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Debate session on the first part of the 2025 finance bill at the National Assembly - Paris

French Minister for Budget and Public Accounts Laurent Saint-Martin addresses a speech during a debate session on the first part of the 2025 finance bill at the National Assembly, in Paris on October 23, 2024. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate session on the first part of the 2025 finance bill at the National Assembly - Paris

French Minister for Budget and Public Accounts Laurent Saint-Martin addresses a speech during a debate session on the first part of the 2025 finance bill at the National Assembly, in Paris on October 23, 2024. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate session on the first part of the 2025 finance bill at the National Assembly - Paris

French Minister for Budget and Public Accounts Laurent Saint-Martin addresses a speech during a debate session on the first part of the 2025 finance bill at the National Assembly, in Paris on October 23, 2024. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate session on the first part of the 2025 finance bill at the National Assembly - Paris

French Minister for Budget and Public Accounts Laurent Saint-Martin addresses a speech during a debate session on the first part of the 2025 finance bill at the National Assembly, in Paris on October 23, 2024. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate session on the first part of the 2025 finance bill at the National Assembly - Paris

French Minister for Budget and Public Accounts Laurent Saint-Martin addresses a speech during a debate session on the first part of the 2025 finance bill at the National Assembly, in Paris on October 23, 2024. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Debate session on the first part of the 2025 finance bill at the National Assembly - Paris

French Minister for Budget and Public Accounts Laurent Saint-Martin addresses a speech during a debate session on the first part of the 2025 finance bill at the National Assembly, in Paris on October 23, 2024. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Dutch king calls for action on poverty

STORY: Dutch king calls for action on poverty DATELINE: Sept. 20, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:15 LOCATION: THE HAGUE, the Netherlands CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the royal family's coach ride on the streets of The Hague on the Prince's Day STORYLINE: Dutch King Willem-Alexander on Tuesday drew attention to the need to prevent a rise in poverty in the country, around two months before the next general parliamentary elections. "The first thing that someone looking at Dutch society from the outside will see is an attractive country with good public services and a strong economy," the king said in his annual speech in The Hague. "But beyond that rosy picture lies an enduring task: to continue working to ensure equal opportunities, socioeconomic security and future prospects." The message of the king came one week after the Dutch Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) said that as a result of rising inflation, the purchasing power of the Dutch population fell by 1.2 percent in 2022, compared to th

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Greek PM outlines new government's priorities

STORY: Greek PM outlines new government's priorities DATELINE: June 29, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:53 LOCATION: Athens CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various shots of the first cabinet meeting of the new greek government 2. SOUNDBITE (Greek): KYRIAKOS MITSOTAKIS, Greek Prime Minister 3. various shots of the speech of Greek Prime Minister on June 25 after the Greece's general elections 3. various file shots of the elections in Greece on June 25 3. various of the new cabinet of the Greek government STORYLINE: Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis outlined the priorities of the new government at the first cabinet meeting on Wednesday. SOUNDBITE (Greek): KYRIAKOS MITSOTAKIS, Greek Prime Minister "Our four general directions (are) better wages, a better public health system, a better state, a better life in a strong Greece. Without a fast-growing economy, there is no prosperous society, and growth is also the solution to combat the greatest social injustice, which is none other than unemployment." During the ne

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Biden delivers State of the Union address to divided Congress amid sour public mood

STORY: Biden delivers State of the Union address to divided Congress amid sour public mood DATELINE: Feb. 8, 2023 LENGTH: 0:03:07 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. Biden walking into the U.S. House Chamber 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JOE BIDEN, U.S. President 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): JOE BIDEN, U.S. President 4. Biden delivering the State of the Union address STORYLINE: U.S. President Joe Biden delivered his State of the Union address to Congress on Tuesday night amid a sour public mood. This is Biden's second State of the Union speech since he took office in January 2021 and the first of its kind before a divided Congress with Republicans taking control of the House of Representatives after last year's midterm elections and Democrats still running the Senate this term. The primetime remarks came a week after a Gallup poll showed that most Americans remain downbeat on the way things are going in the United States, with only 23 percent saying that they are satisfied while more th

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Schoolgirl shot by Taliban

NEW YORK, United States - Malala Yousafzai (R), an education activist shot by the Taliban in Pakistan in 2012, shakes hands with U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon at the U.N. headquarters in New York on July 12, 2013. Yousafzai delivered a speech there that day, her first public speech since she was critically injured nine months ago.

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Schoolgirl shot by Taliban

NEW YORK, United States - Malala Yousafzai, an education activist shot by the Taliban in Pakistan in 2012, delivers a speech at the U.N. headquarters in New York on July 12, 2013, her first public speech since she was critically injured nine months ago.

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Abe's 1st policy speech

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers a policy speech to a House of Representatives plenary session in Tokyo on Feb. 28, 2013, his first since assuming the premiership for the second time in December. Abe said Japan will restart idled nuclear reactors once their safety has been confirmed to ensure stable power supply and reduce energy costs, a statement at odds with public sentiment.

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Abe's 1st policy speech

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers a policy speech to a House of Representatives plenary session in Tokyo on Feb. 28, 2013, his first since assuming the premiership for the second time in December. Abe said Japan will restart idled nuclear reactors once their safety has been confirmed to ensure stable power supply and reduce energy costs, a statement at odds with public sentiment.

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Abe's 1st policy speech

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers a policy speech to a House of Representatives plenary session in Tokyo on Feb. 28, 2013, his first since assuming the premiership for the second time in December. Abe said Japan will restart idled nuclear reactors once their safety has been confirmed to ensure stable power supply and reduce energy costs, a statement at odds with public sentiment.

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Kerry makes address

WASHINGTON, United States - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Feb. 20, 2013. He stressed the importance of extending overseas aid in his first public speech.

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Ex-Prime Minister Koizumi sees election as toughest ever

FUJISAWA, Japan - Popular former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi makes a campaign speech in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Aug. 6. It was the first public speech by the former prime minister since the House of Representatives was dissolved on July 21 for the Aug. 30 election.

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Former Yomiuri manager Nagashima attends award ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - Former Yomiuri Giants manager Shigeo Nagashima attends the Golden Spirit award ceremony at a Tokyo hotel on Nov. 24. During the ceremony Nagashima made his first public speech since suffering a stroke in March 2004.

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Singapore opens first free-speech park

SINGAPORE - A man delivers a speech Sept. 1 as people in the tightly controlled country are allowed to address the public without a permit for the first time with the establishment of a ''Speakers' Corner.'' Several speakers turned up at dawn at the designated venue to voice their opinions but their audience comprised mainly journalists and some elderly people who had been doing slow-moving martial arts exercises.

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Prince's Day celebrated in the Netherlands

STORY: Prince's Day celebrated in the Netherlands DATELINE: Sept. 21, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:49 LOCATION: THE HAGUE, the Netherlands CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Prince's Day events held in the Hague, the Netherlands STORYLINE: The Netherlands celebrated Prince's Day on Tuesday. It's the first time since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 that the traditional event was held with public attendance. Prince's Day is held every year in the Hague on the third Tuesday of September. It marks the opening of the Dutch parliamentary season, and on this day the reigning monarch outlines the government's plans for the year ahead. On Tuesday, Dutch King Willem-Alexander opened the parliament with his annual speech delivered from the throne in the Hague, in which he admitted that the country is currently going through "a time of contradictions and uncertainty." Princess Amalia, daughter of King Willem-Alexander and destined to be the next Queen, who turned 18 last year, attended the Prince's

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WHO Regional Committee for Europe convenes in Israel

STORY: WHO Regional Committee for Europe convenes in Israel DATELINE: Sept. 13, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:17 LOCATION: TEL AVIV, Israel CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. shots of Hans Henri P. Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe, giving a report on the work of the WHO Regional Office for Europe 2. shots of WHO representatives 3. shots of WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus delivering his keynote speech 4. shots of Israeli President Isaac Herzog speaking 5. shots of Hans Henri P. Kluge speaking STORYLINE: The annual session of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for Europe kicked off in the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv on Monday. The session, first held in person since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, is the premier meeting on public health in the European Region, discussing and endorsing regional policies, activities and financial plans to improve people's health and well-being, WHO noted. Representatives from 53 countries attended the meeting, according to WHO. Xinh

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Panda twins in Madrid make first public appearance

STORY: Panda twins in Madrid make first public appearance DATELINE: March 22, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:58 LOCATION: Madrid CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the giant panda twins 2. Mayor of Madrid Jose Luis Almeida speaking 3. various of people visiting the zoo 4. Chinese Ambassador Wu Haitao speaking 5. various of people visiting the zoo STORYLINE: Giant panda twins "You You" and "Jiu Jiu" born in Madrid Zoo Aquarium made their first public appearance on Monday. Queen Sofia of Spain, accompanied by Chinese Ambassador Wu Haitao, Mayor of Madrid Jose Luis Almeida, and Madrid's Regional President Isabel Diaz Ayuso, visited the Zoo Aquarium. The event coincided with the opening ceremony of the zoo's 50th anniversary celebrations. The twins, born to Hua Zuiba, a female panda and her partner Bing Xing last September, are now about six months old and set to be the zoo's main attraction. In his speech, Ambassador Wu highlighted the good relationship between China and Spain, saying that pandas "represent

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Former Yomiuri manager Nagashima attends award ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - Former Yomiuri Giants manager Shigeo Nagashima attends the Golden Spirit award ceremony at a Tokyo hotel on Nov. 24. During the ceremony Nagashima made his first public speech since suffering a stroke in March 2004. (Kyodo)

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Nobel winner Omura gives lecture in Yokohama

Satoshi Omura, Nobel winner in Physiology or Medicine, gives a lecture during an event hosted by biopharmaceutical-related companies in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Oct. 14, 2015. During his first speech to the public since winning the prize, Omura said microorganisms do not create useless things. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Nobel winner Omura gives lecture in Yokohama

Satoshi Omura, Nobel winner in Physiology or Medicine, gives a lecture during an event hosted by biopharmaceutical-related companies in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Oct. 14, 2015. During his first speech to the public since winning the prize, Omura said microorganisms do not create useless things. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Original audio of Emperor Showa's surrender speech made public

Photo taken July 24, 2015, at the Imperial Household Agency in Tokyo shows the vinyl master records of Emperor Hirohito's speech announcing Japan's surrender in World War II to the Allied Forces on Aug. 15, 1945. The agency made available to the public for the first time the original audio from them on Aug. 1 to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the war. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Taiwan President Tsai calls for change in cross-strait gridlock

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen speaks at a symposium organized to celebrate 30 years of cross-strait exchanges in Taipei on Oct. 26, 2017. It was Tsai's first public speech after the Communist Party of China concluded its twice-a-decade congress at which Chinese President Xi Jinping was made the most powerful Chinese leader in decades. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Original audio of Emperor Showa's surrender speech made public

File photo taken Aug. 15, 1945, shows people kneeling down in front of the Imperial Palace after Emperor Hirohito announced Japan's surrender in World War II to the Allied Forces. The Imperial Household Agency made available on Aug. 1, 2015, to the public for the first time the original audio from the vinyl master records of the emperor's speech to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the war. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Original audio of Emperor Showa's surrender speech made public

File photo taken Aug. 15, 1945, at an unknown place shows people kneeling in front of a radio to listen to the announcement of Emperor Hirohito about Japan's surrender in World War II to the Allied Forces. The Imperial Household Agency made available on Aug. 1, 2015, to the public for the first time the original audio from the vinyl master records of the emperor's speech to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of the war. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's new Emperor Naruhito greets public

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, alongside Empress Masako and his younger brother Crown Prince Fumihito, delivers a speech to well-wishers gathered at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on May 4, 2019, in his first public appearance since his enthronement on May 1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's new Emperor Naruhito greets public

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, alongside Empress Masako, delivers a speech to well-wishers gathered at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on May 4, 2019, in his first public appearance since his enthronement on May 1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's new Emperor Naruhito greets public

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, alongside Empress Masako, delivers a speech to thousands of well-wishers gathered at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on May 4, 2019, in his first public appearance since his enthronement on May 1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's new Emperor Naruhito greets public

Japanese Emperor Naruhito, alongside Empress Masako, delivers a speech to thousands of well-wishers gathered at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on May 4, 2019, in his first public appearance since his enthronement on May 1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan announces $30 billion investment in Africa as TICAD begins

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attends the sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Aug. 27, 2016. In a keynote speech on the first day of the two-day meeting, Abe said Japan will mobilize a total of $30 billion in private- and public-sector funds to invest in Africa over three years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan announces $30 billion investment in Africa as TICAD begins

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe delivers a keynote speech at the sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Aug. 27, 2016, the first day of the two-day meeting. Abe said Japan will mobilize a total of $30 billion in private- and public-sector funds to invest in Africa over three years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Singapore opens first free-speech park

SINGAPORE - A man delivers a speech Sept. 1 as people in the tightly controlled country are allowed to address the public without a permit for the first time with the establishment of a ''Speakers' Corner.'' Several speakers turned up at dawn at the designated venue to voice their opinions but their audience comprised mainly journalists and some elderly people who had been doing slow-moving martial arts exercises.