonerate him began in the Osaka District Court on April 28, 2016. The court is expected to pronounce both Boku and Aoki not guilty in early August. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

WBA super featherweight champ Uchiyama handed 1st career loss

WBA super featherweight champ Uchiyama handed 1st career loss

Top-ranked challenger Jezreel Corrales (R) of Panama celebrates after knocking out Takashi Uchiyama, handing the super featherweight champion his first career defeat on a mixed night for Japanese boxers in a WBA world tripleheader in Tokyo on April 27, 2016. Corrales put Uchiyama's lights out in the second round, ending the Japanese boxer's title defenses at 11. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Iwakuma has quality start but takes loss

Iwakuma has quality start but takes loss

Hisashi Iwakuma gives up three runs on eight hits over six innings in the Seattle Mariners' 7-3 loss to the Texas Rangers at Safeco Field on April 11, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japanese hospital opens medical facility in Nairobi

Japanese hospital opens medical facility in Nairobi

Mitsuo Takei (far L), head of Suwa No Mori Hospital in the southwestern Japan city of Oita, talks with local staff members in front of a CT scanner at a medical center in Nairobi launched by the Japanese hospital on April 11, 2016. The facility aims to eventually provide medical assistance to the poor after making profits through offering high-quality services to a growing wealthy class in the Kenyan capital. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Iwakuma has quality start but takes loss

Iwakuma has quality start but takes loss

Hisashi Iwakuma gives up three runs on eight hits over six innings in the Seattle Mariners' 7-3 loss to the Texas Rangers at Safeco Field on April 11, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Aoki gets hit in Mariners' loss

Aoki gets hit in Mariners' loss

Norichika Aoki hits a single in the first inning of the Seattle Mariners' 7-3 loss to the Texas Rangers at Safeco Field on April 11, 2016. Aoki was 1-for-4 in the game. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Bullet train billed as "world's fastest art experience" unveiled

Bullet train billed as "world's fastest art experience" unveiled

Photo taken April 11, 2016, shows the inside of a special bullet train billed as "the world's fastest art experience," when it was unveiled to the press at JR Niigata Station by East Japan Railway Co. The six-car train, featuring modern art both on the exterior and in the interior, will run between Niigata on the Sea of Japan coast and Echigo-Yuzawa, a gateway to hot spring and ski resorts, mainly on the weekends and holidays from April 29. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Drone delivers books in rural Japan area

Drone delivers books in rural Japan area

Students of a junior high school in Semboku in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, pose for a photo with books and a drone that delivered them on April 11, 2016. The city conducted a test that day to have the drone fly the books about 1.2 kilometers from an elementary school to the junior high school, after Japan designated the rural community in August 2015 as a special zone where the use of drones for public purposes will be promoted as part of its regional area revitalization program. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Bullet train billed as "world's fastest art experience" unveiled

Bullet train billed as "world's fastest art experience" unveiled

Photo taken April 11, 2016, at JR Niigata Station shows a special bullet train billed as "the world's fastest art experience," when it was unveiled to the press by East Japan Railway Co. The six-car train, featuring modern art both on the exterior and in the interior, will run between Niigata on the Sea of Japan coast and Echigo-Yuzawa, a gateway to hot spring and ski resorts, mainly on the weekends and holidays from April 29. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Bullet train billed as "world's fastest art experience" unveiled

Bullet train billed as "world's fastest art experience" unveiled

Photo taken April 11, 2016, shows the inside of a special bullet train billed as "the world's fastest art experience," when it was unveiled to the press at JR Niigata Station by East Japan Railway Co. The six-car train, featuring modern art both on the exterior and in the interior, will run between Niigata on the Sea of Japan coast and Echigo-Yuzawa, a gateway to hot spring and ski resorts, mainly on the weekends and holidays from April 29. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Kerry attends press conference in Hiroshima

Kerry attends press conference in Hiroshima

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry attends a press conference in Hiroshima on April 11, 2016, following a Group of Seven foreign ministers' meeting. The G-7 ministers agreed to seek a world without nuclear weapons, urging people around the world to visit the western Japan city as well as Nagasaki that were devastated by U.S. atomic bombings in 1945. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Bullet train billed as "world's fastest art experience" unveiled

Bullet train billed as "world's fastest art experience" unveiled

Photo taken April 11, 2016, shows the play area for children inside a special bullet train billed as "the world's fastest art experience," when it was unveiled to the press at JR Niigata Station by East Japan Railway Co. The six-car train, featuring modern art both on the exterior and in the interior, will run between Niigata on the Sea of Japan coast and Echigo-Yuzawa, a gateway to hot spring and ski resorts, mainly on the weekends and holidays from April 29. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

G-7 foreign ministers tour Hiroshima A-bomb museum

G-7 foreign ministers tour Hiroshima A-bomb museum

Photo taken April 11, 2016, shows entries made in a guestbook at the Peace Memorial Museum in Hiroshima by the foreign ministers of (from top L to bottom L in clock rotation) Italy, Canada, Germany, the European Union, France, Britain, the United States and Japan when they toured the museum commemorating the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Bullet train billed as "world's fastest art experience" unveiled

Bullet train billed as "world's fastest art experience" unveiled

Photo taken April 11, 2016, shows the inside of a special bullet train billed as "the world's fastest art experience," when it was unveiled to the press at JR Niigata Station by East Japan Railway Co. The six-car train, featuring modern art both on the exterior and in the interior, will run between Niigata on the Sea of Japan coast and Echigo-Yuzawa, a gateway to hot spring and ski resorts, mainly on the weekends and holidays from April 29. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Kerry becomes 1st U.S. sec'y of state to visit Hiroshima A-bomb park

Kerry becomes 1st U.S. sec'y of state to visit Hiroshima A-bomb park

Photo taken April 7, 2016, shows part of a display at the Peace Memorial Museum in a peace park in Hiroshima. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on April 11 visited the park and museum commemorating the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city, the first top U.S. diplomat to do so. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Kerry attends press conference in Hiroshima

Kerry attends press conference in Hiroshima

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry attends a press conference in Hiroshima on April 11, 2016, following a Group of Seven foreign ministers' meeting. The G-7 ministers agreed to seek a world without nuclear weapons, urging people around the world to visit the western Japan city as well as Nagasaki that were devastated by U.S. atomic bombings in 1945. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Toyota unveils wooden concept car "Setsuna"

Toyota unveils wooden concept car "Setsuna"

Toyota Motor Corp. unveils a wooden concept car called "Setsuna" in Milan on April 11, 2016, ahead of an international design exhibition beginning the following day in the Italian city. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Drone delivers books in rural Japan area

Drone delivers books in rural Japan area

A drone carries three books, including "The Little Prince" by French writer Antoine de Saint-Exupery, at a junior high school in Semboku in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on April 11, 2016. The city conducted a test that day to have the drone fly the books about 1.2 kilometers from an elementary school to the junior high school, after Japan designated the rural community in August 2015 as a special zone where the use of drones for public purposes will be promoted as part of its regional area revitalization program. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Kerry becomes 1st U.S. sec'y of state to visit Hiroshima A-bomb park

Kerry becomes 1st U.S. sec'y of state to visit Hiroshima A-bomb park

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (C) and other Group of Seven foreign ministers are surrounded by security guards and police officers after they make an unscheduled visit to the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, western Japan, on April 11, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

N. Korean workers who defected to S. Korea were from China

N. Korean workers who defected to S. Korea were from China

Lu Kang, top spokesman of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, attends a press conference in Beijing on April 11, 2016. In a rare admission, China confirmed the same day that a group of North Korean restaurant employees who defected to South Korea last week had been working in one of its cities, with Lu saying the 13 North Korean nationals left China "legally" with valid passports before dawn on April 6. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japanese swimmer Hagino to compete at Rio Olympics

Japanese swimmer Hagino to compete at Rio Olympics

Japanese swimmer Kosuke Hagino attends a press conference in Tokyo on April 11, 2016, after he was named one of 34 swimmers to compete at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. The 21-year-old has qualified for four events -- the 200-meter and 400-meter individual medley, the 200 freestyle and the 4x200 freestyle relay. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Drone delivers books in rural Japan area

Drone delivers books in rural Japan area

A drone carries three books, including "The Little Prince" by French writer Antoine de Saint-Exupery, at a junior high school in Semboku in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on April 11, 2016. The city conducted a test that day to have the drone fly the books about 1.2 kilometers from an elementary school to the junior high school, after Japan designated the rural community in August 2015 as a special zone where the use of drones for public purposes will be promoted as part of its regional area revitalization program. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan starts trial drone home delivery service in Chiba

Japan starts trial drone home delivery service in Chiba

A drone loaded with a package flies between condominiums, commercial facilities and adjacent parks in Chiba near Tokyo on April 11, 2016, during the first trial of a drone home delivery service in an urban area. The city of Chiba has been designated as a special deregulation zone to conduct the trial. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Kerry attends press conference in Hiroshima

Kerry attends press conference in Hiroshima

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry attends a press conference in Hiroshima on April 11, 2016, following a Group of Seven foreign ministers' meeting. The G-7 ministers agreed to seek a world without nuclear weapons, urging people around the world to visit the western Japan city as well as Nagasaki that were devastated by U.S. atomic bombings in 1945. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan starts trial drone home delivery service in Chiba

Japan starts trial drone home delivery service in Chiba

A drone loaded with a package flies between condominiums, commercial facilities and adjacent parks in Chiba near Tokyo on April 11, 2016, during the first trial of a drone home delivery service in an urban area. The city of Chiba has been designated as a special deregulation zone to conduct the trial. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Kishida attends press conference after G-7 meeting

Kishida attends press conference after G-7 meeting

Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida attends a press conference in Hiroshima on April 11, 2016, following a Group of Seven foreign ministers' meeting. The G-7 ministers agreed to seek a world without nuclear weapons, urging people around the world to visit the western Japan city as well as Nagasaki that were devastated by U.S. atomic bombings in 1945. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Kerry attends press conference in Hiroshima

Kerry attends press conference in Hiroshima

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry attends a press conference in Hiroshima on April 11, 2016, following a Group of Seven foreign ministers' meeting. The G-7 ministers agreed to seek a world without nuclear weapons, urging people around the world to visit the western Japan city as well as Nagasaki that were devastated by U.S. atomic bombings in 1945. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Kishida attends press conference after G-7 meeting

Kishida attends press conference after G-7 meeting

Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida attends a press conference in Hiroshima on April 11, 2016, following a Group of Seven foreign ministers' meeting. The G-7 ministers agreed to seek a world without nuclear weapons, urging people around the world to visit the western Japan city as well as Nagasaki that were devastated by U.S. atomic bombings in 1945. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Kishida attends press conference after G-7 meeting

Kishida attends press conference after G-7 meeting

Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida attends a press conference in Hiroshima on April 11, 2016, following a Group of Seven foreign ministers' meeting. The G-7 ministers agreed to seek a world without nuclear weapons, urging people around the world to visit the western Japan city as well as Nagasaki that were devastated by U.S. atomic bombings in 1945. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Top U.S., Japan diplomats meet in Hiroshima

Top U.S., Japan diplomats meet in Hiroshima

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (C) talks with Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (L) on April 11, 2016, in front of the cenotaph for A-bomb victims in Hiroshima, western Japan, where they were attending a meeting of the Group of Seven foreign ministers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Tokyo DisneySea to mark 15th anniversary in September

Tokyo DisneySea to mark 15th anniversary in September

Mickey Mouse and other characters dance during a special show, which was opened to the media at Tokyo DisneySea in Urayasu, east of Tokyo, on April 11, 2016, prior to an event from April 15 to mark the 15th anniversary of the theme park's opening. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo