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(Adnkronos) – Record heat in Japan. In Isesaki, in Gunma prefecture, the mercury column reached 41.8 degrees, reports the Kyodo agency based on data from the Meteorological Agency. The authorities remind the population of the importance of maintaining proper hydration and making

(Adnkronos) – Government offices, and not only, closed due to extreme heat. It happens in Iran where, in Tehran and other provinces, the authorities have ordered the closure due to the heat wave affecting the Islamic Republic and the increase in electricity

(Adnkronos) – About 50 people were arrested in New York after participating in a protest outside the Trump International Hotel, near Columbus Circle, to ask the Trump administration to pressure Israel to stop the assault on Gaza and allow humanitarian aid into

(Adnkronos) – Fincantieri’s Norwegian subsidiary, Vard, has signed a new contract with the UK’s largest shipowner-operator, North Star to design and build two hybrid Service Operation Vessels in a “very important” deal worth 100-200 million euros, the Italian shipbuilder said in a

(Adnkronos) – The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a predominantly Kurdish alliance backed by the US in the fight against ISIS, reported clashes with the Damascus army in Dayr Hafir, in the Aleppo province of northern Syria. According to the SDF, government forces

(Adnkronos) – Ukrainian forces repelled a Russian assault on the Hoptivka checkpoint in the Kharkiv oblast, preventing Russian soldiers from entering Ukraine from the Belgorod region. This was reported by Viacheslav Zadorenko, head of the Derhachi city military administration.  Ukrainian troops of

(Adnkronos) – In South Korea, thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes due to the heavy rains that hit the southern regions of the country overnight. The South Korean news agency Yonhap reports. Authorities confirm that at least one

(Adnkronos) – The death toll from the migrant boat shipwreck off the coast of Abyan in southern Yemen has risen to 76. Yemeni security officials told AFP, explaining that dozens of people are still missing and 32 have been rescued. The UN

(Adnkronos) – Israeli settlers set fire to a building overnight in the village of Turmus Ayya, near Ramallah, in the West Bank. Palestinian media reported this. Videos shared show the burned building and the writing “Revenge”. The building was uninhabited and therefore

(Adnkronos) – One person died due to a Russian raid on the Kherson oblast in Ukraine. The head of the Kherson Regional Administrator, Oleksandr Prokudin, wrote this on Telegram. Furthermore, 84 people were evacuated from Korabelnyi, also in the Kherson oblast, due