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Former Japanese lower house speaker Kono dies

File photo taken in July 1994 shows Japanese Foreign Minister Yohei Kono (R) chatting with Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama ahead of a Cabinet meeting at the premier's office in Tokyo. Kono, former speaker of the House of Representatives, known for announcing the Japanese government's landmark apology over Korean "comfort women" who were forced to work in Japan's wartime military brothels, died on June 8, 2026, aged 89.

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Israel Takes Control of the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron - West Bank

Israeli flags move in the wind on Ibrahimi Mosque after it was stripped of the authority of the Palestinian Ministry of Religious Endowments and the Hebron Municipality, based on an Israeli decision, in Hebron, West Bank on July 16, 2025. Israelis claims that this mosque is a Jewish religious site with which Muslims and Palestinians have no connection. The occupation began controlling the mosque in 1994 after a settler carried out a massacre against worshippers. The mosque was divided in terms of location and time, and attacks increased since October 7, 2023. It was closed repeatedly to Muslims and settlers were allowed to storm it and hold their parties. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israel Takes Control of the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron - West Bank

Photo shows Ibrahimi Mosque after it was stripped of the authority of the Palestinian Ministry of Religious Endowments and the Hebron Municipality, based on an Israeli decision, in Hebron, West Bank on July 16, 2025. Israelis claims that this mosque is a Jewish religious site with which Muslims and Palestinians have no connection. The occupation began controlling the mosque in 1994 after a settler carried out a massacre against worshippers. The mosque was divided in terms of location and time, and attacks increased since October 7, 2023. It was closed repeatedly to Muslims and settlers were allowed to storm it and hold their parties. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israel Takes Control of the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron - West Bank

Former director of the Ibrahimi Mosque, Hebron's mayor Moataz Abu Sneineh stands with a view of the mosque after it was stripped of the authority of the Palestinian Ministry of Religious Endowments and the Hebron Municipality, based on an Israeli decision, in Hebron, West Bank on July 16, 2025. Moataz Abu Sneineh condemns this decision which is based on claims that this mosque is a Jewish religious site with which Muslims and Palestinians have no connection. The occupation began controlling the mosque in 1994 after a settler carried out a massacre against worshippers. The mosque was divided in terms of location and time, and attacks increased since October 7, 2023. It was closed repeatedly to Muslims and settlers were allowed to storm it and hold their parties. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israel Takes Control of the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron - West Bank

Photo shows Ibrahimi Mosque after it was stripped of the authority of the Palestinian Ministry of Religious Endowments and the Hebron Municipality, based on an Israeli decision, in Hebron, West Bank on July 16, 2025. Israelis claims that this mosque is a Jewish religious site with which Muslims and Palestinians have no connection. The occupation began controlling the mosque in 1994 after a settler carried out a massacre against worshippers. The mosque was divided in terms of location and time, and attacks increased since October 7, 2023. It was closed repeatedly to Muslims and settlers were allowed to storm it and hold their parties. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israel Takes Control of the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron - West Bank

Photo shows Ibrahimi Mosque after it was stripped of the authority of the Palestinian Ministry of Religious Endowments and the Hebron Municipality, based on an Israeli decision, in Hebron, West Bank on July 16, 2025. Israelis claims that this mosque is a Jewish religious site with which Muslims and Palestinians have no connection. The occupation began controlling the mosque in 1994 after a settler carried out a massacre against worshippers. The mosque was divided in terms of location and time, and attacks increased since October 7, 2023. It was closed repeatedly to Muslims and settlers were allowed to storm it and hold their parties. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israel Takes Control of the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron - West Bank

Hebron's mayor Tayseer Abu Sneineh talks after the Ibrahimi Mosque was stripped of the authority of the Palestinian Ministry of Religious Endowments and the Hebron Municipality, based on an Israeli decision, in Hebron, West Bank on July 16, 2025. Tayseer Abu Sneineh condemns this decision which is based on claims that this mosque is a Jewish religious site with which Muslims and Palestinians have no connection. The occupation began controlling the mosque in 1994 after a settler carried out a massacre against worshippers. The mosque was divided in terms of location and time, and attacks increased since October 7, 2023. It was closed repeatedly to Muslims and settlers were allowed to storm it and hold their parties. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israel Takes Control of the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron - West Bank

Former director of the Ibrahimi Mosque, Hebron's mayor Moataz Abu Sneineh stands with a view of the mosque after it was stripped of the authority of the Palestinian Ministry of Religious Endowments and the Hebron Municipality, based on an Israeli decision, in Hebron, West Bank on July 16, 2025. Moataz Abu Sneineh condemns this decision which is based on claims that this mosque is a Jewish religious site with which Muslims and Palestinians have no connection. The occupation began controlling the mosque in 1994 after a settler carried out a massacre against worshippers. The mosque was divided in terms of location and time, and attacks increased since October 7, 2023. It was closed repeatedly to Muslims and settlers were allowed to storm it and hold their parties. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israel Takes Control of the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron - West Bank

Israeli flags move in the wind on Ibrahimi Mosque after it was stripped of the authority of the Palestinian Ministry of Religious Endowments and the Hebron Municipality, based on an Israeli decision, in Hebron, West Bank on July 16, 2025. Israelis claims that this mosque is a Jewish religious site with which Muslims and Palestinians have no connection. The occupation began controlling the mosque in 1994 after a settler carried out a massacre against worshippers. The mosque was divided in terms of location and time, and attacks increased since October 7, 2023. It was closed repeatedly to Muslims and settlers were allowed to storm it and hold their parties. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Israel Takes Control of the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron - West Bank

Israeli flags move in the wind on Ibrahimi Mosque after it was stripped of the authority of the Palestinian Ministry of Religious Endowments and the Hebron Municipality, based on an Israeli decision, in Hebron, West Bank on July 16, 2025. Israelis claims that this mosque is a Jewish religious site with which Muslims and Palestinians have no connection. The occupation began controlling the mosque in 1994 after a settler carried out a massacre against worshippers. The mosque was divided in terms of location and time, and attacks increased since October 7, 2023. It was closed repeatedly to Muslims and settlers were allowed to storm it and hold their parties. Photo by Mosab Shawer/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Stephen G. Breyer Confirmation Hearings

United States Senator Paul Simon (Democrat of Illinois), right, welcomes Chief Judge of the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, Stephen G. Breyer, US President Bill Clinton’s nominee to replace the retiring Justice Harry Blackmun as Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court, third left, to his confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on July 12, 1994. From left to right; US Senator Orrin Hatch (Republican of Utah), US Senator Alan Simpson (Republican of Wyoming), Judge Breyer, United States Senator Patrick Leahy (Democrat of Vermont), US Senator Howell Heflin (Democrat of Alabama), and Senator Simon. Photo by Ron Sachs / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-WEINING-DISABLED RURAL DOCTOR (CN)

(230726) -- GUIYANG, July 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 4, 2012 shows Zhu Daqing walking on a muddy road on his way to a patient in Xinshui Village, Mazha Town of Yi-Hui-Miao Autonomous County of Weining, southwest China's Guizhou Province. Zhu Daqing is a rural doctor in Xinshui Village, Mazha Town of Yi-Hui-Miao Autonomous County of Weining. Born in a family with generations of doctors, Zhu Daqing was determined to be a doctor like his father at a young age even though he is disabled in his left forearm due to congenital absence of upper limb. Majored in traditional Chinese medicine, Zhu Daqing graduated from Guiyang Medical University in 1994 and returned to his hometown Xinshui Village to be a doctor. During the past 29 years, Zhu Daqing has treated villagers from dozens of towns and villages in the hinterland of Wumeng Mountains spanning over provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou. He even provided free medical treatment for villagers who are worse off. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-WEINING-DISABLED RURAL DOCTOR (CN)

(230726) -- GUIYANG, July 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhu Daqing administers an intravenous drip for an elderly patient at the patient's house in Xinshui Village, Mazha Town of Yi-Hui-Miao Autonomous County of Weining, southwest China's Guizhou Province, July 19, 2023. Zhu Daqing is a rural doctor in Xinshui Village, Mazha Town of Yi-Hui-Miao Autonomous County of Weining. Born in a family with generations of doctors, Zhu Daqing was determined to be a doctor like his father at a young age even though he is disabled in his left forearm due to congenital absence of upper limb. Majored in traditional Chinese medicine, Zhu Daqing graduated from Guiyang Medical University in 1994 and returned to his hometown Xinshui Village to be a doctor. During the past 29 years, Zhu Daqing has treated villagers from dozens of towns and villages in the hinterland of Wumeng Mountains spanning over provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou. He even provided free medical treatment for villagers who are worse off. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-WEINING-DISABLED RURAL DOCTOR (CN)

(230726) -- GUIYANG, July 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows Zhu Daqing walking beside a river on his way to a patient in Xinshui Village, Mazha Town of Yi-Hui-Miao Autonomous County of Weining, southwest China's Guizhou Province, July 19, 2023 (above) and Zhu Daqing wading through a river on his way to a patient in Xinshui Village, Mazha Town of Yi-Hui-Miao Autonomous County of Weining, southwest China's Guizhou Province, July 5, 2012 (below). Zhu Daqing is a rural doctor in Xinshui Village, Mazha Town of Yi-Hui-Miao Autonomous County of Weining. Born in a family with generations of doctors, Zhu Daqing was determined to be a doctor like his father at a young age even though he is disabled in his left forearm due to congenital absence of upper limb. Majored in traditional Chinese medicine, Zhu Daqing graduated from Guiyang Medical University in 1994 and returned to his hometown Xinshui Village to be a doctor. During the past 29 years, Zhu Daqing has treated villagers from dozens of towns and villages

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-WEINING-DISABLED RURAL DOCTOR (CN)

(230726) -- GUIYANG, July 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhu Daqing administers an intravenous drip to a patient at the patient's house in Xinshui Village, Mazha Town of Yi-Hui-Miao Autonomous County of Weining, southwest China's Guizhou Province, July 19, 2023. Zhu Daqing is a rural doctor in Xinshui Village, Mazha Town of Yi-Hui-Miao Autonomous County of Weining. Born in a family with generations of doctors, Zhu Daqing was determined to be a doctor like his father at a young age even though he is disabled in his left forearm due to congenital absence of upper limb. Majored in traditional Chinese medicine, Zhu Daqing graduated from Guiyang Medical University in 1994 and returned to his hometown Xinshui Village to be a doctor. During the past 29 years, Zhu Daqing has treated villagers from dozens of towns and villages in the hinterland of Wumeng Mountains spanning over provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou. He even provided free medical treatment for villagers who are worse off. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-WEINING-DISABLED RURAL DOCTOR (CN)

(230726) -- GUIYANG, July 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhu Daqing checks the chrysanthemums he planted in Xinshui Village, Mazha Town of Yi-Hui-Miao Autonomous County of Weining, southwest China's Guizhou Province, July 19, 2023. Zhu Daqing is a rural doctor in Xinshui Village, Mazha Town of Yi-Hui-Miao Autonomous County of Weining. Born in a family with generations of doctors, Zhu Daqing was determined to be a doctor like his father at a young age even though he is disabled in his left forearm due to congenital absence of upper limb. Majored in traditional Chinese medicine, Zhu Daqing graduated from Guiyang Medical University in 1994 and returned to his hometown Xinshui Village to be a doctor. During the past 29 years, Zhu Daqing has treated villagers from dozens of towns and villages in the hinterland of Wumeng Mountains spanning over provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou. He even provided free medical treatment for villagers who are worse off. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-WEINING-DISABLED RURAL DOCTOR (CN)

(230726) -- GUIYANG, July 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhu Daqing writes the medical archive of a patient in Xinshui Village, Mazha Town of Yi-Hui-Miao Autonomous County of Weining, southwest China's Guizhou Province, July 19, 2023. Zhu Daqing is a rural doctor in Xinshui Village, Mazha Town of Yi-Hui-Miao Autonomous County of Weining. Born in a family with generations of doctors, Zhu Daqing was determined to be a doctor like his father at a young age even though he is disabled in his left forearm due to congenital absence of upper limb. Majored in traditional Chinese medicine, Zhu Daqing graduated from Guiyang Medical University in 1994 and returned to his hometown Xinshui Village to be a doctor. During the past 29 years, Zhu Daqing has treated villagers from dozens of towns and villages in the hinterland of Wumeng Mountains spanning over provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou. He even provided free medical treatment for villagers who are worse off. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-WEINING-DISABLED RURAL DOCTOR (CN)

(230726) -- GUIYANG, July 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhu Daqing (L) checks the medical report of a patient in Xinshui Village, Mazha Town of Yi-Hui-Miao Autonomous County of Weining, southwest China's Guizhou Province, July 19, 2023. Zhu Daqing is a rural doctor in Xinshui Village, Mazha Town of Yi-Hui-Miao Autonomous County of Weining. Born in a family with generations of doctors, Zhu Daqing was determined to be a doctor like his father at a young age even though he is disabled in his left forearm due to congenital absence of upper limb. Majored in traditional Chinese medicine, Zhu Daqing graduated from Guiyang Medical University in 1994 and returned to his hometown Xinshui Village to be a doctor. During the past 29 years, Zhu Daqing has treated villagers from dozens of towns and villages in the hinterland of Wumeng Mountains spanning over provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou. He even provided free medical treatment for villagers who are worse off. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-WEINING-DISABLED RURAL DOCTOR (CN)

(230726) -- GUIYANG, July 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows Zhu Daqing walking on a flat concrete road on his way to a patient in Xinshui Village, Mazha Town of Yi-Hui-Miao Autonomous County of Weining, southwest China's Guizhou Province, July 19, 2023 (above) and Zhu Daqing walking on an unsurfaced road on his way to a patient in Xinshui Village, Mazha Town of Yi-Hui-Miao Autonomous County of Weining, southwest China's Guizhou Province, July 5, 2012 (below). Zhu Daqing is a rural doctor in Xinshui Village, Mazha Town of Yi-Hui-Miao Autonomous County of Weining. Born in a family with generations of doctors, Zhu Daqing was determined to be a doctor like his father at a young age even though he is disabled in his left forearm due to congenital absence of upper limb. Majored in traditional Chinese medicine, Zhu Daqing graduated from Guiyang Medical University in 1994 and returned to his hometown Xinshui Village to be a doctor. During the past 29 years, Zhu Daqing has treated villagers from dozens of to

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-WEINING-DISABLED RURAL DOCTOR (CN)

(230726) -- GUIYANG, July 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhu Daqing administers an intravenous drip to a patient in Xinshui Village, Mazha Town of Yi-Hui-Miao Autonomous County of Weining, southwest China's Guizhou Province, July 5, 2012. Zhu Daqing is a rural doctor in Xinshui Village, Mazha Town of Yi-Hui-Miao Autonomous County of Weining. Born in a family with generations of doctors, Zhu Daqing was determined to be a doctor like his father at a young age even though he is disabled in his left forearm due to congenital absence of upper limb. Majored in traditional Chinese medicine, Zhu Daqing graduated from Guiyang Medical University in 1994 and returned to his hometown Xinshui Village to be a doctor. During the past 29 years, Zhu Daqing has treated villagers from dozens of towns and villages in the hinterland of Wumeng Mountains spanning over provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou. He even provided free medical treatment for villagers who are worse off. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-WEINING-DISABLED RURAL DOCTOR (CN)

(230726) -- GUIYANG, July 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhu Daqing (L) and another doctor measure blood pressure of an elderly patient at the patient's house in Xinshui Village, Mazha Town of Yi-Hui-Miao Autonomous County of Weining, southwest China's Guizhou Province, July 19, 2023. Zhu Daqing is a rural doctor in Xinshui Village, Mazha Town of Yi-Hui-Miao Autonomous County of Weining. Born in a family with generations of doctors, Zhu Daqing was determined to be a doctor like his father at a young age even though he is disabled in his left forearm due to congenital absence of upper limb. Majored in traditional Chinese medicine, Zhu Daqing graduated from Guiyang Medical University in 1994 and returned to his hometown Xinshui Village to be a doctor. During the past 29 years, Zhu Daqing has treated villagers from dozens of towns and villages in the hinterland of Wumeng Mountains spanning over provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou. He even provided free medical treatment for villagers who are worse off. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-WEINING-DISABLED RURAL DOCTOR (CN)

(230726) -- GUIYANG, July 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This combo photo shows Zhu Daqing walking on a flat concrete road on his way to a patient in Xinshui Village, Mazha Town of Yi-Hui-Miao Autonomous County of Weining, southwest China's Guizhou Province, July 19, 2023 (above) and Zhu Daqing walking on a muddy road on his way to a patient in Xinshui Village, Mazha Town of Yi-Hui-Miao Autonomous County of Weining, southwest China's Guizhou Province, July 4, 2012 (below). Zhu Daqing is a rural doctor in Xinshui Village, Mazha Town of Yi-Hui-Miao Autonomous County of Weining. Born in a family with generations of doctors, Zhu Daqing was determined to be a doctor like his father at a young age even though he is disabled in his left forearm due to congenital absence of upper limb. Majored in traditional Chinese medicine, Zhu Daqing graduated from Guiyang Medical University in 1994 and returned to his hometown Xinshui Village to be a doctor. During the past 29 years, Zhu Daqing has treated villagers from dozens of towns an

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-WEINING-DISABLED RURAL DOCTOR (CN)

(230726) -- GUIYANG, July 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on July 19, 2023 shows Zhu Daqing walking on a road on his way to a patient in Xinshui Village, Mazha Town of Yi-Hui-Miao Autonomous County of Weining, southwest China's Guizhou Province. Zhu Daqing is a rural doctor in Xinshui Village, Mazha Town of Yi-Hui-Miao Autonomous County of Weining. Born in a family with generations of doctors, Zhu Daqing was determined to be a doctor like his father at a young age even though he is disabled in his left forearm due to congenital absence of upper limb. Majored in traditional Chinese medicine, Zhu Daqing graduated from Guiyang Medical University in 1994 and returned to his hometown Xinshui Village to be a doctor. During the past 29 years, Zhu Daqing has treated villagers from dozens of towns and villages in the hinterland of Wumeng Mountains spanning over provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou. He even provided free medical treatment for villagers who are worse off. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-WEINING-DISABLED RURAL DOCTOR (CN)

(230726) -- GUIYANG, July 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhu Daqing plays with his nephew in Xinshui Village, Mazha Town of Yi-Hui-Miao Autonomous County of Weining, southwest China's Guizhou Province, July 4, 2012. Zhu Daqing is a rural doctor in Xinshui Village, Mazha Town of Yi-Hui-Miao Autonomous County of Weining. Born in a family with generations of doctors, Zhu Daqing was determined to be a doctor like his father at a young age even though he is disabled in his left forearm due to congenital absence of upper limb. Majored in traditional Chinese medicine, Zhu Daqing graduated from Guiyang Medical University in 1994 and returned to his hometown Xinshui Village to be a doctor. During the past 29 years, Zhu Daqing has treated villagers from dozens of towns and villages in the hinterland of Wumeng Mountains spanning over provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou. He even provided free medical treatment for villagers who are worse off. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-WEINING-DISABLED RURAL DOCTOR (CN)

(230726) -- GUIYANG, July 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhu Daqing checks the condition of a patient in Xinshui Village, Mazha Town of Yi-Hui-Miao Autonomous County of Weining, southwest China's Guizhou Province, July 19, 2023. Zhu Daqing is a rural doctor in Xinshui Village, Mazha Town of Yi-Hui-Miao Autonomous County of Weining. Born in a family with generations of doctors, Zhu Daqing was determined to be a doctor like his father at a young age even though he is disabled in his left forearm due to congenital absence of upper limb. Majored in traditional Chinese medicine, Zhu Daqing graduated from Guiyang Medical University in 1994 and returned to his hometown Xinshui Village to be a doctor. During the past 29 years, Zhu Daqing has treated villagers from dozens of towns and villages in the hinterland of Wumeng Mountains spanning over provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou. He even provided free medical treatment for villagers who are worse off. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-WEINING-DISABLED RURAL DOCTOR (CN)

(230726) -- GUIYANG, July 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhu Daqing runs into a herder on his way to a patient in Xinshui Village, Mazha Town of Yi-Hui-Miao Autonomous County of Weining, southwest China's Guizhou Province, July 19, 2023. Zhu Daqing is a rural doctor in Xinshui Village, Mazha Town of Yi-Hui-Miao Autonomous County of Weining. Born in a family with generations of doctors, Zhu Daqing was determined to be a doctor like his father at a young age even though he is disabled in his left forearm due to congenital absence of upper limb. Majored in traditional Chinese medicine, Zhu Daqing graduated from Guiyang Medical University in 1994 and returned to his hometown Xinshui Village to be a doctor. During the past 29 years, Zhu Daqing has treated villagers from dozens of towns and villages in the hinterland of Wumeng Mountains spanning over provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou. He even provided free medical treatment for villagers who are worse off. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-WEINING-DISABLED RURAL DOCTOR (CN)

(230726) -- GUIYANG, July 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhu Daqing (R) prepares traditional Chinese medicine for a patient in Xinshui Village, Mazha Town of Yi-Hui-Miao Autonomous County of Weining, southwest China's Guizhou Province, July 19, 2023. Zhu Daqing is a rural doctor in Xinshui Village, Mazha Town of Yi-Hui-Miao Autonomous County of Weining. Born in a family with generations of doctors, Zhu Daqing was determined to be a doctor like his father at a young age even though he is disabled in his left forearm due to congenital absence of upper limb. Majored in traditional Chinese medicine, Zhu Daqing graduated from Guiyang Medical University in 1994 and returned to his hometown Xinshui Village to be a doctor. During the past 29 years, Zhu Daqing has treated villagers from dozens of towns and villages in the hinterland of Wumeng Mountains spanning over provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou. He even provided free medical treatment for villagers who are worse off. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-WEINING-DISABLED RURAL DOCTOR (CN)

(230726) -- GUIYANG, July 26, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Zhu Daqing answers the phone on his way to a patient in Xinshui Village, Mazha Town of Yi-Hui-Miao Autonomous County of Weining, southwest China's Guizhou Province, July 19, 2023. Zhu Daqing is a rural doctor in Xinshui Village, Mazha Town of Yi-Hui-Miao Autonomous County of Weining. Born in a family with generations of doctors, Zhu Daqing was determined to be a doctor like his father at a young age even though he is disabled in his left forearm due to congenital absence of upper limb. Majored in traditional Chinese medicine, Zhu Daqing graduated from Guiyang Medical University in 1994 and returned to his hometown Xinshui Village to be a doctor. During the past 29 years, Zhu Daqing has treated villagers from dozens of towns and villages in the hinterland of Wumeng Mountains spanning over provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou. He even provided free medical treatment for villagers who are worse off. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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Discovering Tibet with FPV drone: Potala Palace

STORY: Discovering Tibet with FPV drone: Potala Palace DATELINE: July 18, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:05 LOCATION: LHASA, China CATEGORY: CULTURE/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Tibet with FPV drone STORYLINE: The Potala Palace is the world's highest ancient palace. It was built by Tibetan King Songtsa Gambo in the 7th century. It was expanded in the 17th century by the fifth Dalai Lama. The palace was included on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1994. It's one of the most popular tourist attractions in Tibet. Home to over 100,000 cultural relics, the Potala Palace is a model of ancient architecture. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Lhasa, China. (XHTV)

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Good governance, reforms contribute to Rwanda's economic development: expert

STORY: Good governance, reforms contribute to Rwanda's economic development: expert DATELINE: July 12, 2023 LENGTH: 00:04:40 LOCATION: Kigali CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Kigali 2. various of factories in Kigali 3. SOUNDBITE (English): GERARD RURANGWA, Rwandan economic expert STORYLINE: A Rwandan expert has said since the end of the genocide in Rwanda 29 years ago, the East African country has transformed from a fragmented country into one of the world's fast-growing economies due to good governance and reform. Rwanda marked the 29th anniversary of its liberation earlier this month. Known as Kwibohora, Liberation Day is celebrated annually on July 4 in Rwanda. The Rwandan Patriotic Army, the armed wing of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), ended the genocide in 1994 against the Tutsi that claimed more than 1 million lives in the country. Gerard Rurangwa, a Rwandan economic expert said the country has experienced tremendous changes in terms of economic development, due to good governance, sec

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KAMAKURA IN THE RAIN

KAMAKURA IN THE RAIN,Kamakura and hydrangea, Kotokuin Temple, Great Buddha of Kamakura, temple, rain=Date: July,1994, Place:Kamakura, Kanagawa,JAPAN=Date:1994, Place:JAPAN

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Nobel-winning author, peace activist Kenzaburo Oe dies at 88

Japanese novelist Kenzaburo Oe speaks during an interview at his home in Tokyo in July 2015. The winner of the 1994 Nobel Prize in Literature, who was also known as a proponent of Japan's pacifist Constitution and against nuclear power, Oe died of old age on March 3, 2023.

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800 people offer condolences for late peace activist Oda

TOKYO, Japan - Kenzaburo Oe, the 1994 winner of the Nobel Prize for literature, attends the memorial service for Makoto Oda, a writer and peace activist who succumbed to stomach cancer July 30 at the age of 75, at Tokyo's Aoyama funeral hall on Aug. 4. Oda led the anti-Vietnam War campaign in Japan.

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QR code inventors win European Patent Office prize

NAGOYA, Japan - Masahiro Hara (R) of Denso Wave Inc. and Takayuki Nagaya of Toyota Central R&D Labs. Inc. show their Popular Prize awarded by the European Patent Office for their invention of the square "Quick Response Code," or QR code, in a photo taken in Agui, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, on July 8, 2014. Released in 1994, the code is popular globally as a Matrix code, or a two-dimensional barcode, due to the proliferation of cell phones with built-in cameras.

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Olympic soccer bronze medalist Mori dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in March 1994 shows Takaji Mori, who died July 17, 2011, of renal pelvic cancer, at age 67. He helped Japan win the bronze medal in men's soccer at the 1968 Summer Olympics and was the inaugural manager of Urawa Reds in the J-league.

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Kagame reelected Rwandan president

KIGALI, Rwanda - This file photo taken July 30, 2010, shows Rwandan President Paul Kagame, who the country's election commission announced Aug. 11 has won reelection. The 52-year-old Kagame has won another 7-year term after securing 93 percent of the vote in Rwanda's second presidential election since the 1994 genocide. (Photo by Tomoaki Nakano)

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Mercury hits 39.5 C in Tokyo, all-time high

TOKYO, Japan - Pedestrians swelter under the scorching sun in Tokyo's posh Ginza district on July 20 as an unprecedented heat wave hit the metropolis, with the mercury climbing to an all-time high for the capital at 39.5 C shortly before 1 p.m., topping the previous record of 39.1 C recorded Aug. 3, 1994.

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Olympic gold medalist Ogiwara set to win upper house race

NAGANO, Japan - Olympic gold medalist Kenji Ogiwara waves to supporters at a hotel in Nagano on July 11 after he seemed certain to be elected to the House of Councillors in the day's upper house election. Ogiwara led the Japanese Nordic combined skiing team to Olympic gold medals in 1992 and 1994.

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Suzuki, new chairman of J-League

TOKYO, Japan - Masaru Suzuki, vice president of the Japan Football Association (JFA, assumed the post of J-League chairman on July 23, taking over from Saburo Kawabuch, who was promoted to JFA president. The 66-year-old Suzuki served as president of L-League first-division side Antlers for eight years from 1994 and was a board member of the J-League.

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Masayoshi Ito

Born on Dec. 15, 1913 in Fukushima Prefecture. Ito was elected to the House of Representatives in 1963. He became acting deputy prime minister on June 12, 1980 after the sudden death of then Prime Minister Masayoshi Ohira during the campaign for general elections. Ito stepped down as acting deputy prime minister on July 17 the same year. Died on May 20, 1994.

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1 of 3 given death for murders committed as minors

NAGOYA, Japan - The Nagoya District Court sentenced one of three defendants to death July 9 for killing four men over 11 days in 1994 in Gifu, Aichi and Osaka prefectures when the defendants were minors, while giving the two others indefinite imprisonment. It was the third time since 1983 that the death penalty was given to a defendant who committed a crime when a minor.

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Murdered lawyer's colleague speaks to media

TOKYO, Japan - Hisashi Okada, a former colleague of murdered lawyer Tsutsumi Sakamoto, speaks to reporters July 25 after the death sentence was given to a former AUM Shinrikyo follower found guilty of taking part in the 1989 murder of Sakamoto, his wife and small child. The former cult member, Satoru Hashimoto, was also convicted for his role in a 1994 nerve-gas attack in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, that left seven people dead.

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U.S., Japan to form forum to solve construction issues

TOKYO, Japan - David Aaron, U.S. commerce undersecretary in charge of international trade, and other members of the U.S. delegation to the high-level Japan-U.S. talks held at the Foreign Ministry on July 30 to review the bilateral construction agreements signed in 1991 and 1994.

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China, Singapore deepen cooperation through Suzhou Industrial Park

STORY: China, Singapore deepen cooperation through Suzhou Industrial Park DATELINE: July 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:12 LOCATION: NANJING, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP) 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): LI XIAOMIN, Founder/CEO, Wintech-Nano (Suzhou) Co.Ltd 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): TAN CHUAN SENG, Centre Director, A*STAR Partners' Centre STORYLINE: The China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP), established in 1994 in east China's Suzhou, is an important inter-governmental cooperation project between China and Singapore. Over the years, the park has continuously optimized local business environment to attract overseas enterprises and boost in-depth cooperation between Chinese and Singaporean enterprises. Wintech-Nano (Suzhou) Co.Ltd, a Singaporean high-tech enterprise has been running a laboratory in SIP for six years. Li Xiaomin, founder of the company, attributes the success of his business largely to the performance of its Suzhou branch. SOUNDBITE 1

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U.S., Japan to form forum to solve construction issues

TOKYO, Japan - David Aaron, U.S. commerce undersecretary in charge of international trade, and other members of the U.S. delegation to the high-level Japan-U.S. talks held at the Foreign Ministry on July 30 to review the bilateral construction agreements signed in 1991 and 1994.

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The Mask (1994)

Jim Carrey Characters: Stanley Ipkiss Film: The Mask (USA 1994) Director: Chuck Russell 28 July 1994 Date: 28 July 1994

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The Mask (1994)

Cameron Diaz Characters: Tina Carlyle Film: The Mask (USA 1994) Director: Chuck Russell 28 July 1994 Date: 28 July 1994

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The Mask (1994)

Cameron Diaz & Jim Carrey Characters: Tina Carlyle & Stanley Ipkiss Film: The Mask (USA 1994) Director: Chuck Russell 28 July 1994 Date: 28 July 1994

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The Mask (1994)

Jim Carrey Characters: Stanley Ipkiss Film: The Mask (USA 1994) Director: Chuck Russell 28 July 1994 Date: 28 July 1994

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The Mask (1994)

Jim Carrey Characters: Stanley Ipkiss Film: The Mask (USA 1994) Director: Chuck Russell 28 July 1994 Date: 28 July 1994