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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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(ZhejiangPictorial)CHINA-ZHEJIANG-HUZHOU-XIAOXIJIE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL BLOCK (CN)

(240426) -- HUZHOU, April 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chef Cai Linrong (1st L) prepares local food for visitors at a New Year market at Xiaoxijie historical and cultural block in Huzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Jan. 13, 2024. The Xiaoxijie historical and cultural block, situated in the city center of Huzhou, boasts a rich history spanning over a millennium. Since 2013, the city of Huzhou has launched a protection and transformation project of the historical and cultural block, emphasizing the restoration of the unique features of Xiaoxijie and introducing modern industries on this basis. Today, cultural facilities such as art galleries and museums are opened in Xiaoxijie. Young entrepreneurs with dreams settled here to build cafes, pottery shops, custom jewelry shops, music studios, etc. The integration of traditional and modern elements has injected new vitality into the block. (Xinhua/Weng Xinyang)

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(ZhejiangPictorial)CHINA-ZHEJIANG-HUZHOU-XIAOXIJIE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL BLOCK (CN)

(240426) -- HUZHOU, April 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Entrepreneur Chen Xuejiao (3rd L) introduces her work at a New Year market at Xiaoxijie historical and cultural block in Huzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Jan. 13, 2024. The Xiaoxijie historical and cultural block, situated in the city center of Huzhou, boasts a rich history spanning over a millennium. Since 2013, the city of Huzhou has launched a protection and transformation project of the historical and cultural block, emphasizing the restoration of the unique features of Xiaoxijie and introducing modern industries on this basis. Today, cultural facilities such as art galleries and museums are opened in Xiaoxijie. Young entrepreneurs with dreams settled here to build cafes, pottery shops, custom jewelry shops, music studios, etc. The integration of traditional and modern elements has injected new vitality into the block. (Xinhua/Weng Xinyang)

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(ZhejiangPictorial)CHINA-ZHEJIANG-HUZHOU-XIAOXIJIE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL BLOCK (CN)

(240426) -- HUZHOU, April 26, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People watch a performance at Xiaoxijie historical and cultural block in Huzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Jan. 13, 2024. The Xiaoxijie historical and cultural block, situated in the city center of Huzhou, boasts a rich history spanning over a millennium. Since 2013, the city of Huzhou has launched a protection and transformation project of the historical and cultural block, emphasizing the restoration of the unique features of Xiaoxijie and introducing modern industries on this basis. Today, cultural facilities such as art galleries and museums are opened in Xiaoxijie. Young entrepreneurs with dreams settled here to build cafes, pottery shops, custom jewelry shops, music studios, etc. The integration of traditional and modern elements has injected new vitality into the block. (Xinhua/Weng Xinyang)

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(AmazingAnhui)CHINA-ANHUI-HEFEI-CHINA SPEECH VALLEY-ENTERPRISES (CN)

(240124) -- HEFEI, Jan. 24, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on March 13, 2019 shows the China Speech Valley in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province. China Speech Valley, located in the western suburbs of Hefei City, east China's Anhui Province, is China's first national-level industry base focusing on voice and AI. Founded in 2013, this base is now home to over 2,200 enterprises. iFLYTEK Co., Ltd. is the first enterprise settled in China Speech Valley. As a leading enterprise in China's intelligent voice industry, it has driven more and more relevant upstream and downstream enterprises to take root in Hefei. For years, from the initial voice synthesis and recognition to voice interaction, cognitive intelligence, and now the AI-powered large language model, iFLYTEK has continued to make breakthroughs in source technology innovation. Today, China Speech Valley, with iFLYTEK as its core, is actively embracing the new era of artificial general intelligence, in an effort to better address social

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CHINA-HUNAN-CHANGSHA-PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES-EMPLOYMENT SERVICE (CN)

(240115) -- CHANGSHA, Jan. 15, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Xie Xiangqian (2nd L) and Zhou Guomin (1st L), both members of the Shangshan Service Center for the Disabled, chat with villagers in Lianhuashan Village, Yuelu District of Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, Jan. 13, 2024. In 2013, a tragic fire left Xie Xiangqian with severe burns and physical disabilities. A year later, with the support of disabled persons federations, Xie founded the Shangshan Service Center for the Disabled in his hometown of Lianhuashan Village. The center has since become a hub for employment opportunities, offering jobs in electronic components processing, packaging, and various agricultural activities. Over the past decade, the Shangshan Service Center for the Disabled has not only provided agricultural training but also facilitated job placements for over 5,000 individuals with disabilities. Almost 200 of them have secured employment directly through the center. In recent years, Xie and fellow disabled individuals have exten

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CHINA-HUNAN-CHANGSHA-PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES-EMPLOYMENT SERVICE (CN)

(240115) -- CHANGSHA, Jan. 15, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Guo Weixin, a member of the Shangshan Service Center for the Disabled, cleans a henhouse in Lianhuashan Village, Yuelu District of Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, Jan. 13, 2024. In 2013, a tragic fire left Xie Xiangqian with severe burns and physical disabilities. A year later, with the support of disabled persons federations, Xie founded the Shangshan Service Center for the Disabled in his hometown of Lianhuashan Village. The center has since become a hub for employment opportunities, offering jobs in electronic components processing, packaging, and various agricultural activities. Over the past decade, the Shangshan Service Center for the Disabled has not only provided agricultural training but also facilitated job placements for over 5,000 individuals with disabilities. Almost 200 of them have secured employment directly through the center. In recent years, Xie and fellow disabled individuals have extended their impact to schools, sharing thei

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CHINA-HUNAN-CHANGSHA-PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES-EMPLOYMENT SERVICE (CN)

(240115) -- CHANGSHA, Jan. 15, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Guo Weixin (L) and Xie Huiqing, both members of the Shangshan Service Center for the Disabled, work on a farmland in Lianhuashan Village, Yuelu District of Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, Jan. 13, 2024. In 2013, a tragic fire left Xie Xiangqian with severe burns and physical disabilities. A year later, with the support of disabled persons federations, Xie founded the Shangshan Service Center for the Disabled in his hometown of Lianhuashan Village. The center has since become a hub for employment opportunities, offering jobs in electronic components processing, packaging, and various agricultural activities. Over the past decade, the Shangshan Service Center for the Disabled has not only provided agricultural training but also facilitated job placements for over 5,000 individuals with disabilities. Almost 200 of them have secured employment directly through the center. In recent years, Xie and fellow disabled individuals have extended their impact

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CHINA-HUNAN-CHANGSHA-PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES-EMPLOYMENT SERVICE (CN)

(240115) -- CHANGSHA, Jan. 15, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Zhou Guomin (R), a member of the Shangshan Service Center for the Disabled, practices calligraphy in Lianhuashan Village, Yuelu District of Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, Jan. 13, 2024. In 2013, a tragic fire left Xie Xiangqian with severe burns and physical disabilities. A year later, with the support of disabled persons federations, Xie founded the Shangshan Service Center for the Disabled in his hometown of Lianhuashan Village. The center has since become a hub for employment opportunities, offering jobs in electronic components processing, packaging, and various agricultural activities. Over the past decade, the Shangshan Service Center for the Disabled has not only provided agricultural training but also facilitated job placements for over 5,000 individuals with disabilities. Almost 200 of them have secured employment directly through the center. In recent years, Xie and fellow disabled individuals have extended their impact to schools, sha

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CHINA-HUNAN-CHANGSHA-PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES-EMPLOYMENT SERVICE (CN)

(240115) -- CHANGSHA, Jan. 15, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Qin Fang, a member of the Shangshan Service Center for the Disabled, processes coils at a workshop in Lianhuashan Village, Yuelu District of Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, Jan. 13, 2024. In 2013, a tragic fire left Xie Xiangqian with severe burns and physical disabilities. A year later, with the support of disabled persons federations, Xie founded the Shangshan Service Center for the Disabled in his hometown of Lianhuashan Village. The center has since become a hub for employment opportunities, offering jobs in electronic components processing, packaging, and various agricultural activities. Over the past decade, the Shangshan Service Center for the Disabled has not only provided agricultural training but also facilitated job placements for over 5,000 individuals with disabilities. Almost 200 of them have secured employment directly through the center. In recent years, Xie and fellow disabled individuals have extended their impact to schools, sh

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CHINA-HUNAN-CHANGSHA-PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES-EMPLOYMENT SERVICE (CN)

(240115) -- CHANGSHA, Jan. 15, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 13, 2024 shows a farmland of the Shangshan Service Center for the Disabled in Lianhuashan Village, Yuelu District of Changsha, central China's Hunan Province. In 2013, a tragic fire left Xie Xiangqian with severe burns and physical disabilities. A year later, with the support of disabled persons federations, Xie founded the Shangshan Service Center for the Disabled in his hometown of Lianhuashan Village. The center has since become a hub for employment opportunities, offering jobs in electronic components processing, packaging, and various agricultural activities. Over the past decade, the Shangshan Service Center for the Disabled has not only provided agricultural training but also facilitated job placements for over 5,000 individuals with disabilities. Almost 200 of them have secured employment directly through the center. In recent years, Xie and fellow disabled individuals have extended their impact to schools, shari

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U.S. should face up to its own police brutality, racism: Chinese FM spokesperson

STORY: U.S. should face up to its own police brutality, racism: Chinese FM spokesperson DATELINE: Jan. 31, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:00 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (Chinese/English interpretation): MAO NING, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE (Chinese/English interpretation): MAO NING, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson "With George Floyd's desperate plea 'I cannot breathe' still ringing in our ears, police brutality in the U.S. has claimed yet another victim. According to data released by Mapping Police Violence, a non-profit organization, U.S. police killed 1,186 people in 2022, which averaged to 3.2 per day, more than any other year since the record began in 2013. Black people were 26 percent of those killed despite being only 13 percent of the population. We often hear the words democracy, freedom and human rights from the lips of U.S. officials and see how these concepts are being used to justify U.S. interference in other countries' internal affair

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Michael Young retires from baseball

ARLINGTON, United States - Michael Young (L) announces his retirement as a pro baseball player during a press conference at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, on Jan. 31, 2014. Young played with the Texas Rangers for 13 years after his debut until moving to the Philadelphia Phillies in 2013. At right is Rangers manager Ron Washington.

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Michael Young retires from baseball

ARLINGTON, United States - Michael Young (2nd from L, back) poses for photos with his family and Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington (R, back) after announcing his retirement as a pro baseball player at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, on Jan. 31, 2014. Young played with the Texas Rangers for 13 years after his debut until moving to the Philadelphia Phillies in 2013.

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China's 2013 economic growth

BEIJING, China - Photo taken Jan. 13, 2014, shows a site where a high-rise building is being built in central Beijing, China. China said Jan. 20 that the country's economy grew 7.7 percent in 2013 from the previous year, exceeding the government's target of 7.5 percent.

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Nobel laureate Yamanaka

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) holds the medal for the 2012 Nobel Prize in medicine won by Shinya Yamanaka (L) at the premier's office in Tokyo on Jan. 13, 2013.

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Abe in Southeast Asia

BANGKOK, Thailand - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is about to board a government plane at an airport in Bangkok, Thailand, to head to Jakarta, Indonesia, on Jan. 13, 2013. Behind Abe is his wife Akie.

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Golf's Sony Open

HONOLULU, United States - Photo shows American Russell Henley, who set a tournament scoring record in his PGA debut on Jan. 13, 2013, at the Sony Open in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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Golf's Sony Open

HONOLULU, United States - American Russell Henley holds the winner's trophy on Jan. 13, 2013, after setting a tournament scoring record in his PGA debut to win the Sony Open in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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Takanashi earns 4th win of season

HINTERZARTEN, Germany - Japan's Sara Takanashi (R) is pictured after winning a women's ski jumping World Cup competition, her fourth World Cup victory of the season, in Hinterzarten, Germany, on Jan. 13, 2013. To the left is Sarah Hendrickson of the United States, who finished second.

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Taiwanese protest to gov't

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Su Tseng-chang (man wearing headband, 2nd from R front row), chairman of Taiwan's main opposition Democratic Progressive Party, and former DPP leader Tsai Ing-wen (4th from R in front row) take part in an antigovernment demonstration in Taipei on Jan. 13, 2013.

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U.N. governmental talks for treaty against mercury poisoning

GENEVA, Switzerland - Slides on Minamata disease in Japan are shown Jan. 13, 2013, during government-level talks at the United Nations that began the same day in Geneva to form a treaty to regulate mercury trading and help prevent environmental pollution and damage to health from the toxic substance.

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Takanashi earns 4th win of season

HINTERZARTEN, Germany - Japan's Sara Takanashi is pictured after winning a women's ski jumping World Cup competition, her fourth World Cup victory of the season, in Hinterzarten, Germany, on Jan. 13, 2013.

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Opening day of New Year sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Harumafuji (back) pushes komusubi Tochiozan out of the ring on Jan. 13, 2013, the opening day of the 2013 New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo.

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U.N. governmental talks for treaty against mercury poisoning

GENEVA, Switzerland - Government-level talks at the United Nations commence in Geneva on Jan. 13, 2013, to form a treaty to regulate mercury trading and help prevent environmental pollution and damage to health from the toxic substance.

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Former Defense Agency chief Kawara dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in September 2008 shows Tsutomu Kawara, the former director general of the Defense Agency. Kawara died of pneumonia on Jan. 13, 2013, at a hospital in Nanao, Ishikawa Prefecture. He was 75.

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U.N. governmental talks for treaty against mercury poisoning

GENEVA, Switzerland - The Japanese delegation (front) attends government-level talks on Jan. 13, 2013, at the United Nations that began the same day in Geneva to form a treaty to regulate mercury trading and help prevent environmental pollution and damage to health from the toxic substance.

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Opening day of New Year sumo

TOKYO, Japan - Yokozuna Hakuho (back) pushes down komusubi Shohozan on Jan. 13, 2013, the opening day of the 2013 New Year Grand Sumo Tournament at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo.

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Japanese Foreign Minister Kishida in Australia

SYDNEY, Australia - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (L) and Australian counterpart Bob Carr are pictured prior to their talks in Sydney on Jan. 13, 2013.

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Japanese Foreign Minister Kishida in Australia

SYDNEY, Australia - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (R) and Australian counterpart Bob Carr shake hands after holding a news conference following their talks in Sydney on Jan. 13, 2013.

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Japanese Foreign Minister Kishida in Australia

SYDNEY, Australia - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (R) and Australian counterpart Bob Carr hold a news conference after their talks in Sydney on Jan. 13, 2013.

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Japanese Foreign Minister Kishida in Australia

SYDNEY, Australia - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (far L) and Australian counterpart Bob Carr (far R) hold talks in Sydney on Jan. 13, 2013.

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Take wins record 3,500th career race

KYOTO, Japan - Japanese jockey Yutaka Take acknowledges cheers from spectators after steering Curren Che Carina to victory in the fifth race of a meet at Kyoto Racecourse in Kyoto on Jan. 13, 2013, winning a record 3,500th Japan Racing Association career race.

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Take wins record 3,500th career race

KYOTO, Japan - Japanese jockey Yutaka Take holds flowers after steering Curren Che Carina to victory in the fifth race of a meet at Kyoto Racecourse in Kyoto on Jan. 13, 2013, winning a record 3,500th Japan Racing Association career race.

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Take wins record 3,500th career race

KYOTO, Japan - Japanese jockey Yutaka Take acknowledges cheers from spectators after steering Curren Che Carina to victory in the fifth race of a meet at Kyoto Racecourse in Kyoto on Jan. 13, 2013, winning a record 3,500th Japan Racing Association career race.

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Take wins record 3,500th career race

KYOTO, Japan - Curren Che Carina (L), ridden by Japanese jockey Yutaka Take, gallops in the fifth race of a meet at Kyoto Racecourse in Kyoto on Jan. 13, 2013. Take steered the horse to victory in the race, winning a record 3,500th Japan Racing Association career race.

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Abe visits Meiji Shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) shakes hands with a girl at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo on Jan. 13, 2013. Abe became the first prime minister to visit the Shinto shrine with strong imperial connections since January 2007, when he offered prayers during his previous stint as premier.

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Archery event at Kyoto temple

KYOTO, Japan - Young women who are or will turn 20 years old as of April 1 wearing traditional attire take aim in the "Toshiya" archery event at Sanjusangendo temple in Kyoto on Jan. 13, 2013. Around 1,500 people from across the country, including those celebrating their coming of age, took part in the event.

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Abe visits Meiji Shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe signs a book at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo on Jan. 13, 2013. Abe became the first prime minister to visit the Shinto shrine with strong imperial connections since January 2007, when he offered prayers during his previous stint as premier.

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Coming-of-age ceremony in disaster-hit northeast

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Young men and women offer silent prayers during a ceremony on Jan. 13, 2013, in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, which was devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, ahead of the Coming-of-Age Day national holiday on Jan. 14.

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Abe visits Meiji Shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from L) waves to visitors at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo on Jan. 13, 2013. Abe became the first prime minister to visit the Shinto shrine with strong imperial connections since January 2007, when he offered prayers during his previous stint as premier. His wife Akie (3rd from L) accompanied him.

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Abe visits Meiji Shrine

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe waves to visitors at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo on Jan. 13, 2013. Abe became the first prime minister to visit the Shinto shrine with strong imperial connections since January 2007, when he offered prayers during his previous stint as premier. To the left is his wife Akie.

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Archery event at Kyoto temple

KYOTO, Japan - Young women who are or will turn 20 years old as of April 1 wearing traditional attire take aim in the "Toshiya" archery event at Sanjusangendo temple in Kyoto on Jan. 13, 2013. Around 1,500 people from across the country, including those celebrating their coming of age, took part in the event.

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Take wins record 3,500th career race

OSAKA, Japan - File photo shows Japanese jockey Yutaka Take. Take steered Curren Che Carina to victory in the fifth race of a meet at Kyoto Racecourse in Kyoto on Jan. 13, 2013, winning a record 3,500th Japan Racing Association career race.

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Archery event at Kyoto temple

KYOTO, Japan - Young women who are or will turn 20 years old as of April 1 wearing traditional attire take aim in the "Toshiya" archery event at Sanjusangendo temple in Kyoto on Jan. 13, 2013. Around 1,500 people from across the country, including those celebrating their coming of age, took part in the event.

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IAEA chief in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Yukiya Amano speaks during a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 13, 2013.

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Suntory finish regular season unbeaten

KOBE, Japan - Hirotoki Onozawa of the Suntory Sungoliath scores a try against the Kobe Kobelco Steelers in the first half of a rugby Top League game at Home's Stadium Kobe in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, on Jan. 6, 2013. As the regular season drew to a close, Suntory, already assured of top spot and No. 1 seeding for the playoffs, made it 13 wins from as many games as they downed Kobe 43-29.

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Nippon Sport Science wins Tokyo-Hakone ekiden

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Sport Science University anchor Yuichi Taninaga crosses the finishing line in Tokyo's Otemachi business district on Jan. 3, 2013. Nippon Sport Science won the annual collegiate ekiden road relay -- a two-day, 217.9-kilometer round trip between Otemachi and the spa resort of Hakone in Kanagawa Prefecture -- for the first time in 30 years in a time of 11 hours, 13 minutes, 26 seconds for its 10th overall title.

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Nippon Sport Science wins Tokyo-Hakone ekiden

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Sport Science University anchor Yuichi Taninaga celebrates after crossing the finishing line in Tokyo's Otemachi business district on Jan. 3, 2013. Nippon Sport Science won the annual collegiate ekiden road relay -- a two-day, 217.9-kilometer round trip between Otemachi and the spa resort of Hakone in Kanagawa Prefecture -- for the first time in 30 years in a time of 11 hours, 13 minutes, 26 seconds for its 10th overall title.

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Nippon Sport Science wins Tokyo-Hakone ekiden

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Sport Science University anchor Yuichi Taninaga celebrates after crossing the finishing line in Tokyo's Otemachi business district on Jan. 3, 2013. Nippon Sport Science won the annual collegiate ekiden road relay -- a two-day, 217.9-kilometer round trip between Otemachi and the spa resort of Hakone in Kanagawa Prefecture -- for the first time in 30 years in a time of 11 hours, 13 minutes, 26 seconds for its 10th overall title.