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File - Gaetane Thiney Announces Her Retirement at The End of The Season

File Photo - France's women soccer player Gaetane Thiney during a autographs session and press conference at Nike Store on the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris, France on July 18, 2011 after the FIFA Women World Cup in Germany. After a career spanning more than 20 years, Gaëtane Thiney has announced the end of her career as a professional footballer. The iconic 39-year-old captain of Paris FC will call time on her career in 2025, although she will still be playing in the final major matches for her club, including the league play-offs and the Coupe de France final against PSG. Voted best D1 player in 2012 and 2014, Thiney also made her mark on the history of the French national team, with 163 caps and 58 goals scored. Her last match in a blue shirt was in November 2019. Photo by Thierry Plessis/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File - Gaetane Thiney Announces Her Retirement at The End of The Season

File Photo - France's women soccer player Gaetane Thiney during a autographs session and press conference at Nike Store on the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris, France on July 18, 2011 after the FIFA Women World Cup in Germany. After a career spanning more than 20 years, Gaëtane Thiney has announced the end of her career as a professional footballer. The iconic 39-year-old captain of Paris FC will call time on her career in 2025, although she will still be playing in the final major matches for her club, including the league play-offs and the Coupe de France final against PSG. Voted best D1 player in 2012 and 2014, Thiney also made her mark on the history of the French national team, with 163 caps and 58 goals scored. Her last match in a blue shirt was in November 2019. Photo by Thierry Plessis/ABACAPRESS.COM

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(EnchantingGuangxi)CHINA-GUANGXI-LONGSHENG-HONGYAO PEOPLE-FOLK COSTUMES (CN)

(231220) -- LONGSHENG, Dec. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo taken on July 3, 2014 shows details of folk costumes of Hongyao people in Huangluo Village of Longji Town, Longsheng County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. People of Hongyao, a branch of the Yao ethnic group, live in Longsheng County of Guangxi for generations. Themed the color of red and featured delicate making techniques, the folk costumes of Hongyao people stand as a characteristic of the branch of Yao ethnic group age after age. During the annual "drying clothes" festival which falls on the 6th day of the 6th month of the Chinese traditional lunar calendar, Hongyao people in Dazhai Village of Longji Town present and dry their folk costumes outside their dwellings, forming a unique landscape. (Xinhua/Lu Boan)

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(EnchantingGuangxi)CHINA-GUANGXI-LONGSHENG-HONGYAO PEOPLE-FOLK COSTUMES (CN)

(231220) -- LONGSHENG, Dec. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A woman demonstrates wax printing technique of folk costumes of Hongyao people during the "drying clothes" festival in Dazhai Village of Longji Town, Longsheng County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, July 2, 2014. People of Hongyao, a branch of the Yao ethnic group, live in Longsheng County of Guangxi for generations. Themed the color of red and featured delicate making techniques, the folk costumes of Hongyao people stand as a characteristic of the branch of Yao ethnic group age after age. During the annual "drying clothes" festival which falls on the 6th day of the 6th month of the Chinese traditional lunar calendar, Hongyao people in Dazhai Village of Longji Town present and dry their folk costumes outside their dwellings, forming a unique landscape. (Xinhua/Lu Boan)

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(EnchantingGuangxi)CHINA-GUANGXI-LONGSHENG-HONGYAO PEOPLE-FOLK COSTUMES (CN)

(231220) -- LONGSHENG, Dec. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 3, 2014 shows strips of cloth for making folk costumes of Hongyao people in Huangluo Village of Longji Town, Longsheng County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. People of Hongyao, a branch of the Yao ethnic group, live in Longsheng County of Guangxi for generations. Themed the color of red and featured delicate making techniques, the folk costumes of Hongyao people stand as a characteristic of the branch of Yao ethnic group age after age. During the annual "drying clothes" festival which falls on the 6th day of the 6th month of the Chinese traditional lunar calendar, Hongyao people in Dazhai Village of Longji Town present and dry their folk costumes outside their dwellings, forming a unique landscape. (Xinhua/Lu Boan)

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(EnchantingGuangxi)CHINA-GUANGXI-LONGSHENG-HONGYAO PEOPLE-FOLK COSTUMES (CN)

(231220) -- LONGSHENG, Dec. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A woman watches folk costumes of Hongyao people during the "drying clothes" festival in Dazhai Village of Longji Town, Longsheng County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, July 2, 2014. People of Hongyao, a branch of the Yao ethnic group, live in Longsheng County of Guangxi for generations. Themed the color of red and featured delicate making techniques, the folk costumes of Hongyao people stand as a characteristic of the branch of Yao ethnic group age after age. During the annual "drying clothes" festival which falls on the 6th day of the 6th month of the Chinese traditional lunar calendar, Hongyao people in Dazhai Village of Longji Town present and dry their folk costumes outside their dwellings, forming a unique landscape. (Xinhua/Lu Boan)

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(EnchantingGuangxi)CHINA-GUANGXI-LONGSHENG-HONGYAO PEOPLE-FOLK COSTUMES (CN)

(231220) -- LONGSHENG, Dec. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A woman demonstrates sewing technique of folk costumes of Hongyao people during the "drying clothes" festival in Dazhai Village of Longji Town, Longsheng County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, July 2, 2014. People of Hongyao, a branch of the Yao ethnic group, live in Longsheng County of Guangxi for generations. Themed the color of red and featured delicate making techniques, the folk costumes of Hongyao people stand as a characteristic of the branch of Yao ethnic group age after age. During the annual "drying clothes" festival which falls on the 6th day of the 6th month of the Chinese traditional lunar calendar, Hongyao people in Dazhai Village of Longji Town present and dry their folk costumes outside their dwellings, forming a unique landscape. (Xinhua/Lu Boan)

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(EnchantingGuangxi)CHINA-GUANGXI-LONGSHENG-HONGYAO PEOPLE-FOLK COSTUMES (CN)

(231220) -- LONGSHENG, Dec. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A woman is seen at a dwelling decked out with folk costumes of Hongyao people in Dazhai Village of Longji Town, Longsheng County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, July 2, 2014. People of Hongyao, a branch of the Yao ethnic group, live in Longsheng County of Guangxi for generations. Themed the color of red and featured delicate making techniques, the folk costumes of Hongyao people stand as a characteristic of the branch of Yao ethnic group age after age. During the annual "drying clothes" festival which falls on the 6th day of the 6th month of the Chinese traditional lunar calendar, Hongyao people in Dazhai Village of Longji Town present and dry their folk costumes outside their dwellings, forming a unique landscape. (Xinhua/Lu Boan)

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Cardinal Sentenced To 5.5 Years In Vatican Fraud Trial

File photo dated August 27, 2022 shows Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu (Italy) during a Consistory ceremony led by pope Francis for the creation of 20 new Cardinals at the St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican. A Vatican court on Saturday sentenced a once powerful Italian cardinal to five years and six months in jail for financial crimes at the end of a historic trial. Angelo Becciu, 75, a former adviser to Pope Francis who was once considered a papal contender himself, was the most senior clergyman in the Catholic Church to face a Vatican criminal court. He and nine other defendants, including financiers, lawyers and ex-Vatican employees, were on trial for accusations of financial crimes focused on an opaque London property deal. At the heart of the trial is the 350-million-euro ($ 380-million) purchase of a luxury property in London, as part of an investment that began in 2014 and ended up costing the Vatican tens of millions of euros. The trial, which began in July 2021, has shone a light on the Holy See's murky f

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Coco Lee Passed Away

BEIJING, CHINA - APRIL 20, 2014 - Coco Lee performs at the 2014 Beijing International Auto Show in Beijing, China, April 20, 2014. On the evening of July 5, 2023, famous singer Coco Lee's sister Li Silin posted on social media that she committed suicide at home on July 2 due to depression, and passed away on July 5 after being hospitalized in a coma.

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Coco Lee Passed Away

BEIJING, CHINA - APRIL 20, 2014 - Coco Lee performs at the 2014 Beijing International Auto Show in Beijing, China, April 20, 2014. On the evening of July 5, 2023, famous singer Coco Lee's sister Li Silin posted on social media that she committed suicide at home on July 2 due to depression, and passed away on July 5 after being hospitalized in a coma.

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Coco Lee Passed Away

BEIJING, CHINA - APRIL 20, 2014 - Coco Lee performs at the 2014 Beijing International Auto Show in Beijing, China, April 20, 2014. On the evening of July 5, 2023, famous singer Coco Lee's sister Li Silin posted on social media that she committed suicide at home on July 2 due to depression, and passed away on July 5 after being hospitalized in a coma.

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Coco Lee Passed Away

BEIJING, CHINA - APRIL 20, 2014 - Coco Lee performs at the 2014 Beijing International Auto Show in Beijing, China, April 20, 2014. On the evening of July 5, 2023, famous singer Coco Lee's sister Li Silin posted on social media that she committed suicide at home on July 2 due to depression, and passed away on July 5 after being hospitalized in a coma.

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Coco Lee Passed Away

BEIJING, CHINA - APRIL 20, 2014 - Coco Lee performs at the 2014 Beijing International Auto Show in Beijing, China, April 20, 2014. On the evening of July 5, 2023, famous singer Coco Lee's sister Li Silin posted on social media that she committed suicide at home on July 2 due to depression, and passed away on July 5 after being hospitalized in a coma.

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Coco Lee Passed Away

BEIJING, CHINA - APRIL 20, 2014 - Coco Lee performs at the 2014 Beijing International Auto Show in Beijing, China, April 20, 2014. On the evening of July 5, 2023, famous singer Coco Lee's sister Li Silin posted on social media that she committed suicide at home on July 2 due to depression, and passed away on July 5 after being hospitalized in a coma.

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Coco Lee Passed Away

BEIJING, CHINA - APRIL 20, 2014 - Coco Lee performs at the 2014 Beijing International Auto Show in Beijing, China, April 20, 2014. On the evening of July 5, 2023, famous singer Coco Lee's sister Li Silin posted on social media that she committed suicide at home on July 2 due to depression, and passed away on July 5 after being hospitalized in a coma.

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Coco Lee Passed Away

BEIJING, CHINA - APRIL 20, 2014 - Coco Lee performs at the 2014 Beijing International Auto Show in Beijing, China, April 20, 2014. On the evening of July 5, 2023, famous singer Coco Lee's sister Li Silin posted on social media that she committed suicide at home on July 2 due to depression, and passed away on July 5 after being hospitalized in a coma.

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Coco Lee Passed Away

BEIJING, CHINA - APRIL 20, 2014 - Coco Lee performs at the 2014 Beijing International Auto Show in Beijing, China, April 20, 2014. On the evening of July 5, 2023, famous singer Coco Lee's sister Li Silin posted on social media that she committed suicide at home on July 2 due to depression, and passed away on July 5 after being hospitalized in a coma.

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Coco Lee Passed Away

BEIJING, CHINA - APRIL 20, 2014 - Coco Lee performs at the 2014 Beijing International Auto Show in Beijing, China, April 20, 2014. On the evening of July 5, 2023, famous singer Coco Lee's sister Li Silin posted on social media that she committed suicide at home on July 2 due to depression, and passed away on July 5 after being hospitalized in a coma.

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Coco Lee Passed Away

BEIJING, CHINA - APRIL 20, 2014 - Coco Lee performs at the 2014 Beijing International Auto Show in Beijing, China, April 20, 2014. On the evening of July 5, 2023, famous singer Coco Lee's sister Li Silin posted on social media that she committed suicide at home on July 2 due to depression, and passed away on July 5 after being hospitalized in a coma.

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Coco Lee Passed Away

BEIJING, CHINA - APRIL 20, 2014 - Coco Lee performs at the 2014 Beijing International Auto Show in Beijing, China, April 20, 2014. On the evening of July 5, 2023, famous singer Coco Lee's sister Li Silin posted on social media that she committed suicide at home on July 2 due to depression, and passed away on July 5 after being hospitalized in a coma.

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Coco Lee Passed Away

BEIJING, CHINA - APRIL 20, 2014 - Coco Lee performs at the 2014 Beijing International Auto Show in Beijing, China, April 20, 2014. On the evening of July 5, 2023, famous singer Coco Lee's sister Li Silin posted on social media that she committed suicide at home on July 2 due to depression, and passed away on July 5 after being hospitalized in a coma.

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Coco Lee Passed Away

BEIJING, CHINA - APRIL 20, 2014 - Coco Lee performs at the 2014 Beijing International Auto Show in Beijing, China, April 20, 2014. On the evening of July 5, 2023, famous singer Coco Lee's sister Li Silin posted on social media that she committed suicide at home on July 2 due to depression, and passed away on July 5 after being hospitalized in a coma.

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Coco Lee Passed Away

BEIJING, CHINA - APRIL 20, 2014 - Coco Lee performs at the 2014 Beijing International Auto Show in Beijing, China, April 20, 2014. On the evening of July 5, 2023, famous singer Coco Lee's sister Li Silin posted on social media that she committed suicide at home on July 2 due to depression, and passed away on July 5 after being hospitalized in a coma.

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TV series Doraemon to be broadcast in U.S.

LOS ANGELES, United States - Yoshihiko Shinoda, an executive at Fujiko Pro Co., poses with a Doraemon character at a promotional event near Los Angeles on June 20, 2014. A total of 26 episodes of children's anime TV series Doraemon will be broadcast by Disney XD, a digital cable and satellite television channel, in the United States from July 7.

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Soccer ball-shaped cake

KOBE, Japan - Photo taken in Kobe on June 20, 2014, shows soccer ball-shaped cakes sold by Juchheim, a confectionery company based in Kobe. The cakes, a vanilla mousse covered with chocolate, will be sold at Juchheim shops across Japan until July 13, when the World Cup final will be held in Brazil.

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Soccer ball-shaped cake

KOBE, Japan - Photo taken in Kobe on June 20, 2014, shows soccer ball-shaped cakes sold by Juchheim, a confectionery company based in Kobe. The cakes, a vanilla mousse covered with chocolate, will be sold at Juchheim shops across Japan until July 13, when the World Cup final will be held in Brazil.

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Abe to postpone sales tax hike

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrives at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Nov. 17, 2014, from Brisbane, Australia, where he attended a Group of 20 summit. Abe is set to announce the postponement of a planned consumption tax hike on Nov. 18, following worse-than-expected Japanese gross domestic product data for the July-September period released Nov. 17, according to people close to the matter.

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Remains of Malaysian victims arrive home

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - The coffin of a Malaysian on board Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, which was shot down over Ukraine in July, is carried in a ceremony after arriving at Kuala Lumpur international airport on Aug. 22, 2014. The remains of 20 Malaysians, among the earliest to be identified among the total 43 Malaysians on board the Boeing 777, were flown in from Amsterdam via a specially chartered Malaysia Airlines jet.

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A-bomb victim shows dark mark left on arm after treatment

FUKUOKA, Japan - Yoshitaka Samejima (R) shows in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on July 20, 2014, dark marks left on his right arm following medical treatment long after exposure to radiation from the U.S. atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, in 1945, as his wife looks on.

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Members of A-bomb victim group in Brazil pose for photo

FUKUOKA, Japan - Members of the Association of Atomic Bomb Victims in Brazil pose in Sao Paulo on July 20, 2014. The association is asking the Japanese government for the same support for its members as A-bomb victims residing in Japan.

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No. of 'guitar girls' increasing

TOKYO, Japan - A woman sings and play acoustic guitar at an amateur music contest held by Yamaha Corp. in Tokyo on July 20, 2014. More young women are playing acoustic guitar these days, and they have been dubbed "guitar girls" in Japan.

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Amateur guitarist Chika sings original piece

TOKYO, Japan - Amateur musician Chika sings her original piece while playing the guitar during an amateur music contest hosted by Yamaha Corp. in Tokyo on July 20, 2014. More young women are playing acoustic guitar these days, and they have been dubbed "guitar girls" in Japan.

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16-yr-old girl arrested for murder says she wanted to kill someone

SASEBO, Japan - Police officers on July 28, 2014, carry a large item that looks like a mattress from the apartment building where a 16-year-old girl allegedly murdered a high-school classmate two days earlier in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture. The suspect, whose name is being withheld because she is a minor under age 20, said she "wanted to kill someone" and suggested she also wanted to dismember a body, investigative sources said the same day. The victim's head and left hand were severed.

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16-yr-old girl arrested for murder says she wanted to kill someone

SASEBO, Japan - Police officers on July 28, 2014, carry a large item that looks like a mattress from the apartment building where a 16-year-old girl allegedly murdered a high-school classmate two days earlier in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture. The suspect, whose name is being withheld because she is a minor under age 20, said she "wanted to kill someone" and suggested she also wanted to dismember a body, investigative sources said the same day. The victim's head and left hand were severed.

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16-yr-old girl arrested for murder says she wanted to kill someone

SASEBO, Japan - A car carrying a 16-year-old girl under arrest for allegedly murdering a high-school classmate, leaves the Sasebo Police Station for the local prosecutors' office in Nagasaki Prefecture on July 28, 2014. The suspect, whose name is being withheld because she is a minor under age 20, said she "wanted to kill someone" and suggested she also wanted to dismember a body, investigative sources said the same day. The victim's head and left hand were severed.

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16-yr-old girl arrested for murder says she wanted to kill someone

SASEBO, Japan - A sheet shields on July 28, 2014, the balcony of the apartment in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture where two days earlier a 16-year-old girl allegedly murdered a high-school classmate and mutilated the body. The suspect, whose name is being withheld because she is a minor under age 20, said she "wanted to kill someone" and suggested she also wanted to dismember a body, investigative sources said the same day.

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Sumida River fireworks festival in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Fireworks explode over the Sumida River in Tokyo on July 26, 2014, at the annual fireworks festival. Organizers said about 965,000 people enjoyed the event, in which some 20,000 fireworks were set off. At right is the lit-up 634-meter tall Tokyo Skytree.

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Sumida River fireworks festival in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Fireworks explode over the Sumida River in Tokyo on July 26, 2014, at the annual fireworks festival. Organizers said about 965,000 people enjoyed the event, in which some 20,000 fireworks were set off. At right is the lit-up 634-meter tall Tokyo Skytree.

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Feudal Japanese Christian woman to be portrayed in play

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Ryoko Usui, a lead actress in the musical "Julia Otaa," speaks at a press conference in Uto, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 24, 2014. The stage play, opening on Sept. 20, portrays the life of a woman of Korean descent adopted by a local Japanese warlord and Christianized in the late 16th century when Christianity was not fully permitted.

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Feudal Japanese Christian woman to be portrayed in play

KUMAMOTO, Japan - Uto Mayor Shigeki Motomatsu (L), lead actress Ryoko Usui (2nd from L) and Uto's mascot character "Uton Yukinaga shan" (C) join a press conference announcing the musical "Julia Otaa" in Uto, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on July 24, 2014. The stage play, opening on Sept. 20, portrays the life of a woman of Korean descent adopted by a local Japanese warlord and Christianized in the late 16th century when Christianity was not fully permitted.

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McIlroy wins British Open for 3rd major title

HOYLAKE, Britain - Rory McIlroy poses with the Claret Jug trophy after winning the British Open Golf championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, England, for his third major title on July 20, 2014.

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McIlroy holds trophy after winning British Open

HOYLAKE, Britain - Rory McIlroy raises the Claret Jug trophy after winning the British Open Golf championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, England, for his third major title on July 20, 2014.

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Matsuyama finishes in 39th at British Open

HOYLAKE, United Kingdom - Japan's Hideki Matsuyama hits his tee shot on the 18th hole of the final round at the British Open on July 20, 2014, at the Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake, England. Matsuyama rolled in five birdies but also had four bogeys en route to a 71 and finished the third major of the year at 1-under 287 in a share of 39th place.

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Widodo, Prabowo walk with President Yudhoyono

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Presidential candidates Joko Widodo (L) and Prabowo Subianto (R) walk to a dinner table with incumbent Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono after fasting in Jakarta, Indonesia, on July 20, 2014. Joko Widodo was declared the winner of Indonesia's presidential election on July 22, 2014.

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Support group for A-bomb survivors living in Brazil

SAO PAULO, Brazil - A ceremony is held in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on July 20, 2014, to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the founding of an association to support people who survived the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and now live in Brazil.

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AIDS experts killed in Malaysian plane crash remembered

SYDNEY, Australia - Francoise Barre-Sinoussi (L), president of the International AIDS Society, joins other people in observing a moment of silence for six leading experts on the disease killed in the Malaysian airliner crash in Ukraine at an international AIDS conference in Melbourne, Australia, on July 20, 2014. The victims were on their way to the conference when the plane was shot down on July 17.

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Support group for A-bomb survivors living in Brazil

SAO PAULO, Brazil - Takashi Morita, head of an association to support survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki who currently live in Brazil, speaks at a ceremony in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on July 20, 2014, to commemorate the association's 30th anniversary.

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Firefly found on mountain top in western Japan

TOTTORI, Japan - Luciola parvula, a species of firefly, is found by a firefly conservation organization on the peak of 1,729-meter-high Mt. Daisen, Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, on July 20, 2014. A DNA test of the firefly will be conducted as part of research on the local ecological system.

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Asada appears in ice show with short hair

NAGANO, Japan - Japan's three-time women's world figure skating champion Mao Asada appears in an ice show with short hair on July 20, 2014, at the White Ring in the city of Nagano, central Japan.