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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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IMF Shanghai Regional Center officially opens

STORY: IMF Shanghai Regional Center officially opens SHOOTING TIME: June 19, 2024 DATELINE: June 19, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:07 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Shanghai 2. various of the Lujiazui Forum 3. SOUNDBITE (English): KRISTALINA GEORGIEVA, IMF Managing Director STORYLINE: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Shanghai Regional Center was officially opened on Wednesday at the 15th Lujiazui Forum held in Shanghai. The center in Shanghai is one of the regional centers set up by the IMF around the world. It has been established to strengthen the IMF's engagement and cooperation with Asia Pacific economies and conduct relevant research in areas of interest to emerging markets and middle-income countries. SOUNDBITE (English): KRISTALINA GEORGIEVA, IMF Managing Director "The new regional center in Shanghai (is) to further strengthen our dialogue with partners across the Asia Pacific region and beyond, and especially with emerging markets and developing economies. It will be

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China-South Asia Cooperation Forum held in Kunming, China

STORY: China-South Asia Cooperation Forum held in Kunming, China DATELINE: Aug. 18, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:13 LOCATION: KUNMING, China CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of 4th China-South Asia Cooperation Forum STORYLINE: The 4th China-South Asia Cooperation Forum with the theme of "Deepening Practical Cooperation and Promoting Common Development" opened on Thursday in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province. Participants will conduct field visits in Kunming and Yuxi cities. As an important platform for dialogue, exchange and cooperation between the governments of China and South Asian and Indian Ocean rim countries, the forum was first held in June 2018. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Kunming, China. (XHTV)

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CHINA-HAINAN-BOAO-BFA-SESSION (CN)

(230331) -- BOAO, March 31, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on March 30, 2023 shows the venue of a session themed on "Building an Order of Cooperation and Security in the South China Sea" during the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2023 in Boao, south China's Hainan Province. Participants of the ongoing Boao Forum in south China's Hainan Province on Thursday called for dialogue and cooperation in the South China Sea. (Xinhua/Fan Yuqing)

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CHINA-HAINAN-BOAO-BFA-SESSION (CN)

(230331) -- BOAO, March 31, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on March 30, 2023 shows the venue of a session themed on "Building an Order of Cooperation and Security in the South China Sea" during the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2023 in Boao, south China's Hainan Province. Participants of the ongoing Boao Forum in south China's Hainan Province on Thursday called for dialogue and cooperation in the South China Sea. (Xinhua/Fan Yuqing)

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CHINA-HAINAN-BOAO-BFA-SESSION (CN)

(230331) -- BOAO, March 31, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Former Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo speaks at a session themed on "Building an Order of Cooperation and Security in the South China Sea" during the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2023 in Boao, south China's Hainan Province, March 30, 2023. Participants of the ongoing Boao Forum in south China's Hainan Province on Thursday called for dialogue and cooperation in the South China Sea. (Xinhua/Fan Yuqing)

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CHINA-HAINAN-BOAO-BFA-SESSION (CN)

(230331) -- BOAO, March 31, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Liu Zhenmin, former UN under-secretary-general for economic and social affairs, speaks at a session themed on "Building an Order of Cooperation and Security in the South China Sea" during the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2023 in Boao, south China's Hainan Province, March 30, 2023. Participants of the ongoing Boao Forum in south China's Hainan Province on Thursday called for dialogue and cooperation in the South China Sea. (Xinhua/Fan Yuqing)

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CHINA-HAINAN-BOAO-BFA-SESSION (CN)

(230331) -- BOAO, March 31, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Li Guoping, an official with the Ministry of Transport, speaks at a session themed on "Building an Order of Cooperation and Security in the South China Sea" during the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2023 in Boao, south China's Hainan Province, March 30, 2023. Participants of the ongoing Boao Forum in south China's Hainan Province on Thursday called for dialogue and cooperation in the South China Sea. (Xinhua/Fan Yuqing)

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CHINA-HAINAN-BOAO-BFA-SESSION (CN)

(230331) -- BOAO, March 31, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wu Shicun, chairman of the council of the China-Southeast Asia Research Center on the South China Sea, speaks at a session themed on "Building an Order of Cooperation and Security in the South China Sea" during the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2023 in Boao, south China's Hainan Province, March 30, 2023. Participants of the ongoing Boao Forum in south China's Hainan Province on Thursday called for dialogue and cooperation in the South China Sea. (Xinhua/Fan Yuqing)

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Japan PM's key aide in Beijing to coordinate Abe-Xi contact

BEIJING, China - Shotaro Yachi, head of Japan's National Security Secretariat, leaves Tokyo's Haneda airport for Beijing on Nov. 6, 2014, for talks with Chinese officials over the format of dialogue between Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum summit in Beijing next week.

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(3)Machimura visits Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan - Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura (R) visits a women's school in Kabul on April 5. Machimura visited Kabul on his way to Islamabad where he is to attend the Asia Cooperation Dialogue forum.

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Asian regional forum adopts initiative on energy security

QINGDAO, China - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi speaks to reporters at the end of a meeting of the Asia Cooperation Dialogue in Qingdao on June 22. Twenty-two countries represented at the meeting approved a seven-point plan, which called for joint energy resource pricing, exploration and exploitation.

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22-member Asian forum begins ministerial talks

QINGDAO, China - Ministers from 22 member nations of the Asia Cooperation Dialogue forum applaud as Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao (foreground) joins them for a photo session before the start of their meeting in the Chinese coastal city of Qingdao on June 22.

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(1)Kawaguchi meets Chinese Foreign Minister Li

QINGDAO, China - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (L) shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing in Qingdao, China on June 21 prior to their talks. The two foreign ministers are in the city to attend the third Asia Cooperation Dialogue forum.

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(2)Kawaguchi meets Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing

QINGDAO, China - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (L) holds talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing in Qingdao, China on June 21. The two foreign ministers are in the city to attend the third Asia Cooperation Dialogue forum.

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Kawaguchi talks with Tang in Thai resort of Cha-am

CHA-AM, Thailand - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (L) talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan (R) at a hotel in Thailand's beach resort of Cha-am, about 200 kilometers south of Bangkok, on June 19. The two foreign ministers are attending the inaugural Asia Cooperation Dialogue forum at the resort.

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(2)Kawaguchi in Thailand

CHA-AM, Thailand - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (R) talks with Indian Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha during the inaugural Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) forum opened by Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra at the southern Thai resort beach of Cha-am on June 19.

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N. Korean official attend reception for security forum

Choe Son Hui, deputy director for North American Affairs at North Korea's Foreign Ministry, arrives at a hotel in Beijing on June 21, 2016, to attend a reception for the Northeast Asia Cooperation Dialogue. The annual security forum will start a two-day meeting on June 22. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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ABAC dialogue with APEC economic leaders

Leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum attend an annual dialogue with the APEC Business Advisory Council in Manila on Nov. 18, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Asian regional forum adopts initiative on energy security

QINGDAO, China - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi speaks to reporters at the end of a meeting of the Asia Cooperation Dialogue in Qingdao on June 22. Twenty-two countries represented at the meeting approved a seven-point plan, which called for joint energy resource pricing, exploration and exploitation. (Kyodo)

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22-member Asian forum begins ministerial talks

QINGDAO, China - Ministers from 22 member nations of the Asia Cooperation Dialogue forum applaud as Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao (foreground) joins them for a photo session before the start of their meeting in the Chinese coastal city of Qingdao on June 22. (Kyodo)

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(2)Kawaguchi meets Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing

QINGDAO, China - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (L) holds talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing in Qingdao, China on June 21. The two foreign ministers are in the city to attend the third Asia Cooperation Dialogue forum. (Kyodo)

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(1)Kawaguchi meets Chinese Foreign Minister Li

QINGDAO, China - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (L) shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing in Qingdao, China on June 21 prior to their talks. The two foreign ministers are in the city to attend the third Asia Cooperation Dialogue forum. (Kyodo)

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(3)Machimura visits Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan - Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura (R) visits a women's school in Kabul on April 5. Machimura visited Kabul on his way to Islamabad where he is to attend the Asia Cooperation Dialogue forum. (Kyodo)

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(caption corrected) (2)Kawaguchi in Thailand

CHA-AM, Thailand - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (R) talks with Indian Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha during the inaugural Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) forum opened by Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra at the southern Thai resort beach of Cha-am on June 19.

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Kawaguchi talks with Tang in Thai resort of Cha-am

CHA-AM, Thailand - Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi (L) talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan (R) at a hotel in Thailand's beach resort of Cha-am, about 200 kilometers south of Bangkok, on June 19. The two foreign ministers are attending the inaugural Asia Cooperation Dialogue forum at the resort.