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Baseball: Padres vs. Dodgers

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers steals second base, his 56th steal of the season, in the sixth inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres on Sept. 25, 2024, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. He tied former Seattle Mariner Ichiro Suzuki's 2001 mark for the most steals by a Japanese-born player.

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Typhoon Yagi Aftermath - China

An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 15, 2024 shows workers clearing silt at the riverside of Yongjiang River in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Nanning has undergone the most severe flood situation since 2001 after Typhoon Yagi passed by the region on September 12. Photo by Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Typhoon Yagi Aftermath - China

An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 15, 2024 shows workers clearing silt at the riverside of Yongjiang River in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Nanning has undergone the most severe flood situation since 2001 after Typhoon Yagi passed by the region on September 12. Photo by Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Typhoon Yagi Aftermath - China

An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 15, 2024 shows workers clearing silt at the riverside of Yongjiang River in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Nanning has undergone the most severe flood situation since 2001 after Typhoon Yagi passed by the region on September 12. Photo by Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Typhoon Yagi Aftermath - China

An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 15, 2024 shows workers clearing silt at the riverside of Yongjiang River in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Nanning has undergone the most severe flood situation since 2001 after Typhoon Yagi passed by the region on September 12. Photo by Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Typhoon Yagi Aftermath - China

An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 15, 2024 shows workers clearing silt at the riverside of Yongjiang River in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Nanning has undergone the most severe flood situation since 2001 after Typhoon Yagi passed by the region on September 12. Photo by Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Typhoon Yagi Aftermath - China

An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 15, 2024 shows the view of Yongjiang River in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Nanning has undergone the most severe flood situation since 2001 after Typhoon Yagi passed by the region on September 12. Photo by Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Typhoon Yagi Aftermath - China

Workers clear silt at the riverside of Yongjiang River in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Sept. 15, 2024. Nanning has undergone the most severe flood situation since 2001 after Typhoon Yagi passed by the region on September 12. Photo by Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Typhoon Yagi Aftermath - China

An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 15, 2024 shows the view of Yongjiang River in Nanning, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Nanning has undergone the most severe flood situation since 2001 after Typhoon Yagi passed by the region on September 12. Photo by Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang/ABACAPRESS.COM

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23rd anniversary of Sept. 11 terror attacks

U.S. President Joe Biden (2nd from L), Vice President Kamala Harris (far L) and former President Donald Trump (2nd from R) attend a memorial ceremony held in New York on Sept. 11, 2024, for the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks in the United States on its 23rd anniversary.

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23rd anniversary of Sept. 11 terror attacks

Police officers hold a U.S. flag at a memorial ceremony held in New York on Sept. 11, 2024, for the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks in the United States on its 23rd anniversary.

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23rd anniversary of Sept. 11 terror attacks

A woman prays at the former site of the One World Trade Center in New York on Sept. 11, 2024, the 23rd anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks in the United States.

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U.S. House votes to expel Republican Rep. George Santos from Congress

STORY: U.S. House votes to expel Republican Rep. George Santos from Congress SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 1, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 2, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:46 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the U.S. House of Representatives voting on the bill STORYLINE: The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday voted to expel New York Republican George Santos from Congress over the lies, scandals and alleged campaign finance crimes. The lower chamber voted 311-114 to expel Santos, with all Republican leaders voting against expulsion. In total, 105 Republicans and 206 Democrats voted for expulsion. The latest action, which required a two-third majority, makes Santos, a first-term lawmaker, the sixth member of the House to be expelled in the body's history. Santos invented ties to the Holocaust and made false claims that his mother was at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. His detractors also mentioned several times his use of campaign funds for personal expenses. Xinhua News Agency corre

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Over 1,000 victims remain unidentified 22 years after 9/11 attacks

STORY: Over 1,000 victims remain unidentified 22 years after 9/11 attacks DATELINE: Sept. 12, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:27 LOCATION: NEW YORK, the United States CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in Lower Manhattan STORYLINE: Over 1,000 victims remain unidentified 22 years after the 9/11 attacks in the United States that killed 2,977 people. A commemoration ceremony was held on Monday at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in Lower Manhattan, New York, where those died in Sept. 11, 2001 attacks were honored. Days ahead of the anniversary, the identification of two victims from the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil was announced in a press release by the mayor's office. The two new identifications - a man and a woman whose names are withheld at the request of their families - represented the 1,648th and 1,649th persons identified. They were the first new identifications of World Trade Center victims since September 2021. However, 1,104 victims - 40

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Farmers in China's Xinjiang see bumper harvest of Hami melons

STORY: Farmers in China's Xinjiang see bumper harvest of Hami melons DATELINE: Sept. 3, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:52 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Naomaohu Town 2. various of Hami melons 3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): YU MINGLIANG, Farmer 4. various of Hami melons STORYLINE: More than 40,000 mu (about 2,667 hectares) of Hami melons has recently entered harvest season in Naomaohu Town of Yiwu County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The town is one of the largest production bases of late-ripening Hami melons in China. Hami melon planting was introduced to the area in 2001. With the adoption of standardized planting techniques in recent years, its output and quality have both seen a great improvement. This year, the output of Hami melons in Naomaohu Town is expected to reach 100,000 tons. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): YU MINGLIANG, Farmer "This year, I've planted more than 100 mu (about 6.67 hectares) of late-ripening Hami melons. So far, they have been sold out. My income

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CHINA-BEIJING-SHOUGANG-GERMANY-RUHR-TRANSFORMATION

(230830) -- BEIJING, Aug. 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 5, 2022 shows the venue of 2022 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) at the Shougang Park in Shijingshan District of Beijing, capital of China. From the Ruhr area in Germany to the Shougang industrial park in Beijing, one after another steel "giants" stand as witnesses to the development process of human civilization. The Ruhr area in Germany is a significant industrial zone in Europe, once a coal and steel production hub for Germany. The Zollverein coal mine industrial complex in Essen was one of the world's largest coal mines from the late 19th to the early 20th century. With Germany's transition in energy industry, the Zollverein coal mine industrial complex ceased operation completely in 1993. This exemplary modern industrial structure subsequently transformed into an arts and cultural center. In 2001, the Zollverein coal mine industrial complex was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Founded in 1919, Sh

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CHINA-BEIJING-SHOUGANG-GERMANY-RUHR-TRANSFORMATION

(230830) -- BEIJING, Aug. 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This file photo taken on Sept. 17, 2012 shows people watching night view during a light festival at the Shougang Park in Shijingshan District of Beijing, capital of China. From the Ruhr area in Germany to the Shougang industrial park in Beijing, one after another steel "giants" stand as witnesses to the development process of human civilization. The Ruhr area in Germany is a significant industrial zone in Europe, once a coal and steel production hub for Germany. The Zollverein coal mine industrial complex in Essen was one of the world's largest coal mines from the late 19th to the early 20th century. With Germany's transition in energy industry, the Zollverein coal mine industrial complex ceased operation completely in 1993. This exemplary modern industrial structure subsequently transformed into an arts and cultural center. In 2001, the Zollverein coal mine industrial complex was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Founded in 1919, Shougang, meaning "

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UN expert urges U.S. to apologize for inhuman treatment at Guantanamo Bay

STORY: UN expert urges U.S. to apologize for inhuman treatment at Guantanamo Bay DATELINE: June 28, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:37 LOCATION: UN headquarters CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. wide shot of press briefing room 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): FIONNUALA NI AOLAIN, UN special rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism 3. various of journalists 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): FIONNUALA NI AOLAIN, UN special rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism STORYLINE: A UN expert on Monday called on the U.S. government to apologize for the inhuman treatment at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, which was established by former U.S. President George W. Bush's administration in 2002 following the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. The UN special rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism, Fionnuala Ni Aolain, said the 30 men that are s

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U.S. envoy remembers Japanese 9/11 victims at Mizuho Financial

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Thomas Schieffer (C) offers flowers to the 9/11 monument at the head office of Mizuho Financial Group Inc. in memory of the bank group's 23 employees and local staff killed in the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attack on the World Trade Center in New York.

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4 orphans of 9/11 attacks, Hanshin quake visit Yankees' Matsui

NEW YORK, United States - Four Japanese and U.S. youths (L) who lost one or both of their parents in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States and the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake visited New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui (R) at Yankee Stadium on Sept. 5. They handed him paper cranes made by children who had lost either one or both of their parents in wars and other major disasters throughout the world.

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Famed economist Uzawa dies at 86

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in November 2001 shows Hirofumi Uzawa, professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo, who died of pneumonia on Sept. 18, 2014. The theoretical economist also taught at Stanford University and the University of Chicago, both in the United States.

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Japanese minister visits 9/11 memorial

NEW YORK, United States - Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida offers a wreath at a memorial to the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center after arriving in New York on Sept. 21, 2014, to attend U.N. General Assembly-related events.

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Halloween season at Universal Studio Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Children pack a handful of treats into bags at a Halloween campaign event unveiled to the press in advance at Universal Studio Japan (USJ) in Osaka, western Japan, on Sept. 11, 2014. USJ aims to break the current record annual visitor turnout of 11 million achieved in fiscal 2001 taking advantage of the event, officially launched on Sept. 12, and other attractions.

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Four World Trade Center

NEW YORK, United States - Architect Fumihiko Maki speaks at the opening of Four World Trade Center in lower Manhattan on Nov. 13, 2013. The building was the first to open on the original site since the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

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Four World Trade Center

NEW YORK, United States - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (C) and President and CEO of Silverstein Properties Larry Silverstein (R) cut the ceremonial ribbon at the opening of Four World Trade Center on Nov. 13, 2013 in lower Manhattan. The building was the first to open on the original World Trade Center site after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

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Four World Trade Center

NEW YORK, United States - Photo taken on Nov. 11, 2013, shows Four World Trade Center in lower Manhattan. The building was the first to open on Nov. 13, 2013, on the original site since the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

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Sept. 11 memorial in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Charge d'Affaires ad interim Kurt Tong speaks during a memorial of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on Sept. 11, 2013.

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9/11 monument in Fukushima

KORIYAMA, Japan - Visitors including a group of relatives of victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks on the United States gather around a monument in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 3, 2013. The group donated the monument featuring a large steel replica of a paper crane of atomic bombing victim Sadako Sasaki. The replica was made from a portion of the steel frame of the collapsed World Trade Center in New York.

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9/11 monument in Fukushima

KORIYAMA, Japan - Visitors including a group of relatives of victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks on the United States pose for photos near a monument in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 3, 2013. The group donated the monument featuring a large steel replica of a paper crane of atomic bombing victim Sadako Sasaki. The replica was made from a portion of the steel frame of the collapsed World Trade Center in New York.

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9/11 monument in Fukushima

KORIYAMA, Japan - Visitors including a group of relatives of victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks on the United States pose for photos near a monument in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 3, 2013. The group donated the monument featuring a large steel replica of a paper crane of atomic bombing victim Sadako Sasaki. The replica was made from a portion of the steel frame of the collapsed World Trade Center in New York.

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9/11 group seeks continued support for Tohoku disaster victims

TOKYO, Japan - Lee Ielpi (far L), head of the September 11th Families' Association, meets reconstruction minister Tatsuo Hirano (R) in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2012. Bereaved families of the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States called for continued support for survivors of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that hit eastern and northeastern Japan in their meeting with the Japanese minister.

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9/11 group gives monument to Japanese city

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 25, 2012, in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, shows a monument (front) in the shape of a crane, with a wing span of 80 centimeters, made from debris of the World Trade Center, which collapsed in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. An association of bereaved families of victims of the attacks donated the monument the same day to the city as a symbol of its recovery efforts from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan.

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Ex-Asahi Breweries President Higuchi dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in September 2001 shows former Asahi Breweries Ltd. President Hirotaro Higuchi. Higuchi, who launched the brewer's mega-hit beer Asahi Super Dry in 1987, died of acute cardiac failure at a hospital in Tokyo on Sept. 16, 2012. He was 86.

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Concert in memory of 9/11 victims

NEW YORK, United States - A chorus group of Japanese women performs at a concert in New York in memory of the victims of the 2001 terror attacks, on Sept. 11, 2012, the 11th anniversary of the attacks.

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Concert in memory of 9/11 victims

NEW YORK, United States - The Big Apple Chorus, a male chorus group in New York, performs at a concert in New York in memory of the victims of the 2001 terror attacks, on Sept. 11, 2012, the 11th anniversary of the attacks.

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Doctor to help Japan quake victims with 9/11 experience

NEW YORK, United States - Photo taken on Sept. 3, 2012, shows Robert Takahiro Yanagisawa, an associate professor at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, in front of the New York medical institute. Yanagisawa has treated those affected by the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks for more than 10 years and wants to use insights gained from the experience to treat Japan's quake victims, particularly in the area of mental health care.

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Ichiro fails to mark 11th straight season of 200 hits

TOKYO, Japan - Combined photo shows batting by Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners in (from upper L to R) 2001 to 2005 and (from bottom L to R) 2006 to 2010, when Suzuki had 200 hits for 10 consecutive seasons, a major league record. Suzuki ended the season with 184 hits on Sept. 28, 2011, snapping the streak at 10.

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N.Y. commemorates 10th anniv. of Sept. 11 attacks

NEW YORK, United States - Haruhiro Shiratori, whose only son Atsushi was killed at the World Trade Center in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, holds a message expressing his resentment of former U.S. President George W. Bush in New York on Sept. 11, 2011, before attending a ceremony to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the attacks. Shiratori has supported children in Afghanistan since his son's death.

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N.Y. to mark 10th anniversary of Sept. 11 attacks

NEW YORK, United States - The Tower One, under construction at the site of the collapsed World Trade Center Twin Towers, is lit in red, white and blue in the image of the Stars and Stripes in early hours of Sept. 11, 2011, the 10th anniversary of the 2001 attacks on the United States.

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N.Y. to mark 10th anniversary of Sept. 11 attacks

NEW YORK, United States - Photo shows Ground Zero of the 2001 attacks on the United States, as the area appeared in the early hours of Sept. 11, 2011, prior to a ceremony to mark the 10th anniversary of the terror attack.

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Bin Laden killed in U.S. operation

TOKYO, Japan - A man watches TV screens reporting on the death of Osama bin Laden, the architect behind the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks against the United States, at an electronics store in Tokyo's Shimbashi district on May 2, 2011. Bin Laden, the leader of the terrorist network al-Qaida, was killed in Pakistan in a U.S. operation, U.S. President Barack Obama announced in Washington on May 1.

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A-bomb icon Sadako's brother appeals for peace at N.Y. ceremony

NEW YORK, United States - Masahiro Sasaki (L) meets a relative (R) of a victim of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks on the United States in New York on May 3, 2010. Sasaki is the older brother of Sadako Sasaki, who died a decade after surviving the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima in August 1945.

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Japan's refueling ships return home after antiterrorism mission

TOKYO, Japan - The Maritime Self-Defense Force's 13,500-ton supply ship Mashu returns to Marumi Wharf in Tokyo Bay on Feb. 6, 2010, after winding up its refueling mission in the Indian Ocean in support of U.S.-led antiterrorism operations in and around Afghanistan. The 4,550-ton destroyer Ikazuchi, along with the Mashu, also returned home, marking the end of Japan's contribution to the operations since December 2001 in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks that year in the United States.

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Hirose reaches women's singles semis at Yonex Open

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's Eriko Hirose is jubilant after beating Nicole Grether of Germany to advance to the women's singles semifinals at the Yonex Open at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on Sept. 25, 2009. The Beijing Olympian is the first Japanese woman to reach the last four of the singles since Kaori Mori in 2001.

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Lantern floating event held on Hudson River for Sept. 11 victims

NEW YORK, United States - Paper lanterns are floated down the Hudson River in a memorial event Sept. 11, 2009, for the victims of the terrorist attacks on New York in 2001.

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Japanese gospel singers offer concert for Sept. 11 victims

NEW YORK, United States - Photo shows a group of female Japanese gospel singers, Kokoro, who gave a memorial concert at a New York hall Sept. 11, 2009, for the victims of the terrorist attacks on New York in 2001.

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Construction under way at 9/11 Ground Zero

NEW YORK, United States - This Aug. 17 photo shows the construction site at Ground Zero for new buildings to replace the World Trade Center skyscrapers destroyed in the Sept. 11, 2001, attack in New York. An official of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which manages the site, struck a confident note that the skyscraper will be completed in 2013. The authority provided Kyodo News with a photo opportunity at the site ahead of the eighth anniversary of the attacks on the United States.

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Construction under way at 9/11 Ground Zero

NEW YORK, United States - This Aug. 17 photo shows the construction site for the new 1 WTC skyscraper at Ground Zero of the Sept. 11, 2001, attack in New York. An official of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which manages the site, struck a confident note that the skyscraper will be completed in 2013. The authority provided Kyodo News with a photo opportunity at the site ahead of the eighth anniversary of the attacks on the United States.

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Lower house maintains ban on public attendance after 9/11

TOKYO, Japan - Only a few spectators are seen in the public gallery at a plenary session of the House of Representatives on Jan. 13 as the lower house has kept its doors to the hall off limits to the public for security reasons since the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States.

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New York marks 7th anniversary of Sept. 11 terrorist attacks

NEW YORK, United States - People float lanterns on the Hudson river in New York on Sept. 11, 2008, the seventh anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks. The beaming tower at Ground Zero in the background lights up the sky.