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(Adnkronos) – After chairing his last government meeting, the 733rd, the Christian Democrat Reiner Haseloff, Germany’s longest-serving regional premier, who has headed the government of the state of Saxony-Anhalt since 2011, today left his post. This is to best prepare his party

(Adnkronos) – The Iraqi Parliament has postponed the vote for the election of the president, scheduled for today, to allow rival Kurdish groups to reach an agreement on a shared candidate. The official news agency Ina reported this, without indicating a new

(Adnkronos) – The federal chief judge of Minnesota has ordered the acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice), Todd Lyons, to appear in person in court on Friday, threatening contempt of court proceedings for the failure to execute numerous judicial orders.

Beijing, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)–Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun on Tuesday criticized Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s latest remarks on Taiwan, saying that Japan is in no position to meddle with affairs related to Taiwan. During a Japanese television program on

(Adnkronos) – Italy is signalling the need for “clarity” by recalling its envoy to Switzerland following last week’s release from custody on bail of the owner of a bar in the ski resort of Crans Montana where 40 people died in a

Tokyo, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Supreme Court has instructed courts across Japan to reconsider the use of handcuffs and waist ropes on defendants when entering courtrooms for criminal trials, informed sources said Tuesday. Defendants in detention often wear handcuffs and waist ropes

(Adnkronos) – Foreign minister Antonio Tajani is set to open an event in Rome on Wednesday outlining the government’s planned events this year to boost worldwide exports of Italian goods, with a special focus on international trade fairs, the foreign ministry said

Tokyo, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)–The Japan Business Federation, or Keidanren, and the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, or Rengo, held a meeting of their leaders on Tuesday, effectively starting this year’s “shunto” spring wage talks. At the meeting in Tokyo, Keidanren Chairman Yoshinobu

Seoul/Tokyo, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)–North Korea launched ballistic missiles from an area north of Pyongyang toward the Sea of Japan at around 3:50 p.m. Tuesday, according to the South Korean military. According to Japanese Defense Ministry sources, two ballistic missiles were fired

Paris, Jan. 27 (Jiji Press)–Japanese physicist Toshiko Yuasa is among the 72 female scientists set to join the currently male-only list of names inscribed on the Eiffel Tower, the city of Paris has said. The landmark of the French capital, built in