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(Adnkronos) – Polls open in England, Scotland, and Wales for local elections, which represent the most challenging electoral test for British Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer, to the advantage of far-right and far-left populists. Starmer has never been under such pressure since

(Adnkronos) – The American President Donald Trump’s U-turn regarding the ‘Project Freedom’ initiative would stem from the decision of a major American ally in the Gulf, Saudi Arabia, not to grant the US the use of its bases and airspace to conduct

Tokyo, May 7 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government and the Bank of Japan likely intervened into the foreign exchange market again to buy yen for dollars earlier this month, during Japan’s Golden Week holiday period, it was learned Thursday. Market sources estimated the

Tokyo, May 7 (Jiji Press)–Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. said Thursday that it will form a strategic partnership with U.S. information technology giant Google LLC to strengthen its retail financial services. The two firms will develop a service to assist customers in

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s premier Giorgia Meloni held talks on Thursday in Rome with the prime minister of Libya’s internationally recognised Government of National Unity, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, Meloni’s office said in a statement.  The talks come after Libya’s rival administrations in Tripoli

Tokyo, May 7 (Jiji Press)–Japanese authorities likely carried out a yen-buying currency market intervention during the Golden Week holiday period earlier this month, it was learned Thursday. Market sources estimated that the Japanese government and the Bank of Japan spent around 4

Osaka, May 7 (Jiji Press)–Osaka Gas Co. is boosting efforts to produce and procure synthetic methane, or e-methane, regarded as a key to promoting the decarbonization of city gas. The Japanese gas supplier is preparing to procure e-methane from the United States

Tokyo, May 7 (Jiji Press)–Police arrested three people including a member of the city assembly of Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Thursday on suspicion of accepting bribes from a contractor for the construction of a new city government building. A total

Gosen, Niigata Pref., May 7 (Jiji Press)–A 17-year-old male high school student was killed in a microbus crash that happened on the Ban-Etsu Expressway in the city of Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Wednesday. Hiroto Inagaki, from the city of Niigata,

Brussels, May 7 (Jiji Press)–Japan and the European Union held a ministerial economic dialogue in Brussels on Thursday to discuss enhancing cooperation on economic security and critical minerals. Trade minister Ryosei Akazawa and State Minister for Foreign Affairs Iwao Horii represented Tokyo,