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Tokyo, July 17 (Jiji Press)–The Diet, Japan’s parliament, enacted a bill Friday to revise the Imperial House Law as part of efforts to secure a sufficient number of Imperial Family members, marking the first substantive change to the law since its establishment

Tokyo, July 17 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average briefly plunged over 2,700 points Friday morning due to selling of issues related to semiconductors and artificial intelligence following overnight falls in their U.S. counterparts. At 9:43 a.m., the index of 225

(Adnkronos) – Hezbollah speaks of “unfounded” reports after post-Assad Syria reported the seizure of weapons destined for the Lebanese Shiite movement along the border between the Arab country and Iraq. Hezbollah, in a statement relayed by al-Manar (a Lebanese TV affiliated with

(Adnkronos) – Explosions were heard today in central Dubai, according to witnesses. This was reported by the Times of Israel website, citing Reuters.  

(Adnkronos) – Post-Assad Syria seizes weapons destined for Lebanese Hezbollah. Damascus’ Interior Ministry announced that it had intercepted a large shipment of sophisticated weapons destined for Hezbollah and prevented its passage from Iraq into Syrian territory to reach Lebanon, the official Syrian

(Adnkronos) – Kuwait is again in the crosshairs of “drone” attacks. “The Army General Staff reports that explosions, if heard, are due to air defense systems intercepting hostile attacks,” reads a statement released via X, which condemns the “criminal Iranian aggression.”  

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s premier Giorgia Meloni expressed the government’s “deepest condolences” for the victims of a fire that broke out at a children’s care home in the Algerian capital, Algiers early on Thursday, in which at least 11 people died and a

(Adnkronos) – The Rome-based UN Food and Agriculture Organisation has extended a cash assistance scheme to help 1,500 small farmers in the war-devastated Gaza Strip cultivate at least 0.1 hectars of land each with the goal of producing enough fresh vegetables to

(Adnkronos) – The Russian army launched a missile attack against Odesa’s infrastructure, killing one person and injuring another. This was announced on Telegram by the head of the city’s military administration, Serhiy Lysak, as reported by Ukrinform. “Another missile attack on the

Tokyo, July 16 (Jiji Press)–Nvidia Corp. announced plans to expand its collaboration with Japanese companies, such as Toyota Motor Corp. and Fujitsu Ltd., on Thursday, during CEO Jensen Huang’s visit to Japan. The major U.S. chipmaker will provide advanced graphics processing units