Jordan Bardella Book Signing - Toulon

Jordan Bardella Book Signing - Toulon

Laure Lavalette, Rassemblement National party deputy for the Var department and prospective candidate for mayor of Toulon, seen while Jordan Bardella signed copies of his second book, “What the French Want,” at Le Zinc bar in Toulon, France, on November 6, 2025. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

Jordan Bardella Book Signing - Toulon

Jordan Bardella Book Signing - Toulon

Laure Lavalette, Rassemblement National party deputy for the Var department and prospective candidate for mayor of Toulon, seen while Jordan Bardella signed copies of his second book, “What the French Want,” at Le Zinc bar in Toulon, France, on November 6, 2025. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

Curtis Sliwa Campaigns on Staten Island

Curtis Sliwa Campaigns on Staten Island

Curtis Sliwa, the Republican Party nominee for Mayor of New York, New York, right, shakes hands with a prospective voter as he attends an event honoring the heritage of the Italian American community in Paradise Island, on Staten Island in New York, New York on Saturday, September 27, 2025. Earlier in the day, Sliwa promised up to $500 in rebates on congestion tolls if elected mayor. Photo by Kyle Mazza / CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

Japan Casino School class

Japan Casino School class

OSAKA, Japan, July 31 Kyodo - Prospective dealers attend a lesson at Japan Casino School in Osaka, western Japan, on April 23, 2022. (Kyodo)

University of Tokyo's new academic program

University of Tokyo's new academic program

University of Tokyo President Teruo Fujii (L) holds a press conference on April 4, 2025, at the university to announce the establishment of a new academic program, UTokyo College of Design, in September 2027, marking the first time in about 70 years that Japan's top academic institution will have launched a new faculty. The five-year bachelor's and master's program, led by Prof. Miles Pennington (R), prospective dean, will be conducted only in English, with half of enrollment quota of 100 allocated to foreign students.

Kumquat auction in Japan

MIYAZAKI, Japan, Jan. 16 Kyodo - A crowd of prospective buyers gather as boxes of fully ripe "Tamatama" brand kumquats produced in Miyazaki Prefecture in southwestern Japan are sold in the season's first auction in the city of Miyazaki on Jan. 16, 2025. The citrus fruits fetched 100,000 yen ($637) per kilogram in the auction. (Kyodo)

Kumquat auction in Japan

Kumquat auction in Japan

A crowd of prospective buyers gather as boxes of fully ripe "Tamatama" brand kumquats produced in Miyazaki Prefecture in southwestern Japan are sold in the season's first auction in the city of Miyazaki on Jan. 16, 2025. The citrus fruits fetched 100,000 yen ($637) per kilogram in the auction.

King Willem-Alexander Receives New PM Schoof - The Hague

King Willem-Alexander Receives New PM Schoof - The Hague

King Willem-Alexander and prospective Prime Minister Dick Schoof during the signing of the Royal Decrees at Palace House at Bosch, The Hague, Netherlands on July 2, 2024. Photo by Bruno Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

King Willem-Alexander Receives New PM Schoof - The Hague

King Willem-Alexander Receives New PM Schoof - The Hague

King Willem-Alexander and prospective Prime Minister Dick Schoof during the signing of the Royal Decrees at Palace House at Bosch, The Hague, Netherlands on July 2, 2024. Photo by Bruno Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

King Willem-Alexander Receives New PM Schoof - The Hague

King Willem-Alexander Receives New PM Schoof - The Hague

King Willem-Alexander and prospective Prime Minister Dick Schoof during the signing of the Royal Decrees at Palace House at Bosch, The Hague, Netherlands on July 2, 2024. Photo by Bruno Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

King Willem-Alexander Receives New PM Schoof - The Hague

King Willem-Alexander Receives New PM Schoof - The Hague

King Willem-Alexander and prospective Prime Minister Dick Schoof during the signing of the Royal Decrees at Palace House at Bosch, The Hague, Netherlands on July 2, 2024. Photo by Bruno Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

King Willem-Alexander Receives New PM Schoof - The Hague

King Willem-Alexander Receives New PM Schoof - The Hague

King Willem-Alexander and prospective Prime Minister Dick Schoof during the signing of the Royal Decrees at Palace House at Bosch, The Hague, Netherlands on July 2, 2024. Photo by Bruno Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

King Willem-Alexander Receives New PM Schoof - The Hague

King Willem-Alexander Receives New PM Schoof - The Hague

King Willem-Alexander and prospective Prime Minister Dick Schoof during the signing of the Royal Decrees at Palace House at Bosch, The Hague, Netherlands on July 2, 2024. Photo by Bruno Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

King Willem-Alexander Receives New PM Schoof - The Hague

King Willem-Alexander Receives New PM Schoof - The Hague

King Willem-Alexander and prospective Prime Minister Dick Schoof during the signing of the Royal Decrees at Palace House at Bosch, The Hague, Netherlands on July 2, 2024. Photo by Bruno Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

King Willem-Alexander Receives New PM Schoof - The Hague

King Willem-Alexander Receives New PM Schoof - The Hague

King Willem-Alexander and prospective Prime Minister Dick Schoof during the signing of the Royal Decrees at Palace House at Bosch, The Hague, Netherlands on July 2, 2024. Photo by Bruno Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

New PM Dick Schoof Arrives In Binnenhof - The Hague

New PM Dick Schoof Arrives In Binnenhof - The Hague

Prime Minister Dick Schoof. The ministers of the new cabinet and prospective Prime Minister Schoof meet for the first time in the Binnenhof. They hold a constituent meeting, or the founding meeting. At this meeting, agreements are made about the division of tasks between cabinet members. The Hague, Netherlands on July 1, 2024. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

New PM Dick Schoof Arrives In Binnenhof - The Hague

New PM Dick Schoof Arrives In Binnenhof - The Hague

Prime Minister Dick Schoof. The ministers of the new cabinet and prospective Prime Minister Schoof meet for the first time in the Binnenhof. They hold a constituent meeting, or the founding meeting. At this meeting, agreements are made about the division of tasks between cabinet members. The Hague, Netherlands on July 1, 2024. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

New PM Dick Schoof Arrives In Binnenhof - The Hague

New PM Dick Schoof Arrives In Binnenhof - The Hague

Prime Minister Dick Schoof. The ministers of the new cabinet and prospective Prime Minister Schoof meet for the first time in the Binnenhof. They hold a constituent meeting, or the founding meeting. At this meeting, agreements are made about the division of tasks between cabinet members. The Hague, Netherlands on July 1, 2024. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

New PM Dick Schoof Arrives In Binnenhof - The Hague

New PM Dick Schoof Arrives In Binnenhof - The Hague

Prime Minister Dick Schoof. The ministers of the new cabinet and prospective Prime Minister Schoof meet for the first time in the Binnenhof. They hold a constituent meeting, or the founding meeting. At this meeting, agreements are made about the division of tasks between cabinet members. The Hague, Netherlands on July 1, 2024. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

New PM Dick Schoof Arrives In Binnenhof - The Hague

New PM Dick Schoof Arrives In Binnenhof - The Hague

Prime Minister Dick Schoof. The ministers of the new cabinet and prospective Prime Minister Schoof meet for the first time in the Binnenhof. They hold a constituent meeting, or the founding meeting. At this meeting, agreements are made about the division of tasks between cabinet members. The Hague, Netherlands on July 1, 2024. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

New PM Dick Schoof Arrives In Binnenhof - The Hague

New PM Dick Schoof Arrives In Binnenhof - The Hague

Prime Minister Dick Schoof. The ministers of the new cabinet and prospective Prime Minister Schoof meet for the first time in the Binnenhof. They hold a constituent meeting, or the founding meeting. At this meeting, agreements are made about the division of tasks between cabinet members. The Hague, Netherlands on July 1, 2024. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

New PM Dick Schoof Arrives In Binnenhof - The Hague

New PM Dick Schoof Arrives In Binnenhof - The Hague

Prime Minister Dick Schoof. The ministers of the new cabinet and prospective Prime Minister Schoof meet for the first time in the Binnenhof. They hold a constituent meeting, or the founding meeting. At this meeting, agreements are made about the division of tasks between cabinet members. The Hague, Netherlands on July 1, 2024. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

New PM Dick Schoof Arrives In Binnenhof - The Hague

New PM Dick Schoof Arrives In Binnenhof - The Hague

Prime Minister Dick Schoof. The ministers of the new cabinet and prospective Prime Minister Schoof meet for the first time in the Binnenhof. They hold a constituent meeting, or the founding meeting. At this meeting, agreements are made about the division of tasks between cabinet members. The Hague, Netherlands on July 1, 2024. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Alumni Yoneda at Univ. of Tokyo welcome ceremony

Alumni Yoneda at Univ. of Tokyo welcome ceremony

Prospective astronaut and alumni Ayu Yoneda sends a congratulatory message to new students during a welcome ceremony of the University of Tokyo at the Nippon Budokan hall in Tokyo on April 12, 2024.

Queen Maxima Visits Students Art Camp - Netherlands

Queen Maxima Visits Students Art Camp - Netherlands

Queen Máxima attends the start of Art Camp vocational education. Through workshops, prospective pedagogical employees and teaching assistants learn how to use artistic disciplines in their work at and after school. Queen Máxima is honorary chairman of the More Music in the Classroom foundation. Zwolle, Netherlands on March 13, 2024. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Queen Maxima Visits Students Art Camp - Netherlands

Queen Maxima Visits Students Art Camp - Netherlands

Queen Máxima attends the start of Art Camp vocational education. Through workshops, prospective pedagogical employees and teaching assistants learn how to use artistic disciplines in their work at and after school. Queen Máxima is honorary chairman of the More Music in the Classroom foundation. Zwolle, Netherlands on March 13, 2024. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Queen Maxima Visits Students Art Camp - Netherlands

Queen Maxima Visits Students Art Camp - Netherlands

Queen Máxima attends the start of Art Camp vocational education. Through workshops, prospective pedagogical employees and teaching assistants learn how to use artistic disciplines in their work at and after school. Queen Máxima is honorary chairman of the More Music in the Classroom foundation. Zwolle, Netherlands on March 13, 2024. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Queen Maxima Visits Students Art Camp - Netherlands

Queen Maxima Visits Students Art Camp - Netherlands

Queen Máxima attends the start of Art Camp vocational education. Through workshops, prospective pedagogical employees and teaching assistants learn how to use artistic disciplines in their work at and after school. Queen Máxima is honorary chairman of the More Music in the Classroom foundation. Zwolle, Netherlands on March 13, 2024. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Queen Maxima Visits Students Art Camp - Netherlands

Queen Maxima Visits Students Art Camp - Netherlands

Queen Máxima attends the start of Art Camp vocational education. Through workshops, prospective pedagogical employees and teaching assistants learn how to use artistic disciplines in their work at and after school. Queen Máxima is honorary chairman of the More Music in the Classroom foundation. Zwolle, Netherlands on March 13, 2024. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Queen Maxima Visits Students Art Camp - Netherlands

Queen Maxima Visits Students Art Camp - Netherlands

Queen Máxima attends the start of Art Camp vocational education. Through workshops, prospective pedagogical employees and teaching assistants learn how to use artistic disciplines in their work at and after school. Queen Máxima is honorary chairman of the More Music in the Classroom foundation. Zwolle, Netherlands on March 13, 2024. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Queen Maxima Visits Students Art Camp - Netherlands

Queen Maxima Visits Students Art Camp - Netherlands

Queen Máxima attends the start of Art Camp vocational education. Through workshops, prospective pedagogical employees and teaching assistants learn how to use artistic disciplines in their work at and after school. Queen Máxima is honorary chairman of the More Music in the Classroom foundation. Zwolle, Netherlands on March 13, 2024. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Queen Maxima Visits Students Art Camp - Netherlands

Queen Maxima Visits Students Art Camp - Netherlands

Queen Máxima attends the start of Art Camp vocational education. Through workshops, prospective pedagogical employees and teaching assistants learn how to use artistic disciplines in their work at and after school. Queen Máxima is honorary chairman of the More Music in the Classroom foundation. Zwolle, Netherlands on March 13, 2024. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Queen Maxima Visits Students Art Camp - Netherlands

Queen Maxima Visits Students Art Camp - Netherlands

Queen Máxima attends the start of Art Camp vocational education. Through workshops, prospective pedagogical employees and teaching assistants learn how to use artistic disciplines in their work at and after school. Queen Máxima is honorary chairman of the More Music in the Classroom foundation. Zwolle, Netherlands on March 13, 2024. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Queen Maxima Visits Students Art Camp - Netherlands

Queen Maxima Visits Students Art Camp - Netherlands

Queen Máxima attends the start of Art Camp vocational education. Through workshops, prospective pedagogical employees and teaching assistants learn how to use artistic disciplines in their work at and after school. Queen Máxima is honorary chairman of the More Music in the Classroom foundation. Zwolle, Netherlands on March 13, 2024. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Queen Maxima Visits Students Art Camp - Netherlands

Queen Maxima Visits Students Art Camp - Netherlands

Queen Máxima attends the start of Art Camp vocational education. Through workshops, prospective pedagogical employees and teaching assistants learn how to use artistic disciplines in their work at and after school. Queen Máxima is honorary chairman of the More Music in the Classroom foundation. Zwolle, Netherlands on March 13, 2024. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Queen Maxima Visits Students Art Camp - Netherlands

Queen Maxima Visits Students Art Camp - Netherlands

Queen Máxima attends the start of Art Camp vocational education. Through workshops, prospective pedagogical employees and teaching assistants learn how to use artistic disciplines in their work at and after school. Queen Máxima is honorary chairman of the More Music in the Classroom foundation. Zwolle, Netherlands on March 13, 2024. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Queen Maxima Visits Students Art Camp - Netherlands

Queen Maxima Visits Students Art Camp - Netherlands

Queen Máxima attends the start of Art Camp vocational education. Through workshops, prospective pedagogical employees and teaching assistants learn how to use artistic disciplines in their work at and after school. Queen Máxima is honorary chairman of the More Music in the Classroom foundation. Zwolle, Netherlands on March 13, 2024. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Queen Maxima Visits Students Art Camp - Netherlands

Queen Maxima Visits Students Art Camp - Netherlands

Queen Máxima attends the start of Art Camp vocational education. Through workshops, prospective pedagogical employees and teaching assistants learn how to use artistic disciplines in their work at and after school. Queen Máxima is honorary chairman of the More Music in the Classroom foundation. Zwolle, Netherlands on March 13, 2024. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Queen Maxima Visits Students Art Camp - Netherlands

Queen Maxima Visits Students Art Camp - Netherlands

Queen Máxima attends the start of Art Camp vocational education. Through workshops, prospective pedagogical employees and teaching assistants learn how to use artistic disciplines in their work at and after school. Queen Máxima is honorary chairman of the More Music in the Classroom foundation. Zwolle, Netherlands on March 13, 2024. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Queen Maxima Visits Students Art Camp - Netherlands

Queen Maxima Visits Students Art Camp - Netherlands

Queen Máxima attends the start of Art Camp vocational education. Through workshops, prospective pedagogical employees and teaching assistants learn how to use artistic disciplines in their work at and after school. Queen Máxima is honorary chairman of the More Music in the Classroom foundation. Zwolle, Netherlands on March 13, 2024. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Queen Maxima Visits Students Art Camp - Netherlands

Queen Maxima Visits Students Art Camp - Netherlands

Queen Máxima attends the start of Art Camp vocational education. Through workshops, prospective pedagogical employees and teaching assistants learn how to use artistic disciplines in their work at and after school. Queen Máxima is honorary chairman of the More Music in the Classroom foundation. Zwolle, Netherlands on March 13, 2024. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Queen Maxima Visits Students Art Camp - Netherlands

Queen Maxima Visits Students Art Camp - Netherlands

Queen Máxima attends the start of Art Camp vocational education. Through workshops, prospective pedagogical employees and teaching assistants learn how to use artistic disciplines in their work at and after school. Queen Máxima is honorary chairman of the More Music in the Classroom foundation. Zwolle, Netherlands on March 13, 2024. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

Chinese firms use Zambia's agricultural, commercial show to attract job seekers

STORY: Chinese firms use Zambia's agricultural, commercial show to attract job seekers DATELINE: Aug. 7, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:29 LOCATION: Lusaka CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the job expo 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): LI TIE, President of Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Zambia (CCCZ) 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): BRENDA TAMBATAMBA, Zambia's Minister of Labor and Social Security 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): DAMINA PHIRI, Job seeker 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): OBERT SHAMULELE, Job seeker STORYLINE: Chinese companies in Zambia on Friday held a job expo on the sidelines of the 95th Agricultural and Commercial Show aimed at attracting prospective job seekers. Organized by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Zambia (CCCZ), a total of 16 Chinese companies attended the event. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): LI TIE, President of Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Zambia (CCCZ) "This platform provides unique opportunities to our esteemed local and multinational companies to scout for talent in an exclusive manner without discrimin

JAXA prospective astronauts

JAXA prospective astronauts

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C) poses for a photo with Ayu Yoneda (R) and Makoto Suwa, prospective astronauts at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, at the premier's office in Tokyo on July 3, 2023.

JAXA prospective astronauts

JAXA prospective astronauts

Ayu Yoneda (R) and Makoto Suwa, prospective astronauts at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, shake hands during a photo session in Tokyo on July 3, 2023.

Japan PM Kishida meets Florida Gov. DeSantis

Japan PM Kishida meets Florida Gov. DeSantis

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a prospective Republican U.S. presidential candidate in 2024, shake hands at the premier's office in Tokyo on April 24, 2023.

Japan PM Kishida meets Florida Gov. DeSantis

Japan PM Kishida meets Florida Gov. DeSantis

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a prospective Republican U.S. presidential candidate in 2024, hold a meeting at the premier's office in Tokyo on April 24, 2023.

Florida Gov. DeSantis, wife in Tokyo

Florida Gov. DeSantis, wife in Tokyo

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a prospective Republican U.S. presidential candidate in 2024, and his wife Casey visit Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's office in Tokyo on April 24, 2023.

Florida Gov. DeSantis, wife in Tokyo

Florida Gov. DeSantis, wife in Tokyo

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a prospective Republican U.S. presidential candidate in 2024, alongside his wife Casey, meets the press after holding talks with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the premier's office in Tokyo on April 24, 2023.

Florida Gov. DeSantis, wife in Tokyo

Florida Gov. DeSantis, wife in Tokyo

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a prospective Republican U.S. presidential candidate in 2024, and his wife Casey visit Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's office in Tokyo on April 24, 2023.