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Stolen Buddha statue to be returned to Japan

SEOSAN, South Korea, May 5 Kyodo - Video taken at Buseok Temple in Seosan, South Korea, on May 10, 2025, shows a 14th-century Buddha statue (R) stolen from Japan's Kannonji temple in 2012. The statue, designated by Japan's Nagasaki Prefecture as a tangible cultural asset, will be returned to the Japanese temple in Tsushima in the southwestern Japan prefecture, on May 12, following a South Korean Supreme Court ruling in 2023 that Kannonji is its rightful owner. (Kyodo)

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Erdogan Meets DEM Party Delegation Amid Renewed Hopes For Kurdish Peace Process - Ankara

Handout photo shows the meeting between pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) members Pervin Buldan, Sırrı Süreyya Önder and AKP Chairman and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.A KP Deputy Chairman Efkan Ala and Intelligence Organization Director Ibrahim Kalın also attended the meeting which was held at the Presidential Complex and lasted 1 hour and 25 minutes. This marked the first direct contact between Erdogan and pro-Kurdish party representatives since June 12, 2012, when he was prime minister. DEM Party said it will make a statement about the meeting at a later stage, on April 10, 2025 in Ankara, Turkey. Photo by DEM Party Press Office via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Erdogan Meets DEM Party Delegation Amid Renewed Hopes For Kurdish Peace Process - Ankara

Handout photo shows the meeting between pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) members Pervin Buldan, Sırrı Süreyya Önder and AKP Chairman and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.A KP Deputy Chairman Efkan Ala and Intelligence Organization Director Ibrahim Kalın also attended the meeting which was held at the Presidential Complex and lasted 1 hour and 25 minutes. This marked the first direct contact between Erdogan and pro-Kurdish party representatives since June 12, 2012, when he was prime minister. DEM Party said it will make a statement about the meeting at a later stage, on April 10, 2025 in Ankara, Turkey. Photo by DEM Party Press Office via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Erdogan Meets DEM Party Delegation Amid Renewed Hopes For Kurdish Peace Process - Ankara

Handout photo shows the meeting between pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) members Pervin Buldan, Sırrı Süreyya Önder and AKP Chairman and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.A KP Deputy Chairman Efkan Ala and Intelligence Organization Director Ibrahim Kalın also attended the meeting which was held at the Presidential Complex and lasted 1 hour and 25 minutes. This marked the first direct contact between Erdogan and pro-Kurdish party representatives since June 12, 2012, when he was prime minister. DEM Party said it will make a statement about the meeting at a later stage, on April 10, 2025 in Ankara, Turkey. Photo by DEM Party Press Office via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Erdogan Meets DEM Party Delegation Amid Renewed Hopes For Kurdish Peace Process - Ankara

Handout photo shows the meeting between pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) members Pervin Buldan, Sırrı Süreyya Önder and AKP Chairman and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.A KP Deputy Chairman Efkan Ala and Intelligence Organization Director Ibrahim Kalın also attended the meeting which was held at the Presidential Complex and lasted 1 hour and 25 minutes. This marked the first direct contact between Erdogan and pro-Kurdish party representatives since June 12, 2012, when he was prime minister. DEM Party said it will make a statement about the meeting at a later stage, on April 10, 2025 in Ankara, Turkey. Photo by DEM Party Press Office via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Erdogan Meets DEM Party Delegation Amid Renewed Hopes For Kurdish Peace Process - Ankara

Handout photo shows the meeting between pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) members Pervin Buldan, Sırrı Süreyya Önder and AKP Chairman and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.A KP Deputy Chairman Efkan Ala and Intelligence Organization Director Ibrahim Kalın also attended the meeting which was held at the Presidential Complex and lasted 1 hour and 25 minutes. This marked the first direct contact between Erdogan and pro-Kurdish party representatives since June 12, 2012, when he was prime minister. DEM Party said it will make a statement about the meeting at a later stage, on April 10, 2025 in Ankara, Turkey. Photo by DEM Party Press Office via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Erdogan Meets DEM Party Delegation Amid Renewed Hopes For Kurdish Peace Process - Ankara

Handout photo shows the meeting between pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) members Pervin Buldan, Sırrı Süreyya Önder and AKP Chairman and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.A KP Deputy Chairman Efkan Ala and Intelligence Organization Director Ibrahim Kalın also attended the meeting which was held at the Presidential Complex and lasted 1 hour and 25 minutes. This marked the first direct contact between Erdogan and pro-Kurdish party representatives since June 12, 2012, when he was prime minister. DEM Party said it will make a statement about the meeting at a later stage, on April 10, 2025 in Ankara, Turkey. Photo by DEM Party Press Office via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Erdogan Meets DEM Party Delegation Amid Renewed Hopes For Kurdish Peace Process - Ankara

Handout photo shows the meeting between pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) members Pervin Buldan, Sırrı Süreyya Önder and AKP Chairman and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.A KP Deputy Chairman Efkan Ala and Intelligence Organization Director Ibrahim Kalın also attended the meeting which was held at the Presidential Complex and lasted 1 hour and 25 minutes. This marked the first direct contact between Erdogan and pro-Kurdish party representatives since June 12, 2012, when he was prime minister. DEM Party said it will make a statement about the meeting at a later stage, on April 10, 2025 in Ankara, Turkey. Photo by DEM Party Press Office via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Erdogan Meets DEM Party Delegation Amid Renewed Hopes For Kurdish Peace Process - Ankara

Handout photo shows the meeting between pro-Kurdish Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) members Pervin Buldan, Sırrı Süreyya Önder and AKP Chairman and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.A KP Deputy Chairman Efkan Ala and Intelligence Organization Director Ibrahim Kalın also attended the meeting which was held at the Presidential Complex and lasted 1 hour and 25 minutes. This marked the first direct contact between Erdogan and pro-Kurdish party representatives since June 12, 2012, when he was prime minister. DEM Party said it will make a statement about the meeting at a later stage, on April 10, 2025 in Ankara, Turkey. Photo by DEM Party Press Office via ABACAPRESS.COM

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File - Gaetane Thiney Announces Her Retirement at The End of The Season

File Photo - Gaetane Thiney attending the Gladiator II Paris Special Screening at the Pathe Palace in Paris, France on November 10, 2024. After a career spanning more than 20 years, Gaëtane Thiney has announced the end of her career as a professional footballer. The iconic 39-year-old captain of Paris FC will call time on her career in 2025, although she will still be playing in the final major matches for her club, including the league play-offs and the Coupe de France final against PSG. Voted best D1 player in 2012 and 2014, Thiney also made her mark on the history of the French national team, with 163 caps and 58 goals scored. Her last match in a blue shirt was in November 2019. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File - Gaetane Thiney Announces Her Retirement at The End of The Season

File Photo - Exclusif - Sylvain Armand, Gaetane Thiney et Remy Vercoutre assistent au Match de Football France-Bielorussie dans le salon Orange a St-Denis, France, le 10 Octobre 2017. After a career spanning more than 20 years, Gaëtane Thiney has announced the end of her career as a professional footballer. The iconic 39-year-old captain of Paris FC will call time on her career in 2025, although she will still be playing in the final major matches for her club, including the league play-offs and the Coupe de France final against PSG. Voted best D1 player in 2012 and 2014, Thiney also made her mark on the history of the French national team, with 163 caps and 58 goals scored. Her last match in a blue shirt was in November 2019. Photo by Jerome Domine/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File - Gaetane Thiney Announces Her Retirement at The End of The Season

File Photo - Gaetane Thiney attending the Gladiator II Paris Special Screening at the Pathe Palace in Paris, France on November 10, 2024. After a career spanning more than 20 years, Gaëtane Thiney has announced the end of her career as a professional footballer. The iconic 39-year-old captain of Paris FC will call time on her career in 2025, although she will still be playing in the final major matches for her club, including the league play-offs and the Coupe de France final against PSG. Voted best D1 player in 2012 and 2014, Thiney also made her mark on the history of the French national team, with 163 caps and 58 goals scored. Her last match in a blue shirt was in November 2019. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nicolas Sarkozy trial - Paris

French-Algerian businessman Alexandre Djouhri arrives at the courthouse in Paris, France, 25 March 2025. Sarkozy and twelve other people, including three former ministers, stand trial for criminal conspiracy to receive funds for the 2007 presidential campaign from the regime of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. Nicolas Sarkozy has already been convicted twice, in two separate cases, since he left office in 2012. The trial will last until 10 April. Photo by Eliot Blondet / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nicolas Sarkozy trial - Paris

French-Algerian businessman Alexandre Djouhri arrives at the courthouse in Paris, France, 25 March 2025. Sarkozy and twelve other people, including three former ministers, stand trial for criminal conspiracy to receive funds for the 2007 presidential campaign from the regime of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. Nicolas Sarkozy has already been convicted twice, in two separate cases, since he left office in 2012. The trial will last until 10 April. Photo by Eliot Blondet / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nicolas Sarkozy trial - Paris

French-Algerian businessman Alexandre Djouhri arrives at the courthouse in Paris, France, 25 March 2025. Sarkozy and twelve other people, including three former ministers, stand trial for criminal conspiracy to receive funds for the 2007 presidential campaign from the regime of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. Nicolas Sarkozy has already been convicted twice, in two separate cases, since he left office in 2012. The trial will last until 10 April. Photo by Eliot Blondet / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nicolas Sarkozy trial - Paris

French-Algerian businessman Alexandre Djouhri arrives at the courthouse in Paris, France, 25 March 2025. Sarkozy and twelve other people, including three former ministers, stand trial for criminal conspiracy to receive funds for the 2007 presidential campaign from the regime of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. Nicolas Sarkozy has already been convicted twice, in two separate cases, since he left office in 2012. The trial will last until 10 April. Photo by Eliot Blondet / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nicolas Sarkozy trial - Paris

French-Algerian businessman Alexandre Djouhri arrives at the courthouse in Paris, France, 25 March 2025. Sarkozy and twelve other people, including three former ministers, stand trial for criminal conspiracy to receive funds for the 2007 presidential campaign from the regime of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. Nicolas Sarkozy has already been convicted twice, in two separate cases, since he left office in 2012. The trial will last until 10 April. Photo by Eliot Blondet / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nicolas Sarkozy trial - Paris

French-Algerian businessman Alexandre Djouhri arrives at the courthouse in Paris, France, 25 March 2025. Sarkozy and twelve other people, including three former ministers, stand trial for criminal conspiracy to receive funds for the 2007 presidential campaign from the regime of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. Nicolas Sarkozy has already been convicted twice, in two separate cases, since he left office in 2012. The trial will last until 10 April. Photo by Eliot Blondet / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nicolas Sarkozy trial - Paris

French-Algerian businessman Alexandre Djouhri arrives at the courthouse in Paris, France, 25 March 2025. Sarkozy and twelve other people, including three former ministers, stand trial for criminal conspiracy to receive funds for the 2007 presidential campaign from the regime of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. Nicolas Sarkozy has already been convicted twice, in two separate cases, since he left office in 2012. The trial will last until 10 April. Photo by Eliot Blondet / ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Cardinals ‘Papabile’ - Vatican

File photo - Cardinal ‘papabile’ Joao Braz de Aviz (Brazil) at the Vatican on October 10, 2014. - Cardinal Joao Braz de Aviz is a progressive-leaning senior Vatican official who since 2012 has served as the prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life. He is considered, within the church and the curia, one of the papal names, and could be the Successor of Peter. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hacked Emails Expose Bashar al-Assad and Wife (Files)

Syrian head of state Bashar al-Assad and London-born wife Asma al-Assad appear to live in a surreal psychological bubble, insulated from the grotesque violence that has claimed the lives of 8,000 Syrians, according to a cache of some 3,000 alleged emails and documents obtained by Syrian activists and published by the Guardian issue dated March 15, 2012. File photo : © Ammar Abd Rabbo/ABACA. EXCLUSIVE. 40867-10. London-UK, 18/12/2002. Syrian president Bashar Al Assad poses with wife Asma and their one year old son Hafez in London before their departure after a three day visit.

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Illustration For US Election Day

File photo dated October 10, 2012 - Atmosphere in Wall street in the financial district of New York city, NY, USA. - American voters go to the polls on Tuesday to choose their next president. US election results are sometimes declared within hours of the polls closing, but this year's tight contest could mean a longer wait. Democratic Vice-President Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump, the former president, have been running neck-and-neck for weeks. Photo by Nicolas Gouhier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Tokyo stocks close mixed on rising interest rates, positive U.S. futures

STORY: Tokyo stocks close mixed on rising interest rates, positive U.S. futures SHOOTING TIME: May 28, 2024 DATELINE: May 29, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:51 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of street view in Tokyo 2. various of Tokyo Stock Exchange 3. various of securities company STORYLINE: Tokyo stocks closed mixed on Tuesday amid concerns over rising long-term interest rates in Japan, while the market's downside was buoyed by positive U.S. stock futures. Japan's benchmark Nikkei stock index, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average, ended down 44.65 points, or 0.11 percent, from Monday at 38,855.37. The broader Topix index, meanwhile, finished 2.14 points, or 0.08 percent, higher at 2,768.50. Market watchers here noted the yield on the benchmark 10-year Japanese government bond briefly rose 0.015 percentage point from Monday's close to 1.035 percent, its highest level since April 2012, amid speculation that the Bank of Japan is shifting away from monetary easing measures. The Nikk

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US Moves Aircraft Carrier Toward Israel

Handout photo dated July 10, 2012 shows aircraft from Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7 fly over the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) in the Mediterranean Sea. The USS Dwight Eisenhower aircraft carrier has reportedly sailed north through the Red Sea toward Israel in a show of deterrence from the Biden administration. The carrier would be able to intercept missiles and drones fired by Iran. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Julia A. Casper via ABACAPRESS.COM

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French Senate Votes On Controversial CETA Free Trade Deal

File photo dated October 10, 2012 shows cattle look out from a feedlot in Brooks, Alta., Canada. The French government on Thursday faces a risky vote on the controversial CETA trade deal between the EU and Canada in the Senate where an unlikely alliance between left and right hopes to torpedo the pact. The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) has been in force provisionally since 2017, but requires ratification in all European Union member countries to take full effect. Cattle farmers have always been among the main opponents of CETA. They feared that lower tariffs on Canadian meat imports would lead to unfair competition. Photo by Jeff McIntosh/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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French Senate Votes On Controversial CETA Free Trade Deal

File photo dated October 10, 2012 shows cattle look out form a feedlot in Brooks, Alta., Canada. The French government on Thursday faces a risky vote on the controversial CETA trade deal between the EU and Canada in the Senate where an unlikely alliance between left and right hopes to torpedo the pact. The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) has been in force provisionally since 2017, but requires ratification in all European Union member countries to take full effect. Cattle farmers have always been among the main opponents of CETA. They feared that lower tariffs on Canadian meat imports would lead to unfair competition. Photo by Jeff McIntosh/CP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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A German engineer's bond with China

STORY: A German engineer's bond with China SHOOTING TIME: March 10, 2024 DATELINE: March 12, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:42 LOCATION: SHIJIAZHUANG, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Klaus-Dieter Merz visiting battery factory in Hengshui City, Hebei Province 2. SOUNDBITE (English): KLAUS-DIETER MERZ, German engineer STORYLINE: Klaus-Dieter Merz, a 70-year-old German expert in new energy, recently revisited Gucheng County in north China's Hebei Province. During his visit, he collaborated with representatives from Chinese enterprises to facilitate the mass production of innovative sodium-ion batteries in China and Germany. Merz's first visit to China dates back to 2012. Since then, he has visited China frequently, fostering the adoption of eco-friendly new energy technologies through collaborative efforts between the two nations. He has also been deeply obsessed with Chinese culture and food. SOUNDBITE (English): KLAUS-DIETER MERZ, German engineer "And I took the opportunity to learn a little bit mor

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China's development in eyes of German executive

STORY: China's development in eyes of German executive SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 8 to Feb. 10, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 27, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:44 LOCATION: GUIZHOU, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various shots of Garvin Hoefig 2. SOUNDBITE (English): GARVIN HOEFIG, German expat in China STORYLINE: Garvin Hoefig, the COO of a Sino-German joint venture in eastern China's Jiangsu Province, has started to work in China since 2012. Over the past decade, Hoefig spent almost every Spring Festival holiday in his wife's hometown of Changshun County in southwest China's Guizhou Province. Over the years, he has witnessed the development of China both in big cities and small counties. SOUNDBITE (English): GARVIN HOEFIG, German expat in China "Reunion. I think this is the most important part because I think everybody is busy in his daily life. I think this is really like an anchor point where we have the possibility one year one time, at least we need to come together. I live in China since 2012. I really can say that th

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS)CHINA-SHANGHAI-ZHUANG RICE CAKE-INHERITOR (CN)

(240118) -- SHANGHAI, Jan. 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Jan. 10, 2024 shows Yang Qinfeng's signature "Happy New Year" cake at his studio in Liantang Town of Qingpu District of Shanghai, east China. Zhuang Rice Cake, made with sticky rice and polished round-grained rice, is a representative of Liantang Rice Cake, whose making craft has been listed as an intangible cultural heritage of Qingpu District in Shanghai. In the hearts of local people, the cake is not only a must-have during the lunar new year, but also a hometown snack reminding them where they come from. Yang Qinfeng, 43, is the fourth generation inheritor of the making craft of Zhuang Rice Cake. His great grandfather, once making a living on the sales of the cakes, passed down the craft in his family. Once working as an architecture designer in the city of Shanghai, Yang missed his life in the countryside and returned to his hometown in 2012 to start his own business. Based on the traditional making technique from his great

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS)CHINA-SHANGHAI-ZHUANG RICE CAKE-INHERITOR (CN)

(240118) -- SHANGHAI, Jan. 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Yang Qinfeng prepares to cool down the steamed Zhuang Rice Cake at his studio in Liantang Town of Qingpu District of Shanghai, east China, Jan. 10, 2024. Zhuang Rice Cake, made with sticky rice and polished round-grained rice, is a representative of Liantang Rice Cake, whose making craft has been listed as an intangible cultural heritage of Qingpu District in Shanghai. In the hearts of local people, the cake is not only a must-have during the lunar new year, but also a hometown snack reminding them where they come from. Yang Qinfeng, 43, is the fourth generation inheritor of the making craft of Zhuang Rice Cake. His great grandfather, once making a living on the sales of the cakes, passed down the craft in his family. Once working as an architecture designer in the city of Shanghai, Yang missed his life in the countryside and returned to his hometown in 2012 to start his own business. Based on the traditional making technique from his great grandfat

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS)CHINA-SHANGHAI-ZHUANG RICE CAKE-INHERITOR (CN)

(240118) -- SHANGHAI, Jan. 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Yang Qinfeng makes Zhuang Rice Cake at his studio in Liantang Town of Qingpu District of Shanghai, east China, Jan. 10, 2024. Zhuang Rice Cake, made with sticky rice and polished round-grained rice, is a representative of Liantang Rice Cake, whose making craft has been listed as an intangible cultural heritage of Qingpu District in Shanghai. In the hearts of local people, the cake is not only a must-have during the lunar new year, but also a hometown snack reminding them where they come from. Yang Qinfeng, 43, is the fourth generation inheritor of the making craft of Zhuang Rice Cake. His great grandfather, once making a living on the sales of the cakes, passed down the craft in his family. Once working as an architecture designer in the city of Shanghai, Yang missed his life in the countryside and returned to his hometown in 2012 to start his own business. Based on the traditional making technique from his great grandfather, Yang set up his own bra

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS)CHINA-SHANGHAI-ZHUANG RICE CAKE-INHERITOR (CN)

(240118) -- SHANGHAI, Jan. 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Yang Qinfeng makes Zhuang Rice Cake at his studio in Liantang Town of Qingpu District of Shanghai, east China, Jan. 10, 2024. Zhuang Rice Cake, made with sticky rice and polished round-grained rice, is a representative of Liantang Rice Cake, whose making craft has been listed as an intangible cultural heritage of Qingpu District in Shanghai. In the hearts of local people, the cake is not only a must-have during the lunar new year, but also a hometown snack reminding them where they come from. Yang Qinfeng, 43, is the fourth generation inheritor of the making craft of Zhuang Rice Cake. His great grandfather, once making a living on the sales of the cakes, passed down the craft in his family. Once working as an architecture designer in the city of Shanghai, Yang missed his life in the countryside and returned to his hometown in 2012 to start his own business. Based on the traditional making technique from his great grandfather, Yang set up his own bra

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS)CHINA-SHANGHAI-ZHUANG RICE CAKE-INHERITOR (CN)

(240118) -- SHANGHAI, Jan. 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Yang Qinfeng makes Zhuang Rice Cake at his studio in Liantang Town of Qingpu District of Shanghai, east China, Jan. 10, 2024. Zhuang Rice Cake, made with sticky rice and polished round-grained rice, is a representative of Liantang Rice Cake, whose making craft has been listed as an intangible cultural heritage of Qingpu District in Shanghai. In the hearts of local people, the cake is not only a must-have during the lunar new year, but also a hometown snack reminding them where they come from. Yang Qinfeng, 43, is the fourth generation inheritor of the making craft of Zhuang Rice Cake. His great grandfather, once making a living on the sales of the cakes, passed down the craft in his family. Once working as an architecture designer in the city of Shanghai, Yang missed his life in the countryside and returned to his hometown in 2012 to start his own business. Based on the traditional making technique from his great grandfather, Yang set up his own bra

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS)CHINA-SHANGHAI-ZHUANG RICE CAKE-INHERITOR (CN)

(240118) -- SHANGHAI, Jan. 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Yang Qinfeng makes Zhuang Rice Cake at his studio in Liantang Town of Qingpu District of Shanghai, east China, Jan. 10, 2024. Zhuang Rice Cake, made with sticky rice and polished round-grained rice, is a representative of Liantang Rice Cake, whose making craft has been listed as an intangible cultural heritage of Qingpu District in Shanghai. In the hearts of local people, the cake is not only a must-have during the lunar new year, but also a hometown snack reminding them where they come from. Yang Qinfeng, 43, is the fourth generation inheritor of the making craft of Zhuang Rice Cake. His great grandfather, once making a living on the sales of the cakes, passed down the craft in his family. Once working as an architecture designer in the city of Shanghai, Yang missed his life in the countryside and returned to his hometown in 2012 to start his own business. Based on the traditional making technique from his great grandfather, Yang set up his own bra

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS)CHINA-SHANGHAI-ZHUANG RICE CAKE-INHERITOR (CN)

(240118) -- SHANGHAI, Jan. 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Yang Qinfeng makes Zhuang Rice Cake at his studio in Liantang Town of Qingpu District of Shanghai, east China, Jan. 10, 2024. Zhuang Rice Cake, made with sticky rice and polished round-grained rice, is a representative of Liantang Rice Cake, whose making craft has been listed as an intangible cultural heritage of Qingpu District in Shanghai. In the hearts of local people, the cake is not only a must-have during the lunar new year, but also a hometown snack reminding them where they come from. Yang Qinfeng, 43, is the fourth generation inheritor of the making craft of Zhuang Rice Cake. His great grandfather, once making a living on the sales of the cakes, passed down the craft in his family. Once working as an architecture designer in the city of Shanghai, Yang missed his life in the countryside and returned to his hometown in 2012 to start his own business. Based on the traditional making technique from his great grandfather, Yang set up his own bra

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS)CHINA-SHANGHAI-ZHUANG RICE CAKE-INHERITOR (CN)

(240118) -- SHANGHAI, Jan. 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Yang Qinfeng shows his signature "Happy New Year" cake at his studio in Liantang Town of Qingpu District of Shanghai, east China, Jan. 10, 2024. Zhuang Rice Cake, made with sticky rice and polished round-grained rice, is a representative of Liantang Rice Cake, whose making craft has been listed as an intangible cultural heritage of Qingpu District in Shanghai. In the hearts of local people, the cake is not only a must-have during the lunar new year, but also a hometown snack reminding them where they come from. Yang Qinfeng, 43, is the fourth generation inheritor of the making craft of Zhuang Rice Cake. His great grandfather, once making a living on the sales of the cakes, passed down the craft in his family. Once working as an architecture designer in the city of Shanghai, Yang missed his life in the countryside and returned to his hometown in 2012 to start his own business. Based on the traditional making technique from his great grandfather, Yang

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS)CHINA-SHANGHAI-ZHUANG RICE CAKE-INHERITOR (CN)

(240118) -- SHANGHAI, Jan. 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Yang Qinfeng makes Zhuang Rice Cake at his studio in Liantang Town of Qingpu District of Shanghai, east China, Jan. 10, 2024. Zhuang Rice Cake, made with sticky rice and polished round-grained rice, is a representative of Liantang Rice Cake, whose making craft has been listed as an intangible cultural heritage of Qingpu District in Shanghai. In the hearts of local people, the cake is not only a must-have during the lunar new year, but also a hometown snack reminding them where they come from. Yang Qinfeng, 43, is the fourth generation inheritor of the making craft of Zhuang Rice Cake. His great grandfather, once making a living on the sales of the cakes, passed down the craft in his family. Once working as an architecture designer in the city of Shanghai, Yang missed his life in the countryside and returned to his hometown in 2012 to start his own business. Based on the traditional making technique from his great grandfather, Yang set up his own bra

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS)CHINA-SHANGHAI-ZHUANG RICE CAKE-INHERITOR (CN)

(240118) -- SHANGHAI, Jan. 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Yang Qinfeng makes Zhuang Rice Cake at his studio in Liantang Town of Qingpu District of Shanghai, east China, Jan. 10, 2024. Zhuang Rice Cake, made with sticky rice and polished round-grained rice, is a representative of Liantang Rice Cake, whose making craft has been listed as an intangible cultural heritage of Qingpu District in Shanghai. In the hearts of local people, the cake is not only a must-have during the lunar new year, but also a hometown snack reminding them where they come from. Yang Qinfeng, 43, is the fourth generation inheritor of the making craft of Zhuang Rice Cake. His great grandfather, once making a living on the sales of the cakes, passed down the craft in his family. Once working as an architecture designer in the city of Shanghai, Yang missed his life in the countryside and returned to his hometown in 2012 to start his own business. Based on the traditional making technique from his great grandfather, Yang set up his own bra

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS)CHINA-SHANGHAI-ZHUANG RICE CAKE-INHERITOR (CN)

(240118) -- SHANGHAI, Jan. 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Yang Qinfeng makes Zhuang Rice Cake at his studio in Liantang Town of Qingpu District of Shanghai, east China, Jan. 10, 2024. Zhuang Rice Cake, made with sticky rice and polished round-grained rice, is a representative of Liantang Rice Cake, whose making craft has been listed as an intangible cultural heritage of Qingpu District in Shanghai. In the hearts of local people, the cake is not only a must-have during the lunar new year, but also a hometown snack reminding them where they come from. Yang Qinfeng, 43, is the fourth generation inheritor of the making craft of Zhuang Rice Cake. His great grandfather, once making a living on the sales of the cakes, passed down the craft in his family. Once working as an architecture designer in the city of Shanghai, Yang missed his life in the countryside and returned to his hometown in 2012 to start his own business. Based on the traditional making technique from his great grandfather, Yang set up his own bra

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS)CHINA-SHANGHAI-ZHUANG RICE CAKE-INHERITOR (CN)

(240118) -- SHANGHAI, Jan. 18, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Yang Qinfeng makes Zhuang Rice Cake at his studio in Liantang Town of Qingpu District of Shanghai, east China, Jan. 10, 2024. Zhuang Rice Cake, made with sticky rice and polished round-grained rice, is a representative of Liantang Rice Cake, whose making craft has been listed as an intangible cultural heritage of Qingpu District in Shanghai. In the hearts of local people, the cake is not only a must-have during the lunar new year, but also a hometown snack reminding them where they come from. Yang Qinfeng, 43, is the fourth generation inheritor of the making craft of Zhuang Rice Cake. His great grandfather, once making a living on the sales of the cakes, passed down the craft in his family. Once working as an architecture designer in the city of Shanghai, Yang missed his life in the countryside and returned to his hometown in 2012 to start his own business. Based on the traditional making technique from his great grandfather, Yang set up his own bra

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China's Shenzhen a good place for innovation: Italian engineer

STORY: China's Shenzhen a good place for innovation: Italian engineer SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 5, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 6, 2024 LENGTH: 00:03:06 LOCATION: SHENZHEN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Shenzhen 2. SOUNDBITE (English): LEONARDO DE PALO, Italian engineer STORYLINE: Leonardo de Palo is an Italian engineer working in south China's Shenzhen. He said the megacity empowers his career of making robots. SOUNDBITE (English): LEONARDO DE PALO, Italian engineer "Everything you're thinking about technology, you'll find them in the same place. This happens only in Shenzhen. Because China gives all the things that I could not find in the rest of the world. China is really good. My name is Leonardo de Palo. I came from Italy. I'm an engineer and I worked for about 10 years for IBM, then a lot of other companies. I came here with my family in April 2012. I do this small robot. Just to transform this idea into a product. The proposal was very interesting because it doubled my salary. What I found in

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US Forces Shoot Down Houthi Missiles And Drones

Handout photo dated February 22, 2012 shows two F/A-18 Super Hornets drop flares during an air power demonstration for participants of a tiger cruise aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) in the Pacific Ocean. On Tuesday, U.S. fighter jets and a warship shot down an onslaught of missiles and attack drones in the southern Red Sea over a 10-hour period, military officials said. The downed weapons included a dozen one-way attack drones, three anti-ship ballistic missiles and two land attack cruise missiles. “U.S. assets, to include the USS Laboon and F/A-18 Super Hornets from the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group, shot them down,” said U.S. Central Command, the Pentagon’s top combatant command in the Middle East. “There was no damage to ships in the area or reported injuries.” It wasn’t clear exactly what the drones and missiles were targeting, but U.S. forces in the region have carried out a number of “self-defense strikes” and shot down other drones and rockets in recent months. U

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US Forces Shoot Down Houthi Missiles And Drones

Handout photo dated October 15, 2012 shows two F/A-18 Super Hornets from the Royal Maces of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 27 fly in formation with two Royal Malaysian air force Sukhoi Su-30s over the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) in the South China Sea. On Tuesday, U.S. fighter jets and a warship shot down an onslaught of missiles and attack drones in the southern Red Sea over a 10-hour period, military officials said. The downed weapons included a dozen one-way attack drones, three anti-ship ballistic missiles and two land attack cruise missiles. “U.S. assets, to include the USS Laboon and F/A-18 Super Hornets from the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group, shot them down,” said U.S. Central Command, the Pentagon’s top combatant command in the Middle East. “There was no damage to ships in the area or reported injuries.” It wasn’t clear exactly what the drones and missiles were targeting, but U.S. forces in the region have carried out a number of “self-defense strikes” and shot down other drones a

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US Forces Shoot Down Houthi Missiles And Drones

Handout photo dated October 4, 2012 shows two F/A-18 Super Hornets fly above the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) in the Arabian Sea. On Tuesday, U.S. fighter jets and a warship shot down an onslaught of missiles and attack drones in the southern Red Sea over a 10-hour period, military officials said. The downed weapons included a dozen one-way attack drones, three anti-ship ballistic missiles and two land attack cruise missiles. “U.S. assets, to include the USS Laboon and F/A-18 Super Hornets from the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group, shot them down,” said U.S. Central Command, the Pentagon’s top combatant command in the Middle East. “There was no damage to ships in the area or reported injuries.” It wasn’t clear exactly what the drones and missiles were targeting, but U.S. forces in the region have carried out a number of “self-defense strikes” and shot down other drones and rockets in recent months. U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Cmdr. Josh Hammond via ABACAPRESS.COM

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US Military Osprey With 8 Crew Crashes Off Japan

Handout photo datedJanuary 10, 2012 shows an MV-22 Osprey takes off from the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) in the Atlantic Ocean. A US Osprey military aircraft with eight crew on board crashed on Wednesday off a Japanese island, the coastguard said, in the latest accident involving the tilt-rotor military aircraft. The Osprey, developed by Bell Helicopters and Boeing and which can operate like a helicopter or a fixed-wing plane, has suffered a string of fatal crashes over the years. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Corbin Shea via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hugh Jackman And Wife Deborra-Lee Furness Split After 27 Years

File photo dated December 10, 2012 of Deborra-Lee Furness and Hugh Jackman attending the American premiere of 'Les Miserables' held at Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City, NY, USA. Hugh Jackman and his wife, Deborra-Lee Furness, have announced they are ending their marriage after 27 years. The Australian actors married in 1996 and have two children, Oscar, 23, and Ava, 18. Photo by Dennis Van Tine/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-GUIDING-TEACHING POINT-TEACHER (CN)

(230910) -- GUIDING, Sept. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Lu Chengwen (1st R) teaches math to grade one students at Yanjiao teaching point in Yanshan Township of Guiding County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Sept. 6, 2023. Yanjiao teaching point is a "micro primary school" located at a flat area among mountains in southwest China's Guizhou. Lu Chengwen is the only teacher here with 28 preschool and 6 grade one students. In 2012, Lu, who had just graduated from the university, chose to teach at the remote Yanjiao teaching point. Preschool students, grown up from the mountainous village of the Miao ethnic group, could hardly speak Mandarin Chinese. In order to help his students learn Chinese characters and Mandarin Chinese, Lu taught them bilingually in Mandarin Chinese and his self-taught Miao language. For his students, Lu is their teacher and caretaker. Besides literacy course, Lu has been teaching PE, art, and music all by himself, and also assisted in purchasing nutritious meals and ensuring students' saf

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-GUIDING-TEACHING POINT-TEACHER (CN)

(230910) -- GUIDING, Sept. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Lu Chengwen (1st R) visits the home of a student in Yanshan Township of Guiding County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Sept. 6, 2023. Yanjiao teaching point is a "micro primary school" located at a flat area among mountains in southwest China's Guizhou. Lu Chengwen is the only teacher here with 28 preschool and 6 grade one students. In 2012, Lu, who had just graduated from the university, chose to teach at the remote Yanjiao teaching point. Preschool students, grown up from the mountainous village of the Miao ethnic group, could hardly speak Mandarin Chinese. In order to help his students learn Chinese characters and Mandarin Chinese, Lu taught them bilingually in Mandarin Chinese and his self-taught Miao language. For his students, Lu is their teacher and caretaker. Besides literacy course, Lu has been teaching PE, art, and music all by himself, and also assisted in purchasing nutritious meals and ensuring students' safety. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-GUIDING-TEACHING POINT-TEACHER (CN)

(230910) -- GUIDING, Sept. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Lu Chengwen (1st R) accompanies his students to return home in Yanshan Township of Guiding County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Sept. 6, 2023. Yanjiao teaching point is a "micro primary school" located at a flat area among mountains in southwest China's Guizhou. Lu Chengwen is the only teacher here with 28 preschool and 6 grade one students. In 2012, Lu, who had just graduated from the university, chose to teach at the remote Yanjiao teaching point. Preschool students, grown up from the mountainous village of the Miao ethnic group, could hardly speak Mandarin Chinese. In order to help his students learn Chinese characters and Mandarin Chinese, Lu taught them bilingually in Mandarin Chinese and his self-taught Miao language. For his students, Lu is their teacher and caretaker. Besides literacy course, Lu has been teaching PE, art, and music all by himself, and also assisted in purchasing nutritious meals and ensuring students' safety. (Xinhua/Yang Wen

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-GUIDING-TEACHING POINT-TEACHER (CN)

(230910) -- GUIDING, Sept. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Lu Chengwen selects the ingredients for students' nutritious meals at a market in Guiding County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Sept. 7, 2023. Yanjiao teaching point is a "micro primary school" located at a flat area among mountains in southwest China's Guizhou. Lu Chengwen is the only teacher here with 28 preschool and 6 grade one students. In 2012, Lu, who had just graduated from the university, chose to teach at the remote Yanjiao teaching point. Preschool students, grown up from the mountainous village of the Miao ethnic group, could hardly speak Mandarin Chinese. In order to help his students learn Chinese characters and Mandarin Chinese, Lu taught them bilingually in Mandarin Chinese and his self-taught Miao language. For his students, Lu is their teacher and caretaker. Besides literacy course, Lu has been teaching PE, art, and music all by himself, and also assisted in purchasing nutritious meals and ensuring students' safety. (Xinhua/Yang Wenb