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King Felipe Visits The Facilities Of Mantequerías Arias In Asturia

King Felipe VI (c) next to an Alsa hydrogen bus during the closing ceremony of Alsa's centenary on January 25, 2024, in Oviedo, Asturias (Spain). Alsa celebrated throughout 2023 one hundred years of life that have placed it as the largest road passenger transport company in the country. Founded on April 20, 1923 in Luarca to make road trips in Asturias, it has been transformed over the course of a century into a global company with 7,000 buses and 16,000 workers serving more than 550 million passengers a year in different countries around the world.ALSA currently has a fleet of 5,600 buses and a staff of 16,000 professionals, who last year served 553 million passengers, with whom the company also wanted to celebrate this centenary, offering 100,000 seats for 10 euros to travel in the coming months. Photo by Xuan Cueto/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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King Felipe Visits The Facilities Of Mantequerías Arias In Asturia

The president of Asturias, Adrián Barbón (l) and King Felipe VI (c) next to an old Alsa bus during the closing ceremony of Alsa's centenary, on January 25, 2024, in Oviedo, Asturias (Spain). Alsa celebrated 100 years of life in 2023, making it the largest passenger road transport company in the country. Founded on April 20, 1923 in Luarca to make road trips in Asturias, it has been transformed over the course of a century into a global company with 7,000 buses and 16,000 workers serving more than 550 million passengers a year in different countries around the world.ALSA currently has a fleet of 5,600 buses and a staff of 16,000 professionals, who last year served 553 million passengers, with whom the company also wanted to celebrate this centenary, offering 100,000 seats for 10 euros to travel in the coming months. Photo by Xuan Cueto/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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King Felipe Visits The Facilities Of Mantequerías Arias In Asturia

The president of Asturias, Adrián Barbón (3l) and King Felipe VI (c) next to a vintage Alsa bus during the closing ceremony of Alsa's centenary on January 25, 2024, in Oviedo, Asturias (Spain). Alsa celebrated 100 years of life in 2023, making it the largest passenger road transport company in the country. Founded on April 20, 1923 in Luarca to make road trips in Asturias, it has been transformed over the course of a century into a global company with 7,000 buses and 16,000 workers serving more than 550 million passengers a year in different countries around the world.ALSA currently has a fleet of 5,600 buses and a staff of 16,000 professionals, who last year served 553 million passengers, with whom the company also wanted to celebrate this centenary, offering 100,000 seats for 10 euros to travel in the coming months. Photo by Xuan Cueto/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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King Felipe Visits The Facilities Of Mantequerías Arias In Asturia

The Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, Óscar Puente (left) and King Felipe VI (right) look at a vintage vehicle during the closing ceremony of Alsa's centenary, on January 25, 2024, in Oviedo, Asturias (Spain). Alsa celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2023, making it the largest passenger road transport company in the country. Founded on April 20, 1923 in Luarca to make road trips in Asturias, it has been transformed over the course of a century into a global company with 7,000 buses and 16,000 workers serving more than 550 million passengers a year in different countries around the world.ALSA currently has a fleet of 5,600 buses and a staff of 16,000 professionals, who last year served 553 million passengers, with whom the company also wanted to celebrate this centenary, offering 100,000 seats for 10 euros to travel in the coming months. Photo by Xuan Cueto/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration Spotify

SUQIAN, CHINA - AUGUST 6, 2023 - Illustration 550 million Spotify monthly active users, Suqian, Jiangsu province, China, August 6, 2023.

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Illustration Spotify

SUQIAN, CHINA - AUGUST 6, 2023 - Illustration 550 million Spotify monthly active users, Suqian, Jiangsu province, China, August 6, 2023.

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Illustration Spotify

SUQIAN, CHINA - AUGUST 6, 2023 - Illustration 550 million Spotify monthly active users, Suqian, Jiangsu province, China, August 6, 2023.

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Illustration Spotify

SUQIAN, CHINA - AUGUST 6, 2023 - Illustration 550 million Spotify monthly active users, Suqian, Jiangsu province, China, August 6, 2023.

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Hanshin slugger Kanemoto re-signs for 550 mil. yen

KOSHIEN, Japan - Hanshin Tigers outfielder Tomoaki Kanemoto smiles during a press conference in Nishinomiya, Kyoto Prefecture, on Dec. 25 after re-signing with the Central League baseball club for an unchanged salary of 550 million yen plus performance bonuses in 2009, the richest contract so far this off-season in Japanese baseball.

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Kanemoto remains highest-paid Japanese player

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Veteran Hanshin Tigers outfielder Tomoaki Kanemoto speaks at a news conference after re-signing for an estimated 550 million yen plus performance incentives at the club office in Nishinomiya on Dec. 27. He will remain the highest-paid Japanese player for the second year in a row.

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Hanshin's Kanemoto re-signs for 550 million yen

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Hanshin Tigers slugger Tomoaki Kanemoto, 38, re-signed with the Central League club on Dec. 28 for a three-year deal with 550 million yen in annual salary, the highest for an active Japanese pro baseball club player in the coming season.

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U.N. raises target of financial support for quake-hit Pakistan

GENEVA, Switzerland - U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan calls for increased financial support in Geneva on Oct. 26 to help the South Asia earthquake victims through the severe Himalayan winter. The U.N. raised the target of international financial support for quake victims in Pakistan to $550 million from $312 million.

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F-1 champ Schumacher's car put on sale

TOKYO, June 23 Kyodo - A Ferrari 550 Maranello (photo) driven by Michael Schumacher, Germany's World Formula-1 auto racing champion, has been put on sale through the Web site of Cornes & Co., exclusive sales agent in Japan for Italian automaker Ferrari Maserati. The car, which carries Schumacher's autograph on the dashboard, is offered for 15 million yen.

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Voting for general elections begins in Nepal

STORY: Voting for general elections begins in Nepal DATELINE: Nov. 20, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:15 LOCATION: Kathmandu CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of a polling station in Nepal 2. various of Nepalis voting STORYLINE: Nepalis went to the polls on Sunday morning for elections to the House of Representatives of the federal parliament and seven provincial assemblies. Voters were seen lining up at some polling stations as the voting began at 7:00 a.m. local time. About 17.988 million voters are eligible to elect 275 members to the lower house and 550 members to the seven provincial assemblies. "The voting has commenced peacefully across the nation," Surya Aryal, deputy spokesperson for the Election Commission, told Xinhua. "We expect the voting to continue smoothly the whole day." Some voters said they were excited as they saw the voting as an opportunity for them to elect the right candidates for the House of Representatives and the provincial assemblies. "I'm voting with the hope that th

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Hanshin's Kanemoto re-signs for 550 million yen

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Hanshin Tigers slugger Tomoaki Kanemoto, 38, re-signed with the Central League club on Dec. 28 for a three-year deal with 550 million yen in annual salary, the highest for an active Japanese pro baseball club player in the coming season. (Kyodo)

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Kanemoto remains highest-paid Japanese player

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Veteran Hanshin Tigers outfielder Tomoaki Kanemoto speaks at a news conference after re-signing for an estimated 550 million yen plus performance incentives at the club office in Nishinomiya on Dec. 27. He will remain the highest-paid Japanese player for the second year in a row. (Kyodo)

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Hanshin slugger Kanemoto re-signs for 550 mil. yen

KOSHIEN, Japan - Hanshin Tigers outfielder Tomoaki Kanemoto smiles during a press conference in Nishinomiya, Kyoto Prefecture, on Dec. 25 after re-signing with the Central League baseball club for an unchanged salary of 550 million yen plus performance bonuses in 2009, the richest contract so far this off-season in Japanese baseball. (Kyodo)

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F-1 champ Schumacher's car put on sale

TOKYO, June 23 Kyodo - A Ferrari 550 Maranello (photo) driven by Michael Schumacher, Germany's World Formula-1 auto racing champion, has been put on sale through the Web site of Cornes & Co., exclusive sales agent in Japan for Italian automaker Ferrari Maserati. The car, which carries Schumacher's autograph on the dashboard, is offered for 15 million yen.

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U.N. raises target of financial support for quake-hit Pakistan

GENEVA, Switzerland - U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan calls for increased financial support in Geneva on Oct. 26 to help the South Asia earthquake victims through the severe Himalayan winter. The U.N. raised the target of international financial support for quake victims in Pakistan to $550 million from $312 million. (Kyodo)