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(Adnkronos) – The official death toll from the heavy rains that have hit southeastern Brazil in recent days has risen to at least 53. The most affected areas were Juiz de Fora and Ubá, in the state of Minas Gerais, where the

(Adnkronos) – A United Nations flight has landed at Khartoum airport, the first since the start of the conflict between the Army and paramilitaries in April 2023. “I want to emphasize how happy I am to have been on the first flight

(Adnkronos) – Legislative elections will be held in Denmark on March 24. This was announced by Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, emphasizing that “today I recommended to His Majesty the King to call elections for the Folketing (the Danish Parliament, ed.)”.   “You

(Adnkronos) – In Afghanistan’s Kunar province, approximately 25,000 children are still living in tents, six months after a violent earthquake destroyed lives, livelihoods, homes, and schools, all of which still need to be rebuilt, with no certain timeline. This is stated by

(Adnkronos) – Poland is further increasing its defense spending, starting this year, due to the growing threat posed by Russia, announced Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski in a speech to Parliament. The defense budget will reach 4.8 percent of GDP in 2026, with

(Adnkronos) – Following the tender procedure for the assignment in Italy of the audiovisual rights for the Fifa World Cup 2026™, Rai has secured the exclusive multi-platform free-to-air broadcasting rights for a selection of 35 matches – which include the opening match,

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s foreign ministry on Thursday approved 295 soft loans managed by state investment agency Simest, totalling almost 150 million euros to support 285 Italian companies, the ministry said in a statement.  The loans greenlit by the ministry’s facilitation committee include

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s lower house of parliament speaker Lorenzo Fontana on Thursday held talks with France’s Senate speaker Gerard Larcher, according to a statement. 

Tokyo, Feb. 26 (Jiji Press)–Japan is working to increase the number of female pilots in an effort to address the aging of commercial airline pilots and growing air travel demand, but progress has been slow. While the Japanese government aims to raise

Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 26 (Jiji Press)–The Japan International Cooperation Agency has announced that it will provide Malaysia with technical assistance for the development of critical minerals, including rare earths. This will be the first case of Japan’s technical cooperation with Malaysia in