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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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US: Brush Fire Erupts In Del Mar Heights, San Diego 3

A brush fire erupted in the Del Mar Heights neighborhood in San Diego on Tuesday morning, June 25. The fire near Mira Montana Drive off Del Mar Heights Road prompted the mandatory evacuation of 2,500 residents from the area. The fire's forward progress was stopped by about 5:30 p.m. and all evacuation orders and warnings have been lifted by 7:20 p.m.

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Israeli tank crosses "technical fence" along Israel-Lebanon border: report

STORY: Israeli tank crosses "technical fence" along Israel-Lebanon border: report DATELINE: Jan. 25, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:25 LOCATION: Beirut CATEGORY: MILITARY/POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Israel-Lebanon border STORYLINE: An Israeli tank on Tuesday crossed the "technical fence" along the border with Lebanon, prompting high alertness from the Lebanese army, the National News Agency reported. This is the fourth similar incident on the Lebanon-Israel border within a week, the report said, adding that the Israeli tank did not violate the Blue Line, which is a demarcation line between Lebanon and Israel as well as Lebanon and the Golan Heights published by the United Nations in 2000. Israel built the "technical fence" with electrified wires along the 49-mile (79-km) border with Lebanon in 2001, about 50 meters south of the Blue Line. Also on Tuesday, a team from the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) used a helicopter to conduct an inspection tour of the Blue Line after UNIFIL s

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Thousands attend annual pilgrimage at Jordan's Baptism Site

STORY: Thousands attend annual pilgrimage at Jordan's Baptism Site DATELINE: Jan. 15, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:32 LOCATION: Amman CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the pilgrimage STORYLINE: Thousands of people on Friday assembled in Jordan during an annual pilgrimage to the site where they believe Jesus Christ was baptized. The annual pilgrimage has been carried out by the Catholic churches in Jordan on the second Friday of January since 2000. The Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan," located on the east bank of the Jordan River, is an archaeological site inscribed on the World Heritage List. Jordan recently launched a plan to develop the Baptism Site in order to enhance the services offered to pilgrims and visitors, boosting religious tourism in Jordan. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Amman. (XHTV)

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JR Hokkaido conducts Y2K rehearsal

SAPPORO, Japan - An employee of Hokkaido Railway Co. (JR Hokkaido) practices buying a ticket past midnight Nov. 26 with a ticket machine on which the date was advanced to Jan. 1, 2000 after midnight, in a drill to prepare for potential Y2K computer problems.

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500-day countdown to 21st century celebrated in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - In an event to celebrate the 500 days left before the start of the 21st century on Jan. 1, 2000, two young women from Tottori Prefecture hand out pears to bypassers on a busy street in Shinjuku, Tokyo, on Aug. 20. The event was sponsored by Tottori Prefecture, reputed for its specialty -- the ''20th Century'' pears.

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1970 JAL hijacker Tanaka dies due to illness

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshimi Tanaka (file photo taken in June, 2000), a former radical group member involved in the 1970 hijacking of a Japan Airlines jet, dies of liver cancer on Jan. 1 at a hospital in Chiba Prefecture after being released from prison last month due to the illness. He was 58. (Kyodo)

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Vaclav HAVEL Karel GOTT

Former Czech President Vaclav Havel, right, shakes hands with singer Karel Gott, left, before a charity concert at Prague Castle in this file photo taken Dec.21, 2000. After the Czech Parliament has recently failed twice to elect Havel's successor, the group of rock musicians and entertainers came with an idea on Feb.5, 2003, that well known Czech pop star Karel Gott might be the right candidate for the post. (CTK Photo/Jan Trestik) ***FILE PHOTO*** Most popular Czech pop singer Karel Gott died at 80 on Tuesday, October 1, 2019, before midnight at home in his family circle, in Prague, Czech Republic, his spokeswoman Stolzova said on October 2, 2019.

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Miyazawa axes Summers' plea for speedy deliverance of 3 pc growt

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa (R) says Japan rejected a suggestion by U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers to set a sharply higher economic growth target for fiscal 2000 than the officially avowed real 1 percent growth. Miyazawa attends a news conference along with Bank of Japan Governor Masaru Hayami (L) after a meeting of financial chiefs from the Group of Seven (G-7) economic powers, held in downtown Tokyo on Jan. 22. Both co-chaired the G-7 meeting.

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Suspicious fire cuts power to 6,400 Tokyo households

TOKYO, Japan - Firefighters congregate at a Tokyo Electric Power Co. substation in Tokyo's Ota Ward, where they extinguished a fire that broke out on the night of Dec. 29. The fire caused no injuries, but cut electricity to 6,400 households. Police are investigating a message posted on an Internet site earlier this week that said, ''A major blackout should be caused on Jan. 1, 2000 by severing the cable to prevent the Expo (the planned world exposition in Aichi Prefecture in 2005) and (construction of) Chubu international airport.'' The fire started around a communication cable at the substation.

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JR Hokkaido conducts Y2K rehearsal

SAPPORO, Japan - An employee of Hokkaido Railway Co. (JR Hokkaido) practices buying a ticket past midnight Nov. 26 with a ticket machine on which the date was advanced to Jan. 1, 2000 after midnight, in a drill to prepare for potential Y2K computer problems.

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Japanese airlines test for Y2K glitches

TOKYO, Japan - The photo shows a clock on the control panel of an airplane of All Nippon Airways (ANA). The plane ran a test flight from late Sept. 13 to early Sept. 14 to check that the computer system had been successfully reprogrammed to prevent Y2K-related computer glitches. The date was temporarily switched to ''Dec. 31, 1999.'' When it changed to ''Jan. 1, 2000,'' the airline checked to see that the cockpit control panel functioned properly. The photo was provided by ANA.

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500-day countdown to 21st century celebrated in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - In an event to celebrate the 500 days left before the start of the 21st century on Jan. 1, 2000, two young women from Tottori Prefecture hand out pears to bypassers on a busy street in Shinjuku, Tokyo, on Aug. 20. The event was sponsored by Tottori Prefecture, reputed for its specialty -- the ''20th Century'' pears.