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(Adnkronos) – Offices and assets of major American technology companies with operations in the region are among the targets Iran intends to strike. This is stated in the list of Tehran’s potential targets published by the state news agency Tasnim. The title

(Adnkronos) – One of the Iranian female footballers who had sought asylum in Australia had a change of heart, revealed to the Tehran embassy where her teammates were hidden, and forced the Canberra government to find them another safe place. This was

(Adnkronos) – Many people have lost their lives in Goma, in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, after the city controlled by the Rwandan-backed M23 militia was targeted in air attacks that occurred overnight between Tuesday and Wednesday. Local

(Adnkronos) – Italy has sent a message of condolence to Switzerland after a bus caught fire in the western town of Kerzers on Tuesday killing at least six people and injuring five others.  “I express my deepest condolences for the tragic accident

Tokyo, March 11 (Jiji Press)–Nissan Motor Co. on Wednesday fully accepted its labor union’s pay increase demand during this year’s “shunto” spring wage negotiations. The struggling Japanese automaker agreed to raise monthly salaries by 10,000 yen, including pay scale increases, and to

Sendai, Miyagi Pref., March 11 (Jiji Press)–While three northeastern Japan prefectures hit hard by the March 2011 massive earthquake and tsunami have taken the disaster as a learning opportunity, tsunami evacuation measures still have issues. Just last year, residents of Iwate, Miyagi

Tokyo, March 11 (Jiji Press)–Retail prices of regular gasoline in Japan surpassed 160 yen per liter on average as of Monday for the first time in three months, reflecting higher crude oil prices following U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran, the industry ministry said

Tokyo, March 11 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is poised to plow ahead with work to restart nuclear reactors, aided by the political dominance of her Liberal Democratic Party and the reduced presence of opposition parties supporting zero nuclear power. Fifteen

Tokyo, March 11 (Jiji Press)–Retail prices of regular gasoline in Japan surpassed 160 yen per liter on average as of Monday for the first time in three months, reflecting higher crude oil prices following U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran, the industry ministry said

Seoul, March 11 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Reconstruction Agency on Monday started screening a promotional video in South Korea highlighting food and tourist sites in Fukushima, a prefecture in northeastern Japan hit by a nuclear accident following a massive earthquake and tsunami 15 years