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China: Typhoon Bavi Rips Metal Roof Off Residential Building in Shanghai

Typhoon Bavi tore the metal roof off a residential building in Chongming District, Shanghai on July 12, 2026, with footage showing the structure shaking violently before being ripped apart and blown to the ground by powerful gusts.

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President Steinmeier Meets President Erdogan in Turkey

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) shakes hands with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier during a joint press conference at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, T??rkiye, on Feb. 5, 2025. Erdogan and Steinmeier jointly rejected proposals to displace Palestinians from Gaza on Wednesday, reaffirming their support for a two-state solution in opposition to recent U.S. suggestions. Photo by Mustafa Kaya/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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President Steinmeier Meets President Erdogan in Turkey

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier attend a joint press conference at the Presidential Complex in Ankara, T??rkiye, on Feb. 5, 2025. Erdogan and Steinmeier jointly rejected proposals to displace Palestinians from Gaza on Wednesday, reaffirming their support for a two-state solution in opposition to recent U.S. suggestions. Photo by Mustafa Kaya/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(TWO SESSIONS) CHINA-BEIJING-NPC-ANNUAL SESSION-PROPOSALS (CN)

(240309) -- BEIJING, March 9, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Staff members work at the secretariat of the second session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, capital of China, March 9, 2024. Chinese national lawmakers submitted 298 proposals to the country's annual legislative session as of Friday noon, the deadline for proposal submission at the ongoing second session of the 14th NPC. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)

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(TWO SESSIONS) CHINA-BEIJING-NPC-ANNUAL SESSION-PROPOSALS (CN)

(240309) -- BEIJING, March 9, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Staff members work at the secretariat of the second session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, capital of China, March 9, 2024. Chinese national lawmakers submitted 298 proposals to the country's annual legislative session as of Friday noon, the deadline for proposal submission at the ongoing second session of the 14th NPC. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)

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(TWO SESSIONS) CHINA-BEIJING-GAO YUNLONG-CPPCC-ANNUAL SESSION-REPORT (CN)

(240304) -- BEIJING, March 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Gao Yunlong delivers a report on proposals submitted since the first session of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), at the opening meeting of the second session of the 14th CPPCC National Committee at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 4, 2024. (Xinhua/Pang Xinglei)

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Egypt condemns Israeli minister's calls to displace Palestinians outside Gaza

STORY: Egypt condemns Israeli minister's calls to displace Palestinians outside Gaza SHOOTING TIME: File DATELINE: Nov. 15, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:46 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Egypt's Foreign Ministry headquarters in Cairo 2. various of Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry speaking in a press conference 3. various of Egypt's Foreign Ministry headquarters STORYLINE: Egypt condemned on Tuesday the Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich's calls to displace the residents in the Gaza Strip outside the war-torn Palestinian coastal enclave. "Any attempt to justify and encourage the displacement of Palestinians outside the Gaza Strip is completely rejected by Egypt," Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said in a statement, describing Smotrich's remarks as "an expression of the Israeli government's policy that violates international laws." Smotrich, a far-right minister, backed two Israeli parliament members' proposals to relocate some of Gaza's population to countries

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G-7 labor ministers' meeting in Kurashiki

Tomoko Yoshino (3rd from R), president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, known as Rengo, hands a set of proposals to Japanese Health, Labor and Welfare Minister Katsunobu Kato during the first day of a two-day Group of Seven labor and employment ministers' meeting Kato chairs in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, on April 22, 2023.

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G-7 agricultural ministers' meeting in Miyazaki

High school students from Miyazaki Prefecture hold hands after putting forward a set of proposals during the first day of a two-day Group of Seven agricultural ministers' meeting in the prefecture's capital Miyazaki, southwestern Japan, on April 22, 2023.

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G-7 farm ministers' meeting in Miyazaki

High school students from Miyazaki Prefecture put forward a set of proposals during the first day of a two-day Group of Seven agricultural ministers' meeting in the prefecture's capital Miyazaki, southwestern Japan, on April 22, 2023.

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G-7 business meeting in Tokyo

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (front row, 3rd from R) receives a set of proposals from business leaders from the Group of Seven industrialized nations on the second day of a two-day meeting at the premier's official residence in Tokyo on April 20, 2023, ahead of the G-7 summit in Hiroshima in May, he chairs. (Pool photo)

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Japan governors' disaster reconstruction proposals

AKITA, Japan - (from R) Akita Gov. Norihisa Satake, Kyoto Gov. Keiji Yamada and Toyama Gov. Takakazu Ishii speak at a press conference after a two-day meeting of prefectural governors from across Japan in the city of Akita, northeastern Japan, on July 13, 2011. The meeting adopted a set of proposals on Japan's reconstruction from the March quake and tsunami.

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Governors discuss reconstruction, energy policy

AKITA, Japan - Japanese prefectural governors gather for a meeting of the National Governors' Association in Akita, northeastern Japan, on July 12, 2011. The two-day meeting will cover such topics as their proposals for reconstruction of areas stricken by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and measures to deal with the nuclear crisis triggered by the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.

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Religious leaders meet in Hokkaido ahead of G-8 summit

SAPPORO, Japan - Religious leaders representing Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Islam and Zoroastrianism meet at the Sapporo Convention Center in Sapporo on July 2, the first day of a two-day World Religious Leaders Summit for Peace. They will discuss eradicating war and poverty as well as climate change and terrorism, and present proposals on these issues to the July 7-9 Group of Eight summit to be held in the Lake Toya resort in Hokkaido.

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Religious leaders meet in Hokkaido ahead of G-8 summit

SAPPORO, Japan - Religious leaders representing Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Islam and Zoroastrianism meet at the Sapporo Convention Center in Sapporo on July 2, the first day of a two-day World Religious Leaders Summit for Peace. They will discuss eradicating war and poverty as well as climate change and terrorism, and present proposals on these issues to the July 7-9 Group of Eight summit to be held in the Lake Toya resort in Hokkaido.

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TBS shareholders reject Rakuten proposals

TOKYO, Japan - Two people walk into a Tokyo hotel, the venue of Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc.'s shareholders' meeting, on June 28. The meeting rejected two proposals by Rakuten Inc., the broadcaster's biggest shareholder, who is eying a greater presence in TBS management.

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Tokyo bird flu confab concludes with proposals for cooperation

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeru Omi (L), the World Health Organization's regional director for the Western Pacific, speaks at a press conference after conclusion of the two-day international conference on bird flu in Tokyo on Jan. 13.

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(5)Players' strike this weekend averted

NAGOYA, Japan - Two baseball fans read a notice of a decision taken by players to avert a weekend walkout at Nagoya Dome on Sept. 10. Baseball officials and players averted a strike at least for this weekend following two days of negotiations in Osaka after compromise proposals were made in a last-ditch effort to narrow their differences over a planned merger of two ballclubs.

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Foreign Ministry bares reform proposals

TOKYO, Japan - Two Senior Vice-Foreign Ministers Seiken Sugiura (L) and Shigeo Uetake brief the media on internal reform proposals for the Foreign Ministry at a news conference June 6. The ministry compiled the proposals in the wake of a scandal in which a diplomat allegedly embezzled more than 260 million yen in government funds.

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'One-China' policy toward Taiwan nonnegotiable, says Tang

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan tells reporters at a news conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on May 12 that Beijing's ''one-China'' policy toward Taiwan is nonnegotiable, despite proposals by Taiwan's President-elect Chen Shui-bian that it be an agenda item in talks between the two.

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Jordan, Bahrain vow expanded cooperation in various fields

STORY: Jordan, Bahrain vow expanded cooperation in various fields DATELINE: Aug. 17, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:30 LOCATION: Amman CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the meeting 2. various of the press conference STORYLINE: Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi and his visiting Bahraini counterpart Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani on Tuesday vowed to expand bilateral cooperation in various fields, according to a Jordanian Foreign Ministry statement. The two ministers also agreed to enhance coordinating efforts in resolving regional crises, activating pan-Arab action and counter-terrorism. Safadi highlighted the two-state solution as the only way to end the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, saying any other proposals are "pointless and in vain." Expressing Jordan's welcome to the recent extension of the truce in Yemen, he called for the development of a comprehensive political solution to end the Yemeni crisis. For his part, Zayani said the two countries attach importance to their coordination a

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(TWO SESSIONS)CHINA-BEIJING-NPC-ANNUAL SESSION-PROPOSALS (CN)

(220309) -- BEIJING, March 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Staff members of the secretariat of the fifth session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) work in their office in Beijing, capital of China, March 9, 2022. TO GO WITH "Chinese lawmakers raise 487 proposals to annual legislative session" (Xinhua/Li Xin)

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(TWO SESSIONS)CHINA-BEIJING-NPC-ANNUAL SESSION-PROPOSALS (CN)

(220309) -- BEIJING, March 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Guo Zhenhua, an official with the secretariat of the fifth session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC), speaks in an interview in Beijing, capital of China, March 9, 2022. TO GO WITH "Chinese lawmakers raise 487 proposals to annual legislative session" (Xinhua/Li Xin)

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(TWO SESSIONS)CHINA-BEIJING-NPC-ANNUAL SESSION-PROPOSALS (CN)

(220309) -- BEIJING, March 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Staff members of the secretariat of the fifth session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) sort out suggestions from lawmakers in Beijing, capital of China, March 9, 2022. TO GO WITH "Chinese lawmakers raise 487 proposals to annual legislative session" (Xinhua/Li Xin)

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(TWO SESSIONS)CHINA-BEIJING-NPC-ANNUAL SESSION-PROPOSALS (CN)

(220309) -- BEIJING, March 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Staff members of the secretariat of the fifth session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) sort out suggestions from lawmakers in Beijing, capital of China, March 9, 2022. TO GO WITH "Chinese lawmakers raise 487 proposals to annual legislative session" (Xinhua/Li Xin)

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Promoting renewable power generation in Anhui, China

STORY: Promoting renewable power generation in Anhui, China DATELINE: Feb. 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:04 LOCATION: HEFEI, China CATEGORY: POLITICS/TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Cao Renxian working 2. various of solar pannel 3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): CAO RENXIAN, National lawmaker, Chairman of Sungrow Power Supply Co., Ltd. STORYLINE: As a deputy to the National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, Cao Renxian, also the chairman of Sungrow Power Supply Co., Ltd. in east China's Anhui Province, has been dedicated to promoting renewable energy power generation. Sungrow has played an essential role in promoting energy transformation worldwide. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): CAO RENXIAN, National lawmaker, Chairman of Sungrow Power Supply Co., Ltd. "At this year's 'two sessions,' I'll put forward proposals on institutional innovation on science and technology, the peaking of carbon emissions and carbon neutrality, as well as the pricing mechanisms and price reform for renewable energy. I hope that the cost

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Sanwa Robotics to Strengthen Sales of Loader System

Sanwa Robotics (Iida City, Nagano Prefecture) will strengthen sales of the "NEXSRT" series of 6-axis robotic loader systems for machining centers (MCs). The company will enhance its ability to make proposals to customers by expanding its on-the-job training menu to teach the operation know-how to two young employees in charge of sales. In addition to the conventional standard type, the company will soon add an entry-level model, with the aim of capturing a wide range of demand. Sanwa Robotics' parts processing plant on November 25, 2019, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Sumitomo Corporation's well-designed LED signboard

Sumitomo Corporation is expanding sales of light-emitting diode (LED) signboards with built-in solar panels that offer superior design. The company has started to make full-scale proposals for use in disaster prevention, such as evacuation guidance signs, as well as for traffic and transportation applications, advertising, commercial facilities, and temporary fencing at construction sites. Prices start from the 100,000 yen range, and the products will be marketed widely, including overseas. The company aims to sell 2,000 units in the next two years. The battery used is a rechargeable nickel-hydrogen AA storage battery. The company hopes to develop new applications by combining it with sensors, cameras, Wi-Fi, and other devices. Photo taken on July 25, 2019, location unknown, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Dai-ichi Sheet Metal's "Bottle Friend LSE" for peeling off labels without crushing plastic bottles.jpg

Daiichikin (Tsuzuki-ku, Yokohama) has developed a new model "LSE (Label Separator)" in its "Bottle Friend" series of devices that automatically remove labels from PET bottles. Unlike conventional models, it can remove labels without crushing the bottles. The price is about 2.5 million yen (excluding consumption tax). It will be marketed to PET bottle collectors and businesses that recycle and use bottles as materials. The sales target is yet to be determined. Delivery time after receiving an order is two to three months. The company has already started receiving orders and is making proposals to its customers. The device consists of a cylindrical "outer cylinder" and a rotating octagonal "inner cylinder" inside the outer cylinder. Photo taken on June 11, 2019, location unknown, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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(5)Players' strike this weekend averted

NAGOYA, Japan - Two baseball fans read a notice of a decision taken by players to avert a weekend walkout at Nagoya Dome on Sept. 10. Baseball officials and players averted a strike at least for this weekend following two days of negotiations in Osaka after compromise proposals were made in a last-ditch effort to narrow their differences over a planned merger of two ballclubs. (Kyodo)

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TBS shareholders reject Rakuten proposals

TOKYO, Japan - Two people walk into a Tokyo hotel, the venue of Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc.'s shareholders' meeting, on June 28. The meeting rejected two proposals by Rakuten Inc., the broadcaster's biggest shareholder, who is eying a greater presence in TBS management. (Kyodo)

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Japan panel evaluates 2 Olympic stadium proposals

Japan Sport Council chief Kazumi Ohigashi (C) speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Dec. 19, 2015, after a JSC panel completed the evaluation of two proposals from unnamed bidders for construction of the 2020 Olympics' main stadium. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, S. Korea officials at World Heritage Committee venue

Jun Shinmi (L), director general for cultural affairs at Japan's Foreign Ministry, and Choi Jong Moon, South Korea's ambassador for cultural and UNESCO affairs, exchange words on July 3, 2015, in Bonn, Germany, where the World Heritage Committee is examining proposals to inscribe 37 properties on UNESCO's World Heritage list. The two nations have been at odds over the proposed listing of Japanese industrial sites due to a history of compulsory recruitment of Korean workers at some of them. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Religious leaders meet in Hokkaido ahead of G-8 summit

SAPPORO, Japan - Religious leaders representing Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Islam and Zoroastrianism meet at the Sapporo Convention Center in Sapporo on July 2, the first day of a two-day World Religious Leaders Summit for Peace. They will discuss eradicating war and poverty as well as climate change and terrorism, and present proposals on these issues to the July 7-9 Group of Eight summit to be held in the Lake Toya resort in Hokkaido. (Kyodo)

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Religious leaders meet in Hokkaido ahead of G-8 summit

SAPPORO, Japan - Religious leaders representing Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Islam and Zoroastrianism meet at the Sapporo Convention Center in Sapporo on July 2, the first day of a two-day World Religious Leaders Summit for Peace. They will discuss eradicating war and poverty as well as climate change and terrorism, and present proposals on these issues to the July 7-9 Group of Eight summit to be held in the Lake Toya resort in Hokkaido. (Kyodo)

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Religious leaders meet in Hokkaido ahead of G-8 summit

SAPPORO, Japan - Religious leaders representing Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Islam and Zoroastrianism meet at the Sapporo Convention Center in Sapporo on July 2, the first day of a two-day World Religious Leaders Summit for Peace. They will discuss eradicating war and poverty as well as climate change and terrorism, and present proposals on these issues to the July 7-9 Group of Eight summit to be held in the Lake Toya resort in Hokkaido. (Kyodo)

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Religious leaders meet in Hokkaido ahead of G-8 summit

SAPPORO, Japan - Religious leaders representing Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Islam and Zoroastrianism meet at the Sapporo Convention Center in Sapporo on July 2, the first day of a two-day World Religious Leaders Summit for Peace. They will discuss eradicating war and poverty as well as climate change and terrorism, and present proposals on these issues to the July 7-9 Group of Eight summit to be held in the Lake Toya resort in Hokkaido. (Kyodo)

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Japan governors' disaster reconstruction proposals

AKITA, Japan - (from R) Akita Gov. Norihisa Satake, Kyoto Gov. Keiji Yamada and Toyama Gov. Takakazu Ishii speak at a press conference after a two-day meeting of prefectural governors from across Japan in the city of Akita, northeastern Japan, on July 13, 2011. The meeting adopted a set of proposals on Japan's reconstruction from the March quake and tsunami. (Kyodo)

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Governors discuss reconstruction, energy policy

AKITA, Japan - Japanese prefectural governors gather for a meeting of the National Governors' Association in Akita, northeastern Japan, on July 12, 2011. The two-day meeting will cover such topics as their proposals for reconstruction of areas stricken by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and measures to deal with the nuclear crisis triggered by the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. (Kyodo)

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'One-China' policy toward Taiwan nonnegotiable, says Tang

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan tells reporters at a news conference at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on May 12 that Beijing's ''one-China'' policy toward Taiwan is nonnegotiable, despite proposals by Taiwan's President-elect Chen Shui-bian that it be an agenda item in talks between the two.

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Event promoting women's empowerment in Osaka

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (front, 2nd from L) receives a set of proposals relating to women's empowerment in Osaka on June 29, 2019, during an event held on the sidelines of the two-day Group of 20 summit. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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March against climate change

Young people march against climate change on June 21, 2019, in Osaka after submitting proposals to the city earlier in the day, ahead of a summit of the Group of 20 economies to be held for two days from June 28. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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March against climate change

Young people march against climate change on June 21, 2019, in Osaka after submitting proposals to the city earlier in the day, ahead of a summit of the Group of 20 economies to be held for two days from June 28. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Academic societies propose defining elderly as those aged 75 or older

Yasuyoshi Ouchi, head of Toranomon Hospital, briefs reporters on proposals by the Japan Gerontological Society and the Japan Geriatrics Society during a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 5, 2017. The two academic bodies proposed defining "elderly" people as those aged 75 or older from 65 or above at present, reflecting the fact that many senior citizens remain physically and mentally vibrant. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Foreign Ministry bares reform proposals

TOKYO, Japan - Two Senior Vice-Foreign Ministers Seiken Sugiura (L) and Shigeo Uetake brief the media on internal reform proposals for the Foreign Ministry at a news conference June 6. The ministry compiled the proposals in the wake of a scandal in which a diplomat allegedly embezzled more than 260 million yen in government funds.