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Russian drone hits Chornobyl shelter

KYIV REGION, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 14, 2025 - Chief engineer at the Chornobyl NPP Oleksandr Tytarchuk (2nd L), head of the State Agency of Ukraine on Exclusion Zone Management, Hryhorii Ishchenko (C) and head of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine Andrii Danyk (2nd R) brief the press outside the New Safe Confinement at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant that was hit by a Russian attack drone with an explosive warhead on Friday night, January 14, Kyiv region, northern Ukraine. The structure put in place in 2016 protects the remains of Reactor 4 destroyed during the 1986 Chornobyl disaster. (Photo by Volodymyr Tarasov/Ukrinform)

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Winter has returned to Vinnytsia

VINNYTSIA, UKRAINE - MARCH 19, 2024 - A municipal snow tractor is used for sidewalk snow management, Vinnytsia, west-central Ukraine.

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PAKISTAN-BAD WEATHER-CASUALTIES

(240305) -- KARACHI, March 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People travel on a motor tricycle in the rain in Karachi, Pakistan on March 1, 2024. At least 36 people were killed and 41 others injured in different rain and snowfall that triggered incidents in Pakistan as heavy rains swept across the country from Feb. 27 till March 3, Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said. The deceased included 21 children, nine males and six females, the NDMA mentioned in a situation report released on Sunday night. (Str/Xinhua)

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PAKISTAN-BAD WEATHER-CASUALTIES

(240305) -- LAHORE, March 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An auto rickshaw runs in hailstorm Lahore, Pakistan on March 2, 2024. At least 36 people were killed and 41 others injured in different rain and snowfall that triggered incidents in Pakistan as heavy rains swept across the country from Feb. 27 till March 3, Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said. The deceased included 21 children, nine males and six females, the NDMA mentioned in a situation report released on Sunday night. (Photo by Sajjad/Xinhua)

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Kimura blasts banks on assessment of bad loans

TOKYO, Japan - Takeshi Kimura (file photo), a member of a Financial Services Agency (FSA) task force, slammed private banks Nov. 9 for what he termed their questionable management stance and assessment of nonperforming loans. ''Some say that there are bad loans five times more outstanding than the disclosed figures,'' said Kimura, known for his hard-line approach, in a speech at a foreign investment fair held at the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

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Historic hotel in Kanazawa left to rot since 1998

KANAZAWA, Japan - File photo taken in December 2001 shows Hakuunro Hotel at the Yuwaku hot spring in the suburbs of Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, which has been left to rot, much to the dismay of local residents. Founded in 1937, the hotel was a pioneer resort hotel constructed in a half-Japanese, half-Western style, characteristic of the early Showa Period (1926-1989). It was registered as a cultural property in 1997 but shut down the following year due to bad management.

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LTCB head office raided for alleged window dressing

Law enforcement authorities walk to the head office of the failed Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan (LTCB) in Tokyo on June 10 to search for evidence of suspected concealment of bad loans and illegal payment of dividends by the bank's former management.

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LTCB put under state control

Takashi Anzai, new president of the Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan (LTCB), speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Wednesday Nov. 4. The ailing LTCB began operating as a nationalized bank under new management in a first step toward disposing of its bad loans under banking legislation enacted last month.

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Stay creative! American teacher's quarantine life in Shanghai

STORY: Stay creative! American teacher's quarantine life in Shanghai DATELINE: April 15, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:19 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (English): ANDREW GORMLEY, Teacher, ShanghaiTech University 2. vairous of city views of Shanghai STORYLINE: Temporary closed-off management has been imposed in Shanghai as the city battles a resurgence of COVID-19. Though life under quarantine may be tedious for some, Andrew Gormley, an American teacher in Shanghai, says the quarantine is giving him more time to do creative work. SOUNDBITE (English): ANDREW GORMLEY, Teacher, ShanghaiTech University "Hi everybody, my name is Andrew. I'm an educator here in Shanghai. I teach entertainment design, drawing animation and writing for video games, movies and things like that. I've been here in Shanghai for about 15 months. The quarantine for me has been fine. It hasn't been too bad. Quarantine is kind of useful for me because it gives me time to sort through everything I've created and

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Historic hotel in Kanazawa left to rot since 1998

KANAZAWA, Japan - File photo taken in December 2001 shows Hakuunro Hotel at the Yuwaku hot spring in the suburbs of Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, which has been left to rot, much to the dismay of local residents. Founded in 1937, the hotel was a pioneer resort hotel constructed in a half-Japanese, half-Western style, characteristic of the early Showa Period (1926-1989). It was registered as a cultural property in 1997 but shut down the following year due to bad management.

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Kimura blasts banks on assessment of bad loans

TOKYO, Japan - Takeshi Kimura (file photo), a member of a Financial Services Agency (FSA) task force, slammed private banks Nov. 9 for what he termed their questionable management stance and assessment of nonperforming loans. ''Some say that there are bad loans five times more outstanding than the disclosed figures,'' said Kimura, known for his hard-line approach, in a speech at a foreign investment fair held at the Tokyo Stock Exchange. (Kyodo)

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LTCB head office raided for alleged window dressing

Law enforcement authorities walk to the head office of the failed Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan (LTCB) in Tokyo on June 10 to search for evidence of suspected concealment of bad loans and illegal payment of dividends by the bank's former management.

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LTCB put under state control

Takashi Anzai, new president of the Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan (LTCB), speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Wednesday Nov. 4. The ailing LTCB began operating as a nationalized bank under new management in a first step toward disposing of its bad loans under banking legislation enacted last month. ==Kyodo