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Nicolas Sarkozy In Police Custody Over Campaign Financing

File photo - Interior Minister and presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy whakes hand with his fans during a public meeting at the Zenith in Nantes, France on March 15, 2007. Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was in police custody on Tuesday morning March 20, 2018, an official in the country’s judiciary said. He was to be questioned as part of an investigation into suspected irregularities over his election campaign financing, the same source added. The probe related to alleged Libyan funding for Sarkozy’s 2007 campaign, Le Monde newspaper reported. Photo by Mehdi Taamallah/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Australian PM announces new fund for outback housing

STORY: Australian PM announces new fund for outback housing SHOOTING TIME: March 14, 2024 DATELINE: March 15, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:08 LOCATION: Canberra CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of an Australian apartment 2. various of an Australian community street STORYLINE: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has unveiled a new multi-billion-dollar fund to build new homes in outback Indigenous communities. Albanese on Tuesday announced a joint 4 billion Australian dollar (2.6 billion U.S. dollar) investment from the federal and Northern Territory (NT) governments over the next 10 years for housing in remote communities across the NT. Under the scheme, the government estimates that 270 new homes will be built every year, following on from a previous agreement that has built 650 homes in 73 remote NT communities since 2018. Albanese said in a statement that the funding would help achieve the goals of the Closing the Gap framework, a government strategy to reduce Indigenous disadvantages. In

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CHINA-GUANGXI-NAPO COUNTY-DEVELOPMENT (CN)

(230803) -- NAPO COUNTY, Aug. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on March 15, 2018 shows a road leading to Shangbaotun of Napo County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Guangxi started at the end of 2008 an infrastructure project in its border area to improve the life of local people. During the five years between 2008 and 2012, Guangxi had conducted 8,801 projects in the Napo border area, covering various aspects of people's daily life including transportation, education, water supply, house renovation and so on, benefiting over 77,000 people from 59 villages in six townships. With continuous efforts of local government and people, living conditions in border area of Guangxi have been improved fundamentally. (Xinhua/Zhang Ailin)

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Japan pop group Arashi outfits shown in China

Photos of members of Japanese boy band Arashi during their concert tour in 2018 and 2019 are on display at a Shanghai store on March 15, 2023, marking their first overseas exhibition. The five-member band went on hiatus at the end of 2020.

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Japan pop group Arashi outfits shown in China

Stage outfits worn by members of Japanese boy band Arashi during their concert tour in 2018 and 2019 are on display at a Shanghai store on March 15, 2023, marking their first overseas exhibition. The five-member group went on hiatus at the end of 2020.

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Japan pop group Arashi outfits shown in China

Stage outfits worn by members of Japanese boy band Arashi during their concert tour in 2018 and 2019 are on display at a Shanghai store on March 15, 2023, marking their first overseas exhibition. The five-member group went on hiatus at the end of 2020.

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Japan pop group Arashi outfits shown in China

Photos taken March 15, 2023, shows a pop-up store in Shanghai that sells goods related to Japanese boy band Arashi's documentary film on their concert tour in 2018 and 2019. The five-member band went on hiatus at the end of 2020.

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Pyeongchang Paralympics

GANGNEUNG, South Korea, March 30 Kyodo - A player of the German team delivers a stone during a round-robin wheelchair curling game against Canada at the Pyeongchang Paralympics in Gangneung, South Korea, on March 15, 2018.

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Pyeongchang Paralympics

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea, March 11 Kyodo - Kim Jong Hyon (L) of North Korea competes, near Arkadz Shykuts (11) of Belarus, in the men's 15-kilometer cross-country skiing sitting event at the Pyeongchang Paralympics in South Korea, on March 11, 2018.

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CHINA-HUNAN-CHANGDE-NPC DEPUTY-GRASSROOTS CULTURAL WORKER (CN)

(220301) -- CHANGSHA, March 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Du Meishuang (1st L) instructs young performers in a Huagu Opera rehearsal at the Huagu Opera Protection Center of Dingcheng District in Changde City, central China's Hunan Province, Feb. 15, 2022. "As a grassroots cultural artist, what can I do for the people?" Du Meishuang, a deputy to the National People's Congress (NPC) and deputy director of the Huagu Opera Protection Center of Dingcheng District, Changde City, Hunan Province, always asks herself this question to motivate herself. Du was named the national intangible inheritor of Huagu Opera in 2018. She has won a number of state-level cultural awards along her 40 years of work. In recent years, Du has been devoted herself to popularizing Huagu Opera in the countryside and the campuses. She has participated in more than a hundred relevant events each year, aiming to expedite rural revitalization by means of promoting art among the folks. Her field study revealed that the people's material well-bei

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CHINA-HUNAN-CHANGDE-NPC DEPUTY-GRASSROOTS CULTURAL WORKER (CN)

(220301) -- CHANGSHA, March 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Du Meishuang works at the Huagu Opera Protection Center of Dingcheng District in Changde City, central China's Hunan Province, Feb. 15, 2022. "As a grassroots cultural artist, what can I do for the people?" Du Meishuang, a deputy to the National People's Congress (NPC) and deputy director of the Huagu Opera Protection Center of Dingcheng District, Changde City, Hunan Province, always asks herself this question to motivate herself. Du was named the national intangible inheritor of Huagu Opera in 2018. She has won a number of state-level cultural awards along her 40 years of work. In recent years, Du has been devoted herself to popularizing Huagu Opera in the countryside and the campuses. She has participated in more than a hundred relevant events each year, aiming to expedite rural revitalization by means of promoting art among the folks. Her field study revealed that the people's material well-being has been markedly improved in many places, but their

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CHINA-HUNAN-CHANGDE-NPC DEPUTY-GRASSROOTS CULTURAL WORKER (CN)

(220301) -- CHANGSHA, March 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Du Meishuang (L) stages a performance during an event promoting Huagu Opera at the grass-roots level in Yunfengshan Village, Huangtudian Township, Dingcheng District of Changde City, central China's Hunan Province, Feb. 15, 2022. "As a grassroots cultural artist, what can I do for the people?" Du Meishuang, a deputy to the National People's Congress (NPC) and deputy director of the Huagu Opera Protection Center of Dingcheng District, Changde City, Hunan Province, always asks herself this question to motivate herself. Du was named the national intangible inheritor of Huagu Opera in 2018. She has won a number of state-level cultural awards along her 40 years of work. In recent years, Du has been devoted herself to popularizing Huagu Opera in the countryside and the campuses. She has participated in more than a hundred relevant events each year, aiming to expedite rural revitalization by means of promoting art among the folks. Her field study revealed tha

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CHINA-HUNAN-CHANGDE-NPC DEPUTY-GRASSROOTS CULTURAL WORKER (CN)

(220301) -- CHANGSHA, March 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Du Meishuang (R) instructs young actresses in Huagu Opera performance at the Huagu Opera Protection Center of Dingcheng District in Changde City, central China's Hunan Province, Feb. 15, 2022. "As a grassroots cultural artist, what can I do for the people?" Du Meishuang, a deputy to the National People's Congress (NPC) and deputy director of the Huagu Opera Protection Center of Dingcheng District, Changde City, Hunan Province, always asks herself this question to motivate herself. Du was named the national intangible inheritor of Huagu Opera in 2018. She has won a number of state-level cultural awards along her 40 years of work. In recent years, Du has been devoted herself to popularizing Huagu Opera in the countryside and the campuses. She has participated in more than a hundred relevant events each year, aiming to expedite rural revitalization by means of promoting art among the folks. Her field study revealed that the people's material well-being ha

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CHINA-HUNAN-CHANGDE-NPC DEPUTY-GRASSROOTS CULTURAL WORKER (CN)

(220301) -- CHANGSHA, March 1, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Du Meishuang (2nd R) stages a performance during an event promoting Huagu Opera at the grassroots level in Yunfengshan Village, Huangtudian Township, Dingcheng District of Changde City, central China's Hunan Province, Feb. 15, 2022. "As a grassroots cultural artist, what can I do for the people?" Du Meishuang, a deputy to the National People's Congress (NPC) and deputy director of the Huagu Opera Protection Center of Dingcheng District, Changde City, Hunan Province, always asks herself this question to motivate herself. Du was named the national intangible inheritor of Huagu Opera in 2018. She has won a number of state-level cultural awards along her 40 years of work. In recent years, Du has been devoted herself to popularizing Huagu Opera in the countryside and the campuses. She has participated in more than a hundred relevant events each year, aiming to expedite rural revitalization by means of promoting art among the folks. Her field study revealed

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NTT aims to raise operating profit by over 300 bil. yen in 3 years

Hiroo Unoura, president of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp., releases the company's three-year business plan at a press conference in Tokyo on May 15, 2015. NTT vowed to expand its annual group operating profit by over 300 billion yen to 1.4 trillion yen ($11.72 billion) in three years to March 2018 by enhancing overseas operations and cutting costs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tennis: Mari Osaka announces retirement

Photo taken Sept. 15, 2018, shows tennis player Mari Osaka during a press conference in Tachikawa, western Tokyo. The elder sister of four-time grand slam champion Naomi Osaka, said she has retired from playing tennis in her Instagram post on March 8, 2021.

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Paralympic repair specialist eyes 2020 Tokyo Games

Technicians from German company Ottobock repair prosthetics at a repair service center during the Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on March 15, 2018.(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Paralympic repair specialist eyes 2020 Tokyo Games

A technician works on equipment for a Mexican chair skier at a repair service center during the Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on March 15, 2018. The facility, located in the athletes' village, was run by German company Ottobock. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Paralympic repair specialist eyes 2020 Tokyo Games

Hiroki Nakajima repairs a wheelchair at a repair service center during the Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on March 15, 2018. He was one of two Japanese technicians working at the facility run by German company Ottobock.(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korean refugee

Connect North Korea and Korea Future Initiative founder Michael Glendinning stands in front of a sign for New Malden train station in London on March 15, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Paralympics

Members of the Canadian ice hockey team celebrate a goal during their match against South Korea at the Pyeongchang Paralympics in Gangneung, South Korea, on March 15, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Paralympics

Billy Bridges (L) of Canada plays the puck during an ice hockey match against South Korea at the Pyeongchang Paralympics in Gangneung, South Korea, on March 15, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Paralympics

Members of the South Korean ice hockey team wave to the crowd after their loss to Canada at the Pyeongchang Paralympics in Gangneung, South Korea, on March 15, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Paralympics

Members of the Canadian ice hockey team celebrate their second goal during a match against South Korea at the Pyeongchang Paralympics in Gangneung, South Korea, on March 15, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Paralympics

Liam Hickey (R) of Canada competes against Jang Dong Shin of South Korea at the Pyeongchang Paralympics in Gangneung, South Korea, on March 15, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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How should the Philippines go about preventing another Marawi?

Picture taken on March 15, 2018, shows the city of Marawi, reduced to rubble by a ferocious five-month battle to root out Islamic State-inspired militants hell-bent on establishing a Caliphate in the southern Philippines (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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How should the Philippines go about preventing another Marawi?

Koji Haneda (L), Ambassador-designate of Japan to the Republic of the Philippines, is pictured in Marawi on March 15, 2018, checking equipment given to the Philippines by the Japanese government. Japan has given the Philippines the heavy machinery to help rebuild the city that has been reduced to rubble by a ferocious five-month battle to root out Islamic State-inspired militants hell-bent on establishing a Caliphate in the southern Philippines.(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan foreign minister leaves for U.S. trip to discuss N. Korea

File photo taken in August 2017 shows Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono. He left for Washington on March 15, 2018, to discuss North Korean affairs with officials preparing for a first-ever U.S.-North Korea summit and other efforts in pursuit of an end to Pyongyang's nuclear program. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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102-yr-old's suicide in nuclear crisis

Mieko Okubo holds a photo of her father-in-law Fumio Okubo in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, on Feb. 15, 2018. Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc., the operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, said March 1 that it will pay damages to the family of Okubo, who killed himself at the age of 102 in April 2011 in the face of an evacuation order amid the nuclear crisis. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Paralympics

A player of the British team delivers a stone during a round-robin wheelchair curling match against South Korea at the Pyeongchang Paralympics in Gangneung, South Korea, on March 15, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Paralympics

A player of the South Korean team delivers a stone during a round-robin wheelchair curling match against Britain at the Pyeongchang Paralympics in Gangneung, South Korea, on March 15, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Paralympics

A player of the Canadian team delivers a stone during a round-robin wheelchair curling match against Germany at the Pyeongchang Paralympics in Gangneung, South Korea, on March 15, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Paralympics

Players of the South Korean team celebrate after defeating Britain in a round-robin wheelchair curling game at the Pyeongchang Paralympics in Gangneung, South Korea, on March 15, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Paralympics

A player of the British team delivers a stone during a round-robin wheelchair curling match against South Korea at the Pyeongchang Paralympics in Gangneung, South Korea, on March 15, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Paralympics

A player of the Chinese team delivers a stone during a round-robin wheelchair curling match against South Korea at the Pyeongchang Paralympics in Gangneung, South Korea, on March 15, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Paralympics

A player of the South Korean team delivers a stone during a round-robin wheelchair curling match against Britain at the Pyeongchang Paralympics in Gangneung, South Korea, on March 15, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Paralympics

A player of the Chinese team delivers a stone during a round-robin wheelchair curling match against South Korea at the Pyeongchang Paralympics in Gangneung, South Korea, on March 15, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Toshiba CEO

Toshiba Corp. CEO Nobuaki Kurumatani (R) speaks to the media at the company's head office in Tokyo on May 15, 2018, following its release of financial results for the year ended in March 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Toshiba CEO

Toshiba Corp. CEO Nobuaki Kurumatani speaks to the media at the company's head office in Tokyo on May 15, 2018, following its release of financial results for the year ended in March 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Toshiba CEO

Toshiba Corp. CEO Nobuaki Kurumatani speaks to the media at the company's head office in Tokyo on May 15, 2018, following its release of financial results for the year ended in March 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Paralympics

Temuri Dadiani of Georgia competes in the sitting category of the men's 15-kilometer cross-country skiing at the Pyeongchang Winter Paralympics in South Korea on March 11, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Paralympics

Peng Yuanyuan of China competes in the standing category of the women's 15-kilometer free cross-country skiing at the Pyeongchang Winter Paralympics in South Korea on March 12, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Paralympics

China's Peng Yuanyuan speaks with reporters after completing her race in the standing category of the women's 15-kilometer free cross-country skiing at the Pyeongchang Winter Paralympics in South Korea on March 12, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korean Foreign Minister Ri in Stockholm

North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho leaves the Swedish Foreign Ministry on March 15, 2018, during his stay in Stockholm to hold talks with his Swedish counterpart Margot Wallstrom. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Paralympics

A British wheelchair curler develops a strategy during a mixed round-robin game at the Pyeongchang Paralympics in Gangneung, South Korea, on March 15, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Pyeongchang Paralympics

Sit-skier Daniel Cnossen of the United States competes en route to winning silver in the men's 15-kilometer cross-country skiing at the Pyeongchang Winter Paralympics in South Korea on March 11, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lavrov suggests deal on joint activities with Japan on disputed isles

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks to reporters in Moscow on March 15, 2018. Lavrov signaled the possibility of an "intergovernmental agreement" on proposed joint economic activities on a group of Moscow-held islands claimed by Japan, while repeating its position that such activities should be conducted under Russia's legal framework. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tiger Woods at Arnold Palmer Invitational

Tiger Woods acknowledges the gallery after making a birdie putt on the seventh hole during the first round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational at the Bay Hill Club and Lodge on March 15, 2018, in Orlando, Florida. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Woods, Matsuyama at Arnold Palmer Invitational

Tiger Woods (R) walks with playing partner Hideki Matsuyama during the first round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational at the Bay Hill Club and Lodge on March 15, 2018, in Orlando, Florida. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Yankees' Tanaka

New York Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka throws in the bullpen in Tampa, Florida, on March 15, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo