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KENYA-MOMBASA-NAIROBI-RAILWAY

(230921) -- NAIROBI, Sept. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A stewardess stands next to the train to Mombasa at Nairobi Terminus Station of the China built Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) in Nairobi, Kenya, Sept. 20, 2023. In 2017, the SGR, built and operated by China Road and Bridge Corporation, was officially opened to traffic. As the first railway built since Kenya's independence, it runs 480 km between the capital Nairobi and the port city of Mombasa. Cutting the travel time between the two cities by five hours, it also reduces overall logistics costs by about 40 percent. (Xinhua/Han Xu)

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KENYA-MOMBASA-NAIROBI-RAILWAY

(230921) -- NAIROBI, Sept. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 20, 2023 shows a train leaving for Mombasa waiting at the Nairobi Terminus Station of the China built Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) in Nairobi, Kenya. In 2017, the SGR, built and operated by China Road and Bridge Corporation, was officially opened to traffic. As the first railway built since Kenya's independence, it runs 480 km between the capital Nairobi and the port city of Mombasa. Cutting the travel time between the two cities by five hours, it also reduces overall logistics costs by about 40 percent. (Xinhua/Han Xu)

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KENYA-MOMBASA-NAIROBI-RAILWAY

(230921) -- NAIROBI, Sept. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A train from Mombasa pulls into Nairobi Terminus Station of the China built Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) in Nairobi, Kenya, Sept. 20, 2023. In 2017, the SGR, built and operated by China Road and Bridge Corporation, was officially opened to traffic. As the first railway built since Kenya's independence, it runs 480 km between the capital Nairobi and the port city of Mombasa. Cutting the travel time between the two cities by five hours, it also reduces overall logistics costs by about 40 percent. (Xinhua/Han Xu)

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KENYA-MOMBASA-NAIROBI-RAILWAY

(230921) -- NAIROBI, Sept. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 20, 2023 shows a view of dispatching centre hall of the China built Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) in Nairobi, Kenya. In 2017, the SGR, built and operated by China Road and Bridge Corporation, was officially opened to traffic. As the first railway built since Kenya's independence, it runs 480 km between the capital Nairobi and the port city of Mombasa. Cutting the travel time between the two cities by five hours, it also reduces overall logistics costs by about 40 percent. (Xinhua/Han Xu)

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KENYA-MOMBASA-NAIROBI-RAILWAY

(230921) -- NAIROBI, Sept. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Sept. 20, 2023 shows passengers preparing to board the train to Mombasa at Nairobi Terminus Station of the China built Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) in Nairobi, Kenya. In 2017, the SGR, built and operated by China Road and Bridge Corporation, was officially opened to traffic. As the first railway built since Kenya's independence, it runs 480 km between the capital Nairobi and the port city of Mombasa. Cutting the travel time between the two cities by five hours, it also reduces overall logistics costs by about 40 percent. (Xinhua/Han Xu)

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KENYA-MOMBASA-NAIROBI-RAILWAY

(230921) -- NAIROBI, Sept. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Sept. 20, 2023 shows a view of the Nairobi Terminus Station of the China built Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) in Nairobi, Kenya. In 2017, the SGR, built and operated by China Road and Bridge Corporation, was officially opened to traffic. As the first railway built since Kenya's independence, it runs 480 km between the capital Nairobi and the port city of Mombasa. Cutting the travel time between the two cities by five hours, it also reduces overall logistics costs by about 40 percent. (Xinhua/Han Xu)

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KENYA-MOMBASA-NAIROBI-RAILWAY

(230921) -- NAIROBI, Sept. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Sept. 20, 2023 shows a view of the Nairobi Terminus Station of the China built Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) in Nairobi, Kenya. In 2017, the SGR, built and operated by China Road and Bridge Corporation, was officially opened to traffic. As the first railway built since Kenya's independence, it runs 480 km between the capital Nairobi and the port city of Mombasa. Cutting the travel time between the two cities by five hours, it also reduces overall logistics costs by about 40 percent. (Xinhua/Han Xu)

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KENYA-MOMBASA-NAIROBI-RAILWAY

(230921) -- NAIROBI, Sept. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Passengers get off a train from Mombasa at Nairobi Terminus Station of the China built Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) in Nairobi, Kenya, Sept. 20, 2023. In 2017, the SGR, built and operated by China Road and Bridge Corporation, was officially opened to traffic. As the first railway built since Kenya's independence, it runs 480 km between the capital Nairobi and the port city of Mombasa. Cutting the travel time between the two cities by five hours, it also reduces overall logistics costs by about 40 percent. (Xinhua/Han Xu)

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KENYA-MOMBASA-NAIROBI-RAILWAY

(230921) -- NAIROBI, Sept. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Sept. 20, 2023 shows the Nairobi Terminus Station of the China built Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) in Nairobi, Kenya. In 2017, the SGR, built and operated by China Road and Bridge Corporation, was officially opened to traffic. As the first railway built since Kenya's independence, it runs 480 km between the capital Nairobi and the port city of Mombasa. Cutting the travel time between the two cities by five hours, it also reduces overall logistics costs by about 40 percent. (Xinhua/Han Xu)

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KENYA-MOMBASA-NAIROBI-RAILWAY

(230921) -- NAIROBI, Sept. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Sept. 20, 2023 shows a view of the Nairobi Terminus Station of the China built Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) in Nairobi, Kenya. In 2017, the SGR, built and operated by China Road and Bridge Corporation, was officially opened to traffic. As the first railway built since Kenya's independence, it runs 480 km between the capital Nairobi and the port city of Mombasa. Cutting the travel time between the two cities by five hours, it also reduces overall logistics costs by about 40 percent. (Xinhua/Han Xu)

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KENYA-MOMBASA-NAIROBI-RAILWAY

(230921) -- NAIROBI, Sept. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Sept. 20, 2023 shows a view of the Nairobi Terminus Station of the China built Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) in Nairobi, Kenya. In 2017, the SGR, built and operated by China Road and Bridge Corporation, was officially opened to traffic. As the first railway built since Kenya's independence, it runs 480 km between the capital Nairobi and the port city of Mombasa. Cutting the travel time between the two cities by five hours, it also reduces overall logistics costs by about 40 percent. (Xinhua/Han Xu)

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KENYA-MOMBASA-NAIROBI-RAILWAY

(230921) -- NAIROBI, Sept. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Passengers are seen in the train to Mombasa at Nairobi Terminus Station of the China built Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) in Nairobi, Kenya, Sept. 20, 2023. In 2017, the SGR, built and operated by China Road and Bridge Corporation, was officially opened to traffic. As the first railway built since Kenya's independence, it runs 480 km between the capital Nairobi and the port city of Mombasa. Cutting the travel time between the two cities by five hours, it also reduces overall logistics costs by about 40 percent. (Xinhua/Han Xu)

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Japanese pop singer Amuro to quit showbiz in Sept. next year

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 20 Kyodo - Photo taken Sept. 20, 2017, shows albums of Japanese pop singer Namie Amuro, who said the same day she will retire from show business in September 2018.

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DJIBOUTI-DJIBOUTI CITY-DORALEH MULTI-PURPOSE PORT

(220922) -- DJIBOUTI CITY, Sept. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Sept. 20, 2022 shows the Doraleh Multi-Purpose Port in Djibouti City, capital of Djibouti. With a designed annual handling capacity of 7.08 million tons, the Doraleh Multi-Purpose Port constructed by China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC), was officially opened in May 2017. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui)

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DJIBOUTI-DJIBOUTI CITY-DORALEH MULTI-PURPOSE PORT

(220922) -- DJIBOUTI CITY, Sept. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Sept. 20, 2022 shows the Doraleh Multi-Purpose Port in Djibouti City, capital of Djibouti. With a designed annual handling capacity of 7.08 million tons, the Doraleh Multi-Purpose Port constructed by China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC), was officially opened in May 2017. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui)

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DJIBOUTI-DJIBOUTI CITY-DORALEH MULTI-PURPOSE PORT

(220922) -- DJIBOUTI CITY, Sept. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Sept. 20, 2022 shows the Doraleh Multi-Purpose Port in Djibouti City, capital of Djibouti. With a designed annual handling capacity of 7.08 million tons, the Doraleh Multi-Purpose Port constructed by China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC), was officially opened in May 2017. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui)

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DJIBOUTI-DJIBOUTI CITY-DORALEH MULTI-PURPOSE PORT

(220922) -- DJIBOUTI CITY, Sept. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Sept. 20, 2022 shows the Doraleh Multi-Purpose Port in Djibouti City, capital of Djibouti. With a designed annual handling capacity of 7.08 million tons, the Doraleh Multi-Purpose Port constructed by China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC), was officially opened in May 2017. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui)

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DJIBOUTI-DJIBOUTI CITY-DORALEH MULTI-PURPOSE PORT

(220922) -- DJIBOUTI CITY, Sept. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A cargo ship docks at the Doraleh Multi-Purpose Port in Djibouti City, capital of Djibouti, Sept. 20, 2022. With a designed annual handling capacity of 7.08 million tons, the Doraleh Multi-Purpose Port constructed by China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC), was officially opened in May 2017. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui)

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DJIBOUTI-DJIBOUTI CITY-DORALEH MULTI-PURPOSE PORT

(220922) -- DJIBOUTI CITY, Sept. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Sept. 20, 2022 shows the Doraleh Multi-Purpose Port in Djibouti City, capital of Djibouti. With a designed annual handling capacity of 7.08 million tons, the Doraleh Multi-Purpose Port constructed by China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC), was officially opened in May 2017. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui)

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DJIBOUTI-DJIBOUTI CITY-DORALEH MULTI-PURPOSE PORT

(220922) -- DJIBOUTI CITY, Sept. 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A cargo ship docks at the Doraleh Multi-Purpose Port in Djibouti City, capital of Djibouti, Sept. 20, 2022. With a designed annual handling capacity of 7.08 million tons, the Doraleh Multi-Purpose Port constructed by China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC), was officially opened in May 2017. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui)

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7.7-magnitude quake hits Mexico, kills 1

STORY: 7.7-magnitude quake hits Mexico, kills 1 DATELINE: Sept. 20, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:38 LOCATION: Mexico City CATEGORY: SOCIETY/BREAKING SHOTLIST: 1. various of street views STORYLINE: A 7.7-magnitude earthquake shook west-central Mexico on Monday, causing some structural damage on the anniversary of two previous major earthquakes in 1985 and 2017. One person was killed when a wall collapsed at a shopping center in Manzanillo, a beach resort in western Colima state, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said, after receiving a report from the Naval Ministry. The president was in contact with governors of states most affected by the quake that hit at 1:05 p.m. local time (0605 GMT), notably Colima and Michoacan, though parts of the capital Mexico City were also jolted. According to the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE), 1.2 million people were once left without power in Mexico City, the neighboring State of Mexico, Michoacan, Colima and Jalisco. And electricity had already been restored to 6

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Roger Federer at Australian Open in 2017

File photo shows Swiss tennis star Roger Federer (R) shaking hands with Spain's Rafael Nadal after winning the men's singles title at the Australian Open in Melbourne in January 2017. The 20-time Grand Slam winner announced on Sept. 15, 2022, that he will retire from tennis after next week's Laver Cup.

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Mosul's children struggle to recover from nightmare of IS barbarism

A boy whose left leg was maimed by a blast meets with a reporter at his home in Mosul on Sept. 20, 2017, after U.S.-backed Iraqi forces liberated the northern city that had been under Islamic State's draconian rule. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mosul's children struggle to recover from nightmare of IS barbarism

A boy is trying to sell bottled drinking water to passersby on a street in Mosul on Sept. 20, 2017, after U.S.-backed Iraqi forces liberated the northern city that had been under Islamic State's draconian rule. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Trading house Mitsui to begin milk production in Indonesia

Warren Choo, president director of P.T. ABC Kogen Dairy, explains a fresh milk farm layout to guests at an inauguration event in Tarogong Kaler, Garut Regency, in West Java Province, Indonesia, on Sept. 20, 2017. (NNA/Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New party of Tokyo Gov. Koike's ally to field dozens of candidates

Independent House of Representatives lawmaker Masaru Wakasa (R) shakes hands with his close ally Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike at his political academy in Tokyo on Sept. 16, 2017. Wakasa said Sept. 20 on a radio program that a new party he and former Japanese Environment Minister Goshi Hosono are launching will field several dozen candidates from the academy in an upcoming general election, which is expected on Oct. 22. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Romania more attractive for Japan after Brexit: minister

Ilan Laufer, Romania's minister of business, commerce and entrepreneurship, speaks in an interview on Sept. 20, 2017 at the Romanian Embassy in Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hitachi Chemical earmarks Thailand as export hub for auto batteries

Toshinori Osumi, newly appointed Japanese chief executive officer of Thai Storage Battery Public Co., speaks at a press conference in Bangkok on Sept. 20, 2017, following the company's acquisition by Hitachi Chemical Co. in July. (NNA/Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2 yrs countdown to Rugby World Cup in Japan

Japan head coach Jamie Joseph (R) and Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike stand next to the Webb Ellis Cup on Sept. 18, 2017, in Tokyo. Japan will host Rugby World Cup 2019 with Sept. 20 marking two years until the tournament kicks off. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2 yrs countdown to Rugby World Cup in Japan

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike poses with the Webb Ellis Cup on Sept. 18, 2017, in Tokyo. Japan will host Rugby World Cup 2019 with Sept. 20 marking two years until the tournament kicks off. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Planned venue of G-20 summit in Osaka in 2019

File photo taken Sept. 14, 2017, shows the Intex Osaka convention center, the planned venue of the 2019 summit of the Group of 20 advanced and emerging economies. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Toshiba board approves 600 bil. yen new share issue

File photo taken Sept. 20, 2017, shows the building that houses Toshiba Corp.'s head office in Tokyo. The electronics maker said on Nov. 19 that its board of directors approved a plan to raise 600 billion yen ($5.3 billion) via a new share issue with the move aimed at improving its finances and preventing its delisting from the Tokyo Stock Exchange. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China's border with N. Korea attracting tourists

Chinese tourists take photos near a caldera lake on the top of Mt. Paektu on the border with North Korea on Sept. 20, 2017. China's border with North Korea has become a popular tourist destination amid tension over Pyongyang's nuclear and missile programs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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As international tensions mount, life goes on for N. Koreans

The 20th Taekwon-do World Championships are held in Pyongyang on Sept. 20, 2017. The underlying theme of the biannual sports event, involving about 490 athletes and delegates from a total of 69 countries and regions, including Britain, Bulgaria, China, Kazakhstan and Russia, was "justice" and "peace." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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As international tensions mount, life goes on for N. Koreans

North Koreans practice a performance at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on Sept. 20, 2017, as the country prepares to commemorate the 20th anniversary on Oct. 8 of late leader Kim Jong Il being named general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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As international tensions mount, life goes on for N. Koreans

Traffic in Pyongyang appears as normal on Sept. 20, 2017, with congestion during rush hours in some central areas. Despite escalating tensions between the international community and North Korea, the everyday lives of the country's people appear largely unaffected in the capital and elsewhere. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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King Khafre statue moved to new Egyptian museum

Archaeological experts carefully move a statue of King Khafre, which has been wrapped for protection, from an archaeological museum in Cairo to the new Grand Egyptian Museum under construction in Giza on Sept. 20, 2017. Transportation and restoration of artifacts are under way toward the opening of the new museum scheduled in 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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King Khafre statue moved to new Egyptian museum

Archaeological experts carefully move a statue of King Khafre, transported from an archaeological museum in Cairo, on Sept. 20, 2017, at a restoration center at the new Grand Egyptian Museum under construction in Giza. Transportation and restoration of artifacts are under way toward the opening of the new museum scheduled in 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Figure skating: Mihara gears up for Autumn Classic in Canada

Japanese figure skater Mai Mihara practices in Montreal, Canada, on Sept. 20, 2017, for the Autumn Classic International beginning the following day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Figure skating: Mihara gears up for Autumn Classic in Canada

Japanese figure skater Mai Mihara practices in Montreal, Canada, on Sept. 20, 2017, for the Autumn Classic International beginning the following day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Figure skating: Mihara gears up for Autumn Classic in Canada

Japanese figure skater Mai Mihara practices in Montreal, Canada, on Sept. 20, 2017, for the Autumn Classic International beginning the following day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: Kagawa nets 1st goal of season in Dortmund win

Dortmund's Shinji Kagawa (R) and Kyriakos Papadopoulos of Hamburg vie for the ball during the first half of a German Bundesliga soccer match in Hamburg on Sept. 20, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soccer: Kagawa nets 1st goal of season in Dortmund win

Shinji Kagawa (23) opens the scoring in the first half of Dortmund's 3-0 win away to Hamburg in a German Bundesliga soccer match on Sept. 20, 2017, his first goal of the season. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: S. Korean Pres. Moon in Pyeongchang promotional event

South Korean President Moon Jae In speaks during a promotional event for the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on Sept. 20, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Olympics: S. Korean Pres. Moon in Pyeongchang promotional event

South Korean President Moon Jae In speaks during a promotional event for the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on Sept. 20, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, Turkey agree to speed up negotiations on free trade deal

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan shake hands in New York on Sept. 20, 2017, before their talks. The two leaders agreed to speed up ongoing negotiations on a bilateral free trade agreement, which has been in the works since December 2014. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, Turkey agree to speed up negotiations on free trade deal

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hold talks in New York on Sept. 20, 2017. The two leaders agreed to speed up ongoing negotiations on a bilateral free trade agreement, which has been in the works since December 2014. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nagasaki mayor attends nuke ban treaty signing

Tomihisa Taue (2nd from L on front row), mayor of the atomic-bombed southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki, attends the signing ceremony of the world's first treaty to comprehensively prohibit nuclear weapons on Sept. 20, 2017, at the U.N. headquarters in New York. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nagasaki mayor attends nuke ban treaty signing

Tomihisa Taue (2nd from L on front row), mayor of the atomic-bombed southwestern Japan city of Nagasaki, attends the signing ceremony of the world's first treaty to comprehensively prohibit nuclear weapons on Sept. 20, 2017, at the U.N. headquarters in New York. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan PM Abe calls for global blockade of N. Korea

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) prepares to speak at the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Sept. 20, 2017. Abe urged all member states to block North Korea's access to "the goods, funds, people and technology" necessary for its nuclear and missile development programs. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo