UK: Dewsbury Scrapyard Fire Prompts Smoke Warning

A large fire broke out at a scrapyard in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, on Monday, May 12. Officials asked nearby residents to keep doors and windows closed due to a large plume of smoke.

UK: Freight Train Derails In Audenshaw, Greater Manchester

A freight train derailed in Audenshaw, Greater Manchester, on Friday, September 6, causing the tracks to be closed. No injuries were reported in the incident, and trains scheduled to use this route will be diverted.

Japan, Taiwan sign 4 MOUs with eye to eventual FTA

Japan, Taiwan sign 4 MOUs with eye to eventual FTA

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Mitsuo Ohashi (L), chairman of the Japan Interchange Association, and Lee Chia-chin, chairman of Taiwan's East Asian Relations Commission, shake hands at a hotel in Taipei on Nov. 20, 2014, after signing four memoranda of understanding. The signing of the four documents is expected to move one more step toward a full-fledged free trade agreement.

Taiwan, Japan sign 5 pacts

Taiwan, Japan sign 5 pacts

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Mitsuo Ohashi (L), chairman of the Japan Interchange Association, and Lee Chia-chin, chairman of Taiwan's East Asian Relations Commission, shake hands during a signing ceremony for five mostly trade-related pacts between Japan and Taiwan at a hotel in Taipei on Nov. 5, 2013.

Taiwan's de facto envoy to Japan

Taiwan's de facto envoy to Japan

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Photo taken in Taipei on May 24, 2013, shows Lee Chia-chin, Taiwan's senior National Security Council adviser. The Taiwan government appointed Lee as head of Taiwan's Association of East Asian Relations, the island's de facto ambassador to Japan.