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Russia's Ebeko volcano spews ash 3,000 meters high

STORY: Russia's Ebeko volcano spews ash 3,000 meters high SHOOTING TIME: March 24/27, 2024 DATELINE: March 28, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:05 LOCATION: Moscow CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the eruptions (courtesy of Kamchatka branch of the federal research center Unified Geological Survey of the Russian Academy of Sciences) STORYLINE: Russia's Ebeko volcano spewed ash to a height of 3,000 meters into the atmosphere, a Russian research institute said Wednesday. "The ash emission reached approximately 3,000 meters above sea level," said the press service of the Kamchatka branch of the federal research center Unified Geological Survey of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The 1,156-meter-high Ebeko volcano is located on Russia's Kuril Island of Paramushir. Regular emissions, ranging from weak to moderate, have been ongoing since Oct. 20, 2016, which are considered normal for the volcano. The record emission occurred on Aug. 31, 2018, when a smoke column surged to a height of 6,000 meters from

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(FOCUS)CHINA-YANGTZE RIVER DELTA-QUANTUM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY-SCIENTIST-PENG CHENGZHI (CN)

(230808) -- HEFEI, Aug. 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This composite photo taken on Nov. 28, 2016 shows researchers making an experiment as the quantum satellite "Micius" flies over an observatory in Xinglong, north China's Hebei Province. Peng Chengzhi, born in 1976, holds several professional positions: professor and doctoral supervisor at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), chief scientist of QuantumCTek Co., Ltd., and chief engineer of the scientific application system of Micius, the world's first quantum communication satellite. Peng began to participate in the research of quantum science and technology in 2003. Since then, he has taken part in the whole process of the design of the quantum satellite "Micius", witnessing the development of China in the fields of quantum communication, quantum computing and others. Since the USTC and QuantumCTek Co., Ltd are based in Hefei, while the Shanghai Institute for Advance Studies of USTC and Shanghai Research Center for Quantum Science are locat

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Japan, Africa vow to fight terrorism, stress rule-based order at sea

NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug. 28 Kyodo - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks at a press conference after the sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Nairobi, Kenya, on Aug. 28, 2016. The Japanese and African leaders pledged to fight terrorism and emphasized the importance of rule-based maritime order.

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Xinhua Headlines: Tibetan relics show solid bonds between plateau and plains

(220410) -- LHASA, April 10, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Aug. 28, 2016 shows the Shalu Monastery in Xigaze, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

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Countdown to Rio de Janeiro Olympics begins

File photo taken June 28, 2016, from a helicopter chartered by Kyodo News shows the Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro. The 17-day summer Olympics start in the Brazilian city on Aug. 5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aerial photo of Rio de Janeiro Olympics facility

File photo taken June 28, 2016, from a helicopter shows the Deodoro Stadium, which is to be used for rugby sevens competition during the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. The 17-day Games start on Aug. 5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aerial photo of Rio de Janeiro Olympics facility

File photo taken June 28, 2016, from a helicopter shows the Olympic Golf Course, which is to be used for golf competition during the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. The 17-day Games start on Aug. 5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aerial photo of Rio de Janeiro Olympics facility

File photo taken June 28, 2016, from a helicopter shows the Olympic BMX Center (above) and the Whitewater Stadium, which are to be used for cycling BMX and canoe slalom competitions, respectively, during the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. The 17-day Games start on Aug. 5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aerial photo of Rio de Janeiro Olympics facility

File photo taken June 28, 2016, from a helicopter shows the Youth Arena, which is to be used for basketball and modern pentathlon competition during the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. The 17-day Games start on Aug. 5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aerial photo of Rio de Janeiro Olympics facility

File photo taken June 28, 2016, from a helicopter shows the Future Arena, which is to be used for handball competition during the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. The 17-day Games start on Aug. 5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aerial photo of Rio de Janeiro Olympics facility

File photo taken June 28, 2016, from a helicopter shows the Maria Lenk Aquatics Center, which is to be used for diving, synchronized swimming and water polo competition during the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. The 17-day Games will start on Aug. 5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aerial photo of Rio de Janeiro Olympics facility

File photo taken June 28, 2016, from a helicopter shows the Maracana Stadium to be used for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics and for soccer competition. The 17-day Games will start on Aug. 5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aerial photo of Rio de Janeiro Olympics facility

File photo taken June 28, 2016, from a helicopter shows the Olympic Equestrian Center, which is to be used for jumping, dressage and eventing competition during the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. The 17-day Games start on Aug. 5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aerial photo of Rio de Janeiro Olympics facility

File photo taken June 28, 2016, from a helicopter shows the Rio Olympic Velodrome, which is to be used for track cycling competition during the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. The 17-day Games start on Aug. 5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aerial photo of Rio de Janeiro Olympics facility

File photo taken June 28, 2016, from a helicopter shows the Rio Olympic Arena, which is to be used for gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline gymnastics during the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. The 17-day Games start on Aug. 5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aerial photo of Rio de Janeiro Olympics facility

File photo taken June 28, 2016, from a helicopter shows the main press center (L) and the international broadcasting center for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. The 17-day Games will start on Aug. 5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aerial photo of Rio de Janeiro Olympics facility

File photo taken June 28, 2016, from a helicopter shows the Lagoa Stadium, which is to be used for canoe sprint and rowing competitions during the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. The 17-day Games start on Aug. 5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aerial photo of Rio de Janeiro Olympics facility

File photo taken June 28, 2016, from a helicopter shows the Riocentro Pavilions, which are to be used for badminton, boxing, table tennis and weightlifting competition during the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. The 17-day Games start on Aug. 5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aerial photo of Rio de Janeiro Olympics facility

File photo taken June 28, 2016, from a helicopter shows the Olympic Hockey Center, which is to be used for hockey competition during the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. The 17-day Games start on Aug. 5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aerial photo of Rio de Janeiro Olympics facility

File photo taken June 28, 2016, from a helicopter shows the Carioca Arena, which is to be used for basketball, fencing, judo, taekwondo and wrestling competition during the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. The 17-day Games will on Aug. 5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aerial photo of Rio de Janeiro Olympics facility

File photo taken June 28, 2016, from a helicopter shows the Olympic Tennis Center, which is to be used for tennis competition during the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. The 17-day Games start on Aug. 5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aerial photo of Rio de Janeiro Olympics facility

File photo taken June 28, 2016, from a helicopter shows the Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro. The 17-day summer Olympics will start in the Brazilian city on Aug. 5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aerial photo of Rio de Janeiro Olympics facility

File photo taken June 28, 2016, from a helicopter shows the athletes' village for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. The 17-day Games will start on Aug. 5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aerial photo of Rio de Janeiro Olympics facility

File photo taken June 28, 2016, from a helicopter shows the beach volleyball arena, located at Copacabana beach, for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. The 17-day Games will start on Aug. 5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aerial photo of Rio de Janeiro Olympics facility

File photo taken June 28, 2016, from a helicopter shows the Olympic Stadium to be used during the Rio de Janeiro Games for track and field as well as soccer competition. The 17-day Games will start on Aug. 5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aerial photo of Rio de Janeiro Olympics facility

File photo taken June 28, 2016, from a helicopter shows the Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro. The 17-day summer Olympics will start in the Brazilian city on Aug. 5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aerial photo of Rio de Janeiro Olympics facility

File photo taken June 28, 2016, from a helicopter shows the athletes' village for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. The 17-day Games will start on Aug. 5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aerial photo of Rio de Janeiro Olympics facility

File photo taken June 28, 2016, from a helicopter shows the Sambodromo, which is to be used during the Rio de Janeiro Olympics as the starting and finishing points for the marathon event as well as a venue for archery competition. The 17-day Games will start on Aug. 5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aerial photo of Rio de Janeiro Olympics facilities

File photo taken June 28, 2016, from a helicopter shows a gymnasium (front), to be used during the Rio de Janeiro Olympics for volleyball competition, and the Maracana Stadium for the opening and closing ceremonies and soccer competition. The 17-day Games will start on Aug. 5. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Photographer helping to hand down Ainu culture with new photo book

Photo taken on Aug. 28, 2016 shows photographer Taka Maesawa taking a picture of Megumi Kawakami (2nd from R) and her family for a new photo book documenting the life of the Ainu indigenous people in Hokkaido. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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British Embassy's old villa in eastern Japan being restored

The Tochigi prefectural government shows the press work to rebuild the British Embassy's old villa near Lake Chuzenji in Nikko in the eastern Japanese prefecture on Aug. 28, 2015. The villa, built in 1896, is to be opened to the public in the summer of 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Former Buffalo Taguchi dreams of managing in U.S.

Former major league outfielder So Taguchi (L) chats with Ichiro Suzuki during the Miami Marlins' spring training in Jupiter, Florida, in March 2015. Taguchi, who has been touted as a candidate to manage the Orix Buffaloes in 2016, dreams of managing -- but in the United States rather than Japan, he told Kyodo News on Aug. 28, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan PM Abe to step down

File photo taken May 26, 2016, shows Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (3rd from R) visiting Ise Jingu shrine in the central Japan city of Ise with other leaders of the Group of Seven major economies. The prime minister will step down from his post due to health concerns, a source from his ruling Liberal Democratic Party said Aug. 28, 2020.

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Japan PM Abe to step down

File photo taken in April 2016 shows Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (c) posing with guests invited to a cherry blossom-viewing party at Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden in Tokyo. Abe will step down from his post due to health concerns, a source from his Liberal Democratic Party said on Aug. 28, 2020.

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Japan PM Abe to step down

File photo taken in February 2016 shows Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) listening to Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda during a House of Representatives committee session in Tokyo. Abe announced his intention on Aug. 28, 2020, to step down due to his declining health.

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Abe, Obama in Hiroshima in 2016

File photo taken in May 2016 shows Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) speaking alongside U.S. President Barack Obama in Hiroshima. Abe announced his decision on Aug. 28, 2020, to step down from his post due to health issues.

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Japanese troops conduct live-fire drill at Mt. Fuji range

Photo shows Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force Type-10 armored tanks firing during an annual live-fire exercise at the Higashi-Fuji training range at the foot of Mt. Fuji in Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Aug. 28, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mitsubishi Regional Jet's flight to U.S. eyed for late Sept.

File photo shows the Mitsubishi Regional Jet, a new passenger jet being developed by Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp., returning to Nagoya airport in central Japan on Aug. 28, 2016, after its flight to the United States was aborted for a second time due to an issue with its air-conditioning system. Mitsubishi Aircraft officials said Aug. 30 that the company will likely wait until late September or later to fly the MRJ to the U.S. as it needs time to fix the system and obtain flight approval again from Russian aviation authorities, as the jet plans to make a stop at an airport in Russia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Sudan humanitarian situation "very serious"

President of the International Committee of the Red Cross Peter Maurer responds to an interview in Nairobi, Kenya, on Aug. 28, 2016, pointing out that the humanitarian situation in South Sudan has become "very serious" since the resurgence of massive warfare last month in the capital Juba. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Golf: Uehara finishes 10th in CP Women's open

Japan's Ayako Uehara putts on the first hole in the final round of the Canadian Pacific Women's Open tournament at Priddis Greens Golf and Country Club in Calgary, Canada, on Aug. 28, 2016. Uehara finished 10th with a total of 12-under-par. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Golf: Uehara finishes 10th in CP Women's open

Japan's Ayako Uehara plays a shot on the first hole in the final round of the Canadian Pacific Women's Open tournament at Priddis Greens Golf and Country Club in Calgary, Canada, on Aug. 28, 2016. Uehara finished 10th with a total of 12-under-par. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Torch party" held in Pyongyang

Photo shows young North Koreans taking part in a "torch party" in Pyongyang on the night of Aug. 28, 2016. Thousands of torch-carrying participants made slogans in the gathering held by the country's youth organization. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Torch party" held in Pyongyang

North Korea's youth organization holds a "torch party" in Pyongyang on the night of Aug. 28, 2016, with thousands of torch-carrying participants making slogans in a stadium. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Torch party" held in Pyongyang

North Korea's youth organization holds a "torch party" in Pyongyang on the night of Aug. 28, 2016, with thousands of torch-carrying participants making slogans in a stadium. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Golf: Miyazato finishes 37th in CP Women's open

Japan's Ai Miyazato plays an approach shot from the rough on the 13th hole in the final round of the Canadian Pacific Women's Open tournament at Priddis Greens Golf and Country Club in Calgary, Canada, on Aug. 28, 2016. Miyazato finished 37th with a total of 6-under-par. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Golf: Miyazato finishes 37th in CP Women's open

Japan's Ai Miyazato acknowledges the gallery on the 13th hole in the final round of the Canadian Pacific Women's Open tournament at Priddis Greens Golf and Country Club in Calgary, Canada, on Aug. 28, 2016. Miyazato finished 37th with a total of 6-under-par. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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PM Abe leaves Kenya for Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and his wife Akie leave Nairobi for Japan on Aug. 28, 2016. During his visit to Kenya, Abe attended a Japan-led African development conference and held separate talks with African leaders. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan vows to cooperate in developing strategic port in Kenya

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta attend a press conference following their talks in Nairobi on Aug. 28, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan vows to cooperate in developing strategic port in Kenya

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta attend a press conference following their talks in Nairobi on Aug. 28, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan vows to cooperate in developing strategic port in Kenya

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (3rd from front, R) holds talks with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta (4th from front, L) in Nairobi on Aug. 28, 2016. During the talks, Abe pledged Tokyo's cooperation in developing Mombasa port, a gateway to the East African market, in southern Kenya. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo