Attempted Arson Attack On Hypercacher Kosher Supermarket - Paris

Attempted Arson Attack On Hypercacher Kosher Supermarket - Paris

The Hypercacher Kosher supermarket Porte de Vincennes in Paris, France suffered an attempted arson attack on the night of Wednesday to Thursday, March 20, 2025. On 9 January, 2015 Amedy Coulibaly, armed with several assault weapons, attacked the Hypercacher kosher supermarket killing four people and taking several hostages. Photo by Jerome Domine/ABACAPRESS.COM

Attempted Arson Attack On Hypercacher Kosher Supermarket - Paris

Attempted Arson Attack On Hypercacher Kosher Supermarket - Paris

The Hypercacher Kosher supermarket Porte de Vincennes in Paris, France suffered an attempted arson attack on the night of Wednesday to Thursday, March 20, 2025. On 9 January, 2015 Amedy Coulibaly, armed with several assault weapons, attacked the Hypercacher kosher supermarket killing four people and taking several hostages. Photo by Jerome Domine/ABACAPRESS.COM

Attempted Arson Attack On Hypercacher Kosher Supermarket - Paris

Attempted Arson Attack On Hypercacher Kosher Supermarket - Paris

The Hypercacher Kosher supermarket Porte de Vincennes in Paris, France suffered an attempted arson attack on the night of Wednesday to Thursday, March 20, 2025. On 9 January, 2015 Amedy Coulibaly, armed with several assault weapons, attacked the Hypercacher kosher supermarket killing four people and taking several hostages. Photo by Jerome Domine/ABACAPRESS.COM

Attempted Arson Attack On Hypercacher Kosher Supermarket - Paris

Attempted Arson Attack On Hypercacher Kosher Supermarket - Paris

The Hypercacher Kosher supermarket Porte de Vincennes in Paris, France suffered an attempted arson attack on the night of Wednesday to Thursday, March 20, 2025. On 9 January, 2015 Amedy Coulibaly, armed with several assault weapons, attacked the Hypercacher kosher supermarket killing four people and taking several hostages. Photo by Jerome Domine/ABACAPRESS.COM

Attempted Arson Attack On Hypercacher Kosher Supermarket - Paris

Attempted Arson Attack On Hypercacher Kosher Supermarket - Paris

The Hypercacher Kosher supermarket Porte de Vincennes in Paris, France suffered an attempted arson attack on the night of Wednesday to Thursday, March 20, 2025. On 9 January, 2015 Amedy Coulibaly, armed with several assault weapons, attacked the Hypercacher kosher supermarket killing four people and taking several hostages. Photo by Jerome Domine/ABACAPRESS.COM

Attempted Arson Attack On Hypercacher Kosher Supermarket - Paris

Attempted Arson Attack On Hypercacher Kosher Supermarket - Paris

The Hypercacher Kosher supermarket Porte de Vincennes in Paris, France suffered an attempted arson attack on the night of Wednesday to Thursday, March 20, 2025. On 9 January, 2015 Amedy Coulibaly, armed with several assault weapons, attacked the Hypercacher kosher supermarket killing four people and taking several hostages. Photo by Jerome Domine/ABACAPRESS.COM

Attempted Arson Attack On Hypercacher Kosher Supermarket - Paris

Attempted Arson Attack On Hypercacher Kosher Supermarket - Paris

The Hypercacher Kosher supermarket Porte de Vincennes in Paris, France suffered an attempted arson attack on the night of Wednesday to Thursday, March 20, 2025. On 9 January, 2015 Amedy Coulibaly, armed with several assault weapons, attacked the Hypercacher kosher supermarket killing four people and taking several hostages. Photo by Jerome Domine/ABACAPRESS.COM

Attempted Arson Attack On Hypercacher Kosher Supermarket - Paris

Attempted Arson Attack On Hypercacher Kosher Supermarket - Paris

The Hypercacher Kosher supermarket Porte de Vincennes in Paris, France suffered an attempted arson attack on the night of Wednesday to Thursday, March 20, 2025. On 9 January, 2015 Amedy Coulibaly, armed with several assault weapons, attacked the Hypercacher kosher supermarket killing four people and taking several hostages. Photo by Jerome Domine/ABACAPRESS.COM

Sumo: Terunofuji

Sumo: Terunofuji

Mongolian sekiwake Terunofuji (R) forces fellow grand champion Hakuho to the edge of the ring at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka on March 20, 2015.

A Rotten End Building in Nanjing

A Rotten End Building in Nanjing

NANJING, CHINA - MARCH 19, 2024 - A 20-story-high "rotten end building" is seen in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China, March 19, 2024. It is understood that the building has been capped in 2015, but has been idle.

A Rotten End Building in Nanjing

A Rotten End Building in Nanjing

NANJING, CHINA - MARCH 19, 2024 - A 20-story-high "rotten end building" is seen in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China, March 19, 2024. It is understood that the building has been capped in 2015, but has been idle.

A Rotten End Building in Nanjing

A Rotten End Building in Nanjing

NANJING, CHINA - MARCH 19, 2024 - A 20-story-high "rotten end building" is seen in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China, March 19, 2024. It is understood that the building has been capped in 2015, but has been idle.

A Rotten End Building in Nanjing

A Rotten End Building in Nanjing

NANJING, CHINA - MARCH 19, 2024 - A 20-story-high "rotten end building" is seen in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China, March 19, 2024. It is understood that the building has been capped in 2015, but has been idle.

A Rotten End Building in Nanjing

A Rotten End Building in Nanjing

NANJING, CHINA - MARCH 19, 2024 - A 20-story-high "rotten end building" is seen in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China, March 19, 2024. It is understood that the building has been capped in 2015, but has been idle.

A Rotten End Building in Nanjing

A Rotten End Building in Nanjing

NANJING, CHINA - MARCH 19, 2024 - A 20-story-high "rotten end building" is seen in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China, March 19, 2024. It is understood that the building has been capped in 2015, but has been idle.

TOP 10 WORLD SPORTS NEWS EVENTS IN 2022

TOP 10 WORLD SPORTS NEWS EVENTS IN 2022

(221228) -- BEIJING, Dec. 28, 2022 (Xinhua) -- File photo taken on Feb. 4, 2022 shows the river of images during the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games at the National Stadium in Beijing, capital of China. Beijing successfully hosted the Olympic Winter Games from February 4 to 20 and the Paralympic Winter Games from March 4 to 13. Chinese President Xi Jinping attended the opening and closing ceremonies and declared both events open. China notched nine gold, four silver and two bronze medals to rank third, with the number of gold and total medals marking record highs in its Olympic Winter Games history. Sitting atop the medal standings with 61 medals, of which 18 were golds, the host nation also set new records in its Paralympic Winter Games history. The legacy of Beijing 2022 went far beyond the arena. When Beijing won the Olympic bid in 2015, China aimed to engage 300 million people in winter sports. And by October 2021, over 346 million Chinese people had participated in winter

TOP 10 CHINESE SPORTS NEWS EVENTS IN 2022

TOP 10 CHINESE SPORTS NEWS EVENTS IN 2022

(221227) -- BEIJING, Dec. 27, 2022 (Xinhua) -- File photo taken on Feb. 4, 2022 shows the Olympic delegation of the People's Republic of China parade into the National Stadium during the opening ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing, capital of China. Beijing successfully hosted the Olympic Winter Games from February 4 to 20 and the Paralympic Winter Games from March 4 to 13. Chinese President Xi Jinping attended the opening and closing ceremonies and declared both events open. China notched nine gold, four silver and two bronze medals to rank third, with the number of gold and total medals marking record highs in its Olympic Winter Games history. Sitting atop the medal standings with 61 medals, of which 18 were golds, the host nation also set new records in its Paralympic Winter Games history. The legacy of Beijing 2022 went far beyond the arena. When Beijing won the Olympic bid in 2015, China aimed to engage 300 million people in winter sports. And by October 2021, over 346 mill

Riken to ask Obokata to return 600,000 yen paper submission fee

Riken to ask Obokata to return 600,000 yen paper submission fee

TOKYO, March 20 Kyodo - Undated photo shows Haruko Obokata, who resigned from the Riken research institute in December 2014 in the wake of a scandal over her misconduct in a so-called STAP stem-cell study. Riken announced on March 20, 2015, it plans to demand that Obokata return about 600,000 yen in research paper submission fees.

Retired figure skater Takahashi to study in U.S.

Retired figure skater Takahashi to study in U.S.

TOKYO, March 20 Kyodo - Undated photo shows retired Japanese figure skater Daisuke Takahashi, who plans to study in the United States for at least a year from April 2015.

BOJ chief Kuroda

BOJ chief Kuroda

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda delivers a speech in Tokyo on March 20, 2014. Kuroda reiterated the central bank's view that the country's inflation rate is likely to reach 2 percent in late fiscal 2014 to fiscal 2015, saying the economy is on track to achieve the central bank's inflation target.

BOJ chief Kuroda

BOJ chief Kuroda

TOKYO, Japan - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda delivers a speech in Tokyo on March 20, 2014. Kuroda reiterated the central bank's view that the country's inflation rate is likely to reach 2 percent in late fiscal 2014 to fiscal 2015, saying the economy is on track to achieve the central bank's inflation target.

Japan Tobacco to undertake drastic restructuring

Japan Tobacco to undertake drastic restructuring

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Tobacco Co. Vice President Akira Saeki speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 30, 2013, as the company said it will close four of its nine cigarette manufacturing-related factories in Japan and a vending machine production base, most of them in March 2015, and cut 1,600 jobs, or about 20 percent of the employees in its tobacco business, due to falling sales.

CHINA-GUIZHOU-PINGTANG-ASTRONOMY-THEMED TOWN (CN)

CHINA-GUIZHOU-PINGTANG-ASTRONOMY-THEMED TOWN (CN)

(220720) -- GUIZHOU, July 20, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Combo photo shows a relocation site in Kedu Township of Pingtang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province on March 29, 2018 (top) and July 19, 2022 (bottom), respectively. In 2007, Pingtang County launched a relocation program that involved 6,653 rural residents from Kedu and Tangbian townships. The program was implemented in order to prepare for the construction of the FAST (Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope), also known as the "China Sky Eye." Kedu Township started a plan to transform itself into an astronomy-themed town from September 2015, taking advantage of its proximity to the FAST. Kedu now has more than 20 projects built to promote astronomical science. Many relocated rural residents have found jobs or started their own businesses in the town. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)

Iran, IAEA agree to settle nuclear issues in boost for Vienna talks

STORY: Iran, IAEA agree to settle nuclear issues in boost for Vienna talks DATELINE: March 6, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:38 LOCATION: Vienna CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the press conference STORYLINE: Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Saturday agreed on a roadmap to resolve Iran's nuclear safeguards issues by June, a vital step as talks in Vienna over reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal entered the final stage. The IAEA released a joint statement by its Director-General Rafael Grossi and Mohammad Eslami, president of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) after the two met in Tehran early Saturday. The statement said the AEOI will provide to the IAEA written explanations about nuclear materials found at undeclared sites in Iran by March 20. By June, the IAEA chief will aim to report the conclusion on the issues after the agency's review. The two sides agreed on the roadmap as negotiators in Vienna said they are close to reaching a deal on restoring the Iran nuclear

FEATURE: Strawberry growers vying to be Japan's top brand

FEATURE: Strawberry growers vying to be Japan's top brand

Foreign tourists look at Amaou strawberries from the southwestern Japanese prefecture of Fukuoka on March 20, 2015, at Mitsukoshi department store in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district. Growers of giant, juicy and sweet strawberries have been competing to make their produce the country's top strawberry brand in recent years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Riken to ask Obokata to return 600,000 yen paper submission fee

Riken to ask Obokata to return 600,000 yen paper submission fee

Undated photo shows Haruko Obokata, who resigned from the Riken research institute in December 2014 in the wake of a scandal over her misconduct in a so-called STAP stem-cell study. Riken announced on March 20, 2015, it plans to demand that Obokata return about 600,000 yen in research paper submission fees. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Riken to ask Obokata to return 600,000 yen paper submission fee

Riken to ask Obokata to return 600,000 yen paper submission fee

Undated photo shows Haruko Obokata, who resigned from the Riken research institute in December 2014 in the wake of a scandal over her misconduct in a so-called STAP stem-cell study. Riken announced on March 20, 2015, it plans to demand that Obokata return about 600,000 yen in research paper submission fees. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan ruling bloc OKs outline of security legislation

Japan ruling bloc OKs outline of security legislation

Senior officials of the Liberal Democratic Party and its junior ruling coalition partner Komeito attend a meeting on security-related bills in Tokyo on March 20, 2015. The two parties reached a formal agreement on the outline of security legislation to expand the scope of overseas operations by the Self-Defense Forces. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Terunofuji stuns Hakuho to stay in Osaka title hunt

Terunofuji stuns Hakuho to stay in Osaka title hunt

Terunofuji (R) is shown on his way to dealing Mongolian grand champion Hakuho his first defeat at the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament at Bodymaker Colosseum in Osaka on March 20, 2015. Terunofuji, also from Mongolia, improved to 11-2 to keep his title hopes alive, while Hakuho lost for the first time in 37 bouts. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Ex-PM Murayama talks about upcoming Abe statement on postwar Japan

Ex-PM Murayama talks about upcoming Abe statement on postwar Japan

Former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama talks on March 11, 2015, at the inaugural session of a study group about the upcoming statement by incumbent Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. Murayama stressed the need for the statement to contain a reference to soul searching as regards Japan's colonial rule and aggression, a line featured in his own statement 20 years ago. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan marks 20th anniv. of sarin gas attack on Tokyo subway

Japan marks 20th anniv. of sarin gas attack on Tokyo subway

Shizue Takahashi, whose husband died in the sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system by members of the AUM Shinrikyo cult while serving as an assistant station master at Kasumigaseki station, wipes away tears while meeting with reporters at the station on March 20, 2015, the 20th anniversary of the incident. The attack killed 13 people and injured more than 6,000. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Hiroshima A-bomb museum sees record number of foreign visitors

Hiroshima A-bomb museum sees record number of foreign visitors

Kenji Shiga (L), head of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, announces at a press conference in the western Japan city on April 20, 2016, that the museum saw a record-high 338,891 foreign visitors in fiscal 2015 ended March. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan, France to seek int'l commitment to fighting terrorism

Japan, France to seek int'l commitment to fighting terrorism

Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida lays flowers at Place de la Republique in Paris on March 20, 2016, for the victims of the November 2015 terror attacks. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Words meaning "Thank you" projected on Himeji Castle

Words meaning "Thank you" projected on Himeji Castle

Words meaning "Thank you" in 20 languages are projected on the tower of Himeji Castle, a national treasure and a World Heritage site in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, on the night of March 8, 2016. The event was held ahead of the one-year anniversary of the castle being reopened to the public on March 27, 2015, following major restoration work. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Prefecture given ownership of ruins symbolic of 2011 tsunami

Prefecture given ownership of ruins symbolic of 2011 tsunami

Local officials bow in a ceremony in front of the steel frame of Minamisanriku town's disaster prevention office building, devastated by the 2011 tsunami, in the northeastern Japanese prefecture of Miyagi on Dec. 22, 2015. The town, which previously decided to dismantle the frame, transferred ownership of it to the prefecture until March 10, 2031, 20 years after the disaster, during which time the town will study whether to preserve or disassemble the frame. People who lost loved ones there have sought the frame's destruction while others have argued for its preservation as a symbol of the disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Prefecture given ownership of ruins symbolic of 2011 tsunami

Prefecture given ownership of ruins symbolic of 2011 tsunami

Jin Sato (L), the mayor of Minamisanriku town in the northeastern Japanese prefecture of Miyagi, and a prefectural official participate in a ceremony on Dec. 22, 2015, in front of the steel frame of the town's disaster prevention office building, devastated by the 2011 tsunami. The town, which previously decided to dismantle the frame, transferred ownership of it to the prefecture until March 10, 2031, 20 years after the disaster, during which time the town will study whether to preserve or disassemble the frame. People who lost loved ones there have sought the frame's destruction while others have argued for its preservation as a symbol of the disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Prefecture handed over ownership of ruins symbolic of 2011 tsunami

Prefecture handed over ownership of ruins symbolic of 2011 tsunami

Photo taken Dec. 22, 2015 from a drone shows the steel frames of Minamisanriku town's disaster prevention office building, devastated by the 2011 tsunami, in the northeastern Japanese prefecture of Miyagi. The same day, the town, which previously decided to dismantle the frames, transferred their ownership to the prefecture until March 10, 2031, 20 years after the disaster, during which time the town will study whether to preserve or disassemble the frames. Family members who lost their loved ones there have sought their destruction while others have argued for their preservation as a symbol of the disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Prefecture handed over ownership of ruins symbolic of 2011 tsunami

Prefecture handed over ownership of ruins symbolic of 2011 tsunami

Photo taken Dec. 22, 2015 from a drone shows the steel frames of Minamisanriku town's disaster prevention office building, devastated by the 2011 tsunami, in the northeastern Japanese prefecture of Miyagi. The same day, the town, which previously decided to dismantle the frames, transferred their ownership to the prefecture until March 10, 2031, 20 years after the disaster, during which time the town will study whether to preserve or disassemble the frames. Family members who lost their loved ones there have sought their destruction while others have argued for their preservation as a symbol of the disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Man recalls training as WWII suicide glider pilot at age 13

Man recalls training as WWII suicide glider pilot at age 13

Takayuki Yamanoi recounts his experience of receiving training as a suicide glider pilot at age 13 in Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, toward the end of World War II, as pictured on March 20, 2015. ==Kyodo

Evacuation order for Naraha to be lifted

Evacuation order for Naraha to be lifted

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (far L) addresses a meeting of the government's taskforce on nuclear disaster in Tokyo on Aug. 7, 2015, as it decided to lift the evacuation order for the northeastern Japanese town of Naraha on Sept. 5. The order was issued in the wake of the March 2011 nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi complex, as most areas of the town are within a 20-kilometer radius of the plant. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Quake-hit areas to shoulder some costs under new gov't recovery plan

Quake-hit areas to shoulder some costs under new gov't recovery plan

The Liberal Democratic Party's task force for post-disaster reconstruction meets at the ruling party's headquarters in Tokyo on June 18, 2015, to discuss the government's five-year, 6.5 trillion yen rehabilitation plan for fiscal 2016-20 calling for the three hardest-hit prefectures of Fukushima, Iwate and Miyagi to shoulder 22 billion yen in costs in a departure from all public funding under the current plan ending in fiscal 2015 through next March. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Nikkei hits 15-yr high as Japan 1st-qtr growth exceeds expectations

Nikkei hits 15-yr high as Japan 1st-qtr growth exceeds expectations

An electronic signboard near the Tokyo Stock Exchange shows the Nikkei index ending up 170.18 points at 20,196.56 on May 20, 2015, its highest close since April 2000. The gain followed the release of stronger-than-expected Japanese economic growth data for the January-March quarter. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Celebrity charity golf raises over 20 mil. yen for kids in need

Celebrity charity golf raises over 20 mil. yen for kids in need

Japanese golfer Seiki Okuda holds the trophy after winning the professional section of a Legend Charity Pro-Am golf tournament at the Asakura Golf Club in Sakura, Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on May 10, 2015. The charity event is estimated to have raised over 20 million yen for children in need, including those affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Toshiba aiming to boost hydrogen energy sales to 100 bil. yen

Toshiba aiming to boost hydrogen energy sales to 100 bil. yen

Toshiba Corp. executives, led by President Hisao Tanaka (R), attend a tape-cutting ceremony to mark the opening of its hydrogen energy research and development center in Tokyo on April 6, 2015. The electronics maker aims to boost sales of its hydrogen energy business to 100 billion yen ($840 million) by fiscal 2020 ending March 2021, from 15 billion to 20 billion yen expected in fiscal 2014. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Hand-shaking event marks 90th anniv. of 'JTB Timetable'

Hand-shaking event marks 90th anniv. of 'JTB Timetable'

Manabu Ouchi, editor of JTB Timetable, shakes hands with a visitor in an event marking the monthly train guide's 90th anniversary at a bookstore in Tokyo on March 20, 2015. Ouchi said he hopes to strengthen the bond between readers and his editorial department. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Shinto priests offer prayers ahead of Kasuga shrine repair

Shinto priests offer prayers ahead of Kasuga shrine repair

Shinto priests offer prayers in a temporary sanctuary after installing the "shintai" object of worship at Kasuga Grand Shrine in the city of Nara, western Japan, on March 27, 2015, as part of preparations for the shrine's regular repair every 20 years.(Pool Photo by Yomiuri Shimbun) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Ceremony held before regular repair of Kasuga Grand Shrine

Ceremony held before regular repair of Kasuga Grand Shrine

Shinto priests enter the main sanctuary at Kasuga Grand Shrine in the city of Nara, western Japan, to remove the "shintai" object of worship on March 27, 2015, in preparation for the shrine's regular repair every 20 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Stateless woman under China's "one child policy"

Stateless woman under China's "one child policy"

Ji Xue (front), one of the estimated 13 million people who are stateless in China because they were born in violation of the country's one-child policy, speaks during an interview at her family home in Beijing, China, on March 20, 2015. In the background is her mother, sobbing. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Business community's energy chief speaks about Japan's nuke power reliance

Business community's energy chief speaks about Japan's nuke power reliance

Teruo Asada, chairman of Marubeni Corp. and head of the business community's energy panel, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on March 24, 2015. In a report released the same day, the Committee for Environment and Energy of the Japan Association of Corporate Executives (Keizai Doyukai) said Japan should set a lower limit to its reliance on nuclear power generation at around 20 percent of the country's electricity needs for 2030. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Vanuatu national beach volleyball team calls for financial support

Vanuatu national beach volleyball team calls for financial support

Linlin Mansale, a member of Vanuatu's national beach volleyball team, stands with her daughter before her home, which was ruined by a recent cyclone, in Port Vila on March 20, 2015. The team, one of the strongest in Asia, is calling for financial support for participation in a tournament in Thailand in April to pave the way for a berth at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo