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(Adnkronos) – Italy’s Senate upper house of parliament will be illuminated overnight in blue and yellow – the colours of Ukraine’s flag – to mark the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale military invasion of the country.  The Renaissance Palazzo Madama’s facade will

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 Japanese government on Tuesday lodged a strong protest against China’s ban on exports of dual-use products to Japan, urging Beijing to withdraw the measure. Earlier on Tuesday, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce announced that 20 Japanese companies

Tokyo, Feb. 24 (Jiji Press)–Private-sector members of a key Japanese government panel on Tuesday called on the government to ensure market credibility through appropriate dialogue when making policy shifts. While expressing support for the policy changes planned by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s

Tokyo, Feb. 24 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government on Tuesday expressed its intention to scrutinize the impact on Japanese industries of U.S. President Donald Trump’s new tariffs, which may put higher levies on some items than under a bilateral trade agreement struck last

(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