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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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The Cardinals ‘Papabile’ - Vatican

File photo - Cardinal ‘papabile’ Pietro Parolin (Italy) attends the Palm Sunday mass in St Peter's square on April 9, 2017 at the Vatican. - Parolin has served as the Vatican's Secretary of State since 2013 and as a member of the Council of Cardinals since 2014, the same year he was made a cardinal. He is a key figure in the diplomatic wing of the Holy See. As a moderate, he’s considered a natural extension of Pope Francis' policies. He is considered, within the church and the curia, one of the papal names, and could be the Successor of Peter. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-SHANGHAI-LUODIAN DRAGON BOATING CUSTOMS (CN)

(240609) -- SHANGHAI, June 9, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This file photo taken on April 24, 2017 shows Zhang Fucheng making a wooden dragon boat model in east China's Shanghai. Originated in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), the dragon boating customs in Luodian, located in east China's Shanghai Baoshan District, has kept prosperous with long-lasting vitality. Nowadays, the dragon boating customs in Luodian has become an iconic folk custom activity during Dragon Boat Festival in Shanghai. It was listed as a national intangible cultural heritage in 2008. Over the years, Zhang Guomin and Zhang Guozhong from a shipbuilding family have been making efforts to preserve the dragon boat making techniques. They have been teaching younger generations to carry forward the dragon boat making techniques inherited from their father Zhang Fucheng, who died in 2017. Luodian dragon boat is famous for its small size and exquisite design. It has a float bottom and a shallow draft, making it suitable for the narrow rive

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CHINA-SHANGHAI-LUODIAN DRAGON BOATING CUSTOMS (CN)

(240609) -- SHANGHAI, June 9, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This file photo taken on April 24, 2017 shows Zhang Fucheng making a wooden dragon boat model in east China's Shanghai. Originated in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), the dragon boating customs in Luodian, located in east China's Shanghai Baoshan District, has kept prosperous with long-lasting vitality. Nowadays, the dragon boating customs in Luodian has become an iconic folk custom activity during Dragon Boat Festival in Shanghai. It was listed as a national intangible cultural heritage in 2008. Over the years, Zhang Guomin and Zhang Guozhong from a shipbuilding family have been making efforts to preserve the dragon boat making techniques. They have been teaching younger generations to carry forward the dragon boat making techniques inherited from their father Zhang Fucheng, who died in 2017. Luodian dragon boat is famous for its small size and exquisite design. It has a float bottom and a shallow draft, making it suitable for the narrow rivers locally. The cr

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ChineseToday | A post-80s devotes himself to bonsai art

(240509) -- CHENGDU, May 9, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on April 23, 2024 shows a view of a bonsai art museum, which is part of Wenjiang branch of International Horticultural Exhibition 2024 Chengdu, in Wenjiang District of Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province. Chen Hongyu, a post-80s postgraduate student majoring in landscape architecture at Sichuan Agricultural University, is an inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage of Sichuan-style bonsai skills. At the Wenjiang branch of the ongoing International Horticultural Exhibition 2024 Chengdu, Sichuan-style bonsai has become a unique scenery. Being responsible for the bonsai works at the stage area of the Wenjiang branch, Chen has being preparing for years since 2020. His efforts have paid off, and the works are highly acclaimed for their layered appearance and harmonious atmosphere. Earlier in 2017, as a move to promote the art, Chen Hongyu founded an education base of Sichuan-style bonsai with the support of local government

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ChineseToday | A post-80s devotes himself to bonsai art

(240509) -- CHENGDU, May 9, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chen Hongyu tests a QR code attached on a bonsai work at Wenjiang branch of International Horticultural Exhibition 2024 Chengdu in Wenjiang District of Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 23, 2024. Chen Hongyu, a post-80s postgraduate student majoring in landscape architecture at Sichuan Agricultural University, is an inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage of Sichuan-style bonsai skills. At the Wenjiang branch of the ongoing International Horticultural Exhibition 2024 Chengdu, Sichuan-style bonsai has become a unique scenery. Being responsible for the bonsai works at the stage area of the Wenjiang branch, Chen has being preparing for years since 2020. His efforts have paid off, and the works are highly acclaimed for their layered appearance and harmonious atmosphere. Earlier in 2017, as a move to promote the art, Chen Hongyu founded an education base of Sichuan-style bonsai with the support of local government that has attracted many peo

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ChineseToday | A post-80s devotes himself to bonsai art

(240509) -- CHENGDU, May 9, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chen Hongyu arranges bonsai works and flowers near the stage area of the Wenjiang branch of International Horticultural Exhibition 2024 Chengdu in Wenjiang District of Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 23, 2024. Chen Hongyu, a post-80s postgraduate student majoring in landscape architecture at Sichuan Agricultural University, is an inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage of Sichuan-style bonsai skills. At the Wenjiang branch of the ongoing International Horticultural Exhibition 2024 Chengdu, Sichuan-style bonsai has become a unique scenery. Being responsible for the bonsai works at the stage area of the Wenjiang branch, Chen has being preparing for years since 2020. His efforts have paid off, and the works are highly acclaimed for their layered appearance and harmonious atmosphere. Earlier in 2017, as a move to promote the art, Chen Hongyu founded an education base of Sichuan-style bonsai with the support of local government that has at

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ChineseToday | A post-80s devotes himself to bonsai art

(240509) -- CHENGDU, May 9, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on April 23, 2024 shows a view of a bonsai art museum, which is part of Wenjiang branch of International Horticultural Exhibition 2024 Chengdu, in Wenjiang District of Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province. Chen Hongyu, a post-80s postgraduate student majoring in landscape architecture at Sichuan Agricultural University, is an inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage of Sichuan-style bonsai skills. At the Wenjiang branch of the ongoing International Horticultural Exhibition 2024 Chengdu, Sichuan-style bonsai has become a unique scenery. Being responsible for the bonsai works at the stage area of the Wenjiang branch, Chen has being preparing for years since 2020. His efforts have paid off, and the works are highly acclaimed for their layered appearance and harmonious atmosphere. Earlier in 2017, as a move to promote the art, Chen Hongyu founded an education base of Sichuan-style bonsai with the support of local government

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ChineseToday | A post-80s devotes himself to bonsai art

(240509) -- CHENGDU, May 9, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chen Hongyu checks bonsai works at Wenjiang branch of International Horticultural Exhibition 2024 Chengdu in Wenjiang District of Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 23, 2024. Chen Hongyu, a post-80s postgraduate student majoring in landscape architecture at Sichuan Agricultural University, is an inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage of Sichuan-style bonsai skills. At the Wenjiang branch of the ongoing International Horticultural Exhibition 2024 Chengdu, Sichuan-style bonsai has become a unique scenery. Being responsible for the bonsai works at the stage area of the Wenjiang branch, Chen has being preparing for years since 2020. His efforts have paid off, and the works are highly acclaimed for their layered appearance and harmonious atmosphere. Earlier in 2017, as a move to promote the art, Chen Hongyu founded an education base of Sichuan-style bonsai with the support of local government that has attracted many people to learn about the

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ChineseToday | A post-80s devotes himself to bonsai art

(240509) -- CHENGDU, May 9, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chen Hongyu (1st L) guides workers to move a bonsai plant at Wenjiang branch of International Horticultural Exhibition 2024 Chengdu in Wenjiang District of Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 23, 2024. Chen Hongyu, a post-80s postgraduate student majoring in landscape architecture at Sichuan Agricultural University, is an inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage of Sichuan-style bonsai skills. At the Wenjiang branch of the ongoing International Horticultural Exhibition 2024 Chengdu, Sichuan-style bonsai has become a unique scenery. Being responsible for the bonsai works at the stage area of the Wenjiang branch, Chen has being preparing for years since 2020. His efforts have paid off, and the works are highly acclaimed for their layered appearance and harmonious atmosphere. Earlier in 2017, as a move to promote the art, Chen Hongyu founded an education base of Sichuan-style bonsai with the support of local government that has attracted many

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ChineseToday | A post-80s devotes himself to bonsai art

(240509) -- CHENGDU, May 9, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chen Hongyu (R) discusses with colleagues at Wenjiang branch of International Horticultural Exhibition 2024 Chengdu in Wenjiang District of Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 23, 2024. Chen Hongyu, a post-80s postgraduate student majoring in landscape architecture at Sichuan Agricultural University, is an inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage of Sichuan-style bonsai skills. At the Wenjiang branch of the ongoing International Horticultural Exhibition 2024 Chengdu, Sichuan-style bonsai has become a unique scenery. Being responsible for the bonsai works at the stage area of the Wenjiang branch, Chen has being preparing for years since 2020. His efforts have paid off, and the works are highly acclaimed for their layered appearance and harmonious atmosphere. Earlier in 2017, as a move to promote the art, Chen Hongyu founded an education base of Sichuan-style bonsai with the support of local government that has attracted many people to lear

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CHINA-MOUNT QOMOLANGMA-SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH (CN)

(230524) -- LHASA, May 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhao Huabiao (C), a researcher with the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), teaches scientific researchers to set up the automatic weather station near the mountaineering base camp in the Qomolangma National Nature Reserve in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, May 9, 2023. The 2023 Mt. Qomolangma expedition is part of the second comprehensive scientific expedition on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, initiated in 2017. Since the end of April, a total of 170 scientists across five teams have been conducting research on the water, ecology and human activities around the Mt. Qomolangma region, aiming to reveal the mechanism of environmental change and optimize the ecological security barrier system on the plateau. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

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CHINA-MOUNT QOMOLANGMA-SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH (CN)

(230524) -- LHASA, May 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhao Huabiao (C), a researcher with the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), teaches scientific researchers to set up the automatic weather station near the mountaineering base camp in the Qomolangma National Nature Reserve in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, May 9, 2023. The 2023 Mt. Qomolangma expedition is part of the second comprehensive scientific expedition on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, initiated in 2017. Since the end of April, a total of 170 scientists across five teams have been conducting research on the water, ecology and human activities around the Mt. Qomolangma region, aiming to reveal the mechanism of environmental change and optimize the ecological security barrier system on the plateau. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

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Official campaign starts for S. Korea's presidential election

DAEGU, South Korea, April 17 Kyodo - South Korean presidential candidate Moon Jae In of the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea poses with supporters in Daegu as official campaigning begins on April 17, 2017. Polls have shown that frontrunner Moon maintains a slight lead over Ahn Cheol Soo of the People's Party in the race to replace ousted President Park Geun Hye in the May 9 election.

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Man arrested over murder of Vietnamese girl in Japan

TOKYO, Japan, April 14 Kyodo - Photo taken April 14, 2017, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the key sites related to the murder of 9-year-old Vietnamese girl Le Thi Nhat Linh in Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo: (1) the girl's house (2) the suspect's house (3) the elementary school the girl attended (4) the scene where her body was found. Yasumasa Shibuya, 46, the head of a parents' association, was arrested the same day in connection with the murder case.

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Baseball: Kishi successful in belated Rakuten debut

CHIBA, Japan, April 9 Kyodo - Takayuki Kishi of the Rakuten Eagles pitches against the Lotte Marines at Zozo Marine Stadium in Chiba, east of Tokyo, on April 9, 2017. In his season debut, Kishi allowed a run in six innings as Rakuten claimed a 12-4 victory.

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Sapporo promotes 2017 Asian Winter Games

BELEK, Turkey - Sapporo Vice Mayor Noriaki Ikushima (L) and delegates promote the 2017 Asian Winter Games to be hosted by the Hokkaido capital at a SportAccord International Convention held in Belek, Turkey, on April 9, 2014.

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Volunteers dedicated to clean up Yangtze River's longest tributary for years

STORY: Volunteers dedicated to clean up Yangtze River's longest tributary for years DATELINE: April 24, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:59 LOCATION: XI'AN, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: various of volunteersSOUNDBITE 1(Chinese): LIU YUMEI, Team memberSOUNDBITE 2(Chinese): LIU YUMEI, Team memberSOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): YAN XIANMIAO, Team member STORYLINE: A group of housewives from Xuyang City in northwest China's Shaanxi Province have been volunteering for years to clean up the banks along the Han River, the longest tributary of the Yangtze River. Founded in 2017, the number of its members has grown from 9 to 70 now. SOUNDBITE 1(Chinese): LIU YUMEI, Team member "We are all housewives. In addition to taking care of kids, we volunteer to join the team to protect the river." SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LIU YUMEI, Team member "We mainly clean up plastic trash, including plastic bags, bottles and some household garbage." SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): YAN XIANMIAO, Team member "We want to make the river cleaner and the environ

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Crashed F-35A stealth fighter

File photo taken in June 2017 in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, shows the Japanese Air Self-Defense Force's F-35A stealth jet that crashed into the Pacific off the coast of northeastern Japan on April 9, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Taiwan railway anniversary celebration puts focus on Japan

This photo taken on April 9, 2017, shows a bird's-eye view of the old train station in Taichung, central Taiwan. The station was designated a historic site in 1995. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Daily apologizes for story on airborne radiation after Fukushima fire

Photo taken April 30, 2017, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a wildfire near the border between Namie town and Futaba town, Fukushima Prefecture. A daily in western Japan apologized May 9 for its story citing fears of airborne radiation following the fire in the no-go zone near the disaster-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Daily apologizes for story on airborne radiation after Fukushima fire

Photo taken April 30, 2017, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a Self-Defense Forces helicopter trying to put out a wildfire near the border between Namie town and Futaba town, Fukushima Prefecture. A daily in western Japan apologized May 9 for its story citing fears of airborne radiation following the fire in the no-go zone near the disaster-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Daily apologizes for story on airborne radiation after Fukushima fire

Photo taken April 30, 2017, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows white smokes from a wildfire near the border between Namie town and Futaba town, Fukushima Prefecture, with the disaster-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex visible in the background. A daily in western Japan apologized May 9 for its story citing fears of airborne radiation following the fire in the no-go zone near the nuclear complex. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korea attracts foreign runners in annual marathon

File photo taken on April 9, 2017, shows foreign participants in the Mangyongdae Prize Marathon in Pyongyang. The event has been categorized as a bronze-label race by the International Association of Athletics Federations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korea attracts foreign runners in annual marathon

File photo taken on April 9, 2017, shows participants, including foreigners, in the Mangyongdae Prize Marathon in Pyongyang. The event has been categorized as a bronze-label race by the International Association of Athletics Federations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korea attracts foreign runners in annual marathon

File photo taken on April 9, 2017, shows foreign participants in the Mangyongdae Prize Marathon in Pyongyang. The event has been categorized as a bronze-label race by the International Association of Athletics Federations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan divided over revising Article 9 amid N. Korea threat: poll

Photo taken Nov. 3, 2016, shows demonstrators marching in Sapporo against amending the war-renouncing Article 9 of Japan's Constitution. Japanese citizens remain divided over whether to amend the article, but supporters of a change slightly outnumber opponents amid concern over North Korea and China's military buildup, a Kyodo News survey showed April 29, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sony to launch high-speed, silent mirrorless camera

Undated photo shows Sony Corp.'s new mirrorless single-lens digital camera Alpha 9, which is capable of photographing silently at high speed. The Japanese electronics giant announced on April 21, 2017, that it will release the camera on May 26. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Art Brut" exhibition in Tokyo to shine light on creating inclusive society

Artists Michiko Matsumoto (L) and Taro Ito pose in front of their respective works at the Studio COOCA gallery in Hiratsuka, west of Tokyo, on Feb. 1, 2017. Their works will be displayed at the March 9-April 2 exhibition "Art Brut? Outsider Art? Or...?" at the Eye of Gyre gallery in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Art Brut" exhibition in Tokyo to shine light on creating inclusive society

Artist Michiko Matsumoto paints her pet cat Hoppe at Studio COOCA in Hiratsuka, west of Tokyo, on Feb. 1, 2017. Her works will be displayed at the March 9-April 2 exhibition "Art Brut? Outsider Art? Or...?" at the Eye of Gyre gallery in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: Nadeshiko Japan to play Costa Rica in April friendly

Members of the Japanese women's national soccer team, called Nadeshiko, work out on the first day of a training camp in Tokyo on Jan. 20, 2017. Japan will play Costa Rica in a friendly in Kumamoto on April 9, the Japan Football Association said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1st anniversary of Kumamoto quake

People pray in Mashiki, Kumamoto Prefecture, at 9:26 p.m. on April 14, 2017, the time a magnitude-6.5 earthquake struck the southwestern Japan prefecture a year earlier. A series of powerful quakes in Kumamoto caused or led to more than 200 deaths. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1st anniversary of Kumamoto quake

Students pray in Mifune, Kumamoto Prefecture, at 9:26 p.m. on April 14, 2017, the time a magnitude-6.5 earthquake struck the southwestern Japan prefecture a year earlier. A series of powerful quakes in Kumamoto caused or led to more than 200 deaths. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1st anniversary of Kumamoto quake

People pray in Mashiki, Kumamoto Prefecture, at 9:26 p.m. on April 14, 2017, the time a magnitude-6.5 earthquake struck the southwestern Japan prefecture a year earlier. A series of powerful quakes in Kumamoto caused or led to more than 200 deaths. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1st anniversary of Kumamoto quake

People pray in Mashiki, Kumamoto Prefecture, at 9:26 p.m. on April 14, 2017, the time a magnitude-6.5 earthquake struck the southwestern Japan prefecture a year earlier. A series of powerful quakes in Kumamoto caused or led to more than 200 deaths. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Buffaloes ace Kaneko shuts out Hawks

Chihiro Kaneko of the Orix Buffaloes pitches against the SoftBank Hawks at Yafuoku Dome in Fukuoka on April 14, 2017. Kaneko threw a two-hit shutout as the Buffaloes won 9-0. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Marlins lose to Mets 9-8 in 16 innings

Miami Marlins reliever Junichi Tazawa pitches during the 12th inning of a game against the New York Mets in Miami, Florida, on April 13, 2017. Tazawa worked one perfect inning in his team's 9-8 loss in 16 innings. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Marlins lose to Mets 9-8 in 16 innings

Miami Marlins reliever Junichi Tazawa pitches during the 12th inning of a game against the New York Mets in Miami, Florida, on April 13, 2017. Tazawa worked one perfect inning in his team's 9-8 loss in 16 innings. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Golf: Garcia wins 1st major title at Masters

Sergio Garcia (R) of Spain receives the Masters green jacket from 2016 Masters champion Danny Willett of England at Augusta National Golf Club on April 9, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China Hutong Birdcage

Bird cages hang under eaves and tiles in Hutong, Beijing, China, April 9, 2017.

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China Hutong Birdcage

Bird cages hang under eaves and tiles in Hutong, Beijing, China, April 9, 2017.

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Japanese F-35 fighter jet

File photo taken in June 2017 shows a Japanese F-35A fighter jet at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Komaki Minami factory in Toyoyama, Aichi Prefecture. The same plane crashed during an exercise on April 9, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Football: Halilhodzic fired as Japan coach

Reporters gather at the office of the Japan Football Association in Tokyo on April 9, 2018 as the association announces the dismissal of Japan head coach Vahid Halilhodzic. The photo panel shows Halilhodzic (bottom L) and his players after their victory in a World Cup final-round qualifier in August 2017 to win the ticket to the 2018 World Cup finals in Russia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Man referred to prosecutors for auctioning stuffed pangolin

Photo taken April 9, 2018, at a Tokyo police station shows a stuffed pangolin, a scaly mammal protected under law, seized by police after it was put up for an online auction in October 2017. A 36-year-old man running a mail order business in Shimane Prefecture was referred to prosecutors the same day on suspicion of trying to sell the stuffed mammal. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Football: JFA technical director Nishino

Japan Football Association technical director Akira Nishino, seen in this file photo taken in October 2017, could succeed Vahid Halilhodzic as the new Japan head coach, a source familiar with the matter says April 9, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan dismissed Halilhodzic

Photo taken in Saitama on Aug. 31 2017, shows Japanese men's national soccer coach Vahid Halilhodzic (C), who was dismissed by the Japan Football Association on April 9, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Toshiba posts record operating profit in April-Sept.

Toshiba Corp. Chief Financial Officer Masayoshi Hirata speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 9, 2017, about the company's financial results for the April-September period. Toshiba reported a record group operating profit for the first half, supported by stable prices for chips amid robust global demand for their use in data centers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Toshiba posts record operating profit in April-Sept.

Toshiba Corp. Chief Financial Officer Masayoshi Hirata speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 9, 2017, about the company's financial results for the April-September period. Toshiba reported a record group operating profit for the first half, supported by stable prices for chips amid robust global demand for their use in data centers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korea to pick new president

File photo taken April 24, 2017, shows South Korean presidential candidate Ahn Cheol Soo of the centrist People's Party raising his hands in front of his supporters in Kwangju. Voting concluded on May 9. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Buffaloes' Kaneko named pitcher of month

Orix Buffaloes first baseman Takahiro Okada (L) and pitcher Chihiro Kaneko pose for photos in Osaka on May 9, 2017, after being named the Pacific League player and pitcher of the month, respectively, for the period between March 31 and April 30. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo