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(Adnkronos) – A “fire”, after “an explosion”, is reported on board a South Korean vessel in the Strait of Hormuz. This is reported by the South Korean agency Yonhap, citing Seoul’s Foreign Ministry.  According to Seoul’s Foreign Ministry, around 8:40 PM Seoul

(Adnkronos) – Madrid is once again urging the “immediate” release of Saif Abukeshek, a Spanish citizen, who was detained last Thursday in international waters with the Global Sumud Flotilla heading towards the Gaza Strip. The Spanish consul in Tel Aviv visited the

(Adnkronos) – The elections held in India are “full of surprises,” as the BBC writes. Because while the vote count is still ongoing, the results are largely clear, with “historic turning points” that, as the Times of India writes, demonstrate a clear

(Adnkronos) – Hundreds, at least 780, are the incidents in which physical force or chemical agents were used to restrain immigrants in Ice detention centers. This is revealed by the Washington Post, citing agency documents to which Donald Trump entrusted his deportation

(Adnkronos) – Four migrants have been found dead near the Slovenian border and two other men have been hospitalized in serious condition. This was announced by the Croatian police, without providing further details on their nationalities or the circumstances of the four

Samarkand, Uzbekistan, May 4 (Jiji Press)–Japan and the Asian Development Bank will provide financial support and technical cooperation to smaller companies in Asia struggling amid the unabated Middle East tension, a Japanese official said Monday. Japan and the ADB have launched a

Jakarta, May 4 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and his Indonesian counterpart, Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin, signed an agreement to expand their defense cooperation at a meeting in Jakarta on Monday. The two countries will establish a framework for dialogue between their defense

Canberra, May 4 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and her Australian counterpart, Anthony Albanese, offered flowers at a memorial monument to former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in a park in Canberra on Monday. After the event, Takaichi told reporters that she

(The sixth paragraph should have read, “…the Judiciary System Research Commission…,” instead of as sent. A substitute story follows.) Critical Online Posts Increase over Japan Retrial Reform Tokyo, May 4 (Jiji Press)–Social media posts critical of the Justice Ministry’s attitude are increasing

(Adnkronos) – ‘Revolution’ in advertising in Amsterdam. In public city spaces, hamburgers and SUVs ‘disappear’, culture ‘re-emerges’. The city’s ‘backdrop’ changes, reports the BBC after the ban came into force on May 1st, making Amsterdam the first capital in the world to