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People demonstrate outside Knesset in Jerusalem

People demonstrate outside Israel's parliament, known as the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on March 25, 2025. Israel's parliament approved Tuesday the 2025 state budget, which amounts to 619 billion shekels (about 169 billion U.S. dollars) excluding debt-servicing, the Finance Ministry said in a statement. The budget debates coincided with demonstrations outside the parliament. Protesters blocked the main entrance and emergency exit using cars and sat on the floor in front of the barriers set up by the police. Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua/ABACAAPRESS.COM

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People demonstrate outside Knesset in Jerusalem

People demonstrate outside Israel's parliament, known as the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on March 25, 2025. Israel's parliament approved Tuesday the 2025 state budget, which amounts to 619 billion shekels (about 169 billion U.S. dollars) excluding debt-servicing, the Finance Ministry said in a statement. The budget debates coincided with demonstrations outside the parliament. Protesters blocked the main entrance and emergency exit using cars and sat on the floor in front of the barriers set up by the police. Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua/ABACAAPRESS.COM

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Japan-Italy agreement

Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya (L) and Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto shake hands in Rome on Nov. 25, 2024, after signing an acquisition and cross-servicing agreement between the two countries.

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-HOHHOT-BULLET TRAIN-MAINTENANCE (CN)

(240102) -- HOHHOT, Jan. 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Staff members clean the exterior of a high-speed electrical multiple unit (EMU) train at a maintenance station in Hohhot, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Jan. 2, 2024. Staff members at the maintenance station were busy servicing the EMU trains on Tuesday so as to guarantee their normal operations after the New Year holiday travel rush. (Xinhua/Bei He)

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-HOHHOT-BULLET TRAIN-MAINTENANCE (CN)

(240102) -- HOHHOT, Jan. 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Staff members replenish quartz sand into the sandbox (for anti-skidding purpose) of a high-speed electrical multiple unit (EMU) train at a maintenance station in Hohhot, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Jan. 2, 2024. Staff members at the maintenance station were busy servicing the EMU trains on Tuesday so as to guarantee their normal operations after the New Year holiday travel rush. (Xinhua/Bei He)

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-HOHHOT-BULLET TRAIN-MAINTENANCE (CN)

(240102) -- HOHHOT, Jan. 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A staff member checks the pantograph of a high-speed electrical multiple unit (EMU) train at a maintenance station in Hohhot, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Jan. 2, 2024. Staff members at the maintenance station were busy servicing the EMU trains on Tuesday so as to guarantee their normal operations after the New Year holiday travel rush. (Xinhua/Bei He)

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-HOHHOT-BULLET TRAIN-MAINTENANCE (CN)

(240102) -- HOHHOT, Jan. 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Staff members repair a damaged chair on a high-speed electrical multiple unit (EMU) train at a maintenance station in Hohhot, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Jan. 2, 2024. Staff members at the maintenance station were busy servicing the EMU trains on Tuesday so as to guarantee their normal operations after the New Year holiday travel rush. (Xinhua/Bei He)

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-HOHHOT-BULLET TRAIN-MAINTENANCE (CN)

(240102) -- HOHHOT, Jan. 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A staff member transfers quartz sand for the trains at a maintenance station in Hohhot, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Jan. 2, 2024. Staff members at the maintenance station were busy servicing the EMU trains on Tuesday so as to guarantee their normal operations after the New Year holiday travel rush. (Xinhua/Bei He)

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-HOHHOT-BULLET TRAIN-MAINTENANCE (CN)

(240102) -- HOHHOT, Jan. 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A staff member performs in-cab function tests in the driver cabin at a maintenance station in Hohhot, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Jan. 2, 2024. Staff members at the maintenance station were busy servicing the EMU trains on Tuesday so as to guarantee their normal operations after the New Year holiday travel rush. (Xinhua/Bei He)

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-HOHHOT-BULLET TRAIN-MAINTENANCE (CN)

(240102) -- HOHHOT, Jan. 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Staff members replenish quartz sand into the sandbox (for anti-skidding purpose) of a high-speed electrical multiple unit (EMU) train at a maintenance station in Hohhot, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Jan. 2, 2024. Staff members at the maintenance station were busy servicing the EMU trains on Tuesday so as to guarantee their normal operations after the New Year holiday travel rush. (Xinhua/Bei He)

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-HOHHOT-BULLET TRAIN-MAINTENANCE (CN)

(240102) -- HOHHOT, Jan. 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Staff members check the nose part of a high-speed electrical multiple unit (EMU) train at a maintenance station in Hohhot, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Jan. 2, 2024. Staff members at the maintenance station were busy servicing the EMU trains on Tuesday so as to guarantee their normal operations after the New Year holiday travel rush. (Xinhua/Bei He)

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CHINA-INNER MONGOLIA-HOHHOT-BULLET TRAIN-MAINTENANCE (CN)

(240102) -- HOHHOT, Jan. 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Staff members prepare to perform under-vehicle checkup at a maintenance station in Hohhot, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Jan. 2, 2024. Staff members at the maintenance station were busy servicing the EMU trains on Tuesday so as to guarantee their normal operations after the New Year holiday travel rush. (Xinhua/Bei He)

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GHANA-EXTERNAL DEBTS SERVICING-SUSPENSION

(221221) -- ACCRA, Dec. 21, 2022 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Dec. 20, 2022 shows the entrance of the Bank of Ghana in Accra, Ghana. Ghana has suspended the servicing of most of its external debts amid a worsening economic crisis, said the Ministry of Finance on Monday. (Photo by Seth/Xinhua)

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Japan, U.S. ink pact to trade ammunition

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker (L) and Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi shake hands after signing revisions to a bilateral agreement on Feb. 27 to enable Japan's Self-Defense Forces (SDF) and the U.S. military to exchange ammunition if Japan is attacked by foreign forces. The revised Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement (ACSA) also enables the two sides to mutually provide logistics in Iraq and in other areas where they cooperate.

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Cabinet OKs 82.11 tril. yen budget for FY 2004

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki speaks at a press conference after the cabinet approved an 82,110.9 billion yen state budget for fiscal 2004 on Dec. 24. Austerity budget featured cuts in major policy programs and the issuance of a record amount of debt to finance swelling social security and debt-servicing costs.

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MALTA-VALLETTA-RED CHINA DOCK

(220424) -- VALLETTA, April 24, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A huge cruise liner is under servicing at the "Red China Dock" in Valletta, Malta, on April 22, 2022. The China-aided dock, located in the Valletta Grand Harbour, has been kept busy since its formal operation in January 1981. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

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MALTA-VALLETTA-RED CHINA DOCK

(220424) -- VALLETTA, April 24, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A huge cruise liner is under servicing at the "Red China Dock" in Valletta, Malta, on April 22, 2022. The China-aided dock, located in the Valletta Grand Harbour, has been kept busy since its formal operation in January 1981. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

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MALTA-VALLETTA-RED CHINA DOCK

(220424) -- VALLETTA, April 24, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A huge cruise liner is under servicing at the "Red China Dock" in Valletta, Malta, on April 22, 2022. The China-aided dock, located in the Valletta Grand Harbour, has been kept busy since its formal operation in January 1981. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

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MALTA-VALLETTA-RED CHINA DOCK

(220424) -- VALLETTA, April 24, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A huge cruise liner is under servicing at the "Red China Dock" in Valletta, Malta, on April 22, 2022. The China-aided dock, located in the Valletta Grand Harbour, has been kept busy since its formal operation in January 1981. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)

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Sri Lanka temporarily suspends foreign debt payments

STORY: Sri Lanka temporarily suspends foreign debt payments DATELINE: April 13, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:29 LOCATION: Colombo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Sri Lanka's Finance Ministry 2. a press conference held on Tuesday by Sri Lanka's Finance Ministry and the central bank 3. various of Sri Lanka STORYLINE: Sri Lanka's Finance Ministry on Tuesday said the government has decided to suspend normal debt servicing of all affected debts for an interim period till it puts together an orderly and consensual restructuring program supported by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In a statement, the ministry said debt repayments would be restructured in a manner consistent with an economic adjustment program supported by the IMF, which will apply to all debt repayments. However, it said credit facilities and any amounts disbursed under existing credit facilities are not subject to this policy and shall be serviced normally. The Finance Ministry said creditors, including foreign governments tha

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New facility to expand transforming food waste into compost in Aussie capital

STORY: New facility to expand transforming food waste into compost in Aussie capital DATELINE: April 3, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:39 LOCATION: Canberra CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of food waste transformed into nutrient-rich compost in Canberra community STORYLINE: A large-scale organics recycling facility will be opened in Australia's capital city to strengthen its circular economy. The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) government announced funding for a new Food Organics and Garden Organics (FOGO) facility to process Canberra's waste. It comes after a successful trial of a FOGO collection pilot servicing 5,000 households in the city's northern suburbs. The service diverts food waste from landfill and reduces harmful greenhouse gases by turning food scraps and garden waste into compost for the soil. "We are investing in new waste infrastructure that will support Canberrans to take everyday action on climate change and reduce our city's future emissions," Chris Steel, ACT's ministe

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Emperor, empress visit quake-hit Kumamoto

Japanese Emperor Akihito (2nd from R) and his wife Empress Michiko (R) visit an evacuation center in the village of Minamiaso, Kumamoto Prefecture, on May 19, 2016. The center is servicing people affected by a magnitude 6.5 earthquake that struck on April 14 and a M7.3 quake that hit two days later. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, France defense ministers confirm need to form procurement deal

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (R) and his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian head to their meeting at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on March 14, 2015. Japan and France confirmed at the meeting the need to accelerate talks to form an acquisition and cross-servicing agreement, or ACSA, at an early date partly for the procurement of supplies and services on their antipiracy missions in waters off Somalia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, France defense ministers confirm need to form procurement deal

Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (R) shakes hands with his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian ahead of their meeting at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo on March 14, 2015. Japan and France confirmed at the meeting the need to accelerate talks to form an acquisition and cross-servicing agreement, or ACSA, at an early date partly for the procurement of supplies and services on their antipiracy missions in waters off Somalia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese investment set to change the face of train travel in Yangon

People board a former East Japan Railway Co. train at Yangon Central Railway Station in Myanmar on Oct. 29, 2016. The Japan International Cooperation Agency has supplied a loan of 24.87 billion yen ($212 million) to upgrade the signaling and rolling stock on the line, replacing the secondhand Japanese carriages currently servicing the route, with work expected to be completed by 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan-Canada foreign minister talks

Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono (L) and his Canadian counterpart Chrystia Freeland stand in front of journalists before signing a bilateral acquisition and cross-servicing agreement -- a defense supplies sharing pact aimed at strengthening cooperation between the Japanese Self-Defense Forces and the Canadian Armed Forces -- in Toronto on April 21, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kishida meets with Canadian counterpart Dion

Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (R) meets with Canadian Foreign Minister Stephane Dion in Lima on Nov. 17, 2016, on the sidelines of a ministerial meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. The two ministers agreed to step up talks on an acquisition and cross-servicing agreement, or ACSA, as part of efforts to deepen security cooperation between Japan and Canada. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, U.S. ink pact to trade ammunition

TOKYO, Japan - U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker (L) and Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi shake hands after signing revisions to a bilateral agreement on Feb. 27 to enable Japan's Self-Defense Forces (SDF) and the U.S. military to exchange ammunition if Japan is attacked by foreign forces. The revised Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement (ACSA) also enables the two sides to mutually provide logistics in Iraq and in other areas where they cooperate. (Kyodo)

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Cabinet OKs 82.11 tril. yen budget for FY 2004

TOKYO, Japan - Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki speaks at a press conference after the cabinet approved an 82,110.9 billion yen state budget for fiscal 2004 on Dec. 24. Austerity budget featured cuts in major policy programs and the issuance of a record amount of debt to finance swelling social security and debt-servicing costs. (Kyodo)

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Japan, U.S. sign new ACSA pact

Japanese Foreign Minister Keizo Obuchi (L)(8) shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright before signing an agreement to revise the Japan-U.S. Acquisition and Cross-Servicing agreement in line with new bilateral defense guidelines in Tokyo on April 28.