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.

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.

Formal Bush Cabinet Portrait

Formal Bush Cabinet Portrait

United States President George W. Bush's cabinet photographed on April 9, 2001 in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C. First row, from left, Secretary of Commerce Donald Evans, Secretary of Interior Gale Norton, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of State Colin Powell, President George W. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, Secretary of Treasury Paul O'Neill, Attorney General John Ashcroft, Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman, Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao. Top row from left,.U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick, Administrator of Environmental Protection Agency Christine Todd Whitman, Secretary of Education Roderick Paige, Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta, Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Mel Martinez, Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Anthony Principi, Director of the Office of Management and Budget Mitch Daniels, and Chief of Staff Andrew Card. .Mandatory Photo by Pa

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.

DC: U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Rollins Speaks to Reporters at White House

DC: U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Rollins Speaks to Reporters at White House

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins speaks to reporters in front of the West Wing at the White House on August 5, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM)

DC: U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Rollins Speaks to Reporters at White House

DC: U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Rollins Speaks to Reporters at White House

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins speaks to reporters in front of the West Wing at the White House on August 5, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM)

DC: U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Rollins Speaks to Reporters at White House

DC: U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Rollins Speaks to Reporters at White House

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins speaks to reporters in front of the West Wing at the White House on August 5, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM)

DC: U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Rollins Speaks to Reporters at White House

DC: U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Rollins Speaks to Reporters at White House

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins speaks to reporters in front of the West Wing at the White House on August 5, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM)

DC: U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Rollins Speaks to Reporters at White House

DC: U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Rollins Speaks to Reporters at White House

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins speaks to reporters in front of the West Wing at the White House on August 5, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM)

DC: U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Rollins Speaks to Reporters at White House

DC: U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Rollins Speaks to Reporters at White House

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins speaks to reporters in front of the West Wing at the White House on August 5, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM)

DC: U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Rollins Speaks to Reporters at White House

DC: U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Rollins Speaks to Reporters at White House

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins speaks to reporters in front of the West Wing at the White House on August 5, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM)

DC: U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Rollins Speaks to Reporters at White House

DC: U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Rollins Speaks to Reporters at White House

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins speaks to reporters in front of the West Wing at the White House on August 5, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM)

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.

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.

US Presdient Trump Speaks in the Oval Office at the White House on Fires and LA Protests

US Presdient Trump Speaks in the Oval Office at the White House on Fires and LA Protests

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins speaks next to U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House, in Washington, DC on Tuesday, June 10, 2025. Photo by Ken Cedeno/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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.

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.

Mexico Threatens Retaliation Over Trump Tariffs

Mexico Threatens Retaliation Over Trump Tariffs

(L-R) Julio Berdegué, Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development, Alicia Barcena, Claudia Sheinbaum, President of Mexico, Secretary of the Environment and Natural Resources, Efrain Morales, Commission Director show the agreement during the National Agreement for the Human Right to Water and Sustainability, held at the Ecological Park of Xochimilco. Mexico City, Mexico, November 25, 2024. President Claudia Sheinbaum suggested Tuesday November 26 that Mexico could retaliate with tariffs of its own, after U.S. president-elect Donald Trump threatened to impose 25 % import duties on Mexican goods if the country doesn's stop the flow of drugs and migrants across the border. Photo by Carlos Santiago/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

G-7 farm ministers' meeting in Miyazaki

G-7 farm ministers' meeting in Miyazaki

(from L) Canadian Agriculture and Agri-food Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau, Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tetsuro Nomura and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack attend a joint press conference following a two-day meeting of the Group of Seven farm ministers in Miyazaki, southwestern Japan, on April 23, 2023.

G-7 farm ministers' meeting in Miyazaki

G-7 farm ministers' meeting in Miyazaki

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack speaks at a joint press conference following a two-day meeting of the Group of Seven farm ministers in Miyazaki, southwestern Japan, on April 23, 2023.

G-7 farm ministers' meeting in Miyazaki

G-7 farm ministers' meeting in Miyazaki

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack (L) speaks on the first day of a two-day meeting of the Group of Seven farm ministers in Miyazaki, southwestern Japan, on April 22, 2023.

U.S. secretary of agriculture in Japan

U.S. secretary of agriculture in Japan

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack explains the U.S. food policy during a seminar in the southwestern Japan city of Miyazaki on April 21, 2023, a day ahead of the two-day Group of Seven farm ministers' meeting.

U.S. secretary of agriculture in Japan

U.S. secretary of agriculture in Japan

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack explains the U.S. food policy during a seminar in the southwestern Japan city of Miyazaki on April 21, 2023, a day ahead of the two-day Group of Seven farm ministers' meeting.

U.S. secretary of agriculture in Japan

U.S. secretary of agriculture in Japan

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack explains the U.S. food policy during a seminar in the southwestern Japan city of Miyazaki on April 21, 2023, a day ahead of the two-day Group of Seven farm ministers' meeting.

China, U.S. hold bilateral commerce, trade talks

China, U.S. hold bilateral commerce, trade talks

BEIJING, China - U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman (L) shakes with Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang (2nd from R) while U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker (2nd from L) shakes hands with Chinese Agriculture Minister Han Changfu (R) at a meeting of the Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Dec. 20, 2013. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

Vilsack speaks at press club in Tokyo

Vilsack speaks at press club in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack speaks at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on April 9, 2010. He said the two governments should resume talks on a dispute over U.S. beef imports to Japan as soon as possible.

Japan, U.S. agree to resume beef talks

Japan, U.S. agree to resume beef talks

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese farm minister Hirotaka Akamatsu speaks to reporters after talks with U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack at the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in Tokyo on April 8, 2010. The two countries agreed the same day to resume dialogue over the lingering dispute on Japan's restrictions on U.S. beef imports.

Japan, U.S. agree to resume beef talks

Japan, U.S. agree to resume beef talks

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack leaves the room after wrapping up talks with his Japanese counterpart Hirotaka Akamatsu at the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in Tokyo on April 8, 2010. The two countries agreed the same day to resume dialogue over the lingering dispute on Japan's restrictions on U.S. beef imports.

Japan, U.S. agree to resume beef talks

Japan, U.S. agree to resume beef talks

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese farm minister Hirotaka Akamatsu (R) and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack shake hands at the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in Tokyo on April, 8, 2010. The two countries agreed the same day to resume dialogue over the lingering dispute on Japan's restrictions on U.S. beef imports.

Japan, U.S. agree to resume beef talks

Japan, U.S. agree to resume beef talks

TOKYO, Japan - A meeting between Japanese farm minister Hirotaka Akamatsu and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is held at the Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in Tokyo on April, 8, 2010. The two countries agreed the same day to resume dialogue over the lingering dispute on Japan's restrictions on U.S. beef imports.

U.S. farm secy delivers lecture in Tokyo

U.S. farm secy delivers lecture in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack delivers a lecture in Tokyo on April 7, 2010. Vilsack said it is necessary to utilize state-of-the-art biotechnologies to help improve the lives of the impoverished in rural areas.

U.S. to press Japan to remove age limit on beef imports: Johanns

U.S. to press Japan to remove age limit on beef imports: Johanns

WASHINGTON, United States - U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns tells Kyodo News on Nov. 3 that the United States will press Japan to remove the age limit on imports of U.S. beef, hardening its demand from an earlier call for raising the limit to 30 months from the current 20 months.

Nakagawa objects to U.S. plan to reduce No. of cows checked for BSE

Nakagawa objects to U.S. plan to reduce No. of cows checked for BSE

GENEVA, Switzerland - Japan's Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Shoichi Nakagawa (far left) and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns (far right) pose for photos prior to their talks in Geneva on May 2. Nakagawa told Johanns that reducing the number of cows to be checked for mad cow disease is never likely to be accepted positively in Japan.

Japan, U.S. farm ministers reach no conclusion on beef imports

Japan, U.S. farm ministers reach no conclusion on beef imports

DALIAN, China - Japanese farm minister Yoshinobu Shimamura speaks at a press conference following his talks with U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns at a hotel in Dalian on July 13. Shimamura said he and Johanns remained apart over Japan's lifting of its import ban on U.S. beef.

Japan, U.S. farm ministers reach no conclusion on beef imports

Japan, U.S. farm ministers reach no conclusion on beef imports

DALIAN, China - Japanese farm minister Yoshinobu Shimamura (R) and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns pose for photos prior to their talks at a hotel in Dalian on July 13. The two ministers remained apart over Japan's lifting of its import ban on U.S. beef, with both sides repeating their positions, Japanese officials said.

Nakagawa repeats Japan's stance on beef imports to U.S. officials

Nakagawa repeats Japan's stance on beef imports to U.S. officials

DALIAN, China - Japanese trade minister Shoichi Nakagawa (R) is in talks with U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns (far L) and U.S. Trade Representative Rob Portman (2nd from L) at a hotel in Dalian on July 12. Nakagawa said later he told the U.S. ministers Tokyo's position of waiting for an independent panel's approval to lift Japan's import ban on U.S. beef remains unchanged.

U.S. to send mission to Japan on mad cow disease

U.S. to send mission to Japan on mad cow disease

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Yoshiyuki Kamei responds to questions from reporters at his ministry Jan. 15 after talks with U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman over the telephone. The two agreed to hold talks aimed at resuming Japanese imports of U.S. beef as soon as possible and that Washington will send a mission to Tokyo next week to discuss the issue.

Japan, U.S. agree on efforts to restore confidence in beef

Japan, U.S. agree on efforts to restore confidence in beef

WASHINGTON, United States - Japanese Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Shoichi Nakagawa (R) and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman (2nd from fore) are in talks in Washington on Jan. 7. They agreed to cooperate in their efforts to restore consumer confidence in U.S. beef products, damaged by the country's first case of mad cow disease. But they ended the meeting without discussing ways to take concrete steps toward lifting Japan's ban on American beef imports or implementing stricter measures to ensure the safety of U.S. cattle.

Japan, U.S. hold talks over lifting beef import ban

Japan, U.S. hold talks over lifting beef import ban

TOKYO, Japan - A U.S. delegation, led by David Hegwood (3rd from L), a trade adviser to U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman, meets with Japanese officials at the Foreign Ministry's Iikura guesthouse in Tokyo on Monday to discuss lifting a ban that Tokyo imposed last week on imports of U.S. beef.

Japan, U.S. remain apart over farm trade liberalization

Japan, U.S. remain apart over farm trade liberalization

WASHINGTON, United States - Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tadamori Oshima speaks to reporters at the U.S. State Department in Washington on Jan. 8 after meeting with Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage. Oshima failed to narrow the gap between Japan and the United States on how to reduce tariffs on agricultural products in a new round of global trade talks.

U.S. farm secretary campaigns for U.S. beef

U.S. farm secretary campaigns for U.S. beef

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman (C) visits a ''summer cooking school'' at an elementary school in Tokyo's Minato Ward on July 25 and demonstrates how to make dishes using U.S. beef in a marketing campaign for the products. Veneman is in Tokyo ahead of a two-day meeting in Nara, western Japan, of farm ministers from Australia, Canada, the European Union, Japan and the United States.

Glickman meets Nakagawa

Glickman meets Nakagawa

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman (R) shakes hands with his Japanese counterpart Shoichi Nakagawa at the start of their meeting on Nov. 19. Glickman opposed a Japanese plan to require farm producers to label genetically engineered agricultural products.

Kenya to begin exports of livestock products from Chinese-built port in 2023

STORY: Kenya to begin exports of livestock products from Chinese-built port in 2023 DATELINE: June 13, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:55 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of a cargo ship docking at the Chinese-built Lamu Port 2. various of a farmer herding his goats and cattle 3. various of a ship carrying livestock docked at the port of Mombasa 4. various of the ship carrying livestock 5. various of operations at the Chinese built Lamu Port STORYLINE: Kenya will begin to export livestock products from the Chinese-built Lamu Port in 2023, a government official said Wednesday. Harry Kimtai, the principal secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, and Cooperatives, told journalists in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, that the government has allocated 500 million shillings (4.27 million U.S. dollars) for the construction of an efficient transport corridor for livestock at the port. "We want to establish facilities at the Lamu port that will support the docking of ocean ve

Nakagawa repeats Japan's stance on beef imports to U.S. official

Nakagawa repeats Japan's stance on beef imports to U.S. official

DALIAN, China - Japanese trade minister Shoichi Nakagawa (R) is in talks with U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns (far L) and U.S. Trade Representative Rob Portman (2nd from L) at a hotel in Dalian on July 12. Nakagawa said later he told the U.S. ministers Tokyo's position of waiting for an independent panel's approval to lift Japan's import ban on U.S. beef remains unchanged. (Kyodo)