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(Adnkronos) – Pakistan today announced four arrests for last Tuesday’s suicide attack in Islamabad, which cost 12 lives. “Four members of the Pakistani Taliban have been arrested – the government said in a statement – The network was managed and guided at

(Adnkronos) – The home in Koil, Jammu and Kashmir, of the family of Umar Nabi, the doctor accused of driving the car that exploded in New Delhi on Monday, has been razed to the ground. Indian media reported this, specifying that the

Niigata, Nov. 14 (Jiji Press)–Niigata Governor Hideyo Hanazumi inspected Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.’s Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station on Friday, ahead of taking a decision on whether to approve the restart of a reactor at the plant in the central Japan

(Adnkronos) – Legal diplomacy and international and institutional collaboration are crucial to the fight against graft and organised crime, foreign minister Antonio Tajani told an anti-corruption event on Friday.  “Cooperation between institutions is essential and must also be international,” Tajani told the

Kobe, Nov. 14 (Jiji Press)–A professor and a lawyer on Friday challenged a decision by Japanese public prosecutors not to indict Hyogo Governor Motohiko Saito on charges of violating the public offices election law. Hiroshi Kamiwaki, professor at Kobe Gakuin University, and

(Adnkronos) – Orders acquired by Webuild since the beginning of the year amount to 9.3 billion euros, bringing the total order acquisition for the 2023-2025 three-year period to approximately 45 billion. This is what can be read in the results released by

Tokyo, Nov. 14 (Jiji Press)–An international nongovernmental organization tackling environment issues has picked Japan for its Fossil of the Day award, suggesting that the country’s efforts to combat climate change are inadequate. The Climate Action Network, or CAN, named Japan for the

Tokyo, Nov. 14 (Jiji Press)–Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Shinichi Uchida is in hospital for leukemia treatment, the central bank said Friday. Uchida is expected to be hospitalized for several weeks. While in hospital, he will conduct essential duties remotely, the BOJ

Tokyo, Nov. 14 (Jiji Press)–Combined beer sales at three major brewers in Japan excluding Asahi Breweries Ltd. jumped 18 pct year on year in October, an industry estimate has shown. Asahi’s failure to smoothly ship products in the wake of a ransomware

Tokyo, Nov. 14 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average briefly tumbled over 1,000 points Friday, dragged down by technology shares after a U.S. market sell-off fueled by fading expectations of a Federal Reserve interest rate cut. The Nikkei average ended the