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(Adnkronos) – Republicans in Congress are considering cuts to federal healthcare spending to help fund a bill that could include up to $200 billion for the war in Iran and strengthened immigration controls. According to Axios, the operation is part of the

Tokyo, March 30 (Jiji Press)–A candidate backed by the Japanese Communist Party and the Social Democratic Party beat the incumbent in the mayoral election in the city of Kiyose in western Tokyo on Sunday. Hiromi Harada, a 50-year-old former city assembly member,

(Adnkronos) – Foreign minister and deputy premier Antonio Tajani on Monday denied Italy’s rightwing government might call early elections after last week’s resounding defeat in a flagship referendum on reforms to the judiciary led to the resignations of several scandal-hit officials.  

Tokyo, March 30 (Jiji Press)–Four Japanese crew members of Japan-related vessels stranded in the Persian Gulf due to the de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz returned home on Monday, Japan’s Foreign Ministry has said. They went ashore in the early

Tokyo, March 30 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Supreme Court has upheld lower court rulings sentencing a 27-year-old man to 10 years in prison for attacking then Prime Minister Fumio Kishida with an explosive during an election campaign event in April 2023. The Third Petty

Tokyo, March 30 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government has moved to secure naphtha supplies to avert disruption to medical care amid Middle East fuel concerns, Prime Minister Sane Takaichi said Monday. The government has set up a task force and appointed industry minister

(Adnkronos) – Spain has closed its airspace to flights involved in Operation Epic Fury, launched by the United States and Israel against Iran. Military sources cited by El Pais report this.  According to the sources, the Madrid government has not only banned

(Adnkronos) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged Russia to agree to a mutual truce on attacks against energy facilities to help alleviate the global oil crisis triggered by the Israeli-American operation against Iran.  ”If Russia is ready to stop hitting Ukrainian

Tokyo, March 30 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government urged China on Monday to lift sanctions against a member of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party who heads a suprapartisan group of Japanese lawmakers seeking closer ties with Taiwan. The government said that the sanctions

Shizuoka, March 30 (Jiji Press)–Public prosecutors on Monday indicted without arrest Maki Takubo, former mayor of the city of Ito, Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, on suspicions including local autonomy law violation over her alleged academic fraud. Following the indictment by the Shizuoka