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(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

(Adnkronos) – Austria has expelled three Russian embassy employees suspected of espionage, with Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Resinger promising a “change of course” in the face of “this security problem”. The Austrian government itself confirmed this to AFP in a statement.  In the

(Adnkronos) – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev visited the stables of the Department for Presidential Affairs, where he inspected the conditions of care for the horses that have been donated to him over the years, according to reports from the Qazinform news agency.

(Adnkronos) – The United States Central Command announced on X that its forces will participate in Operation Project Freedom, announced by US President Donald Trump, to help release ships blocked in the Strait of Hormuz. It also stated that “military support for

Canberra, May 4 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and her Australian counterpart, Anthony Albanese, on Monday expressed “strong concerns” over export restrictions on key minerals, with China’s economic coercion in mind. “We express our strong concerns over all forms of economic