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Washington, Jan. 29 (Jiji Press)–The U.S. Treasury Department removed its call for the Bank of Japan to raise interest rates in a semiannual report released Thursday. In the previous report, released in June last year, the department said, “BOJ policy tightening should

Tokyo, Jan. 30 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remarks on diplomacy and security are causing repercussions ahead of the Feb. 8 general election in the country. In a television debate on Monday, Takaichi mentioned a Taiwan contingency once again. “If something

(Adnkronos) – Italy can send paramilitary Carabinieri police officers to Jordan to train the war-razed Gaza Strip’s future force and will keep training police in the occupied West Bank, foreign minister Antonio Tajani said on Thursday  “We will continue to work so

(Adnkronos) – “There are currently no large-scale operations underway or planned by ICE in Maine.” Republican Senator Susan Collins announced this, explaining that “I have asked Secretary Noem and others in the administration to urge ICE to reconsider their approach to immigration

(Adnkronos) – “Tell the president that I want to return to Venezuela as soon as possible.” This is the message Maria Corina Machado asked to convey to Donald Trump to the deputies she met last week in Congress, according to what was

(Adnkronos) – In recent days, Iranian officials have asked for help from diplomats in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Egypt in an attempt to reopen talks with the United States and avoid the military action threatened by US President Donald Trump. The New

(Adnkronos) – Italy wants to help Ireland speed up European Union enlargement, boost Europe’s competitiveness, defence and industrial growth and the green transition – key priorities for the Irish rotating EU Council presidency from July-December – foreign minister Antonio Tajani stated on

(Adnkronos) – Italy and the Czech Republic want to boost bolster bilateral cooperation, extending this to defence and infrastructure, foreign minister Antonio Tajani wrote on Thursday after talks in Brussels with counterpart Petr Macinka  “In #Brussels I met with the new Czech

Tokyo, Jan. 29 (Jiji Press)–While pledging to reduce the social security burden on working generations in the campaign for the Feb. 8 general election, Japanese political parties continue to struggle with how to make the country’s social security system financially sustainable. Japan

(Adnkronos) – A federal judge in Minnesota has ordered Ice to stop the arrest and deportation of refugees legally admitted to the United States and to immediately release those detained for review of their cases. “Refugees have the legal right to be