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Milan, Feb. 3 (Jiji Press)–Tadatoshi Akiba, former mayor of the western Japan city of Hiroshima, has been selected as one of the bearers of the Olympic flag at the opening ceremony of the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics in Italy. According to an

Tokyo, Feb. 3 (Jiji Press)–As policies related to foreign citizens are expected to be a major issue in Sunday’s House of Representatives election in Japan, some are calling for improving Japanese language education for the children of foreign residents. In 2010, Youth

(Adnkronos) – A right-wing Brazilian influencer who claimed that anti-immigrant operations only target “criminals” has been arrested by ICE agents in New Jersey. According to Brazilian media reports, picked up by the Guardian, Eustáquio da Silva Pena Júnior, who uses the name

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s envoy to Iraq, Niccolo Fontana held talks with parliament speaker and Sunni Muslim lawmaker Haibat Halbousi in Baghdad, the embassy wrote Monday on X.  “Amb @niccoloffontana was received by the parliament speaker Haibat Halbousi. Focus on the importance of

Tokyo, Feb. 2 (Jiji Press)–The number of people who voted over five days from Wednesday ahead of the upcoming House of Representatives election totaled 4,562,823, accounting for 4.41 pct of all registered voters, the internal affairs ministry said Monday. The number of

(Adnkronos) – “I am not involved, these are local elections in Texas.” Thus Donald Trump tried to distance himself and minimize the defeats of Republicans in one of their strongholds, particularly that of Leigh Wambsganss who lost in the local Senate elections

(Adnkronos) – Five people have been arrested in Germany on suspicion of transferring industrial goods to Russia in violation of European Union sanctions, the German prosecutor’s office announced.   The value of the supplies destined for Russia, particularly to 24 armaments companies,

(Adnkronos) – Iranian authorities rule out the possibility that enriched uranium in the Islamic Republic could be transferred abroad, as the resumption of negotiations with the United States on the nuclear program seems to be approaching. This was emphasized by the Deputy

(Adnkronos) – Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has defended his government’s plan to regularize 500,000 irregular migrants and asylum seekers in April. In this way, Sanchez said in a video speech shared on social media, Spain chooses to stand on the side

(Adnkronos) – The son of Norway’s Crown Princess, Marius Borg Høiby, was arrested two days before his rape trial on new charges. Andreas Kruszewski, a lawyer for the Oslo police district, announced this, explaining that Høiby “was arrested by the police on