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Daily Life in Istanbul

People were travelling between two continents with ferryboats. On February 6, 2024. Istanbul, straddling Europe and Asia, is defined by the majestic Bosphorus Strait, a waterway that not only divides the city but also unites its captivating blend of historic charm, modern energy, and stunning waterfront vistas. Photo by Ali Khaligh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Daily Life in Istanbul

People were travelling between two continents with ferryboats. On February 6, 2024. Istanbul, straddling Europe and Asia, is defined by the majestic Bosphorus Strait, a waterway that not only divides the city but also unites its captivating blend of historic charm, modern energy, and stunning waterfront vistas. Photo by Ali Khaligh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kenya, EU sign deal to boost investment, trade

STORY: Kenya, EU sign deal to boost investment, trade SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 18, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 19, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:06 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Kenyan president and European Commission president walking 2. various of signing ceremony 3. various of bilateral meeting 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): URSULA VON DER LEYEN, President of the European Commission 5. various of guests 6. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): WILLIAM RUTO, Kenyan President 7. various of meetings STORYLINE: Kenya and the European Union on Monday signed an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) to boost bilateral trade in goods, increase investment flows, and spur sustainable economic growth. The deal, which was inked in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, will enhance sustainable trade links between both continents and within Africa itself, thereby meeting key objectives for both the EU-Africa relationship and the green transition, the two sides said. President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said the EPA

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Hangzhou Asian Games New Routes Opening

HANGZHOU, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 10, 2023 - Two stewardesses take a selfie during the opening ceremony of the Asian Games key route Hangzhou-Dubai and Hangzhou-Almaty at the T4 terminal of Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, Sept 10, 2023. On the same day, Hangzhou-Dubai, Hangzhou-Almaty opening ceremony was held in the T4 terminal of Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, it is understood that the international navigation points of Hangzhou Airport increased to 28, and 20 countries and regions on three continents, effectively serving the international air transport needs of Hangzhou Asian Games.

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Hangzhou Asian Games New Routes Opening

HANGZHOU, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 10, 2023 - Two stewardesses take a selfie during the opening ceremony of the Asian Games key route Hangzhou-Dubai and Hangzhou-Almaty at the T4 terminal of Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, Sept 10, 2023. On the same day, Hangzhou-Dubai, Hangzhou-Almaty opening ceremony was held in the T4 terminal of Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, it is understood that the international navigation points of Hangzhou Airport increased to 28, and 20 countries and regions on three continents, effectively serving the international air transport needs of Hangzhou Asian Games.

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Japanese man starts walk across Africa with 2-wheeled cart

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt - Masahito Yoshida, a 33-year-old Japanese man, begins walking across Africa with a two-wheeled cart, leaving Alexandria, northern Egypt, on Sept. 7, 2014. Yoshida, who completed a cart-pulling walk through three continents in 2013, embarked on an 11,000-kilometer walk to the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa, pulling up to 100 kilograms of luggage including water, food, cooking utensils and a tent in his cart.

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Mao Asada takes lead at Four Continents

OSAKA, Japan - Two-time world champion Mao Asada performs to "I Got Rhythm" by George Gershwin in the women's short program at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium in Osaka on Feb. 9, 2013. Nailing a triple axel, Asada grabbed the top spot with a season's best of 74.49 points.

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Mao Asada dazzles, takes lead at Four Continents

OSAKA, Japan - Two-time world champion Mao Asada smiles after her performance in the women's short program at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium in Osaka on Feb. 9, 2013. Nailing a triple axel, Asada grabbed the top spot with a season's best of 74.49 points.

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Mao Asada takes lead at Four Continents

OSAKA, Japan - Two-time world champion Mao Asada performs to "I Got Rhythm" by George Gershwin in the women's short program at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium in Osaka on Feb. 9, 2013. Nailing a triple axel, Asada grabbed the top spot with a season's best of 74.49 points.

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Mao Asada takes lead at Four Continents

OSAKA, Japan - Two-time world champion Mao Asada performs to "I Got Rhythm" by George Gershwin in the women's short program at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium in Osaka on Feb. 9, 2013. Nailing a triple axel, Asada grabbed the top spot with a season's best of 74.49 points.

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Mao Asada takes lead at Four Continents

OSAKA, Japan - Two-time world champion Mao Asada performs to ''I Got Rhythm'' by George Gershwin in the women's short program at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium in Osaka on Feb. 9, 2013. Nailing a triple axel, Asada grabbed the top spot with a season's best of 74.49 points.

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Mao Asada takes lead at Four Continents

OSAKA, Japan - Two-time world champion Mao Asada smiles after her performance in the women's short program at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium in Osaka on Feb. 9, 2013. Nailing a triple axel, Asada grabbed the top spot with a season's best of 74.49 points.

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Mao Asada takes lead at Four Continents

OSAKA, Japan - Two-time world champion Mao Asada smiles after her performance in the women's short program at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium in Osaka on Feb. 9, 2013. Nailing a triple axel, Asada grabbed the top spot with a season's best of 74.49 points.

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Mao Asada takes lead at Four Continents

OSAKA, Japan - Two-time world champion Mao Asada smiles after her performance in the women's short program at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium in Osaka on Feb. 9, 2013. Nailing a triple axel, Asada grabbed the top spot with a season's best of 74.49 points.

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Mao Asada takes lead at Four Continents

OSAKA, Japan - Two-time world champion Mao Asada nails a triple axel in the women's short program at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium in Osaka on Feb. 9, 2013. Asada grabbed the top spot with a season's best of 74.49 points.

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Mao Asada takes lead at Four Continents

OSAKA, Japan - Two-time world champion Mao Asada performs to ''I Got Rhythm'' by George Gershwin in the women's short program at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium in Osaka on Feb. 9, 2013. Nailing a triple axel, Asada grabbed the top spot with a season's best of 74.49 points.

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Mao Asada takes lead at Four Continents

OSAKA, Japan - Two-time world champion Mao Asada acknowledges the crowd after her performance in the women's short program at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium in Osaka on Feb. 9, 2013. Nailing a triple axel, Asada grabbed the top spot with a season's best of 74.49 points.

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Mao Asada takes lead at Four Continents

OSAKA, Japan - Two-time world champion Mao Asada smiles after her performance in the women's short program at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium in Osaka on Feb. 9, 2013. Nailing a triple axel, Asada grabbed the top spot with a season's best of 74.49 points.

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Mao Asada takes lead at Four Continents

OSAKA, Japan - Two-time world champion Mao Asada performs to ''I Got Rhythm'' by George Gershwin in the women's short program at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium in Osaka on Feb. 9, 2013. Nailing a triple axel, Asada grabbed the top spot with a season's best of 74.49 points.

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Mao Asada takes lead at Four Continents

OSAKA, Japan - Two-time world champion Mao Asada performs to ''I Got Rhythm'' by George Gershwin in the women's short program at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium in Osaka on Feb. 9, 2013. Nailing a triple axel, Asada grabbed the top spot with a season's best of 74.49 points.

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Asada finishes 2nd at Four Continents

COLORADO SPRINGS, United States - Japan's Mao Asada performs during the women's free skate at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Feb. 11, 2012. The two-time world champion finished second to U.S. champion Ashley Wagner.

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Asada finishes 2nd at Four Continents

COLORADO SPRINGS, United States - Japan's Mao Asada performs during the women's free skate at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Feb. 11, 2012. The two-time world champion finished second to U.S. champion Ashley Wagner.

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Asada finishes 2nd at Four Continents

COLORADO SPRINGS, United States - Japan's Mao Asada performs during the women's free skate at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Feb. 11, 2012. The two-time world champion finished second to U.S. champion Ashley Wagner.

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Four Continents Figure Skating Championships

COLORADO SPRINGS, United States - Japan's Mao Asada performs during the women's short program at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Feb. 10, 2012. The two-time world champion grabbed the lead with a high-caliber performance in the short program.

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Asia-Europe Meeting summit opens in Beijing

BEIJING, China - The seventh Asia-Europe Meeting summit opens at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Oct. 24, with leaders from the two continents saying the world must work closely together to find solutions to the global financial crisis. (Pool photo)

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(4) Asian, African countries kick off summit

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono delivers an opening speech as more than 100 government leaders from Asia and Africa kick off the first summit of the two continents in 50 years in Jakarta on April 22.

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(3)Asian, African countries kick off summit

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (L) passes by Chinese President Hu Jintao during a photo session before the start of the Asia-Africa Conference in Jakarta on April 22. More than 100 government leaders from Asia and Africa kicked off the first summit of the two continents in 50 years.

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Heatwaves a stark warning of climate change

STORY: Heatwaves a stark warning of climate change DATELINE: July 30, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:36 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1 various of views in Europe 2 SOUNDBITE 1 (English): CORINNE LE QUERE, Professor of climate change science, University of East Anglia 3 SOUNDBITE 2 (English): CORINNE LE QUERE, Professor of Climate Change Science at the University of East Anglia 4 SOUNDBITE 3 (Catalan): NARCIS PRAT, Emeritus Professor in ecology, University of Barcelona STORYLINE: Heatwaves have brought record high temperatures to several continents, making much of the Northern Hemisphere sweltering in extreme heat and fueling wildfire in Europe and the United States. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): CORINNE LE QUERE, Professor of climate change science, University of East Anglia "High temperatures are very dangerous in two ways. Anything above 34 degrees Celsius is dangerous for what we call workability. So, it's exhaustion. If you have to be outside and do any kinds of work, including just walking, if the

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US Navy And Partners Proceed With Black Sea Drills

Handout photo dated June 28, 2021 of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) is moored during a port visit to Odesa, Ukraine for Exercise Sea Breeze. Exercise Sea Breeze is a multinational maritime exercise cohosted by U.S. Sixth Fleet and the Ukrainian navy in the Black Sea since 1997. Just days after Russia threatened to fire on intruding warships near the Crimean Peninsula in the Black Sea, the annual Sea Breeze exercise, which U.S. 6th Fleet is co-hosting with the Ukrainian Navy, kicked off Monday with the largest number ever of participating countries. Thirty-two countries from six continents are providing 5,000 troops, 32 ships, 40 aircraft, and 18 special operations and dive teams to the exercise. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jack D. Aistrup via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Asian, African leaders seek U.N. reform, new global economic order

Leaders of Asian and African countries gather for a group photo in Jakarta on April 22, 2015. More than 100 government leaders from Asia and Africa met for a summit of the two continents, with a call by Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo (C in front row) for U.N. reform and a new global economic order to deal with global injustice and imbalances. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan to help train 350,000 people in Asia, Africa over 5 yrs: Abe

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe addresses a summit of Asian and African leaders in Jakarta on April 22, 2015. He pledged Japan's assistance in the training of as many as 350,000 people in Asia and Africa over the next five years as part of efforts to ensure "quality growth" and eradicate poverty in the two continents. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Abe departs for Indonesia for Asia-Africa summit

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe leaves Tokyo's Haneda airport for Indonesia on April 21, 2015, to attend a two-day summit of Asian and African leaders, at which he will pledge Japan's increased contributions to the peace and prosperity of the two continents. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Asian, African officials kick off summit preparatory meetings

Senior officials from Asian and African countries gather in Jakarta on April 19, 2015, to kick off a series of meetings of the two continents prior to their leaders' gathering April 22-23. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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(3)Asian, African countries kick off summit

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (L) passes by Chinese President Hu Jintao during a photo session before the start of the Asia-Africa Conference in Jakarta on April 22. More than 100 government leaders from Asia and Africa kicked off the first summit of the two continents in 50 years. (Kyodo)

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(4) Asian, African countries kick off summit

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono delivers an opening speech as more than 100 government leaders from Asia and Africa kick off the first summit of the two continents in 50 years in Jakarta on April 22. (Kyodo)

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Asia-Europe Meeting summit opens in Beijing

BEIJING, China - The seventh Asia-Europe Meeting summit opens at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Oct. 24, with leaders from the two continents saying the world must work closely together to find solutions to the global financial crisis. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Asada finishes 2nd at Four Continents

COLORADO SPRINGS, United States - Japan's Mao Asada performs during the women's free skate at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Feb. 11, 2012. The two-time world champion finished second to U.S. champion Ashley Wagner. (Kyodo)

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Asada finishes 2nd at Four Continents

COLORADO SPRINGS, United States - Japan's Mao Asada performs during the women's free skate at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Feb. 11, 2012. The two-time world champion finished second to U.S. champion Ashley Wagner. (Kyodo)

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Asada finishes 2nd at Four Continents

COLORADO SPRINGS, United States - Japan's Mao Asada performs during the women's free skate at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Feb. 11, 2012. The two-time world champion finished second to U.S. champion Ashley Wagner. (Kyodo)

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Four Continents Figure Skating Championships

COLORADO SPRINGS, United States - Japan's Mao Asada performs during the women's short program at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on Feb. 10, 2012. The two-time world champion grabbed the lead with a high-caliber performance in the short program. (Kyodo)

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Japanese man starts walk across Africa with 2-wheeled cart

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt - Masahito Yoshida, a 33-year-old Japanese man, begins walking across Africa with a two-wheeled cart, leaving Alexandria, northern Egypt, on Sept. 7, 2014. Yoshida, who completed a cart-pulling walk through three continents in 2013, embarked on an 11,000-kilometer walk to the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa, pulling up to 100 kilograms of luggage including water, food, cooking utensils and a tent in his cart. (Kyodo)

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Figure skating: Four Continents championships

Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu (L) and his coach Brian Orser arrive at Incheon Airport on Feb. 4, 2020, ahead of the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships starting in Seoul two days later. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Figure skating: Four Continents championships

Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu (L) and his coach Brian Orser arrive at Incheon Airport on Feb. 4, 2020, ahead of the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships starting in Seoul two days later. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Figure skating: Four Continents championships

Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu arrives at Incheon Airport on Feb. 4, 2020, ahead of the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships starting in Seoul two days later. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Figure skating: Four Continents championships

Kaori Sakamoto of Japan takes part in official training in Seoul on Feb. 4, 2020, ahead of the opening of the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships two days later. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Figure skating: Four Continents championships

Kaori Sakamoto of Japan takes part in official training in Seoul on Feb. 4, 2020, ahead of the opening of the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships two days later. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Figure skating: Four Continents championships

Rika Kihira of Japan takes part in official training in Seoul on Feb. 4, 2020, ahead of the opening of the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships two days later. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Figure skating: Four Continents championships

Rika Kihira of Japan takes part in official training in Seoul on Feb. 4, 2020, ahead of the opening of the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships two days later. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Figure skating: Four Continents championships

Rika Kihira of Japan takes part in official training in Seoul on Feb. 4, 2020, ahead of the opening of the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships two days later. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Figure skating: Four Continents championships

Wakaba Higuchi of Japan takes part in official training in Seoul on Feb. 4, 2020, ahead of the opening of the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships two days later. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo