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Sumo: Aonishiki earns promotion to ozeki

Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki (top) celebrates his promotion to the sport's second-highest rank of ozeki at his stable's lodgings in Kurume in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 26, 2025. Aonishiki clinched the Emperor's Cup at the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament in Fukuoka city, which concluded on Nov. 23.

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Sumo: Aonishiki earns promotion to ozeki

Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki (front, C) celebrates his promotion to the sport's second-highest rank of ozeki at his stable's lodgings in Kurume in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 26, 2025. Aonishiki clinched the Emperor's Cup at the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament in Fukuoka city, which concluded on Nov. 23.

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Sumo: Aonishiki earns promotion to ozeki

Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki holds a press conference following his promotion to the sport's second-highest rank of ozeki at his stable's lodgings in Kurume in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 26, 2025. Aonishiki clinched the Emperor's Cup at the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament in Fukuoka city, which concluded on Nov. 23.

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Sumo: Aonishiki earns promotion to ozeki

Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki celebrates his promotion to the sport's second-highest rank of ozeki at his stable's lodgings in Kurume in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 26, 2025. Aonishiki clinched the Emperor's Cup at the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament in Fukuoka city, which concluded on Nov. 23.

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Sumo: Aonishiki earns promotion to ozeki

Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki (C) celebrates his promotion to the sport's second-highest rank of ozeki at his stable's lodgings in Kurume in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 26, 2025. Aonishiki clinched the Emperor's Cup at the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament in Fukuoka city, which concluded on Nov. 23.

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Sumo: Aonishiki earns promotion to ozeki

Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki (2nd from R) accepts his promotion to the sport's second-highest rank of ozeki during a ceremony at his stable's lodgings in Kurume in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 26, 2025. Aonishiki clinched the Emperor's Cup in the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament in Fukuoka city, which concluded on Nov. 23.

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Sumo: Aonishiki earns promotion to ozeki

Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki (C) accepts his promotion to the sport's second-highest rank of ozeki during a ceremony at his stable's lodgings in Kurume in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Nov. 26, 2025. Aonishiki clinched the Emperor's Cup in the 15-day Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament in Fukuoka city, which concluded on Nov. 23.

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Indonesia: Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki Erupts on Consecutive Days, Reaching Highest Alert 2

Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki in Flores, Indonesia, erupted on Friday evening, August 1, ejecting ash up to 18 km (11 miles) above sea level. The volcano then erupted for a second straight day on Saturday, sending a column of volcanic materials and ash up to 10 km (6.3miles) into the sky. The aviation threat level has been raised to its highest.

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Indonesia: Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki Erupts on Consecutive Days, Reaching Highest Alert

Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki in Flores, Indonesia, erupted on Friday evening, August 1, ejecting ash up to 18 km (11 miles) above sea level. The volcano then erupted for a second straight day on Saturday, sending a column of volcanic materials and ash up to 10 km (6.3miles) into the sky. The aviation threat level has been raised to its highest.

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Indonesia: Thick Volcanic Ash Blankets Flores as Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki Erupts

Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki in Flores, Indonesia, erupted on Friday evening, August 1, ejecting ash up to 18 km (11 miles) above sea level. The volcano then erupted for a second straight day on Saturday, sending a column of volcanic materials and ash up to 10 km (6.3miles) into the sky. The aviation threat level has been raised to its highest. This video shows thick volcanic ash blanketing the village of Watu Omok, Sikka Regency.

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Illustration - Brittany

FINISTERE (29) BRITTANY, REGIONAL NATURAL PARK OF ARMORICA, THE MOUNTAINS OF ARREE, TREVEZEL ROC, IT IS THE SECOND HIGHEST POINT OF THE PART OF ARMORICAN BRITTANY MOUNTAINS 384M, FRANCE Photo by Gerard Sioen/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sumo: Onosato to be promoted to yokozuna

Ozeki Onosato meets the press at his stable in Ami in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on May 26, 2025, after the Japan Sumo Association's Yokozuna Deliberation Council unanimously recommended his promotion to the sport's highest rank following his second straight victory at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament.

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Sumo: Onosato to be promoted to yokozuna

Onosato meets the press at his stable in Ami in Ibaraki Prefecture, eastern Japan, on May 26, 2025, after the Japan Sumo Association's Yokozuna Deliberation Council unanimously recommended his promotion to the sport's highest rank following his second straight victory at the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament.

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Wildfires Rage Outside Jerusalem - Israel

A helicopter takes part in firefighting as wildfire rages for the second day near Jerusalem, May 1, 2025. Israel has raised its emergency alert to the highest level and appealed for international assistance as fast-spreading wildfires erupted in the hills west of Jerusalem on Wednesday. Photo by Jamal Awad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Wildfires Rage Outside Jerusalem - Israel

A firefighter extinguishes fire as wildfire rages for the second day near Jerusalem, May 1, 2025. Israel has raised its emergency alert to the highest level and appealed for international assistance as fast-spreading wildfires erupted in the hills west of Jerusalem on Wednesday. Photo by Jamal Awad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Wildfires Rage Outside Jerusalem - Israel

A firefighter extinguishes fire as wildfire rages for the second day near Jerusalem, May 1, 2025. Israel has raised its emergency alert to the highest level and appealed for international assistance as fast-spreading wildfires erupted in the hills west of Jerusalem on Wednesday. Photo by Jamal Awad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Wildfires Rage Outside Jerusalem - Israel

Firefighters extinguish fire as wildfire rages for the second day near Jerusalem, May 1, 2025. Israel has raised its emergency alert to the highest level and appealed for international assistance as fast-spreading wildfires erupted in the hills west of Jerusalem on Wednesday. Photo by Jamal Awad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Wildfires Rage Outside Jerusalem - Israel

A helicopter takes part in firefighting as wildfire rages for the second day near Jerusalem, May 1, 2025. Israel has raised its emergency alert to the highest level and appealed for international assistance as fast-spreading wildfires erupted in the hills west of Jerusalem on Wednesday. Photo by Jamal Awad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Wildfires Rage Outside Jerusalem - Israel

A firefighter extinguishes fire as wildfire rages for the second day near Jerusalem, May 1, 2025. Israel has raised its emergency alert to the highest level and appealed for international assistance as fast-spreading wildfires erupted in the hills west of Jerusalem on Wednesday. Photo by Jamal Awad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Wildfires Rage Outside Jerusalem - Israel

A helicopter extinguishes fire as wildfire rages for the second day near Jerusalem, May 1, 2025. Israel has raised its emergency alert to the highest level and appealed for international assistance as fast-spreading wildfires erupted in the hills west of Jerusalem on Wednesday. Photo by Jamal Awad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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BOJ lifts rate to 17-year high of 0.5%

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda attends a press conference at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on Jan. 24, 2025, following the BOJ's decision to raise its key interest rate from 0.25 percent to 0.5 percent, its highest level in about 17 years, on the second day of its two-day policy-setting meeting.

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BOJ lifts rate to 17-year high of 0.5%

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda attends a press conference at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on Jan. 24, 2025, following the BOJ's decision to raise its key interest rate from 0.25 percent to 0.5 percent, its highest level in about 17 years, on the second day of its two-day policy-setting meeting.

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BOJ lifts rate to 17-year high of 0.5%

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda attends a press conference at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on Jan. 24, 2025, following the BOJ's decision to raise its key interest rate from 0.25 percent to 0.5 percent, its highest level in about 17 years, on the second day of its two-day policy-setting meeting.

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BOJ lifts rate to 17-year high of 0.5%

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda attends a press conference at the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on Jan. 24, 2025, following the BOJ's decision to raise its key interest rate from 0.25 percent to 0.5 percent, its highest level in about 17 years, on the second day of its two-day policy-setting meeting.

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Sumo: Terunofuji

Mongolian-born sekiwake Terunofuji celebrates his promotion to sumo's second-highest rank of ozeki at the Isegahama stable in Tokyo, on May 27, 2015.

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New Year tuna auction in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 6 Kyodo - Video shows a bluefin tuna that fetched 207 million yen ($1.3 million) during the year's first auction at the Toyosu fish market in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2025. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Biden Medal of Freedom

Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff enter the East Room for the Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony at the White House on Saturday January 4, 2025. The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the Nation’s highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made exemplary contributions to the prosperity, values, or security of the United States, world peace, or other significant societal, public or private endeavors. Photo by Leigh Vogel/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Sumo: Former ozeki Konishiki undergoes kidney transplant

KAMAKURA, Japan, Dec. 23 Kyodo - Hawaiian-born former sumo wrestler Konishiki, 60, the first foreign-born wrestler to reach the second-highest rank of ozeki, attends a press conference at a hospital in Kamakura near Tokyo on Dec. 23, 2024, as he reveals that he had a kidney failure and received an organ transplanted from his wife. (Kyodo)

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Sumo: Former ozeki Konishiki undergoes kidney transplant

Hawaiian-born former sumo wrestler Konishiki, 60, the first foreign-born wrestler to reach the second-highest rank of ozeki, attends a press conference at a hospital in Kamakura near Tokyo on Dec. 23, 2024, as he reveals that he had a kidney failure and received an organ transplanted from his wife.

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Sumo: Former ozeki Konishiki undergoes kidney transplant

Hawaiian-born former sumo wrestler Konishiki, 60, the first foreign-born wrestler to reach the second-highest rank of ozeki, attends a press conference at a hospital in Kamakura near Tokyo on Dec. 23, 2024, as he reveals that he had a kidney failure and received an organ transplanted from his wife.

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Sumo: Former ozeki Konishiki undergoes kidney transplant

Hawaiian-born former sumo wrestler Konishiki, 60, the first foreign-born wrestler to reach the second-highest rank of ozeki, attends a press conference at a hospital in Kamakura near Tokyo on Dec. 23, 2024, as he reveals that he had a kidney failure and received an organ transplanted from his wife.

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Chipmaker Kioxia debuts in one of Japan's biggest IPOs this year

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 18 Kyodo - Japanese chipmaker Kioxia Holdings Corp. President Nobuo Hayasaka rings the bell during a ceremony at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2024, as his company debuts on the TSE's top-tier Prime Market the same day in one of the country's biggest initial public offerings this year. (Kyodo)

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Caetano Snowstorm Hits Paris - France

Paris is placed under the second highest weather warning by the French national weather service for snow, in central Paris on November 21, 2024. Snow all the way to the plains, temperatures worthy of January: the first flakes of storm Caetano fell in France on November 21, where 54 departments are on 'orange alert' for snow, ice and wind. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Caetano Snowstorm Hits Paris - France

Paris is placed under the second highest weather warning by the French national weather service for snow, in central Paris on November 21, 2024. Snow all the way to the plains, temperatures worthy of January: the first flakes of storm Caetano fell in France on November 21, where 54 departments are on 'orange alert' for snow, ice and wind. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Caetano Snowstorm Hits Paris - France

Paris is placed under the second highest weather warning by the French national weather service for snow, in central Paris on November 21, 2024. Snow all the way to the plains, temperatures worthy of January: the first flakes of storm Caetano fell in France on November 21, where 54 departments are on 'orange alert' for snow, ice and wind. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Caetano Snowstorm Hits Paris - France

Paris is placed under the second highest weather warning by the French national weather service for snow, in central Paris on November 21, 2024. Snow all the way to the plains, temperatures worthy of January: the first flakes of storm Caetano fell in France on November 21, where 54 departments are on 'orange alert' for snow, ice and wind. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Caetano Snowstorm Hits Paris - France

Paris is placed under the second highest weather warning by the French national weather service for snow, in central Paris on November 21, 2024. Snow all the way to the plains, temperatures worthy of January: the first flakes of storm Caetano fell in France on November 21, where 54 departments are on 'orange alert' for snow, ice and wind. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Caetano Snowstorm Hits Paris - France

Paris is placed under the second highest weather warning by the French national weather service for snow, in central Paris on November 21, 2024. Snow all the way to the plains, temperatures worthy of January: the first flakes of storm Caetano fell in France on November 21, where 54 departments are on 'orange alert' for snow, ice and wind. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Caetano Snowstorm Hits Paris - France

Paris is placed under the second highest weather warning by the French national weather service for snow, in central Paris on November 21, 2024. Snow all the way to the plains, temperatures worthy of January: the first flakes of storm Caetano fell in France on November 21, where 54 departments are on 'orange alert' for snow, ice and wind. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Caetano Snowstorm Hits Paris - France

Paris is placed under the second highest weather warning by the French national weather service for snow, in central Paris on November 21, 2024. Snow all the way to the plains, temperatures worthy of January: the first flakes of storm Caetano fell in France on November 21, where 54 departments are on 'orange alert' for snow, ice and wind. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Caetano Snowstorm Hits Paris - France

Paris is placed under the second highest weather warning by the French national weather service for snow, in central Paris on November 21, 2024. Snow all the way to the plains, temperatures worthy of January: the first flakes of storm Caetano fell in France on November 21, where 54 departments are on 'orange alert' for snow, ice and wind. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Caetano Snowstorm Hits Paris - France

Paris is placed under the second highest weather warning by the French national weather service for snow, in central Paris on November 21, 2024. Snow all the way to the plains, temperatures worthy of January: the first flakes of storm Caetano fell in France on November 21, where 54 departments are on 'orange alert' for snow, ice and wind. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Caetano Snowstorm Hits Paris

This photograph shows Parisian velibs / bikes covered in snow in snowy weather. Paris is placed under the second highest weather warning by the French national weather service for snow, in central Paris on November 21, 2024. Snow all the way to the plains, temperatures worthy of January: the first flakes of storm Caetano fell in France on November 21, where 54 departments are on 'orange alert' for snow, ice and wind. Photo by Alexis Jumea/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Caetano Snowstorm Hits Paris

This photograph shows typical Parisian roofs covered in snow in snowy weather. Paris is placed under the second highest weather warning by the French national weather service for snow, in central Paris on November 21, 2024. Snow all the way to the plains, temperatures worthy of January: the first flakes of storm Caetano fell in France on November 21, where 54 departments are on 'orange alert' for snow, ice and wind. Photo by Alexis Jumea/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Caetano Snowstorm Hits Paris

This photograph shows cars covered in snow on a snowy day. Paris is placed under the second highest weather warning by the French national weather service for snow, in central Paris on November 21, 2024. Snow all the way to the plains, temperatures worthy of January: the first flakes of storm Caetano fell in France on November 21, where 54 departments are on 'orange alert' for snow, ice and wind. Photo by Alexis Jumea/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Caetano Snowstorm Hits Paris

This photograph shows storefronts covered in snow on a snowy day. Paris is placed under the second highest weather warning by the French national weather service for snow, in central Paris on November 21, 2024. Snow all the way to the plains, temperatures worthy of January: the first flakes of storm Caetano fell in France on November 21, where 54 departments are on 'orange alert' for snow, ice and wind. Photo by Alexis Jumea/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Caetano Snowstorm Hits Paris

This photograph shows typical Parisian roofs covered in snow in snowy weather. Paris is placed under the second highest weather warning by the French national weather service for snow, in central Paris on November 21, 2024. Snow all the way to the plains, temperatures worthy of January: the first flakes of storm Caetano fell in France on November 21, where 54 departments are on 'orange alert' for snow, ice and wind. Photo by Alexis Jumea/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Caetano Snowstorm Hits Paris

This photograph shows typical Parisian roofs covered in snow in snowy weather. Paris is placed under the second highest weather warning by the French national weather service for snow, in central Paris on November 21, 2024. Snow all the way to the plains, temperatures worthy of January: the first flakes of storm Caetano fell in France on November 21, where 54 departments are on 'orange alert' for snow, ice and wind. Photo by Alexis Jumea/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Caetano Snowstorm Hits Paris

This photograph shows cars covered in snow on a snowy day. Paris is placed under the second highest weather warning by the French national weather service for snow, in central Paris on November 21, 2024. Snow all the way to the plains, temperatures worthy of January: the first flakes of storm Caetano fell in France on November 21, where 54 departments are on 'orange alert' for snow, ice and wind. Photo by Alexis Jumea/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Caetano Snowstorm Hits Paris

This photograph shows cars covered in snow on a snowy day. Paris is placed under the second highest weather warning by the French national weather service for snow, in central Paris on November 21, 2024. Snow all the way to the plains, temperatures worthy of January: the first flakes of storm Caetano fell in France on November 21, where 54 departments are on 'orange alert' for snow, ice and wind. Photo by Alexis Jumea/ABACAPRESS.COM