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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.

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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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Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

File photo - Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip met Pope Francis for the first time during a private audience in a room next to the Paul VI auditorium in the Vatican on April 3, 2014. - Pope Francis will celebrate his 10th anniversary of pontificate on March 13. -- Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

File photo - Pope Francis celebrates marriage for 20 couples during a nuptial Mass in St. Peter's Basilica , Vatican on Sept. 14, 2014, including some who already have kids , a sin under Catholic Church teaching. The ages of the newlyweds range from 25 to 56, and among them there are those who are already living together, those who already have children, those who met in church. It is quite rare for a pope to celebrate public weddings. John Paul II did it twice, in 1994 and 2000, while Benedict XVI never officiated the sacrament during his papacy. -- Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

File photo - Pope Francis leads the Way of the Cross (Via Crucis) on Good Friday in front of the Colosseum in Rome, Italy on April 18, 2014. The traditional Catholic procession on Good Friday recalls the crucifixion of Jesus Christ ahead of Sunday's Easter holiday. -- Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

File photo - Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni met Pope Francis at the Vatican on October 27, 2014. -- Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

File photo - Pope Francis in the Casa Santa Marta, the guest house in the Vatican on April 7, 2014 where he has chosen to live.The guesthouse was built in 1996 on the site of an ancient hospice for the poor. The five-story building has 106 suites, 22 single rooms, and one apartment and sits on the edge of Vatican City. It is regularly inhabited by a few dozen priests and bishops who work in the Vatican. Half the rooms are available for cardinals and bishops visiting Rome for audiences or other official occasions. It was Pope John Paul II who called for the construction of a residence where cardinal electors?the cardinals who can cast votes in papal elections?could live during the papal election. -- Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

File photo - Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip met Pope Francis for the first time during a private audience in a room next to the Paul VI auditorium in the Vatican on April 3, 2014. -- Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pianist Fujiko Hemming dies at 92

File photo shows pianist Ingrid Fujiko Hemming giving an interview in Tokyo in December 2014. She died at age 92 on April 21, 2024, her foundation said on May 2.

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(ZhejiangPictorial)CHINA-ZHEJIANG-HUZHOU-XIAOXIJIE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL BLOCK (CN)

(240426) -- HUZHOU, April 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows people drying clothes at the Xiaoxijie historical and cultural block in 2014 (above, photo by Zhi Jiang) and kite decorations at the Xiaoxijie historical and cultural block in Huzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, on April 21, 2024. The Xiaoxijie historical and cultural block, situated in the city center of Huzhou, boasts a rich history spanning over a millennium. Since 2013, the city of Huzhou has launched a protection and transformation project of the historical and cultural block, emphasizing the restoration of the unique features of Xiaoxijie and introducing modern industries on this basis. Today, cultural facilities such as art galleries and museums are opened in Xiaoxijie. Young entrepreneurs with dreams settled here to build cafes, pottery shops, custom jewelry shops, music studios, etc. The integration of traditional and modern elements has injected new vitality into the block. (Xinhua)

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(ZhejiangPictorial)CHINA-ZHEJIANG-HUZHOU-XIAOXIJIE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL BLOCK (CN)

(240426) -- HUZHOU, April 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows a view of the Xiaoxijie historical and cultural block in Huzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province in 2014 (above, photo by Zhi Jiang) and a view of the block on April 21, 2024 respectively. The Xiaoxijie historical and cultural block, situated in the city center of Huzhou, boasts a rich history spanning over a millennium. Since 2013, the city of Huzhou has launched a protection and transformation project of the historical and cultural block, emphasizing the restoration of the unique features of Xiaoxijie and introducing modern industries on this basis. Today, cultural facilities such as art galleries and museums are opened in Xiaoxijie. Young entrepreneurs with dreams settled here to build cafes, pottery shops, custom jewelry shops, music studios, etc. The integration of traditional and modern elements has injected new vitality into the block. (Xinhua)

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(SkyEye) CHINA-KAZAKHSTAN-KYRGYZSTAN-SILK ROAD

(231017) -- BEIJING, Oct. 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on April 21, 2017 shows the ruins of an old palace of the ancient city of Han (202 B.C.- A.D. 220) and Wei (220-265) dynasties in Luoyang, central China's Henan Province. About 2,000 years ago, in the Western Han Dynasty (202 B.C.- A.D. 25), a Chinese envoy named Zhang Qian began his expedition to the Western Regions and opened a trade route that later became the Silk Road. In 2014, a joint application by China, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan led to the recognition of "the Silk Roads: the Routes Network of Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor" as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Spanning thousands of miles and thousands of years, the ancient Silk Road was not only a route for trade and barter, but also a route for exchanges between civilizations, making a significant contribution to the development and progress of human society. (Xinhua/Li An)

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CHINA-LIAONING-SHENYANG-DISABLED MAN (CN)

(230521) -- SHENYANG, May 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows Zhao Qiang visiting a community on April 16, 2014 (L, photo taken by Xinhua journalist Yao Jianfeng) and taking a walk on April 18, 2023 in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province. When Zhao Qiang was two years old, he developed a disease which gradually resulted a 23-centimeter disparity between two legs. He fixed a small stool on the sole of left foot at the suggestion of his family and adapted to walking with it. Zhao Qiang had to drop out early due to the disease but after hard work, he was admitted to Northeastern University, majoring in computer for continuing education. Zhao Qiang has worked for the disabled since 2008, bringing hope while caring for others. Early this year, he got married with his girlfriend. "Many of my dreams came true. I am content and happy," He said. (Xinhua/Yang Qing)

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CHINA-LIAONING-SHENYANG-DISABLED MAN (CN)

(230521) -- SHENYANG, May 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows Zhao Qiang talking with colleague on April 16, 2014 (L, photo taken by Xinhua journalist Yao Jianfeng) and tutoring an intellectually-challenged person on April 18, 2023 in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province. When Zhao Qiang was two years old, he developed a disease which gradually resulted a 23-centimeter disparity between two legs. He fixed a small stool on the sole of left foot at the suggestion of his family and adapted to walking with it. Zhao Qiang had to drop out early due to the disease but after hard work, he was admitted to Northeastern University, majoring in computer for continuing education. Zhao Qiang has worked for the disabled since 2008, bringing hope while caring for others. Early this year, he got married with his girlfriend. "Many of my dreams came true. I am content and happy," He said. (Xinhua/Yang Qing)

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CHINA-LIAONING-SHENYANG-DISABLED MAN (CN)

(230521) -- SHENYANG, May 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows Zhao Qiang reading a book in Northeastern University on June 5, 2014 (L, photo taken by Xinhua journalist Yao Jianfeng) and reading at home on April 18, 2023 in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province. When Zhao Qiang was two years old, he developed a disease which gradually resulted a 23-centimeter disparity between two legs. He fixed a small stool on the sole of left foot at the suggestion of his family and adapted to walking with it. Zhao Qiang had to drop out early due to the disease but after hard work, he was admitted to Northeastern University, majoring in computer for continuing education. Zhao Qiang has worked for the disabled since 2008, bringing hope while caring for others. Early this year, he got married with his girlfriend. "Many of my dreams came true. I am content and happy," He said. (Xinhua/Yang Qing)

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Two organizations provide relief to displaced people in Iraqi Kurdistan

STORY: Two organizations provide relief to displaced people in Iraqi Kurdistan DATELINE: April 21, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:03 LOCATION: ERBIL, Iraq CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the distribution STORYLINE: The Iraqi International Bring Hope Organization, in cooperation with the Maldivian International Aid Campaign, distributed on Wednesday 285 food parcels to the displaced in Harsham camp, in the capital of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The distribution process included 285 families, which is the total number of families in the Harsham camp. The camp opened in Erbil during the Islamic State (IS) control of some provinces, such as Nineveh, and parts of Diyala and Kirkuk in 2014. The food basket, prepared by the two organizations, consisted of 14 basic foodstuffs. The two organizations aim to fill the needs of the displaced in the camp after the decline of international humanitarian aid to the camps in the Kurdistan region. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Erbil, Iraq. (XHTV)

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CHINA-SHANXI-PINGYAO-INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP (CN)

(230410) -- TAIYUAN, April 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Frenchwoman Michele Terminet Schuppon poses for photos with a local resident she has photographed earlier while attending the Pingyao International Photography (PIP) Festival in Pingyao, north China's Shanxi Province, Sept. 21, 2014. TO GO WITH "Across China: An ancient county that has witnessed true international friendship" (Xinhua/Zhan Yan)

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Same-sex marriage revealed in Japan's entertainment world

TOKYO, Japan - TV personality Ayaka Ichinose (L) and actress/dancer Akane Sugimori tell a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 21, 2014, they will marry on April 19 next year in the Japanese capital. It is rare in Japan for gay entertainers to publicize their "marriage" as same-sex marriage is illegal.

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Abe announces plan to dissolve lower house, postpones tax hike

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe holds a press conference at his office in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2014. Abe said he will dissolve the lower house on Nov. 21 for a general election and postpone a planned consumption tax hike to 10 percent by 18 months to April 2017, citing the economic downturn following a tax increase the previous April.

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Abe announces plan to dissolve lower house, postpones tax hike

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe holds a press conference at his office in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2014. Abe said he will dissolve the lower house on Nov. 21 for a general election and postpone a planned consumption tax hike to 10 percent by 18 months to April 2017, citing the economic downturn following a tax increase the previous April.

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Abe announces plan to dissolve lower house, postpones tax hike

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe holds a press conference at his office in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2014. Abe said he will dissolve the lower house on Nov. 21 for a general election and postpone a planned consumption tax hike to 10 percent by 18 months to April 2017, citing the economic downturn following a tax increase the previous April.

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Abe announces plan to dissolve lower house, postpones tax hike

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe holds a press conference at his office in Tokyo on Nov. 18, 2014. Abe said he will dissolve the lower house on Nov. 21 for a general election and postpone a planned consumption tax hike to 10 percent by 18 months to April 2017, citing the economic downturn following a tax increase the previous April.

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Tomioka Silk Mill registered as World Heritage site

TOMIOKA, Japan - File photo taken in April 2014 shows the Tomioka Silk Mill in Tomioka, Gunma Prefecture. On June 21, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee decided to add the mill, a historic factory building symbolizing Japan's industrialization from the 19th century, to the World Cultural Heritage list.

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Takayama-sha sericulture school in Gunma Pref.

MAEBASHI, Japan - Takayama-sha sericulture school, known for successfully spreading modern sericultural technology throughout Japan and overseas is photographed in Fujioka, Gunma Prefecture, on April 21, 2014. An advisory panel to UNESCO recently recommended adding Takayama-sha to the World Cultural Heritage list.

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Vigilantes in Odessa, southern Ukraine

ODESSA, Uklaine - Men claiming to be members of a neighborhood watch group keep a watchful eye on their surroundings in Odessa, southern Ukraine, on April 21, 2014.

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Pro-Russian protesters show "evidence" of shooting

SLOVYANSK, Ukraine - Photo shows an armband and other items presented by pro-Russian protesters as "evidence" of shooting by Ukrainian nationalists supporting the new government in Ukraine on April 21, 2014, in Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine.

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Bloodstains at eastern Ukraine shooting site

SLOVYANSK, Ukraine - A pro-Russian group member points to bloodstains in the suburbs of Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, on April 21, 2014, where a fatal shooting incident took place.

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Barricade built by pro-Russian militants in Slovyansk

SLOVYANSK, Ukraine - A barricade built by pro-Russian militants in front of the security bureau building in Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, is pictured on April 21, 2014.

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Deadly shooting scene in eastern Ukraine

SLOVYANSK, Ukraine - The venue of a recent deadly shooting incident in the suburbs of Slovyansk, eastern Ukraine, where alleged pro-Russian separatists were shot, is photographed on April 21, 2014.

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Tensions in Ukraine

SLAVIANSK, Ukraine - Pro-Russian activists guard a security service building in Slaviansk, eastern Ukraine, on April 21, 2014.

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Darvish starts against Athletics

OAKLAND, United States - Texas Rangers starter Yu Darvish pitches against the Oakland Athletics at O.co Coliseum in Oakland, California, on April 21, 2014. Darvish allowed three runs in six innings and left the mound with the game tied 3-3. The Rangers won 4-3.

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Squirrel comes in MLB game

CLEVELAND, United States - Photo shows a squirrel at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, April 21, 2014 during a baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the Kansas City Royals. At the back is Royals outfielder Norichika Aoki.

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Darvish starts against Athletics

OAKLAND, United States - Texas Rangers starter Yu Darvish pitches against the Oakland Athletics at O.co Coliseum in Oakland, California, on April 21, 2014. Darvish allowed three runs in six innings and left the mound with the game tied 3-3. The Rangers won 4-3.

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Top Chinese foreign office spokesman holds press meet

BEIJING, China - Qin Gang, chief spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, speaks at a regular press conference in Beijing on April 21, 2014. He played down the impact of China's seizure of a vessel owned by a major Japanese shipping firm on bilateral relations already strained over territorial and historical issues, saying it is just "a common commercial contract dispute."

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China on ship seizure

BEIJING, China - Qin Gang, a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, holds a press conference in Beijing on April 21, 2014. Qin said the country's recent seizure of a vessel owned by Japanese shipping firm Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. has nothing to do with issues related to war reparations between the two countries.

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Italian musician plays before gov't building in Donetsk

DONETSK, Ukraine - Italian musician Davide Martello, known for playing a bicycle-hauled wheeled piano around the world, performs in front of a government building in the strife-torn eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on April 21, 2014.

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Japan, Myanmar exchange MOU on help for postal services

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Yoshitaka Shindo (L) exchanges a memorandum of understanding with U Win Than, Myanmar's deputy minister for communications, posts and telegraphs, in Tokyo on April 21, 2014. Japan has agreed to assist Myanmar in introducing a Japanese-style postal service system.

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PM Abe visits exhibition of murals from ancient tomb

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) visits an exhibition of murals from the ancient Kitora Tomb in Nara Prefecture, western Japan, at the Tokyo National Museum on April 21, 2014.

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South Korean ferry sinking

JINDO ISLAND, South Korea - Photo taken April 21, 2014, at a port on Jindo Island shows a relative of a missing person aboard the Sewol, the ferry that sank on April 16 off the island in southwestern South Korea.

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Japan ex-premier Hosokawa explains his temple paintings

KYOTO, Japan - Former Japanese Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa (L) explains one of his ink-and-wash paintings on sliding doors at Kennin-ji, a Zen Buddhism temple in Kyoto, western Japan, on April 21, 2014.

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Japan ex-premier Hosokawa views his paintings at temple

KYOTO, Japan - Former Japanese Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa (L) looks at one of his ink-and-wash paintings on sliding doors at Kennin-ji, a Zen Buddhism temple in Kyoto, western Japan, on April 21, 2014.

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South Korean ferry sinking

JINDO ISLAND, South Korea - Photo taken April 21, 2014, at a port on Jindo Island shows relatives of missing people aboard the Sewol, the ferry that sank on April 16 off the island in southwestern South Korea.

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Glasses-type information device

OSAKA, Japan - A model wears the "inforod," a glasses-type information device unveiled by Japanese software maker Westunitis Co. in Osaka on April 21, 2014.

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WWII Japanese soldier's flag brought back to wife

FUKUOKA, Japan - A Rising Sun flag, carried by former Japanese Imperial Army soldier Tokujiro Ogura during World War II, is given back to his wife Fumi (L) by Paul Parrott (C), a former British soldier's grandson, at the Tachiarai Peace Memorial Museum in Chikuzen, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on April 21, 2014.

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NRA commissioner speaks about Tokai reprocessing plant

TOKYO, Japan - Toyoshi Fuketa, a commissioner of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, speaks to reporters after inspecting a plant for reprocessing spent nuclear fuel in Tokai, Ibaraki Prefecture, east of Tokyo, on April 21, 2014.

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Roof rethatched at Kyoto world heritage shrine

KYOTO, Japan - Work to periodically rethatch the roof of a main hall of Shimogamo Shrine, a World Cultural Heritage site in Kyoto, western Japan, is opened to the press on April 21, 2014.

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Carpenters renew thatch of world heritage shrine in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Carpenters replace the thatch of a main hall of Shimogamo Shrine, a World Cultural Heritage site in Kyoto, western Japan, on April 21, 2014.

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Shizuoka governor gets Mt. Fuji's world heritage certificate

TOKYO, Japan - Shizuoka Governor Heita Kawakatsu (L) receives a replica of UNESCO's certificate to register Mt. Fuji as a World Cultural Heritage site from Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo on April 21, 2014.

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Panasonic displays computer-controlled plastic greenhouse

OSAKA, Japan - Panasonic Corp. displays a plastic greenhouse with a computer system that controls the inside temperature, incoming sunlight and other cultivating conditions in Osaka, western Japan, on April 21, 2014.

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China on ship seizure

BEIJING, China - Qin Gang, a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, holds a press conference in Beijing on April 21, 2014. Qin said the country's recent seizure of a vessel owned by Japanese shipping firm Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. has nothing to do with issues related to war reparations between the two countries.