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Brussels, May 5 (Jiji Press)–Japan and the European Union agreed Tuesday to strengthen their cooperation over regulations regarding social media and other online platforms. Based on the agreement, reached at the fourth ministerial meeting of the Japan-EU Digital Partnership framework held in

(Adnkronos) – The Parliament in Bucharest has voted no confidence in the Romanian government of pro-European Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan. The no-confidence motion presented by the Social Democrats and the right-wing Aur party obtained 281 votes in favor in the Parliament, which

(Adnkronos) – Today, Donald Trump’s tour begins in Indiana, aiming to punish in the primaries the Republicans who rebelled against the tycoon’s iron grip on the GOP. The president has indeed endorsed challengers in the Indiana Republican primaries for eight state senators

(Adnkronos) – Leipzig, May 5. (Adnkronos/Dpa)   The man arrested yesterday in Leipzig after running over a crowd in a pedestrian zone in the center of the German city, killing two people – a 63-year-old woman and a 77-year-old man – and

(Adnkronos) – Facing polls indicating an increasingly probable victory for Democrats in the midterm elections, the White House is preparing for various types of investigations, including impeachment, that a Democrat-majority Congress could initiate starting next January. Lawyers from the White House Counsel’s

Manila, May 5 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi and Philippine National Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. agreed Tuesday to set up a new bilateral working group to promote defense equipment-related and technological cooperation. The two countries will step up preparations needed

Samarkand, Uzbekistan, May 5 (Jiji Press)–Japan has pledged to fully support developing Asian nations struggling amid crude oil shortages and inflation blamed on the ongoing Middle East tensions, at a series of gatherings held in Uzbekistan on Sunday and later, including an

(Adnkronos) – A panel of MPs was set to question former Icelandic Ambassador to the United States of America and the Russian Federation Albert Jonsson on Tuesday as part of its fact-finding inquiry into the geopolitical dynamics of the key Arctic region,

Tokyo, May 5 (Jiji Press)–Tollgates on expressways in Japan are being replaced with those accepting only vehicles equipped with an electronic toll collection system at an accelerated pace. The number of interchanges that reject toll payments with credit cards and cash is

Paris, May 5 (Jiji Press)–A Japanese traveler is among the passengers of the MV Hondius, a cruise ship on which a hantavirus outbreak occurred during a voyage in the Atlantic Ocean, the operator of the vessel said Monday. A total of about