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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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Belt and Road Initiative brings significant opportunities for Lebanon: NGO founder

STORY: Belt and Road Initiative brings significant opportunities for Lebanon: NGO founder SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 4, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 12, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:17 LOCATION: Beirut CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Waref Kumayha-related footage 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): WAREF KUMAYHA, Founder of Lebanese-Chinese Dialogue Road Association 3. various of China-related footage STORYLINE: A dedicated stamp collector in Lebanon shared his connection with China and his thoughts on the transformative impact of the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Waref Kumayha's passion for China traces back to his childhood. His dedication to stamp collection led him to embark on a journey that spanned 40 cities in China. Kumayha said the BRI has brought great opportunities to many countries. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): WAREF KUMAYHA, Founder of Lebanese-Chinese Dialogue Road Association "In 2013 it (the BRI) was a thought on paper but after 10 years now we are seeing this initiative turning into reality and benefiting

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Turkish currency hits historic low against U.S. dollar

STORY: Turkish currency hits historic low against U.S. dollar SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 11, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 12, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:10 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Istanbul city in Türkiye 2. various of exchange office 3. various of Turkish Central Bank, Turkish lira 4. various of people walking on street in Istanbul, Türkiye STORYLINE: The Turkish currency hit an all-time low against the U.S. dollar on Thursday, trading at over 30 liras per dollar. One dollar was traded at 30.01 liras at 10:25 a.m. local time (0725 GMT). The Turkish currency has lost over 37 percent of its value since last year and depreciated by 1.6 percent against the dollar in the first 10 days of 2024. Murat Sagman, an economist and portfolio manager, recalled that it was only in 2013 that a dollar was worth 2 liras. Economist Duran Bulbul warned that the dollar exchange rate may move towards 40 liras soon, under such challenges as high inflation. "The greenback will first smash th

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Japan seeks to double no. of foreign visitors by 2020

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from R) speaks at a meeting of Cabinet ministers on efforts to boost tourism, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 17, 2014. Abe said the government aims to double the number of foreign visitors to Japan to 20 million a year by the 2020 Olympic Games, after the number topped 10 million in 2013 for the first time.

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Japanese lawmakers in Washington

WASHINGTON, United States - Hirofumi Nakasone (C), head of the Japan-U.S. Parliamentary Friendship League, and other Japanese lawmakers hold a press conference in Washington on Jan. 10, 2014. The lawmakers said they felt U.S. government officials and lawmakers they met in Washington had understood the aim of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit in late 2013 to a war-related Tokyo shrine.

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Fukuoka official in Myanmar as water adviser

YANGON, Myanmar - Masaru Matsuoka, an official of Japan's Fukuoka city government, works at the Yangon city office in Yangon on Jan. 10, 2013. Matsuoka has been in Yangon since April 2012 to teach local people ways to improve the biggest Myanmar city's water service.

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Tokyo Sea Life Park

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Jan. 10, 2013 shows an icefish on display at Tokyo Sea Life Park in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward. It is mostly motionless.

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Algeria hostage crisis

NARITA, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (C) offers flowers at the coffin of former JGC Corp. Vice President Tadanori Aratani at Narita airport near Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2013. Aratani's body, the last of the 10 Japanese victims from a recent hostage crisis in Algeria, arrived in Japan the same day.

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Algeria hostage crisis

NARITA, Japan - The last body of the 10 Japanese victims from a recent hostage crisis in Algeria arrives at Narita airport near Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2013.

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Algeria hostage crisis

NARITA, Japan - Koichi Kawana (R), president of engineering firm JGC Corp., offers flowers at the coffin of former JGC Vice President Tadanori Aratani at Narita airport near Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2013. The last body of the 10 Japanese victims from a recent hostage crisis in Algeria arrived in Japan the same day.

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Algeria hostage crisis

NARITA, Japan - Koichi Kawana (L), president of engineering firm JGC Corp., offers flowers at the coffin of former JGC Vice President Tadanori Aratani at Narita airport near Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2013. Aratani's body, the last of the 10 Japanese victims from a recent hostage crisis in Algeria, arrived in Japan the same day.

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Algeria hostage crisis

TOKYO, Japan - A Japanese national flag flies at half-mast at the Diet compound in Tokyo on Jan. 25, 2013, after a hostage crisis in Algeria that left 10 Japanese dead.

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Algeria hostage crisis

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Takeshi Endo, chief of Japanese engineering firm JGC Corp.'s public and investor relations department, looks emotional as he answers reporters' questions at the JGC head office in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Jan. 24, 2013. Japan announced the same day it has confirmed the death of the last Japanese to have been unaccounted for in the recent Algeria hostage crisis, bringing the total number of Japanese fatalities in the incident to 10, all of whom worked for the company.

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Algeria hostage crisis

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Takeshi Endo, chief of Japanese engineering firm JGC Corp.'s public and investor relations department, looks emotional as he answers reporters' questions at the JGC head office in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Jan. 24, 2013. Japan announced the same day it has confirmed the death of the last Japanese to have been unaccounted for in the recent Algeria hostage crisis, bringing the total number of Japanese fatalities in the incident to 10, all of whom worked for the company.

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Algeria hostage crisis

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Mourners place flowers in the lobby of Japanese engineering firm JGC Corp.'s head office in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Jan. 24, 2013. The Japanese government announced in the evening of the same day that it has confirmed the death of the last Japanese to have been unaccounted for in the recent Algeria hostage crisis, bringing the total number of Japanese fatalities in the incident who worked for the company to 10.

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Japan dispatches gov't aircraft to Algeria

TOKYO, Japan - A Japanese government aircraft leaves from Haneda airport in Tokyo for Algeria at 10:12 p.m. on Jan. 22, 2013. Tokyo dispatched the aircraft to Algiers to bring home the bodies of seven Japanese as well as seven survivors of the Algerian hostage crisis. Three other Japanese employees of engineering firm JGC Corp. remain unaccounted for.

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Japan dispatches gov't aircraft to Algeria

TOKYO, Japan - A Japanese government aircraft leaves from Haneda airport in Tokyo for Algeria at 10:12 p.m. on Jan. 22, 2013. Tokyo dispatched the aircraft to Algiers to bring home the bodies of seven Japanese as well as seven survivors of the Algerian hostage crisis. Three other Japanese employees of engineering firm JGC Corp. remain unaccounted for.

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Japanese executives locked up in China in labor dispute

SHANGHAI, China - Photo taken on Jan. 20, 2013, shows a factory of an electronic parts maker in Shanghai owned by Japan's Shinmei Electric Co. Workers at the plant locked up around 10 Japanese executives for two days to press their demands for better pay and working conditions, releasing them early on Jan. 20 after police intervention.

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George Washington Univ. professor Mochizuki

TOKYO, Japan - George Washington University professor Mike Mochizuki, who has been studying ways to ease the burden of hosting U.S. military bases on Okinawa residents since 1995, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on Jan. 10, 2013.

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Hostage crisis in Algeria

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga holds a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 17, 2013, about an unfolding hostage crisis in Algeria in which employees of Japanese engineering company JGC Corp. were taken hostage along with a number of foreign nationals from up to 10 countries.

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Hostage crisis in Algeria

TOKYO, Japan - Takeshi Endo, JGC Corp. spokesman, answers reporters' questions in Yokohama on Jan. 17, 2013, about an unfolding hostage crisis in Algeria, in which employees of the Japanese engineering company were taken hostage along with a number of foreign nationals from up to 10 countries.

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Pakistan jihadi leader

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Fazal ur-Rehman Khalil, a prominent jihadi leader, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in a suburb of Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on Jan. 10, 2013.

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New 5 euro note

FRANKFURT, Germany - Mario Draghi, president of the European Central Bank, unveils the design of a new 5 euro note in Frankfurt, Germany, on Jan. 10, 2013.

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New 5 euro note

FRANKFURT, Germany - Photo shows a new 5 euro note unveiled by the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, Germany, on Jan. 10, 2013. The bill will be put into circulation in May 2013.

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China press freedom

GUANGZHOU, China - Authorities take a man away after he called for press freedom near the head office of the Southern Weekly newspaper in Guangzhou in China's Guangdong Province on Jan. 10, 2013. Demonstrators were showing support for the newspaper after its New Year editorial greeting was altered by the Chinese government.

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Tokyo's Olympics bid

LONDON, Britain - Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose (C) holds a press conference in London on Jan. 10, 2013, to make a pitch for the Japanese capital's bid to host the 2020 Summer Olympics. At left is Japan Olympic Committee Chairman Tsunekazu Takeda and at right is Japan women's soccer star Homare Sawa.

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China press freedom

GUANGZHOU, China - Two men call for press freedom near the head office of the Southern Weekly newspaper in Guangzhou in China's Guangdong Province on Jan. 10, 2013. Authorities later took them away. Demonstrators were showing support for the newspaper after its New Year editorial greeting was altered by the Chinese government.

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U.S. mission wraps up N. Korea visit

BEIJING, China - Google Inc. Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt (L) answers reporters' questions after arriving at Beijing airport from Pyongyang on Jan. 10, 2013. A private U.S. delegation including Schmidt and former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson (R) wrapped up a four-day visit to North Korea.

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Nobel laureate visits minister

TOKYO, Japan - Kyoto University professor Shinya Yamanaka (L), a 2012 Nobel Prize in medicine laureate, visits education minister Hakubun Shimomura (R) at the ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 10, 2013. The minister pledged government support of 110 billion yen over 10 years for research on induced pluripotent stem cells, or iPS cells.

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U.S. mission returns from N. Korea

BEIJING, China - Google Inc. Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt meets the press at Beijing's international airport on Jan. 10, 2013, after arrival from Pyongyang, as a U.S. delegation that also included former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson wrapped up a four-day visit to North Korea earlier in the day.

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U.S. mission returns from N. Korea

BEIJING, China - Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is surrounded by reporters at Beijing's international airport on Jan. 10, 2013, after arrival from Pyongyang, as a U.S. delegation that also included Google Inc. Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt wrapped up a four-day visit to North Korea earlier in the day.

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Japanese, Philippine foreign ministers

MANILA, Philippines - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (R) and Philippine Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario attend a joint press conference after their talks in Manila on Jan. 10, 2013.

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New Year lecture at palace

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko and other imperial family members attend a lecture given by a top researcher Jan. 10, 2013, during the annual "kosho hajime no gi" (ceremony of the first lecture) event, part of the New Year ceremonies at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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U.S. mission ends visit to N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson meets the press in Pyongyang on Jan. 10, 2013, before his departure for Beijing, as a U.S. delegation that also included Google Inc. Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt wrapped up a four-day visit to North Korea.

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Japanese, Philippine foreign ministers

MANILA, Philippines - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (R) and Philippine Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario shake hands in Manila on Jan. 10, 2013.

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New Year lecture at palace

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (L) and Empress Michiko attend a lecture from a top researcher Jan. 10, 2013, during the annual "kosho hajime no gi" (ceremony of the first lecture) event, part of the New Year ceremonies at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Google chief visits N. Korea's top univ.

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A U.S. delegation including Google Inc. Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt (2nd from R) visits Kim Il Sung University in Pyongyang, North Korea's top university, on Jan. 8, 2013, and saw students using the Internet with desktop computers. The private U.S. delegation is on a four-day visit to North Korea through Jan. 10.

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Google chief visits N. Korea's top univ.

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A U.S. delegation including Google Inc. Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt (far L) and former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson (2nd from L) visits Kim Il Sung University in Pyongyang, North Korea's top university, on Jan. 8, 2013, and saw students using the Internet with desktop computers. The private U.S. delegation is on a four-day visit to North Korea through Jan. 10.

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Google chief visits N. Korea's top univ.

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A U.S. delegation including Google Inc. Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt (L) and former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson (R) visits Kim Il Sung University in Pyongyang, North Korea's top university, on Jan. 8, 2013, and saw students using the Internet with desktop computers. The private U.S. delegation is on a four-day visit to North Korea through Jan. 10.

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Nikkei hits 22-month high

TOKYO, Japan - A signboard at a Tokyo office of money broker Gaitame.com Co. shows the closing level of Japan's Nikkei stock index on the afternoon of Jan. 4, 2013. It ended the day's session at 10,688.11, up 292.93 points from the previous session on Dec. 28 and its highest close since March 4, 2011. The U.S. dollar trading in the upper 87 yen range is also shown.

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Indigenous Ainu launch party

SAPPORO, Japan - Shiro Kayano (L), leader of the Ainu Party of Japan, speaks during a meeting in Ebetsu, Hokkaido, on Jan. 21, 2012, as members of the Ainu indigenous group, who primarily reside in Hokkaido, launch the party, aiming to field 10 candidates in the House of Councillors election in 2013. To the right is vice leader Shizue Ukaji.

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Indigenous Ainu launch party

SAPPORO, Japan - Shiro Kayano (2nd from L), leader of the Ainu Party of Japan, speaks during a meeting in Ebetsu, Hokkaido, on Jan. 21, 2012, as members of the Ainu indigenous group, who primarily reside in Hokkaido, launch the party, aiming to field 10 candidates in the House of Councillors election in 2013.

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Indigenous Ainu launch party

SAPPORO, Japan - Shiro Kayano (2nd from L), leader of the Ainu Party of Japan, speaks during a meeting in Ebetsu, Hokkaido, on Jan. 21, 2012, as members of the Ainu indigenous group, who primarily reside in Hokkaido, launch the party, aiming to field 10 candidates in the House of Councillors election in 2013. (Kyodo)

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Indigenous Ainu launch party

SAPPORO, Japan - Shiro Kayano (L), leader of the Ainu Party of Japan, speaks during a meeting in Ebetsu, Hokkaido, on Jan. 21, 2012, as members of the Ainu indigenous group, who primarily reside in Hokkaido, launch the party, aiming to field 10 candidates in the House of Councillors election in 2013. To the right is vice leader Shizue Ukaji. (Kyodo)

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Bike to Heaven memorial, Jan Bouchal, Kristof Kintera

The 14-metre high Bike to Heaven monument by Czech artist and sculptor Kristof Kintera, which commemorates Auto*Mat initiative co-founder Jan Bouchal and all cyclists killed on the streets of Prague, was unveiled on 2013 in the Holesovice district of Prague, Czech Republic, January 10, 2019. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

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Bike to Heaven memorial, Jan Bouchal, Kristof Kintera

The 14-metre high Bike to Heaven monument by Czech artist and sculptor Kristof Kintera, which commemorates Auto*Mat initiative co-founder Jan Bouchal and all cyclists killed on the streets of Prague, was unveiled on 2013 in the Holesovice district of Prague, Czech Republic, January 10, 2019. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

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Bike to Heaven memorial, Jan Bouchal, Kristof Kintera

The 14-metre high Bike to Heaven monument by Czech artist and sculptor Kristof Kintera, which commemorates Auto*Mat initiative co-founder Jan Bouchal and all cyclists killed on the streets of Prague, was unveiled on 2013 in the Holesovice district of Prague, Czech Republic, January 10, 2019. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

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Bike to Heaven memorial, Jan Bouchal, Kristof Kintera

The 14-metre high Bike to Heaven monument by Czech artist and sculptor Kristof Kintera, which commemorates Auto*Mat initiative co-founder Jan Bouchal and all cyclists killed on the streets of Prague, was unveiled on 2013 in the Holesovice district of Prague, Czech Republic, January 10, 2019. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

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Bike to Heaven memorial, Jan Bouchal, Kristof Kintera

The 14-metre high Bike to Heaven monument by Czech artist and sculptor Kristof Kintera, which commemorates Auto*Mat initiative co-founder Jan Bouchal and all cyclists killed on the streets of Prague, was unveiled on 2013 in the Holesovice district of Prague, Czech Republic, January 10, 2019. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

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Award-winning Japanese police dog to retire

Geruman, a 10-year-old police dog known as the first canine in Japan to be given the Award of the Commissioner-General of the National Police Agency for his contributions to solving crimes, is pictured Jan. 24, 2017 in Osaka with Takato Muguruma, a sergeant in Osaka prefectural police's identification unit. The German Shepherd's keen sense of smell led to the arrest of a man who kidnapped a young girl in 2013. Geruman is due to retire by the end of March and will go and live with a retired police officer. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo