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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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King Felipe Receives The Book Felipe Vi 2014 2024: Profiles Of A Decade - Madrid

King Felipe VI waits to receive in audience the book 'Felipe VI 2014 2024: Profiles of a Decade', at La Zarzuela Palace, on July 1, 2025, in Madrid (Spain). The Royal Academy of History, the Permanent Deputation and Council of the Greatness of Spain and Titles of the Kingdom together with other institutions have participated in the creation of two projects, a photographic exhibition and the book 'Felipe VI 2014 2024: Profiles of a Decade', to commemorate the first 10 years of the reign of Felipe VI. Photo by Diego Radames/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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King Felipe Receives The Book Felipe Vi 2014 2024: Profiles Of A Decade - Madrid

King Felipe VI (c) and the director of the Royal Academy of History, Carmen Iglesias, during the reception of the book 'Felipe VI 2014 2024: Profiles of a Decade', at La Zarzuela Palace, July 1, 2025, in Madrid (Spain). The Royal Academy of History, the Permanent Deputation and Council of the Greatness of Spain and Titles of the Kingdom together with other institutions have participated in the creation of two projects, a photographic exhibition and the book 'Felipe VI 2014 2024: Profiles of a Decade', to commemorate the first 10 years of the reign of Felipe VI. Photo by Diego Radames/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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King Felipe Receives The Book Felipe Vi 2014 2024: Profiles Of A Decade - Madrid

King Felipe VI receives the director of the Royal Academy of History, Carmen Iglesias, during the reception of the book 'Felipe VI 2014 2024: Profiles of a Decade', at the Palace of La Zarzuela, on July 1, 2025, in Madrid (Spain). The Royal Academy of History, the Permanent Deputation and Council of the Greatness of Spain and Titles of the Kingdom together with other institutions have participated in the creation of two projects, a photographic exhibition and the book 'Felipe VI 2014 2024: Profiles of a Decade', to commemorate the first 10 years of the reign of Felipe VI. Photo by Diego Radames/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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King Felipe Receives The Book Felipe Vi 2014 2024: Profiles Of A Decade - Madrid

King Felipe (l), greets a man during the reception of the book 'Felipe VI 2014 2024: Profiles of a Decade', at La Zarzuela Palace, July 1, 2025, in Madrid (Spain). The Royal Academy of History, the Permanent Deputation and Council of the Greatness of Spain and Titles of the Kingdom along with other institutions have participated in the creation of two projects, a photographic exhibition and the book 'Felipe VI 2014 2024: Profiles of a Decade', to commemorate the first 10 years of the reign of Felipe VI. Photo by Diego Radames/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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King Felipe Receives The Book Felipe Vi 2014 2024: Profiles Of A Decade - Madrid

King Felipe VI and the director of the Royal Academy of History, Carmen Iglesias, during the reception of the book 'Felipe VI 2014 2024: Profiles of a Decade', at La Zarzuela Palace, July 1, 2025, in Madrid (Spain). The Royal Academy of History, the Permanent Deputation and Council of the Greatness of Spain and Titles of the Kingdom together with other institutions have participated in the creation of two projects, a photographic exhibition and the book 'Felipe VI 2014 2024: Profiles of a Decade', to commemorate the first 10 years of the reign of Felipe VI. Photo by Diego Radames/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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King Felipe Receives The Book Felipe Vi 2014 2024: Profiles Of A Decade - Madrid

King Felipe VI waits to receive in audience the book 'Felipe VI 2014 2024: Profiles of a Decade', at La Zarzuela Palace, on July 1, 2025, in Madrid (Spain). The Royal Academy of History, the Permanent Deputation and Council of the Greatness of Spain and Titles of the Kingdom together with other institutions have participated in the creation of two projects, a photographic exhibition and the book 'Felipe VI 2014 2024: Profiles of a Decade', to commemorate the first 10 years of the reign of Felipe VI. Photo by Diego Radames/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Alstom To Cut 1500 Jobs

File photo dated April 28, 2014 shows French engineering group Alstom's headquarters in Levallois-Perret, near Paris, France. On Wednesday, November 15, the Group announced a net income of just € 1 million for the first half of its new financial year (April 2023 to March 2024). Management has announced two major changes. First, at the close of the Annual General Meeting in July 2024, former Safran CEO Philippe Petitcolin will become Chairman and current CEO Henri Poupart-Lafarge will become Managing Director. The second change is a cost-cutting strategy to turn around the balance sheet that will see the elimination of 1,500 full-time equivalent jobs "or 10 % of sales and administrative functions." Photo by Thierry Orban/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Alstom To Cut 1500 Jobs

File photo dated April 28, 2014 shows French engineering group Alstom's headquarters in Levallois-Perret, near Paris, France. On Wednesday, November 15, the Group announced a net income of just € 1 million for the first half of its new financial year (April 2023 to March 2024). Management has announced two major changes. First, at the close of the Annual General Meeting in July 2024, former Safran CEO Philippe Petitcolin will become Chairman and current CEO Henri Poupart-Lafarge will become Managing Director. The second change is a cost-cutting strategy to turn around the balance sheet that will see the elimination of 1,500 full-time equivalent jobs "or 10 % of sales and administrative functions." Photo by Thierry Orban/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Alstom To Cut 1500 Jobs

File photo dated April 28, 2014 shows French engineering group Alstom's headquarters in Levallois-Perret, near Paris, France. On Wednesday, November 15, the Group announced a net income of just € 1 million for the first half of its new financial year (April 2023 to March 2024). Management has announced two major changes. First, at the close of the Annual General Meeting in July 2024, former Safran CEO Philippe Petitcolin will become Chairman and current CEO Henri Poupart-Lafarge will become Managing Director. The second change is a cost-cutting strategy to turn around the balance sheet that will see the elimination of 1,500 full-time equivalent jobs "or 10 % of sales and administrative functions." Photo by Thierry Orban/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Alstom To Cut 1500 Jobs

File photo dated April 28, 2014 shows French engineering group Alstom's headquarters in Levallois-Perret, near Paris, France. On Wednesday, November 15, the Group announced a net income of just € 1 million for the first half of its new financial year (April 2023 to March 2024). Management has announced two major changes. First, at the close of the Annual General Meeting in July 2024, former Safran CEO Philippe Petitcolin will become Chairman and current CEO Henri Poupart-Lafarge will become Managing Director. The second change is a cost-cutting strategy to turn around the balance sheet that will see the elimination of 1,500 full-time equivalent jobs "or 10 % of sales and administrative functions." Photo by Thierry Orban/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Discovering Tibet with FPV drone: Well-preserved ancient village

STORY: Discovering Tibet with FPV drone: Well-preserved ancient village DATELINE: July 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:42 LOCATION: LHASA, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various drone views of the Conggo Village in Nyingchi City, southwest China's Tibet STORYLINE: Nestled in the mountains of Nyingchi City of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, the Conggo Village stands as the most completely preserved ancient settlement of Gongbo culture. The village was listed as China's Famous Historic and Cultural Village in 2014. The most ancient house in the village could date back over 400 years. Here retains the essence of the architectural art of the Gongbo area, which is a Tibetan tribe in ancient times. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Lhasa, China. (XHTV)

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Chinese company eyes more petroleum cooperation with Egypt

STORY: Chinese company eyes more petroleum cooperation with Egypt DATELINE: July 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:52 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various shots of the Petroleum and Mineral Resources in Cairo 2. various shots of Egypt's Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Tarek El-Molla, meeting with Chairman of North Petroleum International Corporation (NPIC), Wang Yuetao STORYLINE: China's North Petroleum International Company (NPIC) is eager to expand its operations in Egypt's oil and gas sector, according to a meeting between the company's chairman, Wang Yuetao, and Egypt's Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Tarek El-Molla. The meeting, which took place on Wednesday, discussed ways to increase cooperation between NPIC and the Egyptian petroleum sector. NPIC, a subsidiary of China ZhenHua Oil Co., Ltd, has already been operating in Egypt since 2014 and is involved in research, exploration, and production of oil and gas in both the Eastern and Western Desert through the Egypti

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Indonesian parliament convened, opposition in control

JAKARTA, Indonesia - A total of 560 members of Indonesia's lower house of parliament take their oaths in Jakarta on Oct. 1, 2014. An uphill battle is expected for President-elect Joko Widodo's coalition government as it has only 207 seats against 292 held by a five-party opposition alliance led by Prabowo Subianto, loser in the July presidential election.

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Tragedy of 10-meter-tall breakwater put in sharp focus

SENDAI, Japan - A photograph of the 10-meter-tall coastal breakwater (L) in the Taro district of Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, taken on July 19, 2009, indicates the structure was not high enough prior to the 2011 quake-tsunami disaster as the other picture taken on Sept. 1, 2014, shows most of the nearby houses gone. Part of the breakwater will be kept to show what remained just after the devastating tsunami hit.

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Univ. professor devises IC thinner than plastic wrapper

YAMAGATA, Japan - Professor Shizuo Tokito of Yamagata University holds an electronic circuit he developed, which is one-tenth the thickness of plastic food wrappers, in Yamagata, northeastern Japan, as seen in this file photo taken on July 1, 2014.

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Mother, daughter relax in women-only train car

BANGKOK, Thailand - A woman and her daughter relax in a women- and children-only carriage of a train about to leave Bangkok on Aug. 1, 2014. Thailand's national railway operator launched women-only train carriages after a 13-year-old girl was raped and killed aboard an overnight train in July.

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Attendant for women-only train cars ready to work

BANGKOK, Thailand - An attendant for women- and children-only carriages poses before a train leaves Bangkok on Aug. 1, 2014. Thailand's national railway operator on the same day launched the carriages after a 13-year-old girl was raped and killed aboard an overnight train in July.

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Okazaki scores in Mainz's 1-0 win

MAINZ, Germany - Japan's Shinji Okazaki (R) of Mainz fights for the ball in a match against Greece's Asteras Tripolis in the first leg of their Europa League third qualifying round in Mainz, Germany, on July 31, 2014. Okazaki scored the only goal in the match, leading Mainz to a 1-0 win over Asteras.

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Koshien Stadium marks 90th anniversary

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - The second game of Japanese professional baseball's annual all-star series takes place at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on July 19, 2014. The stadium commemorated the 90th anniversary of its opening on Aug. 1.

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Koshien Stadium marks 90th anniversary

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, is shown in this aerial photo taken on July 21, 2014. The stadium commemorated the 90th anniversary of its opening on Aug. 1.

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No.1 S. Korean opposition leader urges by-election voting

SEOUL, South Korea - Ahn Cheol Soo, co-chairman of South Korea's biggest opposition New Political Alliance for Democracy, urges voters to go to the polls in Seoul on July 30, 2014, for legislative by-elections.

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Parts of Boeing 747's primary wing to be displayed

NARITA, Japan - Two cross-sectional parts of the primary wing of a Boeing 747 wide-body commercial airliner, dubbed the jumbo jet, are shown at the Museum of Aeronautical Sciences in Shibayama, Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, on July 30, 2014, ahead of their permanent display from Aug. 1.

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Mt. Daisen climbers enjoy alpine plants in full bloom

YONAGO, Japan - Climbers enjoy seeing Mt. Daisen's blossoming alpine plants at their peak near the Utopia Shelter lodge on the east ridge at an altitude of about 1,500 meters in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on July 30, 2014. The 1,729-meter-high mountain is designated as a national park for its magnificent landscape.

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Beautiful alpine meadow on Mt. Daisen

YONAGO, Japan - A beautiful alpine meadow in full bloom greets climbers near the summit of the 1,729-meter-high Mt. Daisen, a national park, in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on July 30, 2014.

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Inside view of Museum of Aeronautical Sciences

NARITA, Japan - An inside view of the Museum of Aeronautical Sciences in Shibayama, Chiba Prefecture, east of Tokyo, is shown on July 30, 2014. The museum is set to display from Aug. 1 various things related to the Boeing 747 jumbo jet, including cross-sectional parts of its primary wing.

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People in relay to rebuild disaster-hit areas

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - TV personality Makoto Nonomura (front) and others in a relay from the northern Japanese city of Aomori to Tokyo to promote the reconstruction of areas hit by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami run past the disaster prevention government building site in Minamisanriku town, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 29, 2014. Around 900 people run or cycle on the 1,238-kilometer course, divided into 165 zones.

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People in relay event pray for victims of 2011 disaster

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - Runners bow their heads in front of the disaster prevention government building site in Minamisanriku town, Miyagi Prefecture, on July 29, 2014, in memory of the victims of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, during a relay event from the northern Japanese city of Aomori to Tokyo to promote the reconstruction of areas hit by the disaster. Around 900 people are running or cycling the 1,238-kilometer course, divided into 165 zones.

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Mythological Shinto god dance performed in western Japan

YONAGO, Japan - A shrine priest performs a sword dance at a festival on the 1,143-meter Mt. Sentsu straddling Tottori and Shimane prefectures, western Japan, on July 28, 2014, symbolizing a mythological fight between an eight-headed monster serpent and Shinto god Susanoo-no-Mikoto.

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Banknote reader for visually impaired introduced

OSAKA, Japan - Glory Ltd. introduces a banknote-checking machine for people with visual impairments in Osaka, western Japan, on July 28, 2014, ahead of its launch set for Oct. 1.

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Japan women golfers unhappy with Int'l Crown results

OWINGS MILLS, United States - A team of four Japanese women golfers - (from L) Mamiko Higa, Sakura Yokomine, Ai Miyazato and Mika Miyazato - winds up the inaugural eight-country International Crown match play golf tournament with a 1-3 win-loss tally to finish in a tie for third place with South Korea at the Caves Valley Golf Club in Owings Mills, Maryland, on July 27, 2014.

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Urawa, Kashima draw 1-1 in J-League

SAITAMA, Japan - Shinzo Koroki (R) of Kashima Antlers tries to score on Urawa Reds' goalkeeper Hitoshi Sogahata in the second half of a J-League first-division match at Saitama Stadium 2002 on July 27, 2014. The game ended 1-1.

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Moriya leads Kawasaki over Niigata in J-League

KAWASAKI, Japan - Kentaro Moriya (R) of Kawasaki Frontale scores the only goal in the J-League first-division match against Albirex Niigata at Todoroki Stadium on July 27, 2014, leading Kawasaki to a 1-0 win at home.

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Patric scores 2 as Gamba stun Vissel 5-1 in J-League

KOBE, Japan - Patric (L) of Gamba Osaka heads home a shot past Vissel Kobe goalkeeper Kaito Yamamoto in the first half of a J-League first-division match. Gamba rolled to a 5-1 win over Vissel at Noevir Stadium Kobe on July 27, 2014.

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Soma-Nomaoi festival in Fukushima Pref.

SOMA, Japan - A horseback rider wearing old style riding gear participate in "yoinorikeiba" of the Soma-Nomaoi, a 1,000-year-old traditional festival, in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on July 26, 2014. The number of participants almost returned to the level before the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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N.Y. Yankees Ichiro hits 3-run homer

NEW YORK, United States - New York Yankees right fielder Ichiro Suzuki hits a three-run homer in the third inning of a game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium in New York on July 25, 2014. Ichiro went 1-for-3 as the Yankees won 6-4.

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Soma-Nomaoi festival starts in Fukushima Pref.

SOMA, Japan - The Soma-Nomaoi, a 1,000-year-old traditional festival, begins in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 26, 2014.

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N.Y. Yankees Ichiro hits 3-run homer

NEW YORK, United States - New York Yankees right fielder Ichiro Suzuki watches his three-run homer over the right fence in the third inning of a game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium in New York on July 25, 2014. Ichiro went 1-for-3 as the Yankees won 6-4.

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N.Y. Yankees Ichiro hits 3-run homer

NEW YORK, United States - New York Yankees right fielder Ichiro Suzuki rounds the bases on a three-run homer in the third inning of a game against the Toronto Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium in New York on July 25, 2014. Ichiro went 1-for-3 as the Yankees won 6-4.

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Electric vehicle for one-way car-sharing service unveiled

TOKYO, Japan - Mercedes-Benz Japan Co., ORIX Auto Corp. and Amano Corp. unveil an electric vehicle in Tokyo on July 24, 2014, for use in their joint one-way car-sharing service to be launched in Yokohama on Sept. 1.

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Scholar says people in Kamchatka attached to Japan

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Associate professor Yukihiko Enamito, who has been teaching Japanese at a university in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in the Russian Far East since 1997, is shown in this file photo taken on July 1, 2014. Enamito describes people in the Kamchatka area as being generally friendly and attached to Japan.

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Nomura uses actress, comedians to promote NISA sales

TOKYO, Japan - Actress Umika Kawashima (C) joins a group of comedians and cartoon characters in making a pitch for Nomura Securities Co.'s Nippon Individual Savings Account (NISA) scheme in Tokyo on July 24, 2014. Under the scheme, dividends and capital gains are exempt from tax for an investment of up to 1 million yen a year in stocks and other financial schemes.

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Darvish takes loss in rain-shortened game

NEW YORK, United States - Yu Darvish of the Texas Rangers pitches against the New York Yankees on July 23, 2014, in New York. Darvish missed a chance to pick up his 10th win of the season, when he blew a one-run lead in the Rangers' 2-1 loss in a game that was called in the fifth inning due to rain.

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Marathon gold medalist Takahashi starts Aomori-Tokyo relay

AOMORI, Japan - Sydney Olympics women's marathon gold medalist Naoko Takahashi (R) speaks before the start on July 24, 2014, of a more than 1,000-kilometer relay race from Aomori, northeastern Japan, to Tokyo. The race with some 900 participants is being held to support coastal areas recovering from the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Kawasaki, Tosu J-League players compete for ball

OSAKA, Japan - Forward Yoshito Okubo (R) of Kawasaki Frontale and midfielder Ryota Hayasaka of Sagan Tosu compete for the ball in a J-League first-division game at Best Amenity Stadium in Tosu, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 23, 2014. Kawasaki won 1-0.

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Chinese military shows tank at academy

BEIJING, China - A tank takes part in a training exercise at the Engineering Academy of the PLA Armored Forces in Beijing, China, on July 22, 2014, prior to the 87th anniversary of the Chinese Army on Aug. 1.

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Chinese military shows tank at academy

BEIJING, China - Tanks take part in a training exercise at the Engineering Academy of the PLA Armored Forces in Beijing, China, on July 22, 2014, prior to the 87th anniversary of the Chinese Army on Aug. 1.

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Chinese military shows tank before 87th anniv.

BEIJING, China - Students of the Engineering Academy of the PLA Armored Forces prepare for a training exercise in Beijing, China, on July 22, 2014, prior to the 87th anniversary of the Chinese Army on Aug. 1.

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Matsuyama finishes in 39th at British Open

HOYLAKE, United Kingdom - Japan's Hideki Matsuyama hits his tee shot on the 18th hole of the final round at the British Open on July 20, 2014, at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, England. Matsuyama rolled in five birdies but also had four bogeys en route to a 71 and finished the third major of the year at 1-under 287 in a share of 39th place.

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Firefly found on mountain top in western Japan

TOTTORI, Japan - Luciola parvula, a species of firefly, is found by a firefly conservation organization on the peak of 1,729-meter-high Mt. Daisen, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on July 20, 2014. A DNA test of the firefly will be conducted as part of research on the local ecological system.