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Illustration - Paris 2024

FRANCE. PARIS (75) 8TH DISTRICT. OLYMPIC DAY FOR THE 2024 OLYMPIC GAMES, JUNE 23, 2018. BMX DEMONSTRATION ON THE ALEXANDRE III BRIDGE Photo by Jean-Francois/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Amadou Bagayoko of Amadou & Mariam Dies

File Photo - Amadou and Mariam perform during the Solidays Festival in Paris, France on June 23, 2018. Amadou Bagayoko, half of the legendary duo with Mariam, has died In 2005, the star duo of blind musicians won a Victoire de la musique award for their album “Dimanche à Bamako”. He died in Mali on Friday April 4, aged 70, following an illness. Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Amadou Bagayoko of Amadou & Mariam Dies

File Photo - Amadou and Mariam perform during the Solidays Festival in Paris, France on June 23, 2018. Amadou Bagayoko, half of the legendary duo with Mariam, has died In 2005, the star duo of blind musicians won a Victoire de la musique award for their album “Dimanche à Bamako”. He died in Mali on Friday April 4, aged 70, following an illness. Photo by Alain Apaydin/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-GUIZHOU-THORN PEAR CULTIVATION (CN)

(230620) -- GUIYANG, June 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A worker sorts thorn pears at a fruit processing enterprise in Longli County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Aug. 23, 2018. TO GO WITH "Across China: Thorn pear cultivation proves fruitful for mountain farmers" (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

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CHINA-ZHEJIANG-RURAL GREEN REVIVAL PROGRAM-VILLAGES(CN)

(230611) -- HANGZHOU, June 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on March 23, 2023 shows a view of the An'ding Village, Hangzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province. Since 2003, Zhejiang, located in the Yangtze River Delta, has implemented a rural green revival program to overhaul the living environment of villages, which was granted the UN Environment Program's (UNEP) Champions of the Earth award in September 2018. For twenty years, the program has created thousands of beautiful villages, and fundamentally changed the face of the province's countryside. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)

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KENYA-NAIROBI-CHINESE-BUILT RAILWAY-TALENTS-TRAINING

(230601) -- NAIROBI, June 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chinese instructor Jiang Liping (R) and apprentice Horace Owiti carry out locomotive inspection in Nairobi, Kenya, May 23, 2023. Jiang is a train driver of the Africa Star Railway Operation Company. He came to Kenya in 2018 and was responsible for the technical training of drivers and supervision of standardized operation. Horace is Jiang's apprentice, and they work together along the Mombasa-Nairobi railway. "Horace is intelligent and hardworking," Jiang said, "I hope the apprentices will come to visit China as guests, because we are not only colleagues but also friends." Horace said that he has benefited a lot from the professional training of the Chinese instructors. "I hope they can come back to Kenya often," he said. In the future, he plans to train more reliable drivers for the Mombasa-Nairobi railway. The Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway in Kenya has become a flagship project of China-Africa cooperation, a "business card" of Chinese enterprises and

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KENYA-NAIROBI-CHINESE-BUILT RAILWAY-TALENTS-TRAINING

(230601) -- NAIROBI, June 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chinese instructor Jiang Liping (R) and apprentice Horace Owiti walk past a train carriage on the Mombasa-Nairobi Railway with a printed slogan reading "connecting nations, prospering people" in Nairobi, Kenya, May 23, 2023. Jiang is a train driver of the Africa Star Railway Operation Company. He came to Kenya in 2018 and was responsible for the technical training of drivers and supervision of standardized operation. Horace is Jiang's apprentice, and they work together along the Mombasa-Nairobi railway. "Horace is intelligent and hardworking," Jiang said, "I hope the apprentices will come to visit China as guests, because we are not only colleagues but also friends." Horace said that he has benefited a lot from the professional training of the Chinese instructors. "I hope they can come back to Kenya often," he said. In the future, he plans to train more reliable drivers for the Mombasa-Nairobi railway. The Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway in Kenya has beco

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KENYA-NAIROBI-CHINESE-BUILT RAILWAY-TALENTS-TRAINING

(230601) -- NAIROBI, June 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chinese instructor Jiang Liping (L) and apprentice Horace Owiti carry out locomotive inspection in Nairobi, Kenya, May 23, 2023. Jiang is a train driver of the Africa Star Railway Operation Company. He came to Kenya in 2018 and was responsible for the technical training of drivers and supervision of standardized operation. Horace is Jiang's apprentice, and they work together along the Mombasa-Nairobi railway. "Horace is intelligent and hardworking," Jiang said, "I hope the apprentices will come to visit China as guests, because we are not only colleagues but also friends." Horace said that he has benefited a lot from the professional training of the Chinese instructors. "I hope they can come back to Kenya often," he said. In the future, he plans to train more reliable drivers for the Mombasa-Nairobi railway. The Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway in Kenya has become a flagship project of China-Africa cooperation, a "business card" of Chinese enterprises and

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KENYA-NAIROBI-CHINESE-BUILT RAILWAY-TALENTS-TRAINING

(230601) -- NAIROBI, June 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chinese instructor Jiang Liping (back) works with apprentice Horace Owiti in Nairobi, Kenya, May 23, 2023. Jiang is a train driver of the Africa Star Railway Operation Company. He came to Kenya in 2018 and was responsible for the technical training of drivers and supervision of standardized operation. Horace is Jiang's apprentice, and they work together along the Mombasa-Nairobi railway. "Horace is intelligent and hardworking," Jiang said, "I hope the apprentices will come to visit China as guests, because we are not only colleagues but also friends." Horace said that he has benefited a lot from the professional training of the Chinese instructors. "I hope they can come back to Kenya often," he said. In the future, he plans to train more reliable drivers for the Mombasa-Nairobi railway. The Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway in Kenya has become a flagship project of China-Africa cooperation, a "business card" of Chinese enterprises and a demonstration projec

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KENYA-NAIROBI-CHINESE-BUILT RAILWAY-TALENTS-TRAINING

(230601) -- NAIROBI, June 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chinese instructor Jiang Liping (L) talks with apprentice Horace Owiti in Nairobi, Kenya, May 23, 2023. Jiang is a train driver of the Africa Star Railway Operation Company. He came to Kenya in 2018 and was responsible for the technical training of drivers and supervision of standardized operation. Horace is Jiang's apprentice, and they work together along the Mombasa-Nairobi railway. "Horace is intelligent and hardworking," Jiang said, "I hope the apprentices will come to visit China as guests, because we are not only colleagues but also friends." Horace said that he has benefited a lot from the professional training of the Chinese instructors. "I hope they can come back to Kenya often," he said. In the future, he plans to train more reliable drivers for the Mombasa-Nairobi railway. The Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway in Kenya has become a flagship project of China-Africa cooperation, a "business card" of Chinese enterprises and a demonstration project o

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KENYA-NAIROBI-CHINESE-BUILT RAILWAY-TALENTS-TRAINING

(230601) -- NAIROBI, June 1, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chinese instructor Jiang Liping (R) and apprentice Horace Owiti carry out locomotive inspection in Nairobi, Kenya, May 23, 2023. Jiang is a train driver of the Africa Star Railway Operation Company. He came to Kenya in 2018 and was responsible for the technical training of drivers and supervision of standardized operation. Horace is Jiang's apprentice, and they work together along the Mombasa-Nairobi railway. "Horace is intelligent and hardworking," Jiang said, "I hope the apprentices will come to visit China as guests, because we are not only colleagues but also friends." Horace said that he has benefited a lot from the professional training of the Chinese instructors. "I hope they can come back to Kenya often," he said. In the future, he plans to train more reliable drivers for the Mombasa-Nairobi railway. The Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway in Kenya has become a flagship project of China-Africa cooperation, a "business card" of Chinese enterprises and

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Prince Akishino family

TOKYO, Japan, June 26 Kyodo - Prince Akishino and his family -- (from L) Princess Kako, Princess Mako, Prince Akishino, Princess Kiko and Prince Hisahito -- are seen at a concert marking the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Indonesia and Japan on June 23, 2018 in Tokyo.

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Chinese embassy in Myanmar makes donation to school for deaf

STORY: Chinese embassy in Myanmar makes donation to school for deaf DATELINE: June 29, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:23 LOCATION: YANGON, Myanmar CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Mary Chapman School for the Deaf 2. various of the ceremony STORYLINE: The launching ceremony of the Year 2022 Donation Project to Mary Chapman School for the Deaf was held on Tuesday in Myanmar. Addressing the ceremony, Zheng Zhihong, minister counsellor of the Chinese Embassy in Myanmar, said the embassy will provide more than 20 million kyats (10,810 U.S. dollars) worth of daily food supplies to the school this year. He also pledged that the embassy will continue to join hands with caring people from all walks of life in Myanmar to share love and support for the children of Mary Chapman school and to Myanmar's social welfare cause. Daw Khin Thida Nyunt, principal of Mary Chapman School for Deaf expressed thanks to the Chinese embassy for donating the needed things for the school. Since 2018, the school has been rec

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Saudi crown prince pays 1st visit to Turkey since death of Khashoggi

STORY: Saudi crown prince pays 1st visit to Turkey since death of Khashoggi DATELINE: June 23, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:03 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the welcoming ceremony for Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud in Turkey (courtesy of Turkish presidency) 2. various of the meeting of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud in Turkey (courtesy of Turkish presidency) STORYLINE: Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud on Wednesday arrived in Ankara, Turkey's capital, to start his first visit to Turkey since the death of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan greeted the crown prince with a grand welcoming ceremony, which was followed by a private meeting between the two leaders. Turkey is the third stop of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's regional tour, which also brought him to Egypt and Jordan. Khashoggi, a Saudi columnist for The Washington

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Jacob Zuma Is Ordered to Prison

File photo dated June 23, 2020 of the former president Jacob Zuma waving at the gallery just after arriving at his court appearance in person at the Pietermaritzburg High Court. South Africas highest court on Tuesday ordered the imprisonment of Jacob Zuma, the countrys former president, for 15 months on contempt charges, after he defied an order to appear before a corruption inquiry examining the breathtaking financial scandals that tainted his tenure as the countrys leader from 2009 to 2018. Photo by Motshwari Mofokeng/African News Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Jacob Zuma Is Ordered to Prison

File photo dated June 23 2020 of the former president Jacob Zuma at the dock at his court appearance in person at the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Tuesday for his corruption trial. TSouth Africas highest court on Tuesday ordered the imprisonment of Jacob Zuma, the countrys former president, for 15 months on contempt charges, after he defied an order to appear before a corruption inquiry examining the breathtaking financial scandals that tainted his tenure as the countrys leader from 2009 to 2018. Photo by Motshwari Mofokeng/African News Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Security cameras in operation on shinkansen train

In this Feb. 23, 2016 photo taken at JR Tokyo Station, a security camera (center top) is seen inside a passenger car in a Central Japan Railway Co. shinkansen bullet train, as the railway operator began constant monitoring of bullet train passenger cars running between Tokyo and Hakata, the first such step taken by a shinkansen operator, in the wake of an arson-suicide that occurred on a train bound for Osaka from Tokyo in June 2015 that left two dead and 26 others injured. The company started the monitoring regime on a single train the same day, but plans to expand it to cover 90% of its rolling stock by the end of March 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Security cameras in operation on shinkansen train

In this Feb. 23, 2016 photo taken at JR Tokyo Station, a security camera is seen above a door in a Central Japan Railway Co. shinkansen bullet train. The railway operator began constant monitoring of bullet train passenger cars running between Tokyo and Hakata, the first such step taken by a shinkansen operator, in the wake of an arson-suicide that occurred on a train bound for Osaka from Tokyo in June 2015 that left two dead and 26 others injured. The company started the monitoring regime on a single train the same day, but plans to expand it to cover 90% of its rolling stock by the end of March 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Security cameras in operation on shinkansen train

In this Feb. 23, 2016 photo taken at JR Tokyo Station, a security camera is seen above a door in a Central Japan Railway Co. shinkansen bullet train. The railway operator began constant monitoring of bullet train passenger cars running between Tokyo and Hakata, the first such step taken by a shinkansen operator, in the wake of an arson-suicide that occurred on a train bound for Osaka from Tokyo in June 2015 that left two dead and 26 others injured. The company started the monitoring regime on a single train the same day, but plans to expand it to cover 90% of its rolling stock by the end of March 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Story of boy killed in 1985 JAL crash resonates with kids, parents

Kuniko Miyajima, 71, speaks in front of children about her son Ken, who died in the 1985 Japan Airlines jumbo jet crash, at an elementary school in Tokyo's Ota Ward on June 23, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Bullet train project in India

Photo taken on June 23, 2018, in Dahanu, western India, shows Raghunath Chintu Sutar explaining how the land acquisition process for a planned bullet train belt will harm his earnings through farming. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: Gamba's Doan to join Dutch club Groningen on loan

Ritsu Doan of Japan takes a free kick during an Under-20 World Cup match against Venezuela in Daejeon, South Korea, on May 30, 2017. Gamba Osaka of the J-League first division said on June 23 that the 19-year-old midfielder is moving to Dutch club FC Groningen on loan from July 1 through June 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Funeral of ex-S. Korean PM Kim Jong Pil

A photo of former South Korean Prime Minister Kim Jong Pil is carried at his funeral in Seoul on June 27, 2018. Kim, who played a pivotal role in paving the way for the normalization of relations between Japan and South Korea, died of natural causes on June 23 at age 92. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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World Heritage Committee session postponed due to coronavirus

File photo taken April 23, 2018, in Kunigami in Okinawa Prefecture, shows an endemic Okinawa rail. A session of UNESCO's World Heritage Committee scheduled for June 2020 in China, at which the proposed registration of a chain of Japanese southwestern islands, including the northern part of the main Okinawa island, was to be discussed, has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Football: Germany vs South Korea at World Cup

South Korea's goalkeeper Jo Hyeon Woo (23) catches the ball during the first half of a World Cup Group F match against Germany in Kazan, Russia, on June 27, 2018. South Korea won 2-0. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Taiwan President Lee travels to Okinawa

Former Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui delivers a lecture in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, on June 23, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Football: Senegal coach Cisse

Senegal coach Aliou Cisse attends a press conference in Ekaterinburg, Russia, on June 23, 2018, ahead of a World Cup Group H match against Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Prince Akishino family

Princess Mako (L) and her younger sister Princess Kako (R), granddaughters of Japan's Emperor Akihito, are pictured as they arrive at the venue of a concert marking the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Indonesia and Japan on June 23, 2018 in Tokyo. (Kyodo) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Prince Akishino family

Prince Hisahito (R), grandson of Japan's Emperor Akihito, and his mother Princess Kiko (L) are pictured at the venue of a concert marking the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Indonesia and Japan on June 23, 2018 in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Prince Akishino family

Princess Mako (R) and her younger sister Princess Kako (L), granddaughters of Japan's Emperor Akihito, are pictured as they arrive at the venue of a concert marking the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Indonesia and Japan on June 23, 2018 in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Prince Akishino family

Princess Mako (R) and her younger sister Princess Kako (L), granddaughters of Japan's Emperor Akihito, are pictured as they arrive at the venue of a concert marking the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Indonesia and Japan on June 23, 2018 in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan-China environmental talks

Japanese Environment Minister Masaharu Nakagawa (L) and his Chinese counterpart Li Ganjie exchange a memorandum following their talks in Suzhou, eastern China, on June 23, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan-China environmental talks

Japanese Environment Minister Masaharu Nakagawa (L) and his Chinese counterpart Li Ganjie hold talks in Suzhou, eastern China, on June 23, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan-S. Korea environmental talks

Japanese Environment Minister Masaharu Nakagawa (R) and his South Korean counterpart Kim Eun Kyung hold talks in Suzhou, eastern China, on June 23, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-S. Korean PM Kim Jong Pil dies at age 92

Photo taken in March 2001 shows former South Korean Prime Minister Kim Jong Pil, who died of natural causes on June 23, 2018, aged 92. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa marks 73rd anniversary of WWII ground battle

People pray in front of the Flame of Peace at the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, on June 23, 2018, the 73rd anniversary of the end of the World War ground battle in Okinawa that claimed over 200,000 lives. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa marks 73rd anniversary of WWII ground battle

People pray in front of the Cornerstone of Peace at the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, on June 23, 2018, the 73rd anniversary of the end of the World War II ground battle in Okinawa that claimed over 200,000 lives. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa marks 73rd anniversary of WWII ground battle

A man prays in front of the Cornerstone of Peace at the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, on June 23, 2018, the 73rd anniversary of the end of the World War ground battle in Okinawa that claimed over 200,000 lives. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okinawa marks 73rd anniversary of WWII ground battle

People pray in front of the Cornerstone of Peace at the Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, Okinawa Prefecture, on June 23, 2018, the 73rd anniversary of the end of the World War II ground battle in Okinawa that claimed over 200,000 lives. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Football: France vs Peru at World Cup

Pedro Aquino (23) of Peru is challenged by Antoine Griezmann (7) of France during the first half of a World Cup Group C match in Ekaterinburg, Russia, on June 21, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Football: Portugal vs Morocco at World Cup

Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal falls near Mehdi Carcela (23) of Morocco during the second half of a World Cup group stage match at Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow on June 20, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Football: Japan-Switzerland friendly

Japan's Keisuke Honda (4) and Switzerland's Xherdan Shaqiri (23) vie for the ball during the second half of a pre-World Cup friendly in Lugano, Switzerland, on June 8, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Football: Japan-Switzerland friendly

(From R) Japan's Makoto Hasebe, Tomoaki Makino, Maya Yoshida and Keisuke Honda leap to block a free kick by Switzerland's Xherdan Shaqiri (23) during the second half of a pre-World Cup friendly in Lugano, Switzerland, on June 8, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.N. panel tackling discrimination against women

Hiroko Akizuki, a professor of international law at Asia University, who was elected to be one of the 23 experts on the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, speaks in an interview in New York on June 7, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Football: Japan squad holds pre-World Cup camp in Austria

Japan's 23-man squad members jog during a training session on the outskirts of western Austria city Innsbruck on June 2, 2018, in preparation for the upcoming World Cup finals in Russia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Football: Japan squad holds pre-World Cup camp in Austria

Japan's 23-man squad members take part in a training session on the outskirts of western Austria city Innsbruck on June 2, 2018, in preparation for the upcoming World Cup finals in Russia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Football: Japan squad holds pre-World Cup camp in Austria

Japan's 23-man squad members jog during a training session on the outskirts of western Austria city Innsbruck on June 2, 2018, in preparation for the upcoming World Cup finals in Russia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Football: Japan squad holds pre-World Cup camp in Austria

Japan's 23-man squad members Keisuke Honda (L) and Yoshinori Muto jog during a training session on the outskirts of western Austria city Innsbruck on June 2, 2018, in preparation for the upcoming World Cup finals in Russia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Football: Japan squad holds pre-World Cup camp in Austria

Members of Japan's 23-man squad leave the field after a training session on the outskirts of western Austria city Innsbruck on June 2, 2018, in preparation for the upcoming World Cup finals in Russia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Georgian wrestler promotes rugby match with Japan

Georgian sumo wrestler Tochinoshin holds a rugby ball at his stable in Tokyo on May 31, 2018 during a video shoot to publicize the June 23 match between Japan and Georgia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo