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(Adnkronos) – Russia threatens to strike British factories producing drones and missile components for Ukraine. Moscow, in fact, after yesterday’s green light from Prime Minister Andy Burnham for sharing with Kyiv the technology needed for the manufacture of Storm Shadow cruise missiles

(Adnkronos) – Germany has expelled 23 Afghan citizens to Afghanistan, as part of the second charter flight that did not exclusively include migrants convicted of crimes. The Interior Ministry announced this in a post on ‘X’, specifying that “most of these men

(Adnkronos) – The Republican primary runoff for the Senate seat that belonged to Lindsey Graham, taking place today in South Carolina, is considered an important test for Donald Trump ahead of the November elections. The president has indeed invested a significant amount

(Adnkronos) – Donald Trump reiterated that he had ordered Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth to “substantially” reduce joint military exercises between the United States and South Korea, accusing them of sending a “totally inappropriate and hostile” signal to Pyongyang. In a post on

Yamato, Kumamoto Pref., Aug. 25 (Jiji Press)–Fans of the popular Japanese video game “Touken Ranbu” have helped save a centuries-old sake brewery in Kumamoto Prefecture after a major earthquake in the southwestern Japan prefecture late last month prompted cancellations of orders and

Tokyo, Aug. 25 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Finance Ministry plans to seek a record 36,638.6 billion yen in debt-servicing costs in its budget request for fiscal 2027, which starts next April, it was learned Tuesday. The figure is up by 5,362.8 billion yen from

Tokyo, Aug. 25 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government will continue measures to keep retail prices of regular gasoline at around 170 yen per liter amid ongoing instability in the Middle East, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said Tuesday. Takaichi told reporters that she has

Tokyo, Aug. 25 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s education ministry Tuesday unveiled a policy of seeking a record 8,775 billion yen under the government’s general-account budget for fiscal 2027 to focus on developing human resources in growth fields, including artificial intelligence and semiconductors. The figure

Tokyo, Aug. 25 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Finance Ministry and the Financial Services Agency plan to include tax incentives for retail Japanese government bonds in their fiscal 2027 tax reform proposals, informed sources said Tuesday. The ministry and the agency aim to attract more

Tokyo, Aug. 25 (Jiji Press)–Isao Kurauchi on Tuesday resigned as head of the Fukuoka prefectural assembly in southwestern Japan, as an assembly member and as chief of the National Association of Chairpersons of Prefectural Assemblies. Speaking to reporters in Tokyo, the 72-year-old