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Tokyo, Jan. 23 (Jiji Press)–Japanese telecommunications company KDDI Corp. said it has started operating a large-scale data center specifically designed for generative artificial intelligence in Sakai in the western Japan prefecture of Osaka. KDDI acquired the site of Japanese electronics maker Sharp

(Adnkronos) – Tunisian authorities have announced the elimination of a “terrorist cell” composed of four people in the west of the country, not far from the border with Algeria. The operation was conducted near Majel Ben Abbes, a wooded area where security

Tokyo, Jan. 22 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese opposition Democratic Party for the People announced Thursday its pledges for the Feb. 8 House of Representatives election, vowing to increase people’s take-home pay. The pledges include lowering the consumption tax rate to 5 pct, increasing

Tokyo, Jan. 22 (Jiji Press)–With Thursday marking the fifth anniversary of the effectuation of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, hibakusha atomic bomb survivors and antinuclear advocates pledged to build momentum toward the abolition of nuclear arms. “This year, we

Tokyo, Jan. 22 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. decided Thursday to halt the No. 6 reactor at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station as a new problem was discovered, after the unit was brought back online only on Wednesday following a

(Adnkronos) – Two people have died and several are feared buried due to landslides on New Zealand’s North Island, the BBC reports. The deaths were reported in Welcome Bay, while rescuers are still searching through the rubble at another site, a popular

(Adnkronos) – The German Foreign Ministry summoned the Russian ambassador in Berlin, announcing the “expulsion” of an embassy diplomat for espionage activities. The decision comes the day after the arrest of a German woman of Ukrainian origin suspected in the same dossier

Tokyo, Jan. 22 (Jiji Press)–Japan is expected to post a primary budget deficit of about 800 billion yen in fiscal 2026, a government estimate showed Thursday. The estimate for the primary budget balance at the central and local governments in the year

(Adnkronos) – During Donald Trump’s speech today in Davos, photographers did not miss the large bruise the American president had on his left hand when he addressed world leaders and officials after the Board of Peace signing ceremony at the World Economic

(Adnkronos) – With a memo dated May 12, 2025, the interim head of ICE ordered anti-immigrant police agents, who have become the armed wing of Donald Trump’s deportation campaign, to enter homes even without the necessary judicial warrant. This is revealed by