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(Adnkronos) – Russia has added Telegram founder Pavel Durov to a blacklist of “terrorists and extremists,” days after declaring its intention to arrest him on charges of allowing his platform to be used by Ukrainian intelligence. Earlier this week, the FSB security

(Adnkronos) – The ten-year prison sentence for French citizen Martin Ryan in Azerbaijan has been confirmed on appeal. He was found guilty last March of espionage in favor of France, charges rejected by Paris. The trial against Ryan, a businessman who had

(Adnkronos) – Three Wildberries warehouses have been hit in recent hours by Ukrainian drones in Russia. In addition to centers in the Pensa and Udmurtia regions, Kyiv’s forces today also targeted a hub of the Russian e-commerce giant in the Perm region,

(Adnkronos) – Only 17% of German citizens believe that the state is able to fulfill its obligations, according to the latest survey commissioned by the Federation of Civil Servants (Dbb, Deutscher Beamtenbund und Tarifunion), Germany’s largest public sector union. In previous years,

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Fukuoka, July 30 (Jiji Press)–It remained unclear Thursday when services will be restored on all sections of the Kyushu Shinkansen bullet train line in southwestern Japan after a suspension caused by a powerful earthquake that struck Kumamoto Prefecture in the region Tuesday.

Tokyo, July 30 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Thursday officially announced a plan to cut the consumption tax rate on food to 1 pct for two years starting next April. The government plans to lower the food tax rate to

Tokyo, July 30 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Princess Aiko will visit the western Japan prefectures of Osaka and Shiga on Aug. 20-21, the Imperial Household Agency said Thursday. The daughter of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako will attend a special exhibition on “Girl with

Tokyo, July 30 (Jiji Press)–Three Japanese opposition parties–the Centrist Reform Alliance, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and Komeito–will aim to reach a conclusion at the end of August over their proposed integration, it was learned Thursday. A draft interim plan on

Brussels, July 30 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government signed an agreement Thursday to become an associated country of the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation program. The move is aimed at encouraging Japanese companies, universities and research institutions to take part in