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Philippines: Typhoon Kalmaegi Triggers Severe Flooding, Displacing Thousands 4

At least 140 people have died and 127 remain missing after Typhoon Kalmaegi struck the Philippines, with the central province of Cebu suffering the worst damage from floods and mudslides. Homes were destroyed and streets were left buried in debris, forcing thousands of residents to evacuate. In Cebu, floodwaters rose to roof level in some areas. A state of calamity has been declared in Cebu to speed up emergency response as rescue operations continue.

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US: Multiple Arrested At Pro-Palestine Protest Outside NYU Stern School Of Business

Hundreds of pro-Palestinian demonstrators, including students and faculty members, rallied outside the New York University Stern School of Business on Monday, April 22. As the protest intensified, multiple protesters were taken into custody.

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Japan travel industry signs U.N. tourism code of ethics

TOKYO, Japan - Okinawa Tourist Service Inc. President Yoshikazu Azuma (L) holds a signed document of the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism at the office of the Japan Tourism Agency in Tokyo on Sept. 25, 2014, as U.N. World Tourism Organization Secretary General Taleb Rifai looks on. The company and 12 other tourism organizations and agencies are the first ones in Japan to sign the code.

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Noda meets tourism organization chief

TOKYO, Japan - World Tourism Organization Secretary General Taleb Rifai (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (R) meet at the premier's office in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2011. Noda asked for the U.N. agency's continued support of Japan's efforts to recover from the March quake and tsunami.

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World forum on gastronomy tourism

Zurab Pololikashvili (on screen), secretary general of the U.N. World Tourism Organization, speaks at the opening ceremony of the seventh World Forum on Gastronomy Tourism on Dec. 13, 2022, in Nara, western Japan. The event, the first in Japan and mainly organized by the U.N. agency, will run through Dec. 15, with about 500 people from around 40 countries expected to participate.

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World forum on gastronomy tourism

Photo taken on Dec. 13, 2022, shows booths of Japanese municipalities set up at the venue of the seventh World Forum on Gastronomy Tourism in Nara, western Japan, that opened the same day. The event, the first in Japan and mainly organized by the U.N. World Tourism Organization, will run through Dec. 15, with about 500 people from around 40 countries expected to participate.

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Japan travel industry signs U.N. tourism code of ethics

TOKYO, Japan - Okinawa Tourist Service Inc. President Yoshikazu Azuma (L) holds a signed document of the Global Code of Ethics for Tourism at the office of the Japan Tourism Agency in Tokyo on Sept. 25, 2014, as U.N. World Tourism Organization Secretary General Taleb Rifai looks on. The company and 12 other tourism organizations and agencies are the first ones in Japan to sign the code. (Kyodo)

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Noda meets tourism organization chief

TOKYO, Japan - World Tourism Organization Secretary General Taleb Rifai (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (R) meet at the premier's office in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2011. Noda asked for the U.N. agency's continued support of Japan's efforts to recover from the March quake and tsunami. (Kyodo)