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Queen Letizia at Opening of the Global Caregivers Forum - Madrid

Queen Letizia during the Global Caregivers Forum organized by UNICEF and WHO at CaixaForum Madrid, January 15, 2026, in Madrid, Spain. The Global Caregivers Forum will bring together leaders, experts and organizations to develop a roadmap for scaling up parenting programs worldwide. Photo by José Ramón Hernando / Europa Press / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Queen Letizia at Opening of the Global Caregivers Forum - Madrid

Queen Letizia during the Global Caregivers Forum organized by UNICEF and WHO at CaixaForum Madrid, January 15, 2026, in Madrid, Spain. The Global Caregivers Forum will bring together leaders, experts and organizations to develop a roadmap for scaling up parenting programs worldwide. Photo by José Ramón Hernando / Europa Press / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Queen Letizia at Opening of the Global Caregivers Forum - Madrid

Queen Letizia during the Global Caregivers Forum organized by UNICEF and WHO at CaixaForum Madrid, January 15, 2026, in Madrid, Spain. The Global Caregivers Forum will bring together leaders, experts and organizations to develop a roadmap for scaling up parenting programs worldwide. Photo by José Ramón Hernando / Europa Press / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Queen Letizia at Opening of the Global Caregivers Forum - Madrid

Queen Letizia during the Global Caregivers Forum organized by UNICEF and WHO at CaixaForum Madrid, January 15, 2026, in Madrid, Spain. The Global Caregivers Forum will bring together leaders, experts and organizations to develop a roadmap for scaling up parenting programs worldwide. Photo by José Ramón Hernando / Europa Press / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Queen Letizia at Opening of the Global Caregivers Forum - Madrid

Queen Letizia during the Global Caregivers Forum organized by UNICEF and WHO at CaixaForum Madrid, January 15, 2026, in Madrid, Spain. The Global Caregivers Forum will bring together leaders, experts and organizations to develop a roadmap for scaling up parenting programs worldwide. Photo by José Ramón Hernando / Europa Press / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Queen Letizia at Opening of the Global Caregivers Forum - Madrid

Queen Letizia during the Global Caregivers Forum organized by UNICEF and WHO at CaixaForum Madrid, January 15, 2026, in Madrid, Spain. The Global Caregivers Forum will bring together leaders, experts and organizations to develop a roadmap for scaling up parenting programs worldwide. Photo by José Ramón Hernando / Europa Press / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Queen Letizia at Opening of the Global Caregivers Forum - Madrid

Queen Letizia during the Global Caregivers Forum organized by UNICEF and WHO at CaixaForum Madrid, January 15, 2026, in Madrid, Spain. The Global Caregivers Forum will bring together leaders, experts and organizations to develop a roadmap for scaling up parenting programs worldwide. Photo by José Ramón Hernando / Europa Press / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Queen Letizia at Opening of the Global Caregivers Forum - Madrid

Queen Letizia during the Global Caregivers Forum organized by UNICEF and WHO at CaixaForum Madrid, January 15, 2026, in Madrid, Spain. The Global Caregivers Forum will bring together leaders, experts and organizations to develop a roadmap for scaling up parenting programs worldwide. Photo by José Ramón Hernando / Europa Press / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Queen Letizia at Opening of the Global Caregivers Forum - Madrid

Spain's Minister of Health, Monica Garcia, and Queen Letizia during the Global Caregivers Forum organized by UNICEF and WHO at CaixaForum Madrid, January 15, 2026, in Madrid, Spain. The Global Caregivers Forum will bring together leaders, experts and organizations to develop a roadmap for scaling up parenting programs worldwide. Photo by José Ramón Hernando / Europa Press / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Queen Letizia at Opening of the Global Caregivers Forum - Madrid

Spain's Minister of Health, Monica Garcia, and Queen Letizia attend the Global Caregivers Forum organized by UNICEF and WHO at CaixaForum Madrid, January 15, 2026, in Madrid, Spain. The Global Caregivers Forum will bring together leaders, experts and organizations to develop a roadmap for scaling up parenting programs worldwide. Photo by José Ramón Hernando/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Queen Letizia at Opening of the Global Caregivers Forum - Madrid

Spain's Minister of Health, Monica Garcia, and Queen Letizia attend the Global Caregivers Forum organized by UNICEF and WHO at CaixaForum Madrid, January 15, 2026, in Madrid, Spain. The Global Caregivers Forum will bring together leaders, experts and organizations to develop a roadmap for scaling up parenting programs worldwide. Photo by José Ramón Hernando/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Queen Letizia at Opening of the Global Caregivers Forum - Madrid

Spain's Minister of Health, Monica Garcia, and Queen Letizia attend the Global Caregivers Forum organized by UNICEF and WHO at CaixaForum Madrid, January 15, 2026, in Madrid, Spain. The Global Caregivers Forum will bring together leaders, experts and organizations to develop a roadmap for scaling up parenting programs worldwide. Photo by José Ramón Hernando/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Queen Letizia at Opening of the Global Caregivers Forum - Madrid

Queen Letizia attends the Global Caregivers Forum organized by UNICEF and WHO at CaixaForum Madrid, January 15, 2026, in Madrid, Spain. The Global Caregivers Forum will bring together leaders, experts and organizations to develop a roadmap for scaling up parenting programs worldwide. Photo by José Ramón Hernando/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Queen Letizia at Opening of the Global Caregivers Forum - Madrid

Spain's Minister of Health, Monica Garcia, and Queen Letizia attend the Global Caregivers Forum organized by UNICEF and WHO at CaixaForum Madrid, January 15, 2026, in Madrid, Spain. The Global Caregivers Forum will bring together leaders, experts and organizations to develop a roadmap for scaling up parenting programs worldwide. Photo by José Ramón Hernando/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Queen Letizia at Opening of the Global Caregivers Forum - Madrid

Spain's Minister of Health, Monica Garcia, and Queen Letizia attend the Global Caregivers Forum organized by UNICEF and WHO at CaixaForum Madrid, January 15, 2026, in Madrid, Spain. The Global Caregivers Forum will bring together leaders, experts and organizations to develop a roadmap for scaling up parenting programs worldwide. Photo by José Ramón Hernando/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Queen Letizia at Opening of the Global Caregivers Forum - Madrid

Spain's Minister of Health, Monica Garcia, and Queen Letizia attend the Global Caregivers Forum organized by UNICEF and WHO at CaixaForum Madrid, January 15, 2026, in Madrid, Spain. The Global Caregivers Forum will bring together leaders, experts and organizations to develop a roadmap for scaling up parenting programs worldwide. Photo by José Ramón Hernando/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Queen Letizia at Opening of the Global Caregivers Forum - Madrid

Spain's Minister of Health, Monica Garcia, and Queen Letizia attend the Global Caregivers Forum organized by UNICEF and WHO at CaixaForum Madrid, January 15, 2026, in Madrid, Spain. The Global Caregivers Forum will bring together leaders, experts and organizations to develop a roadmap for scaling up parenting programs worldwide. Photo by José Ramón Hernando/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Queen Letizia at Opening of the Global Caregivers Forum - Madrid

Spain's Minister of Health, Monica Garcia, and Queen Letizia attend the Global Caregivers Forum organized by UNICEF and WHO at CaixaForum Madrid, January 15, 2026, in Madrid, Spain. The Global Caregivers Forum will bring together leaders, experts and organizations to develop a roadmap for scaling up parenting programs worldwide. Photo by José Ramón Hernando/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Queen Letizia at Opening of the Global Caregivers Forum - Madrid

Queen Letizia arrives at the Global Caregivers Forum organized by UNICEF and WHO at CaixaForum Madrid, January 15, 2026, in Madrid, Spain. The Global Caregivers Forum will bring together leaders, experts and organizations to develop a roadmap for scaling up parenting programs worldwide. Photo by José Ramón Hernando/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Global Gateway ForumBrussels

the Global Gateway forum on European investment in Africa Prime Minister of Cape Verde Jose Ulisses de Pina Correia e Silva (L) is welcome by the EU Commissioner for International Partnerships, Jozef Sikela Jozef Sikela (R) prior the start of the Global Gateway Forum 2025 on October 9, 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. The Global Gateway Forum 2025 is about scaling up the European Union's Global Gateway strategy an initiative designed to boost smart, clean, and secure connections worldwide in digital, energy, transport, health, education, and research sectors. The meeting focuses on: Strategic Investments, Global Challenges and Partnerships., in Brussels, Belgium, on October 9, 2025. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Protectionism wrong approach in EV industry: German expert

STORY: Protectionism wrong approach in EV industry: German expert SHOOTING DATE: May 27, 2024 DATELINE: June 16, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:29 LOCATION: FRANKFURT, Germany CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Chinese EV industry 2. SOUNDBITE (English): FERDINAND DUDENHOEFFER, Director of the Center for Automotive Research (CAR) in Bochum, Germany STORYLINE: Protectionism is the wrong approach to dealing with the rise of China's electric vehicle (EV) industry, and would be detrimental to European automakers, a German expert said. SOUNDBITE (English): FERDINAND DUDENHOEFFER, Director of the Center for Automotive Research (CAR) in Bochum, Germany "I think that story from the EU Commission that there are unfair subsidies to the Chinese car makers to make better prices (of vehicles) is not true. It fails facts because the Chinese industry has better costs in electric vehicles due to the fact that they have big volumes to produce, due to the fact that they are in a scaling effect. They have the economies of scale.

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China making huge contribution to fight against climate change: German executive

STORY: China making huge contribution to fight against climate change: German executive SHOOTING TIME: April 26, 2024 DATELINE: May 16, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:04 LOCATION: MUNICH, Germany CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of green energy related footage 2. SOUNDBITE (English): HERBERT DIESS, Chairman of the supervisory board of Infineon Technologies STORYLINE: China is making a huge contribution to the fight against climate change by drastically reducing the cost of green energies, a top German executive has said in an exclusive interview with Xinhua. SOUNDBITE (English): HERBERT DIESS, Chairman of the supervisory board of Infineon Technologies "In EVs (electric vehicles), in high voltage energy transmission, in wind turbines, offshore and onshore wind turbines, floating wind turbines... So, most of the technology, China really is scaling up, promoting and offering to the world. I think that's a huge advantage currently. China is making a huge contribution in the fight against climate change. And I t

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Germany Probes Russian Wiretapping

File photo - Germany Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrives for the North Sea summit in Ostend, on April 24, 2023. Nine European countries are holding a summit on April 24 aimed at scaling up wind power generation in the North Sea, spurred by the fall-out of the Ukraine war and the push for renewables. - The German Defense Ministry has announced that it is investigating possible wiretapping of confidential discussions between high-ranking officers of its air force on the war in Ukraine, which were broadcast on social networks on Friday, and first posted online by the editor-in-chief of the Russian state channel RT Margarita Simonyan. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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OECD urges reforms in Italian economy report

STORY: OECD urges reforms in Italian economy report SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 22, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 23, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:50 LOCATION: Rome CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of screenshots of the report 2. various of street views in Rome STORYLINE: The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on Monday released a report on Italian economy, suggesting an array of reforms that it said would help the country avoid an economic slowdown. The Italian government's statistics entity has estimated that the country's economy grew 0.7 percent in 2023, slightly better than the EU estimate of 0.6 percent for the eurozone. In its report, the OECD said Italy was at risk of slower growth if it did not make certain reforms, including scaling back pensions for the wealthiest residents. "Reducing the generosity of pensions for high-income households could limit the increase in spending (on pensions), while maintaining adequate public services and social protections," the report said. The

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Cypriot president, Blinken discuss maritime aid corridor to Gaza

STORY: Cypriot president, Blinken discuss maritime aid corridor to Gaza SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 5, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 6, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:02 LOCATION: Nicosia CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides greeting Blinken 2. various of Nikos Christodoulides and Blinken going up to the plane for meeting 3. various of Christodoulides coming down the plane and leaving STORYLINE: Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides discussed with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Nicosia on Sunday about a Cypriot proposal to establish a maritime aid corridor to the Gaza Strip, government Spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said. Blinken was on his way to Türkiye, after visits to Israel, Jordan and the West Bank. In a written statement, Letymbiotis said that during the meeting they discussed the unfolding situation in the Middle East and stressed the need for a scaling down of the crisis. "They also discussed in detail Cyprus' initiative for the establishment of a dedicated mari

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Chinese scientists establish meteorological observation stations on Mt. Cho Oyu

STORY: Chinese scientists establish meteorological observation stations on Mt. Cho Oyu DATELINE: Oct. 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:53 LOCATION: MOUNT CHO OYU BASE CAMP, China CATEGORY: SCIENCE SHOTLIST: 1. various of a Chinese expedition team scaling Mt. Cho Oyu 2. various of the automatic weather station STORYLINE: A Chinese expedition team reached the peak of Mount Cho Oyu on Sunday and set up an automatic weather station atop this mountain for the first time. The establishment of the weather station is aimed at revealing more about the characteristics of climate change in this extremely high-altitude region. Located on the China-Nepal border, Mt. Cho Oyu is the sixth-highest mountain in the world with an altitude of 8,201 meters. This is the first time Chinese scientists have scaled a peak exceeding 8,000 meters in altitude apart from Mt. Qomolangma, the world's highest summit. The summit of Mt. Cho Oyu is particularly wide and broad similar to a football field, which is very rare among the highest peaks

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Chinese expedition team reaches Mt. Cho Oyu summit for scientific research

STORY: Chinese expedition team reaches Mt. Cho Oyu summit for scientific research DATELINE: Oct. 1, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:31 LOCATION: MOUNT CHO OYU BASE CAMP, China CATEGORY: SCIENCE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Chinese expedition team scaling Mt. Cho Oyu STORYLINE: A Chinese expedition team comprising 18 members reached the summit of Mount Cho Oyu, also known as Mt. Qowowuyag, on Sunday morning to carry out scientific research on the world's sixth-highest peak. This is the first time Chinese scientists have scaled a peak exceeding 8,000 meters in altitude apart from Mount Qomolangma, the world's highest summit. Located on the China-Nepal border, Mount Cho Oyu is the sixth-highest mountain in the world with an altitude of 8,201 meters. The expedition underscores China's capability to effectively organize and execute comprehensive scientific research in extremely high-altitude areas, said Yao Tandong, an academician with the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The expedition team departed from the assault

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SWITZERLAND-GENEVA-AI FOR GOOD GLOBAL SUMMIT

(230708) -- GENEVA, July 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Humanoid robot Geminoid gives a presentation at AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva, Switzerland, July 7, 2023. AI for Good Global Summit was held both on-site and online on July 6-7, aiming at identifying practical applications of AI, scaling solutions for global impact and accelerating progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals. It was organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the UN specialized agency for information and communication technology, in partnership with 40 UN sister agencies and co-convened with the government of Switzerland. (Xinhua/Lian Yi)

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SWITZERLAND-GENEVA-AI FOR GOOD GLOBAL SUMMIT

(230708) -- GENEVA, July 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A participant takes a photo of humanoid robot Sophia at AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva, Switzerland, July 7, 2023. AI for Good Global Summit was held both on-site and online on July 6-7, aiming at identifying practical applications of AI, scaling solutions for global impact and accelerating progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals. It was organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the UN specialized agency for information and communication technology, in partnership with 40 UN sister agencies and co-convened with the government of Switzerland. (Xinhua/Lian Yi)

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SWITZERLAND-GENEVA-AI FOR GOOD GLOBAL SUMMIT

(230708) -- GENEVA, July 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A participant interacts with humanoid robot Sophia at AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva, Switzerland, July 7, 2023. AI for Good Global Summit was held both on-site and online on July 6-7, aiming at identifying practical applications of AI, scaling solutions for global impact and accelerating progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals. It was organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the UN specialized agency for information and communication technology, in partnership with 40 UN sister agencies and co-convened with the government of Switzerland. (Xinhua/Lian Yi)

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SWITZERLAND-GENEVA-AI FOR GOOD GLOBAL SUMMIT

(230708) -- GENEVA, July 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Humanoid robot Sophia (L) developed by Hanson Robotics talks with her counterpart Nadine developed by the University of Geneva at AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva, Switzerland, July 7, 2023. AI for Good Global Summit was held both on-site and online on July 6-7, aiming at identifying practical applications of AI, scaling solutions for global impact and accelerating progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals. It was organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the UN specialized agency for information and communication technology, in partnership with 40 UN sister agencies and co-convened with the government of Switzerland. (Xinhua/Lian Yi)

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SWITZERLAND-GENEVA-AI FOR GOOD GLOBAL SUMMIT

(230708) -- GENEVA, July 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A participant interacts with a robot developed by United Robotics Group at AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva, Switzerland, July 7, 2023. AI for Good Global Summit was held both on-site and online on July 6-7, aiming at identifying practical applications of AI, scaling solutions for global impact and accelerating progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals. It was organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the UN specialized agency for information and communication technology, in partnership with 40 UN sister agencies and co-convened with the government of Switzerland. (Xinhua/Lian Yi)

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SWITZERLAND-GENEVA-AI FOR GOOD GLOBAL SUMMIT

(230708) -- GENEVA, July 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Participants take photos of robotic dog Aliengo developed by Unitree at AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva, Switzerland, July 7, 2023. AI for Good Global Summit was held both on-site and online on July 6-7, aiming at identifying practical applications of AI, scaling solutions for global impact and accelerating progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals. It was organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the UN specialized agency for information and communication technology, in partnership with 40 UN sister agencies and co-convened with the government of Switzerland. (Xinhua/Lian Yi)

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SWITZERLAND-GENEVA-AI FOR GOOD GLOBAL SUMMIT

(230708) -- GENEVA, July 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A participant interacts with humanoid robot Sophia at AI for Good Global Summit in Geneva, Switzerland, July 7, 2023. AI for Good Global Summit was held both on-site and online on July 6-7, aiming at identifying practical applications of AI, scaling solutions for global impact and accelerating progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals. It was organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the UN specialized agency for information and communication technology, in partnership with 40 UN sister agencies and co-convened with the government of Switzerland. (Xinhua/Lian Yi)

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TANZANIA-DAR ES SALAAM-TB-DETECTION

(230324) -- DAR ES SALAAM, March 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A trained rat sniffs out tuberculosis (TB) samples at a laboratory in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, March 14, 2023. At least 19 African giant pouched rats are at the frontline of scaling up efforts aimed at ending tuberculosis (TB) in Tanzania by accelerating early detection. TO GO WITH "Feature: Tanzania's TB detection rats aid efforts in epidemic fight" (Photo by Herman Emmanuel/Xinhua)

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Tanzania's TB detection rats aid efforts in epidemic fight

STORY: Tanzania's TB detection rats aid efforts in epidemic fight DATELINE: March 24, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:38 LOCATION: DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of Tanzania Veterinary Laboratory Agency 2. SOUNDBITE (English): JOSEPH SOKA, APOPO Program Manager STORYLINE: At least 19 African giant pouched rats are at the frontline of scaling up efforts aimed at ending tuberculosis (TB) in Tanzania by accelerating early detection. In Dar es Salaam, Tanzania's biggest city, 10 trained rats are housed in a forested state-of-the-art laboratory in the compounds of the Tanzania Veterinary Laboratory Agency with only one mission: to detect TB with the highest accuracy. Nine other rats trained to detect the smell of mycobacterium TB in human sputum are stationed at the training center at the Sokoine University of Agriculture in the Morogoro region. At the lab in Dar es Salaam, the 10 TB-detection rats are working alongside 12 staff made up of rat handlers and laboratory technicians, said Joseph

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Alpinist aiming to complete 7 highest peaks in 7 continents

SAPPORO, Japan - Alpinist Nobukazu Kuriki leaves New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido on Aug. 17, 2010, for Nepal to climb Mt. Everest. By scaling Mt. Everest, Kuriki will have climbed the seven highest mountains in the seven continents.

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Alpinist aiming to complete 7 highest peaks in 7 continents

SAPPORO, Japan - Alpinist Nobukazu Kuriki leaves New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido on Aug. 17, 2010, for Nepal to climb Mt. Everest. By scaling Mt. Everest, Kuriki will have climbed the seven highest mountains in the seven continents.

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'Fossil' award to Japan for moves worsening global warming

LIMA, Peru - Members of the Climate Action Network gives Japan a "Fossil of the Day" award during a U.N. conference on climate change in Lima on Dec. 2, 2014, for "funding coal and gas power stations in developing countries, in particular Indonesia, with money meant for scaling up climate action."

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Nikkei down 3.7%

TOKYO, Japan - A signboard in Tokyo shows the Nikkei index falling over 3.7 percent to its lowest level in more than a month at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on June 3, 2013, amid caution over the possible scaling down of U.S. stimulus measures.

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73-yr-old Japanese woman conquers Mt. Everest

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Japanese climber Tamae Watanabe holds a copy of a Guinness World Records certificate during a press conference in Kathmandu, Nepal, on May 25, 2012, after scaling Mt. Everest, the world's tallest mountain at the age of 73, becoming the oldest woman to achieve the feat at the age of 73 on May 19, 2012.

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Miura hopes to scale Mt. Everest at age 80

NARITA, Japan - Yuichiro Miura returns home June 6 after scaling Mt. Everest on May 26 at age 75. Arriving at Narita airport, Miura said he hopes to try the world's highest peak at age 80.

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70-year-old climber returns home after scaling Mt. Everest

NARITA, Japan - Takao Arayama, who climbed Mt. Everest on May 17 to become the oldest person in the world to reach the summit, speaks to reporters at Narita International Airport, northeast of Tokyo, after returning home May 28.

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Kansai Electric to halt all reactors for safety checks

OSAKA, Japan - Kansai Electric Power Co. President Yosaku Fuji (R) speaks at a press conference in Osaka on Aug. 13. He said that the company began scaling down the output of three nuclear reactors, the first step of its plan to suspend the operations of all its eight running nuclear reactors to check the safety of their pipes.

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Mountaineers scramble to Nagano peaks

KARASAWA, Japan - Colorful tents set up by mountaineers are seen in an aerial view from a Kyodo helicopter May 2 at Karasawa, Nagano Prefecture, a 2,300-meter base for scaling the Hotaka mountains. Lodge staff said some 4,000 people are expected to climb here during the Golden Week holidays.

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Japanese student world's youngest to scale 7 highest peaks

TOKYO, Japan - Atsushi Yamada (2nd from L), 23, is seen wearing climbing clothes with his supporters in this photo taken March 27 in Tokyo. Yamada, a University of Tokyo student, became the youngest person to scale the tallest peaks on the world's seven continents by scaling Mt. Everest on May 17.

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U.S. planned to utilize Japan bases in all-out nuclear war

TOKYO, Japan - Copies of declassified U.S. government documents found at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston and the National Archives in Washington. The documents show the United States once considered scaling down its military bases in Japan due to difficulties in deploying nuclear weapons there in 1962, but ditched the idea in case of a nuclear war with its Communist enemies.

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4 Greenpeace members arrested for scaling Tokyo building

TOKYO, Japan - Four members of the environmentalist group Greenpeace drop a large banner proclaiming Tokyo the world's ''dioxin capital'' from this elevator tower near an incinerator plant in Tokyo's Toshima Ward on May 9, which they scaled to protest Japan's waste-incineration policies. The banner reads: ''Incineration First. Safety Second.'' After they descended, they were arrested on suspicion of trespassing.

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Ethiopia, China, Germany join hands to promote textile investments in Ethiopia

STORY: Ethiopia, China, Germany join hands to promote textile investments in Ethiopia DATELINE: Sept. 17, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:51 LOCATION: Addis Ababa CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of an international conference in Ethiopia 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ZHAO ZHIYUAN, Chinese ambassador to Ethiopia 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Ahmaric): MELAKU ALEBEL, Ethiopian Minister of Industry 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): CALABRO AURELIA, UNIDO representative STORYLINE: Ethiopia, China, and Germany have renewed their commitment to scaling up cooperation for improving the environmental, social, and labor standards in the textile sector in Ethiopia and beyond. The pledge was made on Thursday at an international conference on triangular cooperation between the three countries in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ZHAO ZHIYUAN, Chinese ambassador to Ethiopia "China always attaches great importance to the cooperation with Ethiopia's textile sector and consistently supports, and contributes to the sustainable

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Music festival amid coronavirus worries

People leave Zozo Marine Stadium in Chiba, near Tokyo, on Sept. 19, 2021, after a Supersonic large music festival that was held despite the city's calls for postponement or scaling down amid the continued spread of the coronavirus.