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G7 finance meeting on critical minerals

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama speaks at a press conference in Washington on Jan. 12, 2026, after attending a meeting between the finance ministers of the Group of Seven countries and representatives of other countries including Australia and India on ways to reduce overreliance on China for critical minerals.

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G7 finance meeting on critical minerals

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama speaks at a press conference in Washington on Jan. 12, 2026, after attending a meeting between the finance ministers of the Group of Seven countries and representatives of other countries including Australia and India on ways to reduce overreliance on China for critical minerals.

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ESTA And Visa Waiver Program Update Illustrations - France

Illustration of a french passport next to a smartphone displaying the ESTA website and a print of a document outlying the new National Security Strategy of the United States published on November 2025 with a picture of the manhattan skyline in the background. On December 10, 2025, the American administration decreed unprecedented digital control for nationals of the 42 countries in the visa waiver program (Esta). From February 2026, travelers will have to provide the complete history of their social network archives (X, Instagram, Face Book, Tiktok...) and telephones for the last five years, as well as ten years of emails and detailed family information on December 12, 2025 in Paris, France. Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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ESTA And Visa Waiver Program Update Illustrations - France

Illustration of a french passport next to a smartphone displaying the ESTA website and a print of a document outlying the new National Security Strategy of the United States published on November 2025 with a picture of the manhattan skyline in the background. On December 10, 2025, the American administration decreed unprecedented digital control for nationals of the 42 countries in the visa waiver program (Esta). From February 2026, travelers will have to provide the complete history of their social network archives (X, Instagram, Face Book, Tiktok...) and telephones for the last five years, as well as ten years of emails and detailed family information on December 12, 2025 in Paris, France. Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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ESTA And Visa Waiver Program Update Illustrations - France

Illustration of a french passport next to a smartphone displaying the ESTA website and a print of a document outlying the new National Security Strategy of the United States published on November 2025. On December 10, 2025, the American administration decreed unprecedented digital control for nationals of the 42 countries in the visa waiver program (Esta). From February 2026, travelers will have to provide the complete history of their social network archives (X, Instagram, Face Book, Tiktok...) and telephones for the last five years, as well as ten years of emails and detailed family information on December 12, 2025 in Paris, France. Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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ESTA And Visa Waiver Program Update Illustrations - France

Illustration of a french passport next to a smartphone displaying the ESTA website and a print of a document outlying the new National Security Strategy of the United States published on November 2025. On December 10, 2025, the American administration decreed unprecedented digital control for nationals of the 42 countries in the visa waiver program (Esta). From February 2026, travelers will have to provide the complete history of their social network archives (X, Instagram, Face Book, Tiktok...) and telephones for the last five years, as well as ten years of emails and detailed family information on December 12, 2025 in Paris, France. Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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ESTA And Visa Waiver Program Update Illustrations - France

Illustration of a french passport next to a smartphone displaying the ESTA website and a print of a document outlying the new National Security Strategy of the United States published on November 2025. On December 10, 2025, the American administration decreed unprecedented digital control for nationals of the 42 countries in the visa waiver program (Esta). From February 2026, travelers will have to provide the complete history of their social network archives (X, Instagram, Face Book, Tiktok...) and telephones for the last five years, as well as ten years of emails and detailed family information on December 12, 2025 in Paris, France. Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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ESTA And Visa Waiver Program Update Illustrations - France

Illustration of a french passport next to a smartphone displaying the ESTA website and a print of a document outlying the new National Security Strategy of the United States published on November 2025. On December 10, 2025, the American administration decreed unprecedented digital control for nationals of the 42 countries in the visa waiver program (Esta). From February 2026, travelers will have to provide the complete history of their social network archives (X, Instagram, Face Book, Tiktok...) and telephones for the last five years, as well as ten years of emails and detailed family information on December 12, 2025 in Paris, France. Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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ESTA And Visa Waiver Program Update Illustrations - France

Illustration of a smartphone displaying the ESTA website and a print of a document outlying the new National Security Strategy of the United States published on November 2025. On December 10, 2025, the American administration decreed unprecedented digital control for nationals of the 42 countries in the visa waiver program (Esta). From February 2026, travelers will have to provide the complete history of their social network archives (X, Instagram, Face Book, Tiktok...) and telephones for the last five years, as well as ten years of emails and detailed family information on December 12, 2025 in Paris, France. Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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ESTA And Visa Waiver Program Update Illustrations - France

Illustration of a french passport next to a smartphone displaying the ESTA website and a print of a document outlying the new National Security Strategy of the United States published on November 2025. On December 10, 2025, the American administration decreed unprecedented digital control for nationals of the 42 countries in the visa waiver program (Esta). From February 2026, travelers will have to provide the complete history of their social network archives (X, Instagram, Face Book, Tiktok...) and telephones for the last five years, as well as ten years of emails and detailed family information on December 12, 2025 in Paris, France. Photo by Jean Pierre Nguyen Van Hai Barbier/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan-S. Korea governors' meeting

Governors from Japan and South Korea hold a meeting to discuss social issues in the two countries in Incheon, near Seoul, on Nov. 12, 2025.

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Japan-S. Korea governors' meeting

Governors from Japan and South Korea hold a meeting to discuss social issues in the two countries in Incheon, near Seoul, on Nov. 12, 2025.

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Japan-S. Korea governors' meeting

Governors from Japan and South Korea hold a meeting to discuss social issues in the two countries in Incheon, near Seoul, on Nov. 12, 2025.

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Japan-S. Korea governors' meeting

Governors from Japan and South Korea hold a meeting to discuss social issues in the two countries in Incheon, near Seoul, on Nov. 12, 2025.

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G-7 foreign ministers' meeting in Canada

Foreign ministers of the Group of Seven industrialized countries attend the second day of a two-day meeting in Niagara-on-the-Lake in Canada on Nov. 12, 2025.

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World Exposition in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan, April 12 Kyodo - Video shows the flag-bearers representing the participating countries and regions during the opening ceremony of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka, western Japan, on April 12, 2025. (Kyodo)

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World Paella Day 2025 - Valencia

People watch and cheer on the cooks during World Paella Day 2025 on September 20, 2025, in Valencia, Valencia, Spain. One of the events taking place on International Paella Day is the World Paella Day Cup. This is a tournament, which this year celebrates its VI edition, where 12 gastronomy professionals from different countries of the world compete in order to win the cup for 'the best paella in the world'. The cooks who participate in the contest are selected by the public and filtered by a jury made up of professionals. Photo by Jorge Gil/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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World Paella Day 2025 - Valencia

Cooks work on their paella during World Paella Day 2025, on September 20, 2025, in Valencia, Valencian Community (Spain). One of the events taking place on International Paella Day is the World Paella Day Cup. This is a tournament, which this year celebrates its VI edition, where 12 gastronomy professionals from different countries of the world compete in order to win the cup for 'the best paella in the world'. The cooks who participate in the contest are selected by the public and filtered by a jury made up of professionals. Photo by Jorge Gil/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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World Paella Day 2025 - Valencia

Cooks work on their paella during World Paella Day 2025, on September 20, 2025, in Valencia, Valencian Community (Spain). One of the events taking place on International Paella Day is the World Paella Day Cup. This is a tournament, which this year celebrates its VI edition, where 12 gastronomy professionals from different countries of the world compete in order to win the cup for 'the best paella in the world'. The cooks who participate in the contest are selected by the public and filtered by a jury made up of professionals. Photo by Jorge Gil/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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World Paella Day 2025 - Valencia

People watch and cheer on the cooks during World Paella Day 2025 on September 20, 2025, in Valencia, Valencia, Spain. One of the events taking place on International Paella Day is the World Paella Day Cup. This is a tournament, which this year celebrates its VI edition, where 12 gastronomy professionals from different countries of the world compete in order to win the cup for 'the best paella in the world'. The cooks who participate in the contest are selected by the public and filtered by a jury made up of professionals. Photo by Jorge Gil/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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World Paella Day 2025 - Valencia

People watch and cheer on the cooks during World Paella Day 2025 on September 20, 2025, in Valencia, Valencia, Spain. One of the events taking place on International Paella Day is the World Paella Day Cup. This is a tournament, which this year celebrates its VI edition, where 12 gastronomy professionals from different countries of the world compete in order to win the cup for 'the best paella in the world'. The cooks who participate in the contest are selected by the public and filtered by a jury made up of professionals. Photo by Jorge Gil/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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World Paella Day 2025 - Valencia

Cooks work on their paella during World Paella Day 2025, on September 20, 2025, in Valencia, Valencian Community (Spain). One of the events taking place on International Paella Day is the World Paella Day Cup. This is a tournament, which this year celebrates its VI edition, where 12 gastronomy professionals from different countries of the world compete in order to win the cup for 'the best paella in the world'. The cooks who participate in the contest are selected by the public and filtered by a jury made up of professionals. Photo by Jorge Gil/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Support of 12 assisted-suicide activists at the opening of their trial - Paris

Defendant, co-founder of the Ultime Liberte association Claude Hury, arrives for the opening of the trial of 12 assisted-suicide activists accused of helping people in France to illegally obtain a euthanasia drug, at the Tribunal Judiciaire courthouse in Paris, on September 15, 2025. The 12 defendants, members of the association Ultime Liberte (Ultimate Freedom) that fights to legalise assisted suicide and euthanasia in France, are accused of helping dozens of people purchase pentobarbital, a drug used for physician-assisted suicide in countries such as Belgium and Switzerland, between August 2018 and November 2020. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Support of 12 assisted-suicide activists at the opening of their trial - Paris

Defendant, co-founder of the Ultime Liberte association Claude Hury, arrives for the opening of the trial of 12 assisted-suicide activists accused of helping people in France to illegally obtain a euthanasia drug, at the Tribunal Judiciaire courthouse in Paris, on September 15, 2025. The 12 defendants, members of the association Ultime Liberte (Ultimate Freedom) that fights to legalise assisted suicide and euthanasia in France, are accused of helping dozens of people purchase pentobarbital, a drug used for physician-assisted suicide in countries such as Belgium and Switzerland, between August 2018 and November 2020. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Support of 12 assisted-suicide activists at the opening of their trial - Paris

Defendant, co-founder of the Ultime Liberte association Claude Hury, arrives for the opening of the trial of 12 assisted-suicide activists accused of helping people in France to illegally obtain a euthanasia drug, at the Tribunal Judiciaire courthouse in Paris, on September 15, 2025. The 12 defendants, members of the association Ultime Liberte (Ultimate Freedom) that fights to legalise assisted suicide and euthanasia in France, are accused of helping dozens of people purchase pentobarbital, a drug used for physician-assisted suicide in countries such as Belgium and Switzerland, between August 2018 and November 2020. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Support of 12 assisted-suicide activists at the opening of their trial - Paris

Protesters hold a sign My end of life, my ultimate freedom as they gather in support of 12 assisted-suicide activists at the opening of their trial, accused of helping people in France to illegally obtain a euthanasia drug, outside the Tribunal Judiciaire courthouse in Paris, on September 15, 2025. The 12 defendants, members of the association Ultime Liberte (Ultimate Freedom) that fights to legalise assisted suicide and euthanasia in France, are accused of helping dozens of people purchase pentobarbital, a drug used for physician-assisted suicide in countries such as Belgium and Switzerland, between August 2018 and November 2020. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Support of 12 assisted-suicide activists at the opening of their trial - Paris

Protesters hold a sign My end of life, my ultimate freedom as they gather in support of 12 assisted-suicide activists at the opening of their trial, accused of helping people in France to illegally obtain a euthanasia drug, outside the Tribunal Judiciaire courthouse in Paris, on September 15, 2025. The 12 defendants, members of the association Ultime Liberte (Ultimate Freedom) that fights to legalise assisted suicide and euthanasia in France, are accused of helping dozens of people purchase pentobarbital, a drug used for physician-assisted suicide in countries such as Belgium and Switzerland, between August 2018 and November 2020. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Support of 12 assisted-suicide activists at the opening of their trial - Paris

Protesters hold signs as they gather in support of 12 assisted-suicide activists at the opening of their trial, accused of helping people in France to illegally obtain a euthanasia drug, outside the Tribunal Judiciaire courthouse in Paris, on September 15, 2025. The 12 defendants, members of the association Ultime Liberte (Ultimate Freedom) that fights to legalise assisted suicide and euthanasia in France, are accused of helping dozens of people purchase pentobarbital, a drug used for physician-assisted suicide in countries such as Belgium and Switzerland, between August 2018 and November 2020. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Support of 12 assisted-suicide activists at the opening of their trial - Paris

Defendant, co-founder of the Ultime Liberte association Claude Hury, arrives for the opening of the trial of 12 assisted-suicide activists accused of helping people in France to illegally obtain a euthanasia drug, at the Tribunal Judiciaire courthouse in Paris, on September 15, 2025. The 12 defendants, members of the association Ultime Liberte (Ultimate Freedom) that fights to legalise assisted suicide and euthanasia in France, are accused of helping dozens of people purchase pentobarbital, a drug used for physician-assisted suicide in countries such as Belgium and Switzerland, between August 2018 and November 2020. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Support of 12 assisted-suicide activists at the opening of their trial - Paris

Protesters hold signs as they gather in support of 12 assisted-suicide activists at the opening of their trial, accused of helping people in France to illegally obtain a euthanasia drug, outside the Tribunal Judiciaire courthouse in Paris, on September 15, 2025. The 12 defendants, members of the association Ultime Liberte (Ultimate Freedom) that fights to legalise assisted suicide and euthanasia in France, are accused of helping dozens of people purchase pentobarbital, a drug used for physician-assisted suicide in countries such as Belgium and Switzerland, between August 2018 and November 2020. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Support of 12 assisted-suicide activists at the opening of their trial - Paris

Protesters hold signs as they gather in support of 12 assisted-suicide activists at the opening of their trial, accused of helping people in France to illegally obtain a euthanasia drug, outside the Tribunal Judiciaire courthouse in Paris, on September 15, 2025. The 12 defendants, members of the association Ultime Liberte (Ultimate Freedom) that fights to legalise assisted suicide and euthanasia in France, are accused of helping dozens of people purchase pentobarbital, a drug used for physician-assisted suicide in countries such as Belgium and Switzerland, between August 2018 and November 2020. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Support of 12 assisted-suicide activists at the opening of their trial - Paris

Protesters hold signs as they gather in support of 12 assisted-suicide activists at the opening of their trial, accused of helping people in France to illegally obtain a euthanasia drug, outside the Tribunal Judiciaire courthouse in Paris, on September 15, 2025. The 12 defendants, members of the association Ultime Liberte (Ultimate Freedom) that fights to legalise assisted suicide and euthanasia in France, are accused of helping dozens of people purchase pentobarbital, a drug used for physician-assisted suicide in countries such as Belgium and Switzerland, between August 2018 and November 2020. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Support of 12 assisted-suicide activists at the opening of their trial - Paris

Protesters hold signs as they gather in support of 12 assisted-suicide activists at the opening of their trial, accused of helping people in France to illegally obtain a euthanasia drug, outside the Tribunal Judiciaire courthouse in Paris, on September 15, 2025. The 12 defendants, members of the association Ultime Liberte (Ultimate Freedom) that fights to legalise assisted suicide and euthanasia in France, are accused of helping dozens of people purchase pentobarbital, a drug used for physician-assisted suicide in countries such as Belgium and Switzerland, between August 2018 and November 2020. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Support of 12 assisted-suicide activists at the opening of their trial - Paris

Protesters hold signs as they gather in support of 12 assisted-suicide activists at the opening of their trial, accused of helping people in France to illegally obtain a euthanasia drug, outside the Tribunal Judiciaire courthouse in Paris, on September 15, 2025. The 12 defendants, members of the association Ultime Liberte (Ultimate Freedom) that fights to legalise assisted suicide and euthanasia in France, are accused of helping dozens of people purchase pentobarbital, a drug used for physician-assisted suicide in countries such as Belgium and Switzerland, between August 2018 and November 2020. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Support of 12 assisted-suicide activists at the opening of their trial - Paris

Protesters hold signs as they gather in support of 12 assisted-suicide activists at the opening of their trial, accused of helping people in France to illegally obtain a euthanasia drug, outside the Tribunal Judiciaire courthouse in Paris, on September 15, 2025. The 12 defendants, members of the association Ultime Liberte (Ultimate Freedom) that fights to legalise assisted suicide and euthanasia in France, are accused of helping dozens of people purchase pentobarbital, a drug used for physician-assisted suicide in countries such as Belgium and Switzerland, between August 2018 and November 2020. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Support of 12 assisted-suicide activists at the opening of their trial - Paris

Protesters hold a sign as they gather in support of 12 assisted-suicide activists at the opening of their trial, accused of helping people in France to illegally obtain a euthanasia drug, outside the Tribunal Judiciaire courthouse in Paris, on September 15, 2025. The 12 defendants, members of the association Ultime Liberte (Ultimate Freedom) that fights to legalise assisted suicide and euthanasia in France, are accused of helping dozens of people purchase pentobarbital, a drug used for physician-assisted suicide in countries such as Belgium and Switzerland, between August 2018 and November 2020. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Support of 12 assisted-suicide activists at the opening of their trial - Paris

Protesters hold signs as they gather in support of 12 assisted-suicide activists at the opening of their trial, accused of helping people in France to illegally obtain a euthanasia drug, outside the Tribunal Judiciaire courthouse in Paris, on September 15, 2025. The 12 defendants, members of the association Ultime Liberte (Ultimate Freedom) that fights to legalise assisted suicide and euthanasia in France, are accused of helping dozens of people purchase pentobarbital, a drug used for physician-assisted suicide in countries such as Belgium and Switzerland, between August 2018 and November 2020. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Support of 12 assisted-suicide activists at the opening of their trial - Paris

Defendant, co-founder of the Ultime Liberte association Claude Hury, arrives for the opening of the trial of 12 assisted-suicide activists accused of helping people in France to illegally obtain a euthanasia drug, at the Tribunal Judiciaire courthouse in Paris, on September 15, 2025. The 12 defendants, members of the association Ultime Liberte (Ultimate Freedom) that fights to legalise assisted suicide and euthanasia in France, are accused of helping dozens of people purchase pentobarbital, a drug used for physician-assisted suicide in countries such as Belgium and Switzerland, between August 2018 and November 2020. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Support of 12 assisted-suicide activists at the opening of their trial - Paris

Defendant, co-founder of the Ultime Liberte association Claude Hury, arrives for the opening of the trial of 12 assisted-suicide activists accused of helping people in France to illegally obtain a euthanasia drug, at the Tribunal Judiciaire courthouse in Paris, on September 15, 2025. The 12 defendants, members of the association Ultime Liberte (Ultimate Freedom) that fights to legalise assisted suicide and euthanasia in France, are accused of helping dozens of people purchase pentobarbital, a drug used for physician-assisted suicide in countries such as Belgium and Switzerland, between August 2018 and November 2020. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Support of 12 assisted-suicide activists at the opening of their trial - Paris

Defendant, co-founder of the Ultime Liberte association Claude Hury, arrives for the opening of the trial of 12 assisted-suicide activists accused of helping people in France to illegally obtain a euthanasia drug, at the Tribunal Judiciaire courthouse in Paris, on September 15, 2025. The 12 defendants, members of the association Ultime Liberte (Ultimate Freedom) that fights to legalise assisted suicide and euthanasia in France, are accused of helping dozens of people purchase pentobarbital, a drug used for physician-assisted suicide in countries such as Belgium and Switzerland, between August 2018 and November 2020. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Support of 12 assisted-suicide activists at the opening of their trial - Paris

Defendant, co-founder of the Ultime Liberte association Claude Hury, arrives for the opening of the trial of 12 assisted-suicide activists accused of helping people in France to illegally obtain a euthanasia drug, at the Tribunal Judiciaire courthouse in Paris, on September 15, 2025. The 12 defendants, members of the association Ultime Liberte (Ultimate Freedom) that fights to legalise assisted suicide and euthanasia in France, are accused of helping dozens of people purchase pentobarbital, a drug used for physician-assisted suicide in countries such as Belgium and Switzerland, between August 2018 and November 2020. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Support of 12 assisted-suicide activists at the opening of their trial - Paris

Protesters hold a sign My end of life, my ultimate freedom as they gather in support of 12 assisted-suicide activists at the opening of their trial, accused of helping people in France to illegally obtain a euthanasia drug, outside the Tribunal Judiciaire courthouse in Paris, on September 15, 2025. The 12 defendants, members of the association Ultime Liberte (Ultimate Freedom) that fights to legalise assisted suicide and euthanasia in France, are accused of helping dozens of people purchase pentobarbital, a drug used for physician-assisted suicide in countries such as Belgium and Switzerland, between August 2018 and November 2020. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Support of 12 assisted-suicide activists at the opening of their trial - Paris

Protesters hold a sign about civil disobedience as they gather in support of 12 assisted-suicide activists at the opening of their trial, accused of helping people in France to illegally obtain a euthanasia drug, outside the Tribunal Judiciaire courthouse in Paris, on September 15, 2025. The 12 defendants, members of the association Ultime Liberte (Ultimate Freedom) that fights to legalise assisted suicide and euthanasia in France, are accused of helping dozens of people purchase pentobarbital, a drug used for physician-assisted suicide in countries such as Belgium and Switzerland, between August 2018 and November 2020. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Support of 12 assisted-suicide activists at the opening of their trial - Paris

Protesters hold a sign as they gather in support of 12 assisted-suicide activists at the opening of their trial, accused of helping people in France to illegally obtain a euthanasia drug, outside the Tribunal Judiciaire courthouse in Paris, on September 15, 2025. The 12 defendants, members of the association Ultime Liberte (Ultimate Freedom) that fights to legalise assisted suicide and euthanasia in France, are accused of helping dozens of people purchase pentobarbital, a drug used for physician-assisted suicide in countries such as Belgium and Switzerland, between August 2018 and November 2020. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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DAVIS CUP SWEDEN-TUNISIA

The Swedish and Tunisian Davis Cup teams line up for the Davis Cup match between the countries in Partille arena on September 12, 2025.Photo: Adam Ihse / TT / Code 9200

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DAVIS CUP SWEDEN-TUNISIA

The Swedish and Tunisian Davis Cup teams line up for the Davis Cup match between the countries in Partille arena on September 12, 2025.Photo: Adam Ihse / TT / Code 9200

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New Japan-Philippines defense pact

(From L) Philippine Secretary of National Defense Gilberto Teodoro, Philippine Foreign Secretary Theresa Lazaro and Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Kazuya Endo pose for a photo after the two countries exchanged notes in Manila on Aug. 12, 2025, ahead of the coming into force in September of the Reciprocal Access Agreement, aimed at enhancing bilateral defense and security cooperation.

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New Japan-Philippines defense pact

(From L) Philippine Secretary of National Defense Gilberto Teodoro, Philippine Foreign Secretary Theresa Lazaro and Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Kazuya Endo pose for a photo after the two countries exchanged notes in Manila on Aug. 12, 2025, ahead of the coming into force in September of the Reciprocal Access Agreement, aimed at enhancing bilateral defense and security cooperation.

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World Exposition in Osaka

Photo shows national flags of the participating countries and regions at the venue of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka, western Japan, on April 12, 2025, the eve of the event's start.

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World Exposition in Osaka

Photo shows the flag-bearers representing the participating countries and regions during the opening ceremony of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka, western Japan, on April 12, 2025.