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Nicolas Sarkozy In Police Custody Over Campaign Financing

File photo - Nicolas Sarkozy, France's newly-elected President, with Claude Gueant beside, addresses his supporters at the Salle Gaveau in Paris, May 6, 2007. French voters elected reform-minded Nicolas Sarkozy as their new president on Sunday, giving him a comfortable winning margin, preliminary official results and projections from four polling agencies showed. With more than half of the vote counted, Sarkozy was scoring just over 53 percent to a little more than 46 percent for Socialist Segolene Royal. Polling agencies also had the conservative Sarkozy winning 53 percent of the vote compared to 47 for Royal amid massive turnout of 85 percent. 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 new

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Finnish man grows bamboo for giant pandas

STORY: Finnish man grows bamboo for giant pandas SHOOTING TIME: January 2024 DATELINE: March 1, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:01 LOCATION: AHTARI, Finland CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of panda house at the Ahtari zoo 2. various of pandas 3. various of Luokkakallio working in snow 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JARI LUOKKAKALLIO, Bamboo grower 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): JARI LUOKKAKALLIO, Bamboo grower 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): JARI LUOKKAKALLIO, Bamboo grower 7. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): JARI LUOKKAKALLIO, Bamboo grower STORYLINE: In March 2018, a pair of giant pandas from China officially met the public at the Ahtari Zoo in central Finland. In the chilly expanse of Finland's rural heartland, an ambitious endeavor took root alongside the anticipated arrival of the pair. After Finland and China launched negotiations on the giant panda cooperation project in 2016, a group of dedicated volunteers embarked on a pioneering project of cultivating bamboo to host these iconic creatures. However, the initial enthusias

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Ghanaian businessman enjoys Chinese Lunar New Year in north China

STORY: Ghanaian businessman enjoys Chinese Lunar New Year in north China SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 6, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 8, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:49 LOCATION: LANGFANG, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): SHAHEED, Ghanaian sales manager 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): SHAHEED, Ghanaian sales manager 3. various of Shaheed and his friends 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): SHAHEED, Ghanaian sales manager 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): SHAHEED, Ghanaian sales manager 6. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): SHAHEED, Ghanaian sales manager STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): SHAHEED, Ghanaian sales manager "This year is the Year of the Dragon. I was born in the Year of the Dragon. Happy New Year to everyone." SOUNDBITE 2 (English): SHAHEED, Ghanaian sales manager "My name is Shaheed. My Chinese name is Wang Kai. I came to China in March 2018." Shaheed, 36, is from Ghana in Africa. In 2018, he came to China to pursue a master's degree. After graduating, he chose to stay in China and joined a company in Langfang City, north Chi

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Australian road deaths hit 5-year high

STORY: Australian road deaths hit 5-year high SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 18, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 19, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:57 LOCATION: Canberra CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of traffic 2. various of a wrecked car on the street 3. various of Fire and Rescue on the road STORYLINE: Australian road deaths hit a five-year high in 2023, the nation's peak automotive body has said. According to data released by the Australian Automobile Association (AAA) on Monday, there have been 1,253 deaths on Australian roads in 2023 - an increase of 6 percent from 2022. It marks the highest road toll in Australia in a 12-month span since 1,270 people were killed in the 12 months to the end of March 2018. Michael Bradley, managing director of the AAA, used the release of the statistics to call for federal, state and territory governments to improve data transparency on road deaths. "Month after month, road deaths keep rising, and we lack the information needed to identify the reasons for this deadly trend and to

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Halep Banned For Four Years For Doping Offences

File photo - Simona Halep during a practice session at the 2018 Indian Wells Masters 1000 at Indian Wells Tennis Garden, California, USA, on March 6, 2019. Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep has been banned for four years following breaches of the Tennis Anti-Doping Programme. An independent tribunal determined the 31-year-old Romanian had committed "intentional" anti-doping violations. Former world number one Halep tested positive for the use of roxadustat at last year's US Open. Photo by Corinne Dubreuil/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Mt. Shimmoe eruption

KIRISHIMA, Japan, March 7 Kyodo - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 6, 2018, shows volcanic Mt. Shimmoe in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, erupting explosively. The 1,421-meter-high volcano erupted earlier in the day, for the first time in about seven years.

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Greece's bad debt ratio drops 82.8 pct in 6 years

STORY: Greece's bad debt ratio drops 82.8 pct in 6 years DATELINE: May 18, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:48 LOCATION: Athens CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Bank of Greece 2. various of the economic forum about Non-performing loans (NPLs) in Greece's banking system held in Athens on Tuesday 3. various of the National Bank of Greece 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (Greek): CHRISTINA PAPACONSTANTINOU, Bank of Greece (BoG) Deputy Governor 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Greek): CHRISTOS STAIKOURAS, Greece Finance Minister STORYLINE: Non-performing loans (NPLs) in Greece's banking system had been reduced by 82.8 pct in the period 2016-2021, but the outlook for the future is cloudy due to the new challenges, local officials told an online economic forum in Athens on Tuesday. NPLs at the end of December 2021 amounted to 18.4 billion euros (19.4 billion U.S. dollars), down by 90.3 billion euros compared to March 2016, when they had peaked during the acute debt crisis Greece went through (2010-2018), said Christina Papaconstantinou, Bank o

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CHINA-ANHUI-NPC DEPUTY-RURAL VITALIZATION (CN)

(220309) -- BEIJING, March 9, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Wang Mengmeng works in the accommodation of deputies from Anhui Province to the National People's Congress, in Beijing, capital of China, March 6, 2022. Wang Mengmeng, a village official in east China's Anhui Province since 2013 when she began serving in her post after graduating from university, led the village in developing specialty agriculture to cash in on the region's transport and location advantages. After taking on her duties as a deputy to the National People's Congress in 2018, Wang has carried out multiple surveys on the methods of rural vitalization. The suggestions Wang put forward at China's ongoing "two sessions" focus on the long-term development pattern of rural collective economy. (Photo by Xu Guokang/Xinhua)

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Our life in Xinjiang is wonderful: National lawmaker from Xinjiang

STORY: Our life in Xinjiang is wonderful: National lawmaker from Xinjiang DATELINE: March. 6, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:21 LOCATION: TURPAN, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Xinjiang 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): WUERNISA KADIER, National lawmaker from Xinjiang STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE (Chinese): WUERNISA KADIER, National lawmaker from Xinjiang "There's a saying in China: No investigation, no right to speak. Those who have not been to Xinjiang and have not seen the wonderful life in Xinjiang should not make untrue comments." After graduating from college in 2001, Wuernisa Kadier returned to her hometown to promote agricultural technology, helping farmers grow grapes. In 2018, Wuernisa Kadier was elected a deputy to the National People's Congress. 　 Wuernisa Kadier said she has never seen the so-called "forced labor" alleged by some with ulterior motives. 　 SOUNDBITE (Chinese): WUERNISA KADIER, National lawmaker from Xinjiang "Our market is open. People can find a job wherever they want. Where is forced labo

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National lawmaker from China's Jiangxi dedicated to rural vitalization

STORY: National lawmaker from China's Jiangxi dedicated to rural vitalization DATELINE: March 6, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:09 LOCATION: NANCHANG, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): HONG ZHONGWEN, Yongtang villager 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): LI HONGLIANG, National lawmaker 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): LI HONGLIANG, National lawmaker 4. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): WEN SHUILAN, Local villager 5. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): ZHOU FANG, Head of Jiujiang Jinlei Chinese herbal medicine planting base 6. SOUNDBITE 6 (Chinese): ZENG GAOYU, Director, Bean strip factory of Xinhe Township 7. SOUNDBITE 7 (Chinese): LI HONGLIANG, National lawmaker STORYLINE: Li Hongliang has worked in Yongtang Village, east China's Jiangxi Province, for many years after graduating from college. In 2018, he was elected as a national lawmaker. Shortly before this year's annual session of China's national legislature, he was still busy with carrying out investigation into rural vitalization. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): HONG ZHONGWEN, Yongt

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U.S. Gulf Coast region celebrates carnival season

STORY: U.S. Gulf Coast region celebrates carnival season DATELINE: March 2, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:40 LOCATION: HOUSTON, U.S. CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the cake store 2. SOUNDBITE (English): NICOLE MILIAN, Store owner 3. various of the King cake STORYLINE: The carnival season in Louisiana and parts of the U.S. Gulf Coast region from Jan. 6 is filled with celebrations with food, drinks, parades, and parties. Nicole Milian, a native New Orleans, and her husband moved to Houston in 2018. They opened the storefront of Crescent City Connection in Webster in 2021. The traditional King cake is their main product. The traditional king cake should be a yeast dough and braided into an oval shape, she said. It will be decorated with icing and sugar in purple, green and yellow---the Mardi Gras colors. SOUNDBITE (English): NICOLE MILIAN, Store owner "In New Orleans, we place one baby (doll) and whoever gets the baby is the king of the day. It's kind of just something fun that kids like." Xinhua News Age

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Snow in Tokyo

People walk in the snow in Tokyo's Shibuya area on Jan. 6, 2022. A heavy snowfall warning was issued Thursday in central Tokyo for the first time in four years, Japan's weather agency said, with the capital's neighboring prefectures and other areas on the Pacific coast also seeing large amounts of snow. The alert for Tokyo's 23 wards comes as the area observed 10 centimeters of snow accumulation in the evening, the Japan Meteorological Agency said, urging caution against frozen roads and traffic disruptions. Snow accumulated in central Tokyo for the first time since March 2020. The agency last issued a warning of heavy snowfall in the 23 wards in January 2018. The agency also called attention to heavy snow in the neighboring prefectures of Tokyo and areas on the Pacific coast, which usually observe less snow than the Sea of Japan side.

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Zidane Quits Real Madrid

File photo dated March 6, 2018 of Real Madrid's head coach Zinedine Zidane during the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 Second Leg Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) v Real Madrid match at Parc des Princes stadium in Paris. French football legend Zinedine Zidane announced on Thursday he was leaving Real Madrid, just days after his team won the European Cup. Zidane, who won the World Cup with France in 1998 as a player, told media at a hastily arranged press conference in Madrid: The team needs to keep winning so it needs a change to keep winning. Photo by Christian Liewig/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Head Office of MS&AD Insurance Group

Headquarters = Tokyo Sumitomo Twin Building, Shinkawa, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, March 6, 2018; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Head Office of MS&AD Insurance Group

Headquarters = Tokyo Sumitomo Twin Building, Shinkawa, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, March 6, 2018; Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Logo mark of the Nisshin OilliO Group

Logo = Shinkawa, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, March 6, 2018. Nissin Oillio Group Headquarters, Credit: The Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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Singapore film director Royston Tan

Award-winning Singaporean film director Royston Tan is pictured in Singapore on March 6, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nishikori at Miami Open

Kei Nishikori of Japan hits a forehand against Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina in the third round of the Miami Open on March 25, 2018. Nishikori lost 6-2, 6-2. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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From natural disaster emerges potential for fashion biz hub

Akio Sato, representative of Asutoro Tech, shows a bag at his firm in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, on Feb. 6, 2018. The company started a new bag manufacturing business after the town was devastated by the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Trump on U.S. steel and aluminum import curbs

U.S. President Donald Trump, seen in this file photo, suggested on March 6, 2018, that his plan to impose stiff tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum will cover Japan and other major U.S. trading partners. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korea "sincere" about willingness to talk with U.S.: Trump

Combined file photo shows U.S. President Donald Trump (L) and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Trump said in Washington on March 6, 2018, that North Korea is "sincere" about its willingness to talk with the United States about ridding itself of nuclear weapons. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cubs' Darvish

The Chicago Cubs' Yu Darvish pitches during a 10-6 victory against the Miami Marlins at Marlins Park in Miami, Florida, on March 31, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cubs' Darvish

The Chicago Cubs' Yu Darvish (11) gives the ball to manager Joe Maddon as he leaves the mound in the fifth inning of a 10-6 victory over the Miami Marlins at Marlins Park in Miami, Florida, on March 31, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cubs' Darvish

The Chicago Cubs' Yu Darvish grimaces after conceding a hit in the fifth inning of a 10-6 victory against the Miami Marlins at Marlins Park in Miami, Florida, on March 31, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nishikori at Miami Open

Kei Nishikori of Japan returns to Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina in the third round of the Miami Open on March 25, 2018. Nishikori lost 6-2, 6-2. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nishikori at Miami Open

Kei Nishikori of Japan shows some emotion after losing a point to Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina during his Miami Open third-round match on March 25, 2018. Nishikori lost 6-2, 6-2. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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GSDF helicopters resume flying after 2018 fatal crash

A Japan Ground Self-Defense Force AH-64D attack helicopter hovers at Camp Metabaru in Yoshinogari in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on March 6, 2020. The GSDF resumed flights of the helicopter type at the base the same day, after having suspended them since a fatal crash in February 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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GSDF helicopters resume flying after 2018 fatal crash

A Japan Ground Self-Defense Force AH-64D attack helicopter hovers at Camp Metabaru in Yoshinogari in Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on March 6, 2020. The GSDF resumed flights of the helicopter type at the base the same day, after having suspended them since a fatal crash in February 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby: All Blacks captain Kieran Read

File photo shows All Blacks captain Kieran Read speaking in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2018, a day before the third Bledisloe Cup match against Australia in Yokohama. Read is set to join Toyota Verblitz following the Rugby World Cup in Japan, the Top League club said on March 6, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Toyota briefing on first-half earnings

Koji Kobayashi, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Toyota Motor Corp., speaks at a press briefing in Tokyo on Nov. 6, 2018, on earnings for the April-September first half of the year ending in March 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Toyota briefing on first-half earnings

Didier Leroy, Toyota Motor Corp.'s executive vice president in charge of European operations, speaks at a press briefing in Tokyo on Nov. 6, 2018, on earnings for the April-September first half of the year ending in March 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Toyota briefing on first-half earnings

Koji Kobayashi (L), executive vice president and chief financial officer of Toyota Motor Corp., speaks at a press briefing in Tokyo on Nov. 6, 2018, on earnings for the April-September first half of the year ending in March 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Toyota briefing on first-half earnings

Masayoshi Shirayanagi, senior managing officer of Toyota Motor Corp., speaks at a press briefing in Tokyo on Nov. 6, 2018, on earnings for the April-September first half of the year ending in March 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Paper crane streamers

People look up at colorful paper crane streamers hanging above them at a festival in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 6, 2018. Local children made the streamers to wish for fast progress in the reconstruction of Sendai and other areas damaged by the March 2011 disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Paper crane streamers

People look up at colorful paper crane streamers hanging above them at a festival in Sendai, northeastern Japan, on Aug. 6, 2018. Local children made the streamers to wish for fast progress in the reconstruction of Sendai and other areas damaged by the March 2011 disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cubs' Darvish

The Chicago Cubs' Yu Darvish sits on the bench after being chased in the fifth inning of a 10-6 victory against the Miami Marlins at Marlins Park in Miami, Florida, on March 31, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cubs' Darvish

The Chicago Cubs' Yu Darvish wipes sweat after being chased in the fifth inning of a 10-6 win against the Miami Marlins at Marlins Park in Miami, Florida, on March 31, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cubs' Darvish

The Chicago Cubs' Yu Darvish pitches during a 10-6 victory against the Miami Marlins at Marlins Park in Miami, Florida, on March 31, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cubs' Darvish

The Chicago Cubs' Yu Darvish pitches during a 10-6 victory against the Miami Marlins at Marlins Park in Miami, Florida, on March 31, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mariners' Ichiro

The Seattle Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki (R) is greeted by his teammates upon returning to the dugout on March 31, 2018, after robbing a home run in the third inning of a 6-5 defeat to the Cleveland Indians at Safeco Field in Seattle, Washington. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mariners' Ichiro

Photo shows the Seattle Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki robbing a home run at the left field wall in the third inning of a 6-5 defeat to the Cleveland Indians at Safeco Field in Seattle, Washington, on March 31, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mariners' Ichiro

The Seattle Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki runs home in the third inning of a 6-5 loss to the Cleveland Indians at Safeco Field in Seattle, Washington, on March 31, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Athletics-Angels season opener

Shohei Ohtani prepares to leave the dugout after the Los Angeles Angels lost to the Oakland Athletics 6-5 over 11 innings in their season-opening game on March 29, 2018, in Oakland, California. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nishikori at Miami Open

Kei Nishikori of Japan shows some emotion after losing a point to Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina during his Miami Open third-round match on March 25, 2018. Nishikori lost 6-2, 6-2. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nishikori at Miami Open

Kei Nishikori of Japan reaches for the ball during his Miami Open third-round match against Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina on March 25, 2018. Nishikori lost 6-2, 6-2. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nishikori at Miami Open

Kei Nishikori of Japan plays Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina in the third round of the Miami Open on March 25, 2018. Nishikori lost 6-2, 6-2. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nishikori at Miami Open

Kei Nishikori of Japan plays Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina on March 25, 2018, in the third round of the Miami Open. Nishikori lost 6-2, 6-2. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tennis: BNP Paribas Open

Naomi Osaka of Japan hits a backhand during her 6-3, 6-2 win over Daria Kasatkina of Russia in the women's singles final of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California, on March 18, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tennis: BNP Paribas Open

Naomi Osaka of Japan serves during her 6-3, 6-2 win over Daria Kasatkina of Russia in the women's singles final of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California, on March 18, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tennis: BNP Paribas Open

Naomi Osaka of Japan hits a forehand during her 6-3, 6-2 win over Daria Kasatkina of Russia in the women's singles final of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California, on March 18, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo