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(Adnkronos) – As expected and anticipated by lawyer David Markus, Ghislaine Maxwell invoked her right not to answer substantive questions, based on the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution. American media report this. The now 64-year-old woman, who is serving a

(Adnkronos) – Somalia signs a defense pact with Saudi Arabia. On X, the Somali Ministry of Defense announced the signing of “a military cooperation agreement” by Somali Minister Ahmed Moallim Fiqi and his Saudi counterpart, Khalid Bin Salman. The agreement, it reads,

(Adnkronos) – The victims – or survivors, as they prefer to call themselves – of the late financier convicted of sex crimes Jeffrey Epstein have launched an appeal for the full publication of documents related to him, in an advertisement video released

Tokyo, Feb. 9 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Monday that she aims to outline a proposed consumption tax cut to zero for food by summer. At a press conference following her ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s landslide victory in Sunday’s election

Tokyo, Feb. 9 (Jiji Press)–Despite the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s overwhelming victory in Sunday’s House of Representatives election, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s administration is expected to face challenges in managing economic and fiscal policies. As the election was held ahead of

Tokyo, Feb. 9 (Jiji Press)–A group of lawyers filed a lawsuit Monday to nullify the results of Sunday’s House of Representatives election for all of the 289 single-seat constituencies, claiming that the election was unconstitutional in terms of vote-value disparities. The group,

Tokyo, Feb. 9 (Jiji Press)–The ruling Liberal Democratic Party won every single-seat constituency in 31 of Japan’s 47 prefectures in Sunday’s House of Representatives election. The LDP won 316 seats in the election for the lower chamber of the Diet, Japan’s parliament,

Tokyo, Feb. 9 (Jiji Press)–Japanese electronics giant Sony Corp. said Monday that it will stop shipping all Blu-ray Disc recorders starting in February, as the market for such products is shrinking amid the popularity of online video distribution services. Sony, the core

Beijing, Feb. 9 (Jiji Press)–China is expected to maintain its hard-line stance against Japan after Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party secured a landslide victory in Sunday’s election for the House of Representatives, the all-important lower chamber of parliament.

Tokyo, Feb. 9 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. said Monday it restarted the No. 6 reactor at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in Niigata Prefecture the same day after a series of control rod-related problems, aiming to bring it back into