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Mass in Honor of Pope Francis - Argentina

The candidate for Legislator in CABA for "Es Ahora Buenos Aires", Leandro Santoro (l) and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel (r), during a mass in honor of Pope Francis at the Basilica San José de Flores, on April 21, 2025, in Buenos Aires (Argentina). Pope Francis died this April 21, at 7:35 a.m., at the age of 88, at his residence in Casa Santa Marta at the Vatican. The Pontiff passed away one day after his last public appearance on Easter Sunday, when he appeared on the main balcony of St. Peter's Basilica to impart the 'Urbi et Orbi' blessing. The Pope's last public appearance was on Easter Sunday, April 21, 2025. Photo by Sebastian Hipperdinger/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Mass in Honor of Pope Francis - Argentina

The candidate for Legislator in CABA for "Es Ahora Buenos Aires", Leandro Santoro (l) and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Adolfo Pérez Esquivel (r), during a mass in honor of Pope Francis at the Basilica San José de Flores, on April 21, 2025, in Buenos Aires (Argentina). Pope Francis died this April 21, at 7:35 a.m., at the age of 88, at his residence in Casa Santa Marta at the Vatican. The Pontiff passed away one day after his last public appearance on Easter Sunday, when he appeared on the main balcony of St. Peter's Basilica to impart the 'Urbi et Orbi' blessing. The Pope's last public appearance was on Easter Sunday, April 21, 2025. Photo by Sebastian Hipperdinger/Europa Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fire at Japan lawmaker's home

Photo taken on Nov. 28, 2024 from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a condominium building in Tokyo where Japanese lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi lives, after a fire broke out the night before. Two unidentified people found at the scene were later confirmed dead, with the 72-year-old Liberal Democratic Party legislator's husband, the renowned scholar Takashi Inoguchi, and one of the couple's daughters remaining unaccounted for.

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Fire at Japan lawmaker's home

Firefighters investigate on Nov. 28, 2024, at a condominium building in Tokyo where Japanese lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi lives after a fire broke out the night before. Two unidentified people found at the scene were later confirmed dead, with the 72-year-old Liberal Democratic Party legislator's husband, the renowned scholar Takashi Inoguchi, and one of the couple's daughters remaining unaccounted for.

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Fire at Japan lawmaker's home

Photo taken on Nov. 28, 2024 from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a condominium building in Tokyo where Japanese lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi lives, after a fire broke out the night before. Two unidentified people found at the scene were later confirmed dead, with the 72-year-old Liberal Democratic Party legislator's husband, the renowned scholar Takashi Inoguchi, and one of the couple's daughters remaining unaccounted for.

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Fire at Japan lawmaker's home

Fire breaks out on Nov. 27, 2024, at a condominium building in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward where Japanese lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi lives. Two unidentified people found at the scene were later confirmed dead, with the 72-year-old Liberal Democratic Party legislator's husband, the renowned scholar Takashi Inoguchi, and one of the couple's daughters remaining unaccounted for.

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Fire at Japan lawmaker's home

Fire breaks out on Nov. 27, 2024, at a condominium building in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward where Japanese lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi lives. Two unidentified people found at the scene were later confirmed dead, with the 72-year-old Liberal Democratic Party legislator's husband, the renowned scholar Takashi Inoguchi, and one of the couple's daughters remaining unaccounted for.

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Fire at Japan lawmaker's home

Fire breaks out on Nov. 27, 2024, at a condominium building in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward where Japanese lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi lives. Two unidentified people found at the scene were later confirmed dead, with the 72-year-old Liberal Democratic Party legislator's husband, the renowned scholar Takashi Inoguchi, and one of the couple's daughters remaining unaccounted for.

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Fire at Japan lawmaker's home

Fire breaks out at a condominium building in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward where Japanese lawmaker Kuniko Inoguchi lives on Nov. 27, 2024. Two unidentified people found at the scene were later confirmed dead, with the 72-year-old Liberal Democratic Party legislator's husband, the renowned scholar Takashi Inoguchi, and one of the couple's daughters remaining unaccounted for.

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SLOVENIA-LJUBLJANA-PARLIAMENT-PALESTINIAN STATE-RECOGNITION

(240604) -- LJUBLJANA, June 4, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Slovenian Parliamentary Speaker Urska Klakocar Zupancic (R, Rear) attends the parliamentary session dedicated to the recognition of Palestine in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on June 4, 2024. The Slovenian Parliament on Tuesday voted to approve the proposal of recognizing the statehood of Palestine, a move the legislator body said would hopefully help stop the violence in Gaza. (Bozidar Kolar/STA/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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SLOVENIA-LJUBLJANA-PARLIAMENT-PALESTINIAN STATE-RECOGNITION

(240604) -- LJUBLJANA, June 4, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Slovenian Prime Minister Robert Golob (Front) attends the parliamentary session dedicated to the recognition of Palestine in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on June 4, 2024. The Slovenian Parliament on Tuesday voted to approve the proposal of recognizing the statehood of Palestine, a move the legislator body said would hopefully help stop the violence in Gaza. (Bozidar Kolar/STA/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-TIANJIN-ZHAO LEJI-INSPECTION (CN)

(240115) -- TIANJIN, Jan. 15, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Zhao Leji, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, inspects a primary-level legislative outreach office in north China's Tianjin Municipality on Jan. 14, 2024. China's top legislator Zhao Leji heard opinions concerning the work report of the Standing Committee of the NPC during a two-day inspection tour here. (Xinhua/Yue Yuewei)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-ZHAO LEJI-INSPECTION (CN)

(240115) -- TIANJIN, Jan. 15, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Zhao Leji, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, inspects a lawmakers' station in north China's Tianjin Municipality on Jan. 14, 2024. China's top legislator Zhao Leji heard opinions concerning the work report of the Standing Committee of the NPC during a two-day inspection tour here. (Xinhua/Yue Yuewei)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-ZHAO LEJI-INSPECTION (CN)

(240115) -- TIANJIN, Jan. 15, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Zhao Leji, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, visits the Standing Committee of the Tianjin Municipal People's Congress in north China's Tianjin Municipality on Jan. 15, 2024. China's top legislator Zhao Leji heard opinions concerning the work report of the Standing Committee of the NPC during a two-day inspection tour here. (Xinhua/Yue Yuewei)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-ZHAO LEJI-INSPECTION (CN)

(240115) -- TIANJIN, Jan. 15, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Zhao Leji, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, speaks at a seminar to solicit opinions concerning the work report of the Standing Committee of the NPC in north China's Tianjin Municipality on Jan. 15, 2024. China's top legislator Zhao Leji heard opinions concerning the work report of the Standing Committee of the NPC during a two-day inspection tour here. (Xinhua/Yue Yuewei)

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Taiwan top legislator You heads to Yonaguni

Taiwan's Legislative Speaker You Si-kun (far L) departs on a 110-kilometer sea journey from Suao in Yilan County, Taiwan, to Japan's westernmost island of Yonaguni in Okinawa Prefecture on July 4, 2023, to promote tourism between the two sides.

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Dominicans highlight effectiveness of vaccine from China's Sinovac

STORY: Dominicans highlight effectiveness of vaccine from China's Sinovac DATELINE: Feb. 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:01 LOCATION: Santo Domingo CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Dominican Republic 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Spanish): ARIS YVAN LORENZO, Legislator in Dominican Republic 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Spanish): LORRAINE HERNANDEZ, Obstetrics physician in Dominican Republic 4. various of the Dominican Republic STORYLINE: Dominicans who have benefited from COVID-19 vaccines from the Chinese biopharmaceutical company Sinovac highlighted on Friday the help provided by China to face the pandemic. SOUNDBITE 1 (Spanish): ARIS YVAN LORENZO, Legislator in Dominican Republic "We Dominicans feel highly grateful to the Chinese people. At a time when the world was in the dark during the search for medicine to face a great challenge that was the COVID-19 pandemic, the Chinese people appeared and gave us peace of mind." SOUNDBITE 2 (Spanish): LORRAINE HERNANDEZ, Obstetrics physician in Dominican Republic "The vaccine that we

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Filipino woman married to South Korean acts as lawmaker

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean ruling party legislator Jasmine Lee (C) chats with her staff in front of the Capitol Building in Seoul during a plenary session break on Dec. 2, 2014. Lee, originally from the Philippines, helps women who moved to South Korea as the result of an international marriage. (Photo by KIM MIN HUI)

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China's top legislator Zhang speaks at parliamentary session

BEIJING, China - China's top legislator Zhang Dejiang, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, reports on the committee's activities during the Chinese parliament's annual session on March 9, 2014.

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Renault to appoint ex-defense chief Koike as outside director

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows former Japanese Defense Minister Yuriko Koike. Renault SA of France plans to appoint Koike, a House of Representatives legislator from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, as an outside director, sources familiar with the matter said April 18, 2013.

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Ex-Finance Minister Fujii to retire from politics

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in June 2010 shows former Finance Minister Hirohisa Fujii of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan. Fujii will retire from politics without running in the Dec. 16 general election, sources close to the legislator said Nov. 29, 2012.

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Ex-LDP lawmaker Koichi Hamada dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows House of Representatives lawmaker Koichi Hamada dismantling a barricade at the headquarters of the Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo in November 1979 during an internal party conflict. Hamada, who served seven terms as an LDP legislator and was known as an outspoken member of parliament, died of heart failure on Aug. 5, 2012, at his home. He was 83.

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Ex-LDP lawmaker Koichi Hamada dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in 2001 shows Koichi Hamada, former House of Representatives lawmaker. Hamada, who served seven terms as a Liberal Democratic Party legislator and was known as an outspoken member of parliament, died of heart failure on Aug. 5, 2012, at his home. He was 83.

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S. Korean president's brother arrested

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Lee Myung Bak's elder brother, Lee Sang Deuk, formerly a six-term legislator, lowers his eyes before reporters in Seoul in the early hours of July 11, 2012, after he was arrested on suspicion of taking bribes.

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S. Korean president's brother arrested

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Lee Myung Bak's elder brother, Lee Sang Deuk, formerly a six-term legislator, answers reporters' questions in Seoul in the early hours of July 11, 2012, after he was arrested on suspicion of taking bribes.

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S. Korean president's brother arrested

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Lee Myung Bak's elder brother, Lee Sang Deuk, formerly a six-term legislator, answers reporters' questions in Seoul in the early hours of July 11, 2012, after he was arrested on suspicion of taking bribes.

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Lawmaker Noda calls baby son 'mentor'

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese lawmaker Seiko Noda is interviewed by Kyodo News in Tokyo on Feb. 1, 2012, about the controversy over her childbearing at age 50 about a year ago. Noda, a six-term lower house legislator and a member of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, gave birth to her son Masaki in January 2011 through artificial insemination. She said Masaki is her ''mentor'' who trains her as a politician.

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Lawmaker Noda calls baby son 'mentor'

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese lawmaker Seiko Noda is interviewed by Kyodo News in Tokyo on Feb. 1, 2012, about the controversy over her childbearing at age 50 about a year ago. Noda, a six-term lower house legislator and a member of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, gave birth to her son Masaki in January 2011 through artificial insemination. She said Masaki is her ''mentor'' who trains her as a politician.

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Japan PM Noda, China top legislator Wu

BEIJING, China - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (L) holds talks with China's top legislator Wu Bangguo at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Dec. 26, 2011. Wu is chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan legislator quits over 'vote manipulation'

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken April 2, 2010, shows a voting panel installed on the seat of each member of the House of Councillors in the chamber's plenary room. Veteran upper house member Masatoshi Wakabayashi quit as a lawmaker the same day after confessing he pressed an absent lawmaker's voting button during a parliamentary vote.

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Upper house veteran Aoki votes by himself

TOKYO, Japan - Mikio Aoki, a veteran member of the opposition Liberal Democratic Party, presses the voting button during a plenary session of the House of Councillors on April 2, 2010. Fellow LDP member Masatoshi Wakabayashi quit as a legislator the same day after it was revealed he had pushed Aoki's voting button during votes on 10 bills when Aoki was absent from the chamber.

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Hatoyama's brother leaves LDP

TOKYO, Japan - Veteran legislator Kunio Hatoyama speaks about his departure from the opposition Liberal Democratic Party to reporters near his office in Tokyo on March 15, 2010. Hatoyama has already said he will work on forming a new party, denying he will join parties with his elder brother, Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama.

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Hatoyama's brother leaves LDP

TOKYO, Japan - Veteran legislator Kunio Hatoyama leaves a press conference after announcing his departure from the opposition Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo on March 15, 2010. Hatoyama has already said he will work on forming a new party, denying he will join parties with his elder brother, Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama.

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Hatoyama's brother leaves LDP

TOKYO, Japan - Veteran legislator Kunio Hatoyama wraps up a press conference on his departure from the opposition Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo on March 15, 2010. Hatoyama has already said he will work on forming a new party, denying he will join parties with his elder brother, Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama.

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Hatoyama's brother leaves LDP

TOKYO, Japan - Veteran legislator Kunio Hatoyama speaks about his departure from the opposition Liberal Democratic Party to reporters near his office in Tokyo on March 15, 2010. Hatoyama has already said he will work on forming a new party, denying he will join parties with his elder brother, Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama.

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Hatoyama's brother leaves LDP

TOKYO, Japan - Veteran legislator Kunio Hatoyama leaves a press conference after announcing his departure from the opposition Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo on March 15, 2010. Hatoyama has already said he will work on forming a new party, denying he will join parties with his elder brother, Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama.

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Hatoyama's brother leaves LDP

TOKYO, Japan - Veteran legislator Kunio Hatoyama speaks about his departure from the opposition Liberal Democratic Party to reporters near his office in Tokyo on March 15, 2010. Hatoyama has already said he will work on forming a new party, denying he will join parties with his elder brother, Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama.

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Hatoyama's brother leaves LDP

TOKYO, Japan - Veteran legislator Kunio Hatoyama wraps up a press conference on his departure from the opposition Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo on March 15, 2010. Hatoyama has already said he will work on forming a new party, denying he will join parties with his elder brother, Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama.

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Hatoyama's brother leaves LDP

TOKYO, Japan - Veteran legislator Kunio Hatoyama speaks about his departure from the opposition Liberal Democratic Party to reporters near his office in Tokyo on March 15, 2010. Hatoyama has already said he will work on forming a new party, denying he will join parties with his elder brother, Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama.

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Hatoyama's brother leaves LDP

TOKYO, Japan - Veteran legislator Kunio Hatoyama speaks about his departure from the opposition Liberal Democratic Party to reporters near his office in Tokyo on March 15, 2010. Hatoyama has already said he will work on forming a new party, denying he will join parties with his elder brother, Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama.

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Ozawa ex-aide arrested over funds scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Ruling party kingpin Ichiro Ozawa leaves parliament in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2010. Prosecutors arrested lower house legislator Tomohiro Ishikawa, a former aide of Ozawa, the same day in connection with a political funds scandals involving Ozawa's fund management body.

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Ozawa's ex-aide arrested over funds scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Ruling party kingpin Ichiro Ozawa enters an anteroom in parliament in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2010. Prosecutors arrested lower house legislator Tomohiro Ishikawa, a former aide of Ozawa, the same day in connection with a political funds scandals involving Ozawa's fund management body.

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Former Ozawa aide arrested over money scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa, the ruling party kingpin, heads for an anteroom in parliament in Tokyo on Jan. 15, 2010. Prosecutors arrested a former Ozawa aide, lower house legislator Tomohiro Ishikawa, the same day in connection with a series of political funds scandals.

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Former Ozawa aide arrested over money scandal

TOKYO, Japan - Ichiro Ozawa, the ruling party kingpin, arrives at Haneda airport in Tokyo on his way back from Osaka on Jan. 15, 2010. Prosecutors arrested a former Ozawa aide, lower house legislator Tomohiro Ishikawa, the same day in connection with a series of political funds scandals.

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Japanese lower house members meet with China's chief legislator

BEIJING, China - Takeaki Matsumoto (L), chairman of the Steering Committee of Japan's House of Representatives who heads a group of Japanese ruling and opposition lower house members, shakes hands with Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Dec. 15, 2009.

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Japanese lower house members meet with China's chief legislator

BEIJING, China - Takeaki Matsumoto (L), chairman of the Steering Committee of Japan's House of Representatives who heads a group of Japanese ruling and opposition lower house members, talks with Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Dec. 15, 2009.

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Wrestler Onita to run in Nagasaki election

NAGASAKI, Japan - Atsushi Onita, a professional wrestler and former upper house legislator, announces his plan to run in next year's Nagasaki gubernatorial election in Nagasaki City on Dec. 2, 2009.

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Yamasaki meets with China's Wu

BEIJING, China - Taku Yamasaki (L), an influential member of the Japanese ruling Liberal Democratic Party, shakes hands with China's top legislator Wu Bangguo at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on April 26 ahead of their talks.

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Yamasaki meets Chinese vice premier to fix strained ties

BEIJING, China - Taku Yamasaki (L), a legislator and special adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, meets China's Vice Premier Huang Ju in Beijing on May 8 to find a way to fix strained bilateral relations.

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N. Korea's Kim Yong Nam meets with China's top legislator

BEIJING, China - North Korea's No. 2 leader Kim Yong Nam (L) is escorted by China's top legislator Wu Bangguo ahead of their talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Oct. 18. Kim, the head of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, arrived in Beijing earlier in the day for a three-day official visit. (Pool photo)