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Dominique De Villepin at a foreign affairs committee - Paris AJ

Former Prime Minister, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, and former Secretary General of the Elysee Palace, Dominique De Villepin looks at a world map during a Foreign Affairs Committee meeting on the international situation at the National Assembly (Palais Bourbon) in Paris, France, on April 9, 2025. On the new planisphere in the room of the foreign affairs committee of the National Assembly, in Paris, was not intended to pay for the chronicle. Some of its members were offended by a cartographic modification found on the world map. The representation of Western Sahara as an integral part of Moroccan territory. The dotted line that previously separated Western Sahara and the Kingdom of Morocco has disappeared, as well as the choice to distinguish the two entities by two different colors. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Dominique De Villepin at a foreign affairs committee - Paris AJ

Former Prime Minister, former Minister of Foreign Affairs, and former Secretary General of the Elysee Palace, Dominique De Villepin looks at a world map during a Foreign Affairs Committee meeting on the international situation at the National Assembly (Palais Bourbon) in Paris, France, on April 9, 2025. On the new planisphere in the room of the foreign affairs committee of the National Assembly, in Paris, was not intended to pay for the chronicle. Some of its members were offended by a cartographic modification found on the world map. The representation of Western Sahara as an integral part of Moroccan territory. The dotted line that previously separated Western Sahara and the Kingdom of Morocco has disappeared, as well as the choice to distinguish the two entities by two different colors. Photo by Alexis Jumeau/ABACAPRESS.COM

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KENYA-NAIROBI-CHINA TV THEATER-OPENING CEREMONY

(240701) -- NAIROBI, July 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- People attend the opening ceremony of China TV Theater in Nairobi, Kenya, on July 1, 2024. Kenyan and Chinese media entities inked a cooperation agreement on Monday to promote the sharing of content that advances cross-cultural understanding among citizens of the two countries. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Han Xu)

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KENYA-NAIROBI-CHINA TV THEATER-OPENING CEREMONY

(240701) -- NAIROBI, July 1, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- People perform at the opening ceremony of China TV Theater in Nairobi, Kenya, on July 1, 2024. Kenyan and Chinese media entities inked a cooperation agreement on Monday to promote the sharing of content that advances cross-cultural understanding among citizens of the two countries. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Han Xu)

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Inaugural New Zealand-China products expo unveils growth

STORY: Inaugural New Zealand-China products expo unveils growth SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 15, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:41 LOCATION: AUCKLAND, New Zealand CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of New Zealand-China products expo STORYLINE: The 2023 New Zealand China Products Expo kicked off in Auckland on Friday. The two-day event, built up from last year's New Zealand-Guangdong Products Expo, is the first comprehensive national-level expo held in New Zealand in the name of China and New Zealand. The expo is jointly organized by prominent business entities, including the China Chamber of Commerce in New Zealand, the New Zealand China Trade Association, the Employers and Manufacturers Association (EMA), the Auckland Chamber of Commerce, and the Canton Chamber of Commerce in New Zealand. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Auckland, New Zealand. (XHTV)

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Johnny's Tokyo office sign removed

Photo taken in the early hours of Oct. 6, 2023, shows J-pop talent agency Johnny & Associates Inc.'s head office in Tokyo after its name sign was removed. The company said it will change its name and split into two entities after admitting to decades of sexual abuse by its late founder, Johnny Kitagawa.

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Johnny's Tokyo office sign removed

Photo taken in the early hours of Oct. 6, 2023, shows J-pop talent agency Johnny & Associates Inc.'s head office in Tokyo after its name sign was removed. The company said it will change its name and split into two entities after admitting to decades of sexual abuse by its late founder, Johnny Kitagawa.

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Johnny's sign removed from office

Work to remove a company name sign from J-pop talent agency Johnny & Associates Inc.'s office in Tokyo begins on Oct. 5, 2023, following the company's decision to change its name and split into two entities amid a sex abuse scandal.

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Presidents of operators of Tokyo, Osaka bourses

OSAKA, Japan - Atsushi Saito (L), president of Tokyo Stock Exchange Group Inc., and Michio Yoneda, president of Osaka Securities Exchange Co., are pictured prior to the start of a meeting to discuss the details of the two entities' planned merger, at the Osaka bourse on Dec. 29, 2011. The two companies announced in November that they will merge in January 2013.

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2 tourism entities tie up in promoting Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Ryoichi Matsuyama, president of Japan National Tourism Organization (R), and Cool Japan Fund Inc. CEO Nobuyuki Ota shake hands in Tokyo on Sept. 5, 2014. The two organizations announced their alliance the same day in promoting Japanese culture and products.

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10 firms develop clean-air alternative to diesel truck

TOKYO, Japan - Trading firm Itochu Corp., steelmaker JFE Holdings Inc. and eight other entities said May 25 they have succeeded in developing a clean-air alternative to a diesel-engine truck, using dimethyl ether produced from natural gas. The 8-ton truck (in photo) can travel up to 600 kilometers when its two tanks are filled with dimethyl ether. The fuel is considered a promising alternative to diesel oil as it produces no sulfur oxide or

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Hazama announces fresh 3-yr reconstruction plan

TOKYO, Japan - Hazama Corp. President Fumiya Yamato (R) and Vice President Osamu Tatematsu bow at a press conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in the capital's Nihombashi district on Jan. 17. They announced a fresh three-year reconstruction plan featuring a split of the troubled construction firm into two entities.

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Trump Organization found guilty in tax fraud case

STORY: Trump Organization found guilty in tax fraud case DATELINE: Dec. 7, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:00 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Trump Tower in New York 2. various of Trump arriving at the White House (Archive footage) STORYLINE: A jury in New York City found on Tuesday former President Donald Trump's namesake real estate company guilty of criminal tax fraud. The jury found the two entities of the Trump Organization guilty as charged on all counts, including scheme to defraud, conspiracy, criminal tax fraud, and falsifying business records. Trump was not a defendant in the case that related to a scheme by his company to avoid taxes on compensation in the form of perks to its executives. The Trump Organization faces fines of up to 1.6 million U.S. dollars at sentencing. Trump, who launched a third bid for the White House last month, has criticized the case as politically motivated. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Washington D.C. (XH

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Construction of Hainan FTP progresses steadily

STORY: Construction of Hainan FTP progresses steadily DATELINE: July 18, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:58 LOCATION: HAIKOU, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: various of Hainana shot of Shen Xiaoming, Party chief of Hainanvarious of Hainan STORYLINE: A Chinese official says steady progress has been made in building China's island province of Hainan into a free trade port (FTP). Shen Xiaoming, Party chief of Hainan, said last week that over the past two years, over 180 policies and measures have taken effect in Hainan to facilitate trade and investment. As one of the country's major opening-up measures in the new era, China aims to build the whole of Hainan Island into a globally influential and high-level FTP by the middle of the century. The wider opening-up push is delivering visible outcomes. The number of registered market entities in Hainan has increased from less than 310,000 in 2013 to more than 1.98 million, with the growth rate ranking first in the country for 28 consecutive months. According to a plan o

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Rwanda's Umuganda community work resumes, after two-year suspension due to COVID-19

STORY: Rwanda's Umuganda community work resumes, after two-year suspension due to COVID-19 DATELINE: March 28, 2022 LENGTH: 0:03:08 LOCATION: Kigali CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the community work 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): PUDENCE RUBINGISA, Mayor of Kigali 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Kinyarwanda): NOEL NSHIMIYIMANA, Resident 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): VANESSA UMUTONI, Resident STORYLINE: Rwandan citizens on Saturday formally resumed monthly community work, locally known as Umuganda, after significant decline in COVID-19 infections, for the first time since the outbreak of COVID-19 in March 2020. About 1,500 people gathered at Bumbogo, in a suburb of Rwanda's capital city, Kigali, to clear bushes, drainage channels and to sweep the streets during community work. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): PUDENCE RUBINGISA, Mayor of Kigali "We've been joined by the specialists and also the directors-generals from different entities and organs like Rwanda Water Board and the water sector that has been badly affected by the

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Idemitsu founding family moving against merger with Showa Shell

Shosuke Idemitsu, honorary chairman of Japanese oil distributor Idemitsu Kosan Co., heads to a meeting in Tokyo between two Idemitsu public foundations on Sept. 3, 2016. The two entities, headed by the eldest son of Idemitsu's founder, decided to oppose a proposed merger between Idemitsu and rival Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Idemitsu founding family moving against merger with Showa Shell

Shosuke Idemitsu, honorary chairman of Japanese oil distributor Idemitsu Kosan Co., heads to a meeting in Tokyo between two Idemitsu public foundations on Sept. 3, 2016. The two entities, headed by the eldest son of Idemitsu's founder, decided to oppose a proposed merger between Idemitsu and rival Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Idemitsu founding family moving against merger with Showa Shell

Shosuke Idemitsu, honorary chairman of Japanese oil distributor Idemitsu Kosan Co., heads to a meeting in Tokyo between two Idemitsu public foundations on Sept. 3, 2016. The two entities, headed by the eldest son of Idemitsu's founder, decided to oppose a proposed merger between Idemitsu and rival Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Presidents of operators of Tokyo, Osaka bourses

OSAKA, Japan - Atsushi Saito (L), president of Tokyo Stock Exchange Group Inc., and Michio Yoneda, president of Osaka Securities Exchange Co., are pictured prior to the start of a meeting to discuss the details of the two entities' planned merger, at the Osaka bourse on Dec. 29, 2011. The two companies announced in November that they will merge in January 2013. (Kyodo)

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Abe-Putin talks

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C, L) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (C, R) attend a signing ceremony for joint projects involving public and private entities of the two countries after their talks in Osaka on June 29, 2019. (Kyodo) (Pool photo) ==Kyodo

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U.S., China agree firms not do business with N. Korea entities

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson attends a press conference in Washington on June 21, 2017, following an inaugural high-level security meeting with senior Chinese officials. The two countries agreed their companies should not conduct business with North Korean entities as part of increased pressure on Pyongyang to curb its "illegal" nuclear and missile programs. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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10 firms develop clean-air alternative to diesel truck

TOKYO, Japan - Trading firm Itochu Corp., steelmaker JFE Holdings Inc. and eight other entities said May 25 they have succeeded in developing a clean-air alternative to a diesel-engine truck, using dimethyl ether produced from natural gas. The 8-ton truck (in photo) can travel up to 600 kilometers when its two tanks are filled with dimethyl ether. The fuel is considered a promising alternative to diesel oil as it produces no sulfur oxide or (Kyodo)

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Hazama announces fresh 3-yr reconstruction plan

TOKYO, Japan - Hazama Corp. President Fumiya Yamato (R) and Vice President Osamu Tatematsu bow at a press conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in the capital's Nihombashi district on Jan. 17. They announced a fresh three-year reconstruction plan featuring a split of the troubled construction firm into two entities. (Kyodo)