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.

Robot, drone safeguard power supply amid heavy snow in C China

STORY: Robot, drone safeguard power supply amid heavy snow in C China SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 21 & 22, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 24, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:51 LOCATION: CHANGSHA, China CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of staff arranging the drone's operation 2. various of drone placing the robot on the line 3. various of the robot deicing the power line STORYLINE: Heavy snow swept through most parts of central China's Hunan Province on Monday. To ensure power supply amid extreme weather, a drone and a smart deicing robot were adopted in the maintenance work. The drone, acting as a transporter, accurately placed the robot on the power line. It then took only about 5 minutes for the robot to remove the ice on a section of power line that is over 200 meters long. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Changsha, China. (XHTV)

Tanaka, Nogami clash over ban of NGOs from conference

Tanaka, Nogami clash over ban of NGOs from conference

TOKYO, Japan - Vice Foreign Minister Yoshiji Nogami, speaking at a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 24, denies Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka's statement Nogami told her influential lawmaker Muneo Suzuki had pressured the ministry to bar two nongovernmental organizations from Jan. 21-22 conference on reconstruction of Afghanistan in Tokyo.

Tanaka says LDP's Suzuki wanted to bar NGOs from donor meeting

Tanaka says LDP's Suzuki wanted to bar NGOs from donor meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka (L) tells a House of Representatives Budget Committee session Jan. 24 that Muneo Suzuki, an influential member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, pressured the Foreign Ministry to bar two nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) from a Tokyo donor conference on Afghan reconstruction held Jan. 21-22.

Japan's special envoy Ogata meets with Karzai

Japan's special envoy Ogata meets with Karzai

KABUL, Afghanistan - Japan's special envoy Sadako Ogata (L) and Afghan interim government chief Hamid Karzai shake hands after their talks in Kabul on Jan. 10. Karzai told Ogata Afghanistan will seek international assistance for establishing solid administrative functions at a forum on the reconstruction of Afghanistan to be held in Tokyo on Jan. 21-22.

Ogata meets with Brahimi in Kabul

Ogata meets with Brahimi in Kabul

KABUL, Afghanistan - Japan's special envoy on Afghan affairs Sadako Ogata (R) shakes hands with U.N. special envoy for Afghanistan Lakhdar Brahimi in Kabul on Jan. 9 before their talks on Afghan's reconstruction. Ogata, former U.N. high commissioner for refugees, is in Afghanistan on a fact-finding mission aimed at laying the ground for a forum on Afghanistan's reconstruction to be held in Tokyo on Jan. 21-22.

Japan's special envoy Ogata arrives in Afghanistan

Japan's special envoy Ogata arrives in Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan - Japan's special envoy on Afghan affairs Sadako Ogata talks to people at a camp for returning Afghan evacuees on Shomali plains near Bagram air base north of the capital Kabul on Jan. 9. The formerly U.N. high commissioner for refugees on a fact-finding mission aimed at laying the ground for a forum on Afghanistan's reconstruction to be held in Tokyo Jan. 21-22.

Japan's special envoy Ogata meets with Karzai

Japan's special envoy Ogata meets with Karzai

KABUL, Afghanistan - Japan's special envoy Sadako Ogata (L) and Afghan interim government chief Hamid Karzai shake hands after their talks in Kabul on Jan. 10. Karzai told Ogata Afghanistan will seek international assistance for establishing solid administrative functions at a forum on the reconstruction of Afghanistan to be held in Tokyo on Jan. 21-22.

Tanaka, Nogami clash over ban of NGOs from conference

Tanaka, Nogami clash over ban of NGOs from conference

TOKYO, Japan - Vice Foreign Minister Yoshiji Nogami, speaking at a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on Jan. 24, denies Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka's statement Nogami told her influential lawmaker Muneo Suzuki had pressured the ministry to bar two nongovernmental organizations from Jan. 21-22 conference on reconstruction of Afghanistan in Tokyo.

Tanaka says LDP's Suzuki wanted to bar NGOs from donor meeting

Tanaka says LDP's Suzuki wanted to bar NGOs from donor meeting

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka (L) tells a House of Representatives Budget Committee session Jan. 24 that Muneo Suzuki, an influential member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, pressured the Foreign Ministry to bar two nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) from a Tokyo donor conference on Afghan reconstruction held Jan. 21-22.

Ogata meets with Brahimi in Kabul

Ogata meets with Brahimi in Kabul

KABUL, Afghanistan - Japan's special envoy on Afghan affairs Sadako Ogata (R) shakes hands with U.N. special envoy for Afghanistan Lakhdar Brahimi in Kabul on Jan. 9 before their talks on Afghan's reconstruction. Ogata, former U.N. high commissioner for refugees, is in Afghanistan on a fact-finding mission aimed at laying the ground for a forum on Afghanistan's reconstruction to be held in Tokyo on Jan. 21-22.