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A candlelight vigil is held in Lafayette Square in Washington on Thursday following the fatal shooting of two employees of the Israeli Embassy.
WORLD
May 23, 2025
Israeli embassy staffers killed in U.S. aspired to Middle East bridge-building
The staffers were shot as they left an annual event for young Jewish diplomats, this year focusing on resolving humanitarian crises in the Middle East.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a news conference in Jerusalem on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
May 23, 2025
Netanyahu links embassy shootings to hostility over Gaza
Netanyahu has vowed to press on with the war and there was no sign that the Washington killings would affect the conduct of Israel's military operation.
Members of the group Misaskim clean blood off the ground where two Israeli embassy staff were shot dead near the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington on Thursday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 23, 2025
Israeli embassy staff shooting suspect charged with murder
If convicted, Elias Rodriguez, 31, faces the possibility of the death penalty or life in prison.
A man draped in the Israeli flag gestures as Metropolitan Police officers secure the area outside the Capital Jewish Museum following a shooting that left two people dead in Washington early Thursday morning.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 22, 2025
Two Israeli embassy staffers shot and killed outside Jewish museum in Washington
The gunman shouted "free Palestine," authorities said, with U.S. and Israeli leaders expressing shock and outrage over the killings.
A tea ceremony was held in Washington on Wednesday, hosted by Yuyusai Sosa Sen (far right), the 15th grandmaster of the Omotesenke tea school.
JAPAN
Mar 13, 2025
Tea ceremony held in Washington to mark 15th year of Omotesenke in eastern U.S.
The tea school's branch in the eastern U.S. region now has about 150 members in places including Washington and New York.
The figure skater Maxim Naumov, who lost his parents when an army helicopter collided with a passenger jet above the Potomac River, drops to his knees in tears on the ice at the Legacy on Ice tribute in Washington on Saturday.
MORE SPORTS / Figure skating
Mar 4, 2025
Figure skating stars pay an emotional tribute to the Washington plane crash victims
Dozens of stars from the sport, going back decades, attended the benefit.
A U.S. Coast Guard vessel attempts to retrieve the remains of a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on Friday after it crashed into the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport earlier in the week.
WORLD
Feb 2, 2025
Crashed U.S. Army Black Hawk unit was responsible for doomsday readiness
The military mission, known as "continuity of government" and "continuity of operations," is meant to preserve the ability of the U.S. government to operate.
U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a briefing on Thursday about the midair crash in Washington.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 31, 2025
From anguish to aggression: Trump goes on offense after midair collision
In the wake of this week’s midair collision near Washington, Trump was more than happy to jump to conclusions and pull the United States apart rather than together.
A collision on Wednesday night between a Black Hawk military helicopter and an American Airlines subsidiary's CRJ700 regional jet, which killed 67 people, has stirred haunting memories for pilots who have faced challenges landing at Reagan Washington National Airport.
WORLD
Jan 31, 2025
Near-misses at Washington airport worried pilots well before crash
A review of incidents at Reagan Airport involving helicopters reveals pilots had been raising alarm about near-misses back to the 1980s.
Debris at the site of a deadly plane crash in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Thursday.
WORLD
Jan 31, 2025
Investigators seek to salvage aircraft after deadly Washington crash
Authorities have recovered black boxes but have not yet pinpointed a reason for the collision between the regional jet and a U.S. Army helicopter.
A memorial for the Skating Club of Boston members killed in a midair collision between a passenger plane and a U.S. military helicopter on Wednesday is seen at Tenley E. Albright Performance Center, in Boston on Thursday.
MORE SPORTS / Figure skating
Jan 31, 2025
Tight-knit U.S. figure skating community mourns skaters lost in plane crash
The athletes, coaches and family members on board the flight were returning from the National Development Camp in Kansas.
Winners Yevgenia Shishkova (front right) and Vadim Naumov (rear right) wave to fans during the medal ceremony at the NHK Trophy in Nagoya on Dec. 9, 1995. State-run news in Russia reported that the pair was on board a passenger plane that collided with a U.S. military helicopter in Washington on Wednesday.
MORE SPORTS / Figure skating
Jan 30, 2025
World champion Russian skaters reportedly on plane involved in midair collision
Shishkova and Naumov won the world championship in pairs in 1994.
People stand as the U.S. Capitol is seen behind the frozen Capitol reflecting pool on Friday after it was announced that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration is being moved indoors due to dangerously cold temperatures expected on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 18, 2025
Trump inauguration moved indoors due to extreme cold
The move could undercut the Republican's hopes for a grandiose spectacle to kick off his second term.
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris hits the gavel after reading the vote totals as Speaker of the House Mike Johnson looks on during of a joint session of Congress to certify the results of the 2024 presidential election, inside the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol on Monday in Washington.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 7, 2025
U.S. lawmakers certify Trump win, four years after Capitol riot
The formality was remarkable for its contrast to four years ago, when the Republican summoned a mob to Washington that ransacked the U.S. Capitol.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell holds a news conference following a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee on interest rate policy in Washington on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 19, 2024
Fed cuts rates by half-point in decisive bid to defend economy
It is the Fed’s first rate cut in more than four years.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and his wife Yuko Kishida attend an event to pledge 250 new cherry blossom trees to Washington at the historic Tidal Basin on Wednesday.
JAPAN
Apr 11, 2024
Japan to donate 250 new cherry blossom trees to U.S.
Around 3,700 cherry blossom trees at the Tidal Basin were donated by Tokyo in 1912 as a symbol of the friendship between Japan and the United States.
Argentine President-elect Javier Milei and his delegation arrive for meetings at the White House in Washington on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 29, 2023
Argentina's Javier Milei seeks foreign policy reset on U.S. trip
The president-elect is also aiming to lead his nation's economy out of crisis.
U Moe Zaw Oo, the deputy foreign minister of the National Unity Government of Myanmar, a shadow government seeking recognition as the legitimate leadership of the country, at the group’s headquarters in Washington on July 17
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 13, 2023
Fighting to govern Myanmar, from a teeny office in Washington
The U.S. capital attracts political refugees from all over the world who hope proximity to power will draw attention to their national plights.
Demonstrators for racial justice gather on the 60th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s historic "I Have a Dream" speech in Washington on Saturday.
WORLD / Society
Aug 27, 2023
Sixty years after King's 'dream' speech, thousands gather in Washington
The original 1963 march where King spoke brought more than 250,000 people to the U.S. capital to push for an end to discrimination.
The remains of the World Trade Center in New York on Sept. 12, 2001
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 27, 2023
U.S. plea proposal for 9/11 suspects splits victims' relatives
Some say a deal without trial means the whole truth might be lost — others say that every year the trial is delayed, there are fewer left to see justice.
China’s unbeatable new production model export
China is not merely moving more goods; it is exporting a new, ruthlessly efficient production model powered by automation, AI and state-guided industrial optimization.
Extreme heat in Japan set to peak this week
People shield their eyes from the sun as they walk through a street on a hot day in Tokyo on July 26.
How Pakistan shot down India's cutting-edge fighter using Chinese gear
An Indian Air Force pilot gets out of a Rafale fighter jet during its induction ceremony at an air force station in Ambala, India, September 2020.
Australia announces new warships will come from Japan
The Maritime Self-Defense Force's Mogami-class frigate Niyodo sails at an undisclosed location in this image released Tuesday.
Italy's fast fashion hub becomes Chinese mafia battlefield
Signs for fast-fashion factories in Prato, Italy, on Friday. Chinese crime groups in the district thrive on the "Prato system" rife with corruption in the fast-fashion sector.
Australia announces new warships will come from Japan
The Maritime Self-Defense Force's Mogami-class frigate Niyodo sails at an undisclosed location in this image released Tuesday.
Fuji Rock's weekend of surprises was one of its best yet
Radwimps lead singer Yojiro Noda threw himself into the rock band’s Green Stage performance ahead of headliner Vampire Weekend.
How Trump is gaslighting on climate change — with Japan’s help
The Bishu Maru LNG tanker, owned by Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, next to the Freeport LNG terminal in Texas
With a new distillery, Suntory makes a spirited move on gin market
A staff inspects a distillation pot still at Suntory's new Osaka Spirits & Liqueurs Craft Distillery, which will focus on gin production and help Suntory capture a bigger slice of the fast-growing gin market.
Junglia brought dinos back to Okinawa. But will it bring tourists?
At Panorama Dining, one of Junglia’s two proper restaurants that also doubles as the rooftop Inifinity Terrace overlook, guests can pay extra to sit in balcony tables made to look like birds’ nests overlooking the park grounds.

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A mushroom cloud from the atomic bombing on Hiroshima taken from a U.S. military aircraft on Aug. 6, 1945. Copying the photo without permission is prohibited.
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