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Tokyo, April 15 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average rose on Wednesday morning to retake 58,000 for the first time since March 2, reflecting overnight U.S. stock rises. At 9:52 a.m., the index of 225 selected issues listed on the Tokyo

Tokyo, April 15 (Jiji Press)–Major Japanese department store operators J. Front Retailing Co. and Matsuya Co. suffered drops in their consolidated net profits in the fiscal year through February, while industry peer Takashimaya Co. reported its first red ink in five years.

(Adnkronos) – Novaya Gazeta columnist Oleg Roldugin, known for investigations into corruption cases involving establishment figures, including Dmitry Medvedev and Ramzan Kadyrov, arrested on Thursday during a search of the newsroom of the publication forced to close in Russia in 2022, has

(Adnkronos) – Elon Musk’s father, Errol Musk, is working on a project to facilitate the transfer to Russia of South African white farmers who he claims are “persecuted” and to whom Moscow could grant refugee status. Visiting Russia these days, Errol Musk,

(Adnkronos) – Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s party has secured a parliamentary majority after winning two by-elections, a key result for the Liberals who face threats from the United States. Media projections reveal this.  Public broadcaster CBC predicted that the Liberals won

(Adnkronos) – The Spanish government will today approve the decree to regularize about half a million undocumented migrants. Pedro Sanchez announced this in a letter, published today on social media while the Spanish prime minister is on his official visit to China,

Tokyo, April 14 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government is considering expanding international cooperation under the Tokyo-led Asia Zero Emission Community framework, a decarbonization initiative involving Southeast Asian countries and others, to strengthen energy supply chain resilience, Jiji Press learned Tuesday. With concerns about

(Adnkronos) – “Since Sunday evening, in less than 24 hours, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) teams in Darfur have provided assistance to 56 injured people and recorded 2 deaths following 5 drone attacks carried out by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF).” This was