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Luxury train Cassiopeia's last run

TOKYO, Japan, July 1 Kyodo - JR East's luxury sleeper express train Cassiopeia arrives at JR Ueno Station in Tokyo on June 30, 2025, after making its last run before retirement, a three-day round-trip tour between Tokyo and Sendai, northeastern Japan. The 12-car train, including a restaurant car, ran a regular service between 1999 and 2016, after which it was dedicated to providing a luxury tour service. (Kyodo)

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ChineseToday | Captain and his ferry of hopes in SW China

(240718) -- CHONGQING, July 18, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Qin Dayi (1st R) helps a senior farmer carry farm produce to a temporary market in Zhongxian County, southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, July 12, 2024. "Yu Zhong Ke 2180" ferry remains the last "water bus" running between Yangdu and Xishan wharfs in Zhongxian County of Chongqing. Every day at 6: 30 a.m., the ferry departs on time carrying farmers with baskets of farm produce to urban area to start their business. Qin Dayi, the 45-year-old captain of the ferry, has sailed on the river for over a decade. The ferry offers a journey essential to many, though it was once on the verge of vanishing. In 2016, a new expressway reduced the travel time by bus to just 50 minutes, compared to the two-hour boat journey. Most residents switched to bus travel, but many farmers still preferred the boat, which accommodated their bulky baskets and live animals. The fare is also much cheaper. With the decline in passenger numbers, the fleet of ferries

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Türkiye detains 18 suspects over links to failed 2016 coup

STORY: Türkiye detains 18 suspects over links to failed 2016 coup SHOOTING TIME: Earlier footage, 2024 DATELINE: March 12, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:56 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: LAW SHOTLIST: 1. various of Turkish security forces arresting suspects (courtesy of Turkish Interior Ministry) STORYLINE: Turkish security forces have detained 18 suspects across seven provinces over alleged links to a network accused of orchestrating a coup attempt in 2016, the state-run TRT broadcaster reported Tuesday. The suspects were allegedly linked to the Gulen movement, which the Turkish government accuses of attempting a coup that killed at least 250 people on July 15, 2016. Also on Tuesday, an arrest warrant was issued for 23 suspects in line with the investigations by the prosecutor's office of the western province of Izmir into the "covered structure of the group (the Gulen movement) within the Turkish armed forces," said the TRT. Nine of those wanted were soldiers, with six of them still active-duty members, whi

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Turkish authorities detain 38 suspects over links to failed coup

STORY: Turkish authorities detain 38 suspects over links to failed coup SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 10, 2023 DATELINE: Jan. 11, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:07 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: LAW SHOTLIST: 1. various of Turkish police 2. various of suspects detained by Turkish police STORYLINE: Turkish police on Wednesday rounded up 38 suspects across Türkiye over their alleged links to a network accused of orchestrating a coup attempt in 2016, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said. The Turkish police conducted raids across 12 provinces in the simultaneous operations dubbed "Pinch-3," the minister said in a post on social media platform X, formerly Twitter. The suspects were allegedly linked to the Gulen movement, which the Turkish government accused of attempting the coup on July 15, 2016. The Gulen movement is allegedly led by and named after Muslim preacher Fethullah Gulen, who his followers regard as a spiritual leader. Ankara accused U.S.-based Fethullah Gulen of masterminding the attempted coup, in which at leas

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Emmanuel Macron Holds His First Political Meeting - Paris

Lyon deputy and mayor Gerard Collomb during French Minister of the Economy, Industry and the Digital Sector and 'En Marche' movement leader Emmanuel Macron's first political meeting at Maison de la Mutualite event hall, in Paris, France on July 12, 2016. Photo by Christian Liewig/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turkish military kills 12 YPG members in NW Syria

STORY: Turkish military kills 12 YPG members in NW Syria DATELINE: July 31, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:10 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Turkish Defense Ministry 2. various of some anti-terror operation of Turkish army against YPG/PKK in northwestern Syria 3. various of the militants of YPG 4. various of the militants of PKK 5. various of some anti-terror operation of Turkish army against YPG/PKK in northwestern Syria 6. various of the militants of YPG STORYLINE: Turkish security forces killed 12 members of the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) in northwestern Syria, the Turkish Defense Ministry said on Sunday. The YPG members were "neutralized" after they opened "harassing fire" on the Operation Euphrates Shield zone of the Turkish military, the ministry said in a statement. Türkiye sees the YPG group as the Syrian branch of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). The Turkish army launched Operation Euphrates Shield in 2016 in northern Syria as part of the efforts

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Xinjiang border port handles 4,000 China-Europe freight trains this year

STORY: Xinjiang border port handles 4,000 China-Europe freight trains this year DATELINE: July 12, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:35 LOCATION: URUMQI, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the China-Europe freight trains STORYLINE: Horgos railway port, a border port in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, has handled 4,000 China-Europe freight trains this year as of Tuesday. On Tuesday, a cargo train carrying 55 containers of goods such as daily necessities, clothing and machinery parts left the Horgos port for Belarus. In 2016, the Horgos port welcomed its first China-Europe freight train. Now, a total of 77 routes pass through the port to 45 cities and regions in 18 foreign countries. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Urumqi, China. (XHTV)

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Ex-Fed chief Bernanke, PM Abe discuss Japan economic outlook

TOKYO, Japan, July 12 Kyodo - Former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke (L) holds talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 12, 2016. They discussed the outlook for the world economy and what Japan should do to overcome deflation.

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Kyoto State Guest House opens to public for trial run

KYOTO, April 28 Kyodo - Part of the garden of the Kyoto State Guest House, a Japanese-style facility used to accommodate heads of state, prime ministers and other guests from foreign countries, is open to the public on April 28, 2016. The government began that day a 12-day trial run of opening the facility in the western Japanese city of Kyoto to the public before year-round access begins in July.

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-GIANT PANDA-BIRTHDAY (CN)

(220812) -- SHANGZHI, Aug. 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Giant panda Sijia is seen at Giant Panda House in the ski resort of Yabuli in Shangzhi, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Aug. 12, 2022. Giant panda Sijia, born in 2006, moved to Yabuli in July 2016 from southwest China's Sichuan Province. The panda house celebrated Sijia's 16th birthday on Friday. (Xinhua/Wang Song)

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-GIANT PANDA-BIRTHDAY (CN)

(220812) -- SHANGZHI, Aug. 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Giant panda Sijia is seen at Giant Panda House in the ski resort of Yabuli in Shangzhi, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Aug. 12, 2022. Giant panda Sijia, born in 2006, moved to Yabuli in July 2016 from southwest China's Sichuan Province. The panda house celebrated Sijia's 16th birthday on Friday. (Xinhua/Wang Song)

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-GIANT PANDA-BIRTHDAY (CN)

(220812) -- SHANGZHI, Aug. 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Giant panda Sijia is seen at Giant Panda House in the ski resort of Yabuli in Shangzhi, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Aug. 12, 2022. Giant panda Sijia, born in 2006, moved to Yabuli in July 2016 from southwest China's Sichuan Province. The panda house celebrated Sijia's 16th birthday on Friday. (Xinhua/Wang Song)

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-GIANT PANDA-BIRTHDAY (CN)

(220812) -- SHANGZHI, Aug. 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Giant panda Sijia is seen at Giant Panda House in the ski resort of Yabuli in Shangzhi, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Aug. 12, 2022. Giant panda Sijia, born in 2006, moved to Yabuli in July 2016 from southwest China's Sichuan Province. The panda house celebrated Sijia's 16th birthday on Friday. (Xinhua/Wang Song)

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-GIANT PANDA-BIRTHDAY (CN)

(220812) -- SHANGZHI, Aug. 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Giant panda Sijia is seen at Giant Panda House in the ski resort of Yabuli in Shangzhi, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Aug. 12, 2022. Giant panda Sijia, born in 2006, moved to Yabuli in July 2016 from southwest China's Sichuan Province. The panda house celebrated Sijia's 16th birthday on Friday. (Xinhua/Wang Song)

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-GIANT PANDA-BIRTHDAY (CN)

(220812) -- SHANGZHI, Aug. 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Giant panda Sijia is seen at Giant Panda House in the ski resort of Yabuli in Shangzhi, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Aug. 12, 2022. Giant panda Sijia, born in 2006, moved to Yabuli in July 2016 from southwest China's Sichuan Province. The panda house celebrated Sijia's 16th birthday on Friday. (Xinhua/Wang Song)

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-GIANT PANDA-BIRTHDAY (CN)

(220812) -- SHANGZHI, Aug. 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Giant panda Sijia is seen at Giant Panda House in the ski resort of Yabuli in Shangzhi, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Aug. 12, 2022. Giant panda Sijia, born in 2006, moved to Yabuli in July 2016 from southwest China's Sichuan Province. The panda house celebrated Sijia's 16th birthday on Friday. (Xinhua/Wang Song)

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-GIANT PANDA-BIRTHDAY (CN)

(220812) -- SHANGZHI, Aug. 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Giant panda Sijia is seen at Giant Panda House in the ski resort of Yabuli in Shangzhi, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Aug. 12, 2022. Giant panda Sijia, born in 2006, moved to Yabuli in July 2016 from southwest China's Sichuan Province. The panda house celebrated Sijia's 16th birthday on Friday. (Xinhua/Wang Song)

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-GIANT PANDA-BIRTHDAY (CN)

(220812) -- SHANGZHI, Aug. 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Giant panda Sijia is seen at Giant Panda House in the ski resort of Yabuli in Shangzhi, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Aug. 12, 2022. Giant panda Sijia, born in 2006, moved to Yabuli in July 2016 from southwest China's Sichuan Province. The panda house celebrated Sijia's 16th birthday on Friday. (Xinhua/Wang Song)

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-GIANT PANDA-BIRTHDAY (CN)

(220812) -- SHANGZHI, Aug. 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Giant panda Sijia is seen at Giant Panda House in the ski resort of Yabuli in Shangzhi, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Aug. 12, 2022. Giant panda Sijia, born in 2006, moved to Yabuli in July 2016 from southwest China's Sichuan Province. The panda house celebrated Sijia's 16th birthday on Friday. (Xinhua/Wang Song)

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CHINA-HEILONGJIANG-GIANT PANDA-BIRTHDAY (CN)

(220812) -- SHANGZHI, Aug. 12, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Giant panda Sijia is seen at Giant Panda House in the ski resort of Yabuli in Shangzhi, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Aug. 12, 2022. Giant panda Sijia, born in 2006, moved to Yabuli in July 2016 from southwest China's Sichuan Province. The panda house celebrated Sijia's 16th birthday on Friday. (Xinhua/Wang Song)

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Jodie Foster To Receive Cannes Honorary Palme d'Or

File photo dated May 12, 2016 of Jodie Foster attending the Money Monster photocall at the Palais Des Festivals in Cannes, France, as part of the 69th Cannes Film Festival. Jodie Foster is to be awarded an honorary Palme dOr by the Cannes film festival. Foster will also be the festivals guest of honour at its opening ceremony on 6 July. Photo by Lionel Hahn/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Jodie Foster To Receive Cannes Honorary Palme d'Or

File photo dated May 12, 2016 of Jodie Foster attending the photocall for the film 'Money Monster' as part of the 69th Cannes Film Festival, at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, southern France. Jodie Foster is to be awarded an honorary Palme dOr by the Cannes film festival. Foster will also be the festivals guest of honour at its opening ceremony on 6 July. Photo by Julien Zannoni/APS-Medias/ABACAPRESS.COM

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ASEAN foreign ministers meet amid divisions over S. China Sea row

Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations pose for a group photo during an opening ceremony for their one-day meeting in the Laotian capital Vientiane on July 24, 2016. The meeting came on the heels of the Permanent Court of Arbitration's ruling on July 12 that dismissed China's sweeping claims to almost the entire South China Sea region. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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TV personality Kyosen Ohashi dies at 82

File photo taken in July 2001 shows Kyosen Ohashi (L), who was a popular TV show host, shaking hands with Naoto Kan, then secretary general of the Democratic Party of Japan, at the DPJ headquarters in Tokyo after winning a House of Councillors seat in the upper house election. Ohashi, whose real name was Katsumi Ohashi, died of acute respiratory failure at a Chiba hospital on July 12, 2016 at the age of 82, according to his office. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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TV personality Kyosen Ohashi dies at 82

File photo taken in December 1973 shows Kyosen Ohashi hosting a TV show. Ohashi, whose real name is Katsumi Ohashi, died of acute respiratory failure at a Chiba hospital on July 12, 2016 at the age of 82, according to his office. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Annual Nachi Fire Festival in western Japan

Parishioners of the long-established Shinto shrine of Kumano Nachi Taisha carry 12 large pine torches during the annual Nachi Fire Festival, one of the three largest fire festivals of Japan, on July 14, 2016, in the town of Nachikatsuura in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Annual Nachi Fire Festival in western Japan

Parishioners of the long-established Shinto shrine of Kumano Nachi Taisha carry 12 large pine torches during the annual Nachi Fire Festival, one of the three largest fire festivals of Japan, on July 14, 2016, in the town of Nachikatsuura in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hosmer wins All-Star Game MVP in AL's 4-2 win

American League infielder Eric Hosmer of the Kansas City Royals hits a solo home run to tie the game during the second inning of the AL's 4-2 win over the National League in the annual MLB All-Star Game at Petco Park in San Diego, California, on July 12, 2016. Hosmer, who also drove in a run with a single during the third inning, won All-Star Game MVP honors. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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NL starter Cueto allows 2-run homer in MLB All-Star Game

National League starter Johnny Cueto (L) of the San Francisco Giants allows a two-run homer to American League catcher Salvador Perez of the Kansas City Royals during the second inning of the AL's 4-2 win in the annual MLB All-Star Game at Petco Park in San Diego, California, on July 12, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hosmer wins All-Star Game MVP in AL's 4-2 win

American League infielder Eric Hosmer (35) of the Kansas City Royals celebrates after returning to home plate following a solo home run to tie the game during the second inning of the AL's 4-2 win over the National League in the annual MLB All-Star Game at Petco Park in San Diego, California, on July 12, 2016. Hosmer, who also drove in a run with a single during the third inning, won All-Star Game MVP honors. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hosmer wins All-Star Game MVP in AL's 4-2 win

American League infielder Eric Hosmer of the Kansas City Royals poses for photos after winning All-Star Game MVP honors at Petco Park in San Diego, California, on July 12, 2016. Hosmer had two hits, including one homer, in the AL's 4-2 win over the National League. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sale allows home run in annual MLB All-Star Game

American League starter Chris Sale (49) of the Chicago White Sox reacts after allowing a solo home run to National League infielder Kris Bryant of the Chicago Cubs during the first inning of the annual MLB All-Star Game at Petco Park in San Diego, California, on July 12, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yokozuna Kakuryu suffers 1st defeat at Nagoya sumo

Yokozuna (grand champion) Kakuryu of Mongolia (L) is sent out of the ring by top-ranked maegashira Tochiozan on the third day of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament at Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya, central Japan, on July 12, 2016, suffering his first loss in the 15-day competition. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ortiz walks in final All-Star Game plate appearance

American League designated hitter David Ortiz (C) of the Boston Red Sox waves to the crowd after being replaced by a pinch-runner during the third inning of the AL's 4-2 win over the National League in the annual MLB All-Star Game at Petco Park in San Diego, California, on July 12, 2016. It was the final appearance in the Mid-Summer Classic for the 40-year-old slugger, who will retire after the season. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Amorphophallus titanium comes into bloom

Photo taken July 12, 2016, shows Amorphophallus titanium, one of the largest flowers in the world, which came into bloom at the Kochi prefectural Makino Botanical Garden in the southwestern Japan city of Kochi. The flower, known for its strong odor, will remain in full bloom for a few days. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Annual MLB All-Star Game begins in San Diego

Photo shows Petco Park in San Diego, California, where the annual MLB All-Star Game took place on July 12, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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AL pitcher Sale starts in annual MLB All-Star Game

American League pitcher Chris Sale of the Chicago White Sox starts in the annual MLB All-Star Game at Petco Park in San Diego, California, on July 12, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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AL catcher Perez hits 2-run homer in annual MLB All-Star Game

American League catcher Salvador Perez of the Kansas City Royals hits a two-run homer during the second inning of the annual MLB All-Star Game at Petco Park in San Diego, California, on July 12, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China's Pres. Xi says China rejects S. China Sea ruling

European Council President Donald Tusk (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands ahead of their talks at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on July 12, 2016. Xi reportedly said China will not accept any proposition or action based on the decision by the South China Sea arbitral tribunal. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bryant hits homer in annual MLB All-Star Game

National League infielder Kris Bryant of the Chicago Cubs hits a home run during the first inning of the annual MLB All-Star Game at Petco Park in San Diego, California, on July 12, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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NL pitcher Cueto starts in annual MLB All-Star Game

National League pitcher Johnny Cueto of the San Francisco Giants starts in the annual MLB All-Star Game at Petco Park in San Diego, California, on July 12, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Court again nixes appeal to restart 2 Takahama nuclear reactors

People celebrate on July 12, 2016, in front of the Otsu District Court in western Japan, after it rejected a request by Kansai Electric Power Co. to suspend an injunction the court had issued over the once-reactivated No. 3 and 4 reactors of the Takahama nuclear plant on the Sea of Japan coast. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2 reactors at Takahama plant

File photo taken Jan. 12, 2016, shows the Nos. 1 and 2 (R and L) reactors of Kansai Electric Power Co.'s Takahama nuclear plant on the Sea of Japan coast. Oral arguments began on July 13 at the Nagoya District Court in a lawsuit filed by a group of people seeking to nullify a decision by the Nuclear Regulation Authority approving an additional 20 years of operation for the two aging reactors. The extension would put them beyond the government-mandated 40-year service period. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kingdom of Robots at Huis Ten Bosch

A robot serves Japanese pancakes on July 12, 2016, at a restaurant of the Kingdom of Robots at Huis Ten Bosch, a resort facility in the southwestern Japan city of Sasebo. The kingdom, at which visitors can play with more than 200 kinds of robots, will open to the public on July 16. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rio Olympics official posters

Photo taken July 12, 2016, at a Rio de Janeiro museum shows official posters for the upcoming Rio Olympics. The 13 posters, unveiled to the press, will be displayed at competition venues for the duration of the Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rio Olympics official posters

Photo taken July 12, 2016, at a Rio de Janeiro museum shows official posters for the upcoming Rio Olympics. The 13 posters, unveiled to the press, will be displayed at competition venues for the duration of the Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rio Olympics official posters

Photo taken July 12, 2016, at a Rio de Janeiro museum shows official posters for the upcoming Rio Olympics. The 13 posters, unveiled to the press, will be displayed at competition venues for the duration of the Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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EC's Tusk calls on China to protect rule-based int'l order

European Council President Donald Tusk (L) and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang shake hands at Beijing's Great Hall of the People on July 12, 2016. Tusk called on China to protect the rule-based international order, referring to the disputed South China Sea. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kingdom of Robots at Huis Ten Bosch

A robot serves cocktails on July 12, 2016, at a restaurant of the Kingdom of Robots at Huis Ten Bosch, a resort facility in the southwestern Japan city of Sasebo. The kingdom, at which visitors can play with more than 200 kinds of robots, will open to the public on July 16. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Journalist Torigoe announces candidacy for Tokyo governor race

Journalist Shuntaro Torigoe announces his candidacy for the July 31 Tokyo gubernatorial election during a press conference at a hotel in Tokyo on July 12, 2016. The main opposition Democratic Party and three other opposition parties will back him as a unified candidate. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo