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Tokyo, Sept. 26 (Jiji Press)–Japanese agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi is leading in support from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s lawmakers in the party leadership race, a Jiji Press survey has suggested. Koizumi has secured votes from more than 20 pct of the

(Adnkronos) – Another handshake between Ahmed al-Sharaa and Donald Trump. The self-proclaimed Syrian president, leader of post-Assad Syria, had a ‘flash’ meeting with the US president shortly after his speech to the UN General Assembly. The Syrian presidency announced the news, posting

(Adnkronos) – North Korea could possess up to two tons of highly enriched uranium. This was stated by South Korean Unification Minister Chung Dong-young. “Intelligence agencies estimate that Pyongyang’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium, with a purity greater than 90%, amounts to

Beijing, Sept. 25 (Jiji Press)–A delegation of former Japanese war orphans who were abandoned in China after the end of World War II and later came back to Japan visited Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, northeastern China, on Sept. 10-14. The trip was organized

(Adnkronos) – In a clear attempt to ridicule and delegitimize his predecessor, Donald Trump replaces Joe Biden’s portrait with a photo of the infamous autopen that signs his name in the “Presidential Walk of Fame” that he himself established in the outer

(Adnkronos) – A restaurant in Bavaria, Germany, has banned Israeli tourists due to the war in the Gaza Strip. “We believe that children should not be mistreated, regardless of the circumstances. We will not remain silent like the rest of the world,”

(Adnkronos) – Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to five years in prison for criminal association in the trial for illegal financing by Libya of his 2007 presidential campaign.  The court ordered that Sarkozy be placed in pre-trial detention soon,

(Adnkronos) – The Parliament of Kyrgyzstan has voted overwhelmingly, with 84 votes in favor out of 90, for its dissolution and the calling of early elections next November 30, an initiative that, according to independent observers, is necessary for President Sadyr Japarov

Tokyo, Sept. 25 (Jiji Press)–Shares of Orion Breweries Ltd. made a strong stock market debut in Tokyo trading on Thursday, with the company’s closing price more than double its initial public offering price. Orion Breweries fetched an initial price of 1,863 yen

Tokyo, Sept. 25 (Jiji Press)–The Japan International Cooperation Agency on Thursday announced the withdrawal of its “hometown” initiative, which aimed to promote people-to-people exchanges between African countries and their partner Japanese cities. The decision came after the Japanese cities were flooded with