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(Adnkronos) – The crisis in Mali is worsening, caused by the fuel supply blockade imposed for over a month by a jihadist group, effectively an economic siege on the military junta that took control of the African country in 2021. The Minister

Tokyo, Oct. 29 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told U.S. President Donald Trump at their meeting Tuesday that it is difficult for her country to withdraw from the Sakhalin-2 oil and gas project in Russia’s Far East region, Japanese government source

(Adnkronos) – “No Trump! No China!”. These were the slogans shouted in Seoul and Gyeongju ahead of tomorrow’s meeting in South Korea between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, both targets of the protests, albeit for different reasons. Near

Tokyo, Oct. 29 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo and Beijing are working to arrange the first meeting between new Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Chinese President Xi Jinping for Friday, on the fringe of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum summit starting the same day

(Adnkronos) – The World Health Organization has called for a “ceasefire” in Sudan following reports of over 460 people killed in a hospital in El-Fasher.  The WHO “is appalled and deeply shocked by reports of the tragic killing of over 460 patients

(Adnkronos) – At least 132 people have died in the police operation conducted in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, according to sources from the Ombudsman’s office cited by Afp. “According to the latest data in our possession, the death toll is 132.”  Rio

(Adnkronos) – The death toll in Haiti has risen to 20 following the floods caused by Hurricane Melissa. Local authorities reported this.  Among the victims are 10 children and 10 people are missing, the country’s Director General of Civil Protection, Emmanuel Pierre,

Nara, Oct. 29 (Jiji Press)–Japanese lawmaker Kei Sato, who was at the scene of the shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the western Japan city of Nara in 2022, appeared in the trial of the suspect, Tetsuya Yamagami, as a

Tokyo, Oct. 29 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party) and Komeito agreed Wednesday to launch a program in fiscal 2026 to effectively make high school education free. The agreement was reached at a meeting of

Nagoya, Oct. 29 (Jiji Press)–Central Japan Railway Co., or JR Tokai, said Wednesday that the total construction costs for its planned superfast magnetically levitated Shinkansen train line is expected to swell further to 11 trillion yen, almost double the initially projected level