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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.

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Chinese opportunities in eyes of a Russian businessman

STORY: Chinese opportunities in eyes of a Russian businessman SHOOTING TIME: April 26, 2024 DATELINE: May 17, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:25 LOCATION: CHONGQING, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Dmitry Pismennyy 2. SOUNDBITE (English): DMITRY PISMENNYY, Russian businessman in Chongqing STORYLINE: 34-year-old Dmitry Pismennyy, a Russian businessman engaged in foreign trade, has been living in southwest China's Chongqing for 14 years. As China continues expanding opening up, Pismennyy anticipates that bilateral trade and exchanges will deepen, presenting more opportunities for his own career. SOUNDBITE (English): DMITRY PISMENNYY, Russian businessman in Chongqing "The first time when I came to China, it was 2010, I came to Chongqing as an exchange student. I have many friends in Russia, so they asked me about the trading, about the China-Russia cooperation. So I decided to do this kind of business. Now, the logistics for using the train to Russia and to other countries are getting more and more conv

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(SKYEYE) CHINA-ZHEJIANG-HANGZHOU-AERIAL VIEWS (CN)

(230914) -- HANGZHOU, Sept. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on April 26, 2023 shows Qianjiang new town in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. The 19th Asian Games will take place in Hangzhou between September 23 and October 8, featuring a total of 40 sports. It will be the third Asian Games to be hosted in China, after Beijing 1990 and Guangzhou 2010. The highly anticipated Asian Games can help boost the popularity of Hangzhou where history and modernity co-exist and further promote its culture. (Xinhua/Jiang Han)

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(SKYEYE) CHINA-ZHEJIANG-HANGZHOU-AERIAL VIEWS (CN)

(230914) -- HANGZHOU, Sept. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on April 12, 2022 shows a view of the West Lake scenic area in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. The 19th Asian Games will take place in Hangzhou between September 23 and October 8, featuring a total of 40 sports. It will be the third Asian Games to be hosted in China, after Beijing 1990 and Guangzhou 2010. The highly anticipated Asian Games can help boost the popularity of Hangzhou where history and modernity co-exist and further promote its culture. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)

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(SKYEYE) CHINA-ZHEJIANG-HANGZHOU-AERIAL VIEWS (CN)

(230914) -- HANGZHOU, Sept. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on April 20, 2023 shows Hangzhou Future Sci-Tech City in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. The 19th Asian Games will take place in Hangzhou between September 23 and October 8, featuring a total of 40 sports. It will be the third Asian Games to be hosted in China, after Beijing 1990 and Guangzhou 2010. The highly anticipated Asian Games can help boost the popularity of Hangzhou where history and modernity co-exist and further promote its culture. (Xinhua/Weng Xinyang)

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(SKYEYE) CHINA-ZHEJIANG-HANGZHOU-AERIAL VIEWS (CN)

(230914) -- HANGZHOU, Sept. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on April 19, 2022 shows Leifeng Pagoda at the West Lake scenic area in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. The 19th Asian Games will take place in Hangzhou between September 23 and October 8, featuring a total of 40 sports. It will be the third Asian Games to be hosted in China, after Beijing 1990 and Guangzhou 2010. The highly anticipated Asian Games can help boost the popularity of Hangzhou where history and modernity co-exist and further promote its culture. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)

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(SKYEYE) CHINA-ZHEJIANG-HANGZHOU-AERIAL VIEWS (CN)

(230914) -- HANGZHOU, Sept. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on April 12, 2022 shows the West Lake scenic area at sunset in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. The 19th Asian Games will take place in Hangzhou between September 23 and October 8, featuring a total of 40 sports. It will be the third Asian Games to be hosted in China, after Beijing 1990 and Guangzhou 2010. The highly anticipated Asian Games can help boost the popularity of Hangzhou where history and modernity co-exist and further promote its culture. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)

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(SKYEYE) CHINA-ZHEJIANG-HANGZHOU-AERIAL VIEWS (CN)

(230914) -- HANGZHOU, Sept. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on April 26, 2023 shows Qianjiang new town and Qiantang River in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. The 19th Asian Games will take place in Hangzhou between September 23 and October 8, featuring a total of 40 sports. It will be the third Asian Games to be hosted in China, after Beijing 1990 and Guangzhou 2010. The highly anticipated Asian Games can help boost the popularity of Hangzhou where history and modernity co-exist and further promote its culture. (Xinhua/Jiang Han)

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(SKYEYE) CHINA-ZHEJIANG-HANGZHOU-AERIAL VIEWS (CN)

(230914) -- HANGZHOU, Sept. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on April 26, 2023 shows the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. The 19th Asian Games will take place in Hangzhou between September 23 and October 8, featuring a total of 40 sports. It will be the third Asian Games to be hosted in China, after Beijing 1990 and Guangzhou 2010. The highly anticipated Asian Games can help boost the popularity of Hangzhou where history and modernity co-exist and further promote its culture. (Xinhua/Jiang Han)

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Brain-dead boy's organs to be transplanted

OSAKA, Japan - File photo taken in August 2010 shows Osaka University Hospital in Suita, Osaka Prefecture. A boy aged between 10 and 14 was declared brain-dead with family consent for the first time in Japan on April 12, 2011. The boy's heart is set to be transplanted to a male patient aged under 20 at the Osaka hospital.

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Ex-justice minister Mikazuki dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Akira Mikazuki, professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo and former justice minister under Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa from August 1993 to April 1994. Mikazuki, a recipient of the Order of Culture, died at the age of 89 at his home in Tokyo on Nov. 14, 2010.

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Ex-Tokyo Gov. Shunichi Suzuki dies at 99

TOKYO, Japan - In this file photo taken in April 1991, Shunichi Suzuki sits in the Tokyo governor's room at the Tokyo metropolitan government office in the capital's Shinjuku district on the first day of work after it was moved from Yurakucho in Chiyoda Ward. Suzuki, who served four four-year terms as governor of the capital from 1979, died on May 14, 2010. He was 99.

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Forever 21 to open Asia's 1st flagship store in Ginza

TOKYO, Japan - An outlet of Forever 21 Inc., a fast fashion brand from Los Angeles, at Matsuzakaya department store in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district is opened to the media on April 28, 2010. The outlet, the second in Japan following one opened last year in the Harajuku district and the first flagship in Asia, will open on April 29 to sell new brands for children aged 6 through 14 as well as older customers.

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Forever 21 to open 1st Asian flagship store in Ginza

TOKYO, Japan - Don Chang, chief executive officer of Forever 21 Inc., a fast fashion brand from Los Angeles, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on April 28, 2010, a day before the opening of its outlet at Matsuzakaya department store in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district. The outlet, the second in Japan and the first flagship store in Asia, will sell new brands for children aged 6 through 14 as well as older customers.

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Sumo rankings for Summer Grand Sumo Tournament released

TOKYO, Japan - Newly promoted ozeki Baruto of Estonia (R) and his stable master Onoe hold up a sumo rankings list for the upcoming Summer Grand Sumo Tournament released by the Japan Sumo Association at Onoe's stable in Tokyo on April 26, 2010. Baruto was promoted to sumo's second-highest ranking of ozeki on March 31 after the 25-year-old compiled a 14-1 record at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament.

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Sumo rankings for Summer Grand Sumo Tournament released

TOKYO, Japan - Newly promoted ozeki Baruto of Estonia poses with a sumo rankings list for the upcoming Summer Grand Sumo Tournament released by the Japan Sumo Association in front of his stable in Tokyo on April 26, 2010. Baruto was promoted to sumo's second-highest ranking of ozeki on March 31 after the 25-year-old compiled a 14-1 record at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament.

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China mourns victims of quake that killed more than 2,000

YUSHU, China - Monks pray for the victims of the devastating earthquake that hit China's Qinghai Province during a ceremony in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture on April 21, 2010. China observed a government-designated day of mourning for the victims of the magnitude 7.1 quake that struck April 14.

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Aftermath of China quake

QINGHAI PROVINCE, China - A destroyed car lies in rubble on April 16, 2010, in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in China's Qinghai Province, after a powerful earthquake hit the region. Chinese authorities said the death toll from the April 14 quake had reached over 790.

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Aftermath of China quake

QINGHAI PROVINCE, China - A woman carries belongings from her shattered home on April 16, 2010, in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in China's Qinghai Province, after a powerful earthquake hit the region. Chinese authorities said the death toll from the April 14 quake had reached over 790.

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Aftermath of China quake

QINGHAI PROVINCE, China - Tibetan Buddhist Temple monks chant a sutra in a tent erected in front of the temple on April 16, 2010, in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in China's Qinghai Province, after a powerful earthquake hit the region. Chinese authorities said the death toll from the April 14 quake had reached over 790.

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Aftermath of China quake

QINGHAI PROVINCE, China - People chase a truck carrying relief supplies on April 16, 2010, in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in China's Qinghai Province, after a powerful earthquake hit the region. Chinese authorities said the death toll from the April 14 quake had reached over 790.

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Aftermath of China quake

QINGHAI PROVINCE, China - Monks head for rescue operations on April 16, 2010, in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in China's Qinghai Province, after a powerful earthquake hit the region. Chinese authorities said the death toll from the April 14 quake had reached over 790.

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Aftermath of China quake

QINGHAI PROVINCE, China - People chase a truck carrying relief supplies on April 16, 2010, in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in China's Qinghai Province, after a powerful earthquake hit the region. Chinese authorities said the death toll from the April 14 quake had reached over 790.

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N. Korea marks birthday anniversary of founder Kim Il Sung

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean citizens on April 14, 2010 visit an exhibition of ''Kimilsungia,'' a flower symbolizing the country's founder Kim Il Sung who died in 1994, being held as part of official celebratory events in Pyongyang to mark the 98th anniversary of the birth of the founder, known as the ''Day of the Sun,'' on April 15.

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N. Korea marks birthday anniversary of founder Kim Il Sung

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A signboard bearing the new name of the North Korean police authority -- ''the people's security department'' -- is seen on April 14, 2010 at an exhibition of ''Kimilsungia,'' a flower symbolizing the country's founder Kim Il Sung who died in 1994, which is being held as part of official celebratory events in Pyongyang to mark the 98th anniversary of the birth of the founder, known as ''Day of the Sun,'' on April 15.

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K. Matsui goes hitless

ST. LOUIS, United States - Houston Astros second baseman Kazuo Matsui heads back to the dugout after grounding out to shortstop during the eighth inning of a game against the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium on April 14, 2010. Matsui went hitless in the club's 1-2 loss, the eighth straight defeat from the start of the season.

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Ichiro plays against Athletics

SEATTLE, United States - Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki hits an infield single in the fifth inning of a game against the Oakland Athletics at Safeco Field on April 14, 2010. The Mariners won 5-3.

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Ichiro plays against Athletics

SEATTLE, United States - Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki pops out to center in the first inning of a game against the Oakland Athletics at Safeco Field on April 14, 2010. The Mariners won 4-2.

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K. Matsui goes hitless

ST. LOUIS, United States - Houston Astros second baseman Kazuo Matsui grounds out to shortstop during the sixth inning of a game against the St. Louis Cardinals at Busch Stadium on April 14, 2010. Matsui went hitless in the club's 1-2 loss, the eighth straight defeat from the start of the season.

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H. Matsui lackluster against Yankees

NEW YORK, United States - Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Hideki Matsui (R) chats with former teammate Derek Jeter of the New York Yankees at second base in the seventh inning of a game at Yankee Stadium on April 14, 2010. The Angels won 5-3.

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H. Matsui lackluster against Yankees

NEW YORK, United States - Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Hideki Matsui strikes out in the sixth inning of a game against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on April 14, 2010. Matsui went hitless, striking out three times in his side's 5-3 win.

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H. Matsui lackluster against Yankees

NEW YORK, United States - Los Angeles Angels manager Mike Scioscia (R) chats with designated hitter Hideki Matsui at Yankee Stadium on April 14, 2010, after the club beat the New York Yankees 5-3. Matsui went hitless, striking out three times.

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H. Matsui lackluster against Yankees

NEW YORK, United States - Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Hideki Matsui strikes out in the ninth inning of a game against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on April 14, 2010. Matsui went hitless, striking out three times in his side's 5-3 win.

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H. Matsui lackluster against Yankees

NEW YORK, United States - Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Hideki Matsui strikes out in the third inning of a game against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on April 14, 2010. Matsui went hitless, striking out three times in his side's 5-3 win.

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Hatoyama returns home from 2-day trip to Washington

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama returns to Tokyo's Haneda airport on April 14, 2010, from his two-day trip to Washington where he attended a summit on nuclear terrorism.

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Buddhist monk arrested for alleged lewd acts on minor

MORIOKA, Japan - Elder monks at Chusonji, a renowned Buddhist temple in the town of Hiraizumi, Iwate Prefecture, bow in apology during a new conference at the temple on April 14, 2010, after Risshu Sasaki, a 31-year-old male monk at the temple, was arrested on suspicion of engaging in lewd acts on a 16-year-old girl.

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Kyrgyzstan's deposed President Bakiyev speaks to Kyodo News

JALALABAD, Kyrgyzstan - Kyrgyzstan's deposed President Kurmanbek Bakiyev speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in the suburbs of Jalalabad, southern Kyrgyzstan, on April 14, 2010.

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Kawasaki Frontale beat Jeonbuk Motors 3-0 in ACL

KAWASAKI, Japan - Japan's Kawasaki Frontale striker Renatinho (2nd from R) celebrates with his teammates after scoring his side's third goal from the penalty spot during the second half of a Group E game against South Korea's Jeonbuk Motors in the Asian Champions League at Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium in Kawasaki on April 14, 2010. Kawasaki won 3-0.

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Spring Takayama Festival begins in Gifu Pref.

TAKAYAMA, Japan - Floats are illuminated with lanterns as the two-day annual Spring Takayama Festival began on April 14, 2010, in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture. A total of 12 floats illuminated with some 100 lanterns were paraded through the city.

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Kawasaki Frontale beat Jeonbuk Motors 3-0 in ACL

KAWASAKI, Japan - Japan's Kawasaki Frontale midfielder Yusuke Tasaka (C) celebrates with teammates after scoring his side's second goal from the free kick during the first half of the Group E game against South Korea's Jeonbuk Motors in the Asian Champions League at Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium in Kawasaki on April 14, 2010. Kawasaki won 3-0.

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Kawasaki Frontale beat Jeonbuk Motors 3-0 in ACL

KAWASAKI, Japan - Japan's Kawasaki Frontale striker Renatinho scores his side's third goal from the penalty spot during the second half of a Group E game against South Korea's Jeonbuk Motors in the Asian Champions League at Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium in Kawasaki on April 14, 2010. Kawasaki won 3-0.

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Kawasaki Frontale beat Jeonbuk Motors 3-0 in ACL

KAWASAKI, Japan - Japan's Kawasaki Frontale midfielder Yusuke Tasaka scores his side's second goal from the free kick during the first half of the Group E game against South Korea's Jeonbuk Motors in the Asian Champions League at Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium in Kawasaki on April 14, 2010. Kawasaki won 3-0.

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Aeon records group net profit for FY 2009

TOKYO, Japan - Motoya Okada, president of Aeon Co., speaks about the company's earnings report for the business year ended in February at a news conference in Tokyo on April 14, 2010. Aeon reported a group net profit of 31.12 billion yen, its first black ink in two years, but consolidated sales dropped 3.4 percent, marking the first decline since Aeon began making public its consolidated business results in fiscal 1983.

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Fujitsu says ex-president's resignation was legal, not coerced

TOKYO, Japan - Fujitsu Ltd. Chairman Michiyoshi Mazuka (R) speaks about the reasons and process leading to the resignation of former company President Kuniaki Nozoe at a news conference in Tokyo on April 14, 2010. Nozoe's sudden resignation last September has led to a legal dispute and a rare public display of internal strife that has drawn intense attention from the media and investors.

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Kawasaki Frontale beat Jeonbuk Motors 3-0 in ACL

KAWASAKI, Japan - Japan's Kawasaki Frontale midfielder Yusuke Tasaka (2nd from R) celebrates with his teammates after scoring his side's second goal from the free kick during the first half of the Group E game against South Korea's Jeonbuk Motors in the Asian Champions League at Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium in Kawasaki on April 14, 2010. Kawasaki won 3-0.

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Aeon records group net profit for FY 2009

TOKYO, Japan - Motoya Okada, president of Aeon Co., speaks about the company's earnings report for the business year ended in February at a news conference in Tokyo on April 14, 2010. Aeon reported a group net profit of 31.12 billion yen, its first black ink in two years, but consolidated sales dropped 3.4 percent, marking the first decline since Aeon began making public its consolidated business results in fiscal 1983.

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ANA starts offering Starbucks coffee while in flight

TOKYO, Japan - Shinichiro Ito (L), president of All Nippon Airways Co., holds up a cup of Starbucks coffee during a promotional event at Tokyo's Haneda airport on April 14, 2010. ANA started offering Starbucks coffee in flight on domestic routes, with the instant coffee free of charge till the end of May.

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Kawasaki Frontale beat Jeonbuk Motors 3-0 in ACL

KAWASAKI, Japan - Japan's Kawasaki Frontale midfielder Hiroyuki Taniguchi scores the opener during the first half of a Group E game against South Korea's Jeonbuk Motors in the Asian Champions League at Kawasaki Todoroki Stadium in Kawasaki on April 14, 2010. Kawasaki won 3-0.

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Kashima Antlers beat Changchun Yatai FC 1-0 in ACL

CHANGCHUN, China - Kashima Antlers midfielder Mitsuo Ogasawara (L) vies for the ball during the first half of a game against China's Changchun Yatai FC in Group F of the Asian Champions League at Changchun City Stadium in Changchun, China, on April 14, 2010. Kashima won 1-0.

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Fujitsu says ex-president's resignation was legal, not coerced

TOKYO, Japan - Fujitsu Ltd. Chairman Michiyoshi Mazuka (R) speaks about the reasons and process leading to the resignation of former company President Kuniaki Nozoe at a news conference in Tokyo on April 14, 2010. Nozoe's sudden resignation last September has led to a legal dispute and a rare public display of internal strife that has drawn intense attention from the media and investors.