Clashes in Bogota's National University after Alleged Bomb Threat

Clashes in Bogota's National University after Alleged Bomb Threat

Colombian bom squad police look for explosives left on the ground after clashes against Colombia's riot police 'UNDEMO' formerly 'ESMAD' on October 10, 2025 in Bogota's National University after it was evacuated on an alleged bomb threat. Photo by: Sebastian Barros/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Brazil: Major Floods In São Paulo Cause Overcrowded Stations And Significant Disruptions

A severe storm hit São Paulo on Friday, January 24, causing major flooding, widespread power outages, and damage to multiple structures across the city. The floods halted subway services, leaving passengers stranded and overcrowding stations, causing significant disruption.

Brazil: Major Floods In São Paulo Cause Overcrowded Stations And Significant Disruptions 2

A severe storm hit São Paulo on Friday, January 24, causing major flooding, widespread power outages, and damage to multiple structures across the city. The floods halted subway services, leaving passengers stranded and overcrowding stations, causing significant disruption.

Brazil: Major Floods In São Paulo Cause Overcrowded Stations And Significant Disruptions 3

A severe storm hit São Paulo on Friday, January 24, causing major flooding, widespread power outages, and damage to multiple structures across the city. The floods halted subway services, leaving passengers stranded and overcrowding stations, causing significant disruption.

Brazil: Major Floods In São Paulo Cause Overcrowded Stations And Significant Disruptions 4

A severe storm hit São Paulo on Friday, January 24, causing major flooding, widespread power outages, and damage to multiple structures across the city. The floods halted subway services, leaving passengers stranded and overcrowding stations, causing significant disruption.

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A severe storm hit São Paulo on Friday, January 24, causing major flooding, widespread power outages, and damage to multiple structures across the city. The floods halted subway services, leaving passengers stranded and overcrowding stations, causing significant disruption.

Remains of St. Francis Xavier

Remains of St. Francis Xavier

A casket carrying the remains of the 16th century Spanish missionary St. Francis Xavier is seen on its way to Se Cathedral in Old Goa, India, on Nov. 21, 2024, after leaving the nearby Basilica of Bom Jesus (back) earlier in the day. The remains are put on public display at the cathedral every 10 years.

Remains of St. Francis Xavier

Remains of St. Francis Xavier

A casket carrying the remains of the 16th century Spanish missionary St. Francis Xavier is seen on its way to Se Cathedral in Old Goa, India, on Nov. 21, 2024, after leaving the nearby Basilica of Bom Jesus earlier in the day. The remains are put on public display at the cathedral every 10 years.

Remains of St. Francis Xavier

Remains of St. Francis Xavier

A casket carrying the remains of the 16th century Spanish missionary St. Francis Xavier is seen on its way to Se Cathedral in Old Goa, India, on Nov. 21, 2024, after leaving the nearby Basilica of Bom Jesus earlier in the day. The remains are put on public display at the cathedral every 10 years.

Netherlands, China boost cooperation in new energy sector

STORY: Netherlands, China boost cooperation in new energy sector DATELINE: June 22, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:53 LOCATION: TILBURG, the Netherlands CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1 various of views in the Netherlands 2 SOUNDBITE 1 (English): EELKO BRINKHOFF, Director of Foreign Investments and International Trade at the North Brabant Development Agency (BOM) 3 SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ROLAND VERBRAAK, General Manager of Dutch logistics company BTT STORYLINE: Dutch and Chinese representatives agreed to boost cooperation in the new energy sector at a seminar held in Tilburg, the Netherlands on Tuesday. The event was attended by representatives from the Chinese Embassy in the Netherlands, the North Brabant Development Agency (BOM), and over 50 Dutch and Chinese companies. It focused on leveraging the "Trade Fair in Warehouse" trade promotion program, in order to support new energy enterprises in both countries. China's Jiangsu Province and Netherlands' North Brabant Province officially launched their cooperation

ITALY-BOLOGNA-CHILDREN'S BOOK FAIR-CHINESE PUBLISHERS

ITALY-BOLOGNA-CHILDREN'S BOOK FAIR-CHINESE PUBLISHERS

(230310) -- BOLOGNA, March 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Slava Fedorov (L), chief executive of Russia's IRSI Publishing House, and Carlos Eduardo Cavalheiro Filho, chief executive of Bom Bom Book's LTDA of Brazil, receive an interview at the Bologna Children's Book Fair in Bologna, Italy, March 7, 2023. TO GO WITH "Feature: Chinese stories win publishers' hearts at children's book fair in Italy" (Xinhua/Jin Mamengni)

Body of Chiba shooting suspect found in car

Body of Chiba shooting suspect found in car

CHIBA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Feb. 16, 2012, shows police investigators examining a car (R) in which a body was found that morning in Kujukuri, Chiba Prefecture. Police said the victim has been confirmed as Chong Yong Bom, a 65-year-old suspect wanted over a fatal shooting earlier in the week at a restaurant in adjacent city Togane in the same prefecture.

Body of Chiba shooting suspect found in car

Body of Chiba shooting suspect found in car

CHIBA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Feb. 16, 2012, shows police investigators examining a car in which a body was found that morning in Kujukuri, Chiba Prefecture. Police said the victim has been confirmed as Chong Yong Bom, a 65-year-old suspect wanted over a fatal shooting earlier in the week at a restaurant in adjacent city Togane in the same prefecture.

Body of Chiba shooting suspect found in car

Body of Chiba shooting suspect found in car

CHIBA, Japan - Police investigators examine on Feb. 16, 2012, a car in which a body was found that morning in Kujukuri, Chiba Prefecture. The police said the victim has been confirmed as Chong Yong Bom, a 65-year-old suspect wanted over a fatal shooting earlier in the week at a restaurant in adjacent city Togane in the same prefecture.

Ex-Chogin execs plead guilty to breach of trust

Ex-Chogin execs plead guilty to breach of trust

KOBE, Japan - The Kobe District Court on Feb. 8 holds the first hearing in the trial of Lee Bom Rak, a former chairman of a Korean credit cooperative association, and six other defendants on charges stemming from illegal lending practices. All seven defendants pleaded guilty to charges of breach of trust.

Pro-Pyongyang group's ex-exec held on breach of trust

Pro-Pyongyang group's ex-exec held on breach of trust

TOKYO, Japan - Li Bom Rak (R), former chairman of the Korean Credit Unions' Association in Japan, leaves his home in Tokyo's Suginami Ward on Dec. 5 with investigators for questioning. Li was arrested later in the day on suspicion of financially damaging Chogin Kinki Credit Cooperative, which collapsed in December last year.

Kanwar Yatra

Kanwar Yatra

Kanwars, devotees of Lord Shiva chant "Bol Bom" meaning "Hail Lord Shiva" as they take holy dips at a river in outskirts of Kathmandu before setting off for annual pilgrimage of Kanwar Yatra on Monday. Devotees march for miles barefoot to reach the Shiva Shrine with vessels and bottles filled with sacred water to offer Lord Shiva every Monday on the month of Shrawan the fourth month as per the Lunar Calendar. The Kanwar Yatra in Nepal had stalled on for nearly 3 years due to the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic.

Kanwar Yatra

Kanwar Yatra

Kanwars, devotees of Lord Shiva chant "Bol Bom" meaning "Hail Lord Shiva" and dance as they walk towards the water source to collect water from a river in outskirts of Kathmandu before setting off for annual pilgrimage of Kanwar Yatra on Monday. Devotees march for miles barefoot to reach the Shiva Shrine with vessels and bottles filled with sacred water to offer Lord Shiva every Monday on the month of Shrawan the fourth month as per the Lunar Calendar. The Kanwar Yatra in Nepal had stalled on for nearly 3 years due to the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic.

Kanwar Yatra

Kanwar Yatra

Kanwars, devotees of Lord Shiva chant "Bol Bom" meaning "Hail Lord Shiva" as they take holy dips at a river in outskirts of Kathmandu before setting off for annual pilgrimage of Kanwar Yatra on Monday. Devotees march for miles barefoot to reach the Shiva Shrine with vessels and bottles filled with sacred water to offer Lord Shiva every Monday on the month of Shrawan the fourth month as per the Lunar Calendar. The Kanwar Yatra in Nepal had stalled on for nearly 3 years due to the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic.

Death toll of flash flooding in Australian states continues to rise

STORY: Death toll of flash flooding in Australian states continues to rise DATELINE: March 2, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:32 LOCATION: SYDNEY, Australia CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of affected areas and local people 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JONATHAN HOW, Forecaster at the Bureau of Meteorology (courtesy of the Bureau of Meteorology) STORYLINE: The death toll from the floodwaters in Australia's eastern states climbed to 11. Police of the state of New South Wales (NSW) confirmed the third flood-related death in the state on Wednesday. The woman's body was found in South Lismore, one of the worst-hit regions in the state. It took the death toll of this wild weather that is sweeping the eastern part of the country to 11, among which eight victims are in the state of Queensland. The severe weather system, which has been ravaging in Queensland and the northern NSW since last week, is expected to continue this week. NSW Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) warned that heavy rainfall, which m

High court rules 84 A-bom?b black rain victims eligible for aid

A Japanese high court ruled Wednesday that 84 people in Hiroshima Prefecture are eligible to receive state health care benefits even though they were exposed to radioactive black rain following the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing outside an area currently recognized by the government. Upholding a lower court decision last year, the Hiroshima High Court ruled in favor of the plaintiffs, saying they should receive the same benefits as those provided for atomic bomb survivors who were in the zone where the state has recognized black rain fell.

Pro-Pyongyang group's ex-exec held on breach of trust

Pro-Pyongyang group's ex-exec held on breach of trust

TOKYO, Japan - Li Bom Rak (R), former chairman of the Korean Credit Unions' Association in Japan, leaves his home in Tokyo's Suginami Ward on Dec. 5 with investigators for questioning. Li was arrested later in the day on suspicion of financially damaging Chogin Kinki Credit Cooperative, which collapsed in December last year.

PEPI, LUCI, BOM Y OTRAS CHICAS DEL MONTON

PEPI, LUCI, BOM Y OTRAS CHICAS DEL MONTON

PEPI, LUCI, BOM Y OTRAS CHICAS DEL MONTON CARMEN MAURA Date: 1980

(CORRECTED) Ex-Chogin execs plead guilty to breach of trust

(CORRECTED) Ex-Chogin execs plead guilty to breach of trust

KOBE, Japan - The Kobe District Court on Feb. 8 holds the first hearing in the trial of Lee Bom Rak, a former chairman of a Korean credit cooperative association, and six other defendants on charges stemming from illegal lending practices. All seven defendants pleaded guilty to charges of breach of trust.

Body of Chiba shooting suspect found in car

Body of Chiba shooting suspect found in car

CHIBA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Feb. 16, 2012, shows police investigators examining a car (R) in which a body was found that morning in Kujukuri, Chiba Prefecture. Police said the victim has been confirmed as Chong Yong Bom, a 65-year-old suspect wanted over a fatal shooting earlier in the week at a restaurant in adjacent city Togane in the same prefecture. (Kyodo)

Body of Chiba shooting suspect found in car

Body of Chiba shooting suspect found in car

CHIBA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Feb. 16, 2012, shows police investigators examining a car in which a body was found that morning in Kujukuri, Chiba Prefecture. Police said the victim has been confirmed as Chong Yong Bom, a 65-year-old suspect wanted over a fatal shooting earlier in the week at a restaurant in adjacent city Togane in the same prefecture. (Kyodo)

Body of Chiba shooting suspect found in car

Body of Chiba shooting suspect found in car

CHIBA, Japan - Police investigators examine on Feb. 16, 2012, a car in which a body was found that morning in Kujukuri, Chiba Prefecture. The police said the victim has been confirmed as Chong Yong Bom, a 65-year-old suspect wanted over a fatal shooting earlier in the week at a restaurant in adjacent city Togane in the same prefecture. (Kyodo)

Pyeongchang Olympics

Pyeongchang Olympics

Jong Kwang Bom (222) of North Korea loses balance during a men's 500-meter short track speed skating competition in Gangneung, South Korea, at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics on Feb. 20, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo