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Tokyo, July 14 (Jiji Press)–The head of Japan’s suprapartisan National Council on Social Security on Monday presented a revised draft of a new benefit program for low- and middle-income workers. The council resumed discussions for compiling an interim report at the day’s

(Adnkronos) – Three British citizens, one French woman, one Belgian and one Spaniard are the first of the 13 identified victims of the massive fire near Almeria in Andalusia, southern Spain. Local authorities announced this after the first autopsies were conducted and

Saiki, Oita Pref., July 13 (Jiji Press)–Four people were injured and sent to hospital after a knife attack near a Tsutaya rental video store in the city of Saiki in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Oita on Monday morning, investigative sources said.

(Adnkronos) – The Yemeni government recognized by the international community has ordered the closure of Yemen’s airports following reports from the capital Sana’a, which has been in the hands of the Houthis since 2014. “The Civil Aviation and Meteorology Authority (Cama) informs

(Adnkronos) – Lebanon views with “cautious optimism” the sixth round of direct negotiations with the Jewish state mediated by the US, scheduled for tomorrow in Rome. This is reported by the online version of the Qatari newspaper Al-Arabi Al-Jadeed, citing official Lebanese

(Adnkronos) – There is a phrase, spoken by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in Davos on January 20th, that captures the state of the international system better than many analyses: the world has emerged from “a pleasant fiction” and entered “a harsh

(Adnkronos) – Rome on Monday underlined its unwavering commitment to Serbia’s European Union membership bid and the opening of negotiating Chapter Three, saying it is part of Italy’s strong support for the European integration of the western Balkans.  “Italy supports the opening

(Adnkronos) – Italy welcomed European Commission vice-president Raffaele Fitto’s appointment on Monday as special representative for Cyprus, saying it reflects the bloc’s commitment “at the highest level” to the divided island’s reunification – an issue that is “absolutely crucial for Europe” and

(Adnkronos) – North Korean Premier Pak Thae Song expressed hope for a further strengthening of bilateral relations with China, at the end of his three-day visit to Beijing, during which he participated in the celebrations for the 65th anniversary of the friendship

(Adnkronos) – The internationally recognized Yemeni government has declared that it hit the capital Sana’a’s airport after a dispute related to the arrival of an Iranian plane carrying a Houthi delegation, the Shiite rebel group supported by Tehran that controls the capital