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UK: Storm Bert Triggers Severe Flooding Across England And Wales

Storm Bert struck England and Wales on Saturday, November 23, bringing heavy rain, power outages, and traffic disruptions, while triggering severe flooding in multiple regions. Over 100 flood warnings were issued across the UK.

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CHINA-TIANJIN-TIME-HONORED BRAND-VITALITY (CN)

(240809) -- TIANJIN, Aug. 9, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A staff member demonstrates the handmade process of a shoe sole at the launch ceremony of Laomeihua's new product "Pingbuqingyun" shoes in north China's Tianjin Municipality, Aug. 8, 2024. Laomeihua, founded in 1911, is a century-old brand famous for its handmade shoes and clothes. The brand's products showcase the beauty of tradition, and its traditional shoe-making techniques have been acknowledged as China's national intangible cultural heritage in 2011. In recent years, Laomeihua has continued to meet the consumption needs of young generations, through the adjustments of offline store layout, the development and promotion of e-commerce platforms, and new designs and technologies. Currently, the brand launches over 1,200 new items annually, injecting new vitality into the time-honored brand. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Sun Fanyue)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-TIME-HONORED BRAND-VITALITY (CN)

(240809) -- TIANJIN, Aug. 9, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Jiang Nan, an innovation research and development director of Yangliuqing woodblock painting team, introduces the design ideas of "Pingbuqingyun" shoes, a collaborative product between Laomeihua and Yangliuqing, at the launch ceremony of the product in north China's Tianjin Municipality, Aug. 8, 2024. Laomeihua, founded in 1911, is a century-old brand famous for its handmade shoes and clothes. The brand's products showcase the beauty of tradition, and its traditional shoe-making techniques have been acknowledged as China's national intangible cultural heritage in 2011. In recent years, Laomeihua has continued to meet the consumption needs of young generations, through the adjustments of offline store layout, the development and promotion of e-commerce platforms, and new designs and technologies. Currently, the brand launches over 1,200 new items annually, injecting new vitality into the time-honored brand. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Sun

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CHINA-TIANJIN-TIME-HONORED BRAND-VITALITY (CN)

(240809) -- TIANJIN, Aug. 9, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A launch ceremony of "Pingbuqingyun" shoes, a collaborative product between Laomeihua and Yangliuqing woodblock painting team, is held in north China's Tianjin Municipality, Aug. 8, 2024. Laomeihua, founded in 1911, is a century-old brand famous for its handmade shoes and clothes. The brand's products showcase the beauty of tradition, and its traditional shoe-making techniques have been acknowledged as China's national intangible cultural heritage in 2011. In recent years, Laomeihua has continued to meet the consumption needs of young generations, through the adjustments of offline store layout, the development and promotion of e-commerce platforms, and new designs and technologies. Currently, the brand launches over 1,200 new items annually, injecting new vitality into the time-honored brand. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Sun Fanyue)

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Music producer has tapestry with tsunami-soaked kimono

TACHIKAWA, Japan - Music producer Eriko Shiomi holds her tapestry made of "kimono" soaked by the 2011 tsunami in Tokyo's Tachikawa on Aug. 8, 2014, to cheer up people in northeastern Japan hit by the disaster.

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Gov't offers 301 bil. yen for 30-yr nuclear soil storage

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato meets the press in Koriyama in the northeastern prefecture of Fukushima on Aug. 8, 2014, after meeting with Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishihara. The government offered 301 billion yen in subsidies to the prefecture in exchange for storage of contaminated soil amassing from radiation cleanup work following the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.

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Gov't offers 301 bil. yen for 30-yr nuclear soil storage

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishihara (R) and Reconstruction Minister Takumi Nemoto meet the press in Koriyama in the northeastern prefecture of Fukushima on Aug. 8, 2014. The government offered 301 billion yen in subsidies to the prefecture in exchange for storage of contaminated soil amassing from radiation cleanup work following the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.

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Gov't offers 301 bil. yen for 30-yr nuclear soil storage

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Environment Minister Nobuteru Ishihara (3rd from L) meets with Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato (3rd from R) on Aug. 8, 2014, in Koriyama in the northeastern prefecture of Fukushima. The government offered 301 billion yen in subsidies to the prefecture in exchange for storage of contaminated soil amassing from radiation cleanup work following the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.

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Matsuzaka wins 1st game of season, 50th in bigs

BOSTON, United States - The Boston Red Sox's Daisuke Matsuzaka pitches during a game against the Kansas City Royals at Fenway Park in Boston on Aug. 27, 2012. Matsuzaka returned to the majors in style, working seven innings in the Red Sox's 5-1 win. The victory was Matsuzaka's 50th in the big leagues and his first since May 8, 2011.

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American GE man remembered by Fukushima citizens

TOKYO, Japan - Yukiteru Naka, a former employee of General Electric Co. of the United States, visits the tomb of Edward Cook, an American who was a GE official, at a cemetery of Hosenji Buddhist temple in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 9, 2011. Cook, who worked as GE official when the project to build the No. 1 reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi complex was under way, had his ashes interred at the cemetery about 8 kilometers from the plant at his own request. Naka, now president of a subcontractor for the Fukushima Plant operator, Tokyo Electric Power Co., is working to tackle the crisis at the nuclear complex.

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Kuroda ties his best in MLB

LOS ANGELES, United States - Hiroki Kuroda of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitches as a starter in a game against the San Diego Padres at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Aug. 30, 2011. Kuroda notched his 11th victory this season, his personal best in the major leagues, at 8-5.

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Kuroda ties his best in MLB

LOS ANGELES, United States - Hiroki Kuroda of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitches as a starter in a game against the San Diego Padres at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Aug. 30, 2011. Kuroda notched his 11th victory this season, his personal best in the major leagues, at 8-5.

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Indians' Fukudome vs. Tigers

DETROIT, United States - Cleveland Indians center fielder Kosuke Fukudome singles to the left in the seventh inning of a game against the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan, on Aug. 21, 2011. Fukudome went 2-for-4 in an 8-7 loss.

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Mariners' Ichiro vs. Rays

ST. PETERSBURG, United States - Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki singles to the middle in the seventh inning of a game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, on Aug. 21, 2011. Ichiro went 1-for-5 in an 8-7 loss.

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Bradley wins PGA C'ship

JOHNS CREEK, United States - Keegan Bradley of the United States pumps his fist with joy after winning his first major at the PGA Championship at the Atlanta Athletic Club in Johns Creek, Georgia, on Aug. 14, 2011. Bradley defeated compatriot Jason Dufner by one stroke in a three-hole playoff after they finished regulation play at 8-under 272.

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Bradley wins PGA C'ship

JOHNS CREEK, United States - Keegan Bradley of the United States holds the trophy after winning his first major at the PGA Championship at the Atlanta Athletic Club in Johns Creek, Georgia, on Aug. 14, 2011. Bradley defeated compatriot Jason Dufner by one stroke in a three-hole playoff after they finished regulation play at 8-under 272.

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Bradley wins PGA C'ship

JOHNS CREEK, United States - Keegan Bradley of the United States pumps his fist with joy after winning his first major at the PGA Championship at the Atlanta Athletic Club in Johns Creek, Georgia, on Aug. 14, 2011. Bradley defeated compatriot Jason Dufner by one stroke in a three-hole playoff after they finished regulation play at 8-under 272.

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AirAsia X to offer Osaka-Kuala Lumpur flight

OSAKA, Japan - Azran Osman-Rani (C), chief executive officer of Malaysian budget carrier AirAsia X, attends an event in Osaka, western Japan, on Aug. 10, 2011, to promote a flight between Osaka and Kuala Lumpur to be launched on Nov. 30. In the promotional period through June 20, the lowest fare available on the new route from Kansai International Airport is set at 3,931 yen one way. The total ticket cost, including airport taxes, rises to 8,081 yen. The flight will be the airline's second service linking Malaysia and Japan after the inauguration in 2010 of flights between Kuala Lumpur and Tokyo.

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Egypt at Ramadan

CAIRO, Egypt - People eat a fast-breaking dinner called Iftar during the Ramadan fasting month on Aug. 8, 2011.

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S. Sudan after independence

JUBA, Southern Sudan - Vehicles line up at a gas station in the Southern Sudan capital Juba on Aug. 8, 2011, as the country suffers a fuel shortage about a month after independence from Sudan.

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Object from nuclear arms

NAGASAKI, Japan - An egg-shaped object made from melted metal parts of a Russian nuclear-powered submarine and nuclear missile is shown to reporters in Nagasaki on Aug. 8, 2011, a day before the southwestern Japan city marks the 66th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing.

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Rice field in Chiba Pref.

NARITA, Japan - Photo taken on Aug. 8, 2011, shows a rice field in Chiba Prefecture.

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Nagasaki on eve of A-bomb anniv.

NAGASAKI, Japan - Lanterns are lit in Nagasaki Peace Park in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Aug. 8, 2011 on the eve of the 66th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city, to console the souls of people killed in the 1945 attack as well as those who perished in the March 11 disaster in the northeast.

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Yingluck Shinawatra becomes 1st Thai female premier

BANGKOK, Thailand - Yingluck Shinawatra (C) is pictured after being endorsed as Thailand's 28th prime minister by Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej in Bangkok on Aug. 8, 2011. The youngest sister of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra became the first female premier in the country.

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Japanese Finance Minister Noda after G-7 teleconference

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda is surrounded by reporters in the ministry building in Tokyo on Aug. 8, 2011, shortly after holding an emergency teleconference with his Group of Seven counterparts amid debt problems in the United States and Europe.

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Yingluck Shinawatra becomes 1st Thai female premier

BANGKOK, Thailand - Yingluck Shinawatra (R) poses for pictures with her husband and son after being endorsed as Thailand's 28th prime minister by Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej in Bangkok on Aug. 8, 2011. The youngest sister of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra became the first female premier in the country.

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Prime Minister Kan and U.N. chief Ban

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) and U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon meet at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Aug. 8, 2011.

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Russian NGO member speaks at Nagasaki peace event

NAGASAKI, Japan - Anton Vdovichenko, a leading member of the Russian nongovernmental organization Radimichi, delivers a lecture during an antinuclear event in Nagasaki on Aug. 8, 2011. Vdovichenko talked about support for children affected by the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

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Suu Kyi marks 23rd anniversary of Myanmar uprising

YANGON, Myanmar - Pro-democracy activists in Myanmar led by Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi (C) mark the 23rd anniversary on Aug. 8, 2011, of the 1988 nationwide popular uprising against the dictatorship in the country, by holding a religious ceremony at a monastery in Yangon.

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U.N. chief Ban visits Fukushima

SOMA, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (front R) tours a coastal area in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 8, 2011, guided by Soma Mayor Hidekiyo Tachiya, (front L). Earlier on the same day, Ban encouraged evacuees and also met with high school students in the northeastern Japan prefecture, which is still suffering damage from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and subsequent nuclear crisis.

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Sony to sell storage battery for offices, shops

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in Tokyo on Aug. 8, 2011, shows the ESSP-2000 lithium-ion storage battery that Sony Corp. will market in September 2011 for use mainly in company offices and retail stores, hoping to tap demand amid concern over electricity supply constraints following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The battery can be charged via six power outlets at night when power demand is low and use the stored electricity during the day or as a backup in the event of a blackout, the company said the same day.

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Rice futures trading restarted in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Grain Exchange chief Yoshiaki Watanabe answers questions from reporters during a press conference on the start of rice futures trading on the exchange in Chuo Ward, Tokyo on Aug. 8, 2011. The rice futures trading was restarted for the first time in 72 years in Japan.

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U.N. chief Ban visits Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (2nd from R) receives gifts from students at Fukushima Minami High School in the city of Fukushima on Aug. 8, 2011. Earlier the same day, Ban visited a gymnasium in the city of Fukushima and encouraged people who are taking refuge there due to the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and subsequent nuclear crisis.

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U.N. chief Ban visits Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (R) talks with one of the evacuees at a gymnasium where about 300 people are taking refuge due to the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and subsequent nuclear crisis, in the city of Fukushima on Aug. 8, 2011.

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U.N. chief Ban visits Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (L) talks with some of the evacuees at a gymnasium where about 300 people are taking refuge due to the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and subsequent nuclear crisis, in the city of Fukushima on Aug. 8, 2011.

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U.N. chief Ban visits Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (R) talks with one of the evacuees at a gymnasium where about 300 people are taking refuge due to the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and subsequent nuclear crisis, in the city of Fukushima on Aug. 8, 2011.

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Rice futures trading restarted in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Grain Exchange chief Yoshiaki Watanabe rings the opening bell at a ceremony to start rice futures trading on the exchange in Chuo Ward, Tokyo on Aug. 8, 2011. The rice futures trading was restarted for the first time in 72 years in Japan.

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Rice futures trading restarted in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A signboard shows a message to celebrate the launch of rice futures trading on the Tokyo Grain Exchange in Chuo Ward, Tokyo on Aug. 8, 2011. The rice futures trading was restarted for the first time in 72 years in Japan.

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New Tibetan leader sworn in

DHARAMSALA, India - Lobsang Sangay (L, front), the new prime minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile, receives the blessing of Tibetan spiritual leader the 14th Dalai Lama in Dharamsala, northern India, on Aug. 8, 2011.

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New Tibetan leader sworn in

DHARAMSALA, India - Lobsang Sangay makes a speech in Dharamsala, northern India, on Aug. 8, 2011, shortly after being sworn in as the new prime minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile.

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Hiroshima marks 66th anniv. of atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - A woman participating in a ceremony in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park to commemorate the victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city, offers a prayer at 8:15 a.m. on Aug. 6, 2011, the exact moment of the attack 66 years ago.

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Hiroshima marks 66th anniv. of atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R, front) and other people participating in a ceremony in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park to commemorate the victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city, offer prayers at 8:15 a.m. on Aug. 6, 2011, the exact moment of the attack 66 years ago.

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Hiroshima marks 66th anniv. of atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - People stage a die-in protest in front of the Atomic Bomb Dome (L, back) in Hiroshima at 8:17 a.m. on Aug. 6, 2011, the 66th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city.

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Hiroshima marks 66th anniv. of atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - The Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima is pictured at 8:05 a.m. on Aug. 6, 2011, the 66th anniversary of the U.S. attack on the western Japan city.

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Hiroshima marks 66th anniv. of atomic bombing

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshima Mayor Kazumi Matsui (R) hands a city government official a book containing the names of 5,785 people who survived the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of the western Japan city whose deaths have been confirmed over the past year, to place it in the cenotaph in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park at 8:02 a.m. on Aug. 6, 2011, the 66th anniversary of the attack. The total number of atomic-bomb victims has reached 275,230.

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New U.S. Army training facility

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Maj. Randall G. Baucom gives explanations as the U.S. Army showed to reporters its new training facility in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, on July 8, 2011. The facility to conduct computer simulation drills on war and disasters will open Aug. 4.

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New U.S. Army training facility

YOKOHAMA, Japan - The U.S. Army shows to reporters its new training facility in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, on July 8, 2011. The facility to conduct computer simulation drills on war and disasters will open Aug. 4.

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Maestro Ozawa in Matsumoto for music festival

NAGANO, Japan - Renowned Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa (2nd from R) poses for photos at a press conference in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, on June 7, 2011, ahead of the Saito Kinen Festival Matsumoto in the central Japan city from Aug. 8 to 31. The music festival directed by Ozawa is also scheduled to be held in Beijing and Shanghai in September.

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SYRIA-HAMA-PISTACHIO-ORCHARD

(220826) -- HAMA, Aug. 26, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Pistachio trees are seen in Maan of Hama, central Syria, Aug. 8, 2022. In the town of Maan in the central Syrian province of Hama, farmers and government officials are striving to restore the town's production of pistachio, an essential item in the Syrian exports list, to its pre-war levels in 2011, since years of control of the area by the rebels during more than a decade of a civil war had caused the death of large numbers of pistachio trees. TO GO WITH "Feature: Syria's 'red gold' pistachio production struggles with U.S. sanctions" (Photo by Monsef Memari/Xinhua)

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SYRIA-HAMA-PISTACHIO-ORCHARD

(220826) -- HAMA, Aug. 26, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Pistachio trees are seen in Maan of Hama, central Syria, Aug. 8, 2022. In the town of Maan in the central Syrian province of Hama, farmers and government officials are striving to restore the town's production of pistachio, an essential item in the Syrian exports list, to its pre-war levels in 2011, since years of control of the area by the rebels during more than a decade of a civil war had caused the death of large numbers of pistachio trees. TO GO WITH "Feature: Syria's 'red gold' pistachio production struggles with U.S. sanctions" (Photo by Monsef Memari/Xinhua)