Illustration - Toulouse

Illustration - Toulouse

FRANCE. HAUTE GARONNE (31) TOULOUSE. AERIAL VIEW OF THE RUE DU TAUR, IN THE HISTORIC CENTRE. IN THE BACKGROUND, THE SAINT SERNIN BASILICA Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Toulouse

Illustration - Toulouse

FRANCE. OCCITANIE. HAUTE GARONNE (31) TOULOUSE. RUE DU TAUR, IN THE HISTORIC CENTRE. IN THE BACKGROUND, THE BASILICA OF SAINT SERNIN Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Toulouse

Illustration - Toulouse

FRANCE. OCCITANIE. HAUTE GARONNE (31) TOULOUSE. AERIAL VIEW OF THE RUE DU TAUR, IN THE HISTORIC CENTRE. IN THE BACKGROUND, SAINT SERNIN BASILICA. ON THE RIGHT, THE CHURCH OF NOTRE DAME DU TAUR. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Toulouse

Illustration - Toulouse

FRANCE; OCCITANY. HAUTE-GARONNE (31) TOULOUSE. VIEW OF THE BELL TOWER OF THE CHURCH OF SAINT-SERNIN FROM THE RUE DU TAUR Photo by Paul Palau/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Toulouse

Illustration - Toulouse

FRANCE, HAUTE-GARONNE (31) TOULOUSE, NOTRE DAME -DU-TAUR CHURCH Photo by Alizee Palomba/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Toulouse

Illustration - Toulouse

FRANCE, HAUTE-GARONNE (31) TOULOUSE, TAUR STREET AND BASILIQUE SAINT SERNIN Photo by Jean Bernard Nadeau/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Toulouse

Illustration - Toulouse

FRANCE, HAUTE-GARONNE (31) TOULOUSE, TAUR STREET AND BASILIQUE SAINT SERNIN Photo by Jean Bernard Nadeau/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Illustration - Toulouse

Illustration - Toulouse

FRANCE, HAUTE-GARONNE (31) TOULOUSE, TAUR STREET AND BASILIQUE SAINT SERNIN Photo by Jean Bernard Nadeau/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

Large Container Quay Crane

Large Container Quay Crane

BINZHOU, CHINA - JUNE 11, 2025 - A deck transport ship carrying a large container quay crane entered the Taur River in Binzhou City, Shandong Province, China on June 11, 2025.

Large Container Quay Crane

Large Container Quay Crane

BINZHOU, CHINA - JUNE 11, 2025 - A deck transport ship carrying a large container quay crane entered the Taur River in Binzhou City, Shandong Province, China on June 11, 2025.

Large Container Quay Crane

Large Container Quay Crane

BINZHOU, CHINA - JUNE 11, 2025 - A deck transport ship carrying a large container quay crane entered the Taur River in Binzhou City, Shandong Province, China on June 11, 2025.

Large Container Quay Crane

Large Container Quay Crane

BINZHOU, CHINA - JUNE 11, 2025 - A deck transport ship carrying a large container quay crane entered the Taur River in Binzhou City, Shandong Province, China on June 11, 2025.

Large Container Quay Crane

Large Container Quay Crane

BINZHOU, CHINA - JUNE 11, 2025 - A deck transport ship carrying a large container quay crane entered the Taur River in Binzhou City, Shandong Province, China on June 11, 2025.

Large Container Quay Crane

Large Container Quay Crane

BINZHOU, CHINA - JUNE 11, 2025 - A deck transport ship carrying a large container quay crane entered the Taur River in Binzhou City, Shandong Province, China on June 11, 2025.

Large Container Quay Crane

Large Container Quay Crane

BINZHOU, CHINA - JUNE 11, 2025 - A deck transport ship carrying a large container quay crane entered the Taur River in Binzhou City, Shandong Province, China on June 11, 2025.

U.N. chief meets with E. Timor president

U.N. chief meets with E. Timor president

JAKARTA, Indonesia - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (L) and East Timor President Taur Matan Ruak shake hands prior to their talks in Dili, East Timor, on Aug. 15, 2012.

E. Timor's new president on 10th independence anniversary

E. Timor's new president on 10th independence anniversary

JAKARTA, Indonesia - East Timorese President Taur Matan Ruak (R) attends a ceremony to celebrate the country's 10th anniversary of independence in Dili, the capital of East Timor, on May 20, 2012. Matan Ruak was sworn in as president just a few hours before the celebrations.

Presidential runoff in East Timor

Presidential runoff in East Timor

DILI, East Timor - Francisco Guterres, who heads the opposition Fretilin party, answers reporters' questions after casting his vote in a presidential runoff in which he is a candidate, in Dili, the capital of East Timor, on April 16, 2012. The runoff is expected to be a closely contested race between former guerilla fighters Guterres, popularly known as Lu Olo, and Taur Matan Ruak.

E. Timor presidential election

E. Timor presidential election

DILI, East Timor - Former army chief and guerrilla leader Jose Maria de Vasconcelos (C), also known by his nom de guerre Taur Matan Ruak, casts his vote in Dili on March 17, 2012, in the East Timor presidential election in which he is running.

E. Timor election

E. Timor election

DILI, East Timor - East Timor's former military chief Taur Matan Ruak speaks in Dili on Feb. 20, 2012, ahead of a presidential election he is contesting.

E. Timor election

E. Timor election

DILI, East Timor - East Timor's former military chief Taur Matan Ruak speaks in Dili on Feb. 20, 2012, ahead of a presidential election he is contesting.

E. Timor defense commander calls for more Japan aid

E. Timor defense commander calls for more Japan aid

SENDAI, Japan - East Timor's defense forces commander Brig. Gen. Taur Matan Ruak speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Sendai, northeastern Japan, Oct. 18. Ruak thanked Japan for being its biggest aid donor but called for more support as East Timorese are still fighting poverty two years after independence from Indonesia.

E. Timor's Falintil guerrilla army marks 25th anniversary

E. Timor's Falintil guerrilla army marks 25th anniversary

AILEU, East Timor - East Timorese leader Xanana Gusmao attends a ceremony in Aileu, East Timor, on Aug. 20 marking the 25th anniversary of the founding of the National Liberation Armed Forces of East Timor (Falintil). He turned over his post as commander in chief of the guerrilla army to his deputy, Taur Matan Ruak, at the event. The army was formed to wrest East Timor's independence from Indonesia, which annexed the territory as a province in 1976.

TIMOR-LESTE-DILI-PM-CHINA-WANG YI-MEETING

TIMOR-LESTE-DILI-PM-CHINA-WANG YI-MEETING

(220604) -- DILI, June 4, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Timor-Leste's Prime Minister Taur Matan Ruak meets with visiting Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Dili, Timor-Leste, June 3, 2022. (Xinhua/Xu Qin)

Japan, E. Timor indirectly criticize China over S. China Sea rows

Japan, E. Timor indirectly criticize China over S. China Sea rows

East Timorese President Taur Matan Ruak (L) shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe prior to their talks on March 15, 2016, in Tokyo. They expressed "serious concern over the recent situation in the South China Sea," a veiled criticism against Beijing's aggressive assertion of territorial claims including its construction of islands in the disputed Spratly archipelago. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan, E. Timor indirectly criticize China over S. China Sea rows

Japan, E. Timor indirectly criticize China over S. China Sea rows

East Timorese President Taur Matan Ruak (L) shakes hands with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe following their joint press conference in Tokyo on March 15, 2016. Abe pledged to continue helping East Timor boost its maritime security capacity and also promised 5 billion yen (about $44 million) in development aid for the Southeast Asian country. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Royal couple meets with E. Timor president, wife

Royal couple meets with E. Timor president, wife

Japanese Emperor Akihito (far L) and Empress Michiko (far R) meet with East Timor President Taur Matan Ruak and his wife Isabel da Costa Ferreira at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on March 15, 2016. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Japan, E. Timor indirectly criticize China over S. China Sea rows

Japan, E. Timor indirectly criticize China over S. China Sea rows

East Timorese President Taur Matan Ruak (4th from front on L side) meets with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (front on R side) on March 15, 2016, in Tokyo. They expressed "serious concern over the recent situation in the South China Sea," a veiled criticism against Beijing's aggressive assertion of territorial claims including its construction of islands in the disputed Spratly archipelago. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E. Timor defense commander calls for more Japan aid

E. Timor defense commander calls for more Japan aid

SENDAI, Japan - East Timor's defense forces commander Brig. Gen. Taur Matan Ruak speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Sendai, northeastern Japan, Oct. 18. Ruak thanked Japan for being its biggest aid donor but called for more support as East Timorese are still fighting poverty two years after independence from Indonesia. (Kyodo)

E. Timor's new president on 10th independence anniversary

E. Timor's new president on 10th independence anniversary

JAKARTA, Indonesia - East Timorese President Taur Matan Ruak (R) attends a ceremony to celebrate the country's 10th anniversary of independence in Dili, the capital of East Timor, on May 20, 2012. Matan Ruak was sworn in as president just a few hours before the celebrations. (Kyodo)

Presidential runoff in East Timor

Presidential runoff in East Timor

DILI, East Timor - Francisco Guterres, who heads the opposition Fretilin party, answers reporters' questions after casting his vote in a presidential runoff in which he is a candidate, in Dili, the capital of East Timor, on April 16, 2012. The runoff is expected to be a closely contested race between former guerilla fighters Guterres, popularly known as Lu Olo, and Taur Matan Ruak. (Kyodo)

E. Timor presidential election

E. Timor presidential election

DILI, East Timor - Former army chief and guerrilla leader Jose Maria de Vasconcelos (C), also known by his nom de guerre Taur Matan Ruak, casts his vote in Dili on March 17, 2012, in the East Timor presidential election in which he is running. (Kyodo)

E. Timor election

E. Timor election

DILI, East Timor - East Timor's former military chief Taur Matan Ruak speaks in Dili on Feb. 20, 2012, ahead of a presidential election he is contesting. (Kyodo)

E. Timor election

E. Timor election

DILI, East Timor - East Timor's former military chief Taur Matan Ruak speaks in Dili on Feb. 20, 2012, ahead of a presidential election he is contesting. (Kyodo)

Former East Timorese President Ruak

Former East Timorese President Ruak

Photo taken in March 2016 shows former East Timorese President Taur Matan Ruak. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

E. Timor's Falintil guerrilla army marks 25th anniversary

E. Timor's Falintil guerrilla army marks 25th anniversary

AILEU, East Timor - East Timorese leader Xanana Gusmao attends a ceremony in Aileu, East Timor, on Aug. 20 marking the 25th anniversary of the founding of the National Liberation Armed Forces of East Timor (Falintil). He turned over his post as commander in chief of the guerrilla army to his deputy, Taur Matan Ruak, at the event. The army was formed to wrest East Timor's independence from Indonesia, which annexed the territory as a province in 1976.