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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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Turkish police detain 11 suspected IS members

STORY: Turkish police detain 11 suspected IS members SHOOTING TIME: April 24, 2024 DATELINE: April 25, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:04 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Turkish police leaving the police station for special operations in Istanbul 2. various of Turkish police carrying out special operations 3. various of suspects detained in operations STORYLINE: Turkish police detained at least 11 suspected members of the Islamic State (IS) group in Türkiye's western province of Izmir on Wednesday, local media reported. The state-run TRT broadcaster said anti-terror teams launched simultaneous operations against 13 sites across the province to capture 13 suspects. During the raids, 11 suspects were apprehended, while arrest operations are ongoing against the remaining two individuals. Many digital materials were found and confiscated at the suspects' premises, according to the TRT. The Turkish government designated the IS as a terrorist organization in 2013, blamin

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India's defense exports reach all-time high of 2.63 bln USD

STORY: India's defense exports reach all-time high of 2.63 bln USD SHOOTING TIME: File footage DATELINE: April 3, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:20 LOCATION: New Delhi CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of India Gate 2. various of Indian government buildings 2. various of tanks and missiles on parade STORYLINE: India's defense exports reached an all-time high of 2.63 billion U.S. dollars during the financial year 2023-24 running from April 2023 to the end of March 2024, announced the federal government on Monday. The figure registered a 32.5 percent growth over the last financial year, it said. The data indicated that the defense exports have grown by 31 times in the last 10 years as compared to the financial year 2013-14, said a statement issued by the ministry of defense. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from New Delhi. (XHTV)

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-GRANNY-WRITER (CN)

(240307) -- HARBIN, March 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Jiang Shumei writes before dawn at home in Beilin District of Suihua City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Sept. 24, 2019. Jiang Shumei, 87, an illiterate granny who learned how to read at age 60, has painted more than 300 paintings and published 6 books, realizing a stunning transformation in her twilight years. Born in Juye County of China's Shandong Province in 1937, Jiang lives in Suihua City of China's Heilongjiang Province currently. In 1996, Jiang's husband died in a traffic accident. In order to relieve Jiang's grief, her daughter Zhang Ailing started teaching Jiang to read. Since 2012, Jiang has begun writing with Zhang's help and encouragement. "I never thought I could be a writer," Jiang said. The sufferings she had experienced in life became the inspiration for her stories. Jiang's compositions was posted on the Internet by her daughter who is also a writer, then she got the opportunity to publish a book. Since April 2013, Jiang's art

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CHINA-SHAANXI-XI'AN-BRI-FREIGHT TRAIN-INT'L PORT (CN)

(230924) -- XI'AN, Sept. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A Chang'an China-Europe freight train carrying over 260 BYD new energy vehicles sets off from Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, April 26, 2023. The Chang'an China-Europe freight train service was launched in 2013, when China proposed the Belt and Road Initiative. In the past ten years, Xi'an International Port, the starting station of the Chang'an China-Europe freight trains, has been developed from a small cargo station to an international logistic hub. (Xinhua/Shao Rui)

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CHINA-SHAANXI-XI'AN-BRI-FREIGHT TRAIN-INT'L PORT (CN)

(230924) -- XI'AN, Sept. 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A worker drives a forklift to unload imported flour transported from abroad via the Chang'an China-Europe freight trains near Xi'an International Port in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, April 8, 2020. The Chang'an China-Europe freight train service was launched in 2013, when China proposed the Belt and Road Initiative. In the past ten years, Xi'an International Port, the starting station of the Chang'an China-Europe freight trains, has been developed from a small cargo station to an international logistic hub. (Xinhua/Shao Rui)

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China's space-bred seeds inspire hope for bumper harvest

STORY: China's space-bred seeds inspire hope for bumper harvest DATELINE: April 24, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:38 LOCATION: HEFEI, China CATEGORY: SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of field 2. STANDUP 1 (English): ZHAO JINZHENG, Xinhua correspondent 3. various of field 4. STANDUP 2 (English): ZHAO JINZHENG, Xinhua correspondent 5. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): FENG JIACHUN, Director of Wheat R&D Center of Fuyang Academy of Agricultural Sciences 6. various of field STORYLINE: STANDUP 1 (English): ZHAO JINZHENG, Xinhua correspondent "Take a walk in the test field located in Fuyang City, east China's Anhui Province, you can see the thriving wheat plants are already in the heading stage. Different from average wheat plants, what scientists planted here is a space-bred variety. Follow me and let's see how a wheat seed gets a 'spaceship ticket' and is finally bred into a high-quality variety." In 2013, about 100 grams of carefully selected wheat seeds from Fuyang Academy of Agricultural Sciences were sent to space by Shen

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Prominent Chinese journalist Gao's son missing

BEIJING, China - Prominent Chinese journalist Gao Yu is photographed in Beijing in November 2013. Her son is missing, a human rights watch group in Hong Kong reported on May 8, 2014. Gao was detained on April 24, 2014, over her alleged role in disclosing confidential government information.

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Sikhs dressed up for wedding party in New Delhi

NEW DELHI, India - Sikh men and women in flashy attire pose for a photo at a wedding party in New Delhi on April 24, 2013.

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Shiseido names new president

TOKYO, Japan - Masahiko Uotani, outside chief marketing advisor of Shiseido Co., smiles during a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2013, after the cosmetics maker announced he will become its new president effective April 1, 2014, replacing Shinzo Maeda.

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Shiseido names new president

TOKYO, Japan - Masahiko Uotani (L), outside chief marketing advisor of Shiseido Co., shakes hands with the cosmetics maker's president, Shinzo Maeda, during a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2013. Shiseido announced that Uotani will become its new president effective April 1, 2014, replacing Maeda.

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Caroline Kennedy to become U.S. ambassador to Japan

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of the late U.S. President John F. Kennedy, holding a book signing in Kansas City, Missouri, on April 2, 2013. President Barack Obama will nominate Kennedy as ambassador to Japan, the White House said July 24, 2013.

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Caroline Kennedy to become U.S. ambassador to Japan

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of the late U.S. President John F. Kennedy, giving a speech in Kansas City, Missouri, on April 2, 2013. President Barack Obama will nominate Kennedy as ambassador to Japan, the White House said July 24, 2013.

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Heritage railways targeted by thieves

MAEBASHI, Japan - Photo taken May 24, 2013 shows part of cables cut and hanging down from overhead at the dead track of JR Shin-Etsu Honsen line in Annaka, Gunma Prefecture. In late April, some 6 tons of overhead and signal cables were found to have been stolen from an 11.2-kilometer railway of the line between Yokokawa Station in Annaka and Karuizawa Station in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, which went out of use in 1997.

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Heritage railways targeted by thieves

MAEBASHI, Japan - Photo taken May 24, 2013 shows part of overhead cables cut by thieves at the dead track of JR Shin-Etsu Honsen line in Annaka, Gunma Prefecture. In late April, some 6 tons of overhead and signal cables were found to have been stolen from an 11.2-kilometer railway of the line between Yokokawa Station in Annaka and Karuizawa Station in Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, which went out of use in 1997.

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Japan-EU trade talks

TOKYO, Japan - Jun Yokota (R), the chief negotiator from the Japanese government in free trade negotiations with the European Union, speaks during the second round of talks between the two sides in Tokyo on June 24, 2013. The first round of talks was held in Brussels in April.

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Japan-EU trade talks

TOKYO, Japan - Japan and the European Union begin their second round of free trade negotiations in Tokyo on June 24, 2013, with both sides seeking to discuss elimination of tariffs and non-tariff barriers to promote trade and growth. The first round of talks was held in Brussels in April.

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Mexican univ. building designed by Japan architect Ando

LOS ANGELES, United States - Photo taken April 24, 2013, shows a new building designed by Japanese architect Tadao Ando at the University of Monterrey in northern Mexico. The inauguration ceremony for the six-story building was held the same day.

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Mexican univ. building designed by Japan architect Ando

LOS ANGELES, United States - Japanese architect Tadao Ando (L) receives an honorary doctorate from the University of Monterrey in northern Mexico on April 24, 2013. An inauguration ceremony was held the same day for a six-story university building Ando designed.

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ASEAN summit in Brunei

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung (L) and Hassanal Bolkiah, Brunei's sultan and prime minister, head for a dinner party of the ASEAN summit in Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei, on April 24, 2013.

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Ex-world boxing champ Tokuyama

KOBE, Japan - Former world boxing champion Masamori Tokuyama meets the press in Sanda, Hyogo Prefecture, on April 24, 2013, after being released from a police cell. Tokuyama was arrested the previous day on suspicion of attacking and injuring two men on a street.

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ASEAN summit in Brunei

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - Hassanal Bolkiah (R), Brunei's sultan and prime minister, shakes hands with Philippine President Benigno Aquino in Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei, on April 24, 2013.

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Djiboutian diplomat Farah

TOKYO, Japan - Djiboutian Ambassador to France Rachad Farah, a candidate in the election for the next UNESCO chief, is interviewed by Kyodo News in Tokyo on April 24, 2013.

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OECD chief Gurria in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Angel Gurria (L), secretary general of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, holds talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 24, 2013.

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OECD chief Gurria in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Angel Gurria (L), secretary general of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on April 24, 2013.

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ASEAN summit in Brunei

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei - Hassanal Bolkiah (L), Brunei's sultan and prime minister, chats with Myanmar President Thein Sein during a dinner party of the ASEAN summit in Bandar Seri Begawan, the capital of Brunei, on April 24, 2013.

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Paying for winning bid at standstill

TOKYO, Japan - Ekan Ikeguchi, chief priest of Saifuku temple in Kagoshima Prefecture, speaks in Tokyo on April 24, 2013. Ikeguchi suggested the Buddhist temple may not be able to acquire the land and building of the Tokyo headquarters of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, known as Chongryon, as it has no clear prospects for paying 4.5 billion yen for the properties by the May 10 deadline.

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Preparatory committee for 2015 NPT review meeting

GENEVA, Switzerland - Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (L) delivers a speech at the Second Session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2015 Review Conference of the parties to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, in Geneva on April 24, 2013. In the center is Nagasaki Mayor Tomihisa Taue and at right is atomic bomb survivor Toshiki Fujimori.

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Ex-Japan PM Fukuda in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (C) delivers a keynote speech during the Korea-Japan Business Conference in Seoul on April 24, 2013.

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Fukushima Daiichi plant

TOKYO, Japan - Members (R) of a Fukushima prefectural government panel monitor the transfer of radioactive water from an underground reservoir to tanks at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture on April 24, 2013. Disposal of massive amounts of radioactive water is crucial to the decommission work on the plant. (Pool photo)

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Ex-Japan PM Fukuda in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Former Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda delivers a keynote speech during the Korea-Japan Business Conference in Seoul on April 24, 2013.

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Nissan's Huadu plant

GUANGZHOU, China - The second facility of Nissan Motor Co.'s Huadu plant in Guangzhou in China's Guangdong Province is shown to the media on April 24, 2013.

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Nissan's Huadu plant

GUANGZHOU, China - The second facility of Nissan Motor Co.'s Huadu plant in Guangzhou in China's Guangdong Province is shown to the media on April 24, 2013.

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Nissan's Huadu plant

GUANGZHOU, China - The second facility of Nissan Motor Co.'s Huadu plant in Guangzhou in China's Guangdong Province is shown to the media on April 24, 2013.

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Nintendo logs loss for 2nd year

OSAKA, Japan - Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo Co., holds a press conference in Osaka on April 24, 2013. The Kyoto-based game console and software maker the same day reported a group operating loss of 36.41 billion yen for the business year through March, its second straight annual loss, due to worse-than-expected game console sales.

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Ex-Australian POW to apply for A-bomb certificate

NAGASAKI, Japan - Hiroko Sakaguchi, a member of a group supporting atomic-bomb survivors abroad, holds a photograph taken when she met with Allan Chick (center in the photo), 93, a former Australian prisoner of war, during a press conference at the Nagasaki city offices on April 24, 2013. Chick, who survived the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki, will apply for a special health-care certificate for victims of the attack that will entitle him to medical allowances, according to the support group.

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Pyongyang scene

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A signboard with a message celebrating North Korea's military anniversary day is set up in Pyongyang, the country's capital, on April 24, 2013.

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Pyongyang scene

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Students on a field trip shown near a fountain in Pyongyang, North Korea, on April 24, 2013.

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Pyongyang scene

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A traffic controller stands at an intersection in Pyongyang, North Korea, on April 24, 2013.

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Flu countermeasures

NARITA, Japan - Photo shows quarantine officers monitoring arriving passengers at Narita airport, the main international gateway to Tokyo, on April 8, 2013. A Japanese health ministry panel compiled countermeasures on April 24, 2013, against the H7N9 strain of bird flu in the face of the rapid spread of the virus in China.

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Pyongyang scene

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean flags fly in front of the Tower of the Juche Idea, in Pyongyang, the country's capital, on April 24, 2013.

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Pyongyang scene

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A signboard in Pyongyang, North Korea, reads "Hurrah for the great victory of military-first politics!" on April 24, 2013.

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Flu countermeasures

NARITA, Japan - Photo shows a thermographic monitor to detect fever in arriving passengers at Narita airport, the main international gateway to Tokyo, on April 8, 2013. A Japanese health ministry panel compiled countermeasures on April 24, 2013, against the H7N9 strain of bird flu in the face of the rapid spread of the virus in China.

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N.Z. trade minister in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - New Zealand Trade Minister Tim Groser speaks during a press conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on April 24, 2013.

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Sichuan quake

YA'AN, China - A girl studies outdoors in Ya'an in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan, on April 24, 2013, following a magnitude-7.0 earthquake four days before.

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Sichuan quake

YA'AN, China - Survivors eat meals in their tent in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan, on April 24, 2013, following a magnitude-7.0 earthquake four days before.

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Kabukiza Gallery

TOKYO, Japan - A press preview of a gallery showcasing elaborate Kabuki costumes, props and other items is held at Kabukiza Tower, a building adjacent to the reconstructed Kabukiza Theatre in Tokyo's Chuo Ward, on April 22, 2013, ahead of the gallery's opening on April 24.

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New rocket's launch pad unveiled

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency practices transferring a full-scale imitation of the Epsilon Launch Vehicle from a 47-meter-high maintenance tower to its launch pad at Uchinoura Space Center in Kimotsuki, Kagoshima Prefecture, on April 18, 2013. The 24-meter-long Epsilon will be launched in August or September with a spectrographic planet observation satellite onboard.

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New rocket's launch pad unveiled

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency practices transferring a full-scale imitation of the Epsilon Launch Vehicle from a 47-meter-high maintenance tower to its launch pad at Uchinoura Space Center in Kimotsuki, Kagoshima Prefecture, on April 18, 2013. The 24-meter-long Epsilon will be launched in August or September with a spectrographic planet observation satellite onboard.