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US: Super Typhoon Bavi Slams Guam, Northern Marianas 2

Super Typhoon Bavi made landfall Monday, July 6, passing directly over Rota in the Northern Mariana Islands around 8 a.m. local time, with sustained winds over 150 mph. Guam and nearby islands also reported major damage from the storm.

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US: North Dakota Sees Powerful Winds Amid Tornado-Producing Storm

Severe weather swept across the upper Midwest on Friday, June 20, bringing powerful winds and leaving at least 3 dead in North Dakota as a tornado ripped through the area.

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Affair Of The Fictitious Jobs Of Francois And Penelope Fillon - Paris

Lawyer of Francois and Penelope Fillon, Pierre Cornut-Gentille during the third trial in the Fillon case which will finally take place on April 29, 2025. The hearing scheduled for November 25, 2024 was postponed, due to the absence of a hospitalized lawyer. It will have to re-examine the sanctions imposed on the former Prime Minister, definitively found guilty of embezzlement of public funds in this case which had abruptly stopped his lead race for the 2017 Presidential election. The Court of Cassation, seized by the former elected Sarthois, now 70 years old, ordered this third trial to reassess the prison sentence of four years including one firm, a fine of €375,000 and ineligibility for ten years, pronounced in May 2022. at the Paris criminal court, November 25, 2024. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Affair Of The Fictitious Jobs Of Francois And Penelope Fillon - Paris

Lawyer of Francois and Penelope Fillon, Pierre Cornut-Gentille during the third trial in the Fillon case which will finally take place on April 29, 2025. The hearing scheduled for November 25, 2024 was postponed, due to the absence of a hospitalized lawyer. It will have to re-examine the sanctions imposed on the former Prime Minister, definitively found guilty of embezzlement of public funds in this case which had abruptly stopped his lead race for the 2017 Presidential election. The Court of Cassation, seized by the former elected Sarthois, now 70 years old, ordered this third trial to reassess the prison sentence of four years including one firm, a fine of €375,000 and ineligibility for ten years, pronounced in May 2022. at the Paris criminal court, November 25, 2024. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Affair Of The Fictitious Jobs Of Francois And Penelope Fillon - Paris

Lawyer of Francois and Penelope Fillon, Pierre Cornut-Gentille during the third trial in the Fillon case which will finally take place on April 29, 2025. The hearing scheduled for November 25, 2024 was postponed, due to the absence of a hospitalized lawyer. It will have to re-examine the sanctions imposed on the former Prime Minister, definitively found guilty of embezzlement of public funds in this case which had abruptly stopped his lead race for the 2017 Presidential election. The Court of Cassation, seized by the former elected Sarthois, now 70 years old, ordered this third trial to reassess the prison sentence of four years including one firm, a fine of €375,000 and ineligibility for ten years, pronounced in May 2022. at the Paris criminal court, November 25, 2024. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Affair Of The Fictitious Jobs Of Francois And Penelope Fillon - Paris

Lawyer of Francois and Penelope Fillon, Pierre Cornut-Gentille during the third trial in the Fillon case which will finally take place on April 29, 2025. The hearing scheduled for November 25, 2024 was postponed, due to the absence of a hospitalized lawyer. It will have to re-examine the sanctions imposed on the former Prime Minister, definitively found guilty of embezzlement of public funds in this case which had abruptly stopped his lead race for the 2017 Presidential election. The Court of Cassation, seized by the former elected Sarthois, now 70 years old, ordered this third trial to reassess the prison sentence of four years including one firm, a fine of €375,000 and ineligibility for ten years, pronounced in May 2022. at the Paris criminal court, November 25, 2024. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Affair Of The Fictitious Jobs Of Francois And Penelope Fillon - Paris

Lawyer of Francois and Penelope Fillon, Pierre Cornut-Gentille during the third trial in the Fillon case which will finally take place on April 29, 2025. The hearing scheduled for November 25, 2024 was postponed, due to the absence of a hospitalized lawyer. It will have to re-examine the sanctions imposed on the former Prime Minister, definitively found guilty of embezzlement of public funds in this case which had abruptly stopped his lead race for the 2017 Presidential election. The Court of Cassation, seized by the former elected Sarthois, now 70 years old, ordered this third trial to reassess the prison sentence of four years including one firm, a fine of €375,000 and ineligibility for ten years, pronounced in May 2022. at the Paris criminal court, November 25, 2024. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Affair Of The Fictitious Jobs Of Francois And Penelope Fillon - Paris

Lawyer of Francois and Penelope Fillon, Pierre Cornut-Gentille during the third trial in the Fillon case which will finally take place on April 29, 2025. The hearing scheduled for November 25, 2024 was postponed, due to the absence of a hospitalized lawyer. It will have to re-examine the sanctions imposed on the former Prime Minister, definitively found guilty of embezzlement of public funds in this case which had abruptly stopped his lead race for the 2017 Presidential election. The Court of Cassation, seized by the former elected Sarthois, now 70 years old, ordered this third trial to reassess the prison sentence of four years including one firm, a fine of €375,000 and ineligibility for ten years, pronounced in May 2022. at the Paris criminal court, November 25, 2024. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Affair Of The Fictitious Jobs Of Francois And Penelope Fillon - Paris

Lawyer of Francois and Penelope Fillon, Pierre Cornut-Gentille during the third trial in the Fillon case which will finally take place on April 29, 2025. The hearing scheduled for November 25, 2024 was postponed, due to the absence of a hospitalized lawyer. It will have to re-examine the sanctions imposed on the former Prime Minister, definitively found guilty of embezzlement of public funds in this case which had abruptly stopped his lead race for the 2017 Presidential election. The Court of Cassation, seized by the former elected Sarthois, now 70 years old, ordered this third trial to reassess the prison sentence of four years including one firm, a fine of €375,000 and ineligibility for ten years, pronounced in May 2022. at the Paris criminal court, November 25, 2024. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Affair Of The Fictitious Jobs Of Francois And Penelope Fillon - Paris

Lawyer of Francois and Penelope Fillon, Pierre Cornut-Gentille during the third trial in the Fillon case which will finally take place on April 29, 2025. The hearing scheduled for November 25, 2024 was postponed, due to the absence of a hospitalized lawyer. It will have to re-examine the sanctions imposed on the former Prime Minister, definitively found guilty of embezzlement of public funds in this case which had abruptly stopped his lead race for the 2017 Presidential election. The Court of Cassation, seized by the former elected Sarthois, now 70 years old, ordered this third trial to reassess the prison sentence of four years including one firm, a fine of €375,000 and ineligibility for ten years, pronounced in May 2022. at the Paris criminal court, November 25, 2024. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Affair Of The Fictitious Jobs Of Francois And Penelope Fillon - Paris

Lawyer of Francois and Penelope Fillon, Pierre Cornut-Gentille during the third trial in the Fillon case which will finally take place on April 29, 2025. The hearing scheduled for November 25, 2024 was postponed, due to the absence of a hospitalized lawyer. It will have to re-examine the sanctions imposed on the former Prime Minister, definitively found guilty of embezzlement of public funds in this case which had abruptly stopped his lead race for the 2017 Presidential election. The Court of Cassation, seized by the former elected Sarthois, now 70 years old, ordered this third trial to reassess the prison sentence of four years including one firm, a fine of €375,000 and ineligibility for ten years, pronounced in May 2022. at the Paris criminal court, November 25, 2024. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Affair Of The Fictitious Jobs Of Francois And Penelope Fillon - Paris

Lawyer of Francois and Penelope Fillon, Pierre Cornut-Gentille during the third trial in the Fillon case which will finally take place on April 29, 2025. The hearing scheduled for November 25, 2024 was postponed, due to the absence of a hospitalized lawyer. It will have to re-examine the sanctions imposed on the former Prime Minister, definitively found guilty of embezzlement of public funds in this case which had abruptly stopped his lead race for the 2017 Presidential election. The Court of Cassation, seized by the former elected Sarthois, now 70 years old, ordered this third trial to reassess the prison sentence of four years including one firm, a fine of €375,000 and ineligibility for ten years, pronounced in May 2022. at the Paris criminal court, November 25, 2024. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Affair Of The Fictitious Jobs Of Francois And Penelope Fillon - Paris

Lawyer of Francois and Penelope Fillon, Pierre Cornut-Gentille during the third trial in the Fillon case which will finally take place on April 29, 2025. The hearing scheduled for November 25, 2024 was postponed, due to the absence of a hospitalized lawyer. It will have to re-examine the sanctions imposed on the former Prime Minister, definitively found guilty of embezzlement of public funds in this case which had abruptly stopped his lead race for the 2017 Presidential election. The Court of Cassation, seized by the former elected Sarthois, now 70 years old, ordered this third trial to reassess the prison sentence of four years including one firm, a fine of €375,000 and ineligibility for ten years, pronounced in May 2022. at the Paris criminal court, November 25, 2024. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Affair Of The Fictitious Jobs Of Francois And Penelope Fillon - Paris

Lawyer of Francois and Penelope Fillon, Pierre Cornut-Gentille during the third trial in the Fillon case which will finally take place on April 29, 2025. The hearing scheduled for November 25, 2024 was postponed, due to the absence of a hospitalized lawyer. It will have to re-examine the sanctions imposed on the former Prime Minister, definitively found guilty of embezzlement of public funds in this case which had abruptly stopped his lead race for the 2017 Presidential election. The Court of Cassation, seized by the former elected Sarthois, now 70 years old, ordered this third trial to reassess the prison sentence of four years including one firm, a fine of €375,000 and ineligibility for ten years, pronounced in May 2022. at the Paris criminal court, November 25, 2024. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Affair Of The Fictitious Jobs Of Francois And Penelope Fillon - Paris

This illustrative photograph shows police officers and gendarmes from the gendarmerie and national police in the hall of the Paris criminal court during the third trial in the Fillon case which will finally take place on April 29, 2025. The hearing scheduled for November 25, 2024 was postponed, due to the absence of a hospitalized lawyer. It will have to re-examine the sanctions imposed on the former Prime Minister, definitively found guilty of embezzlement of public funds in this case which had abruptly stopped his lead race for the 2017 Presidential election. The Court of Cassation, seized by the former elected Sarthois, now 70 years old, ordered this third trial to reassess the prison sentence of four years including one firm, a fine of €375,000 and ineligibility for ten years, pronounced in May 2022. at the Paris criminal court, November 25, 2024. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Affair Of The Fictitious Jobs Of Francois And Penelope Fillon - Paris

This illustrative photograph shows police officers and gendarmes from the gendarmerie and national police in the hall of the Paris criminal court during the third trial in the Fillon case which will finally take place on April 29, 2025. The hearing scheduled for November 25, 2024 was postponed, due to the absence of a hospitalized lawyer. It will have to re-examine the sanctions imposed on the former Prime Minister, definitively found guilty of embezzlement of public funds in this case which had abruptly stopped his lead race for the 2017 Presidential election. The Court of Cassation, seized by the former elected Sarthois, now 70 years old, ordered this third trial to reassess the prison sentence of four years including one firm, a fine of €375,000 and ineligibility for ten years, pronounced in May 2022. at the Paris criminal court, November 25, 2024. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Affair Of The Fictitious Jobs Of Francois And Penelope Fillon - Paris

Lawyer of Francois and Penelope Fillon, Pierre Cornut-Gentille during the third trial in the Fillon case which will finally take place on April 29, 2025. The hearing scheduled for November 25, 2024 was postponed, due to the absence of a hospitalized lawyer. It will have to re-examine the sanctions imposed on the former Prime Minister, definitively found guilty of embezzlement of public funds in this case which had abruptly stopped his lead race for the 2017 Presidential election. The Court of Cassation, seized by the former elected Sarthois, now 70 years old, ordered this third trial to reassess the prison sentence of four years including one firm, a fine of €375,000 and ineligibility for ten years, pronounced in May 2022. at the Paris criminal court, November 25, 2024. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Affair Of The Fictitious Jobs Of Francois And Penelope Fillon - Paris

Lawyer of Francois and Penelope Fillon, Pierre Cornut-Gentille during the third trial in the Fillon case which will finally take place on April 29, 2025. The hearing scheduled for November 25, 2024 was postponed, due to the absence of a hospitalized lawyer. It will have to re-examine the sanctions imposed on the former Prime Minister, definitively found guilty of embezzlement of public funds in this case which had abruptly stopped his lead race for the 2017 Presidential election. The Court of Cassation, seized by the former elected Sarthois, now 70 years old, ordered this third trial to reassess the prison sentence of four years including one firm, a fine of €375,000 and ineligibility for ten years, pronounced in May 2022. at the Paris criminal court, November 25, 2024. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Affair Of The Fictitious Jobs Of Francois And Penelope Fillon - Paris

Lawyer of Francois and Penelope Fillon, Pierre Cornut-Gentille during the third trial in the Fillon case which will finally take place on April 29, 2025. The hearing scheduled for November 25, 2024 was postponed, due to the absence of a hospitalized lawyer. It will have to re-examine the sanctions imposed on the former Prime Minister, definitively found guilty of embezzlement of public funds in this case which had abruptly stopped his lead race for the 2017 Presidential election. The Court of Cassation, seized by the former elected Sarthois, now 70 years old, ordered this third trial to reassess the prison sentence of four years including one firm, a fine of €375,000 and ineligibility for ten years, pronounced in May 2022. at the Paris criminal court, November 25, 2024. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Affair Of The Fictitious Jobs Of Francois And Penelope Fillon - Paris

Lawyer of Francois and Penelope Fillon, Pierre Cornut-Gentille during the third trial in the Fillon case which will finally take place on April 29, 2025. The hearing scheduled for November 25, 2024 was postponed, due to the absence of a hospitalized lawyer. It will have to re-examine the sanctions imposed on the former Prime Minister, definitively found guilty of embezzlement of public funds in this case which had abruptly stopped his lead race for the 2017 Presidential election. The Court of Cassation, seized by the former elected Sarthois, now 70 years old, ordered this third trial to reassess the prison sentence of four years including one firm, a fine of €375,000 and ineligibility for ten years, pronounced in May 2022. at the Paris criminal court, November 25, 2024. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240401) -- BEIJING, April 1, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on March 29, 2024 shows the Xiong'an Railway Station in Xiong'an New Area, north China's Hebei Province. In April 2017, China announced a plan to establish the Xiong'an New Area, which spans the Rongcheng, Anxin and Xiongxian counties, as well as some adjacent areas in north China's Hebei Province. The new area aims to relieve Beijing of non-essential functions related to its status as the nation's capital, while also advancing the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. The country has also vowed to build Xiong'an, dubbed the "city of the future," into an innovative, green, smart and world-class city with blue skies, fresh air and clean water, in line with the country's high-quality development path. (Xinhua/Mu Yu)

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CHINA-HEBEI-XIONG'AN NEW AREA-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(240331) -- XIONG'AN NEW AREA, March 31, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Children have a class at a kindergarten in Xiong'an New Area, north China's Hebei Province, March 29, 2024. In April 2017, China announced a plan to establish the Xiong'an New Area, which spans the Rongcheng, Anxin and Xiongxian counties, as well as some adjacent areas in north China's Hebei Province. The new area aims to relieve Beijing of non-essential functions related to its status as the nation's capital, while also advancing the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. The country has also vowed to build Xiong'an, dubbed the "city of the future," into an innovative, green, smart and world-class city with blue skies, fresh air and clean water, in line with the country's high-quality development path. (Xinhua/Mu Yu)

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CHINA-HEBEI-XIONG'AN NEW AREA-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(240331) -- XIONG'AN NEW AREA, March 31, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on March 29, 2024 shows people enjoying themselves at Jinhu park in Xiong'an New Area in north China's Hebei Province. In April 2017, China announced a plan to establish the Xiong'an New Area, which spans the Rongcheng, Anxin and Xiongxian counties, as well as some adjacent areas in north China's Hebei Province. The new area aims to relieve Beijing of non-essential functions related to its status as the nation's capital, while also advancing the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. The country has also vowed to build Xiong'an, dubbed the "city of the future," into an innovative, green, smart and world-class city with blue skies, fresh air and clean water, in line with the country's high-quality development path. (Xinhua/Mu Yu)

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CHINA-HEBEI-XIONG'AN NEW AREA-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(240331) -- XIONG'AN NEW AREA, March 31, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Students have PE class at a branch of Beijing No. 4 High School in Xiong'an New Area, north China's Hebei Province, March 29, 2024. In April 2017, China announced a plan to establish the Xiong'an New Area, which spans the Rongcheng, Anxin and Xiongxian counties, as well as some adjacent areas in north China's Hebei Province. The new area aims to relieve Beijing of non-essential functions related to its status as the nation's capital, while also advancing the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. The country has also vowed to build Xiong'an, dubbed the "city of the future," into an innovative, green, smart and world-class city with blue skies, fresh air and clean water, in line with the country's high-quality development path. (Xinhua/Mu Yu)

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CHINA-HEBEI-XIONG'AN NEW AREA-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(240331) -- XIONG'AN NEW AREA, March 31, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on March 29, 2024 shows the Xiong'an Railway Station in Xiong'an New Area, north China's Hebei Province. In April 2017, China announced a plan to establish the Xiong'an New Area, which spans the Rongcheng, Anxin and Xiongxian counties, as well as some adjacent areas in north China's Hebei Province. The new area aims to relieve Beijing of non-essential functions related to its status as the nation's capital, while also advancing the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. The country has also vowed to build Xiong'an, dubbed the "city of the future," into an innovative, green, smart and world-class city with blue skies, fresh air and clean water, in line with the country's high-quality development path. (Xinhua/Mu Yu)

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CHINA-HEBEI-XIONG'AN NEW AREA-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(240331) -- XIONG'AN NEW AREA, March 31, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Students have class at a branch of Beijing No. 4 High School in Xiong'an New Area, north China's Hebei Province, March 29, 2024. In April 2017, China announced a plan to establish the Xiong'an New Area, which spans the Rongcheng, Anxin and Xiongxian counties, as well as some adjacent areas in north China's Hebei Province. The new area aims to relieve Beijing of non-essential functions related to its status as the nation's capital, while also advancing the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. The country has also vowed to build Xiong'an, dubbed the "city of the future," into an innovative, green, smart and world-class city with blue skies, fresh air and clean water, in line with the country's high-quality development path. (Xinhua/Mu Yu)

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CHINA-HEBEI-XIONG'AN NEW AREA-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(240331) -- XIONG'AN NEW AREA, March 31, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on March 29, 2024 shows a view of the Jinhu park in Xiong'an New Area, north China's Hebei Province. In April 2017, China announced a plan to establish the Xiong'an New Area, which spans the Rongcheng, Anxin and Xiongxian counties, as well as some adjacent areas in north China's Hebei Province. The new area aims to relieve Beijing of non-essential functions related to its status as the nation's capital, while also advancing the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. The country has also vowed to build Xiong'an, dubbed the "city of the future," into an innovative, green, smart and world-class city with blue skies, fresh air and clean water, in line with the country's high-quality development path. (Xinhua/Mu Yu)

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CHINA-HEBEI-XIONG'AN NEW AREA-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(240331) -- XIONG'AN NEW AREA, March 31, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on March 29, 2024 shows the Rongdong area of Xiong'an New Area, north China's Hebei Province. In April 2017, China announced a plan to establish the Xiong'an New Area, which spans the Rongcheng, Anxin and Xiongxian counties, as well as some adjacent areas in north China's Hebei Province. The new area aims to relieve Beijing of non-essential functions related to its status as the nation's capital, while also advancing the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. The country has also vowed to build Xiong'an, dubbed the "city of the future," into an innovative, green, smart and world-class city with blue skies, fresh air and clean water, in line with the country's high-quality development path. (Xinhua/Mu Yu)

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CHINA-HEBEI-XIONG'AN NEW AREA-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(240331) -- XIONG'AN NEW AREA, March 31, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An intelligent connected bus runs on a road in Rongdong area of Xiong'an New Area, north China's Hebei Province, March 29, 2024. In April 2017, China announced a plan to establish the Xiong'an New Area, which spans the Rongcheng, Anxin and Xiongxian counties, as well as some adjacent areas in north China's Hebei Province. The new area aims to relieve Beijing of non-essential functions related to its status as the nation's capital, while also advancing the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. The country has also vowed to build Xiong'an, dubbed the "city of the future," into an innovative, green, smart and world-class city with blue skies, fresh air and clean water, in line with the country's high-quality development path. (Xinhua/Mu Yu)

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CHINA-HEBEI-XIONG'AN NEW AREA-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(240331) -- XIONG'AN NEW AREA, March 31, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on March 29, 2024 shows a smart light pole in Rongdong District of Xiong'an New Area, north China's Hebei Province. In April 2017, China announced a plan to establish the Xiong'an New Area, which spans the Rongcheng, Anxin and Xiongxian counties, as well as some adjacent areas in north China's Hebei Province. The new area aims to relieve Beijing of non-essential functions related to its status as the nation's capital, while also advancing the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. The country has also vowed to build Xiong'an, dubbed the "city of the future," into an innovative, green, smart and world-class city with blue skies, fresh air and clean water, in line with the country's high-quality development path. (Xinhua/Mu Yu)

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CHINA-HEBEI-XIONG'AN NEW AREA-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(240331) -- XIONG'AN NEW AREA, March 31, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Children play at a kindergarten in Xiong'an New Area, north China's Hebei Province, March 29, 2024. In April 2017, China announced a plan to establish the Xiong'an New Area, which spans the Rongcheng, Anxin and Xiongxian counties, as well as some adjacent areas in north China's Hebei Province. The new area aims to relieve Beijing of non-essential functions related to its status as the nation's capital, while also advancing the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. The country has also vowed to build Xiong'an, dubbed the "city of the future," into an innovative, green, smart and world-class city with blue skies, fresh air and clean water, in line with the country's high-quality development path. (Xinhua/Mu Yu)

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CHINA-HEBEI-XIONG'AN NEW AREA-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(240331) -- XIONG'AN NEW AREA, March 31, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on March 29, 2024 shows the construction site of Sinochem Holdings buildings in Xiong'an New Area, north China's Hebei Province. In April 2017, China announced a plan to establish the Xiong'an New Area, which spans the Rongcheng, Anxin and Xiongxian counties, as well as some adjacent areas in north China's Hebei Province. The new area aims to relieve Beijing of non-essential functions related to its status as the nation's capital, while also advancing the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. The country has also vowed to build Xiong'an, dubbed the "city of the future," into an innovative, green, smart and world-class city with blue skies, fresh air and clean water, in line with the country's high-quality development path. (Xinhua/Mu Yu)

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CHINA-HEBEI-XIONG'AN NEW AREA-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(240331) -- XIONG'AN NEW AREA, March 31, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on March 29, 2024 shows an inter-city railway station and an international trade center in Xiong'an New Area, north China's Hebei Province. In April 2017, China announced a plan to establish the Xiong'an New Area, which spans the Rongcheng, Anxin and Xiongxian counties, as well as some adjacent areas in north China's Hebei Province. The new area aims to relieve Beijing of non-essential functions related to its status as the nation's capital, while also advancing the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. The country has also vowed to build Xiong'an, dubbed the "city of the future," into an innovative, green, smart and world-class city with blue skies, fresh air and clean water, in line with the country's high-quality development path. (Xinhua/Mu Yu)

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Energy Economy in Xinjiang

Wind power facilities are seen in Xinjiang, China, April 29, 2017. Xinjiang's new energy integrates wind, solar, hydro, biomass, geothermal, natural gas and other renewable and clean energy sources to accelerate the new industrialization of Xinjiang.

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Xiong'an through foreign eyes: Visiting “City of the Future”

STORY: Xiong'an through foreign eyes: Visiting “City of the Future” SHOOTING TIME: March 22, 2024 DATELINE: March 29, 2024 LENGTH: 0:02:37 LOCATION: Xiong'an, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST various of Xiong'an STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE(English) DARINA SEMENOVA, Russian Student Hello everyone! I'm Darina, I came from Russia. (I'm) in China for learning Chinese. And now I'm a student of Hebei University. I really like to travel around China. And today I came to the modern city Xiong'an. It was established in 2017 and for many years it had been simply traditional countryside. But today, it is one of the most modern cities in China. Let's have a look. On April 1, 2017, China announced plans to establish Xiong'an New Area, about 100 km southwest of Beijing The new area is designed to take over Beijing's functions nonessential to its role as the national capital Can you imagine that? The bus I'm waiting for is automatically driving. Oh, it's coming. Let's try it. VO Half size of a traditional bus, this mini-v

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French Senate Votes On Controversial CETA Free Trade Deal

File photo dated April 29, 2010 shows a major spring snowstorm dumped over 20 centimeters of snow on southern Alberta leaving thousands without power. Cattle make their way through snowy trees to their feed in a blizzard near Cremona, 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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CHINA-XINJIANG-YECHENG-CEMETERY GUARDIANS (CN)

(230430) -- YECHENG, April 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This file photo taken on April 29, 2011 shows Eniwar Emer (R) and his father Emer Yit having a chat in the Yecheng Martyrs Cemetery in Yecheng, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Every April, flowers bloom in the Yecheng Martyrs Cemetery in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, where 233 martyrs were buried. "I will take good care of the cemetery," said 53-year-old Eniwar Emer in front of his father's tombstone. Eniwar is a second-generation keeper for the Yecheng Martyrs Cemetery, following the footsteps of his father Emer Yit, who had maintained the graves there from 1970 until he died in August 2017. Yit retired from the army in 1968, when he landed a brief stint as village Party secretary in his hometown before later becoming headmaster of a local middle school. But he never felt quite fit for those jobs. It was in 1970 that he learned of a job opening for a guard at the Yecheng Martyrs Cemetery, where his fellow sold

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CHINA-XINJIANG-YECHENG-CEMETERY GUARDIANS (CN)

(230430) -- YECHENG, April 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This file photo taken on April 29, 2011 shows Eniwar Emer (R) and his father Emer Yit having a chat in the Yecheng Martyrs Cemetery in Yecheng, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Every April, flowers bloom in the Yecheng Martyrs Cemetery in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, where 233 martyrs were buried. "I will take good care of the cemetery," said 53-year-old Eniwar Emer in front of his father's tombstone. Eniwar is a second-generation keeper for the Yecheng Martyrs Cemetery, following the footsteps of his father Emer Yit, who had maintained the graves there from 1970 until he died in August 2017. Yit retired from the army in 1968, when he landed a brief stint as village Party secretary in his hometown before later becoming headmaster of a local middle school. But he never felt quite fit for those jobs. It was in 1970 that he learned of a job opening for a guard at the Yecheng Martyrs Cemetery, where his fellow sold

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TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 29 Kyodo - File photo taken on April 15, 2017, at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang shows a military vehicle carrying a multiple rocket launching system.

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N. Korea's military parade

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 29 Kyodo - File photo taken on April 15, 2017, at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang shows vehicles carrying missile launching pads.

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N. Korea's military parade

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 29 Kyodo - File photo taken on April 15, 2017, at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang shows a surface-to-air missile in North Korea.

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N. Korea's military parade

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 29 Kyodo - File photo taken on April 15, 2017, at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang shows a military vehicle carrying a multiple rocket launching system.

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N. Korea's military parade

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 29 Kyodo - File photo taken on April 15, 2017, at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang shows vehicles carrying missiles.

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STORY: Displaced Iraqi makes living by drawing wood-burning paintings DATELINE: April 29, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:12 LOCATION: Baghdad CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): MUMTAZ NOAH FARO, Displaced Christian artist from Nineveh Governorate 2. various of the artist, his workshop and his works STORYLINE: Mumtaz Noah Faro, a displaced Christian from Nineveh Governorate in northern Iraq, has turned his hobby of making wood-burning paintings into a livelihood. Faro, a mechanical engineer, has been living for more than eight years as a displaced person in the Erbil Governorate of Iraqi Kurdistan region, where he and tens of thousands of Christians were forced to flee from the Nineveh Plains and the city of Mosul in 2014 after ISIS took control of it. Despite the return of many Christian families to their areas in Nineveh after the Iraqi security forces announced the liberation of the province and other cities from ISIS at the end of 2017, Faro decided to settle in Erbil and establish his own projec

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(220331) -- XIONG'AN, March 31, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Staff members work at the intelligent operations center in Rongdong District of Xiong'an New Area, north China's Hebei Province, March 29, 2022. Dubbed China's youngest city and a "city of the future," Xiong'an New Area marks its fifth anniversary on Friday. China announced plans to establish Xiong'an New Area on April 1, 2017, to relieve Beijing of functions non-essential to its role as the national capital and advance the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. By the end of 2021, construction has begun on 177 key projects in Xiong'an, with a total investment of 618.4 billion yuan (97.2 billion U.S. dollars). Sixty of them have been completed. So far, the major roads to the city, the main streets in the city, the Ecological Corridor, and the urban water system have taken shape. (Xinhua/Zhu Xudong)

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CHINA-HEBEI-XIONG'AN NEW AREA-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY (CN)

(220331) -- XIONG'AN, March 31, 2022 (Xinhua) -- An engineer expounds on the building information modeling (BIM) technology in Xiong'an New Area, north China's Hebei Province, March 29, 2022. Dubbed China's youngest city and a "city of the future," Xiong'an New Area marks its fifth anniversary on Friday. China announced plans to establish Xiong'an New Area on April 1, 2017, to relieve Beijing of functions non-essential to its role as the national capital and advance the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. By the end of 2021, construction has begun on 177 key projects in Xiong'an, with a total investment of 618.4 billion yuan (97.2 billion U.S. dollars). Sixty of them have been completed. So far, the major roads to the city, the main streets in the city, the Ecological Corridor, and the urban water system have taken shape. (Xinhua/Zhu Xudong)

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CHINA-HEBEI-XIONG'AN NEW AREA-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY (CN)

(220331) -- XIONG'AN, March 31, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on March 29, 2022 shows a view of the intelligent operations center in Rongdong District of Xiong'an New Area, north China's Hebei Province. Dubbed China's youngest city and a "city of the future," Xiong'an New Area marks its fifth anniversary on Friday. China announced plans to establish Xiong'an New Area on April 1, 2017, to relieve Beijing of functions non-essential to its role as the national capital and advance the coordinated development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. By the end of 2021, construction has begun on 177 key projects in Xiong'an, with a total investment of 618.4 billion yuan (97.2 billion U.S. dollars). Sixty of them have been completed. So far, the major roads to the city, the main streets in the city, the Ecological Corridor, and the urban water system have taken shape. (Xinhua/Zhu Xudong)

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Abe considering postponement of scheduled tax hike

Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso speaks at a Liberal Democratic Party meeting in Toyama, central Japan, on May 29, 2016. Aso said Prime Minister Shinzo Abe would need to dissolve the House of Representatives for a general election if he pushes back a 2-percentage-point consumption tax hike scheduled for April 2017, a day after meeting with Abe and other top party officials on the possibility of postponing the tax hike until October 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo