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Azaleas in full bloom near Fukushima plant

Azaleas are seen in full bloom at JR Yonomori Station in Tomioka, a Fukushima Prefecture town near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on April 28, 2026. Plants at the JR Joban Line station started to bloom several years ago, even though the shrubs were cut down at the stump in the winter of 2017 when the area was decontaminated.

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Azaleas in full bloom near Fukushima plant

Azaleas are seen in full bloom at JR Yonomori Station in Tomioka, a Fukushima Prefecture town near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on April 28, 2026. Plants at the JR Joban Line station started to bloom several years ago, even though the shrubs were cut down at the stump in the winter of 2017 when the area was decontaminated.

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Azaleas in full bloom near Fukushima plant

Azaleas are seen in full bloom at JR Yonomori Station in Tomioka, a Fukushima Prefecture town near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, on April 28, 2026. Plants at the JR Joban Line station started to bloom several years ago, even though the shrubs were cut down at the stump in the winter of 2017 when the area was decontaminated.

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Rob Reiner 1947 - 2025

Actor and director Rob Reiner, 78, and his wife of 36 years Michele Singer Reiner, 68 were found stabbed to death at their home Brentwood, California home on December 14, 2025.—————————————————————————————————————————————————— April 25, 2017 Beverly Hills, Ca. Rob Reiner Natural Resources Defense Council's STAND UP! event at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts Photo by Benkey / AFF/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Pays-Basque

FRANCE. PYRENEES ATLANTIQUES (64) BASQUE COUNTRY. BAYONNE. PLACE PAUL-BERT, ON APRIL 8, 2017. NEARLY 20,000 PEOPLE CAME TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE "PEACEMAKERS" MOVEMENT, GIVING NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE DISARMAMENT OF ETA AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PEACE PROCESS IN THE BASQUE COUNTRY. Photo by Severine Dabadie/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Pays-Basque

FRANCE. PYRENEES ATLANTIQUES (64) BASQUE COUNTRY. BAYONNE. PLACE PAUL-BERT, ON APRIL 8, 2017. NEARLY 20,000 PEOPLE CAME TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE "PEACEMAKERS" MOVEMENT, GIVING NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE DISARMAMENT OF ETA AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PEACE PROCESS IN THE BASQUE COUNTRY. Photo by Severine Dabadie/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Pays-Basque

FRANCE. PYRENEES ATLANTIQUES (64) BASQUE COUNTRY. BAYONNE. PLACE PAUL-BERT, ON APRIL 8, 2017. NEARLY 20,000 PEOPLE CAME TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE "PEACEMAKERS" MOVEMENT, GIVING NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE DISARMAMENT OF ETA AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PEACE PROCESS IN THE BASQUE COUNTRY. Photo by Severine Dabadie/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Baseball: Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki's career highlights

File photo shows Miami Marlins outfielder Ichiro Suzuki (C) receiving a commemorative gift in Miami on April 30, 2017, during a ceremony to celebrate his reaching the career milestone of 3,000 hits in the Major League Baseball in August 2016. The gift was a large panel which shows the number 3,000 formed by pictures of each of his 3,000 hits. Ichiro became the first Asian player inducted to the U.S. National Baseball Hall of Fame on July 27, 2025.

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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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Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

File photo - Pope Francis meets Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and his wife Camilla Duchess of Cornwall at the Vatican on April 4, 2017. At the private audience Charles gave Francis produce from his Highgrove farm and the pontiff gave Charles a small bronze sculpture of an olive branch and told the prince to be ‘a man of peace’. The prince replied 'I'll do my best'. - Pope Francis will celebrate his 10th anniversary of pontificate on March 13. -- Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

File photo - Pope Francis leads the Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) torchlight procession celebrated in front of the Colosseum on Good Friday in Rome, Italy on April 14, 2017. Christians around the world are marking the Holy Week, commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, leading up to his resurrection on Easter. -- Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

File photo - Pope Francis attends the weekly general audience in Saint Peter's square at the Vatican on October 11, 2017. -- Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

File photo - Pope Francis attends the weekly general audience in Saint Peter's square at the Vatican on October 11, 2017. -- Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

File photo - Pope Francis leads the Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) torchlight procession celebrated in front of the Colosseum on Good Friday in Rome, Italy on April 14, 2017. Christians around the world are marking the Holy Week, commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, leading up to his resurrection on Easter. -- Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

File photo - Pope Francis attends the weekly general audience in Saint Peter's square at the Vatican on October 11, 2017. -- Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

File photo - Pope Francis meets Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and his wife Camilla Duchess of Cornwall at the Vatican on April 4, 2017. At the private audience Charles gave Francis produce from his Highgrove farm and the pontiff gave Charles a small bronze sculpture of an olive branch and told the prince to be ‘a man of peace'. The prince replied 'I'll do my best'. -- Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta. Photo by ABACAPRESS.COM

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Amadou Bagayoko of Amadou & Mariam Dies

File Photo - Amadou et Mariam attending the Twin Peaks premiere during the 70th Cannes Film Festival on May 25, 2017 in Cannes, France. Amadou Bagayoko, half of the legendary duo with Mariam, has died In 2005, the star duo of blind musicians won a Victoire de la musique award for their album “Dimanche à Bamako”. He died in Mali on Friday April 4, aged 70, following an illness. Photo by Julien Zannoni/APS-Medias/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Amadou Bagayoko of Amadou & Mariam Dies

File Photo - Amadou et Mariam attending the Twin Peaks premiere during the 70th Cannes Film Festival on May 25, 2017 in Cannes, France. Amadou Bagayoko, half of the legendary duo with Mariam, has died In 2005, the star duo of blind musicians won a Victoire de la musique award for their album “Dimanche à Bamako”. He died in Mali on Friday April 4, aged 70, following an illness. Photo by Julien Zannoni/APS-Medias/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Amadou Bagayoko of Amadou & Mariam Dies

File Photo - Amadou et Mariam attending the Twin Peaks premiere during the 70th Cannes Film Festival on May 25, 2017 in Cannes, France. Amadou Bagayoko, half of the legendary duo with Mariam, has died In 2005, the star duo of blind musicians won a Victoire de la musique award for their album “Dimanche à Bamako”. He died in Mali on Friday April 4, aged 70, following an illness. Photo by Julien Zannoni/APS-Medias/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Cardinals ‘Papabile’ - Vatican

File photo - Cardinal ‘papabile’ Pietro Parolin (Italy) attends the Palm Sunday mass in St Peter's square on April 9, 2017 at the Vatican. - Parolin has served as the Vatican's Secretary of State since 2013 and as a member of the Council of Cardinals since 2014, the same year he was made a cardinal. He is a key figure in the diplomatic wing of the Holy See. As a moderate, he’s considered a natural extension of Pope Francis' policies. He is considered, within the church and the curia, one of the papal names, and could be the Successor of Peter. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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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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RUSSIA-MOSCOW-GIANT PANDA-BIRTHDAY

(240730) -- MOSCOW, July 30, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Giant panda Dingding is pictured during her birthday celebration at the Moscow Zoo in Moscow, capital of Russia, July 30, 2024. Dingding enjoyed her birthday celebration in Russia on Tuesday. She was born on July 30, 2017 at the Shenshuping giant panda base of China's Wolong National Nature Reserve, and arrived in Moscow in April 2019 from China's southwest Sichuan Province with another giant panda Ruyi. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Cao Yang)

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RUSSIA-MOSCOW-GIANT PANDA-BIRTHDAY

(240730) -- MOSCOW, July 30, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Giant panda Dingding is pictured during her birthday celebration at the Moscow Zoo in Moscow, capital of Russia, July 30, 2024. Dingding enjoyed her birthday celebration in Russia on Tuesday. She was born on July 30, 2017 at the Shenshuping giant panda base of China's Wolong National Nature Reserve, and arrived in Moscow in April 2019 from China's southwest Sichuan Province with another giant panda Ruyi. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Cao Yang)

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RUSSIA-MOSCOW-GIANT PANDA-BIRTHDAY

(240730) -- MOSCOW, July 30, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Giant panda Dingding eats bamboo during her birthday celebration at the Moscow Zoo in Moscow, capital of Russia, July 30, 2024. Dingding enjoyed her birthday celebration in Russia on Tuesday. She was born on July 30, 2017 at the Shenshuping giant panda base of China's Wolong National Nature Reserve, and arrived in Moscow in April 2019 from China's southwest Sichuan Province with another giant panda Ruyi. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Cao Yang)

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RUSSIA-MOSCOW-GIANT PANDA-BIRTHDAY

(240730) -- MOSCOW, July 30, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Giant panda Dingding enjoys a birthday treat during her birthday celebration at the Moscow Zoo in Moscow, capital of Russia, July 30, 2024. Dingding enjoyed her birthday celebration in Russia on Tuesday. She was born on July 30, 2017 at the Shenshuping giant panda base of China's Wolong National Nature Reserve, and arrived in Moscow in April 2019 from China's southwest Sichuan Province with another giant panda Ruyi. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Cao Yang)

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RUSSIA-MOSCOW-GIANT PANDA-BIRTHDAY

(240730) -- MOSCOW, July 30, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Giant panda Dingding eats bamboo during her birthday celebration at the Moscow Zoo in Moscow, capital of Russia, July 30, 2024. Dingding enjoyed her birthday celebration in Russia on Tuesday. She was born on July 30, 2017 at the Shenshuping giant panda base of China's Wolong National Nature Reserve, and arrived in Moscow in April 2019 from China's southwest Sichuan Province with another giant panda Ruyi. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Cao Yang)

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RUSSIA-MOSCOW-GIANT PANDA-BIRTHDAY

(240730) -- MOSCOW, July 30, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Visitors take photos of giant panda Dingding during her birthday celebration at the Moscow Zoo in Moscow, capital of Russia, July 30, 2024. Dingding enjoyed her birthday celebration in Russia on Tuesday. She was born on July 30, 2017 at the Shenshuping giant panda base of China's Wolong National Nature Reserve, and arrived in Moscow in April 2019 from China's southwest Sichuan Province with another giant panda Ruyi. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Cao Yang)

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RUSSIA-MOSCOW-GIANT PANDA-BIRTHDAY

(240730) -- MOSCOW, July 30, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Giant panda Dingding eats bamboo during her birthday celebration at the Moscow Zoo in Moscow, capital of Russia, July 30, 2024. Dingding enjoyed her birthday celebration in Russia on Tuesday. She was born on July 30, 2017 at the Shenshuping giant panda base of China's Wolong National Nature Reserve, and arrived in Moscow in April 2019 from China's southwest Sichuan Province with another giant panda Ruyi. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Cao Yang)

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RUSSIA-MOSCOW-GIANT PANDA-BIRTHDAY

(240730) -- MOSCOW, July 30, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Giant panda Dingding is pictured during her birthday celebration at the Moscow Zoo in Moscow, capital of Russia, July 30, 2024. Dingding enjoyed her birthday celebration in Russia on Tuesday. She was born on July 30, 2017 at the Shenshuping giant panda base of China's Wolong National Nature Reserve, and arrived in Moscow in April 2019 from China's southwest Sichuan Province with another giant panda Ruyi. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Cao Yang)

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RUSSIA-MOSCOW-GIANT PANDA-BIRTHDAY

(240730) -- MOSCOW, July 30, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Giant panda Dingding is pictured during her birthday celebration at the Moscow Zoo in Moscow, capital of Russia, July 30, 2024. Dingding enjoyed her birthday celebration in Russia on Tuesday. She was born on July 30, 2017 at the Shenshuping giant panda base of China's Wolong National Nature Reserve, and arrived in Moscow in April 2019 from China's southwest Sichuan Province with another giant panda Ruyi. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Cao Yang)

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RUSSIA-MOSCOW-GIANT PANDA-BIRTHDAY

(240730) -- MOSCOW, July 30, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Giant panda Dingding eats bamboo during her birthday celebration at the Moscow Zoo in Moscow, capital of Russia, July 30, 2024. Dingding enjoyed her birthday celebration in Russia on Tuesday. She was born on July 30, 2017 at the Shenshuping giant panda base of China's Wolong National Nature Reserve, and arrived in Moscow in April 2019 from China's southwest Sichuan Province with another giant panda Ruyi. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Cao Yang)

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CHINA-SHANGHAI-LUODIAN DRAGON BOATING CUSTOMS (CN)

(240609) -- SHANGHAI, June 9, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This file photo taken on April 24, 2017 shows Zhang Fucheng making a wooden dragon boat model in east China's Shanghai. Originated in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), the dragon boating customs in Luodian, located in east China's Shanghai Baoshan District, has kept prosperous with long-lasting vitality. Nowadays, the dragon boating customs in Luodian has become an iconic folk custom activity during Dragon Boat Festival in Shanghai. It was listed as a national intangible cultural heritage in 2008. Over the years, Zhang Guomin and Zhang Guozhong from a shipbuilding family have been making efforts to preserve the dragon boat making techniques. They have been teaching younger generations to carry forward the dragon boat making techniques inherited from their father Zhang Fucheng, who died in 2017. Luodian dragon boat is famous for its small size and exquisite design. It has a float bottom and a shallow draft, making it suitable for the narrow rive

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CHINA-SHANGHAI-LUODIAN DRAGON BOATING CUSTOMS (CN)

(240609) -- SHANGHAI, June 9, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This file photo taken on April 24, 2017 shows Zhang Fucheng making a wooden dragon boat model in east China's Shanghai. Originated in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), the dragon boating customs in Luodian, located in east China's Shanghai Baoshan District, has kept prosperous with long-lasting vitality. Nowadays, the dragon boating customs in Luodian has become an iconic folk custom activity during Dragon Boat Festival in Shanghai. It was listed as a national intangible cultural heritage in 2008. Over the years, Zhang Guomin and Zhang Guozhong from a shipbuilding family have been making efforts to preserve the dragon boat making techniques. They have been teaching younger generations to carry forward the dragon boat making techniques inherited from their father Zhang Fucheng, who died in 2017. Luodian dragon boat is famous for its small size and exquisite design. It has a float bottom and a shallow draft, making it suitable for the narrow rivers locally. The cr