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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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(SP)CHINA-JILIN-WINTER SPORTS-SKIING(CN)

(230324) -- CHANGCHUN, March 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Jan. 11, 2018 shows rime scenery near Songhua River, in Jilin City, northeast China's Jilin Province. Famous for its long snow season and powder snow, Changbai Mountain in Jilin province has long been an ideal place for skiing. It has become a major destination for ski enthusiasts all over China, thanks to the soaring interest in winter sports fueled by Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. Nowadays, Jilin witnesses considerable growth in winter sports economy, as well as real changes to local people's lives. (Xinhua/Xu Chang)

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Chinese company helps Nepal's hydropower project achieve major progress in construction

STORY: Chinese company helps Nepal's hydropower project achieve major progress in construction DATELINE: Jan. 19, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:32 LOCATION: Kathmandu CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1 various of the tailrace tunnel of the Tanahu hydropower project 2 SOUNDBITE (Chinese): HUANG JIWEN, Deputy project manager 3 various of the construction site STORYLINE: The concrete lining construction for the tailrace tunnel of the Tanahu hydropower project in central Nepal was completed on Wednesday, laying a solid foundation for subsequent construction. The tailrace tunnel runs 210 meters, with an 8.44 percent design slope. The Tanahu hydropower project, located on the Seti River, will use a high-altitude dam to generate electricity with a total capacity of 146.4 megawatts. Section 2 of the project for water diversion and power generation systems and permanent engineering equipment was contracted by PowerChina Sinohydro Bureau 11 Co., Ltd. in October 2018. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): HUANG JIWEN, Deputy project manager "A

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Canoeing: Kayak drug-test scandal in Japan

KOMATSU, Japan, Jan. 12 Kyodo - Japanese kayaker Seiji Komatsu speaks to reporters in Komatsu, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Jan. 11, 2018, after he received encouragement from Japan Canoe Federation President Shoken Narita. Komatsu failed a doping test after fellow kayaker Yasuhiro Suzuki spiked his drink with an anabolic steroid at the national canoe sprint championships in September 2017.

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Canoeing: Kayak drug-test scandal in Japan

KOMATSU, Japan, Jan. 12 Kyodo - Japanese kayaker Seiji Komatsu (L) receives encouragement from Japan Canoe Federation President Shoken Narita, as they shake hands in Komatsu, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Jan. 11, 2018. Komatsu failed a doping test after fellow kayaker Yasuhiro Suzuki spiked his drink with an anabolic steroid at the national canoe sprint championships in September 2017.

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Pyeongchang Olympics

GANGNEUNG, South Korea, Jan. 11 Kyodo - Students take a selfie in front of a display of the Olympic rings set up at Gangneung Station in South Korea on Jan. 9, 2018, a month ahead of the start of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Guangneung city will be the venue for the indoor sports of the Winter Games.

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Pyeongchang Olympics

GANGNEUNG, South Korea, Jan. 11 Kyodo - Women take a selfie in front of a display of the Olympic rings set up at Gangneung Station in South Korea on Jan. 9, 2018, a month ahead of the start of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Guangneung city will be the venue for the indoor sports of the Winter Games.

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Pyeongchang Olympics

GANGNEUNG, South Korea, Jan. 11 Kyodo - A woman stands in front of a display of the Olympic rings set up on the beach of Gangneung, South Korea, before sunrise on Jan. 9, 2018, a month ahead of the start of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Guangneung city will be the venue for the indoor sports of the Winter Games.

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Freestyle skiing

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 9 Kyodo - Photo taken Feb. 11, 2017, shows Mikael Kingsbury of Canada, who won the men's moguls at a freestyle skiing World Cup event in Pyeongchang. The competition was also a test event for the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics.

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Japanese TPP minister Motegi

Japan's Trans-Pacific Partnership minister Toshimitsu Motegi speaks during a press conference Jan. 23, 2018, in Tokyo after the 11 TPP member nations agreed to sign a new pact. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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FEATURE: Japanese photographer brings "cinema stars" to Africa

Musician Gen Nagahara demonstrates the djembe for fifth- and sixth-graders gathered at Toyotama Minami Elementary School in Tokyo's Nerima Ward on Jan. 13, 2018. Fifth-grader Dabide Denishi, 11, was selected to play the percussion instrument in front of the class. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yamanashi ex-semiconductor plant gets 2nd life as cutting-edge winery

A worker at a former semiconductor plant which has made a fresh start as a winery in Yamanashi, Japan's main wine-producing region, indicates towards the winery's clean room in Koshu on Jan. 11, 2018. The room, an area free of dust and other contaminants, is used for wine fermentation, bottling and storage. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese murder suspect arrested in Thailand

Shigeharu Shirai (standing), a 74-year-old Japanese man wanted for his suspected involvement in the 2003 murder of a senior crime syndicate member in Japan, is questioned at a police station in Lopburi province, central Thailand, on Jan. 11, 2018, a day after Thai police arrested him. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese murder suspect arrested in Thailand

Shigeharu Shirai (front, 2nd from R), a 74-year-old Japanese man wanted for his suspected involvement in the 2003 murder of a senior crime syndicate member in Japan, is pictured in Lopburi province, central Thailand, on Jan. 11, 2018, a day after Thai police arrested him. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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CORRECTED: Canoeing: Kayak drug-test scandal in Japan

Japanese kayaker Seiji Komatsu (L) receives encouragement from Japan Canoe Federation President Shoken Narita, as they shake hands in Komatsu, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Jan. 11, 2018. Komatsu failed a doping test after fellow kayaker Yasuhiro Suzuki spiked his drink with an anabolic steroid at the national canoe sprint championships in September 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Canoeing: Kayak drug-test scandal in Japan

Japanese kayaker Yasuhiro Suzuki speaks to reporters in Komatsu, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Jan. 11, 2018, after he received encouragement from Japan Canoe Federation President Shoken Narita. Komatsu failed a doping test after fellow kayaker Yasuhiro Suzuki spiked his drink with an anabolic steroid at the national canoe sprint championships in September 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Snowboarding: Men's halfpipe at World Cup event

Taku Hiraoka of Japan competes in the men's snowboarding halfpipe qualification round at a World Cup event in Snowmass, Colorado, on Jan. 11, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Skiing: Horishima in men's moguls at World Cup event

Japanese freestyle skier Ikuma Horishima competes in his second run in the men's final of a World Cup moguls event in Deer Valley, Utah, on Jan. 11, 2018. Horishima finished fourth. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Juhamatti Aaltonen, Jan Kovar

L-R Juhamatti Aaltonen (Skelleftea) and Jan Kovar (Plzen) in action during the ice hockey Champions League playoff quarterfinal second leg game HC Skoda Plzen vs Skelleftea AIK, played in Pilsen, Czech Republic, on Tuesday, December 11, 2018. (CTK Photo/Miroslav Chaloupka)

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Jan Kovar, Dominik Frodl, Oscar Moller

L-R Jan Kovar and goalkeeper Dominik Frodl (Plzen) and Oscar Moller (Skelleftea) in action during the ice hockey Champions League playoff quarterfinal second leg game HC Skoda Plzen vs Skelleftea AIK, played in Pilsen, Czech Republic, on Tuesday, December 11, 2018. (CTK Photo/Miroslav Chaloupka)

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Pilsen players celebrate goal

Pilsen players (Jan Kovar) celebrate goal in the ice hockey Champions League playoff quarterfinal second leg game HC Skoda Plzen vs Skelleftea AIK, played in Pilsen, Czech Republic, on Tuesday, December 11, 2018. (CTK Photo/Miroslav Chaloupka)

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Jan Kolar

Czech player Jan Kolar attends the training of Czech national ice-hockey team prior to Karjala tournament in Prague, Czech Republic, November 5, 2018. The Euro Hockey Tour series' Karjala tournament to be held in Prague and Helsinki on November 8-11. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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Dominik Kubalik, Roman Horak

Four newcomers, Jan Stencel, Radim Zohorna, Radovan Pavlik and Patrik Zdrahal, are in the Czech national ice-hockey team's roster for the Euro Hockey Tour series' Karjala tournament to be held in Prague and Helsinki on November 8-11, new coach Milos Riha announced in Prague, Czech Republic, November 5, 2018. Hockey players Dominik Kubalik, Roman Horak (pictured) come to the training session. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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David Tomasek

Four newcomers, Jan Stencel, Radim Zohorna, Radovan Pavlik and Patrik Zdrahal, are in the Czech national ice-hockey team's roster for the Euro Hockey Tour series' Karjala tournament to be held in Prague and Helsinki on November 8-11, new coach Milos Riha announced in Prague, Czech Republic, November 5, 2018. Hockey player David Tomasek (pictured) comes to the training session. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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Dominik Kubalik

Four newcomers, Jan Stencel, Radim Zohorna, Radovan Pavlik and Patrik Zdrahal, are in the Czech national ice-hockey team's roster for the Euro Hockey Tour series' Karjala tournament to be held in Prague and Helsinki on November 8-11, new coach Milos Riha announced in Prague, Czech Republic, November 5, 2018. Hockey player Dominik Kubalik (pictured) comes to the training session. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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PETR ZAMORSKY, RADOVAN PAVLIK

Four newcomers, Jan Stencel, Radim Zohorna, Radovan Pavlik and Patrik Zdrahal, are in the Czech national ice-hockey team's roster for the Euro Hockey Tour series' Karjala tournament to be held in Prague and Helsinki on November 8-11, new coach Milos Riha announced in Prague, Czech Republic, November 5, 2018. Hockey players L-R PETR ZAMORSKY, RADOVAN PAVLIK (pictured) comes to the training session. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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Jakub Kovar

Four newcomers, Jan Stencel, Radim Zohorna, Radovan Pavlik and Patrik Zdrahal, are in the Czech national ice-hockey team's roster for the Euro Hockey Tour series' Karjala tournament to be held in Prague and Helsinki on November 8-11, new coach Milos Riha announced in Prague, Czech Republic, November 5, 2018. Hockey player Jakub Kovar (pictured) comes to the training session. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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Milos Riha

Four newcomers, Jan Stencel, Radim Zohorna, Radovan Pavlik and Patrik Zdrahal, are in the Czech national ice-hockey team's roster for the Euro Hockey Tour series' Karjala tournament to be held in Prague and Helsinki on November 8-11, new coach Milos Riha (pictured) announced in Prague, Czech Republic, November 5, 2018. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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MICHAL JORDAN, PATRIK BARTOSAK, PATRIK ZDRAHAL

Four newcomers, Jan Stencel, Radim Zohorna, Radovan Pavlik and Patrik Zdrahal, are in the Czech national ice-hockey team's roster for the Euro Hockey Tour series' Karjala tournament to be held in Prague and Helsinki on November 8-11, new coach Milos Riha announced in Prague, Czech Republic, November 5, 2018. Hockey players L-R MICHAL JORDAN, PATRIK BARTOSAK, PATRIK ZDRAHAL (pictured) come to the training session. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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Jan Kolar

Four newcomers, Jan Stencel, Radim Zohorna, Radovan Pavlik and Patrik Zdrahal, are in the Czech national ice-hockey team's roster for the Euro Hockey Tour series' Karjala tournament to be held in Prague and Helsinki on November 8-11, new coach Milos Riha announced in Prague, Czech Republic, November 5, 2018. Hockey player Jan Kolar (pictured) comes to the training session. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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Jakub Krejcik

Four newcomers, Jan Stencel, Radim Zohorna, Radovan Pavlik and Patrik Zdrahal, are in the Czech national ice-hockey team's roster for the Euro Hockey Tour series' Karjala tournament to be held in Prague and Helsinki on November 8-11, new coach Milos Riha announced in Prague, Czech Republic, November 5, 2018. Hockey player Jakub Krejcik (pictured) comes to the training session. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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MILAN DOUDERA

Four newcomers, Jan Stencel, Radim Zohorna, Radovan Pavlik and Patrik Zdrahal, are in the Czech national ice-hockey team's roster for the Euro Hockey Tour series' Karjala tournament to be held in Prague and Helsinki on November 8-11, new coach Milos Riha announced in Prague, Czech Republic, November 5, 2018. Hockey player MILAN DOUDERA (pictured) comes to the training session. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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SIMON HRUBEC, DAVID MUSIL

Four newcomers, Jan Stencel, Radim Zohorna, Radovan Pavlik and Patrik Zdrahal, are in the Czech national ice-hockey team's roster for the Euro Hockey Tour series' Karjala tournament to be held in Prague and Helsinki on November 8-11, new coach Milos Riha announced in Prague, Czech Republic, November 5, 2018. Hockey players L-R SIMON HRUBEC, DAVID MUSIL (pictured) come to the training session. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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Hynek Zohorna

Four newcomers, Jan Stencel, Radim Zohorna (pictured), Radovan Pavlik and Patrik Zdrahal, are in the Czech national ice-hockey team's roster for the Euro Hockey Tour series' Karjala tournament to be held in Prague and Helsinki on November 8-11, new coach Milos Riha announced in Prague, Czech Republic, November 5, 2018. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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RADAN LENC

Four newcomers, Jan Stencel, Radim Zohorna, Radovan Pavlik and Patrik Zdrahal, are in the Czech national ice-hockey team's roster for the Euro Hockey Tour series' Karjala tournament to be held in Prague and Helsinki on November 8-11, new coach Milos Riha announced in Prague, Czech Republic, November 5, 2018. Hockey player Radan Lenc (pictured) comes to the training session. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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Football: Thailand coach Akira Nishino

Thailand national football team coach Akira Nishino gives instructions to his players during a Group A match in the AFC U-23 Championship against Australia on Jan. 11, 2020, in Bangkok. Nishino as coach led Japan to the round of 16 at the 2018 World Cup in Russia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chinese ambassador to Japan Cheng Yonghua

Photo taken Jan. 11, 2018, shows Chinese Ambassador to Japan Cheng Yonghua at the Japanese Foreign Ministry in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Red-crowned cranes in northern Japan

Red-crowned cranes, designated as a Japanese special national treasure, are seen at a dairy farm in Tsurui, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Jan. 11, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Red-crowned cranes in northern Japan

Red-crowned cranes, designated as a Japanese special national treasure, are seen at a dairy farm in Tsurui, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Jan. 11, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Su Tseng-chang appointed as Taiwan's new premier

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen (C) shakes hands with outgoing Premier William Lai (L) and Premier-designate Su Tseng-chang at the presidential office in Taipei on Jan. 11, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Olympics

Sven Kramer (C) of the Netherlands poses for photos after winning the men's 5,000-meter speed skating at the Pyeongchang Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, on Feb. 11, 2018, with runner-up Ted-Jan Bloemen of Canada (L) and third-place Sverre Lunde Pedersen of Norway. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Woman sues Japan gov't over forced sterilization under eugenics law

Lawyers and other representatives of a woman seeking damages from the Japanese government over her forced sterilization under a now-defunct eugenic protection law meet the press in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, in northeastern Japan, on Jan. 30, 2018. The woman, in her 60s, filed a lawsuit seeking 11 million yen ($101,000) in damages and an apology from the state. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Woman sues Japan gov't over forced sterilization under eugenics law

The sister-in-law of a woman who is seeking damages from the Japanese government over her forced sterilization under the now-defunct eugenic protection law meets the press in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan on Jan. 30, 2018 after the woman filed a lawsuit with a local court earlier in the day. The woman, in her 60s, demanded 11 million yen ($101,000) in damages and an apology from the state over her forced sterilization when she was a teenager under the 1948 law. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Woman sues Japan gov't over forced sterilization under eugenics law

The sister-in-law of a woman who is seeking damages from the Japanese government over her forced sterilization under the now-defunct eugenic protection law meets the press in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan on Jan. 30, 2018 after the woman filed a lawsuit with a local court earlier in the day. The woman, in her 60s, demanded 11 million yen ($101,000) in damages and an apology from the state over her forced sterilization when she was a teenager under the 1948 law. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Woman sues Japan gov't over forced sterilization under eugenics law

The sister-in-law (C) of a woman who is seeking damages from the Japanese government over her forced sterilization under the now-defunct eugenic protection law meets the press in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan on Jan. 30, 2018 after the woman filed a lawsuit with a local court earlier in the day. The woman, in her 60s, demanded 11 million yen ($101,000) in damages and an apology from the state over her forced sterilization when she was a teenager under the 1948 law. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Woman sues Japan gov't over forced sterilization under eugenics law

Lawyers and other people representing a woman who is seeking damages from the Japanese government over her forced sterilization under the now-defunct eugenic protection law walk toward the Sendai District Court in Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan on Jan. 30, 2018. The woman, in her 60s, filed a lawsuit with the district court later in the day, seeking 11 million yen ($101,000) in damages and an apology from the state over her forced sterilization when she was a teenager under the 1948 law. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Woman sues Japan gov't over forced sterilization under eugenics law

Lawyers and other people representing a woman who is seeking damages from the Japanese government over her forced sterilization under the now-defunct eugenic protection law walk toward the Sendai District Court in Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan on Jan. 30, 2018. The woman, in her 60s, filed a lawsuit with the district court later in the day, seeking 11 million yen ($101,000) in damages and an apology from the state over her forced sterilization when she was a teenager under the 1948 law. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. base construction in Okinawa

Drone photo taken Jan. 11, 2018, shows the construction site in the Henoko coastal area in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, to where the U.S. Marine Corps' Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, also in Okinawa, is scheduled to be relocated. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S. base construction in Okinawa

Drone photo taken Jan. 11, 2018, shows the construction site in the Henoko coastal area in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, to where the U.S. Marine Corps' Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, also in Okinawa, is scheduled to be relocated. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Slopes reopen at ski resort near volcanic eruption

Skiers take a ski lift at Kusatsu Kokusai Ski Resort in Gunma Prefecture on Jan. 27, 2018, as the Aobayama slopes at the resort reopened the same day. Nearby Mt. Moto-Shirane erupted on Jan. 23, killing a Ground Self-Defense Force sergeant major training at the resort and injuring 11 skiers.(Kyodo) ==Kyodo