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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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(SP)CHINA-HAINAN-SANYA-SPORTS-TOURISM-SURFING (CN)

(240608) -- SANYA, June 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- An aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 30, 2023 shows a view of Sanya in south China's Hainan Province. Sanya boasts a coastline that offers stunning tropical coastal scenery, making it an ideal destination for beach holidays. In recent years, Sanya has been promoting tropical coastal leisure and sports tourism. Activities such as surfing, diving, sailing, and paddle boarding have flourished, attracting water sports enthusiasts from both near and far. One of the first local villagers to embrace surfing was Yang Xingfu. Coming from a family of fishermen, Yang is now a surfing instructor in Houhai Village of Sanya. He first took up surfing in 2008 and immediately fell in love with this challenging sport. With his natural athleticism and exceptional water skills inherited from his fishing background, he quickly mastered surfing. In 2015, after earning his International Surfing Association coaching certificate, Yang Xingfu began teaching surfing to s

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(SP)CHINA-HAINAN-SANYA-SPORTS-TOURISM-SURFING (CN)

(240608) -- SANYA, June 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on Aug. 30, 2023 shows a view of Sanya in south China's Hainan Province. Sanya boasts a coastline that offers stunning tropical coastal scenery, making it an ideal destination for beach holidays. In recent years, Sanya has been promoting tropical coastal leisure and sports tourism. Activities such as surfing, diving, sailing, and paddle boarding have flourished, attracting water sports enthusiasts from both near and far. One of the first local villagers to embrace surfing was Yang Xingfu. Coming from a family of fishermen, Yang is now a surfing instructor in Houhai Village of Sanya. He first took up surfing in 2008 and immediately fell in love with this challenging sport. With his natural athleticism and exceptional water skills inherited from his fishing background, he quickly mastered surfing. In 2015, after earning his International Surfing Association coaching certificate, Yang Xingfu began teaching surfing to students in Houhai V

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Chinese volunteers help talent growth in Kenyan slum

STORY: Chinese volunteers help talent growth in Kenyan slum DATELINE: Aug. 12, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:33 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of talent show 2. various of audience 3. various of football competition 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): WANG ZEXU, Volunteer 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): FU YUJIE, Volunteer 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): BEVERLEY MASITA, Volunteer 7. various of carnival 8. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): EMMANUEL ODHIAMBO, Participant STORYLINE: Hundreds of children joined a carnival held by Dream Building Service Association (DBSA), a non-governmental organization (NGO), in Mathare in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi on Friday. The event allowed the children to showcase their talent in different fields. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): WANG ZEXU, Volunteer "Our carnival started from 2015 and this year that is our fifth carnival. They love it. They are crazy about the carnival. You can see all the kids around here. They love the camera, and they want to show their talents." DBSA, founded in 2014 b

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Ledecky smashes women's 800m world record to win gold

KAZAN, Russia, Aug. 9 Kyodo - Katie Ledecky of the United States swims to gold in the women's 800-meter freestyle final at the world swimming championship in Kazan, Russia, on Aug. 8, 2015. She won her fifth gold medal of the meet by smashing her own a world record in 8 minutes 7.39 seconds.

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Japan's summer exodus begins

TOKYO, Aug. 8 Kyodo - People get on a shinkansen bullet train at JR Tokyo Station on Aug. 8, 2015, as Japan's summer exodus began that day.

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"Ukiyo-e" artist Utamaro's newly found work to be shown

FUKUOKA, July 27 Kyodo - Popular "Ukiyo-e" artist Kitagawa Utamaro's painting of a courtesan drawn solely with black ink in the late 18th century with Utamaro's friend and writer Santo Kyoden's writing on the lives of courtesans is seen in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on July 22, 2015. The painting, discovered in April, will be exhibited at the Fukuoka Art Museum from Aug. 8.

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Poster for Yamagata int'l film festival 2015 unveiled

YAMAGATA, Japan - Kiho Tsuruoka of Tohoku University of Art and Design holds a publicity poster she designed for the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival 2015 in Yamagata, northwestern Japan, on Aug. 18, 2014. The festival will be held on Oct. 8-15 next year.

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CHINA-SHANDONG-PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY-PAINTING (CN)

(220808) -- JINAN, Aug. 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A student learns oil painting on a public welfare program in Weihai, east China's Shandong province, Aug. 7, 2022. The public welfare program helping people with disability learn oil painting skills was implemented in Weihai in 2015. The organizers of the program also help sell the paintings via exhibitions, auctions and on-line sales. So far, the program has benefitted more than 600 trainees. (Xinhua/Guo Xulei)

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CHINA-SHANDONG-PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY-PAINTING (CN)

(220808) -- JINAN, Aug. 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Students learn oil painting on a public welfare program in Weihai, east China's Shandong province, Aug. 7, 2022. The public welfare program helping people with disability learn oil painting skills was implemented in Weihai in 2015. The organizers of the program also help sell the paintings via exhibitions, auctions and on-line sales. So far, the program has benefitted more than 600 trainees. (Xinhua/Guo Xulei)

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CHINA-SHANDONG-PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY-PAINTING (CN)

(220808) -- JINAN, Aug. 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Oil painter Wang Gang (1st L) teaches a student on a public welfare program in Weihai, east China's Shandong province, Aug. 7, 2022. Wang Gang, who became disabled after a car accident, was one of the first batch of students attending the oil painting program. Now he is an instructor of the program. The public welfare program helping people with disability learn oil painting skills was implemented in Weihai in 2015. The organizers of the program also help sell the paintings via exhibitions, auctions and on-line sales. So far, the program has benefitted more than 600 trainees. (Xinhua/Guo Xulei)

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CHINA-SHANDONG-PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY-PAINTING (CN)

(220808) -- JINAN, Aug. 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Oil painter Wang Gang (1st R) shares his ideas with students on a public welfare program in Weihai, east China's Shandong province, Aug. 7, 2022. Wang Gang, who became disabled after a car accident, was one of the first batch of students attending the oil painting program. Now he is an instructor of the program. The public welfare program helping people with disability learn oil painting skills was implemented in Weihai in 2015. The organizers of the program also help sell the paintings via exhibitions, auctions and on-line sales. So far, the program has benefitted more than 600 trainees. (Xinhua/Guo Xulei)

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CHINA-SHANDONG-PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY-PAINTING (CN)

(220808) -- JINAN, Aug. 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Oil painter Wang Gang (3rd L) poses for a group photo with his students on a public welfare program in Weihai, east China's Shandong province, Aug. 7, 2022. Wang Gang, who became disabled after a car accident, was one of the first batch of students attending the oil painting program. Now he is an instructor of the program. The public welfare program helping people with disability learn oil painting skills was implemented in Weihai in 2015. The organizers of the program also help sell the paintings via exhibitions, auctions and on-line sales. So far, the program has benefitted more than 600 trainees. (Xinhua/Guo Xulei)

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Japan's Takarazuka Revue to make 2nd tour of Taiwan

Rio Asumi (R) and Maria Kano, the two top stars of the Flower Troupe of the Japanese all-female Takarazuka Revue, perform at a press conference in Taipei on Jan. 27, 2015. The musical theater group announced that it will perform 14 shows at the National Theater in Taipei from Aug. 8 to 16 in its second appearance before a Taiwanese audience following its first in April 2013. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese city commemorates Pearl Harbor victims with fireworks

Fireworks resembling white chrysanthemum flowers, which are often presented at memorial services in Japan to honor the dead, explode over Japan's Nagaoka city on Dec. 8, 2015, the 74th anniversary of Japan's Pearl Harbor attack, to commemorate the victims of the air raids and other victims of World War II. Nagaoka, the hometown of Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto, the architect of the 1941 attack in Hawaii, was heavily damaged in air raids by the United States in August 1945. Overcoming the painful pasts, Nagaoka and Honolulu became sister cities, and the Japanese city famous for its fireworks has been conducting a memorial firework event every Dec. 8 since 2011. Nagaoka's fireworks were also displayed over Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on Aug. 15, 2015, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of war in the Pacific. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Top court upholds payment of S. Korea A-bomb survivors' medical costs

Lee Hong Hyon (far L), who suffered fetal radiation exposure in the Aug. 6, 1945, U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, addresses a meeting of A-bomb survivors in Seoul on Sept. 8, 2015, when Japan's Supreme Court ruled their medical bills should be paid in full under the A-bomb survivors assistance law. Lee is one of the plaintiffs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Top court upholds payment of S. Korea A-bomb survivors' medical costs

Lee Hong Hyon, who suffered fetal radiation exposure in the Aug. 6, 1945, U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, addresses a meeting of A-bomb survivors in Seoul on Sept. 8, 2015, when Japan's Supreme Court ruled their medical bills should be paid in full under the A-bomb survivors assistance law. Lee is one of the plaintiffs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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LDP to start presidential race campaign Sept. 8

Takeshi Noda, chief of the Liberal Democratic Party's board for the party presidential election, addresses its meeting on Aug. 28, 2015, in Tokyo. The ruling party has decided to kick off the election campaign on Sept. 8 before the Sept. 20 voting. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Volleyball: Japan down Kenya for 3rd win at Women's World Cup

Sarina Koga (8) of Japan spikes in the first set of a Women's World Cup volleyball match against Kenya at Yoyogi National Stadium in Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2015. Japan defeated Kenya in straight sets for its third win at the tournament. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Shanghai stocks tumble more than 8%

Individual investors look at the Shanghai main stock index's loss of more than 8 percent on an electronic board at a securities firm in Beijing on Aug. 24, 2015. Asian stock markets were down across the board the same day amid growing concerns over a slowdown in the global economy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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ANA displays "Star Wars"-themed plane designs

All Nippon Airways Co. displays an airplane model (foreground) with a new design featuring the BB-8 droid from the "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" film in Tokyo on Aug. 18, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan rugby team beats Uruguay 30-8

Photo taken Aug. 22, 2015, shows members of Japan's rugby team, which beat Uruguay 30-8 in the southwestern city of Fukuoka, putting an end to a four-game losing skid. With just three games and four weeks to go before the Brave Blossoms play South Africa in their Rugby World Cup opener, head coach Eddie Jones said he wanted a much improved performance. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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ANA to fly planes painted with Star Wars characters

All Nippon Airways Co. shows a model plane painted with the image of BB-8, a new droid that will make its debut in "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" to be released later in the year, during a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 18, 2015. ANA will start operating a Boeing 767 painted with BB-8 and R2-D2 on domestic flights in November and a Boeing 777 painted with BB-8 on international flights, mainly those connecting North America and Japan, in March 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Teenage Japanese Babe Ruth hits 1st homer at Koshien

Highly touted slugger Kotaro Kiyomiya hits a two-run home run in the third inning of Waseda Jitsugyo's 8-4 win over Tokaidai Kofu in the third round of the national high school baseball championship at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Japan, on Aug. 15, 2015. Kiyomiya, nicknamed "Japanese Babe Ruth," went 3-for-4 with five RBIs to help the Tokyo school reach the quarterfinals. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Teenage Japanese Babe Ruth hits 1st homer at Koshien

Highly touted slugger Kotaro Kiyomiya hits a two-run home run in the third inning of Waseda Jitsugyo's 8-4 win over Tokaidai Kofu in the third round of the national high school baseball championship at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Japan, on Aug. 15, 2015. Kiyomiya, nicknamed "Japanese Babe Ruth," went 3-for-4 with five RBIs to help the Tokyo school reach the quarterfinals. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. civil rights advocate stresses need for job-training center

Michael McMillan, head of a civil rights movement group, explains on Aug. 8, 2015, the importance of creating a job-training center for young people at the site in Ferguson, Missouri, where many commercial facilities were vandalized after a black youth was shot to death by a local white police officer 366 days before. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Site of black youth shot dead by police in U.S. city

Rev. Reggie Chandler describes circumstances surrounding the shooting to death of a black youth by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, on Aug. 8, 2015, a day before the first anniversary of the incident. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okazaki of Leicester sends in cross against Sunderland

Japanese footballer Shinji Okazaki of Leicester City (C) sends in a cross in the first half of a match against Sunderland in the Premier League in Leicester, England, on Aug. 8, 2015. Leicester won 4-2. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Leicester's Okazaki plays against Sunderland

Japanese footballer Shinji Okazaki of Leicester City plays in the first half of a Premier League match against Sunderland in Leicester, England, on Aug. 8, 2015. Leicester won their season opener 4-2. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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CTBTO Executive Secretary Zerbo speaks to Kyodo News in Nagasaki

Lassina Zerbo, executive secretary of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, speaks to Kyodo News at a hotel in Nagasaki, on Aug. 8, 2015. A senior Chinese official told the commission earlier this year that Beijing's ratification of the pact is not dependent on Washington ratifying it, according to Zerbo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nissan releases new Murano model in China

Nissan Motor Co.'s Chinese joint venture takes the wraps off the new model of Murano in Shanghai on Aug. 8, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan state economy minister in Iran

Daishiro Yamagiwa (L), Japan's state minister of economy, trade and industry, and Iranian Central Bank Governor Valiollah Seif meet the press after their talks in Tehran on Aug. 8, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ceramic replica of monk statue on show in western Japan

A visitor touches the ceramic replica of a statue of Kukai, founder of the Shingon sect of Buddhism, on Aug. 8, 2015, at an exhibition in Tokushima, western Japan. The exhibition was held to mark the 1,200th anniversary of Kukai's establishment of a monastery in the Koya mountain range in Wakayama, western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Refurbished memorial facility for JAL jumbo jet crash reopens

A facility exhibiting passengers' belongings and other materials at a memorial park for the 1985 Japan Airlines jumbo jet crash in the village of Ueno in the central Japan Prefecture of Gunma reopens on Aug. 8, 2015, after renovations ahead of the 30th anniversary of the accident on Aug. 12. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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70 meter painting unveiled at Nagasaki A-bomb hypocenter park

Photo shows a painting, about 70 meters in length, along the river at a park in the city of Nagasaki on Aug. 8, 2015. The park lies at the hypocenter of the Nagasaki atomic bomb blast on Aug. 9, 1945. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Nishikori gets revenge over Cilic to reach Citi Open final

Kei Nishikori of Japan returns the ball to Marin Cilic of Croatia during their semifinal match of the Citi Open tennis tournament at Rock Creek Park Tennis Center in Washington on Aug. 8, 2015. Nishikori exacted revenge for his defeat to Cilic in last year's U.S. Open final with a come-from-behind 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 win. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ledecky smashes women's 800m world record to win gold

Katie Ledecky of the United States celebrates after her victory in the women's 800-meter freestyle final at the world swimming championship in Kazan, Russia, on Aug. 8, 2015. She won her fifth gold medal of the meet by smashing her own a world record in 8 minutes 7.39 seconds. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ledecky smashes women's 800m world record to win gold

Katie Ledecky of the United States holds up her gold medal during an award ceremony for the women's 800-meter freestyle final at the world swimming championship in Kazan, Russia, on Aug. 8, 2015. She won her fifth gold medal of the meet by smashing her own a world record in 8 minutes 7.39 seconds. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Australia's Emily Seebohm wins women's 200m backstroke

(From L) Silver medalist Missy Franklin of the United States, gold medalist Emily Seebohm of Australia and bronze medalist Katinka Hosszu of Hungary pose with their medals during an award ceremony for the women's 200-meterr backstroke final at the world swimming championships in Kazan, Russia, on Aug. 8, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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France's Manaudou wins men's 50m freestyle world gold

France's Olympic champion Florent Manaudou celebrates after his victory in the men's 50-meter freestyle final at the world swimming championships in Kazan, Russia, on Aug. 8, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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France's Manaudou wins men's 50m freestyle world gold

France's Olympic champion Florent Manaudou dives in at the start of the men's 50-meter freestyle final at the world swimming championships in Kazan, Russia, on Aug. 8, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sweden's Sarah Sjoestroem claims world fly gold double

Sweden's Sarah Sjoestroem celebrates after adding the women's 50-meter butterfly crown to the 100-meter title at the world swimming championships in Kazan, Russia, on Aug. 8, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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France's Manaudou wins men's 50m freestyle world gold

France's Olympic champion Florent Manaudou celebrates after his victory in the men's 50-meter freestyle final at the world swimming championships in Kazan, Russia, on Aug. 8, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Nishikori gets revenge over Cilic to reach Citi Open final

Kei Nishikori of Japan returns a backhand shot to Marin Cilic of Croatia during their semifinal match of the Citi Open tennis tournament at Rock Creek Park Tennis Center in Washington on Aug. 8, 2015. Nishikori exacted revenge for his defeat to Cilic in last year's U.S. Open final with a come-from-behind 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 win. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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South Africa's Chad le Clos wins men's 100m butterfly

South Africa's Chad le Clos celebrates after winning the men's 100-meter butterfly final at the world swimming championships in Kazan, Russia, on Aug. 8, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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South Africa's Chad le Clos wins men's 100m butterfly

South Africa's Chad le Clos (front) swims to gold in the men's 100-meter butterfly final at the world swimming championships in Kazan, Russia, on Aug. 8, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Nishikori gets revenge over Cilic to reach Citi Open final

Kei Nishikori of Japan acknowledges the crowd after his victory over Marin Cilic of Croatia in a semifinal match at the Citi Open tennis tournament at Rock Creek Park Tennis Center in Washington on Aug. 8, 2015. Nishikori exacted revenge for his defeat to Cilic in last year's U.S. Open final with a come-from-behind 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 win. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sweden's Sjoestroem claims world fly gold double

Sweden's Sarah Sjoestroem poses with her gold medal in the women's 50-meter butterfly final at the world swimming championships in Kazan, Russia, on Aug. 8, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Former South Korean first lady returns from North Korea

Lee Hee Ho, 92, the widow of former South Korean President Kim Dae Jung, speaks at Seoul's Gimpo airport on Aug. 8, 2015, after returning from North Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ledecky smashes women's 800m world record to win gold

Katie Ledecky of the United States holds up her gold medal during an award ceremony for the women's 800-meter freestyle final at the world swimming championship in Kazan, Russia, on Aug. 8, 2015. She won her fifth gold medal of the meet by smashing her own a world record in 8 minutes 7.39 seconds. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo