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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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Memorial Events For Pope Francis - Argentina

People cry during a mass in Metropolitan Cathedral, where Pope Francis, as Archbishop Jorge Bergoglio, used to perform mass, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on April 21, 2025. Pope Francis, the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, died Monday at the age of 88, said the Vatican in a statement. Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio on Dec. 17, 1936, in Buenos Aires, Francis was head of the Roman Catholic Church since 2013. Photo by Xinhua/Meng Dingbo/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Memorial Events For Pope Francis - Argentina

A mass is on going in the Metropolitan Cathedral, where Pope Francis, as Archbishop Jorge Bergoglio, used to perform mass, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on April 21, 2025. Pope Francis, the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, died Monday at the age of 88, said the Vatican in a statement. Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio on Dec. 17, 1936, in Buenos Aires, Francis was head of the Roman Catholic Church since 2013. Photo by Xinhua/Meng Dingbo/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Memorial Events For Pope Francis - Argentina

A man prays in Metropolitan Cathedral, where Pope Francis, as Archbishop Jorge Bergoglio, used to perform mass, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on April 21, 2025. Pope Francis, the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, died Monday at the age of 88, said the Vatican in a statement. Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio on Dec. 17, 1936, in Buenos Aires, Francis was head of the Roman Catholic Church since 2013. Photo by Xinhua/Meng Dingbo/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iraqi security personnel cast ballots ahead of provincial elections

STORY: Iraqi security personnel cast ballots ahead of provincial elections SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 16, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 17, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:14 LOCATION: Baghdad CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of polling centers in Baghdad STORYLINE: Iraqi security personnel cast their votes on Saturday in 15 of the country's 18 provinces ahead of the provincial elections slated for Monday following a 10-year hiatus. The voting began after 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT) when soldiers and policemen lined up to cast their ballots at polling centers in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad and several other cities in the 15 provinces of the country, excluding the three provinces of the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region. According to figures from Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission, more than 1 million voters from the security personnel are expected to cast ballots in 565 polling centers in the 15 provinces. The last provincial elections in Iraq were held in April 2013. Xinhua News Agency correspondents repo

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E-commerce, freight trains add vitality to BRI trade

STORY: E-commerce, freight trains add vitality to BRI trade DATELINE: April 11, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:19 LOCATION: XI'AN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of freight trains 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): WANG FANG, Head of Weiju Fanxing Global Cross-border Live Broadcast Base 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): XUAN FEI, Official with Investment Promotion Bureau, Xi'an International Trade & Logistics Park STORYLINE: Launched in 2013, the Chang'an China-Europe freight train service has become a vital transport link between Europe and Xi'an, China's Shaanxi Province. The service has opened 17 international transportation routes, covering all major sources of goods in the Eurasia region. In the past decade, the service has handled over 16,000 trips. The freight trains also boosted the development of e-commerce trade along the routes. The Belt and Road E-commerce Center in Xi'an has adopted livestreaming e-commerce as a key springboard for growth. In 2022, 30 livestreaming companies were registered here. SOUND

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Abe announces sales tax hike

TOKYO, Japan - Representatives of the government and the ruling coalition parties hold a meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2013. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from R) told the meeting that the government will raise Japan's sales tax rate in April 2014 to 8 percent from the current 5 percent as planned, marking the first increase in the politically sensitive tax in 17 years.

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Abe announces sales tax hike

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) attends a meeting of representatives of the government and the ruling coalition parties at his office in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2013. Abe told the meeting that the government will raise Japan's sales tax rate in April 2014 to 8 percent from the current 5 percent as planned, marking the first increase in the politically sensitive tax in 17 years.

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Volkswagen cars imported by Japan unit top 1 million

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo shows the 1 millionth Volkswagen car -- the Golf -- imported by the Japanese unit of German automaker Volkswagen AG, in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture on July 17, 2013. Volkswagen Group Japan K.K. said the same day it has imported more than 1 million Volkswagen cars since it took over the imports from Japanese car dealer Yanase & Co. in April 1991.

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Volkswagen cars imported by Japan unit top 1 million

NAGOYA, Japan - Volkswagen cars are unshipped in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture on July 17, 2013. The Japanese unit of German automaker Volkswagen AG said the same day it has imported more than 1 million Volkswagen cars since it took over the imports from Japanese car dealer Yanase & Co. in April 1991.

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Woman makes her dream of becoming pilot come true

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken May 17, 2013 in Tokyo shows Yu Hirata, the first female co-pilot for Miyazaki-based Skynet Asia Airways Co. Hirata passed the pilot test before graduating from university and joined Skynet Asia in April 2012, becoming a co-pilot in February 2013.

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Japan sprinter Kiryu

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japan's sprinter Yoshihide Kiryu. The 17-year-old Kiryu's time of 10.01 seconds in the men's 100 meters at the Oda Memorial International on April 29, 2013, may not be recognized as a world junior record by the International Association of Athletics Federations because a device that measures wind speed was not used during the race, informed sources said on May 14.

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Yen-loan specialist becomes aid adviser to Myanmar

TOKYO, Japan - Tsutomu Kudo, a yen-loan specialist of the Japan International Cooperation Agency, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News on April 17, 2013 in Tokyo before assuming the post of the Myanmar government's aid coordinating adviser to help implement aid programs from Japan.

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5 elderly bee hunters contributing to field over 5 decades

FUKUI, Japan - Photo taken April 17, 2013 shows a set of bee samples collected by five former teachers from Fukui Prefecture now in their 70s to 90s and donated by them to the Fukui City Museum of Natural History in the prefecture.

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Paraguay election

ASUNCION, Paraguay - Paraguayan presidential candidate Horacio Cartes of the Colorado Party speaks during an interview in Asuncion on April 17, 2013.

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Quake jolts Miyake Island

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows an area on Miyake Island in the Pacific illuminated on the evening of April 17, 2013, after a series of quakes hit the island. An earthquake of preliminary magnitude 6.2 jolted the island that day along with dozens of tremors, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

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Funeral for Thatcher

LONDON, Britain - Guards pay tribute before the funeral procession for former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in London on April 17, 2013, heading for the funeral service at St Paul's Cathedral. The service for Thatcher, who died of a stroke on April 8 at the age of 87, was attended by 2,300 dignitaries.

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Crown princess to visit Netherlands

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in March 2013 shows Crown Prince Naruhito (L) and his wife Crown Princess Masako at the entrance of their palace in Tokyo after the crown prince's return from New York. The Imperial Household Agency is making final arrangements for Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako to attend the coronation of the new Dutch king later in April, agency sources said on April 17, 2013.

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Funeral for Thatcher

LONDON, Britain - People protest against former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on April 17, 2013, around St Paul's Cathedral in London, where the funeral service for Thatcher was held.

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Quake jolts Miyake Island

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a police car (bottom) patrolling in a residential area on Miyake Island in the Pacific on the evening of April 17, 2013, after a series of quakes hit the island. An earthquake of preliminary magnitude 6.2 jolted the island that day along with dozens of tremors, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

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World's longest cake roll

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows participants in an event to make a 130.68-meter-long cake roll in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on April 17, 2013. The cake was recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's longest cake roll.

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Funeral for Thatcher

LONDON, Britain - The coffin bearing the body of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is carried on a gun carriage drawn by the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery in a procession for her funeral service in London on April 17, 2013. The service for Thatcher, who died of a stroke on April 8 at the age of 87, was attended by 2,300 dignitaries.

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Funeral for Thatcher

LONDON, Britain - The funeral procession for former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher heads for St Paul's Cathedral for her funeral service in London on April 17, 2013. The service for Thatcher, who died of a stroke on April 8 at the age of 87, was attended by 2,300 dignitaries.

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Suu Kyi in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi heads to a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on April 17, 2013.

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Suu Kyi in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi smiles as her message on a guest book is displayed during a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on April 17, 2013.

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Gazprom head Miller in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Alexey Miller (2nd from L), head of Russian energy company Gazprom, and Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (far R) hold talks at the industry ministry in Tokyo on April 17, 2013.

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Suu Kyi in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi answers a reporter's question during a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on April 17, 2013.

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Crown princess to visit Netherlands

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in August 2006 shows Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (3rd from L), his wife Princess Masako (2nd from L) and their daughter Princess Aiko (L, front) visiting the former royal stables adjacent to Het Loo Palace in the eastern Dutch city of Apeldoorn with Dutch Queen Beatrix (far L), Crown Prince Willem-Alexander (2nd from R) and his family during a two-week private trip to the Netherlands. The Imperial Household Agency is making final arrangements for Crown Prince Naruhito and Crown Princess Masako to attend the coronation of Crown Prince Willem-Alexander later in April, agency sources said on April 17, 2013.

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Police post on campus

KYOTO, Japan - Photo taken April 17, 2013, shows a police post which has been built on Karasuma campus of Doshisha University in Kyoto's Kamigyo Ward, which is the country's first police post set up on campus grounds, according to Kyoto prefectural police.

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WFO meeting in Niigata

NIIGATA, Japan - Robert Carlson (2nd from R), president of the World Farmers' Organisation, attends a press conference after its general assembly meeting in the city of Niigata on April 17, 2013.

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Bird flu in China

SHANGHAI, China - Photo shows a restaurant specializing in chicken dishes with just a few customers at lunch time in Shanghai on April 17, 2013. People involved in the poultry business have been suffering from sluggish sales due to human infections of H7N9 bird flu in the country.

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World's longest cake roll

TOKYO, Japan - Participants (in the background) celebrate after a 130.68-meter-long cake roll they made in an event was recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's longest cake roll in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on April 17, 2013.

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Police post on campus

KYOTO, Japan - Photo taken April 17, 2013, shows a police post which has been built on Karasuma campus of Doshisha University in Kyoto's Kamigyo Ward, which is the country's first police post set up on campus grounds, according to Kyoto prefectural police.

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Suu Kyi in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi attends a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on April 17, 2013.

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Seal pup at Osaka aquarium

OSAKA, Japan - A harbor seal pup is shown to visitors at Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan in Osaka's Minato Ward on April 17, 2013. The male pup, yet to be named, was born on March 24, 2013.

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Rehabbed Honda jets to Moscow

NARITA, Japan - Photo shows Japan midfielder Keisuke Honda at Narita airport near Tokyo on April 17, 2013. Honda departed for Moscow later the same day to rejoin CSKA Moscow after completing rehab work on his left ankle.

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Suu Kyi in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi speaks during a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on April 17, 2013.

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Seal pup at Osaka aquarium

OSAKA, Japan - A harbor seal pup is shown to visitors at Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan in Osaka's Minato Ward on April 17, 2013. The male pup, yet to be named, was born on March 24, 2013.

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Seal pup at Osaka aquarium

OSAKA, Japan - A harbor seal pup is shown to visitors at Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan in Osaka's Minato Ward on April 17, 2013. The male pup, yet to be named, was born on March 24, 2013.

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Police post on campus

KYOTO, Japan - Photo taken April 17, 2013, shows a police post which has been built on Karasuma campus of Doshisha University in Kyoto's Kamigyo Ward, which is the country's first police post set up on campus grounds, according to Kyoto prefectural police.

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N. Korea bars S. Korea businessmen from Kaesong

PAJU, South Korea - South Korean businessmen hold a press conference at the inter-Korean transit office in Paju, South Korea, on April 17, 2013, after North Korea rejected their request to visit an joint industrial zone in the North's border town of Kaesong to deliver food and other necessities to employees and check the condition of facilities amid a shutdown.

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N. Korea bars S. Korea businessmen from Kaesong

PAJU, South Korea - Vehicles loading food and medicines are on standby at the inter-Korean transit office in Paju, South Korea, on April 17, 2013. North Korea rejected a request the same day by a group of South Korean businessmen to visit a joint industrial zone in the North's border town of Kaesong to deliver food and other necessities to employees and check the condition of facilities amid a shutdown.

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Suu Kyi in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi delivers a speech at the University of Tokyo on April 17, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Suu Kyi in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi delivers a speech at the University of Tokyo on April 17, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Taiwan live-fire drill

MAGONG, Taiwan - The Thunderbolt2000, a locally manufactured "artillery multiple-launch rocket system" designed to counter an enemy amphibious assault landing, is used during Taiwan's first live-fire drill since 2008 on the outlying Penghu Islands in the Taiwan Strait on April 17, 2013. The exercise is aimed at testing Taiwan's ability to fend off an attack from China, simulating attacks by sea, air and land.

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Taiwan live-fire drill

MAGONG, Taiwan - Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou speaks during the island's first live-fire drill since 2008 on the outlying Penghu Islands in the Taiwan Strait on April 17, 2013. The exercise is aimed at testing Taiwan's ability to fend off an attack from China, simulating attacks by sea, air and land.

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Taiwan live-fire drill

MAGONG, Taiwan - The Thunderbolt2000, a locally manufactured "artillery multiple-launch rocket system" designed to counter an enemy amphibious assault landing, is used during Taiwan's first live-fire drill since 2008 on the outlying Penghu Islands in the Taiwan Strait on April 17, 2013. The exercise is aimed at testing Taiwan's ability to fend off an attack from China, simulating attacks by sea, air and land.

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Saibi High School's Anraku pitches hard

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Saibi High School right-hander Tomohiro Anraku throws against Urawagakuin High School in the final of the national high school baseball invitational tournament at Koshien Stadium in Hyogo Prefecture on April 2, 2013. Urawagakuin beat Saibi 17-1 to clinch a pennant.

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China's largest land port handles 15,000 China-Europe freight trains

STORY: China's largest land port handles 15,000 China-Europe freight trains DATELINE: April 17, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:58 LOCATION: HARBIN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of China-Europe freight trains 2. various of China's land port of Manzhouli 3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): CUI TIANLIANG, Manzhouli Station Transfer Office STORYLINE: Manzhouli, China's largest land port, has seen over 15,000 China-Europe freight train trips since operations started in 2013 here, according to the China Railway Harbin Group Co., Ltd. 　　 By Thursday, a total of 15,051 cross-border freight train trips have been handled at the port, in the northeastern province of Heilongjiang, involving nearly 1.39 million 20-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of cargo. The imported and exported goods mainly include daily necessities and industrial machinery. So far, 19 China-Europe freight train routes pass through the port, linking more than 10 European countries with 60 Chinese cities including Guangzhou and Suzhou. 　　 In order to ensur

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Funeral Of Algeria's Former Head Of State Ali Kafi - Algiers

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika pays his respects in front of the coffin of Algeria's former head of state Ali Kafi at the People's Palace in Algiers, Algeria on April 17, 2013, prior to his burial at El-Alia cemetery, the final resting place of other former presidents. Kafi, who was appointed after president Mohamed Boudiaf's assassination in 1992 and held office during a bloody period in the country's civil war, died on April 16, aged 85. Photo by Billal Bensalem/ABACAPRESS.COM