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(Adnkronos) – The Virginia Supreme Court today rejected the new electoral map that would have given Democrats an advantage in four House districts, thus inflicting a very tough defeat on the party ahead of next November’s midterm elections.   The Virginia Supreme

(Adnkronos) – The State Department has announced the start of a review of the 53 Mexican consulates in the United States, the latest sign of growing tensions between the Trump administration and Mexico, a close and traditional US partner. The State Department

(Adnkronos) – Iran is still examining the United States’ proposal to end the conflict and will announce its decision “once the evaluation is complete.” This was stated by Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei in an interview with Tasnim news agency.  Baghaei

(Adnkronos) – Poland is the first country to have signed, today, an agreement with the European Commission to finance the modernization of its armed forces and the arms industry, receiving a loan of almost 44 billion euros under the Safe program, of

(Adnkronos) – The hostage-taking that occurred on Friday in a bank in Sinzig, western Germany, ended without injuries, but one or more perpetrators managed to escape. German police reported this to AFP.  According to Koblenz police, special forces stormed the building and

Sydney, May 8 (Jiji Press)–New Zealand Defense Minister Chris Penk has announced plans to compare the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force’s upgraded Mogami-class frigates with Britain’s Type 31 frigates, as replacements for New Zealand’s aging frigates. New Zealand is expected to make a

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s foreign minister Antonio Tajani on Friday paid homage to Leo XIV a year to the day since he became pope, praising the first US pontiff’s “strong commitment to peace” and to dialogue, which he said has given hope to

(Adnkronos) – Italy and the United States are “united by an unbreakable bond” and Rome fully backs diplomacy as “the only way” to de-escalate the damaging Middle East conflict and ensure freedom of navigation, foreign minister Antonio Tajani stated on Friday after

Tokyo, May 8 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Sony Group Corp. said Friday that it has reached a basic agreement with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the world’s largest chip foundry, to form a strategic partnership for the joint development and production of next-generation image sensors.

Tokyo, May 8 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo Kiraboshi Financial Group Inc. said Friday that it will complete the repayment of 40 billion yen in public funds injected into its predecessor by the Tokyo metropolitan government ahead of schedule. The parent of Kiraboshi Bank had