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(Adnkronos) – European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen “will visit the Arctic region” in March, on a trip that “will also include Greenland”. This was confirmed by the EU executive’s chief spokesperson Paula Pinho during the daily press briefing, specifying that

(Adnkronos) – Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country, will assume the role of deputy commander in the international stabilization force in Gaza. This was announced by American General Jasper Jeffers during the inaugural meeting of President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace,”

(Adnkronos) – Last Saturday, a jihadist incursion on a paramilitary base in Burkina Faso killed about 40 people, according to what a security source told AFP today, stating that the Tandjari forest area, in the eastern province of Gourma, “was the target

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s foreign minister Antonio Tajani has condemned the murder of far-right French activist Quentin Deranque in the French city of Lyon last week by suspected radical left militants, calling the killing “a serious matter than concerns us all”.  “The killing

(Adnkronos) – Foreign minister Antonio Tajani underlined Italy’s ongoing support for the war-shattered Gaza Strip’s reconstruction and its civilians during talks in Washington DC on Thursday with the High Representative of US president Donald Trump’s Board of Peace, Nickolay Mladenov.  “Before the

Yokohama, Feb. 20 (Jiji Press)–Police in Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, arrested an employee of a major Japanese trading company on Thursday for allegedly trespassing into a U.S. military base in violation of the Special Criminal Act under the Japan-U.S. status-of-forces agreement.

Tokyo, Feb. 19 (Jiji Press)–Private-sector members of the Japanese government’s Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy are set to urge the government to communicate appropriately with financial markets, Jiji Press learned Thursday. In their upcoming recommendations, the private-sector members will call on

Saitama, Feb. 19 (Jiji Press)–The cause of the sinkhole that formed in the city of Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo, in January 2025 was corrosion in a sewer pipe, an investigation committee comprising experts said in its final report on Thursday.

(Adnkronos) – The director of Rai Sport, Paolo Petrecca, has resigned his mandate to Rai CEO Giampaolo Rossi and will leave the position at the end of the Milan-Cortina Olympics. The responsibility for Rai Sport – on a transitional basis – will

(Adnkronos) – A drone attack on a refugee camp in Sudan killed at least 15 children earlier this week. Unicef reported this. “On Monday, February 16, at least 15 children were reportedly killed and 10 injured after a drone attack on a