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Taiwan: Typhoon Danas Topples Archway of Tainan’s Nankunshen Daitian Temple

Typhoon Danas made landfall near Budai Township, Chiayi County around 11:40 p.m. on Sunday, July 6, bringing gusty winds and heavy rainfall. Typhoon Danas weakened to a tropical storm after its eye departed Taiwan early Monday. The storm toppled Tainan's iconic archway of Nankunshen Daitian Temple, causing widespread flooding across the neighborhood.

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Former Thai PM Thaksin granted bail after indictment in royal insult case

STORY: Former Thai PM Thaksin granted bail after indictment in royal insult case SHOOTING TIME: June 18/Feb. 18, 2024 DATELINE: June 18, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:57 LOCATION: Bangkok CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the press briefing of the Thai attorney-general's office 2. various of a car carrying Thaksin leaving a police hospital on Feb. 18, 2024 STORYLINE: Thailand's former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was granted bail on Tuesday, the country's criminal court said, following a formal indictment on his charge of royal insult. Thaksin has been released during trial on bail of 500,000 baht (about 13,600 U.S. dollars) under the condition that he is prohibited from leaving the kingdom unless permitted, a court statement said. According to the Thai Attorney-General, Thaksin is alleged to have defamed the monarchy during an interview with foreign media in 2015, which violated lese majeste and computer crime laws. The 74-year-old former prime minister returned to Thailand from self-exile last yea

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Türkiye cracks down on IS in capital

STORY: Türkiye cracks down on IS in capital SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 27, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 28, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:46 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of anti-terror operations of Turkish police in Türkiye (courtesy of Turkish Interior Ministry) STORYLINE: Turkish authorities on Tuesday launched operations against Islamic State (IS) in Ankara, the Daily Sabah newspaper reported. In Ankara, prosecutors issued warrants for 20 IS suspects linked to "Tevhid Magazine," which they said was a front for the group's activities in the capital. Police have detained many IS suspects over an attack on an Italian church in Istanbul, Türkiye's largest city, in January. Türkiye designated IS as a terrorist group in 2013 and has suffered several deadly attacks by the group since 2015. Türkiye's southern border with Syria has been a major transit route for Syrians and foreign fighters since the Syrian civil war began in 2011. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Ankara. (XHTV

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German couple witnesses growing Sino-German cooperation in NEVs

STORY: German couple witnesses growing Sino-German cooperation in NEVs SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 23, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 25, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:03 LOCATION: CHANGCHUN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the production of NEVs 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SASCHA SCHUERRER, Engineer at Audi FAW NEV Company 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): SASCHA SCHUERRER, Engineer at Audi FAW NEV Company 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): SASCHA SCHUERRER, Engineer at Audi FAW NEV Company STORYLINE: Sascha Schuerrer and his wife Johanna Garzon-Schuerrer are both engineers at Audi FAW NEV Company, a joint venture between German auto giant Audi and Chinese automaker FAW in Changchun, northeast China's Jilin Province. The couple has come to work in China to support a Sino-German collaboration project. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SASCHA SCHUERRER, Engineer at Audi FAW NEV Company "We both had been working at Audi in Germany since 2015. For 7 months, we have been here supporting the new NEV company in Changchun. And I'm responsible for the ro

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Australian citizen scientists urged to help track rabbit virus

STORY: Australian citizen scientists urged to help track rabbit virus SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 22, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 22, 2024 LENGTH: 0:00:49 LOCATION: Canberra CATEGORY: SCIENCE SHOTLIST: 1. various of CSIRO Discovery centre 2. various of wild rabbits STORYLINE: Australians have been called upon to help the national science agency track rabbit diseases to help contain the invasive pest species. The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) on Thursday released new research showing that testing for the rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV) has expanded from fewer than 30 tissue samples annually to an average of 345 tested samples per year since the 2015 launch of the disease monitoring program. RHDV, also known as Rabbit Calicivirus or Lagovirus, is used as a biocontrol agent to manage feral rabbits, which are one of Australia's most destructive pest species. According to the CSIRO, feral rabbits cause plant diversity loss, compete with native animals for food and cost t

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Iran says "diplomatic dynamism" exists in talks to revive nuclear deal

STORY: Iran says "diplomatic dynamism" exists in talks to revive nuclear deal DATELINE: Feb. 7, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:02 LOCATION: Tehran CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Iranian Foreign Ministry's weekly press conference STORYLINE: Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said on Monday that "diplomatic dynamism" exists through different channels in the talks to revive a 2015 nuclear deal and remove anti-Iran sanctions. Exchange of messages between different sides to the deal is continuing at different levels, Iran's official news agency IRNA quoted Kanaani as saying during a weekly press conference. He noted that Iran has always welcomed goodwill efforts and measures aimed at resolving the issue and achieving a nuclear agreement. According to Kanaani, Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) still carry out regular cooperation, in addition to constant and direct negotiations between Iranian envoys and the IAEA in Vienna and talks between experts from both sides. He

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JR West runs 'Yokai Watch' train

OSAKA, Japan - West Japan Railway Co. (JR West) displays a train sporting the images of characters of "Yokai Watch," a huge-hit video game and animation for children, at a railroad yard in Osaka, western Japan, on Dec. 11, 2014. The special train is running from Dec. 13 through Feb. 1, 2015.

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JR West shows interior of 'Yokai Watch' train

OSAKA, Japan - West Japan Railway Co. (JR West) shows in Osaka, western Japan, on Dec. 11, 2014, the interior of a "Yokai Watch" train featuring the popular role-playing game. The special train is running from Dec. 13 through Feb. 1, 2015.

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Tourist attraction lights up to welcome Year of Sheep

CHIBA, Japan - Colorful illumination adorns a pasture at Mother Farm, a tourist attraction in Futtsu, Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, on Dec. 17, 2014, under the theme "sheep carnival" to welcome the Year of the Sheep in 2015 according to the Chinese zodiac. The illumination event will run through Feb. 1, 2015.

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LED lighting marks 100th anniversary of Tokyo Station

TOKYO, Japan - People walk along a pedestrian deck at the Yaesu exit of JR Tokyo Station in the Japanese capital as illuminations commemorating the 100th anniversary of the station's opening start on Dec. 1, 2014. The attraction, consisting of some 3,000 column-shaped light-emitting diodes, will run through Feb. 14, 2015.

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LED lighting marks 100th anniversary of Tokyo Station

TOKYO, Japan - Illuminations along a pedestrian deck at the Yaesu exit of JR Tokyo Station in the Japanese capital start on Dec. 1, 2014, in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the station's opening. The attraction, consisting of some 3,000 column-shaped light-emitting diodes, will run through Feb. 14, 2015.

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UN-SECURITY COUNCIL-ARMS EMBARGO-HOUTHIS-YEMEN

(220301) -- UNITED NATIONS, March 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Security Council votes on a resolution to impose an arms embargo on the Houthi militia in Yemen as an entity at the UN headquarters in New York, on Feb. 28, 2022. Resolution 2624, which was adopted with 11 votes in favor and four abstentions, decides that the Houthis as an entity shall be subject to the arms embargo contained in its previous Resolution 2216 of 2015. (Loey Felipe/UN Photo/Handout via Xinhua)

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Hungarian PM checks borders amid Russia-Ukraine conflict

STORY: Hungarian PM checks borders amid Russia-Ukraine conflict DATELINE: Feb. 27, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:37 LOCATION: BEREGSURANY, Hungary CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the border 2. various of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban STORYLINE: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban checked a border station with Ukraine in east Hungary on Saturday and consulted with local authorities and border guards in the wake of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. "The war is next door, so we have to be very disciplined," Orban said to journalists a few hundred meters away from Ukraine on the side of the road. Currently, the flux of people leaving Ukraine was nothing like the migration wave of 2015, but Orban warned this could change in the future: "For the moment, the war is further back in Ukraine, but if the worst case scenario is to happen, it could spread to our immediate vicinity, and we will have to be even more disciplined." Orban informed that he consulted with local mayors and officials, and promis

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Kashima's Ogasawara in action in ACL game vs. Australian team

Mitsuo Ogasawara (L) of Japanese side Kashima Antlers competes for the ball with compatriot Yojiro Takahagi of Australia's Western Sydney Wanderers in the second half of an Asian Champions League match in Kashima, northeast of Tokyo, on Feb. 25, 2015. Kashima lost 3-1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Urawa Reds' Moriwaki scores in ACL game vs. S. Korean team

Ryota Moriwaki (C) of Japanese club Urawa Red Diamonds scores in the first half of an Asian Champions League match against South Korea's Suwon Samsung Bluewings in Suwon on Feb. 25, 2015. Urawa lost 2-1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Urawa Reds' Aoki in action in ACL game vs. S. Korean team

Takuya Aoki (C) of Japanese side Urawa Red Diamonds makes a pass in the first half of an Asian Champions League match against South Korea's Suwon Samsung Bluewings in Suwon on Feb. 25, 2015. Urawa lost 2-1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Western Sydney's Takahagi scores in ACL game vs. Japan's Kashima

Japanese footballer Yojiro Takahagi of Australian side Western Sydney Wanderers scores the team's second goal in the second half of an Asian Champions League match against Japan's Kashima Antlers in Kashima, northeast of Tokyo, on Feb. 25, 2015. Western Sydney won 3-1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nishikori advances to quarterfinal at Mexico Open

Japan's Kei Nishikori faces off against Lu Yen-hsun of Taiwan in the second round of the Mexico Open in Acapulco on Feb. 25, 2015. Nishikori defeated Lu 6-1, 6-3 to advance to the quarterfinal. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nishikori advances to quarterfinal at Mexico Open

Japan's Kei Nishikori faces off against Lu Yen-hsun of Taiwan in the second round of the Mexico Open in Acapulco on Feb. 25, 2015. Nishikori defeated Lu 6-1, 6-3 to advance to the quarterfinal. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Geisha prepare for dance festival in Kyoto

Geisha make preparations on Feb. 24, 2015, for the Miyako Odori traditional spring dance festival in Kyoto. They will give dance performances four times a day from April 1 to 30. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Jordanians hold rally to denounce terrorism, mourn slain Japanese

Freelance journalist Kenji Goto talks about his experience of reporting on Syria in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in March 2014. Goto was captured by Islamic State militants later that year and on Feb. 1, 2015, the group posted online a video purporting to show his killing. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yankees' Chapman suspended 30 games for domestic violence

Photo taken Feb. 23, 2016 shows New York Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman. Major League Baseball announced on March 1 that the 28-year-old, who is alleged to have physically abused his girlfriend in October 2015, has been suspended for 30 games under its new domestic violence policy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Universal Studios Japan head hopes to boost theme park visitors

Jean Louis Bonnier, CEO of USJ Co., the operator of Universal Studios Japan, speaks at a press conference in Osaka on Feb. 1, 2016. Bonnier said he expects the number of visitors to the theme park in fiscal 2015 to break the current record of 12.7 million set in fiscal 2014 and expects to draw 3 to 4 million more in the future. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nippon Ham to hold part of 2016 spring camp in Arizona

Photo taken in February 2015 shows the Nippon Ham Fighters' spring camp stadium in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture. The team said on April 27 that it will hold part of its spring training in Peoria, the U.S. state of Arizona, from Feb. 1 to mid-Febraury. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aerial view of Okinawa coastline, U.S. military's 1945 landing site

The coastline of Yomitan, Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan, where the U.S. military landed on April 1, 1945, for the Battle of Okinawa, is seen in this aerial photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Feb. 18, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo police name 1st female chief of No. 1 mobile investigation squad

Police superintendent Kiyoko Hara, seen in this photo taken on Feb. 26, 2015, is the first female head of the No. 1 Mobile Investigation Unit of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. She was appointed to the post effective Feb. 16, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Removal of facilities at Hamaoka nuclear plant

A man points to an area left empty after the removal of facilities at the Chubu Electric Power Co.'s Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Shizuoka Prefecture on Feb. 18, 2015. The decommissioning work of unit Nos. 1 and 2 is underway. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cartoonist Tezuka's war-themed works on exhibit at his museum

A woman looks at one of the 10 manuscripts related to wars by the late cartoonist Osamu Tezuka during a private preview at the Tezuka Osamu Manga Museum in Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 27, 2015, ahead of a special exhibition of his war-themed works from March 1 through June 29. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Britain's Prince William meets kabuki actor Nakamura Shido

Britain's Prince William (2nd from R) chats with Japanese kabuki actor Nakamura Shido (L) during a reception at the British ambassador's official residence in Tokyo on Feb. 27, 2015. The Duke of Cambridge was in Japan for a four-day visit through March 1. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Britain's Prince William meets Japanese rugby representatives

Britain's Prince William (2nd from L) shares a laugh with former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (3rd from L) and representatives from Japan's Rugby Top League -- (from R) Suntory Sungoliath's captain Shinya Makabe and head coach Naoya Okubo, and Yamaha Jubilo's head coach Katsuyuki Kiyomiya -- during a reception at the British ambassador's official residence in Tokyo on Feb. 27, 2015. The Duke of Cambridge was in Japan for a four-day visit through March 1. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Britain's Prince William meets blind Japanese pianist Tsujii

Britain's Prince William (R) chats with Japanese pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii, who was born blind, during a reception at the British ambassador's official residence in Tokyo on Feb. 27, 2015. The Duke of Cambridge was in Japan for a four-day visit through March 1. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Britain's Prince William meets Japanese actress Kuroyanagi

Britain's Prince William (L) chats with Japanese actress and talk show host Tetsuko Kuroyanagi during a reception at the British ambassador's official residence in Tokyo on Feb. 27, 2015. The Duke of Cambridge was in Japan for a four-day visit through March 1. (Pool photo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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High radiation levels obstruct plant decommission work

The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant's No. 3, 2 and 1 reactor buildings (from R) in Fukushima Prefecture are pictured on Feb. 25, 2015. Radiation levels especially around the reactors are still high, posing problems for the decommissioning work of the plant. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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LCC Peach Aviation adds 'Akashiyaki' dumpling to inflight menu

Peach Aviation Ltd. announces in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 26, 2015, the addition to its inflight menu of the "Akashiyaki" octopus dumpling (front) from March 1 to mark the third anniversary of the low-cost airline's launch. Other local flour-based dishes, including "takoyaki" (middle) and "okonomiyaki" (back), are already available. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's top nuclear regulator requests TEPCO tainted water flow measures

Shunichi Tanaka, chairman of the Nuclear Regulation Authority, gives a regular press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 25, 2015, urging Tokyo Electric Power Co. to take measures to prevent radioactive rain water flowing into the ocean at its Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Russians mourn slain opposition leader

People hold pictures of Boris Nemtsov, Russia's leading opposition leader, who was shot dead on Feb. 27, 2015, during a march to commemorate the outspoken critic of President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on March 1, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Russians mourn slain opposition leader

Women hold placards that read "Boris" during a march in Moscow on March 1, 2015, in memory of Russia's leading opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, an outspoken critic of President Vladimir Putin, who was shot dead on Feb. 27, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Opposition DPJ holds convention, vows to contest security legislation

Yukio Edano, secretary general of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, addresses the party's convention in Tokyo on March 1, 2015. DPJ President Katsuya Okada, who was elected to the post in January, was absent from the convention after undergoing retinal detachment surgery on Feb. 26. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China's central bank to cut interest rates further

Photo taken Feb. 13, 2015, shows the People's Bank of China, China's central bank. The bank said Feb. 28 it will cut its benchmark interest rates further starting March 1, after having reduced the rates in November, to arrest the slowdown in the world's second-largest economy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China's central bank to cut interest rates further

Photo taken Feb. 13, 2015, shows the People's Bank of China, China's central bank. The bank said Feb. 28 it will cut its benchmark interest rates further starting March 1, after having reduced the rates in November, to arrest the slowdown in the world's second-largest economy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Britain's Prince William in Tokyo

Britain's Prince William (2nd from R) puts on a "happi coat," a Japanese traditional wear often worn on festive occasions, at an event hosted by the British government in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Feb. 27, 2015, to introduce Britain's latest technologies in medical and space development fields. The Duke of Cambridge, 32, started his first Japan visit the previous day and will stay in the country through March 1. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Britain's Prince William in Tokyo

Britain's Prince William waves wearing a "happi coat," a Japanese traditional wear often worn on festive occasions, at an event hosted by the British government in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Feb. 27, 2015, to introduce Britain's latest technologies in medical and space development fields. The Duke of Cambridge, 32, started his first Japan visit the previous day and will stay in the country through March 1. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Britain's Prince William in Tokyo

Britain's Prince William gives a speech at an event hosted by the British government in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Feb. 27, 2015, to introduce Britain's latest technologies in medical and space development fields. The Duke of Cambridge, 32, started his first Japan visit the previous day and will stay in the country through March 1. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Britain's Prince William in Tokyo

Britain's Prince William looks over an artificial hand at an event hosted by the British government in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Feb. 27, 2015, to introduce Britain's latest technologies in medical and space development fields. The Duke of Cambridge, 32, started his first Japan visit the previous day and will stay in the country through March 1. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Britain's Prince William in Tokyo

Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (L) poses for a photo with Britain's Prince William at his residence in Tokyo's Motoakasaka district on Feb. 27, 2015. The Duke of Cambridge, 32, started his first Japan visit the previous day and will stay in the country through March 1. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Britain's Prince William in Tokyo

Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito (L) greets Britain's Prince William at his residence in Tokyo's Motoakasaka district on Feb. 27, 2015. The Duke of Cambridge, 32, started his first Japan visit the previous day and will stay in the country through March 1. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rubble left from 2011 disaster at Fukushima nuclear plant

Photo taken Feb. 25, 2015, shows squashed poles and rubble at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant crippled by the March 2011 earthquake-tsunami. Radiation levels remain particularly high around the Nos. 1 to 3 reactors that suffered meltdowns. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Workers in radiation-proof suits at Fukushima nuclear plant

Workers with radiation-proof suits engage in decommissioning operations at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant on Feb. 25, 2015. Radiation levels remain particularly high around the Nos. 1 to 3 reactors that suffered meltdowns. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Decommissioning work continues at Fukushima nuclear plant

Photo taken Feb. 23, 2015, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, where decommissioning work is continuing. Radiation levels remain particularly high around the Nos. 1 to 3 reactors that suffered meltdowns. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Marquinhos sets eyes on J-League career record of 157 goals

Marcos Gomes de Araujo of J-League Division 1 football club Vissel Kobe shoots during a practice match against the Fukuoka University team in Kagoshima, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 12, 2015. The Brazilian striker, better known as Marquinhos, is eight goals shy of the Japanese professional league's all-time career high of 157 goals set by Masashi Nakayama. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo