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Tokyo, Aug. 28 (Jiji Press)–The opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan informed the Centrist Reform Alliance and Komeito on Friday that it will not take part in a proposed merger with the two other opposition parties. The three parties had tried to

(Adnkronos) – Talks on the future of the Strait of Hormuz, promoted by Turkey and Germany, which were supposed to be held on Sunday in Istanbul, have been postponed. The Berlin government announced this, explaining that the talks were postponed due to

Tokyo, Aug. 28 (Jiji Press)–Japanese authorities spent 15,399.3 billion yen in foreign exchange market interventions from July 30 to Wednesday, the Finance Ministry said Friday. The figure marked the largest-ever monthly amount spent on yen-buying, dollar-selling interventions. The Japanese government and the

Tokyo, Aug. 28 (Jiji Press)–Active faults in and around the Kinki western Japan region could trigger an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 or larger with a 50-60 pct probability within the next 30 years, a government panel said Friday. The probability

(Adnkronos) – The Syrian Ministry of Education has announced a new plan for teaching Kurdish in areas of the country where the Kurdish population is in the majority. The language will become a compulsory subject, with three lessons per week at all

(Adnkronos) – The merchant ship “Progress IV”, flying the flag of the Dominican Republic, sank in the Black Sea, in Romania’s exclusive economic zone, beyond territorial waters, after a fire broke out on board yesterday. All 12 crew members were rescued in

(Adnkronos) – Zhang Youxia formally removed from the powerful Central Military Commission, led by Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Zhang came under scrutiny in January when news broke of an investigation into “serious violations of law and discipline,” terms that in the Asian

(Adnkronos) – During the night, Russian forces attacked Nova Post warehouses in the Bilohorodka community and a production facility in Sviatopetrivske, in the Kyiv region. This was reported by the Ukrainian news agency Ukrinform, citing Anton Ovsiienko, head of the Bilohorodka village

(Adnkronos) – Alarm in Nepal over the collapse of a dam in Tibet. Nepalese authorities have issued a warning to citizens and rescuers ‘to move to higher ground’ after an upstream dam in Tibet reportedly collapsed, two days after a glacier detachment

Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Pref., Aug. 28 (Jiji Press)–Children returned to school after the summer break in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture on Friday, a month after a major earthquake struck the southwestern Japan prefecture. The second term started at 40 elementary, junior high schools and