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UK: Storm Bert Triggers Severe Flooding Across England And Wales

Storm Bert struck England and Wales on Saturday, November 23, bringing heavy rain, power outages, and traffic disruptions, while triggering severe flooding in multiple regions. Over 100 flood warnings were issued across the UK.

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Winner of 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Photo taken on March 8, 2016, shows Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis striking a pose at a press conference in Seoul. Hassabis, together with David Baker and John Jumper, won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

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South Africa's GDP up 0.6 pct in 2023

STORY: South Africa's GDP up 0.6 pct in 2023 SHOOTING TIME: March 5, 2024 DATELINE: March 8, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:47 LOCATION: JOHANNESBURG, South Africa CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of South Africa 2. various of Statistics South Africa STORYLINE: South Africa's economy remained muted, with its real gross domestic product (GDP) growing 0.6 percent in 2023 after expanding 1.9 percent in 2022, official data showed Tuesday. The finance, real estate and business services industry was the main star in 2023, growing 1.8 percent and contributing 0.4 percentage points to GDP growth, according to Statistics South Africa (Stats SA). Personal services, transport, storage and communication, manufacturing, construction, and government services also helped keep the economy in positive territory, according to Stats SA. South Africa's construction sector saw its first positive year since 2016, expanding 0.6 percent, while both the mining and electricity, gas, and water sectors were down for a second ye

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(FOCUS)CHINA-YANGTZE RIVER DELTA-QUANTUM SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY-SCIENTIST-PENG CHENGZHI (CN)

(230808) -- HEFEI, Aug. 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combined photo shows China launching the world's first quantum satellite on top of a Long March-2D rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan, northwest China's Gansu Province, Aug. 16, 2016. Peng Chengzhi, born in 1976, holds several professional positions: professor and doctoral supervisor at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), chief scientist of QuantumCTek Co., Ltd., and chief engineer of the scientific application system of Micius, the world's first quantum communication satellite. Peng began to participate in the research of quantum science and technology in 2003. Since then, he has taken part in the whole process of the design of the quantum satellite "Micius", witnessing the development of China in the fields of quantum communication, quantum computing and others. Since the USTC and QuantumCTek Co., Ltd are based in Hefei, while the Shanghai Institute for Advance Studies of USTC and Shanghai Research Center fo

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Tokyo police hold New Year parade

TOKYO, Jan. 8 Kyodo - Members of the mobile unit of the Metropolitan Police Department march during the annual New Year parade by Tokyo police, mobilizing some 2,800 personnel, in the Japanese capital on Jan. 8, 2016.

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State-of-the-art radar to be set up in Okinoerabu

OKINOERABU, Japan - Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera encourages Air Self-Defense Force officers at its base in Okinoerabu Island, Kagoshima Prefecture, on June 8, 2014. Onodera said the government will set up state-of-the-art radar there by the end of March 2016 to improve surveillance and security capabilities.

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BRITAIN-LONDON-FOOD PRICES

(220409) -- LONDON, April 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A man shops at a supermarket in London, Britain, April 8, 2022. World food commodity prices made a significant leap in March to reach their highest levels, as the conflict between Russia and Ukraine continues to push up energy costs and cause supply chain slowdowns. The monthly food prices index, released Friday by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), rose 12.6 percent to reach 159.3 points in March, compared to a baseline of 100 points for the average in 2014-2016 (adjusted for inflation.) (Xinhua/Li Ying)

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BRITAIN-LONDON-FOOD PRICES

(220409) -- LONDON, April 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on April 8, 2022 shows an empty shelf at a supermarket in London, Britain. World food commodity prices made a significant leap in March to reach their highest levels, as the conflict between Russia and Ukraine continues to push up energy costs and cause supply chain slowdowns. The monthly food prices index, released Friday by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), rose 12.6 percent to reach 159.3 points in March, compared to a baseline of 100 points for the average in 2014-2016 (adjusted for inflation.) (Xinhua/Li Ying)

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BRITAIN-LONDON-FOOD PRICES

(220409) -- LONDON, April 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A woman walks past a restaurant in London, Britain, April 8, 2022. World food commodity prices made a significant leap in March to reach their highest levels, as the conflict between Russia and Ukraine continues to push up energy costs and cause supply chain slowdowns. The monthly food prices index, released Friday by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), rose 12.6 percent to reach 159.3 points in March, compared to a baseline of 100 points for the average in 2014-2016 (adjusted for inflation.) (Xinhua/Li Ying)

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CHINA-CHONGQING-NPC DEPUTY-EDUCATION (CN)

(220308) -- CHONGQING, March 8, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Liu Xiya (1st R) takes notes while attending deliberation with other deputies from Chongqing at the fourth session of the 12th National People's Congress in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2016. Liu Xiya, principal of Chongqing Xiejiawan Primary School, keeps her focus on the development of high-quality compulsory education. Since she became a deputy to the National People's Congress (NPC) in 2013, Liu has made a series of suggestions about education, covering off-campus tutoring and the protection of minors, after she visited schools of different types and collected public opinions from social media. Liu also pays more attention to the country's "double reduction" policy, which was introduced in July 2021 aiming to ease the burden of excessive homework and off-campus tutoring for young Chinese students. At China's ongoing annual "two sessions," Liu said during an interview that against the backdrop of the "double reduction" policy, educatio

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MH370 search will not be extended

(From L) The transport ministers of Australia, Malaysia and China -- Darren Chester, Liow Tiong Lai and Yang Chuantang -- announce at a press conference in Putrajaya, Malaysia, on July 22, 2016, that the search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 will not be extended beyond the current phase of the Australian-led search operation scheduled to end soon. The aircraft disappeared from radar on March 8, 2014, while en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Suits against Japan's security law

Plaintiffs, including atomic bomb survivors, head to the Nagasaki District Court in the southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki on June 8, 2016, to file a lawsuit against the state seeking compensation over controversial security laws they believe threaten their right to live in peace. Similar lawsuits have already been filed nationwide in connection with the legislation, which took effect in March. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Home of "Somei Yoshino" places pink mailbox

Photo taken March 8, 2016, shows a pale pink-colored mailbox with a cherry blossom pattern set up in front of JR Komagome Station in Tokyo. The mailbox replaced a conventional red one in 2014, as the Komagome district is the cradle of "Somei Yoshino," the representative cherry blossom. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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SDF to have greater scope to use arms in peacekeeping operations

Photo taken March 8, 2016, in South Sudan capital Juba shows Japan's Self-Defense Forces personnel involved in road maintenance and repair work as part of U.N. peacekeeping operations. Japan's new security laws took effect on March 29, giving the SDF greater scope to use arms while participating in peacekeeping. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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SDF to have greater scope to use arms in peacekeeping operations

Photo taken March 8, 2016, in South Sudan capital Juba shows Japan's Self-Defense Forces personnel exercising vigilance from an armored car while taking part in U.N. peacekeeping operations. Japan's new security laws took effect on March 29, giving the SDF greater scope to use arms while participating in peacekeeping. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Curling: Japan moves to semifinal in World Women's Curling C'ship

Japan players are seen during a playoff game against two-time defending champion Switzerland at the World Women's Curling Championship in Swift Current, Canada, on March 25, 2016. Japan lost 8-4 and will play in the semifinal on March 26, while Switzerland advanced straight to the final on March 27. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Elaborate dinosaur figurines on sale at Tokyo museum

Photo taken March 8, 2016, at the National Museum of Nature and Science in Tokyo shows a woman holding figurines of dinosaurs spinosaurus (L) and tyrannosaurus. As many as 27 types of dinosaur models, produced by the Kanna Dinosaur Center in Kanna town, Gunma Prefecture, are on sale during the Dinosaur Expo 2016 until June 12. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Boxing: Inoue, Yaegashi set for world title doubleheader in May

WBO super flyweight champion Naoya Inoue and IBF light flyweight champion Akira Yaegashi pose for a photo in Tokyo on March 16, 2016. The Japanese fighters Inoue and Yaegashi will defend their titles on May 8 against top-ranked Mexican David Carmona and 10th-ranked Mexican Martin Tecuapetla, respectively, according to Ohashi Boxing Gym. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Maeda stung for 1st runs of preseason

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Kenta Maeda starts a spring training game against the Chicago White Sox in Glendale, Arizona, on March 15, 2016. Maeda allowed two unearned runs and four hits in 3-2/3 innings as the Dodgers lost 8-6. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ichiro gets RBI single in Marlins' loss

Ichiro Suzuki hits a run-scoring single in the fourth inning of the Miami Marlins' 8-6 loss to the New York Mets in a spring training game in Jupiter, Florida, on March 15, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ichiro gets RBI single in Marlins' loss

Ichiro Suzuki hits a run-scoring single in the fourth inning of the Miami Marlins' 8-6 loss to the New York Mets in a spring training game in Jupiter, Florida, on March 15, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Maeda stung for 1st runs of preseason

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Kenta Maeda walks back to the dugout after allowing two unearned runs and four hits in 3-2/3 innings in a spring training game against the Chicago White Sox in Glendale, Arizona, on March 15, 2016. The Dodgers lost 8-6. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Maeda stung for 1st runs of preseason

Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts walks to the mound to make a pitching change in the fourth inning of a spring training game against the Chicago White Sox in Glendale, Arizona, on March 15, 2016. Kenta Maeda allowed two unearned runs and four hits in 3-2/3 innings as the Dodgers lost 8-6. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Maeda picks up win in spring training game

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Kenta Maeda starts a spring training game against the Oakland Athletics in Mesa, Arizona, on March 10, 2016. Maeda allowed two hits over three scoreless innings in his team's 8-3 victory. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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5 years since quake, tsunami, nuclear disasters

A youth orchestra from the Japanese city of Soma, which was hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, performs with members of the Berlin Philharmonic in Berlin on March 10, 2016, ahead of the fifth anniversary of the natural disasters. Thirty-seven students from Soma aged between 8 and 18 took part in the concert. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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5 years since quake, tsunami, nuclear disasters

A youth orchestra from the Japanese city of Soma, which was hit hard by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, performs with members of the Berlin Philharmonic in Berlin on March 10, 2016, ahead of the fifth anniversary of the natural disasters. Thirty-seven students from Soma aged between 8 and 18 took part in the concert. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Maeda picks up win in spring training game

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Kenta Maeda starts a spring training game against the Oakland Athletics in Mesa, Arizona, on March 10, 2016. Maeda allowed two hits over three scoreless innings in his team's 8-3 victory. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Finland Pres. Niinisto meets with Japan Prime Minister Abe

Finnish President Sauli Niinisto (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) hold talks at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on March 10, 2016. Niinisto is in Japan on a four-day visit from March 8. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Finland Pres. Niinisto meets with Japan Prime Minister Abe

Finnish President Sauli Niinisto (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands ahead of talks at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on March 10, 2016. Niinisto is in Japan on a four-day visit from March 8. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Finland Pres. Niinisto meets with Japan Prime Minister Abe

Finnish President Sauli Niinisto (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe hold a joint news conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on March 10, 2016, after their talks. Niinisto is in Japan on a four-day visit from March 8. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Finland Pres. Niinisto meets with Japan Emperor Akihito

Japanese Emperor Akihito (L) meets with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto (R) at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on March 10, 2016. Niinisto is in Tokyo for a four-day visit to Japan from March 8. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan to mark 5th anniversary of triple disaster

Elderly women living in public housing for March 2011 disaster victims buy food at a mobile market in the northeastern Japan town of Onagawa on March 8, 2016, prior to the fifth anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster on March 11. A survey has shown around one-third of those living in public housing are 65 years or older, of whom one third live alone. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: Japan edge N. Korea to finish 3rd in Olympic qualifying

Japan striker Mana Iwabuchi (16) celebrates with captain Aya Miyama (8) and Kumi Yokoyama after scoring in the second half of Japan's 1-0 win over North Korea at Kincho Stadium in Osaka on March 9, 2016. Japan finished third in the six-team Asian women's Olympic qualifying. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Family members hit by past U.S., Japan disasters meet in N.Y.

People who lost family members in the 2001 terror attacks on the United States and those affected by the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster in Japan hold a meeting in New York on March 8, 2016. They shared their experiences and discussed the importance of caring about mental health. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese astronaut Onishi to travel into space in June

Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi attends a press conference in Houston on March 8, 2016. Onishi is scheduled to stay at the International Space Station for about four months from around June. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kew Gardens artist shows painting of "miracle pine"

Masumi Yamanaka, an artist at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, shows her watercolor painting of the "miracle pine," a symbol of reconstruction of the northeastern Japan city of Rikuzentakata, at the Japanese Embassy in London on March 8, 2016, ahead of the fifth anniversary of the March 2011 disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ichiro goes 0-for-2 in spring training game against Yankees

Miami Marlins outfielder Ichiro Suzuki signs autographs for fans at a spring training game against the New York Yankees in Jupiter, Florida, on March 8, 2016. Ichiro went 0-for-2 in the game which his team won 1-0. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-comfort woman condemns bilateral pact

Lee Yong Su, a South Korean former "comfort woman," attends a press conference at U.N. headquarters in New York on March 8, 2016. Lee condemned a Japan-South Korea pact on the issue of women procured for Japan's wartime military brothels, as it did not meet demands from victims for Tokyo to offer an official apology and accept responsibility. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aoki goes 0-for-3 in spring training game against Indians

Seattle Mariners outfielder Norichika Aoki grounds out to the pitcher during the fifth inning of a spring training game against the Cleveland Indians in Goodyear, Arizona, on March 8, 2016. Aoki went 0-for-3 in the game won 4-3 by the Indians. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yellow handkerchiefs carry supportive messages

Photo taken March 8, 2016, shows yellow handkerchiefs flying in the wind in the northeastern Japanese town of Yamamoto, which was heavily damaged by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami. The 1,200 handkerchiefs carry supportive messages from around the country. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Temple keeps unidentified ashes

Photo taken March 8, 2016, shows Eigo Takahashi, head of Kichijo Temple in the northeastern Japan town of Otsuchi, praying in front of 19 crates containing the ashes of unidentified victims of the March 11, 2011, disaster. "They are just like my family members as they have been staying with me for five years," Takahashi said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Marlins vs. Yankees in spring training game

Miami Marlins outfielder Ichiro Suzuki reacts after striking out on a called strike during the fifth inning of a spring training game against the New York Yankees in Jupiter, Florida, on March 8, 2016. Ichiro went 0-for-2 in the game which his team won 1-0. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: 4th Yomiuri pitcher admits to betting on baseball

Undated combined photo shows Yomiuri Giants supreme advisor Tsuneo Watanabe (L) and owner Kojiro Shiraishi. The two and team chairman Tsunekazu Momoi will step down to accept responsibility for a fourth player's involvement in betting on baseball, the Giants said on March 8, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Takakura meets with reporters

Asako Takakura, coach of the Japanese women's under-20 soccer team, meets with reporters at Haneda airport in Tokyo on March 8, 2016, after returning from Spain. Takakura, who is said to be on the shortlist to succeed World Cup-winning women's national team coach Norio Sasaki, said she has not yet been approached. Sasaki is set to retire after Nadeshiko failed to qualify for a fourth successive Olympic Games. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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TEPCO president apologizes for underestimating Fukushima situation

Undated file photo shows Tokyo Electric Power Co. President Naomi Hirose. He offered an apology at a meeting of the House of Councillors Budget Committee on March 8, 2016, over the recent revelation that the company underestimated the severity of the accident at its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant after the complex was struck by a devastating earthquake and tsunami in March 2011. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New opposition party to uphold constitutionalism: draft platform

Democratic Party of Japan President Katsuya Okada (standing) speaks in a meeting between the DPJ and the Japan Innovation Party in Tokyo on March 8, 2016. A new opposition party to be launched March 27 through their merger will uphold constitutionalism and envisage a "future-oriented constitution" that matches with time, according to lawmakers of the two parties. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yellow handkerchiefs carry supportive messages

Photo taken March 8, 2016, shows yellow handkerchiefs flying in the wind in the northeastern Japanese town of Yamamoto, which was heavily damaged by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami. The 1,200 handkerchiefs carry supportive messages from around the country. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Giants announce 4th player involved in gambling

Yomiuri Giants President Hiroshi Kubo announces in Tokyo on March 8, 2016 that relief pitcher Kyosuke Takagi was found to have bet on baseball games, the fourth player in Japanese baseball's most storied franchise to admit to the illegal act. The Giants' supreme advisor Tsuneo Watanabe and owner Kojiro Shiraishi have decided to resign to take the blame. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Saudi Arabia's Shura Council chief in Tokyo

Abdullah Al Sheikh (L), president of Saudi Arabia's Shura Council, meets with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on March 8, 2016. ==Kyodo

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China's Hebei Province to reduce air pollution

Zhao Kezhi, China's Communist Party secretary in Hebei, a province with heavy air pollution, speaks at a news conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 8, 2016. Zhao said he will make all-out efforts to reduce pollution. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo