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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 - Pope Francis meets with street children and disabled children at the Caritas Technical Secondary School in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea on September 7, 2024. Pope Francis greeted some 800 children in the care of Street Ministry and Callan Services. Street Ministry, run by the Sisters of the Society of the Heart of Jesus, cares for impoverished children, aged 7 to 14, providing them with essential needs and education. Callan Services is the largest provider of services for children and adults with disabilities in Papua New Guinea. At the end a group from the Street Ministry performed a traditional song and dance. Papua New Guinea is the second stop of a marathon 12-day tour to the Asia-Pacific region. -- 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 (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

Editorial Use Only - Pope Francis attends the weekly general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican in Rome, Italy on August 7, 2024. -- 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 Alessia Giuliani/Catholic Press Photo/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Taklimakan Desert Control Afforestation - China

An aerial drone photo taken on April 7, 2025 shows oleaster saplings in Hotan County of Hotan Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The Taklimakan Desert in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region covers 337,600 square kilometers and its circumference measures 3,046 kilometers, making it the largest desert in China and the second-largest drifting desert in the world. Thanks to decades-long sand prevention and control efforts, the Taklimakan Desert was completely encircled with a sand-blocking green belt on Nov. 28, 2024. In 2025, Xinjiang aims to afforest a land area of about 796,000 hectares, including 562,666 hectares for frontline control in the Taklimakan Desert. These afforestations form a part of the Three-North Shelterbelt Forest Program, the world's largest afforestation program, which tackles desertification in northwest, north and northeast China. Meanwhile, Xinjiang will further widen the sand-blocking green belt and enhance desert-locking efforts to achieve sus

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White House ceremony to honor 2024 World Series champion team

WASHINGTON, United States, April 7 Kyodo - U.S. President Donald Trump stands in front of the Los Angeles Dodgers during a ceremony to honor the Major League Baseball 2024 World Series champion team at the White House in Washington on April 7, 2025. (Kyodo)

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Sharp Decline in Seoul Stocks - South Corea

Traders work at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, April 7, 2025. South Korea's benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) lost 103.57 points, or 4.2 percent, to 2,361.85 as of 11:20 a.m. Due to the sharp decline, the bourse operator placed a sidecar order at 9:12 a.m., pausing program buying for five minutes, after the KOSPI 200 index fell more than 5 percent for over one minute. It was the first sidecar order for program buying since August 2024, according to local reports. The KOSPI plummeted as investors sold off stocks in response to increasing concerns about a recession after the U.S. government revealed "reciprocal tariffs" last week, said analysts here. Photo by Jun Hyosang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sharp Decline in Seoul Stocks - South Corea

This photo taken on April 7, 2025 shows a screen at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea. South Korea's benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) lost 103.57 points, or 4.2 percent, to 2,361.85 as of 11:20 a.m. Due to the sharp decline, the bourse operator placed a sidecar order at 9:12 a.m., pausing program buying for five minutes, after the KOSPI 200 index fell more than 5 percent for over one minute. It was the first sidecar order for program buying since August 2024, according to local reports. The KOSPI plummeted as investors sold off stocks in response to increasing concerns about a recession after the U.S. government revealed "reciprocal tariffs" last week, said analysts here. Photo by Jun Hyosang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sharp Decline in Seoul Stocks - South Corea

A trader is seen in front of a screen at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, April 7, 2025. South Korea's benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) lost 103.57 points, or 4.2 percent, to 2,361.85 as of 11:20 a.m. Due to the sharp decline, the bourse operator placed a sidecar order at 9:12 a.m., pausing program buying for five minutes, after the KOSPI 200 index fell more than 5 percent for over one minute. It was the first sidecar order for program buying since August 2024, according to local reports. The KOSPI plummeted as investors sold off stocks in response to increasing concerns about a recession after the U.S. government revealed "reciprocal tariffs" last week, said analysts here. Photo by Jun Hyosang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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White House ceremony to honor 2024 World Series champion team

U.S. President Donald Trump (at microphone) speaks in front of the Los Angeles Dodgers during a ceremony to honor the Major League Baseball 2024 World Series champion team at the White House in Washington on April 7, 2025.

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White House ceremony to honor 2024 World Series champion team

U.S. President Donald Trump (C) stands in front of the Los Angeles Dodgers during a ceremony to honor the Major League Baseball 2024 World Series champion team at the White House in Washington on April 7, 2025.

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White House ceremony to honor 2024 World Series champion team

U.S. President Donald Trump (center, L) speaks to Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto (center, R) during a ceremony to honor the Major League Baseball 2024 World Series champion team at the White House in Washington on April 7, 2025.

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White House ceremony to honor 2024 World Series champion team

U.S. President Donald Trump (center row, R) speaks in front of Shohei Ohtani (center row, L), Clayton Kershaw (center row, 2nd from L) and other members of the Los Angeles Dodgers during a ceremony to honor the Major League Baseball 2024 World Series champion team at the White House in Washington on April 7, 2025.

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White House ceremony to honor 2024 World Series champion team

U.S. President Donald Trump (at microphone) speaks in front of the Los Angeles Dodgers during a ceremony to honor the Major League Baseball 2024 World Series champion team at the White House in Washington on April 7, 2025.

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White House ceremony to honor 2024 World Series champion team

The Los Angeles Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw (L) presents a jersey to U.S. President Donald Trump during a ceremony to honor the Major League Baseball 2024 World Series champion team at the White House in Washington on April 7, 2025.

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