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Exclusive - Illustration - The Cathedral of Notre Dame - Paris

FRANCE. VAL-DE-MARNE (94) NOTRE DAME DE PARIS WORKSITE - AUTUMN 2023: IN THE SCULPTURE LODGE, SCULPTORS FROM THE TOLLIS WORKSHOP AT WORK RESTORING THE CHIMERES. HERE, THE STATUE OF THE FELINE ON THE BALCONY OF THE SOUTH BELFRY. WHEN THE ORIGINAL SCULPTURE IS BADLY DETERIORATED, AN INTERMEDIARY STEP IS TAKEN WITH A GREEN FOAM SCULPTURE (VISIBLE HERE) FROM A 3D SCAN, WHICH THE SCULPTORS USE AS A BASIS FOR CREATING THE NEW CHIMERA. Photo by Stephane Compoint/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Bitcoin price rises above $71,000 - Illustration

ILLUSTRATION - Bitcoin prices climb above $71,000 amid US election speculations and positive market sentiment, on October 29, 2024. Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency. It is the first decentralized digital currency that operates without a central bank or a central administrator. The network is peer-to-peer and transactions happen between users, without an intermediary. Photo by Robin Utrech/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Bitcoin price rises above $71,000 - Illustration

ILLUSTRATION - Bitcoin prices climb above $71,000 amid US election speculations and positive market sentiment, on October 29, 2024. Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency. It is the first decentralized digital currency that operates without a central bank or a central administrator. The network is peer-to-peer and transactions happen between users, without an intermediary. Photo by Robin Utrech/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Bitcoin price rises above $71,000 - Illustration

ILLUSTRATION - Bitcoin prices climb above $71,000 amid US election speculations and positive market sentiment, on October 29, 2024. Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency. It is the first decentralized digital currency that operates without a central bank or a central administrator. The network is peer-to-peer and transactions happen between users, without an intermediary. Photo by Robin Utrech/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Bitcoin price rises above $71,000 - Illustration

ILLUSTRATION - Bitcoin prices climb above $71,000 amid US election speculations and positive market sentiment, on October 29, 2024. Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency. It is the first decentralized digital currency that operates without a central bank or a central administrator. The network is peer-to-peer and transactions happen between users, without an intermediary. Photo by Robin Utrech/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Bitcoin price rises above $71,000 - Illustration

ILLUSTRATION - Bitcoin prices climb above $71,000 amid US election speculations and positive market sentiment, on October 29, 2024. Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency. It is the first decentralized digital currency that operates without a central bank or a central administrator. The network is peer-to-peer and transactions happen between users, without an intermediary. Photo by Robin Utrech/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Bitcoin price rises above $71,000 - Illustration

ILLUSTRATION - Bitcoin prices climb above $71,000 amid US election speculations and positive market sentiment, on October 29, 2024. Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency. It is the first decentralized digital currency that operates without a central bank or a central administrator. The network is peer-to-peer and transactions happen between users, without an intermediary. Photo by Robin Utrech/ABACAPRESS.COM

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The Bitcoin price rises above $71,000 - Illustration

ILLUSTRATION - Bitcoin prices climb above $71,000 amid US election speculations and positive market sentiment, on October 29, 2024. Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency. It is the first decentralized digital currency that operates without a central bank or a central administrator. The network is peer-to-peer and transactions happen between users, without an intermediary. Photo by Robin Utrech/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Black Friday - Madrid

A shop window advertises discounts during Black Friday, November 24, 2023, in Madrid (Spain). This year, the forecast for Spanish spending on Black Friday is 6% higher than last year. In addition to discounts in stores, on the occasion of this day the Madrid City Council has put free buses in the city to encourage shoppers to travel by public transport. Yesterday, the day before the Black Friday sales campaign, Bizum and ATMs throughout Spain gave failures due to a fall of the Redsys payment system, the virtual payment platform that acts as an intermediary. This is the second time this has happened, since last Saturday, November 18, Bizum suffered its first crash. Photo by Eduardo Parra/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Black Friday - Madrid

A person carries several shopping bags during Black Friday, November 24, 2023, in Madrid (Spain). This year, the forecast for Spanish spending on Black Friday is 6% higher than last year's spending. In addition to discounts in stores, on the occasion of this day the Madrid City Council has put free buses in the city to encourage shoppers to travel by public transport. Yesterday, the day before the Black Friday sales campaign, Bizum and ATMs throughout Spain gave failures due to a fall of the Redsys payment system, the virtual payment platform that acts as an intermediary. This is the second time this has happened, since last Saturday, November 18, Bizum suffered its first crash. Photo by Eduardo Parra/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Black Friday - Madrid

A shop window advertises discounts during Black Friday, November 24, 2023, in Madrid (Spain). This year, the forecast for Spanish spending on Black Friday is 6% higher than last year. In addition to discounts in stores, on the occasion of this day the Madrid City Council has put free buses in the city to encourage shoppers to travel by public transport. Yesterday, the day before the Black Friday sales campaign, Bizum and ATMs throughout Spain gave failures due to a fall of the Redsys payment system, the virtual payment platform that acts as an intermediary. This is the second time this has happened, since last Saturday, November 18, Bizum suffered its first crash. Photo by Eduardo Parra/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Black Friday - Madrid

Two people carry several shopping bags during Black Friday, November 24, 2023, in Madrid (Spain). This year, the forecast for Spanish spending on Black Friday is 6% higher than last year's spending. In addition to discounts in stores, on the occasion of this day the Madrid City Council has put free buses in the city to encourage shoppers to travel by public transport. Yesterday, the day before the Black Friday sales campaign, Bizum and ATMs throughout Spain gave failures due to a fall of the Redsys payment system, the virtual payment platform that acts as an intermediary. This is the second time this has happened, since last Saturday, November 18, Bizum suffered its first crash. Photo by Eduardo Parra/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Black Friday - Madrid

A shop window advertises discounts during Black Friday, November 24, 2023, in Madrid (Spain). This year, the forecast for Spanish spending on Black Friday is 6% higher than last year. In addition to discounts in stores, on the occasion of this day the Madrid City Council has put free buses in the city to encourage shoppers to travel by public transport. Yesterday, the day before the Black Friday sales campaign, Bizum and ATMs throughout Spain gave failures due to a fall of the Redsys payment system, the virtual payment platform that acts as an intermediary. This is the second time this has happened, since last Saturday, November 18, Bizum suffered its first crash. Photo by Eduardo Parra/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Black Friday - Madrid

A shop window advertises discounts during Black Friday, November 24, 2023, in Madrid (Spain). This year, the forecast for Spanish spending on Black Friday is 6% higher than last year. In addition to discounts in stores, on the occasion of this day the Madrid City Council has put free buses in the city to encourage shoppers to travel by public transport. Yesterday, the day before the Black Friday sales campaign, Bizum and ATMs throughout Spain gave failures due to a fall of the Redsys payment system, the virtual payment platform that acts as an intermediary. This is the second time this has happened, since last Saturday, November 18, Bizum suffered its first crash. Photo by Eduardo Parra/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Black Friday - Madrid

A shop window advertises discounts during Black Friday, November 24, 2023, in Madrid (Spain). This year, the forecast for Spanish spending on Black Friday is 6% higher than last year. In addition to discounts in stores, on the occasion of this day the Madrid City Council has put free buses in the city to encourage shoppers to travel by public transport. Yesterday, the day before the Black Friday sales campaign, Bizum and ATMs throughout Spain gave failures due to a fall of the Redsys payment system, the virtual payment platform that acts as an intermediary. This is the second time this has happened, since last Saturday, November 18, Bizum suffered its first crash. Photo by Eduardo Parra/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Trading in own currencies facilitates transaction, lowers cost: Brazilian diplomat

STORY: Trading in own currencies facilitates transaction, lowers cost: Brazilian diplomat DATELINE: April 1, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:48 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of scenes in Brazil 2. various of scenes in China 3. SOUNDBITE (English): JOSE ROBERTO DE ANDRADE FILO, Vice consul-general of Brazil in Shanghai STORYLINE: The Brazilian government recently said that Brazil and China could trade in their own currencies in the future, and not use the U.S. dollar as an intermediary. A Brazilian diplomat in Shanghai told Xinhua that such an arrangement will facilitate bilateral trade and lower the cost of transaction. SOUNDBITE (English): JOSE ROBERTO DE ANDRADE FILO, Vice consul-general of Brazil in Shanghai "China is the biggest trade partner of Brazil. It has been so for 14 consecutive years and we have all the elements to believe that this will keep being the situation for many years to come. So it's natural that we can facilitate and lower the cost of transaction. That's posi

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Trial opens for Chinese rights advocate Xu Zhiyong

BEIJING, China - Supporters of Xu Zhiyong, a prominent Chinese human rights activist, are blocked by police officers near the First Intermediary People's Court in Beijing on Jan. 22, 2014, as his trial commenced at the court. Xu, charged with disrupting public order, remained silent during the morning session of his first trial to protest the illegality of the proceedings, his lawyer Zhang Qingfang said.

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Trial opens of Chinese rights advocate Xu Zhiyong

BEIJING, China - Supporters of Xu Zhiyong, a prominent Chinese human rights activist, hold up signs protesting against his trial, near Beijing's First Intermediary People's Court on Jan. 22, 2014. Xu, charged with disrupting public order, remained silent during the morning session of his first trial to protest the illegality of the proceedings, his lawyer Zhang Qingfang said.

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Trial opens of Chinese rights advocate Xu Zhiyong

BEIJING, China - A woman supporter of Xu Zhiyong, a prominent Chinese human rights activist, is pulled by a police officer near the First Intermediary People's Court in Beijing on Jan. 22, 2014, as Xu's trial commenced at the court. Xu, charged with disrupting public order, remained silent during the morning session of his first trial to protest the illegality of the proceedings, his lawyer Zhang Qingfang said.

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Trial opens of Chinese rights advocate Xu Zhiyong

BEIJING, China - Supporters of Xu Zhiyong, a prominent Chinese human rights activist, hold up a banner demanding his release near Beijing's First Intermediary People's Court on Jan. 22, 2014, as his trial commenced at the court. Xu, charged with disrupting public order, remained silent during the morning session of his first trial to protest the illegality of the proceedings, his lawyer Zhang Qingfang said.

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Brain-dead boy's organs to be transplanted

TOKYO, Japan - Juntaro Ashikari, an official of the Japan Organ Transplant Network, speaks during a press conference at the health ministry in Tokyo on April 12, 2011, on planned transplantations of organs of a boy aged between 10 and 14 who was declared brain-dead with family consent for the first time in Japan the same day. The network is the only entity certified as an intermediary for organ transplants in Japan.

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Website connects big ideas with small spaces

TOKYO, Japan - A man (L) sells organic vegetables from the tailgate of his vehicle in a space made available by a Tokyo beauty parlor in front of its door on its business holiday Dec. 14, 2010. He capitalized on the Nokisaki.com website acting as an intermediary for landowners who want to rent vacant or idling ''nokisaki'' (eaves of the house) spaces at relatively low costs and tenants who wish to lease such areas by the hour, day or week.

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Website connects big ideas with small spaces

TOKYO, Japan - A man (R) sells box lunches in front of a Tokyo office building on Dec. 21, 2010. He capitalized on the Nokisaki.com website acting as an intermediary for landowners who want to rent vacant or idling ''nokisaki'' (eaves of the house) spaces at relatively low costs and tenants who wish to lease such areas by the hour, day or week.

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5 Kyrgyz hostages freed by Islamic rebels

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan - Kyrgyz lawmaker Tursunbai Bakiruulu talks to reporters in front of his house in Bishkek on Oct. 13 after Muslim rebels holding a number of hostages in southern Kyrgyzstan have released five Kyrgyz nationals. Bakiruulu said that the release of four Japanese hostages can be realized if the Japanese government officially requests him to act as an intermediary.

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G20 countries pledge 1.1 bln USD to global health initiative

STORY: G20 countries pledge 1.1 bln USD to global health initiative DATELINE: June 22, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:33 LOCATION: Jakarta CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: (Courtesy of Indonesian Health Ministry official Youtube: Kementerian Kesehatan RI) 1. various of the meeting 2. various of the press conference 3. SOUNDBITE (English): SRI MULYANI, Indonesian Finance Minister STORYLINE: The G20 countries and stakeholders have agreed to contribute 1.1 billion U.S. dollars to financing a global initiative to mitigate future pandemics. The health and finance ministers of the G20 countries made the commitment during the first G20 Finance and Health Ministerial Meeting in Yogyakarta, Indonesia on Tuesday. The pledged money will be allocated to Financial Intermediary Fund (FIF) for Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response (PPR). The initiative is expected to create a financing and coordination platform between finance and health on how to address the pandemic. The Director-General of the World Health Organizat

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ICRC helps evacuate 1,000 from Ukraine's Mariupol

STORY: ICRC helps evacuate 1,000 from Ukraine's Mariupol DATELINE: April 7, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:55 LOCATION: Kiev CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of civilians evacuating 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): UMAR NASEEM KHAN, Head of Sub Delegation ICRC in Dnipro 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Ukraine): NYKOL, Evacuated resident STORYLINE: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said that over 1,000 civilians have been evacuated from Ukraine's conflict-affected city of Mariupol in the eastern Donetsk area with assistance from the ICRC. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): UMAR NASEEM KHAN, Head of Sub Delegation ICRC in Dnipro "We hope that we'll be back and continue to provide the safe passage to the civilians. And we have also observed acute humanitarian needs that we hope to respond as a neutral humanitarian intermediary and continue to help civilians." The ICRC said the team had led a convoy of buses and private cars with civilians to enable them safely flee Mariupol to Ukraine's southern city of Zaporizhzhia. SOUNDBIT

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Illustration Of Bitcoins - Netherlands

Illustration of Bitcoins in Netherlands on June 10, 2021. Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency and a global means of payment. It is the first decentralized digital currency that works without a central bank or central administrator. The network is peer-to-peer and the transactions take place between the users themselves, without an intermediary. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration Of Bitcoins - Netherlands

Illustration of Bitcoins in Netherlands on June 10, 2021. Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency and a global means of payment. It is the first decentralized digital currency that works without a central bank or central administrator. The network is peer-to-peer and the transactions take place between the users themselves, without an intermediary. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration Of Bitcoins - Netherlands

Illustration of Bitcoins in Netherlands on June 10, 2021. Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency and a global means of payment. It is the first decentralized digital currency that works without a central bank or central administrator. The network is peer-to-peer and the transactions take place between the users themselves, without an intermediary. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration Of Bitcoins - Netherlands

Illustration of Bitcoins in Netherlands on June 10, 2021. Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency and a global means of payment. It is the first decentralized digital currency that works without a central bank or central administrator. The network is peer-to-peer and the transactions take place between the users themselves, without an intermediary. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration Of Bitcoins - Netherlands

Illustration of Bitcoins in Netherlands on June 10, 2021. Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency and a global means of payment. It is the first decentralized digital currency that works without a central bank or central administrator. The network is peer-to-peer and the transactions take place between the users themselves, without an intermediary. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration Of Bitcoins - Netherlands

Illustration of Bitcoins in Netherlands on June 10, 2021. Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency and a global means of payment. It is the first decentralized digital currency that works without a central bank or central administrator. The network is peer-to-peer and the transactions take place between the users themselves, without an intermediary. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration Of Bitcoins - Netherlands

Illustration of Bitcoins in Netherlands on June 10, 2021. Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency and a global means of payment. It is the first decentralized digital currency that works without a central bank or central administrator. The network is peer-to-peer and the transactions take place between the users themselves, without an intermediary. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration Of Bitcoins - Netherlands

Illustration of Bitcoins in Netherlands on June 10, 2021. Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency and a global means of payment. It is the first decentralized digital currency that works without a central bank or central administrator. The network is peer-to-peer and the transactions take place between the users themselves, without an intermediary. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration Of Bitcoins - Netherlands

Illustration of Bitcoins in Netherlands on June 10, 2021. Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency and a global means of payment. It is the first decentralized digital currency that works without a central bank or central administrator. The network is peer-to-peer and the transactions take place between the users themselves, without an intermediary. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration Of Bitcoins - Netherlands

Illustration of Bitcoins in Netherlands on June 10, 2021. Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency and a global means of payment. It is the first decentralized digital currency that works without a central bank or central administrator. The network is peer-to-peer and the transactions take place between the users themselves, without an intermediary. Photo by Robin Utrecht/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Below The Sea film (1933)

Ralph Bellamy, Frederick Vogeding & Fay Wray Characters: McCreary, Von Boulton - Schlemmer (as Fredrik Vogeding), Diana Film: Below The Sea (USA 1933) Director: Albert S. Rogell 29 March 1933 Date: 29 March 1933

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Brain-dead boy's organs to be transplanted

TOKYO, Japan - Juntaro Ashikari, an official of the Japan Organ Transplant Network, speaks during a press conference at the health ministry in Tokyo on April 12, 2011, on planned transplantations of organs of a boy aged between 10 and 14 who was declared brain-dead with family consent for the first time in Japan the same day. The network is the only entity certified as an intermediary for organ transplants in Japan. (Kyodo)

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Website connects big ideas with small spaces

TOKYO, Japan - A man (R) sells box lunches in front of a Tokyo office building on Dec. 21, 2010. He capitalized on the Nokisaki.com website acting as an intermediary for landowners who want to rent vacant or idling ''nokisaki'' (eaves of the house) spaces at relatively low costs and tenants who wish to lease such areas by the hour, day or week. (Kyodo)

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Website connects big ideas with small spaces

TOKYO, Japan - A man (L) sells organic vegetables from the tailgate of his vehicle in a space made available by a Tokyo beauty parlor in front of its door on its business holiday Dec. 14, 2010. He capitalized on the Nokisaki.com website acting as an intermediary for landowners who want to rent vacant or idling ''nokisaki'' (eaves of the house) spaces at relatively low costs and tenants who wish to lease such areas by the hour, day or week. (Kyodo)

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5 Kyrgyz hostages freed by Islamic rebels

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan - Kyrgyz lawmaker Tursunbai Bakiruulu talks to reporters in front of his house in Bishkek on Oct. 13 after Muslim rebels holding a number of hostages in southern Kyrgyzstan have released five Kyrgyz nationals. Bakiruulu said that the release of four Japanese hostages can be realized if the Japanese government officially requests him to act as an intermediary.