Winter Strom Street Scenes - Chicago

Winter Strom Street Scenes - Chicago

Park workers use snow blowers to clear the area around the Cloud Gate sculpture in Chicago, the United States, on February 12, 2025. Chicago is bracing for its first major winter storm of the season as moderate to heavy snow blanketed the U.S. third largest metropolitan city Wednesday. More than 100 schools in Chicago closed. A ground delay went into effect at the Chicago O'Hare International Airport beginning 12 p.m. An alert from the Federal Aviation Administration said departures to airport are delayed an average of 90 minutes due to snow and ice. Photo by Vincent D. Johnson/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

China: Local Residents Clean Up After Severe Sandstorm In Xinjiang

Residents cleaned up on February 18 following an intense sandstorm that blanketed towns in Xinjiang a few days earlier. This video shows people sweeping dust that accumulated inside rooms and even using leaf blowers to dust off yellow sand that stuck to people's clothes and hair, and walls.

U.S.-NEW YORK-WINTER STORM

U.S.-NEW YORK-WINTER STORM

(220129) -- NEW YORK, Jan. 29, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People clear a snow-covered sidewalk with snow blowers in Queens, New York, the United States, on Jan. 29, 2022. Winter storm Kenan is bringing heavy snow and wind gusts to New York City and surrounding areas on Saturday. New York City is expected to receive 8 to 12 inches of total snowfall from Friday evening to early Sunday, according to a forecast issued by the National Weather Service on early Saturday. (Xinhua/Liu Yanan)

Business leader calls for whistle-blowing channels for corporate governance

Business leader calls for whistle-blowing channels for corporate governance

Yoshihiko Miyauchi, chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate Directors, talks about corporate governance in the wake of Toshiba Corp.'s accounting scandal at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Aug. 18, 2015. Miyauchi stressed the need to ensure third-party channels such as law firms through which whistle-blowers can provide inside information. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Emmilee Blowers, Georgina Corrick

Emmilee Blowers, Georgina Corrick

L-R Emmilee Blowers and Georgina Corrick (both GBR) are seen during the Women's Softball European Championship 2019 match Czech Republic vs Britain in Ostrava, Czech Republic, on July 3, 2019. (CTK Photo/Jaroslav Ozana)