Blinken Returns to Middle East as Tensions Grow With Israel

Blinken Returns to Middle East as Tensions Grow With Israel

Handout photo - Secretary Antony J. Blinken is greeted by, from left, Consul General Julie Eadeh, and Ambassador Jeffry Flake as he arrives at Istanbul AIrport, January 5, 2023. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken is returning to the Middle East this week with the goals of getting Israel to curtail attacks that are killing thousands of Palestinian civilians and preventing the war from spreading across the region. Official State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy via ABACAPRESS.COM

CHINA-JIANGSU-NANJING-FOSSIL-MALE MOSQUITOES-BLOOD SUCKING (CN)

CHINA-JIANGSU-NANJING-FOSSIL-MALE MOSQUITOES-BLOOD SUCKING (CN)

(231206) -- NANJING, Dec. 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This undated combination photo provided by the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences shows the fossil sample of an ancient male mosquito (L) and the amber flake that encapsulates the mosquito. TO GO WITH "Fossil suggests ancient male mosquitoes likely suck blood: scientists" (Xinhua)

Volunteers take photo with Paralympic mascots

Volunteers take photo with Paralympic mascots

SOCHI, Russia - Volunteers take a photo with statues of two Sochi Paralympic mascots -- the Snow Flake (L) and the Ray of Light -- set up near mountain venues in Russia on March 6, 2014, on the eve of the Paralympic Games' opening.

Kerry would be tougher on N. Korea than Bush: expert

Kerry would be tougher on N. Korea than Bush: expert

WASHINGTON, United States - Gordon Flake, executive director of the Mansfield Center for Pacific Affairs, spoke in a recent interview with Kyodo News in Washington.

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(BeijingCandid) CHINA-BEIJING 2022-WINTER OLYMPICS-ATMOSPHERE (CN)

(220128) -- BEIJING, Jan. 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken with a mobile phone shows a snow flake in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 20, 2022. With one week to go before the opening of the 2022 Olympic Winter Games, Beijing will become the first city to host both summer and winter editions of the Olympic Games. (Xinhua/Hou Dongtao)

Kerry would be tougher on N. Korea than Bush: expert

Kerry would be tougher on N. Korea than Bush: expert

WASHINGTON, United States - Gordon Flake, executive director of the Mansfield Center for Pacific Affairs, spoke in a recent interview with Kyodo News in Washington. (Kyodo)

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Advert for Gold Flake Cigarettes

Advert for Gold Flake Cigarettes

Advertisement for Gold Flake Cigarettes: Wills's Gold Flake give value in the Cigarettes, Date: 1930

OPINION: From Rebalance to Unbalance: Early challenges for Trump in Asia

OPINION: From Rebalance to Unbalance: Early challenges for Trump in Asia

Professor Gordon Flake, shown in this undated photo, is CEO at the Perth USAsia Centre, University of Western Australia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japanese bonito flake makers open factory in France

Japanese bonito flake makers open factory in France

Katsuhiko Oishi, president of Makurazaki France Katsuobushi Co., a company specializing in making dried bonito flakes, speaks at a ceremony commemorating the completion of the company's factory in Concarneau, northwestern France, on Aug. 31, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japanese bonito flake maker opens factory in France

Japanese bonito flake maker opens factory in France

Katsuhiko Oishi (far L), president of Makurazaki France Katsuobushi Co., a company specializing in making dried bonito flakes, and Andre Fidelin (C), mayor of Concarneau, northwestern France, and other officials pose for a photo before cracking open a barrel of sake during a ceremony commemorating the completion of the company's factory in the city on Aug. 31, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo