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Nicolas Sarkozy In Police Custody Over Campaign Financing

File photo - Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi shakes hands with President Nicolas Sarkozy before their meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France on December 10, 2007. Gadhafi is on a 5-Day State Visit to France for a high-profile visit set to usher in multi-billion-euro nuclear and aviation contracts. Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was in police custody on Tuesday morning March 20, 2018, an official in the country’s judiciary said. He was to be questioned as part of an investigation into suspected irregularities over his election campaign financing, the same source added. The probe related to alleged Libyan funding for Sarkozy’s 2007 campaign, Le Monde newspaper reported. Photo by Abd Rabbo-Mousse/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nicolas Sarkozy receives Moammar Gadhafi at the Elysee Palace - Paris

Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi shakes hands with President Nicolas Sarkozy before their meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France on December 10, 2007. Gadhafi is on a 5-Day State Visit to France for a high-profile visit set to usher in multi-billion-euro nuclear and aviation contracts. Photo by Abd Rabbo-Mousse/ABACAPRESS.COM

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U.S.-WASHINGTON, D.C.-DEBT CEILING-MEETING

(230510) -- WASHINGTON, D.C., May 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (center L) and U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (center R) speak to the press after a high-profile debt ceiling meeting in Washington, D.C., the United States, May 9, 2023. Republicans and Democrats are nowhere near a deal after a high-profile debt ceiling meeting failed to yield a breakthrough on Tuesday, risking a debt default that economists warn could cripple the U.S. economy and spawn a financial crisis. (Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Xinhua)

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U.S.-WASHINGTON, D.C.-DEBT CEILING-MEETING

(230510) -- WASHINGTON, D.C., May 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (L) and U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell speak to the press after a high-profile debt ceiling meeting in Washington, D.C., the United States, May 9, 2023. Republicans and Democrats are nowhere near a deal after a high-profile debt ceiling meeting failed to yield a breakthrough on Tuesday, risking a debt default that economists warn could cripple the U.S. economy and spawn a financial crisis. (Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Xinhua)

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U.S.-WASHINGTON, D.C.-DEBT CEILING-MEETING

(230510) -- WASHINGTON, D.C., May 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R) and U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell speak to the press after a high-profile debt ceiling meeting in Washington, D.C., the United States, May 9, 2023. Republicans and Democrats are nowhere near a deal after a high-profile debt ceiling meeting failed to yield a breakthrough on Tuesday, risking a debt default that economists warn could cripple the U.S. economy and spawn a financial crisis. (Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Xinhua)

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U.S.-WASHINGTON, D.C.-DEBT CEILING-MEETING

(230510) -- WASHINGTON, D.C., May 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy speaks to the press after a high-profile debt ceiling meeting in Washington, D.C., the United States, May 9, 2023. Republicans and Democrats are nowhere near a deal after a high-profile debt ceiling meeting failed to yield a breakthrough on Tuesday, risking a debt default that economists warn could cripple the U.S. economy and spawn a financial crisis. (Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Xinhua)

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U.S.-WASHINGTON, D.C.-DEBT CEILING-MEETING

(230510) -- WASHINGTON, D.C., May 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy speaks to the press after a high-profile debt ceiling meeting in Washington, D.C., the United States, May 9, 2023. Republicans and Democrats are nowhere near a deal after a high-profile debt ceiling meeting failed to yield a breakthrough on Tuesday, risking a debt default that economists warn could cripple the U.S. economy and spawn a financial crisis. (Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Xinhua)

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U.S.-WASHINGTON, D.C.-DEBT CEILING-MEETING

(230510) -- WASHINGTON, D.C., May 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy exits the White House after a high-profile debt ceiling meeting in Washington, D.C., the United States, May 9, 2023. Republicans and Democrats are nowhere near a deal after a high-profile debt ceiling meeting failed to yield a breakthrough on Tuesday, risking a debt default that economists warn could cripple the U.S. economy and spawn a financial crisis. (Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Xinhua)

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Family of Nepalese man

YOKOHAMA, Japan - (From L) Radha Mainali and her second daughter Alisha and eldest daughter Mithila are interviewed in Yokohama on June 8, 2012, after meeting Radha's husband, and Alisha and Mithila's father, Govinda Prasad Mainali, at the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau's Yokohama office. The Tokyo High Court on June 7 decided to reopen a high-profile murder case in which the Nepalese man was sentenced to life imprisonment for killing a Japanese woman in 1997 in Tokyo. Mainali was released and handed over to the immigration bureau's Yokohama office later that day.

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Family of Nepalese man

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Radha Mainali (R, front row) and her daughters Mithila (L, front row) and Alisha (C, front row) leave the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau's Yokohama office on June 8, 2012, after meeting Radha's husband, and Mithila and Alisha's father, Govinda Prasad Mainali. The Tokyo High Court on June 7 decided to reopen a high-profile murder case in which the Nepalese man was sentenced to life imprisonment for killing a Japanese woman in 1997 in Tokyo. Mainali was released and handed over to the immigration bureau's Yokohama office later that day.

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Ex-Fed vice chairman urges 'aggressive' interest rate cut

WASHINGTON, United States - Former Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Alan Blinder hopes the U.S. central bank will lower its base interest rate ''aggressively'' with a 0.5 percentage point cut at its policy-setting meeting on Sept. 18. Blinder expressed hope in a telephone interview with Kyodo News ahead of the high-profile Federal Open Market Committee meeting.

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Koizumi repeats no intent to axe Fukui

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, in a brief press meeting at his office on June 15, said he is not mulling replacing Bank of Japan Governor Toshihiko Fukui in relation to his controversial 10 million yen investment in a fund founded by an arrested high-profile financier.

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World anticipating ambitious roadmap for biodiversity protection

STORY: World anticipating ambitious roadmap for biodiversity protection DATELINE: Dec. 10, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:02 LOCATION: MONTREAL, Canada CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the COP15 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MARCO LAMBERTINI, Director General of the World Wildlife Fund International 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): BRIONY FOX, Director of Conservation and Climate Change at the North York Moors National Park 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): ELIZABETH MARUMA MREMA, Executive secretary of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity STORYLINE: A high-profile UN conference on biodiversity is currently underway in Montreal, Canada. The second phase of the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity kicked off on Wednesday. China holds the presidency of the COP15, and Canada is the host of the second phase of COP15. Amid the ongoing negotiations, many are hoping for an ambitious roadmap to protect nature and halt biodiversity loss, while some experts have sp

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Koizumi repeats no intent to axe Fukui

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, in a brief press meeting at his office on June 15, said he is not mulling replacing Bank of Japan Governor Toshihiko Fukui in relation to his controversial 10 million yen investment in a fund founded by an arrested high-profile financier. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Fed vice chairman urges 'aggressive' interest rate cut

WASHINGTON, United States - Former Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Alan Blinder hopes the U.S. central bank will lower its base interest rate ''aggressively'' with a 0.5 percentage point cut at its policy-setting meeting on Sept. 18. Blinder expressed hope in a telephone interview with Kyodo News ahead of the high-profile Federal Open Market Committee meeting. (Kyodo)

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Britain's Prince William in China

Britain's Prince William (far R) leaves the Great Hall of the People in Beijing after his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jingping on March 2, 2015. The Duke of Cambridge's visit to mainland China is the most high-profile by a member of the British royal family since 1986. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ballot to pick new Tokyo governor to be held on July 31

Former Defense Minister Yuriko Koike is to attend a meeting of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's Tokyo branch on June 17, 2016. Koike is among the high-profile lawmakers considered as possible candidates for the next Tokyo governor after Yoichi Masuzoe's resignation over a money scandal. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chinese Premier Li meets with Japanese ex-lower house speaker

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (R) meets with former Japanese lower house speaker Yohei Kono at Beijing's Great Hall of the People on April 14, 2015. The meeting was one of a handful of encounters involving high-profile figures from the two countries, whose relations remain chilled. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chinese Premier Li meets with Japanese ex-lower house speaker

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (R) meets with former Japanese lower house speaker Yohei Kono at Beijing's Great Hall of the People on April 14, 2015. The meeting was one of a handful of encounters involving high-profile figures from the two countries, whose relations remain chilled. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan-China spat on APEC sidelines

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) and Chinese President Hu Jintao shake hands during their meeting in Yokohama on Nov. 13, 2010, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. Kan and Hu remained apart over a high-profile territorial row in the East China Sea. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Japan-China spat on APEC sidelines

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan (L) leads Chinese President Hu Jintao to his seat during their meeting in Yokohama on Nov. 13, 2010, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum. Kan and Hu remained apart over a high-profile territorial row in the East China Sea. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Japan widens counter-cyberattack protection to more entities

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga (2nd from R) addresses a cybersecurity strategy task force meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 12, 2016. Japan decided the same day to extend its counter-cyberattack monitoring of key government agencies to include nine government-affiliated bodies, including the national pension operator that saw more than 1 million sets of personal information leaked in a high-profile attack. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo