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(Adnkronos) – The lower house of parliament’s foreign affairs committee is set to hold a question-and-answer session on Tuesday with representatives of the foreign ministry and its international aid department, the parliament said in a statement.  The foreign affairs committee session is

(Adnkronos) – A criminal investigation has been opened in Russia against the founder of Telegram, Pavel Durov. The government newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta writes this, explaining that Durov is suspected of “aiding terrorist activities”. In recent days, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB)

(Adnkronos) – The Thai army reported a firefight with Cambodian forces on the border between the two countries, accusing Phnom Penh of violating the truce agreed in December. According to a statement from the Bangkok army, Cambodian forces “fired a 40mm grenade”

(Adnkronos) – Four years to the day since Russia launched a full-scale military invasion of Ukraine, Italy underlined its unwavering support for the war-ravaged country’s “heroic” citizens and deplored the deadly war declared by Moscow on the former Soviet Republic.  “On the

Beijing, Feb. 24 (Jiji Press)–China’s latest tightening of export controls on Japanese companies may be aimed at stabilizing trade between the Asian neighbors by distinguishing companies subject to a ban on dual-use goods exports from those that are not. The Chinese Ministry

Tokyo, Feb. 24 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Tuesday reiterated her eagerness to enact the government’s fiscal 2026 budget bill before fiscal 2025 ends next month. During a question-and-answer session with party leaders in the House of Representatives, Takaichi called

Otsu, Shiga Pref., Feb. 24 (Jiji Press)–Japanese prosecutors on Tuesday sought an indefinite prison term for a 36-year-old unemployed man for murdering a volunteer probation officer in Otsu in the western prefecture of Shiga during his probation in May 2024. The key

Tokyo, Feb. 24 (Jiji Press)–The dollar rose above 156 yen in late Tokyo trading on Tuesday, following a newspaper report that Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi expressed a negative view about a further interest rate hike when she met with Bank of

Tokyo, Feb. 24 (Jiji Press)–The No. 6 reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture, central Japan, was brought back online on Tuesday after a scheduled brief halt. Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. reactivated the reactor at 6:25 a.m.

Tokyo, Feb. 24 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Tuesday reiterated her eagerness to enact the government’s fiscal 2026 budget bill before fiscal 2025 ends next month. During a question-and-answer session with party leaders in the House of Representatives, Takaichi called