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China: Man Narrowly Escapes Lightning Strike in Shanghai

A man filming farmland under darkening skies in Shanghai on July 9, 2026, captured the moment a bolt of lightning struck the ground directly in front of him. The flash lit up the scene in a startling close call just before an incoming storm.

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CHINA-BEIJING-CAI QI-WPK-DELEGATION-MEETING (CN)

(240322) -- BEIJING, March 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Cai Qi, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and a member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, meets with a delegation led by Kim Song Nam, international department director of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) Central Committee, in Beijing, capital of China, March 22, 2024. (Xinhua/Shen Hong)

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CHINA-BEIJING-CAI QI-WPK-DELEGATION-MEETING (CN)

(240322) -- BEIJING, March 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Cai Qi, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and a member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, meets with a delegation led by Kim Song Nam, international department director of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) Central Committee, in Beijing, capital of China, March 22, 2024. (Xinhua/Shen Hong)

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(SP)CHINA-HANGZHOU-ASIAN GAMES-ATHLETICS(CN)

(231003) -- HANGZHOU, Oct. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Wong Yuen Nam of China's Hong Kong reacts before the Women's High Jump Final of Athletics at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 3, 2023. (Xinhua/Song Yanhua)

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Koizumi message on normalization conveyed to N. Korea

PYONGYANG, N. Korea - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi sends a message to North Korean leader Kim Jong Il on Aug. 24 through a visiting Japanese delegation saying the two countries should work to normalize bilateral ties in a serious manner. Hitoshi Tanaka (L), who heads the Japanese delegation, relays the message in a meeting with North Korean Premier Hong Song Nam (2nd from R). Tanaka is chief of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau.

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Koizumi message on normalization conveyed to N. Korea

PYONGYANG, N. Korea - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi sends a message to North Korean leader Kim Jong Il on Aug. 24 through a visiting Japanese delegation saying the two countries should work to normalize bilateral ties in a serious manner. Hitoshi Tanaka (L), who heads the Japanese delegation, relays the message in a meeting with North Korean Premier Hong Song Nam (2nd from R). Tanaka is chief of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau.