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Oscar Winner Louis Gossett Jr. Dead At 87

File photo - Louis Gossett Jr. Dead At 87. Gossett's nephew told The Associated Press on Friday, March 29, 2024 that the actor died Thursday, March 28, 2024 in Santa Monica, California. PASADENA, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, USA - FEBRUARY 06: American actor Louis Gossett Jr. arrives at the 46th Annual NAACP Image Awards held at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium on February 6, 2015 in Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States. Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Oscar Winner Louis Gossett Jr. Dead At 87

File photo - Louis Gossett Jr. Dead At 87. Gossett's nephew told The Associated Press on Friday, March 29, 2024 that the actor died Thursday, March 28, 2024 in Santa Monica, California. PASADENA, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, USA - FEBRUARY 06: American actor Louis Gossett Jr. arrives at the 46th Annual NAACP Image Awards held at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium on February 6, 2015 in Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States. Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

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I see China as "the land of opportunities": Brazilian businessman

STORY: I see China as "the land of opportunities": Brazilian businessman DATELINE: March 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:04 LOCATION: XIAMEN, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Xiamen 2. various of Marcos's business 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MARCOS CALDEIRA, Brazilian businessman 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): MARCOS CALDEIRA, Brazilian businessman 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): MARCOS CALDEIRA, Brazilian businessman 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): MARCOS CALDEIRA, Brazilian businessman STORYLINE: Marcos Caldeira, a Brazilian who has lived in east China's coastal city of Xiamen for 10 years, said that he has good expectations for his business in China, a place he takes as his second hometown. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MARCOS CALDEIRA, Brazilian businessman "I came to China in 2013, so this year celebrates my 10-year anniversary of coming to China. I'd like to say these 10 years have been like 'crazy 10 years,' in a good way, because we started our business in 2015 and after that it just keeps growing and growing and gro

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Nishikori reaches Miami Open q'finals

MIAMI, March 31 Kyodo - Japan's Kei Nishikori pumps his fist during his fourth round match against David Goffin of Belgium at the Miami Open in the U.S. state of Florida on March 31, 2015. Nishikori won 6-1, 6-2 to reach the quarterfinals.

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Japan beaten by U.S. at World Women's Curling Championship

SAPPORO, March 17 Kyodo - Japanese curling team members are pictured after being beaten by the United States 6-4 in a round robin match at the World Women's Curling Championship in Sapporo, northern Japan, on March 17, 2015.

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Japan Coast Guard's new boat enters Maizuru port, western Japan

KYOTO, Japan, March 10 Kyodo - The Japan Coast Guard's new patrol boat Wakasa, equipped with advanced devices for post-disaster rescue operations, sails into the Port of Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture, western Japan, on March 6, 2015.

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Honor guard marches during Tokyo New Year fire drill

TOKYO, Japan - Members of the Tokyo Fire Department's honor guard march during its traditional New Year fire drill held at the Tokyo International Exhibition Center, better known as Tokyo Big Sight, in the Japanese capital on Jan. 6, 2015.

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Japan launches its largest military ship

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A launching ceremony for Japan's largest military ship is held in Yokohama on Aug. 6, 2013. The 248-meter-long, 38-meter-wide, 19,500-ton helicopter-equipped destroyer Izumo will be deployed in March 2015 with the Maritime Self-Defense Force.

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(EyesonSci) CHINA-GUIZHOU-ASTRONOMY-FAST-TELESCOPE (CN)

(220806) -- GUIZHOU, Aug. 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Combo photo shows China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) with the first reflection panel installed (upper L, photo taken on Aug. 2, 2015), with nearly half of the reflection panels installed (upper R, photo taken on Dec. 16, 2015), with about 80 percent of the reflection panels installed (lower L, photo taken on March 9, 2016), and a panoramic view of FAST (lower R, photo taken on July 21, 2022), in southwest China's Guizhou Province. Located in a naturally deep and round karst depression in southwest China's Guizhou Province, FAST started formal operation in January 2020 and officially opened to the world on March 31, 2021. It is believed to be the world's most sensitive radio telescope. With FAST, scientists have identified over 660 new pulsars. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)

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(EyesonSci) CHINA-GUIZHOU-ASTRONOMY-FAST-TELESCOPE (CN)

(220806) -- GUIZHOU, Aug. 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Combo photo shows China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) with the first reflection panel installed (top, photo taken on Aug. 2, 2015) and with the final reflection panel installed (below, photo taken on July 2, 2016) in southwest China's Guizhou Province. Located in a naturally deep and round karst depression in southwest China's Guizhou Province, FAST started formal operation in January 2020 and officially opened to the world on March 31, 2021. It is believed to be the world's most sensitive radio telescope. With FAST, scientists have identified over 660 new pulsars. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)

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AUSTRIA-VIENNA-IAEA-IRAN-JOINT STATEMENT

(220306) -- VIENNA, March 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Rafael Grossi, Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), briefs the press after his arrival at the Vienna International Airport, in Vienna, Austria, March 5, 2022. Iran and the 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. (Photo by Georges Schneider/Xinhua)

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AUSTRIA-VIENNA-IAEA-IRAN-JOINT STATEMENT

(220306) -- VIENNA, March 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Rafael Grossi (top C), Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), briefs the press after his arrival at the Vienna International Airport, in Vienna, Austria, March 5, 2022. Iran and the 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. (Photo by Georges Schneider/Xinhua)

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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

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Yemen's capital holds coffee fair to promote cultivation, culture

STORY: Yemen's capital holds coffee fair to promote cultivation, culture DATELINE: March. 6, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:43 LOCATION: Sanaa CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the coffee fair 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): GHALEB YAHYA, Coffee merchant 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): ABDUL WAHAB HAMIDI, Agricultural expert STORYLINE: A special coffee fair was held this week in Sanaa to celebrate the National Day for Coffee Planting. Hundreds of Sanaa residents came to the fair to taste coffee, one of the country's most famous products. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): GHALEB YAHYA, Coffee merchant "It's a national festival for the country's coffee culture. Coffee is an important part of Yemen's national identity. We call more farmers in the country to grow coffee." Yemen's coffee plantation used to enjoy esteem among the world's coffee connoisseurs. But it was severely dampened by the protracted civil war. The fair, which has been held annually since 2015, has become an important window for coffee farmers to showcase their pr

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Son retells dad's treatment of Japanese POWs in Philippine jail

Ignacio Bunye, the second son of Alfredo Bunye, who served as superintendent of the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa, where Japanese military officers and soldiers were detained for crimes committed in the Philippines during World War II, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Manila on March 6, 2015. Alfredo's father was a victim of Japanese atrocities during the war but he did not seek revenge against the Japanese. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nepal's Sherpas gravitate toward safer jobs in mountaineering

Photo shows Mingma Doma Sherpa (L) and Lhakpa Tshering Sherpa, who lost their father Dorji Sherpa in an avalanche on Mt. Everest in 2014, during an interview in Namche Bazaar, Nepal, on March 6, 2015. (Photo by Bikash Karki)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nishikori reaches Miami Open q'finals

Japan's Kei Nishikori pumps his fist during his fourth round match against David Goffin of Belgium at the Miami Open in the U.S. state of Florida on March 31, 2015. Nishikori won 6-1, 6-2 to reach the quarterfinals. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nishikori reaches Miami Open q'finals

Kei Nishikori of Japan hits a return to Belgium's David Goffin in the fourth round of the Miami Open in the U.S. state of Florida on March 31, 2015. Nishikori won 6-1, 6-2 to reach the quarterfinals. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nishikori reaches Miami Open q'finals

Kei Nishikori of Japan hits a return to Belgium's David Goffin in the fourth round of the Miami Open in the U.S. state of Florida on March 31, 2015. Nishikori won 6-1, 6-2 to reach the quarterfinals. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Syrian citizens enjoy meals at picnic facility in Damascus

Syrian citizens enjoy meals at a picnic facility in Damascus on March 6, 2015. President Bashar Assad is growing confident of maintaining his regime with March 15 marking the fourth year of anti-government demonstrations amid the Arab Spring wave of democracy movements that have swept the Middle East in recent years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nishikori reaches 4th round of BNP Paribas Open

Japan's Kei Nishikori returns a shot during the third round of the BNP Paribas Open against Fernando Verdasco of Spain in Indian Wells, the United States, on March 16, 2015. Nishikori beat Verdasco 6-7, 6-1, 6-4. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nishikori reaches 4th round of BNP Paribas Open

Japan's Kei Nishikori returns a shot during the third round of the BNP Paribas Open against Fernando Verdasco of Spain in Indian Wells, the United States, on March 16, 2015. Nishikori beat Verdasco 6-7, 6-1, 6-4. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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'Kumamon' character-related sales hit record 64 bil. yen in 2014

The Kumamoto prefectural government's bear-like "Kumamon" mascot character is shown in this undated photo. The prefecture in southwestern Japan announced on March 6, 2015, that Kumamon-related sales of goods and food reached at least 64.32 billion yen in 2014, a record annual high and up 40 percent from the previous year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fabius expects Japan to show effective greenhouse gas-cutting target

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, shown in this undated photo, tells reporters in Riga on March 6, 2015, that he expects Japan to unveil an effective greenhouse gas reduction target at the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change to be held in the Latvian capital later in the year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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People rally for strong U.S.-S. Korea ties after assault

A woman wipes away tears under a U.S. national flag in Seoul on March 6, 2015, as people gather in front of the U.S. Embassy to wish U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert a speedy recovery from the knife attack a day earlier and to call for the two countries to strengthen relations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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CORRECTED: People rally for strong U.S.-S. Korea ties after assault

A woman wipes away tears under a U.S. national flag in Seoul on March 6, 2015, as people gather in front of the U.S. Embassy to wish U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert a speedy recovery from the knife attack a day earlier and to call for the two countries to strengthen relations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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People rally for strong U.S.-S. Korea ties after assault

People gather in front of the U.S. Embassy in Seoul on March 6, 2015, to wish U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert a speedy recovery from the knife attack a day earlier and to call for the two countries to strengthen relations. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1 month before launch of new bullet train line

This Feb. 6, 2015, photo shows a bullet train-shaped balloon at JR Kanazawa Station, Ishikawa Prefecture, ahead of the launch on March 14 of the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line, connecting Nagano, central Japan, and Kanazawa on the Sea of Japan coast. The new line is an extension of an existing route between Tokyo and Nagano. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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1 month before launch of new bullet train line

This Feb. 6, 2015, photo shows a board for counting down the days left before the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line begins operation, set up at JR Toyama Station, central Japan, one of the stops of the new bullet train service. The Hokuriku Shinkansen Line, which is scheduled to begin operations on March 14, 2015, connects Nagano, central Japan, and Kanazawa on the Sea of Japan coast. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Golf: Lee Bo Mee 3 shots off pace in Japan LPGA event

Lee Bo Mee takes aim before hitting her shot during the second round of the Yokohama Tire PRGR Ladies Cup at Tosa Country Club in Konan, Japan, on March 12, 2016. The 2015 Japan LPGA money leader sat alone in third at 6 under, three strokes behind South Korean compatriot and pace-setter Kim Ha Neul. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lotte founder's son fails in bid to retake control of business empire

Hiroyuki Shigemitsu, the eldest son of the founder of Lotte Holdings Co., speaks to the media at the company's head office in Tokyo on March 6, 2016, after an extraordinary shareholders' meeting rejected his bid to retake control of the company's board. Hiroyuki was dismissed as the company's vice chairman in January 2015 during a power struggle with his younger brother Akio. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lotte founder's son fails in bid to retake control of business empire

Hiroyuki Shigemitsu (C), the eldest son of the founder of Lotte Holdings Co., is surrounded by the media at the company's head office in Tokyo on March 6, 2016, as he heads for an extraordinary shareholders' meeting. The shareholders rejected a bid by Hiroyuki, who was dismissed as the company's vice chairman in January 2015 during a power struggle with his younger brother Akio, to retake control of its board. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese high school baseball c'ship begins at Koshien

Players march in the opening ceremony of the national high school baseball championship at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 6, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese high school baseball c'ship begins at Koshien

Players of the Toba High School baseball club march in the opening ceremony of the national high school baseball championship at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 6, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Malaysian PM Najib says debris confirmed to be from missing plane

Malaysian Transport Minister Liow Tong Lai speaks to reporters in Putrajaya, Malaysia on Aug. 6, 2015. Liow said a Malaysian team sent to the French territory of Reunion Island has collected other airplane debris including a window and some aluminum foil, but cannot confirm they belong to Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, which went missing in March last year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Malaysian Airlines MH370 relatives protest in Beijing

About a dozen Chinese family members and relatives of victims aboard Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, which went missing in March last year, gather in the lobby of the airline's office in Beijing on Aug. 6, 2015, to protest. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tanabata star festival starts in Sendai

People walk on a shopping street in the northeastern Japan city of Sendai under colorful streamers of the "tanabata" star festival, which started there on Aug. 6, 2015. It is expected around 2.1 million people will visit the city, hit by the March 2011 disaster, through the final day of the festival on Aug. 8. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tanabata star festival starts in Sendai

People walk on a shopping street in the northeastern Japan city of Sendai under colorful streamers of the "tanabata" star festival, which started there on Aug. 6, 2015. It is expected around 2.1 million people will visit the city, hit by the March 2011 disaster, through the final day of the festival on Aug. 8. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tanabata star festival starts in Sendai

People walk on a shopping street in the northeastern Japan city of Sendai under colorful streamers of the "tanabata" star festival, which started there on Aug. 6, 2015. It is expected around 2.1 million people will visit the city, hit by the March 2011 disaster, through the final day of the festival on Aug. 8. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tanabata star festival starts in Sendai

People walk on a shopping street in the northeastern Japan city of Sendai under colorful streamers of the "tanabata" star festival, which started there on Aug. 6, 2015. It is expected around 2.1 million people will visit the city, hit by the March 2011 disaster, through the final day of the festival on Aug. 8. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Global average CO2 concentration tops 400 ppm mark in March

File photo taken in October 2014 shows smoke coming out of a chimney at a coal-fired thermal power plant in the U.S. state of Kentucky. The global average concentration of carbon dioxide surpassed 400 parts per million in March for the first time on record, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said on May 6, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Expert warns against Islamic militants' growing presence in Libya

Hasni Abidi, a political scientist specializing in the Middle East and North Africa at the University of Geneva, warns against the danger of Islamic State militants' growing presence in Libya during an interview with Kyodo News in the Swiss city on March 6, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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People gather at open-air market in Nepal

Merchants and farmers gather from outlying areas at a bustling open-air market held in Namche Bazaar, eastern Nepal, on March 6, 2015. Namche Bazaar is a gateway to trekkers heading up the Everest trails. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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View of open-air bazaar in Nepal

An open-air market is held in Namche Bazaar, eastern Nepal, on March 6, 2015. The bustling bazaar is held every Friday and Saturday, with merchants and farmers trekking from outlying areas across mountains to sell their produce and merchandise. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Former WWII kamikaze pilot recounts war experience

Tadamasa Itatsu, a former Japanese kamikaze pilot, talks about suicide flight missions during World War II at his home in Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, as seen in this photo taken on March 6, 2014. Itatsu died of heart failure on April 6, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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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

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S. Korea presses attempted murder charges against U.S. envoy's assailant

File photo taken March 6, 2015, shows Kim Ki Jong, a 54-year-old South Korean nationalist who slashed U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Mark Lippert's face and arm with a 25-centimeter knife while the envoy was attending a breakfast forum in Seoul the previous day. On April 1, South Korean prosecutors filed attempted murder charges against Kim who seriously wounded the U.S. ambassador. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nishikori reaches Miami Open q'finals

Kei Nishikori of Japan hits a return to Belgium's David Goffin in the fourth round of the Miami Open in the U.S. state of Florida on March 31, 2015. Nishikori won 6-1, 6-2 to reach the quarterfinals. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nishikori reaches Miami Open q'finals

Kei Nishikori of Japan hits a return to Belgium's David Goffin in the fourth round of the Miami Open in the U.S. state of Florida on March 31, 2015. Nishikori won 6-1, 6-2 to reach the quarterfinals. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nishikori reaches Miami Open q'finals

Kei Nishikori of Japan hits a return to Belgium's David Goffin in the fourth round of the Miami Open in the U.S. state of Florida on March 31, 2015. Nishikori won 6-1, 6-2 to reach the quarterfinals. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo