Boxing: Tsutsumi vs. Donaire

Boxing: Tsutsumi vs. Donaire

WBA bantamweight champion Seiya Tsutsumi holds a press conference after winning a title unification bout against Filipino interim champion Nonito Donaire at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Dec. 17, 2025.

China Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo

China Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun holds a press conference in Beijing on Dec. 17, 2025.

China Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo

China Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun holds a press conference in Beijing on Dec. 17, 2025.

China Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo

China Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun holds a press conference in Beijing on Dec. 17, 2025.

China Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo

China Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun holds a press conference in Beijing on Dec. 17, 2025.

China Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo

China Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun holds a press conference in Beijing on Dec. 17, 2025.

PM Takaichi meets press after parliamentary session ends

PM Takaichi meets press after parliamentary session ends

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi holds a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo following the conclusion of an extraordinary parliamentary session on Dec. 17, 2025.

PM Takaichi meets press after parliamentary session ends

PM Takaichi meets press after parliamentary session ends

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi holds a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo following the conclusion of an extraordinary parliamentary session on Dec. 17, 2025.

PM Takaichi meets press after parliamentary session ends

PM Takaichi meets press after parliamentary session ends

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi holds a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo following the conclusion of an extraordinary parliamentary session on Dec. 17, 2025.

PM Takaichi meets press after parliamentary session ends

PM Takaichi meets press after parliamentary session ends

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi holds a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo following the conclusion of an extraordinary parliamentary session on Dec. 17, 2025.

PM Takaichi meets press after parliamentary session ends

PM Takaichi meets press after parliamentary session ends

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi holds a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo following the conclusion of an extraordinary parliamentary session on Dec. 17, 2025.

PM Takaichi meets press after parliamentary session ends

PM Takaichi meets press after parliamentary session ends

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi holds a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo following the conclusion of an extraordinary parliamentary session on Dec. 17, 2025.

PM Takaichi meets press after parliamentary session ends

PM Takaichi meets press after parliamentary session ends

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi holds a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo following the conclusion of an extraordinary parliamentary session on Dec. 17, 2025.

PM Takaichi meets press after parliamentary session ends

PM Takaichi meets press after parliamentary session ends

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi holds a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo following the conclusion of an extraordinary parliamentary session on Dec. 17, 2025.

President Claudia Sheinbaum Holds News Conference - Mexico

President Claudia Sheinbaum Holds News Conference - Mexico

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo speaks during a press conference at the National Palace. on December 16, 2025, in Mexico City, Mexico. (Photo by Luis Barron/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM)

President Claudia Sheinbaum Holds News Conference - Mexico

President Claudia Sheinbaum Holds News Conference - Mexico

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo speaks during a press conference at the National Palace. on December 16, 2025, in Mexico City, Mexico. (Photo by Luis Barron/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM)

President Claudia Sheinbaum Holds News Conference - Mexico

President Claudia Sheinbaum Holds News Conference - Mexico

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo speaks during a press conference at the National Palace. on December 16, 2025, in Mexico City, Mexico. (Photo by Luis Barron/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM)

President Claudia Sheinbaum Holds News Conference - Mexico

President Claudia Sheinbaum Holds News Conference - Mexico

Mexico's Health Minister, David Kershenobich Stalnikowitz speaks during a press conference at the National Palace. on December 16, 2025, in Mexico City, Mexico. (Photo by Luis Barron/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM)

President Claudia Sheinbaum Holds News Conference - Mexico

President Claudia Sheinbaum Holds News Conference - Mexico

Director of the Institute of Social Security and Services for State Workers, Marti Batres Guadarrama speaks during a press conference at the National Palace. on December 16, 2025, in Mexico City, Mexico. (Photo by Luis Barron/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM)

IBM Japan president to head Keizai Doyukai

IBM Japan president to head Keizai Doyukai

IBM Japan Ltd. President Akio Yamaguchi holds a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2025, after being named head of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, a major Japanese business lobby known as Keizai Doyukai. The appointment, effective on Jan. 1, 2026, follows the resignation of former Suntory Holdings Ltd. Chairman Takeshi Niinami after a police probe over his purchase of certain supplements.

IBM Japan president to head Keizai Doyukai

IBM Japan president to head Keizai Doyukai

IBM Japan Ltd. President Akio Yamaguchi holds a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2025, after being named head of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, a major Japanese business lobby known as Keizai Doyukai. The appointment, effective on Jan. 1, 2026, follows the resignation of former Suntory Holdings Ltd. Chairman Takeshi Niinami after a police probe over his purchase of certain supplements.

IBM Japan president to head Keizai Doyukai

IBM Japan president to head Keizai Doyukai

IBM Japan Ltd. President Akio Yamaguchi holds a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2025, after being named head of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, a major Japanese business lobby known as Keizai Doyukai. The appointment, effective on Jan. 1, 2026, follows the resignation of former Suntory Holdings Ltd. Chairman Takeshi Niinami after a police probe over his purchase of certain supplements.

IBM Japan president to head Keizai Doyukai

IBM Japan president to head Keizai Doyukai

IBM Japan Ltd. President Akio Yamaguchi holds a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 16, 2025, after being named head of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives, a major Japanese business lobby known as Keizai Doyukai. The appointment, effective on Jan. 1, 2026, follows the resignation of former Suntory Holdings Ltd. Chairman Takeshi Niinami after a police probe over his purchase of certain supplements.

China Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo

China Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun holds a press conference in Beijing on Dec. 15, 2025.

China Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo

China Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun holds a press conference in Beijing on Dec. 15, 2025.

Jimmy Lai's son meets press after conviction

Jimmy Lai's son meets press after conviction

Sebastien Lai, the son of detained pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai who founded the now-defunct Apple Daily, holds a press conference in London on Dec. 15, 2025, after a Hong Kong court earlier in the day found the 78-year-old guilty of colluding with foreign forces under a Beijing-decreed national security law.

Jimmy Lai's son meets press after conviction

Jimmy Lai's son meets press after conviction

Sebastien Lai, the son of detained pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai who founded the now-defunct Apple Daily, holds a press conference in London on Dec. 15, 2025, after a Hong Kong court earlier in the day found the 78-year-old guilty of colluding with foreign forces under a Beijing-decreed national security law.

Trump Announces Border Defense Medals

Trump Announces Border Defense Medals

President Donald Trump holds a Presidential Challenge Coin as he announces the success of his border policies before a Mexican Border Defense Medal Presentation in the Oval office of the White House on Monday, December 15, 2025. He also Photo by Bonnie Cash/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV Audience With Donors of the Christmas Tree and Nativity - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV Audience With Donors of the Christmas Tree and Nativity - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV holds an audience in the Paul VI Hall with donors of the St. Peter's Square Christmas tree and Nativity scene at the Vatican on December 15, 2025. Speaking with the groups that donated this year’s Vatican Christmas Tree and Nativity Scene, Pope Leo XIV calls for prayers for those who suffer on account of war and violence, especially the victims of terror attack on the Jewish community in Sydney. Photo by (EV) Simone Risoluti/ Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV Audience With Donors of the Christmas Tree and Nativity - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV Audience With Donors of the Christmas Tree and Nativity - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV holds an audience in the Paul VI Hall with donors of the St. Peter's Square Christmas tree and Nativity scene at the Vatican on December 15, 2025. Speaking with the groups that donated this year’s Vatican Christmas Tree and Nativity Scene, Pope Leo XIV calls for prayers for those who suffer on account of war and violence, especially the victims of terror attack on the Jewish community in Sydney. Photo by (EV) Simone Risoluti/ Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV Audience With Donors of the Christmas Tree and Nativity - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV Audience With Donors of the Christmas Tree and Nativity - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV holds an audience in the Paul VI Hall with donors of the St. Peter's Square Christmas tree and Nativity scene at the Vatican on December 15, 2025. Speaking with the groups that donated this year’s Vatican Christmas Tree and Nativity Scene, Pope Leo XIV calls for prayers for those who suffer on account of war and violence, especially the victims of terror attack on the Jewish community in Sydney. Photo by (EV) Simone Risoluti/ Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV Audience With Donors of the Christmas Tree and Nativity - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV Audience With Donors of the Christmas Tree and Nativity - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV holds an audience in the Paul VI Hall with donors of the St. Peter's Square Christmas tree and Nativity scene at the Vatican on December 15, 2025. Speaking with the groups that donated this year’s Vatican Christmas Tree and Nativity Scene, Pope Leo XIV calls for prayers for those who suffer on account of war and violence, especially the victims of terror attack on the Jewish community in Sydney. Photo by (EV) Matteo Pernaselci/ Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

Pope Leo XIV Audience With Donors of the Christmas Tree and Nativity - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV Audience With Donors of the Christmas Tree and Nativity - Vatican

Pope Leo XIV holds an audience in the Paul VI Hall with donors of the St. Peter's Square Christmas tree and Nativity scene at the Vatican on December 15, 2025. Speaking with the groups that donated this year’s Vatican Christmas Tree and Nativity Scene, Pope Leo XIV calls for prayers for those who suffer on account of war and violence, especially the victims of terror attack on the Jewish community in Sydney. Photo by (EV) Simone Risoluti/ Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

UAE-China Meeting - Abu Dhabi

UAE-China Meeting - Abu Dhabi

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, holds talks with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, in Abu Dhabi, the UAE, on December 12, 2025. Photo by Wen Xinnian /Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Christmas in Bethlehem - West Bank

Christmas in Bethlehem - West Bank

A child holds a Christmas-themed decoration while sitting in a vehicle during a holiday parade near Manger Square in Bethlehem, West Bank on December 12, 2025. The parade forms part of preparations for upcoming Christmas and New Year celebrations in the city, which hosts the Church of the Nativity, revered by Christians as the birthplace of Jesus. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Republican Speaker Johnson holds closed-door meeting on health care

Republican Speaker Johnson holds closed-door meeting on health care

Republican Speaker of the House from Louisiana Mike Johnson departs a closed-door meeting with Republican leadership about health care negotiations in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, 12 December 2025. Speaker Johnson and House Republicans hope to hold a vote next week on their own health care program.

Republican Speaker Johnson holds closed-door meeting on health care

Republican Speaker Johnson holds closed-door meeting on health care

Republican Speaker of the House from Louisiana Mike Johnson departs a closed-door meeting with Republican leadership about health care negotiations in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, 12 December 2025. Speaker Johnson and House Republicans hope to hold a vote next week on their own health care program.

Republican Speaker Johnson holds closed-door meeting on health care

Republican Speaker Johnson holds closed-door meeting on health care

Republican Speaker of the House from Louisiana Mike Johnson departs a closed-door meeting with Republican leadership about health care negotiations in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, 12 December 2025. Speaker Johnson and House Republicans hope to hold a vote next week on their own health care program.

Republican Speaker Johnson holds closed-door meeting on health care

Republican Speaker Johnson holds closed-door meeting on health care

Republican Speaker of the House from Louisiana Mike Johnson departs a closed-door meeting with Republican leadership about health care negotiations in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, 12 December 2025. Speaker Johnson and House Republicans hope to hold a vote next week on their own health care program.

Republican Speaker Johnson holds closed-door meeting on health care

Republican Speaker Johnson holds closed-door meeting on health care

Republican Speaker of the House from Louisiana Mike Johnson departs a closed-door meeting with Republican leadership about health care negotiations in the US Capitol in Washington, DC, USA, 12 December 2025. Speaker Johnson and House Republicans hope to hold a vote next week on their own health care program.

Tsunami advisory issued in Japan

Tsunami advisory issued in Japan

A Japan Meteorological Agency official holds a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 12, 2025, after the agency issued a tsunami advisory for the Pacific coast of northern and northeastern Japan following an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.7 in the Pacific Ocean off Aomori Prefecture.

Tsunami advisory issued in Japan

Tsunami advisory issued in Japan

A Japan Meteorological Agency official holds a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 12, 2025, after the agency issued a tsunami advisory for the Pacific coast of northern and northeastern Japan following an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.7 in the Pacific Ocean off Aomori Prefecture.

Fed cuts key rate by 0.25 point

Fed cuts key rate by 0.25 point

U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell holds a press conference in Washington on Dec. 10, 2025, following a two-day monetary policy meeting. The Fed decided to cut its benchmark interest rate by 0.25 percentage point, its third straight rate reduction.

Female shogi player asks association to review pregnancy rules

Female shogi player asks association to review pregnancy rules

Japanese shogi pro player Kana Fukuma (2nd from L), who holds six titles in the women's category, speaks during a press conference in Osaka on Dec. 10, 2025, after submitting a request to the Japan Shogi Association to revise rules that bar pregnant players from championship matches near their due dates.

Female shogi player asks association to review pregnancy rules

Female shogi player asks association to review pregnancy rules

Japanese shogi pro player Kana Fukuma (2nd from L), who holds six titles in the women's category, speaks during a press conference in Osaka on Dec. 10, 2025, after submitting a request to the Japan Shogi Association to revise rules that bar pregnant players from championship matches near their due dates.

Female shogi player asks association to review pregnancy rules

Female shogi player asks association to review pregnancy rules

Japanese shogi pro player Kana Fukuma, who holds six titles in the women's category, speaks during a press conference in Osaka on Dec. 10, 2025, after submitting a request to the Japan Shogi Association to revise rules that bar pregnant players from championship matches near their due dates.

Female shogi player asks association to review pregnancy rules

Female shogi player asks association to review pregnancy rules

Japanese shogi pro player Kana Fukuma (2nd from L), who holds six titles in the women's category, speaks during a press conference in Osaka on Dec. 10, 2025, after submitting a request to the Japan Shogi Association to revise rules that bar pregnant players from championship matches near their due dates.

China Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo

China Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun holds a press conference in Beijing on Dec. 8, 2025.

China Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo

China Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun holds a press conference in Beijing on Dec. 8, 2025.

China Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo

China Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun holds a press conference in Beijing on Dec. 8, 2025.