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Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

File photo - Pope Francis meets Belgium's King Philippe and Queen Mathilde during a private audience at the Vatican on March 9, 2015. Philippe and Mathilde offered to the pope a crib made by a belgian artist. A few days ago Mathilde had sustained a knee injury during a fall when she was skiing. -- Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kobani Celebrates 10th Anniversary Of Liberation From ISIS

Demonstrators gather in one of Kobani´s main squares to mark the 10th anniversary of January 26, 2015, the day Kurdish forces declared the city of Kobani liberated from ISIS. The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria faces an uncertain future after the fall of Assad and the offensive of the Syrian National Army (SNA), which has intensified its attacks on the region with the support of Turkey. Photo by Alba Cambeiro/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kobani Celebrates 10th Anniversary Of Liberation From ISIS

Demonstrators gather in one of Kobani´s main squares to mark the 10th anniversary of January 26, 2015, the day Kurdish forces declared the city of Kobani liberated from ISIS. The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria faces an uncertain future after the fall of Assad and the offensive of the Syrian National Army (SNA), which has intensified its attacks on the region with the support of Turkey. Photo by Alba Cambeiro/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kobani Celebrates 10th Anniversary Of Liberation From ISIS

Demonstrators gather in one of Kobani´s main squares to mark the 10th anniversary of January 26, 2015, the day Kurdish forces declared the city of Kobani liberated from ISIS. The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria faces an uncertain future after the fall of Assad and the offensive of the Syrian National Army (SNA), which has intensified its attacks on the region with the support of Turkey. Photo by Alba Cambeiro/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kobani Celebrates 10th Anniversary Of Liberation From ISIS

Demonstrators gather in one of Kobani´s main squares to mark the 10th anniversary of January 26, 2015, the day Kurdish forces declared the city of Kobani liberated from ISIS. The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria faces an uncertain future after the fall of Assad and the offensive of the Syrian National Army (SNA), which has intensified its attacks on the region with the support of Turkey. Photo by Alba Cambeiro/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kobani Celebrates 10th Anniversary Of Liberation From ISIS

Demonstrators gather in one of Kobani´s main squares to mark the 10th anniversary of January 26, 2015, the day Kurdish forces declared the city of Kobani liberated from ISIS. The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria faces an uncertain future after the fall of Assad and the offensive of the Syrian National Army (SNA), which has intensified its attacks on the region with the support of Turkey. Photo by Alba Cambeiro/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kobani Celebrates 10th Anniversary Of Liberation From ISIS

Demonstrators gather in one of Kobani´s main squares to mark the 10th anniversary of January 26, 2015, the day Kurdish forces declared the city of Kobani liberated from ISIS. The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria faces an uncertain future after the fall of Assad and the offensive of the Syrian National Army (SNA), which has intensified its attacks on the region with the support of Turkey. Photo by Alba Cambeiro/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kobani Celebrates 10th Anniversary Of Liberation From ISIS

Demonstrators gather in one of Kobani´s main squares to mark the 10th anniversary of January 26, 2015, the day Kurdish forces declared the city of Kobani liberated from ISIS. The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria faces an uncertain future after the fall of Assad and the offensive of the Syrian National Army (SNA), which has intensified its attacks on the region with the support of Turkey. Photo by Alba Cambeiro/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kobani Celebrates 10th Anniversary Of Liberation From ISIS

Demonstrators gather in one of Kobani´s main squares to mark the 10th anniversary of January 26, 2015, the day Kurdish forces declared the city of Kobani liberated from ISIS. The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria faces an uncertain future after the fall of Assad and the offensive of the Syrian National Army (SNA), which has intensified its attacks on the region with the support of Turkey. Photo by Alba Cambeiro/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kobani Celebrates 10th Anniversary Of Liberation From ISIS

Demonstrators gather in one of Kobani´s main squares to mark the 10th anniversary of January 26, 2015, the day Kurdish forces declared the city of Kobani liberated from ISIS. The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria faces an uncertain future after the fall of Assad and the offensive of the Syrian National Army (SNA), which has intensified its attacks on the region with the support of Turkey. Photo by Alba Cambeiro/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kobani Celebrates 10th Anniversary Of Liberation From ISIS

Demonstrators gather in one of Kobani´s main squares to mark the 10th anniversary of January 26, 2015, the day Kurdish forces declared the city of Kobani liberated from ISIS. The Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria faces an uncertain future after the fall of Assad and the offensive of the Syrian National Army (SNA), which has intensified its attacks on the region with the support of Turkey. Photo by Alba Cambeiro/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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EU Strikes Migration Deal - Brussels

European Union Commissioner Ylva Johansson talks to media on December 20, 2023 in Brussels, Belgium. The EU has struck a political deal to overhaul the bloc’s asylum and migration rules, concluding more than seven years of fraught negotiations over how to tighten the regime and share responsibility. The reforms, provisionally agreed by the European parliament and negotiators for EU member states, fall well short of the original ambitions to remake how Europe handled asylum in the wake of the 2015 migration crisis. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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EU Strikes Migration Deal - Brussels

European Union Commissioner Ylva Johansson talks to media on December 20, 2023 in Brussels, Belgium. The EU has struck a political deal to overhaul the bloc’s asylum and migration rules, concluding more than seven years of fraught negotiations over how to tighten the regime and share responsibility. The reforms, provisionally agreed by the European parliament and negotiators for EU member states, fall well short of the original ambitions to remake how Europe handled asylum in the wake of the 2015 migration crisis. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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EU Strikes Migration Deal - Brussels

European Union Commissioner Ylva Johansson talks to media on December 20, 2023 in Brussels, Belgium. The EU has struck a political deal to overhaul the bloc’s asylum and migration rules, concluding more than seven years of fraught negotiations over how to tighten the regime and share responsibility. The reforms, provisionally agreed by the European parliament and negotiators for EU member states, fall well short of the original ambitions to remake how Europe handled asylum in the wake of the 2015 migration crisis. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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EU Strikes Migration Deal - Brussels

European Union Commissioner Ylva Johansson and European Union Commissioner Ylva Johansson (R) talk to media on December 20, 2023 in Brussels, Belgium. The EU has struck a political deal to overhaul the bloc’s asylum and migration rules, concluding more than seven years of fraught negotiations over how to tighten the regime and share responsibility. The reforms, provisionally agreed by the European parliament and negotiators for EU member states, fall well short of the original ambitions to remake how Europe handled asylum in the wake of the 2015 migration crisis. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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EU Strikes Migration Deal - Brussels

European Union Commissioner Ylva Johansson and European Union Commissioner Ylva Johansson (R) talk to media on December 20, 2023 in Brussels, Belgium. The EU has struck a political deal to overhaul the bloc’s asylum and migration rules, concluding more than seven years of fraught negotiations over how to tighten the regime and share responsibility. The reforms, provisionally agreed by the European parliament and negotiators for EU member states, fall well short of the original ambitions to remake how Europe handled asylum in the wake of the 2015 migration crisis. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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EU Strikes Migration Deal - Brussels

European Commission Vice President Margaritis Schinas talks to media on December 20, 2023 in Brussels, Belgium. The EU has struck a political deal to overhaul the bloc’s asylum and migration rules, concluding more than seven years of fraught negotiations over how to tighten the regime and share responsibility. The reforms, provisionally agreed by the European parliament and negotiators for EU member states, fall well short of the original ambitions to remake how Europe handled asylum in the wake of the 2015 migration crisis. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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EU Strikes Migration Deal - Brussels

European Union Commissioner Ylva Johansson talks to media on December 20, 2023 in Brussels, Belgium. The EU has struck a political deal to overhaul the bloc’s asylum and migration rules, concluding more than seven years of fraught negotiations over how to tighten the regime and share responsibility. The reforms, provisionally agreed by the European parliament and negotiators for EU member states, fall well short of the original ambitions to remake how Europe handled asylum in the wake of the 2015 migration crisis. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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EU Strikes Migration Deal - Brussels

European Union Commissioner Ylva Johansson talks to media on December 20, 2023 in Brussels, Belgium. The EU has struck a political deal to overhaul the bloc’s asylum and migration rules, concluding more than seven years of fraught negotiations over how to tighten the regime and share responsibility. The reforms, provisionally agreed by the European parliament and negotiators for EU member states, fall well short of the original ambitions to remake how Europe handled asylum in the wake of the 2015 migration crisis. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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EU Strikes Migration Deal - Brussels

European Commission Vice President Margaritis Schinas talks to media on December 20, 2023 in Brussels, Belgium. The EU has struck a political deal to overhaul the bloc’s asylum and migration rules, concluding more than seven years of fraught negotiations over how to tighten the regime and share responsibility. The reforms, provisionally agreed by the European parliament and negotiators for EU member states, fall well short of the original ambitions to remake how Europe handled asylum in the wake of the 2015 migration crisis. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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EU Strikes Migration Deal - Brussels

European Union Commissioner Ylva Johansson and European Union Commissioner Ylva Johansson (R) talk to media on December 20, 2023 in Brussels, Belgium. The EU has struck a political deal to overhaul the bloc’s asylum and migration rules, concluding more than seven years of fraught negotiations over how to tighten the regime and share responsibility. The reforms, provisionally agreed by the European parliament and negotiators for EU member states, fall well short of the original ambitions to remake how Europe handled asylum in the wake of the 2015 migration crisis. Photo by Monasse T/ANDBZ/ABACAPRESS.COM

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China's BYD to sell midsize electric bus in Japan

STORY: China's BYD to sell midsize electric bus in Japan SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 14, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 15, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:08 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the press conference 2. various of photos of the BYD electric buses in Kyoto STORYLINE: China's leading electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer BYD will start to sell a new model of midsize electric bus in Japan to meet the growing demand for green public transportation. The J7 midsize electric bus tailored for the Japanese market has a range of 250 km and is priced at 36.5 million Japanese yen (about 240,000 U.S. dollars), according to a press conference of BYD Japan Co., Ltd. on Tuesday. The model is set to begin accepting reservations starting from Jan. 1, 2024, with deliveries expected in the fall of 2025. The Chinese auto giant made its entry into the Japanese electric bus market in 2015 by delivering five electric buses in Kyoto. Currently, BYD holds a share of over 70 percent in the Japanese electric bus market and aims

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East Japan city to mark 1,300 yrs of ties with ancient Korea

SAITAMA, Japan, Dec. 1 Kyodo - Fumiyasu Koma, chief priest of Koma Shrine in Hidaka, Saitama Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo, poses for a photo on Nov. 19, 2015. Hidaka city is hosting a series of events for the 1,300th anniversary, to be marked in 2016, of the formation of the former Koma township where descendants of Koguryo, one of the ancient Three Kingdoms of Korea, moved and settled before and after the fall of the monarchy.

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Aircraft Carrier George Washington departs Yokosuka

TOKYO, May 18 Kyodo - The U.S. aircraft carrier George Washington leaves the U.S. Navy's Yokosuka base near Tokyo on May 18, 2015 after its seven years of duty. The Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier will be deployed there this coming fall. (Pool photo)

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Osaka fasteners wholesalers to offer expertise exam on screws

OSAKA, Japan - Screws and bolts in various sizes are shown in this undated photo. The Osaka Fasteners Cooperative Association, formed by wholesale suppliers in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, will begin in fall 2015 to offer an annual examination on expertise in screws and bolts.

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Kanye West Is In A Relationship With Model Irina Shayk

Kanye West Is In A Relationship With Model Irina Shayk - File - Kanye West attending Y3's Fall-Winter 2014/2015 men's collection presentation held at the Couvent des Cordeliers, in Paris, France, on January 19, 2014. Photo by Jerome Domine/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kanye West Is In A Relationship With Model Irina Shayk

Kanye West Is In A Relationship With Model Irina Shayk - File - Kanye West attending Maison Martin Margiela's Fall-Winter 2014/2015 Ready-To-Wear collection show held at Salomon de Rothschild Hotel in Paris, France on February 28, 2014. Photo by Aurore Marechal/ABACAPRESS.COM

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NASA Delays The James Webb Space Telescope Launch Again

★Handout photo dated November 20, 2015 of a. Last summer, NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) set an October 31, 2021, launch date for the $ 10 billion James Webb Space Telescope, but it's having to delay the science observatory's trip into space once again. Thankfully, the launch might take place just a few weeks later, in November or early December. A rescheduled date is unlikely to be confirmed until later this summer or perhaps in the fall. The instrument, successor to NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, which is the largest science observatory ever placed into space, will launch on a European Ariane 5 rocket from a spaceport in French Guiana. Photo by NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM primary mirror segment (black hexagonal shape) from the James Webb Space Telescope was mounted on a grey/silver robotic arm at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. The arm will install the mirror onto the Telescope

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40th anniversary of Vietnam War's end

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung delivers a speech in a ceremony marking the 40th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, now Ho Chi Minh City, and the end of Vietnam War, in Ho Chi Minh City on April 30, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, Portugal vow to cooperate in security, economy

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (far R) confers with his Portuguese counterpart Pedro Coelho (far L) in Tokyo on March 27, 2015. They agreed to cooperate in ensuring maritime security and reaching a broad accord this year on the proposed Economic Partnership Agreement between Japan and the European Union, and to dispatch as an observer a Japanese Self-Defense Forces team to a NATO exercise that Lisbon will host this fall. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan marks 4th anniv. of deadly disaster

People in the northeastern Japan town of Minamisanriku fall silent in front of the wrecked town government's building at 2:46 p.m. on March 11, 2015, to commemorate those who were killed in the earthquake and tsunami at the same time four years ago. Forty-three officials died when the building was engulfed by tsunami, and it is still being discussed whether to conserve it as a memorial to convey the importance of disaster prevention. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Toyota forecasts sharp profit falls amid stronger yen

Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda announces the company's earnings results for fiscal 2015 in Tokyo on May 11, 2016. The auto giant said its group operating and net profits in the year through March 2017 are expected to fall sharply, citing the recent appreciation of the yen. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Toyota forecasts sharp profit falls amid stronger yen

Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda announces the company's earnings results for fiscal 2015 in Tokyo on May 11, 2016. The auto giant said its group operating and net profits in the year through March 2017 are expected to fall sharply, citing the recent appreciation of the yen. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Toyota forecasts sharp profit falls amid stronger yen

Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda announces the company's earnings results for fiscal 2015 in Tokyo on May 11, 2016. The auto giant said its group operating and net profits in the year through March 2017 are expected to fall sharply, citing the recent appreciation of the yen. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Toyota forecasts sharp profit falls amid stronger yen

Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda announces the company's earnings results for fiscal 2015 in Tokyo on May 11, 2016. The auto giant said its group operating and net profits in the year through March 2017 are expected to fall sharply, citing the recent appreciation of the yen. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Dazai's house to move in southwestern hot-spring resort

Photo taken in September 2015 shows "Hekiun-Sou," an apartment house in Tokyo's Suginami Ward, where deceased Japanese novelist Osamu Dazai lived. It was reported on Feb. 17, 2016, that the house will be rebuilt in Yufuin, a hot-spring resort in southwestern Japan. A hotel owner will pay the costs for the transfer, which will be completed in the fall of 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mitsui O.S.K. to fall into red in FY 2015

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. Executive Officer Hideo Horiguchi attends a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 29, 2016. The shipping company expects to fall into the red in the business year ending in March 2016, suffering from huge restructuring costs amid deteriorating profitability on sluggish demand affected by China's economic slowdown. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kirin expects 1st red ink since 1949 listing

Akihiro Ito, senior executive officer of Kirin Holdings Co., attends a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 21, 2015, announcing it expects to fall into the red for the year to December for the first time since it was listed in 1949 due to losses stemming from its business in Brazil. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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BOJ holds policy meeting

Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda (C) and the central bank's policymakers attend a policy meeting on Dec. 18, 2015, at its headquarters in Tokyo. The BOJ is largely expected to maintain current monetary easing steps amid market expectations that the inflation rate will fall. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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BOJ holds policy meeting

Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda (C) and the central bank's policymakers attend a policy meeting on Dec. 18, 2015, at its headquarters in Tokyo. The BOJ is largely expected to maintain current monetary easing steps amid market expectations that the inflation rate will fall. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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BOJ holds policy meeting

Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda enters the central bank's headquarters in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2015, to attend a policy meeting. The BOJ is largely expected to maintain current monetary easing steps amid market expectations that the inflation rate will fall. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo stocks plunge in early trading amid oil-led global rout

An electric signboard in Tokyo shows the key Nikkei stock index losing more than 600 points temporarily in the morning trade on Dec. 14, 2015, to fall below the 19,000 line for the first time in nearly six weeks, amid concerns over the effects of oil prices' continued plunge. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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East Japan city to mark 1,300 yrs of ties with ancient Korea

Photo taken on Nov. 20, 2015, shows Shoden-in, a temple where the grave of Jakko ancient Korean royalty is laid, in Hidaka, Saitama Prefecture, northwest of Tokyo. The city is hosting a series of events for the 1,300th anniversary, to be marked in 2016, of the formation of the former Koma township where descendants of Koguryo, one of the ancient Three Kingdoms of Korea, moved and settled before and after the fall of the monarchy. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Climate summit starts in Paris aiming for global emissions deal

Attendees at a U.N. climate change summit in Paris fall silent on Nov. 30, 2015, in honor of the victims of a series of terror attacks in the French capital on Nov. 13. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kyoto train running through 'fall foliage tunnel'

A train on Eizan Electric Railway's Kurama Line in Kyoto runs through lit-up fall foliage on Nov. 7, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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38-year-old elephant to give birth

Zoo staff practice getting Asha, an Asian elephant due to give birth in the fall of 2016, into a container at Zoo & Botanical Park in Toyohashi, central Japan, on Oct. 16, 2015, ahead of her trip to a zoo in Ichihara, eastern Japan. Her rearers sent her to the Ichihara zoo in the carrier on Oct. 21 to ensure a calm environment for giving birth, which will take place during the park's renovation work. Asha, estimated to be 38 years old, or the human equivalent of her late 40s, will be the oldest Asian elephant to give birth in Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kabuki actor Hashinosuke to assume Nakamura Shikan name

Photo taken in Tokyo on Sept. 28, 2015, shows Kabuki actor Nakamura Hashinosuke, who will assume the name Nakamura Shikan in the fall of 2016, succeeding his late father. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo stocks plummet as Chinese-led global growth concerns heighten

A screen in Tokyo shows the benchmark Nikkei stock index closing below 17,000 on Sept. 29, 2015. The key index's fall to a roughly eight-month closing low came as concerns about a Chinese economic slowdown and its likely global fallout smothered investor sentiment across sectors. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo stocks plummet as Chinese-led global growth concerns heighten

A screen in Tokyo shows the benchmark Nikkei stock index closing below 17,000 on Sept. 29, 2015. The key index's fall to a roughly eight-month closing low came as concerns about a Chinese economic slowdown and its likely global fallout smothered investor sentiment across sectors. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tokyo stocks plummet as Chinese-led global growth concerns heighten

A screen in Tokyo shows the benchmark Nikkei stock index closing below 17,000 on Sept. 29, 2015. The key index's fall to a roughly eight-month closing low came as concerns about a Chinese economic slowdown and its likely global fallout smothered investor sentiment across sectors. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo