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Tokyo, Nov. 12 (Jiji Press)–Controlled human infection model, or CHIM, trials, in which carefully screened volunteers are deliberately exposed to calibrated doses of pathogens, are primarily used in a number of European countries, but Japan remains wary. CHIM trials, also known as

Tokyo, Nov. 12 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling and opposition parties have criticized Xue Jian, China’s consul-general in Osaka, western Japan, after he slammed Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remark related to a potential crisis in Taiwan. At a joint meeting of its Research Commission

Tokyo, Nov. 12 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party and its new coalition partner, Nippon Ishin no Kai (Japan Innovation Party), have launched talks in earnest on a plan to set up the nation’s secondary capital. At the first meeting of the

(Adnkronos) – “Our plane that crashed had 20 crew members on board. Search and rescue operations are underway,” the Turkish Ministry of Defense announced, providing details on the C-130 that crashed on the border between Georgia and Azerbaijan while returning home.  The

(Adnkronos) – Venezuela has announced a “massive deployment” of land, naval, air, river, and missile forces, also involving the civilian militia, to confront the US naval presence off its coasts. Washington presents its operations as a campaign to counter drug trafficking: since

(Adnkronos) – The House of Representatives will be able to begin voting tomorrow afternoon to approve the measure, passed last night by the Senate, to end the shutdown which has reached its 42nd day. Meanwhile, the Republican leadership of the House, to

(Adnkronos) – French prisons recorded a surge in far-right detainees from 2016 to 2017, arrested for acts of violence and terrorism motivated by a desire for revenge after the November 13, 2015 Paris attacks. This is according to a 105-page report by

(Adnkronos) – A German-Polish citizen has been arrested in Germany for planning attacks against, among others, former chancellors Olaf Scholz and Angela Merkel. According to what AFP learned from informed sources, the man, identified as Martin S., would belong to the galaxy

(Adnkronos) – A new Parliament is being voted on today in Iraq, at a time of stability in the country after decades of war and with Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani seeking re-election for a second term in which he hopes to

(Adnkronos) – “I don’t know what happened to Marjorie. She’s a nice woman, but I don’t know what happened. She’s lost her way, I think.” Thus Donald Trump publicly acknowledges the growing distance between him and his now former loyalist Marjorie Taylor