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(Adnkronos) – Today, Tennessee votes in special elections in a district, a Republican stronghold where a year ago Donald Trump won by 22 points, but which today Democrats dare to dream of conquering. The latest polls show Democrat Aftyn Behn just two

(Adnkronos) – Donald Trump’s plan for regime change in Venezuela “risks degenerating into a strategic, political, and legal quagmire.” This is how CNN summarizes the situation in which the American president last night convened his national security team in the Oval Office

(Adnkronos) – “The international community must remain highly vigilant against Japan’s ambitions to expand its military capabilities and revive militarism.” This is the appeal of the Chinese ambassador to the UN, Fu Cong, in a letter to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, once again

(Adnkronos) – The death toll from floods and landslides caused by a week of torrential rains is also rising in Sri Lanka. According to what the Disaster Management Center announced today, 410 people have died while 336 are missing. In total, one

(Adnkronos) – New public execution in Taliban Afghanistan. According to the Supreme Court, the death sentence of a man convicted of murder was carried out in front of a crowd gathered in a sports stadium in Khost, in the east of the

Taipei, Dec. 2 (Jiji Press)–Taiwan prosecutors on Tuesday indicted Tokyo Electron Ltd.’s Taiwanese subsidiary for violating Taiwan’s security and other relevant laws, following the indictment in August of a former employee for allegedly stealing trade secrets from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. The

Tokyo, Dec. 2 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi on Tuesday visited the Air Self-Defense Force’s Fuchu base to mainly inspect the Space Operations Group, which monitors space activities. During the visit to the base in the suburbs of Tokyo, Koizumi received

(Adnkronos) – Foreign minister Antonio Tajani is chairing the fifth ‘Working Roundtable on the Evolution of the Situation of Italian Companies in Russia’, which aims to help Italy’s business sector in the country, the foreign ministry said in a statement on Tuesday. 

Nara, Dec. 2 (Jiji Press)–Tetsuya Yamagami, who is standing trial for murdering former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2022, testified in court on Tuesday that he believed Abe was at the center of the relationship between politics and the Unification Church, explaining

Fukushima, Dec. 2 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Tuesday inspected Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.’s disaster-stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture. Takaichi visited the northeastern prefecture for the first time since taking office in October.