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China: Veteran Rescues Driver from Sinking Car in Jiangsu 2

On October 14, 2025, in Taizhou, Jiangsu, a retired soldier jumped into a river and smashed a car window with a brick to save a trapped driver, pulling them to safety as bystanders watched.

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Nigeria: Police Use Tear Gas on Protesters Demanding Nnamdi Kanu’s Release

Nigerian police fired tear gas to disperse demonstrators who gathered in the capital, Abuja, on Monday, October 20, demanding the release of separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu. The #FreeNnamdiKanu protests oppose the continued detention of Kanu, who remains in custody since 2021 on terrorism charges.

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China: Tourists and Locals Rescue Yaks from Mud Pit in Qinghai

In Qinghai, China, tourists and locals joined forces with an excavator operator to rescue four yaks stuck in deep mud on September 30, 2025. After spotting the trapped animals, the tourists alerted a herdsman and enlisted help from a nearby construction site. Working for nearly an hour, they freed all four yaks safely. The herdsman said the rescue prevented losses of over RMB 40,000.

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US: Gold Fire Spurs Evacuation Order Near Big Bear, California

The Gold Fire, a brush fire in the San Bernardino County area of Holcomb Valley near Big Bear, erupted Monday morning, August 4. No structures have been threatened, but evacuation order was in effect for the Holcomb Campground as firefighters continued to battle the blaze.

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US: Severe Weather Brings Heavy Rain, Causing Flash Flooding in Iowa 2

Severe weather swept through Iowa on Friday, July 11, bringing the threat of tornadoes and flash flooding to the area. At Iowa Speedway in Newton, the IndyCar practice session was suspended due to a tornado warning. This video shows flooded roads in Davenport.

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US: Strong Winds, Heavy Rain Lash Philadelphia Region 2

Severe thunderstorms moved across Pennsylvania on Monday, June 30, bringing heavy rains and strong winds to affected areas, including the Philadelphia region, and prompting flash flood warnings.

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Australia: Record Flooding Batters Northern NSW After Heavy Rainfall 7

Flooding has battered cities and towns across the Mid-North Coast and the Hunter Region in northern New South Wales, leaving many residents stranded or forced to evacuate after days of heavy rainfall. In the city of Taree, the Manning River surpassed its 1929 record of six meters and was still rising as of Wednesday morning, May 21. Authorities have issued 13 emergency-level alerts. This video shows a man trying to save his mowers from the flooding.

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US: Greer Fire in Eastern Arizona Prompts Evacuations, Road Closures

A wildfire raged in Greer, Eastern Arizona, on Tuesday, May 13, burning over 3,600 acres. The fire prompted evacuations and road closures and reportedly destroyed multiple structures.

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Indonesia: Overflowing Ciliwung River Causes Widespread Flooding In Jakarta

The Ciliwung River overflowed due to heavy rainfall, triggering flash floods in South and East Jakarta on Monday, March 3. Residents in Kampung Melayu Village, East Jakarta, were evacuated as floodwaters rose.

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US: Pileup Closes Interstate 70 In Southern Illinois

A multiple-car pileup occurred on Interstate 70 near Greenup, Illinois, on Sunday, January 5, forcing the closure of the highway in both directions.

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US: 2 Dead, 19 Injured In Small Plane Crash Near Fullerton Airport

Two people were killed, and 19 others were injured following a small plane crash near Fullerton Airport in Orange County on Thursday, January 2.

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UK: Storm Bert Triggers Severe Flooding Across England And Wales 2

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. This video shows the rising river in Ludlow, Shropshire.

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US: Cold Front Brings Snow, Low Temperatures To Northern Utah

A winter weather advisory was in effect for northern Utah on Saturday, November 16, as a cold front moved through, bringing snow and low temperatures to the area.

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US: Crater Road Fire In Maui Burns More Than 400 Acres

The Crater Road Fire, a brush fire that erupted on Wednesday, July 10, has burned over 400 acres one mile from the Haleakala National Park entrance In Hawaii's Maui island. Staff residents of the park were evacuated on Thursday. Crews were battling the fire since Wednesday evening but were able to contain 50% of the blaze as of 17:30 on Thursday.

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US: Crater Road Fire In Maui Burns More Than 400 Acres 3

The Crater Road Fire, a brush fire that erupted on Wednesday, July 10, has burned over 400 acres one mile from the Haleakala National Park entrance In Hawaii's Maui island. Staff residents of the park were evacuated on Thursday. Crews were battling the fire since Wednesday evening but were able to contain 50% of the blaze as of 17:30 on Thursday.

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US: Crater Road Fire In Maui Burns More Than 400 Acres 2

The Crater Road Fire, a brush fire that erupted on Wednesday, July 10, has burned over 400 acres one mile from the Haleakala National Park entrance In Hawaii's Maui island. Staff residents of the park were evacuated on Thursday. Crews were battling the fire since Wednesday evening but were able to contain 50% of the blaze as of 17:30 on Thursday.

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US: Fast-Moving ‘Post Fire’ Rages In Gorman, Southern California

A brush fire, dubbed the Post Fire, that broke out near Interstate 5 in Gorman, Southern California on Saturday, June 15, quickly spread due to strong winds and burned thousands of acres and forced evacuations. As of Sunday afternoon, the fire exploded to 12,265 acres with 2% containment.

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Australia: Mass Stranding Of Pilot Whales At Toby’s Inlet Near Dunsborough 10

More than a hundred pilot whales were stranded at Toby's Inlet near Dunsborough, Western Australia on Thursday, April 25. Beachgoers helped pour water on the whales on shore as they were being directed back to the sea. Among the 4 pods of about 160 whales that were stranded, 28 died.

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Australia: Mass Stranding Of Pilot Whales At Toby’s Inlet Near Dunsborough 9

More than a hundred pilot whales were stranded at Toby's Inlet near Dunsborough, Western Australia, on Thursday, April 25. Beachgoers helped pour water on the whales on shore as they were being directed back to the sea. Among the 4 pods of about 160 whales that were stranded, 28 died.

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Japan's power-saving period begins

TOKYO, Japan - A board in the head office of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corp. (NTT East) in Tokyo on July 2, 2012, shows the work schedules of employees, including those working only between 8:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. for two days per week under a "short" working hour system introduced as part of power-saving efforts. A government-requested power-saving period began in Japan the same day to cope with power supply constraints caused by the prolonged halt of nuclear reactors following the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.

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NTT East employee held in bribery case

TOKYO, Japan - Police investigators enter the headquarters of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corp. in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on March 2, 2012. A 36-year-old employee of the company was arrested the same day on suspicion of receiving around 1.3 million yen in kickbacks from a telecom-related company in connection with the regional telephone operator's Flet's TV business, police said.

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NTT East ready to have new firms develop new broadband service

TOKYO, Japan - Hidekazu Inoue, president of NTT East Corp., one of the two local-call arms of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (NTT), speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on April 30.

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NTT to cut 21,000 jobs

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (NTT) President Junichiro Miyazu (L) and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corp. (NTT East) President Hidekazu Inoue (R) speak on the group's restructuring program at a news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 17. NTT will slash 21,000 jobs by 2003 -- 10,000 at NTT East and 11,000 at Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp. (NTT West).

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NTT to be reorganize

Hidekazu Inoue (L), president of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corp., and Kazuo Asada (R), president of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp., speak at a news conference June 30 following establishment of their new companies under a major shakeup of Japan's telecom giant, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (NTT). Seated between them is Sho Nasu, chairman of a special panel that prepared for NTT's reorganization.

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NTT reorganized into holding company, three new firms

NTT Communications Corp., a long-distance and international carrier, opens its operation in Tokyo on July 1 as part of reorganization of Japanese telecom giant Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp.(NTT). NTT was reorganized into a holding company, two regional carriers, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corp. (NTT East), Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp. (NTT West), and NTT Communications.

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Hello Kitty robot

Photo taken in Tokyo on April 21, 2022, shows a robot embodying Sanrio Co.'s popular character Hello Kitty. The robot, developed by Sanrio and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corp., will be leased to corporate clients eyeing its use as a receptionist and tour desk assistant, for example.

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Hello Kitty robot

Photo taken in Tokyo on April 21, 2022, shows a robot embodying Sanrio Co.'s popular character Hello Kitty. The robot, developed by Sanrio and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corp., will be leased to corporate clients eyeing its use as a receptionist and tour desk assistant, for example.

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NTT East ready to have new firms develop new broadband service

TOKYO, Japan - Hidekazu Inoue, president of NTT East Corp., one of the two local-call arms of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (NTT), speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Tokyo on April 30.

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Badminton: Disgraced Tago fired, Momota suspended from work

Combined photo shows Japanese badminton players Kento Momota (L) and Kenichi Tago during a press conference in Tokyo on April 8, 2016, where they apologized for gambling at illegal casinos in Japan. Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corp. said April 11 the company has fired Tago. Momota, who is ranked No. 2 in the world and also works for NTT East, received a 30-day suspension from work. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Badminton: Momota, Tago visited illegal casino

Japanese badminton player Kento Momota (R) and teammate Kenichi Tago arrive at Narita airport near Tokyo on April 7, 2016, returning from Malaysia where they took part in a competition. Their team Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corp. said the same day that Momota, 21, who has booked a spot in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, and London Olympian Tago, 26, frequented an establishment in Japan alleged to be an illegal casino. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Badminton: Momota, Tago visited illegal casino

Japanese badminton player Kento Momota (R) and teammate Kenichi Tago arrive at Narita airport near Tokyo on April 7, 2016, returning from Malaysia where they took part in a competition. Their team Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corp. said the same day that Momota, 21, who has booked a spot in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, and London Olympian Tago, 26, frequented an establishment in Japan alleged to be an illegal casino. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese badminton players visit illegal casino

Japanese badminton player Kento Momota arrives at Narita airport near Tokyo on April 7, 2016, returning from Malaysia where he took part in a competition. His team Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corp. said the same day that Momota, 21, who has booked a spot in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, and his teammate Kenichi Tago, 26, frequented an establishment in Japan alleged to be an illegal casino. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Badminton: Momota, Tago visited illegal casino

Japanese badminton player Kento Momota (R) and teammate Kenichi Tago arrive at Narita airport near Tokyo on April 7, 2016, returning from Malaysia where they took part in a competition. Their team Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corp. said the same day that Momota, 21, who has booked a spot in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, and London Olympian Tago, 26, frequented an establishment in Japan alleged to be an illegal casino. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Imperial Japanese Army officer Sejima at Tokyo tribunal

Ryuzo Sejima, a former Imperial Japanese Army officer who played a key role in the planning of many operations during the Pacific War and became a prisoner of war in Siberia after he served as a staff officer at the Manchuria-based Kwantung Army, testifies at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo on Oct. 18, 1946, after being flown from Vladivostok to appear at a hearing. Following his return to Japan after 11 years of hard labor in Siberia, Sejima went into business and later advised Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone on the privatization of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corp. and Japanese National Railways in the 1980s.

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Japan robot

A worker of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corp., or NTT East, uses the OriHime communication robot at the company in Tokyo in September 2017 to talk with a male worker who was doing telework at home. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Drone to fly through office urging employees to leave work on time

A drone flies over desks in a demonstration in Tokyo on Dec. 7, 2017, of a new business by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corp. and two other companies, which is aimed at encouraging employees to leave work on time. The drone is also designed to provide office building security. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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NTT East employee held in bribery case

TOKYO, Japan - Police investigators enter the headquarters of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corp. in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on March 2, 2012. A 36-year-old employee of the company was arrested the same day on suspicion of receiving around 1.3 million yen in kickbacks from a telecom-related company in connection with the regional telephone operator's Flet's TV business, police said. (Kyodo)

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NTT to cut 21,000 jobs

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (NTT) President Junichiro Miyazu (L) and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corp. (NTT East) President Hidekazu Inoue (R) speak on the group's restructuring program at a news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 17. NTT will slash 21,000 jobs by 2003 -- 10,000 at NTT East and 11,000 at Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp. (NTT West).

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NTT reorganized into holding company, three new firms

NTT Communications Corp., a long-distance and international carrier, opens its operation in Tokyo on July 1 as part of reorganization of Japanese telecom giant Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp.(NTT). NTT was reorganized into a holding company, two regional carriers, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corp. (NTT East), Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp. (NTT West), and NTT Communications.

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NTT reorganized into holding company, three new firms

NTT Communications Corp., a long-distance and international carrier, opens its operation in Tokyo on July 1 as part of reorganization of Japanese telecom giant Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp.(NTT). NTT was reorganized into a holding company, two regional carriers, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corp. (NTT East), Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp. (NTT West), and NTT Communications.

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NTT to be reorganize

Hidekazu Inoue (L), president of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corp., and Kazuo Asada (R), president of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp., speak at a news conference June 30 following establishment of their new companies under a major shakeup of Japan's telecom giant, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (NTT). Seated between them is Sho Nasu, chairman of a special panel that prepared for NTT's reorganization.

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NTT to be reorganize

Hidekazu Inoue (L), president of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corp., and Kazuo Asada (R), president of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corp., speak at a news conference June 30 following establishment of their new companies under a major shakeup of Japan's telecom giant, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (NTT). Seated between them is Sho Nasu, chairman of a special panel that prepared for NTT's reorganization.