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Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Dies

In just over ten days, Syrian rebels have taken control of Syria's main cities, including the capital Damascus on Saturday night. President Bashar al-Assad, in power since 2000, has fled the country, according to Russia - FILE - Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz has died, royal officials have announced, weeks after he was admitted to hospital. King Abdullah, who was said to be aged about 90, had been suffering from a lung infection. A statement early on Friday said his 79-year-old half brother, Salman, had become king. File photo : Arab leaders talk as they attend an Arab economic summit in Kuwait City on January 19, 2009. From L-R : Qatar's Emir Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani, Saudi King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud and Syrian President Bashar Al Assad. Photo by Balkis Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Liberia's presidential inauguration halted due to Boakai's heat exhaustion

STORY: Liberia's presidential inauguration halted due to Boakai's heat exhaustion SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 22, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 23, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:59 LOCATION: Monrovia CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of President Joseph Boakai looking unwell while giving his inaugural speech 2. various of security aides assisting the president 3. various of guests and dignitaries at the event 4. various of President Boakai being celebrated by the crowd STORYLINE: The inauguration speech of Liberian President Joseph Nyumah Boakai was halted on Monday as the newly sworn-in leader suffered heat exhaustion at the ceremony held in the national capital of Monrovia, local media reported. Boakai had been delivering his inaugural address, which had already exceeded 30 minutes, when he began to show signs of distress. The temperature Monday afternoon at the Capitol Building in Monrovia, the venue of the presidential inauguration, was 29 degrees Celsius. The 79-year-old Boakai appeared fatigued and unsteady on his

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Zaporizhzhia volunteers make tin can lamps for Ukrainian military

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 5, 2023 - The 79-year-old volunteer who is known as Uncle Fedir and volunteer Valentyna Tyshkevych make tin can lamps for the Ukrainian military at the Palyanytsya Volunteer Center, Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine.

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Zaporizhzhia volunteers make tin can lamps for Ukrainian military

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 5, 2023 - The 79-year-old volunteer who is known as Uncle Fedir and volunteer Valentyna Tyshkevych push a platform trolley with tin can lamps for the Ukrainian military at the Palyanytsya Volunteer Center, Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine.

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Zaporizhzhia volunteers make tin can lamps for Ukrainian military

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 5, 2023 - The 79-year-old volunteer who is known as Uncle Fedir adds a slap of paraffin wax into a barrel as he makes tin can lamps for the Ukrainian military at the Palyanytsya Volunteer Center, Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine.

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Zaporizhzhia volunteers make tin can lamps for Ukrainian military

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 5, 2023 - The 79-year-old volunteer who is known as Uncle Fedir melts the wax in a barrel over a bonfire as he makes tin can lamps for the Ukrainian military at the Palyanytsya Volunteer Center, Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine.

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Zaporizhzhia volunteers make tin can lamps for Ukrainian military

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 5, 2023 - The 79-year-old volunteer who is known as Uncle Fedir makes tin can lamps for the Ukrainian military at the Palyanytsya Volunteer Center, Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine.

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Zaporizhzhia volunteers make tin can lamps for Ukrainian military

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 5, 2023 - The 79-year-old volunteer who is known as Uncle Fedir carries a slab of paraffin wax to be melted in a barrel over a bonfire as he makes tin can lamps for the Ukrainian military at the Palyanytsya Volunteer Center, Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine.

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Zaporizhzhia volunteers make tin can lamps for Ukrainian military

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 5, 2023 - The 79-year-old volunteer who is known as Uncle Fedir pours melted wax from the kettle into tin cans filled with the strips of cardboard as he makes tin can lamps for the Ukrainian military at the Palyanytsya Volunteer Center, Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine.

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Zaporizhzhia volunteers make tin can lamps for Ukrainian military

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 5, 2023 - The 79-year-old volunteer who is known as Uncle Fedir pours melted wax into the kettle as he makes tin can lamps for the Ukrainian military at the Palyanytsya Volunteer Center, Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine.

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Zaporizhzhia volunteers make tin can lamps for Ukrainian military

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 5, 2023 - The 79-year-old volunteer who is known as Uncle Fedir and volunteer Valentyna Tyshkevych make tin can lamps for the Ukrainian military at the Palyanytsya Volunteer Center, Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine.

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Zaporizhzhia volunteers make tin can lamps for Ukrainian military

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 5, 2023 - The 79-year-old volunteer who is known as Uncle Fedir and volunteer Valentyna Tyshkevych make tin can lamps for the Ukrainian military at the Palyanytsya Volunteer Center, Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine.

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Zaporizhzhia volunteers make tin can lamps for Ukrainian military

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 5, 2023 - The 79-year-old volunteer who is known as Uncle Fedir pours melted wax from the kettle into tin cans filled with the strips of cardboard as he makes tin can lamps for the Ukrainian military at the Palyanytsya Volunteer Center, Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine.

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Zaporizhzhia volunteers make tin can lamps for Ukrainian military

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 5, 2023 - The 79-year-old volunteer who is known as Uncle Fedir pours melted wax from the kettle into tin cans filled with the strips of cardboard as he makes tin can lamps for the Ukrainian military at the Palyanytsya Volunteer Center, Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine.

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Zaporizhzhia volunteers make tin can lamps for Ukrainian military

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 5, 2023 - The 79-year-old volunteer who is known as Uncle Fedir pours melted wax from the kettle into tin cans filled with the strips of cardboard as he makes tin can lamps for the Ukrainian military at the Palyanytsya Volunteer Center, Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine.

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Zaporizhzhia volunteers make tin can lamps for Ukrainian military

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 5, 2023 - The 79-year-old volunteer who is known as Uncle Fedir is responsible for making tin can lamps for the Ukrainian military at the Palyanytsya Volunteer Center, Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine.

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Zaporizhzhia volunteers make tin can lamps for Ukrainian military

ZAPORIZHZHIA, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 5, 2023 - The 79-year-old volunteer who is known as Uncle Fedir is responsible for making tin can lamps for the Ukrainian military at the Palyanytsya Volunteer Center, Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine.

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CHINA-HUNAN-MUSIC-TEACHER (CN)

(230911) -- CHANGSHA, Sept. 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Li Shuyou teaches students music at Shuyou Music Workshop in Jiantouzhou Village of Liling City, central China's Hunan Province, Aug. 12, 2023. TO GO WITH "Across China: 79-year-old teacher strikes chord with 'left-behind' children through music" (Xinhua/Xue Yuge)

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CHINA-HUNAN-MUSIC-TEACHER (CN)

(230911) -- CHANGSHA, Sept. 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Aug. 12, 2023 shows Li Shuyou and students performing an open air ensemble in Jiantouzhou Village of Liling City, central China's Hunan Province. TO GO WITH "Across China: 79-year-old teacher strikes chord with 'left-behind' children through music" (Xinhua/Xue Yuge)

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CHINA-HUNAN-MUSIC-TEACHER (CN)

(230911) -- CHANGSHA, Sept. 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Students go to Shuyou Music Workshop in Jiantouzhou Village of Liling City, central China's Hunan Province, Aug. 12, 2023. TO GO WITH "Across China: 79-year-old teacher strikes chord with 'left-behind' children through music" (Xinhua/Xue Yuge)

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Nepalese man returns home for 1st time in 18 yrs

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Govinda Prasad Mainali (C), the Nepalese man convicted in a 1997 Tokyo murder case, waves after a press conference in Kathmandu on June 16, 2012. Mainali returned to Nepal earlier in the day for the first time in 18 years after a Japanese court granted him a retrial. He is flanked by his 79-year-old mother Chandrakala (L) and his wife Radha.

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Nepalese man returns home for 1st time in 18 yrs

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Govinda Prasad Mainali (C), the Nepalese man convicted in a 1997 Tokyo murder case, gives a press conference in Kathmandu on June 16, 2012. Mainali returned to Nepal earlier in the day for the first time in 18 years after a Japanese court granted him a retrial. He is flanked by his 79-year-old mother Chandrakala (L) and elder brother Indra.

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Nepalese man returns home for 1st time in 18 yrs

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Govinda Prasad Mainali (2nd from L), the Nepalese man convicted in a 1997 Tokyo murder case, gives a press conference in Kathmandu on June 16, 2012. Mainali returned to Nepal earlier in the day for the first time in 18 years after a Japanese court granted him a retrial. To the left is his 79-year-old mother Chandrakala.

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Nepalese man returns home for 1st time in 18 yrs

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Govinda Prasad Mainali (R), the Nepalese man convicted in a 1997 Tokyo murder case, is reunited with his 79-year-old mother Chandrakala at Kathmandu's airport on June 16, 2012, upon his return home for the first time in 18 years after a Japanese court granted him a retrial.

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Nepalese man returns home for 1st time in 18 yrs

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Govinda Prasad Mainali (R), the Nepalese man convicted in a 1997 Tokyo murder case, is reunited with his 79-year-old mother Chandrakala at Kathmandu's airport on June 16, 2012, upon his return home for the first time in 18 years after a Japanese court granted him a retrial.

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79-year-old woman donates 100 mil. yen to city

SAITAMA, Japan - Chieko Sano (R), 79, gives a 100 million yen check to Warabi Mayor Hideo Yoritaka at Warabi city hall in Saitama Prefecture on Sept. 6, 2011. Sano donated the money earned from her long years of working for the local community and children.

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Yoji Yamada to shoot film based on 'Tokyo Story'

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese film director Yoji Yamada takes part in a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 13, 2010. The 79-year-old director, who will mark 50 years next year since his debut, said he will shoot a film ''Tokyo Kazoku (family)'' based on Yasujiro Ozu's masterpiece ''Tokyo Story,'' shifting the setting to the present day.

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Ex-lower house speaker Doi not to run in next general election

TOKYO, Japan - Former House of Representatives Speaker Takako Doi (file photo) will not run in the next general election, informed sources said on Oct. 6. Doi, 79-year-old former Social Democratic Party chief, lost her lower house seat when she ran in the previous general election in 2005 in the proportional-representation constituency instead of filing the candidacy in her local Hyogo No. 7 constituency.

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Watanabe to take over as Yomiuri team chairman

TOKYO, Japan - The Yomiuri Giants said June 7 former team owner Tsuneo Watanabe (file photo) will be appointed team chairman of the Central League club. The 79-year-old Watanabe, chairman of the Yomiuri Shimbun Group Honsha, will be formally appointed to the new post after as a stockholders' meeting on June 23.

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Violence erupts after Suharto case dismissed

JAKARTA, Indonesia - A bus belonging to a group of supporters of former Indonesian President Suharto is set on fire and burned by students in southern Jakarta on Sept. 28 after an Indonesian court dismissed the corruption case against Suharto. The court dismissed the case after hearing from an independent team of doctors that the 79-year-old is not fit to stand trial.

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Court turns down S. Korean's pension request

OSAKA, Japan - Kang Pu Jung (L), a 79-year-old South Korean living in Kosai, Shiga Prefecture, meets the press in Osaka on Oct. 15 after his request for pension payment from the Japanese government was turned down by the Osaka High Court. ''I am really angry,'' he said of the ruling, which said pension recipients must hold Japanese nationality. Kang, who was injured while serving for the Imperial Japanese Navy, was a Japanese national under Japan's 1910-1945 colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula but automatically became a South Korean national after the war.

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U.N. nuclear ban treaty meeting

Masao Tomonaga, a 79-year-old survivor of the U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki, makes a speech on the second day of the three-day inaugural meeting of parties to the U.N. Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Vienna on June 22, 2022.

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U.N. nuclear ban treaty meeting

Attendees at an inaugural meeting of parties to the U.N. Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons clap their hands after Masao Tomonaga (upper in screen), a 79-year-old survivor of the U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki, made a speech on the second day of the meeting in Vienna on June 22, 2022.

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Watanabe to take over as Yomiuri team chairman

TOKYO, Japan - The Yomiuri Giants said June 7 former team owner Tsuneo Watanabe (file photo) will be appointed team chairman of the Central League club. The 79-year-old Watanabe, chairman of the Yomiuri Shimbun Group Honsha, will be formally appointed to the new post after as a stockholders' meeting on June 23. (Kyodo)

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Violence erupts after Suharto case dismissed

JAKARTA, Indonesia - A bus belonging to a group of supporters of former Indonesian President Suharto is set on fire and burned by students in southern Jakarta on Sept. 28 after an Indonesian court dismissed the corruption case against Suharto. The court dismissed the case after hearing from an independent team of doctors that the 79-year-old is not fit to stand trial.

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Obama makes historic visit to Hiroshima

U.S. President Barack Obama (front R) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (front L) talk with Sunao Tsuboi, a 91-year-old survivor of the U.S. atomic bombing, while Shigeaki Mori (far L), a 79-year-old survivor, looks on, in the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on May 27, 2016. Obama became the first sitting U.S. president to visit the atomic-bombed city that day. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Obama meets with hibakusha in Hiroshima

U.S. President Barack Obama (L) hugs Shigeaki Mori, a 79-year-old survivor of the U.S. atomic bombing, at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on May 27, 2016. Obama became the first sitting U.S. president to visit the atomic-bombed city that day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Obama meets with hibakusha in Hiroshima

U.S. President Barack Obama (L) hugs Shigeaki Mori, a 79-year-old survivor of the U.S. atomic bombing, at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima on May 27, 2016. Obama became the first sitting U.S. president to visit the atomic-bombed city that day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese native chicken beauty contest held

A beauty contest is held in Kochi, western Japan, on March 20, 2016, involving native Japanese chicken breeds. About 250 chickens from 10 prefectures participated in the contest won by a small shamo breeding pair kept by a 79-year-old man in Nara Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Basketball: Mitsuya set to succeed Kawabuchi as JBA head

Combined photo shows Saburo Kawabuchi (R), chairman of the Japan Basketball Association, and Yuko Mitsuya, second-in-command of the governing body. Sources close to the matter said on March 11, 2016, that the 57-year-old former member of the Japanese women's volleyball team will succeed the 79-year-old Kawabuchi. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Co-existing with bears at Japan World Heritage site Shiretoko

Hatsusaburo Ose, a 79-year-old fisherman, works in the Rusha area of the Shiretoko Peninsula, a UNESCO World Natural Heritage site on the eastern tip of Hokkaido in Japan on July 2, 2015, with brown bears moving around behind him. Ose says that secret of co-existing with bears is pretending not to notice. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Maestro Ozawa hopes Japan will remain no-war country

Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa speaks in an exclusive interview with Kyodo News in Rolle, Switzerland, on June 20, 2015. The 79-year-old conductor expressed his hope that Japan will stay a country that does not engage in war, as it has been since the end of World War II 70 years ago. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Dalai Lama gives lecture in Sapporo

The Dalai Lama gives a lecture at a hotel in Sapporo, northern Japan, on April 3, 2015. The 79-year-old spiritual leader, who is considered the 14th incarnation of the Tibetan Buddhist spiritual figure, arrived in Japan the previous day, beginning a 13-day trip to give lectures and attend symposiums on Buddhism in the country. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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79-year-old drummer's six-decade journey with Okinawan jazz

Shoei Uehara, a 79-year-old drummer known for the unique "Uchina jazz" that incorporates elements of the local Ryukyu music scale and "sanshin" Japanese guitar, performs at his drums in this photo taken on Feb. 27, 2014. To this day, Uehara still makes a weekly appearance on stage at a live house in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan, after a six-decade journey during which he witnessed firsthand the evolution of Okinawan jazz from the U.S. postwar occupation to the present time. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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3 cyclists pose after completing Seoul-Tokyo journey

Three cyclists, including 79-year-old Takeshi Yamaguchi (L) of Japan, pose in front of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building after completing the Seoul-Tokyo trek on Nov. 1, 2015. Yamaguchi was the oldest among the 50 Japanese and South Korean citizen cyclists who took part in the journey tracing the path of Joseon missions to Japan dispatched by the Joseon Dynasty. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-lower house speaker Doi not to run in next general election

TOKYO, Japan - Former House of Representatives Speaker Takako Doi (file photo) will not run in the next general election, informed sources said on Oct. 6. Doi, 79-year-old former Social Democratic Party chief, lost her lower house seat when she ran in the previous general election in 2005 in the proportional-representation constituency instead of filing the candidacy in her local Hyogo No. 7 constituency. (Kyodo)

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79-year-old woman donates 100 mil. yen to city

SAITAMA, Japan - Chieko Sano (R), 79, gives a 100 million yen check to Warabi Mayor Hideo Yoritaka at Warabi city hall in Saitama Prefecture on Sept. 6, 2011. Sano donated the money earned from her long years of working for the local community and children. (Kyodo)

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Yoji Yamada to shoot film based on 'Tokyo Story'

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese film director Yoji Yamada takes part in a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 13, 2010. The 79-year-old director, who will mark 50 years next year since his debut, said he will shoot a film ''Tokyo Kazoku (family)'' based on Yasujiro Ozu's masterpiece ''Tokyo Story,'' shifting the setting to the present day. (Kyodo)

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Car accident in Tokyo

Police officers inspect a car driven by a 79-year-old man that ran onto a sidewalk near Tokyo's Shinjuku station on Jan. 16, 2019. Seven people were injured in the accident. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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A-bomb survivor urges Trump to ponder from all-humanity perspective

Shigeaki Mori, a 79-year-old atomic-bomb survivor who was hugged by then-U.S. President Barack Obama in Hiroshima in May 2016, makes comments in the Japanese city on Jan. 21, 2017, after Donald Trump's inaugural address. "I wanted him (Trump) to talk about U.S. nuclear policy from now and listen to a more elegant speech," Mori said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo