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(Adnkronos) – Hundreds of foreign tourists are stranded on the Yemeni island of Socotra, after flights were cancelled following clashes in the country between government forces and separatists in the south. Local sources told Afp, while Adnkronos learns that a group of

(Adnkronos) – The Swiss Federal Council has decided to immediately freeze the assets in Switzerland of former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and other persons linked to him. The Executive intends in this way to prevent the outflow of patrimonial values, reads a

Tokyo, Jan. 5 (Jiji Press)–New automobile sales in Japan rose 3.3 pct from the previous year to 4,565,777 units in 2025, the first increase in two years, industry data showed Monday. The rise came as sales at Daihatsu Motor Co. jumped more

Tokyo, Jan. 5 (Jiji Press)–Six Japan Railways Group companies reported Monday that the total number of passengers on their Shinkansen and other express trains in key areas during the year-end and New Year holiday period rose 5 pct from a year earlier

Ise, Mie Pref., Jan. 5 (Jiji Press)–Japan will set up a nonpartisan national council for an integrated reform of the country’s tax and social security systems within January, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said at her New Year’s press conference Monday. Takaichi spoke

Tokyo, Jan. 5 (Jiji Press)–The possible introduction of medium-size constituencies with multiple seats in the House of Representatives is emerging as a key issue in discussions among Japanese lawmakers on electoral system reforms for the lower chamber of parliament. A consultative group

Nagoya, Jan. 5 (Jiji Press)–Chubu Electric Power Co. may have presented data underestimating earthquake risks for a regulatory process to check whether its Hamaoka nuclear power plant in central Japan meets new safety standards, President Kingo Hayashi said Monday. Chubu Electric suspects

Tokyo, Jan. 5 (Jiji Press)–Two H-6 bombers of the Chinese military and six other aircraft flew south between the main island of Okinawa Prefecture and the island of Miyakojima, part of the southernmost Japan prefecture, and advanced into the Pacific Ocean on

(Adnkronos) – A Jewish settler outpost, near the village of Al-Minyya, south of Bethlehem, in Area B of the West Bank, will be evacuated today. The Idf announced this, explaining that the decision to clear Kana Avraham was taken following “criminal acts