Currency Trading Begins In Idlib - Syria

Currency Trading Begins In Idlib - Syria

Customers stand at counters at a currency exchange office in Idlib, Syria, on January 4, 2026. Exchange offices have begun replacing old banknotes with a new monetary issue following an announcement by the Central Bank of Syria. Photo by Omar Albaw/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Inauguration Of Port Center - Marseille

Inauguration Of Port Center - Marseille

Check-in counters to Algeria for companies departing from the Port of Marseille, France, on October 3, 2024. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

Inauguration Of Port Center - Marseille

Inauguration Of Port Center - Marseille

Check-in counters to Algeria for companies departing from the Port of Marseille, France, on October 3, 2024. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

Inauguration Of Port Center - Marseille

Inauguration Of Port Center - Marseille

Check-in counters to Algeria for companies departing from the Port of Marseille, France, on October 3, 2024. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

Inauguration Of Port Center - Marseille

Inauguration Of Port Center - Marseille

Check-in counters to Algeria for companies departing from the Port of Marseille, France, on October 3, 2024. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

Inauguration Of Port Center - Marseille

Inauguration Of Port Center - Marseille

Check-in counters to Algeria for companies departing from the Port of Marseille, France, on October 3, 2024. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

Inauguration Of Port Center - Marseille

Inauguration Of Port Center - Marseille

Check-in counters to Algeria for companies departing from the Port of Marseille, France, on October 3, 2024. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

Inauguration Of Port Center - Marseille

Inauguration Of Port Center - Marseille

Check-in counters to Algeria for companies departing from the Port of Marseille, France, on October 3, 2024. Photo by Laurent Coust/ABACAPRESS.COM

Shizuoka Pref. launches tourist campaign amid COVID pandemic

Shizuoka Pref. launches tourist campaign amid COVID pandemic

Photo taken on Dec. 16, 2020, shows panels featuring characters from popular Japanese anime Yuru Camp, literally translated as "laid-back camp," beside rental car counters at Mt. Fuji Shizuoka Airport in the central Japan prefecture of Shizuoka. Local authorities launched a campaign earlier in the month offering camping and outdoor goods on a rental basis for rental car users planning to visit camping sites in Shizuoka Prefecture, in response to dwindling tourist numbers amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mass Global IT Outage - Beijing

Mass Global IT Outage - Beijing

Long queues of passengers are seen in front of check-in counters in Singapore's Changi Airport on July 19, 2024. Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Xinhua Headlines: Mass global IT outage a wake-up call for resilient cyber security

Xinhua Headlines: Mass global IT outage a wake-up call for resilient cyber security

(240721) -- BEIJING, July 21, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Long queues of passengers are seen in front of check-in counters in Singapore's Changi Airport on July 19, 2024. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Airports Hit By Global IT Issue - Canada

Airports Hit By Global IT Issue - Canada

Staff members of Porter Airlines wait at the check-in counters at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport in Toronto, Canada, on July 19, 2024. A faulty software update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike Friday morning has affected computers-running Microsoft Windows at organizations, causing major IT outage, taking out banks, airlines and businesses globally. Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240720) -- BEIJING, July 20, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Long queues of passengers are seen in front of check-in counters in Singapore's Changi Airport on July 19, 2024. The global Microsoft outage on Friday has disturbed some social services in Singapore, including air traffic. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

CANADA-TORONTO-GLOBAL IT OUTAGE-FLIGHT CANCELLATION

CANADA-TORONTO-GLOBAL IT OUTAGE-FLIGHT CANCELLATION

(240719) -- TORONTO, July 19, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Staff members of Porter Airlines wait at the check-in counters at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport in Toronto, Canada, on July 19, 2024. A faulty software update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike Friday morning has affected computers-running Microsoft Windows at organizations, causing major IT outage, taking out banks, airlines and businesses globally. (Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

SINGAPORE-IT OUTAGE-AIRPORT-DISTURBANCE

SINGAPORE-IT OUTAGE-AIRPORT-DISTURBANCE

(240719) -- SINGAPORE, July 19, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Long queues of passengers are seen in front of check-in counters in Singapore's Changi Airport on July 19, 2024. The global Microsoft outage on Friday has disturbed some social services in Singapore, including air traffic. Singapore's Changi Airport said the checking-in process for some airlines is managed manually, and the ground staff are assisting passengers with impending departures. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

SINGAPORE-IT OUTAGE-AIRPORT-DISTURBANCE

SINGAPORE-IT OUTAGE-AIRPORT-DISTURBANCE

(240719) -- SINGAPORE, July 19, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Long queues of passengers are seen in front of check-in counters in Singapore's Changi Airport on July 19, 2024. The global Microsoft outage on Friday has disturbed some social services in Singapore, including air traffic. Singapore's Changi Airport said the checking-in process for some airlines is managed manually, and the ground staff are assisting passengers with impending departures. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-OUTDOOR LIBRARY

SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-OUTDOOR LIBRARY

(240422) -- SEOUL, April 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People read at Gwanghwamun Plaza in Seoul, South Korea, April 19, 2024. Seoul Outdoor Library opens to the public on April 18. The Seoul city government has set up lending services counters, beanbags, leisure chairs and other facilities in Seoul Plaza, Gwanghwamun Plaza and Cheonggyecheon Stream to encourage citizens and tourists to enjoy reading outdoors. 2024 Seoul Outdoor Library will remain open until November 10. (Xinhua/Yao Qilin)

SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-OUTDOOR LIBRARY

SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-OUTDOOR LIBRARY

(240422) -- SEOUL, April 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People read at Seoul Plaza in Seoul, South Korea, April 21, 2024. Seoul Outdoor Library opens to the public on April 18. The Seoul city government has set up lending services counters, beanbags, leisure chairs and other facilities in Seoul Plaza, Gwanghwamun Plaza and Cheonggyecheon Stream to encourage citizens and tourists to enjoy reading outdoors. 2024 Seoul Outdoor Library will remain open until November 10. (Xinhua/Yao Qilin)

SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-OUTDOOR LIBRARY

SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-OUTDOOR LIBRARY

(240422) -- SEOUL, April 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People read at Seoul Plaza in Seoul, South Korea, April 21, 2024. Seoul Outdoor Library opens to the public on April 18. The Seoul city government has set up lending services counters, beanbags, leisure chairs and other facilities in Seoul Plaza, Gwanghwamun Plaza and Cheonggyecheon Stream to encourage citizens and tourists to enjoy reading outdoors. 2024 Seoul Outdoor Library will remain open until November 10. (Xinhua/Yao Qilin)

SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-OUTDOOR LIBRARY

SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-OUTDOOR LIBRARY

(240422) -- SEOUL, April 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People read at Seoul Plaza in Seoul, South Korea, April 21, 2024. Seoul Outdoor Library opens to the public on April 18. The Seoul city government has set up lending services counters, beanbags, leisure chairs and other facilities in Seoul Plaza, Gwanghwamun Plaza and Cheonggyecheon Stream to encourage citizens and tourists to enjoy reading outdoors. 2024 Seoul Outdoor Library will remain open until November 10. (Xinhua/Yao Qilin)

SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-OUTDOOR LIBRARY

SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-OUTDOOR LIBRARY

(240422) -- SEOUL, April 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People read at Gwanghwamun Plaza in Seoul, South Korea, April 19, 2024. Seoul Outdoor Library opens to the public on April 18. The Seoul city government has set up lending services counters, beanbags, leisure chairs and other facilities in Seoul Plaza, Gwanghwamun Plaza and Cheonggyecheon Stream to encourage citizens and tourists to enjoy reading outdoors. 2024 Seoul Outdoor Library will remain open until November 10. (Xinhua/Yao Qilin)

SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-OUTDOOR LIBRARY

SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-OUTDOOR LIBRARY

(240422) -- SEOUL, April 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People read at Seoul Plaza in Seoul, South Korea, April 21, 2024. Seoul Outdoor Library opens to the public on April 18. The Seoul city government has set up lending services counters, beanbags, leisure chairs and other facilities in Seoul Plaza, Gwanghwamun Plaza and Cheonggyecheon Stream to encourage citizens and tourists to enjoy reading outdoors. 2024 Seoul Outdoor Library will remain open until November 10. (Xinhua/Yao Qilin)

SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-OUTDOOR LIBRARY

SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-OUTDOOR LIBRARY

(240422) -- SEOUL, April 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People read beside Cheonggyecheon Stream in Seoul, South Korea, April 19, 2024. Seoul Outdoor Library opens to the public on April 18. The Seoul city government has set up lending services counters, beanbags, leisure chairs and other facilities in Seoul Plaza, Gwanghwamun Plaza and Cheonggyecheon Stream to encourage citizens and tourists to enjoy reading outdoors. 2024 Seoul Outdoor Library will remain open until November 10. (Xinhua/Yao Qilin)

Int'l flight facility at Tokyo's Haneda airport

Int'l flight facility at Tokyo's Haneda airport

Photo shows All Nippon Airways Co.'s check-in counters for international flights at Terminal 2 of Tokyo' Haneda airport, unveiled to the media on July 13, 2023. The Japanese airline is set to reopen the terminal's international flight facility on July 19, after a three-year closure from April 2020 due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Int'l flight facility at Tokyo's Haneda airport

Int'l flight facility at Tokyo's Haneda airport

Photo shows All Nippon Airways Co.'s check-in counters for international flights at Terminal 2 of Tokyo' Haneda airport, unveiled to the media on July 13, 2023. The Japanese airline is set to reopen the terminal's international flight facility on July 19, after a three-year closure from April 2020 due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Int'l flight facility at Tokyo's Haneda airport

Int'l flight facility at Tokyo's Haneda airport

Photo shows All Nippon Airways Co.'s check-in counters for international flights at Terminal 2 of Tokyo' Haneda airport, unveiled to the media on July 13, 2023. The Japanese airline is set to reopen the terminal's international flight facility on July 19, after a three-year closure from April 2020 due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Hong Kong exchange launches HKD-RMB dual counter model

STORY: Hong Kong exchange launches HKD-RMB dual counter model DATELINE: June 20, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:23 LOCATION: HONG KONG, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the launch ceremony 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): PAUL CHAN, Financial secretary of the HKSAR government 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): NICOLAS AGUZIN, HKEX Chief Executive Officer STORYLINE: Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) officially launched the Hong Kong Dollar (HKD)-Renminbi (RMB) Dual Counter Model and the Dual Counter Market Making Program in its securities market on Monday. This new model and program will further support the trading and settlement of RMB-denominated securities in Hong Kong, according to the HKEX. Under the dual counter model, investors will be able to interchange securities listed in both HKD and RMB counters. Securities under the two counters are of the same class and holdings of securities in the two counters can be transferred without change of beneficial ownership. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): PAUL CHAN, F

China counters heatwaves as northern cities swelter

STORY: China counters heatwaves as northern cities swelter DATELINE: June 18, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:43 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the electricity supply inspection in Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHOU HONGTAO, Worker with Chifeng Power Supply Company, State Grid Inner Mongolia 3. various of a repair team in Cangzhou City, Hebei Province 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): JI HONGLI, Head of a water supply repair team in Cangzhou 5. various of outdoor workers eating watermelons in Beijing STORYLINE: China's national observatory on Sunday renewed a yellow alert for high temperatures as heatwaves scorched some parts of the country. The government and relevant organizations are implementing various measures to mitigate the impact on both infrastructure projects and outdoor workers, as heatwaves sweep across north China. In Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, electrical inspectors are carrying out examination to ensure power supply in

Xinhua Headlines: China counters heatwaves as northern cities swelter

Xinhua Headlines: China counters heatwaves as northern cities swelter

(230618) -- BEIJING, June 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- An electrical engineer works on an overhead power line in Chaoyang City, northeast China's Liaoning Province, June 15, 2023. (Xinhua/Yang Qing)

Xinhua Headlines: China counters heatwaves as northern cities swelter

Xinhua Headlines: China counters heatwaves as northern cities swelter

(230618) -- SHENYANG/BEIJING, June 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A food deliveryman takes a rest in an air-conditioned rest station in Zouping City, east China's Shandong Province, June 16, 2023. (Photo by Li Xiaowei/Xinhua)

Xinhua Headlines: China counters heatwaves as northern cities swelter

Xinhua Headlines: China counters heatwaves as northern cities swelter

(230618) -- SHENYANG/BEIJING, June 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Constructors eat watermelons at a construction site in Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area of Beijing, capital of China, on June 16, 2023. (Xinhua/Cai Yang)

Xinhua Headlines: China counters heatwaves as northern cities swelter

Xinhua Headlines: China counters heatwaves as northern cities swelter

(230618) -- SHENYANG/BEIJING, June 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A courier delivers parcels in Haidian District of Beijing, capital of China, June 17, 2023. (Xinhua/Ren Chao)

Colombia's Migration Launches Biometric Migration System

Colombia's Migration Launches Biometric Migration System

Iberia check-in counters at El Dorado International Airport, in Bogota, Colombia, June 2, 2023. Photo by: Chepa Beltran/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

Colombia's Migration Launches Biometric Migration System

Colombia's Migration Launches Biometric Migration System

An Airport Security officer stands near the counters during the launch of 'BIOMIG' a new biometric migration system aimed for foreigners in El Dorado International Airport, in Bogota, Colombia, June 2, 2023. Photo by: Chepa Beltran/Long Visual Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

U.S.-AVIATION-SYSTEM OUTAGE

U.S.-AVIATION-SYSTEM OUTAGE

(230111) -- WASHINGTON, Jan. 11, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Check-in counters are seen at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, the United States, Jan. 11, 2023. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Wednesday morning it is lifting the ground stop as normal air traffic operations are resuming gradually across the United States following a system outage. The FAA, which regulates all aspects of civil aviation in the country, wrote in its latest update that it continues to look into the cause of the initial problem. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)

Forex counters crowded amid strong yen

Forex counters crowded amid strong yen

OSAKA, Japan - People queue at a foreign exchange counter to convert their yen in Osaka on Aug. 13, 2010, amid the recent strengthening of the Japanese currency.

JR West sets up ticket counters for foreign visitors

JR West sets up ticket counters for foreign visitors

OSAKA, Japan - Passengers line up at ticket counters newly set up specifically for foreign visitors by West Japan Railway Co. at Kansai Airport station at Kansai International Airport in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 5, 2014.

Senior Brazilians flock to elderly-only lottery stand

Senior Brazilians flock to elderly-only lottery stand

TOKYO, Japan - A large number of elderly Brazilians wait to buy lottery tickets at counters set aside for them in Porto Alegre, Brazil, in March 2014.

Snow in Tokyo

Snow in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Check-in counters are congested at Tokyo's Haneda airport in Japan as some flights were canceled due to snow.

Summer holiday exodus from Japan

Summer holiday exodus from Japan

NARITA, Japan - Passengers line up around check-in counters at Narita airport, near Tokyo, on Aug. 10, 2013, in the annual rush of summer vacationers heading overseas.

N. Korea starts selling SIM cards

N. Korea starts selling SIM cards

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo taken Jan. 22, 2013, shows counters at Pyongyang airport selling mobile phone SIM cards for use by foreign visitors. At the sales counters set up recently, female workers were seen the same day explaining price lists for the SIM cards and how to use them to foreign visitors upon their arrival at the airport.

N. Korea starts selling SIM cards

N. Korea starts selling SIM cards

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo taken Jan. 22, 2013, shows counters at Pyongyang airport selling mobile phone SIM cards for use by foreign visitors. At the sales counters set up recently, female workers were seen the same day explaining price lists for the SIM cards and how to use them to foreign visitors upon their arrival at the airport.

Japan supporters head for N. Korea

Japan supporters head for N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Japan supporters line up at check-in counters of Tokyo's Haneda airport on Nov. 14, 2011, before traveling to Pyongyang to watch a World Cup soccer qualifier between Japan and North Korea on Nov. 15.

Radiation counters installed at Fukushima schools

Radiation counters installed at Fukushima schools

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - A worker installs a radiation counter at a playground of an elementary school in the city of Fukushima on Oct. 3, 2011. The Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry is proceeding with a project to install unattended counters that measure radiation levels in the air every 10 minutes for prompt and real-time announcements at all elementary schools in Fukushima Prefecture, except for the exclusion zone and areas under the central government's evacuation directive, in the wake of the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

Household radiation counter

Household radiation counter

TOKYO, Japan - A woman holds a home radiation counter as S.T. Corp. said on July 26, 2011, that it will launch the Air Counter dosimeter Oct. 20. Demand for such counters has risen following the radioactive contamination from the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

Health checks on Fukushima residents

Health checks on Fukushima residents

CHIBA, Japan - An employee of the National Institute of Radiological Sciences goes under a body surface pollution monitor to check radioactive exposure during a demonstration for reporters at a facility of the institute in the city of Chiba on June 27, 2011. The demonstration is to show how health examinations including radioactive exposure measurement using whole-body counters are being conducted on residents of Fukushima Prefecture. The health checks began the same day for all of the prefecture's about 2 million residents following the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.

Ozawa to face indictment over money scandal

Ozawa to face indictment over money scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa, a former secretary general of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, leaves a building in Tokyo which houses his Rikuzankai political fund management body, on Oct. 4, 2010, after a citizens' panel decided he should be indicted over a scandal involving his political funds. The move, which counters an earlier decision by public prosecutors, makes Ozawa the first politician to be indicted after deliberation by the panel.

Ozawa to face indictment over money scandal

Ozawa to face indictment over money scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Photographers surround a man posting an announcement in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2010, on a decision by a citizens' panel that Ichiro Ozawa, a former secretary general of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, should be indicted over a scandal involving his political funds. The move, which counters an earlier decision by public prosecutors, makes the DPJ bigwig the first politician to be indicted after deliberation by the panel.

Ozawa to face indictment over money scandal

Ozawa to face indictment over money scandal

TOKYO, Japan - A man posts an announcement on a decision by a citizens' panel that Ichiro Ozawa, a former secretary general of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, should be indicted over a scandal involving his political funds. The move, which counters an earlier decision by public prosecutors, makes the DPJ bigwig the first politician to be indicted after deliberation by the panel.

ANA flight schedule disruption

ANA flight schedule disruption

NARITA, Japan - Travelers line up at check-in counters at Narita airport, the main international gateway to Tokyo, after a computer system glitch disrupted flight schedules of All Nippon Airways on July 29, 2010.