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Unrest in Ukraine

KIEV, Ukraine - Former Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who was a political foe of Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaks at a rally to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko (1814-1861) in Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, on March 9, 2014. Khodorkovsky, who was serving a prison term for tax evasion and other charges, was freed in late 2013 when Putin pardoned him.

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Princess Hisako to attend IOC meet

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Princess Hisako, widow of the late Prince Takamado. The Imperial Household Agency said Sept. 2, 2013, that the princess will attend a general meeting of the International Olympic Committee in Buenos Aires on Sept. 7 and make a speech thanking the world for supporting northeastern Japan after the devastating March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Girl's dream to become designer lives on in handkerchiefs

IWAKI, Japan - Photo taken in July 2013 shows a handkerchief featuring the late Himeka Suzuki's award-winning painting. Himeka was killed at age 10 by the massive tsunami waves that engulfed her hometown of Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, and other places along the northeastern Japan coast in March 2011.

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Demonstrations in Turkey

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Demonstrators march in Istanbul on June 3, 2013. Antigovernment demonstrations have spread in Turkey after initial protests in Istanbul in late May over a local development project.

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Spring Airlines freezes business expansion plans in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in May 2012 shows passengers boarding a flight of Chinese budget carrier Spring Airlines bound for Ibaraki Airport in Japan at Shanghai Pudong International Airport in China. Spring Airlines, which currently operates flights to three Japanese cities, plans to freeze plans to fly to additional destinations in the country, the airline's chairman Wang Zhenghua said in late March 2013.

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Matsui featured on postage stamps

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows stamps featuring pictures of Hideki Matsui, who announced an end to his stellar baseball career in late 2012. Japan Post Co. on March 27, 2013, began accepting orders for postage stamps and postcards featuring pictures of Matsui.

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Square Enix president to step down in June

TOKYO, Japan - Yoichi Wada (R), president of Japanese game software maker Square Enix Holdings Co., and his successor, Representative Director Yosuke Matsuda, hold a press conference in Tokyo on March 26, 2013. Wada will be replaced by Matsuda in late June due to slowing sales of major console game titles in North America and Europe, the company said.

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Kikkoman's Horikiri to become president

TOKYO, Japan - Kikkoman Corp. President Mitsuo Someya (L) shakes hands with Senior Executive Corporate Officer Noriaki Horikiri, his successor, at a press conference in Tokyo on March 26, 2013. Horikiri will take the helm of the holding company of leading soy sauce maker Kikkoman Food Products Co. in late June.

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Genkai nuke power plant's No. 1 reactor likely to be scrapped

The No. 1 reactor at Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s nuclear power plant in Genkai, Saga Prefecture, southwestern Japan, is shown in a photo taken in June 2013. The company is expected to formally decide late in March 2015 to scrap the aging reactor due to huge costs needed to maintain it. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Jiri Menzel, Boleslav Polivka

***March 6, 2013 FILE PHOTO of actor Boleslav Polivka, left, and director Jiri Menzel.*** Czech Oscar-winning film director Jiri Menzel died on Saturday evening on September 5, 2020, aged 82, his wife Olga Menzelova wrote on Facebook late on Sunday and Menzel's assistant Mila Radova confirmed the information to CTK. (CTK Photo/Martina Odehnalova)

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Jiri Menzel

***March 6, 2013 FILE PHOTO*** Czech Oscar-winning film director Jiri Menzel died on Saturday evening on September 5, 2020, aged 82, his wife Olga Menzelova wrote on Facebook late on Sunday and Menzel's assistant Mila Radova confirmed the information to CTK. (CTK Photo/Martina Odehnalova)

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Czech Oscar-winning film director Jiri Menzel dies aged 82

***FILE PHOTO*** Czech Oscar-winning film director Jiri Menzel died on Saturday evening on September 5, 2020, aged 82, his wife Olga Menzelova wrote on Facebook late on Sunday and Menzel's assistant Mila Radova confirmed the information to CTK. *** Gala Dinner held by Prague Mayor Bohuslav Svoboda (not pictured) and Febiofest representatives with Geraldine Chaplin (pictured with director Jiri Menzel) took place in Prague mayor's residence, Prague, Czech Republic on Thursday, March 21, 2013. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)