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Nearly 200,000 Russians Being Evacuated After Massive Ukrainian Attack - Belgorod

People queue up to get food at a temporary accommodation facility in Stary Oskol of the Belgorod region, Russia, August 14, 2024. Nearly 200,000 people are being evacuated following one of the largest Ukrainian attacks on Russian territory, Russian officials said Wednesday. The overnight strikes marked the biggest combined attack on Russia's air force infrastructure since the start of the full-scale war, with three Russian military airfields targeted. A state of emergency has been declared in the Belgorod region due to "daily Ukrainian attacks," Belgorod Gov. Vyacheslav Gladkov said Wednesday morning. Nearly 194,000 people are going to be evacuated from the Kursk and Belgorod regions due to the Ukrainian military offensive, according to Russian outlets. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nearly 200,000 Russians Being Evacuated After Massive Ukrainian Attack - Belgorod

People arrive at a temporary accommodation facility in Stary Oskol of the Belgorod region, Russia, August 14, 2024. Nearly 200,000 people are being evacuated following one of the largest Ukrainian attacks on Russian territory, Russian officials said Wednesday. The overnight strikes marked the biggest combined attack on Russia's air force infrastructure since the start of the full-scale war, with three Russian military airfields targeted. A state of emergency has been declared in the Belgorod region due to "daily Ukrainian attacks," Belgorod Gov. Vyacheslav Gladkov said Wednesday morning. Nearly 194,000 people are going to be evacuated from the Kursk and Belgorod regions due to the Ukrainian military offensive, according to Russian outlets. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nearly 200,000 Russians Being Evacuated After Massive Ukrainian Attack - Belgorod

Children have fun on a swing at a temporary accommodation facility in Stary Oskol of the Belgorod region, Russia, August 14, 2024. Nearly 200,000 people are being evacuated following one of the largest Ukrainian attacks on Russian territory, Russian officials said Wednesday. The overnight strikes marked the biggest combined attack on Russia's air force infrastructure since the start of the full-scale war, with three Russian military airfields targeted. A state of emergency has been declared in the Belgorod region due to "daily Ukrainian attacks," Belgorod Gov. Vyacheslav Gladkov said Wednesday morning. Nearly 194,000 people are going to be evacuated from the Kursk and Belgorod regions due to the Ukrainian military offensive, according to Russian outlets. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nearly 200,000 Russians Being Evacuated After Massive Ukrainian Attack - Belgorod

People eat at a temporary accommodation facility in Stary Oskol of the Belgorod region, Russia, August 14, 2024. Nearly 200,000 people are being evacuated following one of the largest Ukrainian attacks on Russian territory, Russian officials said Wednesday. The overnight strikes marked the biggest combined attack on Russia's air force infrastructure since the start of the full-scale war, with three Russian military airfields targeted. A state of emergency has been declared in the Belgorod region due to "daily Ukrainian attacks," Belgorod Gov. Vyacheslav Gladkov said Wednesday morning. Nearly 194,000 people are going to be evacuated from the Kursk and Belgorod regions due to the Ukrainian military offensive, according to Russian outlets. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nearly 200,000 Russians Being Evacuated After Massive Ukrainian Attack - Belgorod

People walk on stairs at a temporary accommodation facility in Stary Oskol of the Belgorod region, Russia, August 14, 2024. Nearly 200,000 people are being evacuated following one of the largest Ukrainian attacks on Russian territory, Russian officials said Wednesday. The overnight strikes marked the biggest combined attack on Russia's air force infrastructure since the start of the full-scale war, with three Russian military airfields targeted. A state of emergency has been declared in the Belgorod region due to "daily Ukrainian attacks," Belgorod Gov. Vyacheslav Gladkov said Wednesday morning. Nearly 194,000 people are going to be evacuated from the Kursk and Belgorod regions due to the Ukrainian military offensive, according to Russian outlets. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nearly 200,000 Russians Being Evacuated After Massive Ukrainian Attack - Belgorod

People have a rest at a temporary accommodation facility in Stary Oskol of the Belgorod region, Russia, August 14, 2024. Nearly 200,000 people are being evacuated following one of the largest Ukrainian attacks on Russian territory, Russian officials said Wednesday. The overnight strikes marked the biggest combined attack on Russia's air force infrastructure since the start of the full-scale war, with three Russian military airfields targeted. A state of emergency has been declared in the Belgorod region due to "daily Ukrainian attacks," Belgorod Gov. Vyacheslav Gladkov said Wednesday morning. Nearly 194,000 people are going to be evacuated from the Kursk and Belgorod regions due to the Ukrainian military offensive, according to Russian outlets. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nearly 200,000 Russians Being Evacuated After Massive Ukrainian Attack - Belgorod

Children draw pictures at a temporary accommodation facility in Stary Oskol of the Belgorod region, Russia, August 14, 2024. Nearly 200,000 people are being evacuated following one of the largest Ukrainian attacks on Russian territory, Russian officials said Wednesday. The overnight strikes marked the biggest combined attack on Russia's air force infrastructure since the start of the full-scale war, with three Russian military airfields targeted. A state of emergency has been declared in the Belgorod region due to "daily Ukrainian attacks," Belgorod Gov. Vyacheslav Gladkov said Wednesday morning. Nearly 194,000 people are going to be evacuated from the Kursk and Belgorod regions due to the Ukrainian military offensive, according to Russian outlets. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Conference on artificial intelligence in media held in Cameroon

STORY: Conference on artificial intelligence in media held in Cameroon SHOOTING DATE: March 4/5, 2024 DATELINE: March 6, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:04 LOCATION: Yaounde CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the conference STORYLINE: A conference on how to use artificial intelligence (AI) in African media opened Monday in Yaounde, the capital city of Cameroon. Organized by the African Union of Broadcasting, a professional body composed of national radio and television organizations of African states, in partnership with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the conference brought together journalists from major African media outlets. "AI is vital in the modern world and could play an important role in how African media operate. That is why this conference is important to the future of African media," said Cameroon's Minister of Communication Emmanuel Rene Sadi who presided at the opening ceremony of the conference. The three-day conference will present results of AI

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11 killed, over 20 injured in shopping mall fire incident in Pakistan's Karachi

STORY: 11 killed, over 20 injured in shopping mall fire incident in Pakistan's Karachi SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 25, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:08 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the fire incident site STORYLINE: A devastating fire engulfed a shopping mall in Karachi, Pakistan's southern port city, on Saturday, leaving at least 11 people dead and over 20 others injured. Deputy Commissioner of Karachi East District Altaf Shaikh confirmed the grim toll to media outlets on Saturday evening, noting that the number of fatalities could rise as several of the injured were in critical condition at three different hospitals due to severe burn injuries. The official stated that the fire had been extinguished and a cooling operation was underway at the multi-story shopping mall on Rashid Minhas Road. He further explained that once the mall's structural integrity is assessed, a thorough investigation will be conducted to determine the cause of the incident. However, rescue pe

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9 dead, 7 wounded in shooting at Dallas mall in U.S.

STORY: 9 dead, 7 wounded in shooting at Dallas mall in U.S. DATELINE: May 7, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:35 LOCATION: DALLAS, U.S. CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the outlet mall 2. SOUNDBITE (English): JOSEPH GALLAGHER, Store manager at Allen Premium Outlets STORYLINE: Nine people were killed, including the shooter, and seven others wounded in a shooting at an outlet mall on Saturday afternoon in south-central U.S. state Texas, authorities said. The shooter, who authorities believe was acting alone, was dead at the scene, according to the Collin County Sheriff's Office. Allen Fire Chief Jonathan Boyd said Saturday night that among the at least nine people sent to hospitals, "two have since died, three are in critical surgery, and four are stable." Local media said the wounded include a five-year-old child. The shooting occurred at the Allen Premium Outlets in a suburb about 48 km north of Dallas. Local residents told Xinhua that it is one of the largest outlet malls in the area and is usually very busy

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Türkiye detains 110 over alleged PKK ties ahead of elections

STORY: Türkiye detains 110 over alleged PKK ties ahead of elections DATELINE: April 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:41 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: POLITICS/LAW SHOTLIST: 1. various of the operation in Diyarbakir province STORYLINE: Turkish police on Tuesday detained 110 people over alleged ties with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), semi-official Anadolu Agency reported. The operation was launched in 21 provinces including the southeastern Kurdish-majority Diyarbakir province. The arrests included those masterminding nearly 60 street protests taken place since 2017, financing the PKK, promoting the group through media or its outlets, and some lawyers and association executives suspected of ties, according to the report. The operation came three weeks ahead of the key elections on May 14 in which Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan would seek to extend his two-decade rule. The PKK, listed as a terror organization by Türkiye, the United States and the European Union, has been rebelling ag

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Japan general election

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Shinzo Abe, leader of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, shakes hands with voters after giving a stump speech in front of JR Wakayama station in Wakayama Prefecture on Dec. 6, 2012, ahead of the Dec. 16 general election. Opinion polls by major Japanese media outlets predict that the LDP is on course to win a majority in the election, which would see it return to power after three years in opposition.

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Japan general election

INAZAWA, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, leader of the Democratic Party of Japan, waves at voters ahead of giving a stump speech in Inazawa, Aichi Prefecture, on Dec. 6, 2012, ahead of the Dec. 16 general election. Opinion polls by major Japanese media outlets predict that the major opposition Liberal Democratic Party is on course to win a majority in the election, which would see it return to power after three years in opposition.

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Japan general election

INAZAWA, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, leader of the Democratic Party of Japan, gives a stump speech in Inazawa, Aichi Prefecture, on Dec. 6, 2012, ahead of the Dec. 16 general election. Opinion polls by major Japanese media outlets predict that the major opposition Liberal Democratic Party is on course to win a majority in the election, which would see it return to power after three years in opposition.

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Japan general election

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Shinzo Abe, leader of the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, gives a stump speech in front of JR Wakayama station in Wakayama Prefecture on Dec. 6, 2012, ahead of the Dec. 16 general election. Opinion polls by major Japanese media outlets predict that the LDP is on course to win a majority in the election, which would see it return to power after three years in opposition.

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'Yukhye' with new safety standard served in Toyama

TOYAMA, Japan - A woman shows Korean ''yukhye'' raw beef dishes that cleared the stricter new safety standards for raw meat served at a barbecue restaurant in Toyama on Dec. 1, 2011. The restaurant ''Yakiniku Daishogun'' which has three outlets in the city started serving the food the same day.

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Aeon to integrate 3 supermarket operations

TOKYO, Japan - This undated combination photo shows signs of three supermarket chains in Japan operated by the Aeon group. Aeon Retail Co., operator of Jusco brand stores, reportedly plans to absorb Mycal Corp., the operator of Saty brand stores, and Aeon Marche Co., which took over the Japanese retail outlets of French supermarket operator Carrefour SA, by February 2011.

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Mitsukoshi chief speaks on closing 10 retail outlets

TOKYO, Japan - Taneo Nakamura, president of struggling department store chain operator Mitsukoshi Ltd., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo about the company's decision to close 10 retail outlets across Japan, including three large outlets in the cities of Yokohama, Osaka and Kurashiki, in the first half of 2005 under its ongoing restructuring program.

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Benetton to open 3 megastores in Osaka, Kyoto

TOKYO, Japan - Benetton Group Chairman Luciano Benetton speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 2001 on his group's plan to open three megastore outlets in Osaka and Kyoto from next February to February 2003. ''We hope to open 20 megastores in Japan by 2004,'' he said.

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Uniqlo opens 4 stores in London

LONDON, Britain - People form a long queue outside one of four outlets opened in London on Sept. 28 by Fast Retailing, Japan's biggest casual clothing retailer operating under the Uniqlo brand. This store is located close to the up-market department store Harrods while the other three are located in London's suburbs.

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Sogo closes 3 branch outlets

TOKYO, Japan - Customers read a ''closedown notice'' at the entrance to the Tama store of department store operator Sogo Co. in Tama, Tokyo, on July 13. The debt-laden group shut down three of its 27 retail outlets in Japan, while letting two of the three launch bankruptcy proceedings with local courts.

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U.S. House, Senate control still hangs in balance with vote counting underway

STORY: U.S. House, Senate control still hangs in balance with vote counting underway DATELINE: Nov. 10, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:35 LOCATION: NEW YORK, U.S. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): XIA LIN, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of a poll site in New York STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): XIA LIN, Xinhua correspondent "The control of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate still hangs in the balance with vote counting underway for the 2022 midterm elections. Major U.S. media outlets have not called at least five Senate races and dozens of others for the House as of the early morning of Nov. 9. 'It's probably going to be election week in some states,' University of Virginia political science professor Larry Sabato told CBS News Radio. The outcome of the House will likely be known soon, while it could take longer to know who will control the Senate in the next Congress. In this year's midterms, 36 out of 50 states and three U.S. territories elected governors. Numerous other state and local ele

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Chinese automakers showcase NEVs at Paris Motor Show

STORY: Chinese automakers showcase NEVs at Paris Motor Show DATELINE: Oct. 18, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:54 LOCATION: Paris CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Paris Expo Porte de Versailles 2. various of French president Emmanuel Macron at Paris Motor Show 3. various of Chinese brands at Paris Motor Show STORYLINE: New energy vehicles (NEVs) are in the spotlight at the 89th Paris Motor Show which kicked off on Monday in Paris. Nearly 100 enterprises are exhibiting their latest products, including some Chinese car manufacturers. Chinese automaker BYD is showcasing three of its latest NEVs, pledging to offer better charging services to European car owners. GWM has brought several of its new energy vehicles to the show. The company plans to unveil more than 50 NEV products by 2025. Seres, a Dongfeng brand, plans to set up dozens of sales outlets in France by the end of this year, hoping for selling 1,500 vehicles in 2023. This year, the one-week expo has a smaller scale. Organizers estimate that the n

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Shanghai reopens commercial outlets as epidemic abates

STORY: Shanghai reopens commercial outlets as epidemic abates DATELINE: May 21, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:06 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of street view in Shanghai 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHANG JING, Director of Lianhua supermarket in Caojiadu, Shanghai 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): SHENG LI, Manager of Starbucks at Huaihai West Road, Shanghai STORYLINE: China's financial hub Shanghai is gradually reopening commercial outlets from Monday after weeks of closed management to ward off COVID-19. Commercial outlets such as shopping malls, department stores, supermarkets, convenience stores and pharmacies are among the first to gradually resume in-store operations in an orderly manner and with reduced capacity. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): ZHANG JING, Director of Lianhua supermarket in Caojiadu, Shanghai "In terms of varieties, the supply of grain, flour, rice, and oil is sufficient. We've prepared three to five times the normal amount." Many restaurants and coffee shops in the c

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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei giving a live televised speech in the capital Tehran. Iran's supreme leader slammed as a "big mistake" leaked remarks by his foreign minister, a week after audio emerged of the diplomat bemoaning the military's influence on diplomacy. Top diplomat Mohammad Javad Zarif made the remarks in a three-hour conversation first published by media outlets outside the country a week ago, provoking anger from conservatives. Tehran. Iran. May 02, 2021. Photo by SalamPix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei giving a live televised speech in the capital Tehran. Iran's supreme leader slammed as a "big mistake" leaked remarks by his foreign minister, a week after audio emerged of the diplomat bemoaning the military's influence on diplomacy. Top diplomat Mohammad Javad Zarif made the remarks in a three-hour conversation first published by media outlets outside the country a week ago, provoking anger from conservatives. Tehran. Iran. May 02, 2021. Photo by SalamPix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei giving a live televised speech in the capital Tehran. Iran's supreme leader slammed as a "big mistake" leaked remarks by his foreign minister, a week after audio emerged of the diplomat bemoaning the military's influence on diplomacy. Top diplomat Mohammad Javad Zarif made the remarks in a three-hour conversation first published by media outlets outside the country a week ago, provoking anger from conservatives. Tehran. Iran. May 02, 2021. Photo by SalamPix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei giving a live televised speech in the capital Tehran. Iran's supreme leader slammed as a "big mistake" leaked remarks by his foreign minister, a week after audio emerged of the diplomat bemoaning the military's influence on diplomacy. Top diplomat Mohammad Javad Zarif made the remarks in a three-hour conversation first published by media outlets outside the country a week ago, provoking anger from conservatives. Tehran. Iran. May 02, 2021. Photo by SalamPix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei giving a live televised speech in the capital Tehran. Iran's supreme leader slammed as a "big mistake" leaked remarks by his foreign minister, a week after audio emerged of the diplomat bemoaning the military's influence on diplomacy. Top diplomat Mohammad Javad Zarif made the remarks in a three-hour conversation first published by media outlets outside the country a week ago, provoking anger from conservatives. Tehran. Iran. May 02, 2021. Photo by SalamPix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei giving a live televised speech in the capital Tehran. Iran's supreme leader slammed as a "big mistake" leaked remarks by his foreign minister, a week after audio emerged of the diplomat bemoaning the military's influence on diplomacy. Top diplomat Mohammad Javad Zarif made the remarks in a three-hour conversation first published by media outlets outside the country a week ago, provoking anger from conservatives. Tehran. Iran. May 02, 2021. Photo by SalamPix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei giving a live televised speech in the capital Tehran. Iran's supreme leader slammed as a "big mistake" leaked remarks by his foreign minister, a week after audio emerged of the diplomat bemoaning the military's influence on diplomacy. Top diplomat Mohammad Javad Zarif made the remarks in a three-hour conversation first published by media outlets outside the country a week ago, provoking anger from conservatives. Tehran. Iran. May 02, 2021. Photo by SalamPix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei giving a live televised speech in the capital Tehran. Iran's supreme leader slammed as a "big mistake" leaked remarks by his foreign minister, a week after audio emerged of the diplomat bemoaning the military's influence on diplomacy. Top diplomat Mohammad Javad Zarif made the remarks in a three-hour conversation first published by media outlets outside the country a week ago, provoking anger from conservatives. Tehran. Iran. May 02, 2021. Photo by SalamPix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei giving a live televised speech in the capital Tehran. Iran's supreme leader slammed as a "big mistake" leaked remarks by his foreign minister, a week after audio emerged of the diplomat bemoaning the military's influence on diplomacy. Top diplomat Mohammad Javad Zarif made the remarks in a three-hour conversation first published by media outlets outside the country a week ago, provoking anger from conservatives. Tehran. Iran. May 02, 2021. Photo by SalamPix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei giving a live televised speech in the capital Tehran. Iran's supreme leader slammed as a "big mistake" leaked remarks by his foreign minister, a week after audio emerged of the diplomat bemoaning the military's influence on diplomacy. Top diplomat Mohammad Javad Zarif made the remarks in a three-hour conversation first published by media outlets outside the country a week ago, provoking anger from conservatives. Tehran. Iran. May 02, 2021. Photo by SalamPix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei giving a live televised speech in the capital Tehran. Iran's supreme leader slammed as a "big mistake" leaked remarks by his foreign minister, a week after audio emerged of the diplomat bemoaning the military's influence on diplomacy. Top diplomat Mohammad Javad Zarif made the remarks in a three-hour conversation first published by media outlets outside the country a week ago, provoking anger from conservatives. Tehran. Iran. May 02, 2021. Photo by SalamPix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei giving a live televised speech in the capital Tehran. Iran's supreme leader slammed as a "big mistake" leaked remarks by his foreign minister, a week after audio emerged of the diplomat bemoaning the military's influence on diplomacy. Top diplomat Mohammad Javad Zarif made the remarks in a three-hour conversation first published by media outlets outside the country a week ago, provoking anger from conservatives. Tehran. Iran. May 02, 2021. Photo by SalamPix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei giving a live televised speech in the capital Tehran. Iran's supreme leader slammed as a "big mistake" leaked remarks by his foreign minister, a week after audio emerged of the diplomat bemoaning the military's influence on diplomacy. Top diplomat Mohammad Javad Zarif made the remarks in a three-hour conversation first published by media outlets outside the country a week ago, provoking anger from conservatives. Tehran. Iran. May 02, 2021. Photo by SalamPix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei giving a live televised speech in the capital Tehran. Iran's supreme leader slammed as a "big mistake" leaked remarks by his foreign minister, a week after audio emerged of the diplomat bemoaning the military's influence on diplomacy. Top diplomat Mohammad Javad Zarif made the remarks in a three-hour conversation first published by media outlets outside the country a week ago, provoking anger from conservatives. Tehran. Iran. May 02, 2021. Photo by SalamPix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei giving a live televised speech in the capital Tehran. Iran's supreme leader slammed as a "big mistake" leaked remarks by his foreign minister, a week after audio emerged of the diplomat bemoaning the military's influence on diplomacy. Top diplomat Mohammad Javad Zarif made the remarks in a three-hour conversation first published by media outlets outside the country a week ago, provoking anger from conservatives. Tehran. Iran. May 02, 2021. Photo by SalamPix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei giving a live televised speech in the capital Tehran. Iran's supreme leader slammed as a "big mistake" leaked remarks by his foreign minister, a week after audio emerged of the diplomat bemoaning the military's influence on diplomacy. Top diplomat Mohammad Javad Zarif made the remarks in a three-hour conversation first published by media outlets outside the country a week ago, provoking anger from conservatives. Tehran. Iran. May 02, 2021. Photo by SalamPix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei giving a live televised speech in the capital Tehran. Iran's supreme leader slammed as a "big mistake" leaked remarks by his foreign minister, a week after audio emerged of the diplomat bemoaning the military's influence on diplomacy. Top diplomat Mohammad Javad Zarif made the remarks in a three-hour conversation first published by media outlets outside the country a week ago, provoking anger from conservatives. Tehran. Iran. May 02, 2021. Photo by SalamPix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei giving a live televised speech in the capital Tehran. Iran's supreme leader slammed as a "big mistake" leaked remarks by his foreign minister, a week after audio emerged of the diplomat bemoaning the military's influence on diplomacy. Top diplomat Mohammad Javad Zarif made the remarks in a three-hour conversation first published by media outlets outside the country a week ago, provoking anger from conservatives. Tehran. Iran. May 02, 2021. Photo by SalamPix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei giving a live televised speech in the capital Tehran. Iran's supreme leader slammed as a "big mistake" leaked remarks by his foreign minister, a week after audio emerged of the diplomat bemoaning the military's influence on diplomacy. Top diplomat Mohammad Javad Zarif made the remarks in a three-hour conversation first published by media outlets outside the country a week ago, provoking anger from conservatives. Tehran. Iran. May 02, 2021. Photo by SalamPix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Benetton to open 3 megastores in Osaka, Kyoto

TOKYO, Japan - Benetton Group Chairman Luciano Benetton speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 5, 2001 on his group's plan to open three megastore outlets in Osaka and Kyoto from next February to February 2003. ''We hope to open 20 megastores in Japan by 2004,'' he said.

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Mitsukoshi chief speaks on closing 10 retail outlets

TOKYO, Japan - Taneo Nakamura, president of struggling department store chain operator Mitsukoshi Ltd., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo about the company's decision to close 10 retail outlets across Japan, including three large outlets in the cities of Yokohama, Osaka and Kurashiki, in the first half of 2005 under its ongoing restructuring program. (Kyodo)

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Kochi welcomes its 1st Seven-Eleven

Customers fill a Seven-Eleven Japan Co. convenience store in the city of Kochi, western Japan, on March 6, 2015, its opening day. The company simultaneously opened three outlets in the city the same day in its first entry in Kochi Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kochi welcomes its 1st Seven-Eleven

A tape-cutting ceremony is held in the city of Kochi, western Japan, on March 6, 2015, to mark the opening of a Seven-Eleven Japan Co. convenience store. The company simultaneously opened three outlets in the city the same day in its first entry in Kochi Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Aeon to integrate 3 supermarket operations

TOKYO, Japan - This undated combination photo shows signs of three supermarket chains in Japan operated by the Aeon group. Aeon Retail Co., operator of Jusco brand stores, reportedly plans to absorb Mycal Corp., the operator of Saty brand stores, and Aeon Marche Co., which took over the Japanese retail outlets of French supermarket operator Carrefour SA, by February 2011. (Kyodo)

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'Yukhye' with new safety standard served in Toyama

TOYAMA, Japan - A woman shows Korean ''yukhye'' raw beef dishes that cleared the stricter new safety standards for raw meat served at a barbecue restaurant in Toyama on Dec. 1, 2011. The restaurant ''Yakiniku Daishogun'' which has three outlets in the city started serving the food the same day. (Kyodo)

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Uniqlo opens 4 stores in London

LONDON, Britain - People form a long queue outside one of four outlets opened in London on Sept. 28 by Fast Retailing, Japan's biggest casual clothing retailer operating under the Uniqlo brand. This store is located close to the up-market department store Harrods while the other three are located in London's suburbs.