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US: Massive Warehouse Fire Destroys Medline Distribution Center in Northern California

A massive fire broke out at a Medline distribution warehouse in Tracy, Northern California, on Thursday, June 11, destroying the one-million-square-foot facility and sending a large column of black smoke into the sky. The blaze started around 1 p.m. and prompted evacuations in the surrounding area.

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China: Wedding Feast Carries On as Heavy Rain Floods Venue in Shaanxi

This unforgettable scene was captured in Weinan, Shaanxi Province, on May 18, 2026. It looks like a party on a river, but it’s actually an outdoor wedding feast. A sudden heavy downpour flooded the square with dozens of centimeters of water. Relatives and friends sit around dozens of round tables, watching the ceremony and waiting for the meal. Thankfully, the organizers set up cozy canopies and fences, keeping guests dry. Rain can’t stop love and blessings—everyone shows up in the storm to celebrate the newlyweds.

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New Zealand: Landslide Hits Mount Maunganui 3

Six people, including two teenagers, are missing after a major landslide struck a local campground in Mount Maunganui on Thursday, January 22. Police are also seeking information on three others as search and rescue operations continue in a dangerous environment, with authorities describing the incident as a national tragedy and the community rallying to support affected families.

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Philippines: Typhoon Kalmaegi Triggers Severe Flooding, Displacing Thousands 2

Severe flooding has submerged towns and displaced hundreds of thousands as Typhoon Kalmaegi battered the central Philippines. Rivers overflowed in Cebu and nearby islands, forcing residents onto rooftops while cars and containers were swept through the streets. Local officials said some evacuation centers were inundated, and many survivors of a recent earthquake had to be evacuated again. More than 380,000 people fled their homes across the Visayas, southern Luzon, and northern Mindanao. Kalmaegi, locally named Tino, made landfall late Monday, November 3 with winds of up to 130 kph before moving toward the South China Sea on Tuesday, November 4.

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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: North Dakota Sees Powerful Winds Amid Tornado-Producing Storm

Severe weather swept across the upper Midwest on Friday, June 20, bringing powerful winds and leaving at least 3 dead in North Dakota as a tornado ripped through the area.

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China: Typhoon Wutip Darkens Hainan Skies Ahead of Landfall in Hainan

This is the terrifying moment a massive wall of dark clouds engulfed the skies over Hainan as Typhoon Wutip approached southern China. On June 11, 2025, in Hainan, China, video captured thick, menacing clouds rolling in ahead of Typhoon Wutip's landfall. The sky turned eerily dark as the season’s first typhoon neared, creating a heavy, ominous atmosphere. The storm made landfall around 11 p.m. on June 13 along the coast of Dongfang, a city in Hainan, with winds reaching up to 30 meters per second and a central pressure of 980 hPa. Heavy rain swept through southern parts of the island, with some areas experiencing torrential downpours and localized extreme rainfall. According to China National Radio, by June 15, Typhoon Wutip had weakened into a tropical depression after moving inland into Jiangxi Province, and continued to lose strength. The video ends with the storm clouds blanketing the landscape as residents brace for the typhoon’s impact.

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Japan: Heavy Snowfall Hits Sea Of Japan Coast 4

Heavy snowfall has battered a wide area of Japan, especially the Hokuriku region along the Sea of Japan coast. This video shows blizzard conditions in the city Otaru, Hokkaido.

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US: EF-1 Tornado Touches Down In Athens, AL, Leaving Devastating Damage

The National Weather Service in Huntsville has confirmed that an EF-1 tornado touched down in downtown Athens, Alabama, on Saturday night, December 28.

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Philippines: Typhoon Yinxing Makes Landfall In Cagayan, Damaging Infrastructure 3

Typhoon Yinxing, known as Marce in the Philippines, made landfall near Santa Ana, Cagayan, on Thursday afternoon, November 7, forcing more than 21,000 people to evacuate and damaging two domestic airports and homes. Telecommunications and power supplies have remained down due to damaged cables and power lines, severely affecting residents in the affected areas.

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Philippines: Typhoon Yinxing Makes Landfall In Cagayan, Damaging Infrastructure 2

Typhoon Yinxing, known as Marce in the Philippines, made landfall near Santa Ana, Cagayan, on Thursday afternoon, November 7, forcing more than 21,000 people to evacuate and damaging two domestic airports and homes. Telecommunications and power supplies have remained down due to damaged cables and power lines, severely affecting residents in the affected areas.

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Thailand: Overflowing Of Ping River Causes Flooding In Chiang Mai Amid Rainy Season 3

Water levels in the Ping River rose, causing severe flooding across Chiang Mai on September 25 and affecting infrastructure. Small vehicles were stranded on flooded roads, and local shops and stalls were forced to close.

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US: Beryl Causes Widespread Power Outages And Flooding, Leaves Multiple Dead In Texas 4

Beryl has weakened into a tropical storm after making landfall as a category 1 hurricane near Matagorda in Texas, on Monday, July 8, shortly before 4 a.m. local time. The hurricane caused power outages and life-threatening flooding and left multiple dead in Houston and the surrounding areas.

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US: Days-Long Winter Storm Dumps Heavy Snow On Sierra Nevada, Closing Roads, Schools

A days-long winter storm dumped heavy snow on the Sierra Nevada, closing major highways, ski resorts, and schools in parts of California. More than 10 feet of snow and hurricane-force wind gusts of 170 mph-plus were reported.

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US: Strong Winter Storm Brings Blizzard Conditions To Sierra Nevada

A strong winter storm hit the Sierra Nevada on Friday, March 1, bringing heavy snow and high winds. Blizzard Warnings were issued for the Sierra, including Lake Tahoe and eastern Nevada. The Sierra Avalanche Center warned that the danger of avalanches was high. Yosemite National Park and many ski resorts in the region announced they were closing at least for the day.

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China once again urges Japan to stop pushing through ocean discharge plan

STORY: China once again urges Japan to stop pushing through ocean discharge plan DATELINE: July 11, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:36 LOCATION: GENEVA, Switzerland CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. Various of UN 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): Chinese diplomat STORYLINE: China on Monday once again urged Japan to stop its plan to discharge nuclear-contaminated water into the ocean at the ongoing 53rd session of the UN Human Rights Council. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): Chinese diplomat "Out of economic cost considerations, Japan ignored the concerns and opposition of the international community, and its continuous discharge of Fukushima nuclear-contaminated water into the sea is the equivalent of treating the Pacific Ocean like a 'sewer.' Japan will release millions of tons of nuclear-contaminated water into the Pacific Ocean in the next 30 years. We urged Japan to dispose of it in a science-based, safe and transparent manner, and cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to put in place a long-term international mon

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Nobel laureate Amano addresses gov't innovation panel

TOKYO, Japan - Nagoya University professor Hiroshi Amano, one of the three Japanese-born scientists awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Physics, delivers a lecture at the government's Council for Science, Technology and Innovation at the Prime Minister' Office in Tokyo on Oct. 22, 2014.

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Physicist Fushimi, ex-head of Science Council of Japan, dies

TOKYO, Japan - Leading Japanese theoretical physicist Koji Fushimi (in file photo taken 1988) dies of old age at a hospital in Yokohama on May 8, his family said. He was 98. Fushimi headed, from 1977 to 1982, the Science Council of Japan, a Cabinet Office organization that is given the task to promote and enhance science, and to have science reflect and permeate into administration, industry and people's lives. He was elected to the House of Councillors in the 1983 upper house election. He retired from the Diet after serving out a six-year term.

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Saruhashi, promoter of female scientists, dies at 87

TOKYO, Japan - Katsuko Saruhashi (file photo taken in May 2002), the first female member of the Science Council of Japan, who helped champion young female scientists, died Sept. 29 of pneumonia at her home in Tokyo, her family said Oct. 2. She was 87. Saruhashi is known as the founder of the ''Saruhashi Award'' to honor female scientists up to the age of 49 for outstanding research.

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Ministry to review 'education with latitude' policy

TOKYO, Japan - Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister Nariaki Nakayama addresses a general meeting of the Central Council for Education, an advisory body, at a Tokyo hotel on Feb. 15. He asked the panel to review the ministry's ''education with latitude'' policy, which it introduced at public primary and junior high schools in 2002.

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Panel urges drastic change to education law

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuhiko Torii (L), chairman of the Central Education Council, a government advisory panel, hands a report recommending a drastic revision of the basic education law to Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister Atsuko Toyama on March 20. The report specifically advocated the idea of cultivating patriotism and public spirit in schools with an emphasis on individual dignity.

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Education panel proposes dismissed teachers surrender licenses

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuhiko Torii (R), chairman of the Central Education Council, presents an interim report summarizing his panel's recommendations on education reform to Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister Atsuko Toyama on Dec. 25. The panel proposed taking away the licenses of teachers who are dishonorably dismissed.

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Omi named minister for science council

TOKYO, Japan - Koji Omi, appointed by new Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi as minister in charge of the Council for Science and Technology Policy, development of Okinawa and settlement of issues concerning disputed isles off Hokkaido, speaks at a news conference April 26.

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Mori greets science council

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (L) gives an opening speech to the first meeting of the government's Council for Science and Technology Policy. Mori chairs the 14-member council comprising six cabinet ministers, five academics, two business executives and the president of the Science Council of Japan.

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Japan's Science Council commemorates 50th anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - The Science Council of Japan, a top national academic organization for scientists, held a ceremony on Oct. 28 commemorating its 50th anniversary, with Emperor Akihito, Empress Michiko and Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi attending. Photo shows the emperor and empress (C) toasting with council members at a celebration held at a Tokyo hotel.

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Education panel proposes dismissed teachers surrender licenses

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuhiko Torii (R), chairman of the Central Education Council, presents an interim report summarizing his panel's recommendations on education reform to Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister Atsuko Toyama on Dec. 25. The panel proposed taking away the licenses of teachers who are dishonorably dismissed.

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Ministry to review 'education with latitude' policy

TOKYO, Japan - Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister Nariaki Nakayama addresses a general meeting of the Central Council for Education, an advisory body, at a Tokyo hotel on Feb. 15. He asked the panel to review the ministry's ''education with latitude'' policy, which it introduced at public primary and junior high schools in 2002. (Kyodo)

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SCJ hopes to see concrete nuclear waste disposal plan

Science Council of Japan members discuss a proposal to the government and power companies requesting concrete measures against the problem of nuclear waste if nuclear plants are to be restarted, at a meeting in Tokyo on Feb. 17, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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FOCUS: Dual-use funds leave academics caught up in pacifism debate

Takashi Onishi, president of the Science Council of Japan and head of the Toyohashi University of Technology, speaks during an interview about the Defense Ministry's fund for basic research on dual-use technologies in Tokyo on June 30, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tagawa coalmine chimneys to be named tangible cultural property

FUKUOKA, Japan - This pair of brick chimneys at the Ida coalmine operated by the former Mitsui Tagawa Mines in Tagawa, Fukuoka Prefecture has been proposed as Registered Tangible Cultural Property by the Council for Cultural Affairs. The chimneys are among 201 historical buildings the council designated as Registered Tangible Cultural Properties in a proposal sent to Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister Bummei Ibuki on June 15. Built in 1908, the 45-meter-high chimneys were used as smoke outlets for steam boilers used inside the coalmine. (Kyodo)

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Physicist Fushimi, ex-head of Science Council of Japan, dies

TOKYO, Japan - Leading Japanese theoretical physicist Koji Fushimi (in file photo taken 1988) dies of old age at a hospital in Yokohama on May 8, his family said. He was 98. Fushimi headed, from 1977 to 1982, the Science Council of Japan, a Cabinet Office organization that is given the task to promote and enhance science, and to have science reflect and permeate into administration, industry and people's lives. He was elected to the House of Councillors in the 1983 upper house election. He retired from the Diet after serving out a six-year term. (Kyodo)

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Saruhashi, promoter of female scientists, dies at 87

TOKYO, Japan - Katsuko Saruhashi (file photo taken in May 2002), the first female member of the Science Council of Japan, who helped champion young female scientists, died Sept. 29 of pneumonia at her home in Tokyo, her family said Oct. 2. She was 87. Saruhashi is known as the founder of the ''Saruhashi Award'' to honor female scientists up to the age of 49 for outstanding research. (Kyodo)

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Protest against Suga's refusal to name advisory body members

People stage a rally in Tokyo's Shibuya district on Oct. 18, 2020, against Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's decision not to appoint academics who have been critical of the nation's security and anti-conspiracy legislation to the Science Council of Japan that makes policy recommendations to the government.

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Protest against Suga's refusal to name advisory body members

People stage a rally in Tokyo's Shibuya district on Oct. 18, 2020, against Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's decision not to appoint academics who have been critical of the nation's security and anti-conspiracy legislation to the Science Council of Japan that makes policy recommendations to the government.

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Japan PM Suga

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaks to reporters after meeting with Takaaki Kajita, president of the Science Council of Japan, in Tokyo on Oct. 16, 2020. The council has demanded Suga disclose the reasons for his decision to block six scholars, who have been critical of security and anti-conspiracy legislation enacted under Suga's predecessor Shinzo Abe, from joining the advisory body to the government.

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Rejection of scholars to Japan gov't advisory body

Takaaki Kajita, president of the Science Council of Japan, speaks to reporters after meeting with Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga in Tokyo on Oct. 16, 2020. The council has demanded Suga disclose the reasons for his decision to block six scholars, who have been critical of security and anti-conspiracy legislation enacted under Suga's predecessor Shinzo Abe, from joining the advisory body to the government.

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Rejection of scholars to Japan gov't advisory body

Combined photo shows Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (L) and Takaaki Kajita, president of the Science Council of Japan, in Tokyo on Oct. 16, 2020. The two met the same day over Suga's decision to block six scholars, who have been critical of security and anti-conspiracy legislation enacted under Suga's predecessor Shinzo Abe, from joining the advisory body to the government.

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Rejection of scholars to Japan gov't advisory body

Takaaki Kajita, president of the Science Council of Japan, speaks to reporters after meeting with Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga in Tokyo on Oct. 16, 2020. The council has demanded Suga disclose the reasons for his decision to block six scholars, who have been critical of security and anti-conspiracy legislation enacted under Suga's predecessor Shinzo Abe, from joining the advisory body to the government.

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Science Council of Japan President Takaaki Kajita

Science Council of Japan President Takaaki Kajita, a Nobel Prize in physics winner in 2015, attends a general meeting of the organization in Tokyo on Oct. 2, 2020. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has decided not to appoint academics who have been critical of the nation's security and anti-conspiracy legislation to the council that makes policy recommendations to the government, without giving specific reasons.

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Science Council of Japan President Takaaki Kajita

Science Council of Japan President Takaaki Kajita (far L), a Nobel Prize in physics winner in 2015, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Oct. 2, 2020, after attending a general meeting of the organization. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has decided not to appoint academics who have been critical of the nation's security and anti-conspiracy legislation to the council that makes policy recommendations to the government, without giving specific reasons.

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Science Council of Japan meeting

The Science Council of Japan holds a general meeting in Tokyo on Oct. 2, 2020, after Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga decided not to appoint academics who have been critical of the nation's security and anti-conspiracy legislation to the council that makes policy recommendations to the government, without giving specific reasons.

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Science Council of Japan President Takaaki Kajita

Science Council of Japan President Takaaki Kajita, a Nobel Prize in physics winner in 2015, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Oct. 2, 2020, after attending a general meeting of the organization. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has decided not to appoint academics who have been critical of the nation's security and anti-conspiracy legislation to the council that makes policy recommendations to the government, without giving specific reasons.

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Science Council of Japan President Takaaki Kajita

Science Council of Japan President Takaaki Kajita, a Nobel Prize in physics winner in 2015, meets the media in Tokyo on Oct. 2, 2020, after attending a meeting of the organization. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has decided not to appoint academics who have been critical of the nation's security and anti-conspiracy legislation to the council that makes policy recommendations to the government, without giving specific reasons.

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Science Council of Japan President Takaaki Kajita

Science Council of Japan President Takaaki Kajita, a Nobel Prize in physics winner in 2015, attends a general meeting of the organization in Tokyo on Oct. 2, 2020. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has decided not to appoint academics who have been critical of the nation's security and anti-conspiracy legislation to the council that makes policy recommendations to the government, without giving specific reasons.

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Scientists concerned over military study subsidy program

Hosei University professor Atsushi Sugita, who heads a panel of the Science Council of Japan, attends a press conference in Tokyo on March 7, 2017, after the panel issued a draft statement expressing concern over the Defense Ministry's subsidy program for academic research on technology for military purposes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Scientists concerned over military study subsidy program

Hosei University professor Atsushi Sugita, who heads a panel of the Science Council of Japan, attends a press conference in Tokyo on March 7, 2017, after the panel issued a draft statement expressing concern over the Defense Ministry's subsidy program for academic research on technology for military purposes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Scientists concerned over military study subsidy program

Hosei University professor Atsushi Sugita, who heads a panel of the Science Council of Japan, attends a press conference in Tokyo on March 7, 2017, after the panel issued a draft statement expressing concern over the Defense Ministry's subsidy program for academic research on technology for military purposes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Panel urges drastic change to education law

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuhiko Torii (L), chairman of the Central Education Council, a government advisory panel, hands a report recommending a drastic revision of the basic education law to Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister Atsuko Toyama on March 20. The report specifically advocated the idea of cultivating patriotism and public spirit in schools with an emphasis on individual dignity. (Kyodo)

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Omi named minister for science council

TOKYO, Japan - Koji Omi, appointed by new Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi as minister in charge of the Council for Science and Technology Policy, development of Okinawa and settlement of issues concerning disputed isles off Hokkaido, speaks at a news conference April 26.

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Mori greets science council

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori (L) gives an opening speech to the first meeting of the government's Council for Science and Technology Policy. Mori chairs the 14-member council comprising six cabinet ministers, five academics, two business executives and the president of the Science Council of Japan.