National Conservatism Conference - Brussels

National Conservatism Conference - Brussels

President of French far right party Reconquete Eric Zemmour attends the NatCon national conservatism conference gathering hard-right European politicians at the Claridge hotel in Brussels on April 17, 2024. A Brussels gathering of hard-right European politicians resumed on April 17, 2024, for a second day after a top court scrapped a local ban widely denounced as an assault on free speech. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

National Conservatism Conference - Brussels

National Conservatism Conference - Brussels

Helene de Lauzun delivers her speech during the NatCon national conservatism conference gathering hard-right European politicians at the Claridge hotel in Brussels on April 17, 2024. A Brussels gathering of hard-right European politicians resumed on April 17, 2024, for a second day after a top court scrapped a local ban widely denounced as an assault on free speech. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

National Conservatism Conference - Brussels

National Conservatism Conference - Brussels

Helene de Lauzun delivers her speech during the NatCon national conservatism conference gathering hard-right European politicians at the Claridge hotel in Brussels on April 17, 2024. A Brussels gathering of hard-right European politicians resumed on April 17, 2024, for a second day after a top court scrapped a local ban widely denounced as an assault on free speech. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

National Conservatism Conference - Brussels

National Conservatism Conference - Brussels

Helene de Lauzun delivers her speech during the NatCon national conservatism conference gathering hard-right European politicians at the Claridge hotel in Brussels on April 17, 2024. A Brussels gathering of hard-right European politicians resumed on April 17, 2024, for a second day after a top court scrapped a local ban widely denounced as an assault on free speech. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

National Conservatism Conference - Brussels

National Conservatism Conference - Brussels

Helene de Lauzun delivers her speech during the NatCon national conservatism conference gathering hard-right European politicians at the Claridge hotel in Brussels on April 17, 2024. A Brussels gathering of hard-right European politicians resumed on April 17, 2024, for a second day after a top court scrapped a local ban widely denounced as an assault on free speech. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

Court orders Nachi-Fujikoshi to compensate forced laborers

Court orders Nachi-Fujikoshi to compensate forced laborers

SEOUL, South Korea - A woman, one of the plaintiffs filing a lawsuit against Japan's Nachi-Fujikoshi Corp. to seek compensation for their forced labor, speaks to reporters in Seoul on Oct. 30, 2014, after the Seoul Central District Court ordered Fujikoshi to pay compensation ranging from 80 million to 100 million won (about $76,000-$95,000) each. Thirteen victims of forced labor and the relatives of four now-deceased victims have claimed they were deceived into going to study in Japan's Toyama City, where the company is based, and forced to perform hard labor without sufficient food and sleep during the World War II.

Court orders Nachi-Fujikoshi to compensate forced laborers

Court orders Nachi-Fujikoshi to compensate forced laborers

SEOUL, South Korea - A woman, one of the plaintiffs filing a lawsuit against Japan's Nachi-Fujikoshi Corp. to seek compensation for their forced labor, speaks to reporters in Seoul on Oct. 30, 2014, after the Seoul Central District Court ordered Fujikoshi to pay compensation ranging from 80 million to 100 million won (about $76,000-$95,000) each. Thirteen victims of forced labor and the relatives of four now-deceased victims have claimed they were deceived into going to study in Japan's Toyama City, where the company is based, and forced to perform hard labor without sufficient food and sleep during the World War II.

N. Korea sentences U.S. tourist to 6 years hard labor

N. Korea sentences U.S. tourist to 6 years hard labor

PYONGYANG, North Korea - American Matthew Todd Miller (R) appears at a courtroom of the Supreme Court of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, North Korea's official name, on Sept. 14, 2014. Miller, 24, was sentenced to six years hard labor for "acts hostile to the DPRK," the country's official Korean Central News Agency reported. He was detained in April upon his entry into North Korea as a tourist after tearing up his tourist visa and demanding political asylum, according to KCNA.

N. Korea sentences U.S. tourist to 6 years hard labor

N. Korea sentences U.S. tourist to 6 years hard labor

PYONGYANG, North Korea - American Matthew Todd Miller is seen after being sentenced to six years hard labor at the Supreme Court of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, North Korea's official name, on Sept. 14, 2014. Miller, 24, was sentenced to six years hard labor for "acts hostile to the DPRK," the country's official Korean Central News Agency reported. He was detained in April upon his entry into North Korea as a tourist after tearing up his tourist visa and demanding political asylum, according to KCNA.

N. Korea sentences U.S. tourist to 6 years hard labor

N. Korea sentences U.S. tourist to 6 years hard labor

PYONGYANG, North Korea - American Matthew Todd Miller (C) is seen after being sentenced to six years hard labor at the Supreme Court of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, North Korea's official name, on Sept. 14, 2014. Miller, 24, was sentenced to six years hard labor for "acts hostile to the DPRK," the country's official Korean Central News Agency reported. He was detained in April upon his entry into North Korea as a tourist after tearing up his tourist visa and demanding political asylum, according to KCNA.

Court order over death of children in tsunami

Court order over death of children in tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photo taken Sept. 17, 2013, shows a courtroom of the Sendai District Court in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, where the court ordered a kindergarten in the prefecture, hit hard by the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster, to pay 177 million yen in damages over the deaths of four children in a school bus that was swamped by high waves. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

Gov't to help JAL rebuild itself if all employees try hard

Gov't to help JAL rebuild itself if all employees try hard

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama speaks to reporters about Japan Airlines Corp.'s filing for bankruptcy protection at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2010. Hatoyama said the government is willing to help JAL rebuild itself under the court-led restructuring process if all its employees work hard to that end.

Chinese teen from Wa ethnic group chases tennis dream

STORY: Chinese teen from Wa ethnic group chases tennis dream DATELINE: Sept. 20, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:57 LOCATION: KUNMING, China CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Wang Fa playing tennis 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): WANG FA, Tennis player STORYLINE: Wang Fa, a 14-year-old tennis player who won the title of U14 boys' singles at the 2022 ASICS Tennis Junior Tour Guangzhou, has come under the spotlight not only because of his performance on the court but also for how he carries his tennis rackets. Having started to play tennis since he was eight years old, the boy from southwest China's Yunnan Province said he carries his rackets in a bamboo basket of the Wa people wherever he goes. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): WANG FA, Tennis player "This is the kind of basket that we use back home. We take our baskets wherever we go. I will continue to work hard and train hard. I hope to become a professional in the future." Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Kunming, China. (XHTV)

GR-819 – At night, in the presence of evil, die-hard

GR-819 – At night, in the presence of evil, die-hard

GR-819 – At night, in the presence of evil, die-hard stunt rider Johnny Blaze becomes the Ghost Rider , a bounty hunter of rogue demons. Photo By: Courtesy of Sony Pictures Imageworks GHOST RIDER NICOLAS CAGE At night, in the presence of evil, die-hard stunt rider Johnny Blaze becomes the Ghost Rider, a bounty hunter of rogue demons GR-819 At night, in the presence of evil, die-hard stunt rider Johnny Blaze becomes the Ghost Rider (pictured), a bounty hunter of rogue demons. Photo By: Court Date: 2007

GR-787 – At night, in the presence of evil, die-hard

GR-787 – At night, in the presence of evil, die-hard

GR-787 – At night, in the presence of evil, die-hard stunt rider Johnny Blaze becomes the Ghost Rider , a bounty hunter of rogue demons. Photo By: Courtesy of Sony Pictures Imageworks GHOST RIDER NICOLAS CAGE At night, in the presence of evil, die-hard stunt rider Johnny Blaze becomes the Ghost Rider, a bounty hunter of rogue demons GR-787 At night, in the presence of evil, die-hard stunt rider Johnny Blaze becomes the Ghost Rider (pictured), a bounty hunter of rogue demons. Photo By: Court Date: 2007

N. Korea sentences Korean-American man to 10 years of hard labor

N. Korea sentences Korean-American man to 10 years of hard labor

Kim Dong Chul (C), a Korean-American man, heads to a courtroom ahead of a ruling by North Korea's top court in Pyongyang on April 29, 2016. The 62-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen, who has been held since October 2015, was sentenced to 10 years of hard labor for carrying out what the court describes as spying activities. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

N. Korea sentences Korean-American man to 10 years of hard labor

N. Korea sentences Korean-American man to 10 years of hard labor

Kim Dong Chul, a Korean-American man, leaves a courtroom after North Korea's top court sentences him to 10 years of hard labor for carrying out what it describes as spying activities, in Pyongyang on April 29, 2016. The 62-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen has been held since October 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

N. Korea sentences American student to 15 years' hard labor

N. Korea sentences American student to 15 years' hard labor

File photo taken in February 2016 shows University of Virginia student Otto Warmbier speaking at a press conference in Pyongyang. North Korea's top court on March 16 sentenced Warmbier, who has been detained since early January for committing what Pyongyang calls an anti-state hostile act, to hard labor for 15 years amid rising tensions over North Korea's nuclear and missile development programs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

N. Korea sentences American student to 15 years' hard labor

N. Korea sentences American student to 15 years' hard labor

U.S. university student Otto Warmbier is taken to North Korea's top court in Pyongyang on March 16, 2016. The court sentenced Warmbier, who has been detained since early January for committing what Pyongyang calls an anti-state hostile act, to hard labor for 15 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

N. Korea sentences American student to 15 years' hard labor

N. Korea sentences American student to 15 years' hard labor

U.S. university student Otto Warmbier is taken out of North Korea's top court in Pyongyang on March 16, 2016, after being sentenced to 15 years of hard labor. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

N. Korea sentences Canadian pastor to life in jail

N. Korea sentences Canadian pastor to life in jail

Canadian pastor Hyeon Soo Lim (C) enters North Korea's top court in Pyongyang on Dec. 16, 2015. The court sentenced him to life in prison with hard labor for what it claimed to be anti-state acts. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

S. Korean men sentenced to hard labor for life on spy charges

S. Korean men sentenced to hard labor for life on spy charges

South Korean Choi Chun Gil is escorted into a courtroom at North Korea's supreme court in Pyongyang on June 23, 2015. The court sentenced Choi and compatriot Kim Guk Gi to hard labor for life on charges of spying for Seoul. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

N. Korea sentences 2 S. Korean men to hard labor for life

N. Korea sentences 2 S. Korean men to hard labor for life

Kim Kuk Gi (2nd from R), a South Korean man in his 60s who was captured as a "spy" in 2014, stares down as North Korea's Supreme Court in Pyongyang on June 23, 2015, sentences him to hard labor for life. The court also sentenced Choe Chun Gil, a South Korean man in his 50s, to hard labor for life, saying the two had tried to topple its regime. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

N. Korea sentences 2 S. Korean men to hard labor for life

N. Korea sentences 2 S. Korean men to hard labor for life

Choe Chun Gil (far R), a South Korean man, looks down as he listens to a ruling against him at North Korea's top court in Pyongyang on June 23, 2015. The court sentenced Choe and another South Korean man who were captured as "spies" in 2014 to hard labor for life, saying they tried to topple the North Korean regime. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

N. Korea sentences 2 S. Korean men to hard labor for life

N. Korea sentences 2 S. Korean men to hard labor for life

Kim Kuk Gi (R), a South Korean man in his 60s who was captured as a "spy" in 2014, cries after North Korea's Supreme Court in Pyongyang on June 23, 2015, sentenced him to hard labor for life. The court also sentenced Choe Chun Gil, a South Korean man in his 50s, to hard labor for life, saying the two had tried to topple its regime. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

N. Korea sentences 2 S. Korean men to hard labor for life

N. Korea sentences 2 S. Korean men to hard labor for life

Kim Kuk Gi (R), a South Korean man in his 60s who was captured as a "spy" in 2014, stares down as North Korea's Supreme Court in Pyongyang on June 23, 2015, sentences him to hard labor for life. The court also sentenced Choe Chun Gil, a South Korean man in his 50s, to hard labor for life, saying the two had tried to topple its regime. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

N. Korea sentences 2 S. Korean men to hard labor for life

N. Korea sentences 2 S. Korean men to hard labor for life

Choe Chun Gil (far R), a South Korean man, looks down as he listens to a ruling against him at North Korea's top court in Pyongyang on June 23, 2015. The court sentenced Choe and another South Korean man who were captured as "spies" in 2014 to hard labor for life, saying they tried to topple the North Korean regime. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Gov't to help JAL rebuild itself if all employees try hard

Gov't to help JAL rebuild itself if all employees try hard

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama speaks to reporters about Japan Airlines Corp.'s filing for bankruptcy protection at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 19, 2010. Hatoyama said the government is willing to help JAL rebuild itself under the court-led restructuring process if all its employees work hard to that end. (Kyodo)

Court orders Nachi-Fujikoshi to compensate forced laborers

Court orders Nachi-Fujikoshi to compensate forced laborers

SEOUL, South Korea - A woman, one of the plaintiffs filing a lawsuit against Japan's Nachi-Fujikoshi Corp. to seek compensation for their forced labor, speaks to reporters in Seoul on Oct. 30, 2014, after the Seoul Central District Court ordered Fujikoshi to pay compensation ranging from 80 million to 100 million won (about $76,000-$95,000) each. Thirteen victims of forced labor and the relatives of four now-deceased victims have claimed they were deceived into going to study in Japan's Toyama City, where the company is based, and forced to perform hard labor without sufficient food and sleep during the World War II. (Kyodo)

N. Korea sentences U.S. tourist to 6 years hard labor

N. Korea sentences U.S. tourist to 6 years hard labor

PYONGYANG, North Korea - American Matthew Todd Miller (R) appears at a courtroom of the Supreme Court of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, North Korea's official name, on Sept. 14, 2014. Miller, 24, was sentenced to six years hard labor for "acts hostile to the DPRK," the country's official Korean Central News Agency reported. He was detained in April upon his entry into North Korea as a tourist after tearing up his tourist visa and demanding political asylum, according to KCNA. (Kyodo)

Tennis: Wrist pain forces Nishikori out of U.S. Open tuneup event

Tennis: Wrist pain forces Nishikori out of U.S. Open tuneup event

World No. 9 Kei Nishikori, seen in this undated photo, said Aug. 13, 2017, he will not compete in the Western and Southern Open hard court tournament as he is experiencing pain in his right wrist. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo