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China: Time-Lapse Captures Forest Fire Ripping Through Mountainside in Shenzhen

On January 8, 2026, a fast-moving forest fire ripped across mountainsides in Pingshan District, Shenzhen, sending thick orange flames and dark smoke over nearby roads and buildings. The fire broke out near Shenzhen Technology University. Emergency, fire, and police teams were mobilized immediately. No casualties were reported.

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Japanese imperial garden party

Professor Susumu Kitagawa of Kyoto University, a co-winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry, meets the press during a spring imperial garden party at the Akasaka Imperial Gardens in Tokyo on April 17, 2026.

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Japanese imperial garden party

Professor Susumu Kitagawa of Kyoto University, a co-winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry, meets the press during a spring imperial garden party at the Akasaka Imperial Gardens in Tokyo on April 17, 2026. (Pool photo)

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RECAP: Tornadoes, Flooding, and Large Hail Batter Midwest in Multi-Day Outbreak

A powerful severe weather system swept through the U.S. Midwest and Great Lakes region on April 14–15, bringing tornadoes, giant hail, damaging winds, and widespread flooding to multiple states. Michigan was among the hardest hit, with the Ann Arbor area reporting building collapses, downed power lines, and thousands of customers without electricity. In Milwaukee, heavy rains on Wednesday evening prompted the closure of Interstate 43 and left streets impassable across the city. At American Family Field, rain leaked through the retractable roof during the Milwaukee Brewers game against the Toronto Blue Jays.

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US: Severe Storms Strike Southeastern Michigan, Damaging University Arena

Severe storms struck southeastern Michigan overnight into Wednesday, April 15, bringing strong winds, heavy rain, and possible tornadoes. In Ann Arbor, winds gusted up to 70 mph, damaging the University of Michigan's Yost Ice Arena and downing trees and power lines across the region.

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Japan Prize award ceremony

Zhijian "James" Chen, professor of molecular biology at the University of Texas, poses for a photo during an award ceremony in Tokyo on April 14, 2026, after winning the Japan Prize for discovery of the nucleic acid sensing mechanism by the innate immune system. The Japan Prize is awarded annually to scientists and engineers from around the world who have made significant contributions to the advancement of science and technology.

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Japan Prize award ceremony

Cynthia Dwork, professor of computer science at Harvard University, poses for a photo during an award ceremony in Tokyo on April 14, 2026, after winning the Japan Prize for helping build an ethical digital society. The Japan Prize is awarded annually to scientists and engineers from around the world who have made significant contributions to the advancement of science and technology.

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Japan Prize award ceremony

Shizuo Akira, professor of life science at the University of Osaka, poses for a photo during an award ceremony in Tokyo on April 14, 2026, after winning the Japan Prize for discovery of the nucleic acid sensing mechanism by the innate immune system. The Japan Prize is awarded annually to scientists and engineers from around the world who have made significant contributions to the advancement of science and technology.

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University of Tokyo Governance Reform Press Conference

Press conference on governance reform at the University of Tokyo. The photo shows, from right to left, President Teruo Fujii and Executive Director and Vice President Hiroaki Aihara (in charge of Management Planning and Hospitals).=April 8,2026,Tokyo

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University of Tokyo Governance Reform Press Conference

Press conference on governance reform at the University of Tokyo. The photo shows, from right to left, President Teruo Fujii and Executive Director and Vice President Hiroaki Aihara (in charge of Management Planning and Hospitals).=April 8,2026,Tokyo

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University of Tokyo Governance Reform Press Conference

Press conference on governance reform at the University of Tokyo. The photo shows, from right to left, President Teruo Fujii and Executive Director and Vice President Hiroaki Aihara (in charge of Management Planning and Hospitals).=April 8,2026,Tokyo

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University of Tokyo Governance Reform Press Conference

Press conference on governance reform at the University of Tokyo. The photo shows, from right to left, President Teruo Fujii and Executive Director and Vice President Hiroaki Aihara (in charge of Management Planning and Hospitals).=April 8,2026,Tokyo

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University of Tokyo Governance Reform Press Conference

Press conference on governance reform at the University of Tokyo. The photo shows, from right to left, President Teruo Fujii and Executive Director and Vice President Hiroaki Aihara (in charge of Management Planning and Hospitals).=April 8,2026,Tokyo

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Welcome ceremony at Univ. of Tokyo

University of Tokyo President Teruo Fujii delivers a speech during a welcome ceremony for new students at the Nippon Budokan hall in Tokyo on April 13, 2026.

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Welcome ceremony of Univ. of Tokyo

A welcome ceremony is held for new students of the University of Tokyo at the Nippon Budokan hall in Tokyo on April 13, 2026.

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US: Fast-Moving Brush Fire Breaks Out in San Marcos, Forcing Nearby Evacuations 2

The Moree Fire, a fast-moving brush fire, broke out in San Marcos, San Diego County, California, on Sunday, April 5, forcing evacuations of California State University San Marcos and nearby residents. Firefighters stopped the spread of the flames in just over an hour.

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US: Fast-Moving Brush Fire Breaks Out in San Marcos, Forcing Nearby Evacuations

The Moree Fire, a fast-moving brush fire, broke out in San Marcos, San Diego County, California, on Sunday, April 5, forcing evacuations of California State University San Marcos and nearby residents. Firefighters stopped the spread of the flames in just over an hour.

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Scene from Tehran

Photo taken on April 4, 2026, shows a laboratory of Iran's prestigious Shahid Beheshti University left in ruin following U.S. and Israeli missile attacks.

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Scene from Tehran

Photo taken on April 4, 2026, shows a laboratory of Iran's prestigious Shahid Beheshti University left in ruin following U.S. and Israeli missile attacks.

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Scene from Tehran

Photo taken on April 4, 2026, shows a laboratory of Iran's prestigious Shahid Beheshti University left in ruin following U.S. and Israeli missile attacks.

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Scene from Tehran

Photo taken on April 4, 2026, shows a laboratory of Iran's prestigious Shahid Beheshti University left in ruin following U.S. and Israeli missile attacks.

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Scene from Tehran

Photo taken on April 4, 2026, shows a laboratory of Iran's prestigious Shahid Beheshti University left in ruin following U.S. and Israeli missile attacks.

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Scene from Tehran

Photo taken on April 4, 2026, shows a laboratory of Iran's prestigious Shahid Beheshti University left in ruin following U.S. and Israeli missile attacks.

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Scene from Tehran

Photo taken on April 4, 2026, shows a laboratory of Iran's prestigious Shahid Beheshti University left in ruin following U.S. and Israeli missile attacks.

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Scene from Tehran

Photo taken on April 4, 2026, shows a laboratory of Iran's prestigious Shahid Beheshti University left in ruin following U.S. and Israeli attacks.

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Scene from Tehran

Photo taken on April 4, 2026, shows a laboratory of Iran's prestigious Shahid Beheshti University left in ruin following U.S. and Israeli attacks.

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Scene from Tehran

Photo taken on April 4, 2026, shows a laboratory of Iran's prestigious Shahid Beheshti University left in ruin following U.S. and Israeli missile attacks.

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Serbia: Students Clash With Police Over University of Belgrade Raid 3

On Tuesday, March 31, hundreds of students clashed with police in Belgrade after officers searched University of Belgrade offices as part of an investigation into a student's death. The incident is the latest flashpoint in anti-government protests that have swept Serbia since December 2024, following the deaths of 16 people in a railway station collapse in Novi Sad.

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US: Fire Breaks Out at Historic Maccabees Building on Wayne State Campus in Detroit

An electrical fire broke out on the 11th floor of the historic Maccabees Building on Wayne State University's campus in Detroit, Michigan on Wednesday afternoon, April 1. The fire was quickly contained, and no injuries were reported. The nearly 100-year-old building, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, remains closed as damage is assessed.

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Serbia: Novi Sad Rallies in Solidarity With University of Belgrade After Police Raid

Hundreds of residents, professors, and students gathered in front of the University of Novi Sad's rectorate on Tuesday evening in solidarity with the University of Belgrade, after police entered the Belgrade rectorate earlier that day as part of an investigation into a student's death on March 26. Unlike the protests in Belgrade, no police were present near the Novi Sad campus.

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Serbia: Students Clash With Police Over University of Belgrade Raid

On Tuesday, March 31, hundreds of students clashed with police in Belgrade during a protest against a police search of University of Belgrade offices. Police used truncheons to disperse the demonstrators, while University Rector Vladan Djokić told the crowd that police had entered the building without a valid legal explanation and had seized computers.

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Serbia: Students Clash With Police Over University of Belgrade Raid 2

On Tuesday, March 31, hundreds of students clashed with police in Belgrade after officers searched University of Belgrade offices as part of an investigation into a student's death. The incident is the latest flashpoint in anti-government protests that have swept Serbia since December 2024, following the deaths of 16 people in a railway station collapse in Novi Sad.

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Japan PM Takaichi

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi addresses a meeting with high school and university students who have received the Fuji Scout award, the highest honor given to members of the Scout Association of Japan, at the premier's office in Tokyo on March 31, 2026.

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Japanese mathematician Hironaka dies

Japanese mathematician Heisuke Hironaka (L) shakes hands with French Ambassador Bernard de Montferrand at the ambassador's official residence in Tokyo in January 2004 at an event to award Hironaka the Legion of Honor, France's most prestigious award. Kyoto University professor emeritus Hironaka died in Tokyo on March 18, 2026, aged 94.

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Japanese mathematician Hironaka dies

File photo taken in October 2003 shows Japanese mathematician Heisuke Hironaka, who died in Tokyo on March 18, 2026, aged 94. Kyoto University professor emeritus Hironaka was awarded the Fields Medal, known as the Nobel Prize for mathematics, in 1970.

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Spain: Snow Blankets Avila, Dozens of Snowplows Deploy to Keep Roads Clear

Snow returned to the province of Avila on Monday, with flakes beginning to fall and blanketing the area. The provincial government deployed several snowplows and dozens of workers to keep roads clear the next morning.

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DMG Mori and the University of Tokyo “MX Center” Establishment Press Conference

Press conference for the establishment of the “MX Center” by DMG Mori and the University of Tokyo. Pictured from left: Teruo Fujii, President of the University of Tokyo; Masahiko Mori, President and Representative Director of DMG Mori Seiki.=March 9,2026,Tokyo

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DMG Mori and the University of Tokyo “MX Center” Establishment Press Conference

Press conference for the establishment of the “MX Center” by DMG Mori and the University of Tokyo. The photo shows Teruo Fujii, President of the University of Tokyo.=March 9,2026,Tokyo

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DMG Mori and the University of Tokyo “MX Center” Establishment Press Conference

Press conference for the establishment of the “MX Center” by DMG Mori and the University of Tokyo. Pictured from left: Teruo Fujii, President of the University of Tokyo; Masahiko Mori, President and Representative Director of DMG Mori Seiki.=March 9,2026,Tokyo

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DMG Mori and the University of Tokyo “MX Center” Establishment Press Conference

Press conference for the establishment of the “MX Center” by DMG Mori and the University of Tokyo. Pictured from left: Teruo Fujii, President of the University of Tokyo; Masahiko Mori, President and Representative Director of DMG Mori Seiki.=March 9,2026,Tokyo

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DMG Mori and the University of Tokyo “MX Center” Establishment Press Conference

Press conference for the establishment of the “MX Center” by DMG Mori and the University of Tokyo. Pictured from left: Teruo Fujii, President of the University of Tokyo; Masahiko Mori, President and Representative Director of DMG Mori Seiki.=March 9,2026,Tokyo

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DMG Mori and the University of Tokyo “MX Center” Establishment Press Conference

Press conference for the establishment of the “MX Center” by DMG Mori and the University of Tokyo. Pictured from left: Teruo Fujii, President of the University of Tokyo; Masahiko Mori, President and Representative Director of DMG Mori Seiki.=March 9,2026,Tokyo

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DMG Mori and the University of Tokyo “MX Center” Establishment Press Conference

Press conference for the establishment of the “MX Center” by DMG Mori and the University of Tokyo. Pictured from left: Teruo Fujii, President of the University of Tokyo; Masahiko Mori, President and Representative Director of DMG Mori Seiki.=March 9,2026,Tokyo

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DMG Mori and the University of Tokyo “MX Center” Establishment Press Conference

DMG Mori and the University of Tokyo MX Center Establishment Press Conference. The photo shows Masahiko Mori, President and Representative Director of DMG Mori.=March 9,2026,Tokyo

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Japan gov't panel approves 2 iPS-derived drugs

OSAKA, Japan, Feb. 19 Kyodo - University of Osaka professor Yoshiki Sawa holds a press conference in Osaka on Feb. 19, 2026, after Japan's health ministry panel approved the commercialization of two regenerative medicine products prepared from iPS cells, the first of their kind in the world. One of the two drugs, ReHeart, heart muscle sheets derived from human iPS cells, was developed by a startup originating from Sawa's team at the university. (Kyodo)

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2nd-stage university entrance exams in Japan

The University of Tokyo's entrance examination is held at a campus in Tokyo on Feb. 25, 2026. Second-stage entrance examinations began at state and other public universities across Japan the same day.

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2nd-stage university entrance exams in Japan

The University of Tokyo's entrance examination is held at a campus in Tokyo on Feb. 25, 2026. Second-stage entrance examinations began at state and other public universities across Japan the same day.

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2nd-stage university entrance exams in Japan

Test-takers head for the venue of an entrance examination for the University of Tokyo at a campus in Tokyo on Feb. 25, 2025. Second-stage entrance examinations began at state and other public universities across Japan the same day.

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2nd-stage university entrance exams in Japan

The University of Tokyo's entrance examination is held at a campus in Tokyo on Feb. 25, 2026. Second-stage entrance examinations began at state and other public universities across Japan the same day.

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2nd-stage university entrance exams in Japan

Test-takers head for the venue of an entrance examination for the University of Tokyo at a campus in Tokyo on Feb. 25, 2025. Second-stage entrance examinations began at state and other public universities across Japan the same day.