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(Adnkronos) – Mass resignations in the Chp, the main opposition party in Turkey, after 91 deputies decided to follow former group leader Ozgur Ozel, ready to form his own party to challenge Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Ozel’s decision comes after an

(Adnkronos) – The new British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has officially opened his new northern office, promising “a different way of governing Britain” in an attempt to reverse decades of power centralization in London. Burnham presented in Manchester the northern version of

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s foreign ministry is joining forces with Lebanon’s health ministry and the United Nations migration agency (IOM) to improve crucial healthcare measures at key border crossing points in the war-battered country, the embassy wrote on X, reposting an IOM tweet

Naha, Okinawa Pref., July 24 (Jiji Press)–The “Dairyuchu” dragon-shaped pillars at Shuri Castle in Naha, the capital of Okinawa Prefecture, southernmost Japan, currently undergoing restoration after being destroyed by a fire in 2019, were shown to the media on Friday. The pair

Karuizawa, Nagano Pref., July 24 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, vowed to lead efforts to strengthen domestic supply chains, in a document adopted on Friday to wrap up its summer seminar in the resort town of Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, central

Tokyo, July 24 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government will study the “quantitative management” of foreign residents, or managing their ratio to the country’s population, it was learned Friday. At a meeting of related ministers on the day, the government decided to set up

Singapore, July 24 (Jiji Press)–Koichi Hagiuda, executive acting secretary-general of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and Desmond Lee, chairman of Singapore’s ruling People’s Action Party, on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen cooperation between the two parties. The signing took

Tokyo, July 24 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology said Friday that about 54 pct of the rare earths collected off Minamitorishima, Japan’s easternmost island, were medium and heavy rare earths, which are essential for high-tech products. The agency,

Tokyo, July 24 (Jiji Press)–The Diet, Japan’s parliament, on Friday enacted a bill to ease the requirements on appointing poll watchers for national referendums on amending the Constitution. The bill to revise the national referendum law was approved by a majority vote

Tokyo, July 24 (Jiji Press)–Temperatures in the Tokai central Japan region hit 40 degrees Celsius or higher for the fourth straight day on Friday, tying the longest such streak recorded in the country, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. The mercury reached