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(Adnkronos) – At least 94 Palestinian detainees and prisoners have died in Israeli custody in less than two years, between October 7, 2023 – the day of the Hamas attack – and August 31, 2025. This was reported by a Physicians for

(Adnkronos) – The 81-year-old Franco-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal has arrived in Paris, pardoned by the Algerian presidency and released last Wednesday after being imprisoned in Algeria for almost a year. Sansal, Bfmtv recalls, had been in Germany until now. The writer was

(Adnkronos) – The German far-right party, Alternative for Germany (AfD), has lost its European trademark rights over the party’s logo and acronyms. This is according to a resolution from the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), the EU body that manages trademark,

(Adnkronos) – Searches “day and night” in Nigeria to save the 25 high school girls kidnapped in Kebbi state, in the northwest of the African country. The Chief of Staff of the Nigerian Army ordered them. “We must find these girls,” said

(Adnkronos) – The center-left could lose control of Copenhagen today for the first time in the city’s history, as residents of the Danish capital head to the polls for municipal and regional elections amidst growing disillusionment with the divisive policies of Prime

New York, Nov. 18 (Jiji Press)–Toyota Motor Corp. said Tuesday that it will invest 912 million dollars in five U.S. plants to further localize production of hybrid vehicles, which continue to sell well in the country. The move is part of the

Tokyo, Nov. 18 (Jiji Press)–The average price paid by wholesalers for rice harvested in Japan in 2025 hit a new record high of 37,058 yen per 60 kilograms of brown rice in October, the agriculture ministry said Tuesday. The average price in

Vientiane, Nov. 18 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Princess Aiko, now on an official visit to Laos, paid a courtesy call on Lao President Thongloun Sisoulith at the presidential office in Vientiane, the capital of the Southeast Asian nation, on Tuesday. This was part of

Beijing, Nov. 18 (Jiji Press)–A visiting senior Japanese official strongly protested to a Chinese Foreign Ministry executive Tuesday over a controversial social media post by a Chinese diplomat regarding Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s recent remark related to a potential Taiwan contingency.

Tokyo, Nov. 18 (Jiji Press)–The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan in October surged 17.6 pct from a year earlier to 3,896,300, marking a record high for the month, the Japan National Tourism Organization said Tuesday. The cumulative number of visitors