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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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Voluntary Tree-planting Activity - China

Staff members inspect the growth of trees in Nagqu, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, April 25, 2025. Nagqu City has an average altitude of 4,500 meters. Due to the unfavorable conditions for tree growth, such as permafrost, low temperature, frequent strong wind throughout the year, it was once the only prefecture-level city in China without trees used for urban greening. In 1998, people of Nagqu started the trial of planting trees. After more than 20 years of continuous practice, Nagqu has gradually established a trial planting system, with trees of many varieties being planted in the city. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

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Voluntary Tree-planting Activity - China

A staff member trims saplings at a tree cultivation base in Nagqu, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, April 25, 2025. Nagqu City has an average altitude of 4,500 meters. Due to the unfavorable conditions for tree growth, such as permafrost, low temperature, frequent strong wind throughout the year, it was once the only prefecture-level city in China without trees used for urban greening. In 1998, people of Nagqu started the trial of planting trees. After more than 20 years of continuous practice, Nagqu has gradually established a trial planting system, with trees of many varieties being planted in the city. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

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Voluntary Tree-planting Activity - China

People take part in a voluntary tree-planting activity in Nagqu, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, April 25, 2025. Nagqu City has an average altitude of 4,500 meters. Due to the unfavorable conditions for tree growth, such as permafrost, low temperature, frequent strong wind throughout the year, it was once the only prefecture-level city in China without trees used for urban greening. In 1998, people of Nagqu started the trial of planting trees. After more than 20 years of continuous practice, Nagqu has gradually established a trial planting system, with trees of many varieties being planted in the city. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

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Voluntary Tree-planting Activity - China

A man transport saplings in Nagqu, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, April 25, 2025. Nagqu City has an average altitude of 4,500 meters. Due to the unfavorable conditions for tree growth, such as permafrost, low temperature, frequent strong wind throughout the year, it was once the only prefecture-level city in China without trees used for urban greening. In 1998, people of Nagqu started the trial of planting trees. After more than 20 years of continuous practice, Nagqu has gradually established a trial planting system, with trees of many varieties being planted in the city. Photo by Tenzin Nyida/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Voluntary Tree-planting Activity - China

Staff members inspect the growth of trees in Nagqu, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, April 25, 2025. Nagqu City has an average altitude of 4,500 meters. Due to the unfavorable conditions for tree growth, such as permafrost, low temperature, frequent strong wind throughout the year, it was once the only prefecture-level city in China without trees used for urban greening. In 1998, people of Nagqu started the trial of planting trees. After more than 20 years of continuous practice, Nagqu has gradually established a trial planting system, with trees of many varieties being planted in the city. Photo by Tenzin Nyida/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Voluntary Tree-planting Activity - China

This photo taken on April 25, 2025 shows a trial base for tree planting in Nagqu, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, April 25, 2025. Nagqu City has an average altitude of 4,500 meters. Due to the unfavorable conditions for tree growth, such as permafrost, low temperature, frequent strong wind throughout the year, it was once the only prefecture-level city in China without trees used for urban greening. In 1998, people of Nagqu started the trial of planting trees. After more than 20 years of continuous practice, Nagqu has gradually established a trial planting system, with trees of many varieties being planted in the city. Photo by Tenzin Nyida/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Voluntary Tree-planting Activity - China

This drone photo shows people taking part in a voluntary tree-planting activity in Nagqu, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, April 25, 2025. Nagqu City has an average altitude of 4,500 meters. Due to the unfavorable conditions for tree growth, such as permafrost, low temperature, frequent strong wind throughout the year, it was once the only prefecture-level city in China without trees used for urban greening. In 1998, people of Nagqu started the trial of planting trees. After more than 20 years of continuous practice, Nagqu has gradually established a trial planting system, with trees of many varieties being planted in the city. Photo by Tenzin Nyida/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Voluntary Tree-planting Activity - China

Staff members inspect the growth of saplings in Nagqu, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, April 25, 2025. Nagqu City has an average altitude of 4,500 meters. Due to the unfavorable conditions for tree growth, such as permafrost, low temperature, frequent strong wind throughout the year, it was once the only prefecture-level city in China without trees used for urban greening. In 1998, people of Nagqu started the trial of planting trees. After more than 20 years of continuous practice, Nagqu has gradually established a trial planting system, with trees of many varieties being planted in the city. Photo by Tenzin Nyida/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Voluntary Tree-planting Activity - China

Students take part in a voluntary tree-planting activity in Nagqu, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, April 25, 2025. Nagqu City has an average altitude of 4,500 meters. Due to the unfavorable conditions for tree growth, such as permafrost, low temperature, frequent strong wind throughout the year, it was once the only prefecture-level city in China without trees used for urban greening. In 1998, people of Nagqu started the trial of planting trees. After more than 20 years of continuous practice, Nagqu has gradually established a trial planting system, with trees of many varieties being planted in the city. Photo by Tenzin Nyida/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Voluntary Tree-planting Activity - China

Students take part in a voluntary tree-planting activity in Nagqu, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, April 25, 2025. Nagqu City has an average altitude of 4,500 meters. Due to the unfavorable conditions for tree growth, such as permafrost, low temperature, frequent strong wind throughout the year, it was once the only prefecture-level city in China without trees used for urban greening. In 1998, people of Nagqu started the trial of planting trees. After more than 20 years of continuous practice, Nagqu has gradually established a trial planting system, with trees of many varieties being planted in the city. Photo by Tenzin Nyida/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ethel Kennedy Dead At 96

File photo - Ethel Kennedy at the controversial new exhibit on sweatshops at the Smithsonian Museum of American History in Washington, DC on April 21, 1998. She was a guest along with Frank and Kathie Lee Gifford. - Ethel Kennedy, the widow of former US Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and a longtime human rights activist, died Thursday, her family said. She was 96. Photo by Ron Sachs / CNP /ABACAPRESS.COM

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Cooking expert Hattori dies at 78

Photo taken on April 8, 1998, shows Yukio Hattori, head of Hattori Nutrition College. The cooking expert best known as a commentator on the television show Iron Chef died of illness on Oct. 4, 2024, aged 78.

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ChineseToday | Guardians of endangered trees in SW China

(240811) -- CHONGQING, Aug. 11, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Staff members of the Thuja sutchuenensis research base of Xuebaoshan national nature reserve discuss the breeding technique with Guo Quanshui (1st R), expert from Chinese Academy of Forestry, at the research base in Kaizhou District of southwest China's Chongqing, April 26, 2024. Wild Thuja sutchuenensis is an endangered species of gymnosperm endemic to China and under national first-class protection. In 1998, the International Union for Conservation of Nature declared Thuja sutchuenensis extinct, but the species was rediscovered in Chengkou County in 1999. At present, the number of wild adult Thuja sutchuenensis plants in the world is less than 10,000, and they are only distributed in the areas of Daba Mountains including Kaizhou District and Chengkou County of Chongqing. In order to protect this endangered species, Yang Quan from Chongqing Xuebaoshan national nature reserve led a team to carry out the investigation and study of wild Thu

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ChineseToday | Guardians of endangered trees in SW China

(240811) -- CHONGQING, Aug. 11, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A staff member of the Thuja sutchuenensis research base of Xuebaoshan national nature reserve takes a cutting of Thuja sutchuenensis plant at the research base in Kaizhou District of southwest China's Chongqing, April 26, 2024. Wild Thuja sutchuenensis is an endangered species of gymnosperm endemic to China and under national first-class protection. In 1998, the International Union for Conservation of Nature declared Thuja sutchuenensis extinct, but the species was rediscovered in Chengkou County in 1999. At present, the number of wild adult Thuja sutchuenensis plants in the world is less than 10,000, and they are only distributed in the areas of Daba Mountains including Kaizhou District and Chengkou County of Chongqing. In order to protect this endangered species, Yang Quan from Chongqing Xuebaoshan national nature reserve led a team to carry out the investigation and study of wild Thuja sutchuenensis communities, hoping to expand its po

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ChineseToday | Guardians of endangered trees in SW China

(240811) -- CHONGQING, Aug. 11, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Staff members of the Thuja sutchuenensis research base of Xuebaoshan national nature reserve transplant Thuja sutchuenensis seedlings at the research base in Kaizhou District of southwest China's Chongqing, April 26, 2024. Wild Thuja sutchuenensis is an endangered species of gymnosperm endemic to China and under national first-class protection. In 1998, the International Union for Conservation of Nature declared Thuja sutchuenensis extinct, but the species was rediscovered in Chengkou County in 1999. At present, the number of wild adult Thuja sutchuenensis plants in the world is less than 10,000, and they are only distributed in the areas of Daba Mountains including Kaizhou District and Chengkou County of Chongqing. In order to protect this endangered species, Yang Quan from Chongqing Xuebaoshan national nature reserve led a team to carry out the investigation and study of wild Thuja sutchuenensis communities, hoping to expand its populat

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XINHUA-PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2023-CHINA NEWS

(240105) -- BEIJING, Jan. 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Dong Zhimin is brought to the court in Xuzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, April 6, 2023. Dong was sentenced to nine years behind bars for abusing and illegally incarcerating Xiaohuamei, the woman with whom Dong has lived since 1998, according to the municipal intermediate people's court of Xuzhou. (Xinhua/Ji Chunpeng)

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CHINA-ANHUI-NATURE RESERVE-RANGERS (CN)

(230814) -- LU'AN, Aug. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wang Kedong and his wife Gao Kaiyu have meal at a stand of Tiantangzhai management station in Anhui Tianma National Nature Reserve, east China's Anhui Province, Aug. 12, 2023. They live at this station during the critical period of fire prevention from Oct. 1 to April 30. Wang Kedong and Gao Kaiyu, both 58 years old, are rangers of Tiantangzhai management station of Anhui Tianma National Nature Reserve. They live in the mountains all the year round and have kept patrolling every day on a route longer than 20 kilometers for 25 years. Anhui Tianma National Nature Reserve was established in 1998 based on two former Anhui provincial nature reserves. It is located at the transition zone from subtropical zone to warm temperate zone with abundant animal and plant resources. As many rare and endangered species are living here, the protection work in the reserve is particularly important. Patrol and forest protection are the couple's daily work. According to Wang, there

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CHINA-ANHUI-NATURE RESERVE-RANGERS (CN)

(230814) -- LU'AN, Aug. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wang Kedong and his wife Gao Kaiyu cook at a stand of Tiantangzhai management station in Anhui Tianma National Nature Reserve, east China's Anhui Province, Aug. 12, 2023. They live at this station during the critical period of fire prevention from Oct. 1 to April 30. Wang Kedong and Gao Kaiyu, both 58 years old, are rangers of Tiantangzhai management station of Anhui Tianma National Nature Reserve. They live in the mountains all the year round and have kept patrolling every day on a route longer than 20 kilometers for 25 years. Anhui Tianma National Nature Reserve was established in 1998 based on two former Anhui provincial nature reserves. It is located at the transition zone from subtropical zone to warm temperate zone with abundant animal and plant resources. As many rare and endangered species are living here, the protection work in the reserve is particularly important. Patrol and forest protection are the couple's daily work. According to Wang, there are

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Former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi Dies At 86

Milan April 1998. Force Italy congress with Silvio Berlusconi. - Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, a billionaire businessman who created Italy's largest media company before transforming the political landscape, died on Monday aged 86. Photo by IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi Dies At 86

Milan April 1998. Force Italy congress with Silvio Berlusconi. - Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, a billionaire businessman who created Italy's largest media company before transforming the political landscape, died on Monday aged 86. Photo by IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi Dies At 86

Milan April 1998. Force Italy congress with Silvio Berlusconi. - Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, a billionaire businessman who created Italy's largest media company before transforming the political landscape, died on Monday aged 86. Photo by IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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N. Ireland peace deal anniversary overshadowed by political deadlock

STORY: N. Ireland peace deal anniversary overshadowed by political deadlock DATELINE: April 13, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:30 LOCATION: London CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the views in the UK 2. STANDUP (English): ZHANG BONING, Xinhua correspondent 3. various of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden in Belfast, Northern Ireland, the United Kingdom 4. various of the views in the UK 5. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): IAN SCOTT, Professor of American history at the University of Manchester 6. various of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden 7. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): IAN SCOTT, Professor of American history at the University of Manchester 8. various of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden 9. various of media coverage of Biden's visit STORYLINE: It has been 25 years since the Good Friday Agreement was reached. Signed on April 10, 1998, the peace deal brought an end to 30 years of conflict in Northern Ireland.

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U.S. pulls back from values once defining it: poll

STORY: U.S. pulls back from values once defining it: poll DATELINE: April 2, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:52 LOCATION: NEW YORK, U.S. CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): XIA LIN, Xinhua correspondent STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): XIA LIN, Xinhua correspondent "Patriotism, religious faith, having children and other priorities that helped define the national character for generations are receding in importance to Americans. The Wall Street Journal on March 27 quoted a poll as saying 'the country sharply divided by political party over social trends such as the push for racial diversity in businesses and the use of gender-neutral pronouns.' Some 38 percent of respondents said patriotism was very important to them, and 39 percent said religion was very important. That was down sharply from when the Journal first asked the question in 1998, when 70 percent deemed patriotism to be very important, and 62 percent said so of religion. The share of Americans who say that having children, involvement in their comm

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Football legend Pele dies at 82

File photo taken in April 1998 shows Pele speaking at a Tokyo hotel. The Brazilian football legend died at 82 on Dec. 29, 2022, after a battle with colon cancer.

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Glico to renovate famed billboard

OSAKA, Japan - People pose for photos in Osaka's downtown Dotombori area on the night of April 3, 2014, in front of confectionery maker Ezaki Glico Co.'s giant electronic billboard, the fifth generation of a series famed for the image of a runner with his hands in the air. Glico announced the same day that the company will renovate the billboard, saying the current display has worn out. The first generation appeared in 1935, and the current one was completed in 1998.

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Glico to renovate famed billboard

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken in Osaka's downtown Dotombori area on the night of April 3, 2014, shows confectionery maker Ezaki Glico Co.'s giant electronic billboard, the fifth generation of a series famed for the image of a runner with his hands in the air. Glico announced the same day that the company will renovate the billboard, saying the current display has worn out. The first generation appeared in 1935, and the current one was completed in 1998.

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Fight against malaria

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Astrid of Belgium (R), special representative to the Roll Back Malaria Partnership, speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on April 22, 2013, ahead of World Malaria Day. At left is Fatoumata Nafo-Traore, executive director of the initiative launched in 1998 by the World Health Organization, the U.N. Children's Fund and other entities.

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Actor Rentaro Mikuni dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese actor Rentaro Mikuni being interviewed in 1998. Mikuni died on April 14, 2013, of acute cardiac failure. He was 90.

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Contemporary dancer Kanda dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows pioneering contemporary dancer Akiko Kanda directing choreography at a Tokyo theater in April 1998. Kanda died of pneumonia aged 75 at a hospital in Tokyo on Sept. 23, 2011.

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Ex-IOC chief Samaranch dies at 89

TOKYO, Japan - This file photo shows Juan Antonio Samaranch, former president of the International Olympic Committee, speaking during the opening ceremony of the Nagano Olympic Winter Games in February 1998. Samaranch died at a hospital in Barcelona on April 21, 2010 at age 89.

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Top court upholds death penalty over 1998 curry poisoning case

TOKYO, Japan - People line up in front of the Supreme Court in Tokyo on April 21 to obtain court gallery tickets for the trial of Masumi Hayashi, who was sentenced to death by lower courts for killing four people and poisoning 63 others by lacing a curry stew with arsenic in Wakayama in 1998. The top court dismissed her not-guilty plea, bringing an end to a nearly decade-long trial process.

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Top court upholds death penalty over 1998 curry poisoning case

TOKYO, Japan - Five Supreme Court justices sit at the No. 3 petty bench at the court in Tokyo on April 21 to hand down a ruling on Masumi Hayashi, who was sentenced to death by lower courts for killing four people and poisoning 63 others by lacing a curry stew with arsenic in Wakayama in 1998. The top court dismissed her not-guilty plea, bringing an end to a nearly decade-long trial process.

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Beijing Olympic torch relay held in Nagano

NAGANO, Japan - Two men, one waving a Tibetan flag (L) and the other a Chinese flag (R), confront each other near JR Nagano Station during the Beijing Olympic torch relay in Nagano, the host city of the 1998 Winter Olympics, on April 26.

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Beijing Olympic torch relay held in Nagano

NAGANO, Japan - Mizuki Noguchi, Athens Olympics women's marathon gold medalist and the last runner of the Olympic torch relay in Nagano, raises the Olympic torch after lighting up the Olympic caldron in Nagano, the host city of the 1998 Winter Olympics, on April 26.

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Olympic torch relay held in Nagano

NAGANO, Japan - Protected by a cordon of police officers, an Olympic torch runner carries the Olympic flame in Nagano in central Japan, the host city of the 1998 Winter Olympics, on April 26. Three men were arrested and four others were injured amid scuffles during the Olympic torch relay as activists vented their anger at China. (Pool photo)

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Olympic torch relay held in Nagano

NAGANO, Japan - Protected by a cordon of police officers, an Olympic torch runner carries the Olympic flame in Nagano in central Japan, the host city of the 1998 Winter Olympics, on April 26, passing a plethora of flag-waving supporters and protesters carrying Chinese, Japanese and Tibetan flags. Three men were arrested and four others were injured amid scuffles during the Olympic torch relay event. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Former major leaguer Yoshii to retire

TOKYO, Japan - File photo of veteran right-hander and former major leaguer Masato Yoshii, who has decided to end his playing career and join the coaching staff of the Nippon Ham Fighters next season, baseball sources said Nov. 5. The photo shows Yoshii pitching for the New York Mets in April 1998, scoring a win in his debut game as a major leaguer.

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Skater Shimizu named Olympic torch runner candidate

TOKYO, Japan - Speed skater Hiroyasu Shimizu (R), who won a gold medal in the men's 500 meters at the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics, and swimmer Daichi Suzuki (L), a gold medal winner in the men's backstroke at the Seoul Olympics, were named as candidates to be Olympic torch runners in the June 6 torch relay in Tokyo, Athens Olympics sponsor Coca Cola said April 6. They are among 15 Japanese selected as runners.

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NCP officials hold final talks to resolve Matsunami scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Scandal-tainted Kenshiro Matsunami (C), a House of Representatives member from the New Conservative Party (NCP), heads for a party meeting on April 21 at the Diet to explain his conduct. Matsunami admitted Tuesday he had allowed a construction firm with ties to gangsters to pay 2.75 million yen in salaries to his secretaries between March 1997 and February 1998.

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(1)Photos from Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Cranes remain on Saddam Grand Mosque in Baghdad on April 17. Construction on the mosque, expected to house 45,000 worshippers, began in January 1998.

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Lawmaker let gangster-linked firm pay secretaries

TOKYO, Japan - House of Representatives member Kenshiro Matsunami is surrounded by reporters in the Diet on April 15 following a revelation that he allowed a construction firm that had links to gangsters pay 2.75 million yen in salaries to his secretaries between March 1997 and February 1998.

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Famed Shizuoka hotel files for protection from creditors

TOKYO, Japan - Kawana Hotel in Izu, Shizuoka Prefecture, is seen in an aerial photo taken in April 1998. The Tokyo-based operator of the seaside hotel, once host to a Japan-Russia summit featuring two major golf courses often touted as the best in the Orient, filed on May 21 for court protection with the aim of rehabilitating itself under different ownership.

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NTT DoCoMo to post heavy losses on foreign investments

TOKYO, Japan - NTT DoCoMo Inc. President Keiji Tachikawa talks with the media at his office in Tokyo on April 4. He said the company will post an additional appraisal loss of 550 billion yen on its overseas investments for the year to March 31, pushing Japan's largest mobile phone operator into the red for the first time since it went public in 1998.

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Kiksis makes it three straight in int'l keirin series

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Ainars Kiksis of Latvia (R) waves to fans in Hiroshima on April 16 after edging Australia's Shane Kelly at the finish line to make it three wins in as many races in cycling's international keirin series. Kiksis completed five laps and 2,015 meters on the Hiroshima velodrome's banked track in 3 minutes, 3.4 seconds to defeat 1998 series winner Kelly by three-quarters of a length for the second straight final in the series.

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Onishi wins at Nagano 'Olympic' marathon

NAGANO, Japan - Japan's Akiyo Onishi wins the women's Nagano marathon April 15, crossing the line in the annual race commemorating the 1998 Winter Olympics in a time of 2 hours, 31 minutes, 20 seconds.

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Wheelchair-bound woman 1st to attend university with dog

KYOTO, Japan - Chikako Tatebayashi (C) attends the entrance ceremony at private Doshisha University's campus in Kyotanabe, Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, on April 2 with her Labrador retriever. Tatebayashi, 21, became the first wheelchair-bound person with an assistant dog to study at a Japanese university. She lost the use of the lower half of her body in a 1998 traffic accident.

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Rutaro Hashimoto

Born in July 1937 in Tokyo. Hashimto was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1963 following the death of his father, also a politician. During his long career at the very heart of Japan's conservative money-and-faction politics, Hashimoto never lost the image of a maverick with no truly faithful friends. He served as prime minister between Jan. 11, 1996 and July 30, 1998. Photo was taken on April 28, 2000.

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Indonesian soldiers in dock at Aceh massacre trial

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - Twenty-four Indonesian military personnel and one civilian accused of involvement in the 1998 massacre of residents in Aceh Province are shown in the prinsoners' dock at the opening session of a joint military-civilian trial at the Banda Aceh District Court on April 19. At least 57 people were gunned down in the attack.

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MSA surveying vessel picked 'Ship of the Year'

The Shoyo, a large surveying ship of the Maritime Safety Agency (MSA), is selected as 1998 ''Ship of the Year'' on April 26 by the Society of Naval Architects of Japan. The 3,128-ton Shoyo became the first MSA ship to receive the annual award, which was established by the society in 1991 to honor esthetically and technically outstanding vessels.