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(Adnkronos) – In Saudi Arabia, restrictions on the sale of alcohol to foreign residents have been further eased, just days after the first opening to non-diplomatic buyers. Now, non-Muslim expatriates with a monthly income of at least 50,000 riyals (approximately 11,500 euros)

(Adnkronos) – A tanker carrying Russian oil has been hit off the coast of Senegal, Bloomberg reported. It is the third Russian crude cargo hit in a few days. The explosion aboard the ‘Mersin’ was recorded last November 27.  

(Adnkronos) – The first print issue of the newspaper Al Thawra Al Souriya was published today in Syria, marking the return of state press in the Arab country after five years of suspension. During the Covid-19 pandemic, the publication of newspapers had

(Adnkronos) – Four people have been arrested in South Korea for hacking over 120,000 cameras IP installed in homes and businesses, then using the recorded images to produce sexually explicit material intended for an overseas-based website. The BBC reports, citing local police,

(Adnkronos) – Donald Trump intervenes aggressively in the special elections held tomorrow in Tennessee, accusing the Democratic candidate for the House seat left by Republican Mark Greene, even of “openly despising country music,” an unforgivable sin in the state of Nashville, the

(Adnkronos) – United States president Donald Trump covets the Nobel peace prize and has “the personal motivation” to get Ukraine and Russia to sign a US-drafted peace deal to end their 45-month-old war, Italy’s foreign minister Antonio Tajani said on Monday.  “I

Tokyo, Dec. 1 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s three major shipping firms said Monday they will invest in Miles Co., a ship design company jointly owned by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. and Imabari Shipbuilding Co. The three shipping firms are Nippon Yusen K.K., Mitsui O.S.K.

Tokyo, Dec. 1 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government and the ruling camp are considering launching a new investment program for children under the country’s new Nippon Individual Savings Account tax exemption framework, aiming to expand eligibility to those under 18, Jiji Press learned

Jakarta, Dec. 1 (Jiji Press)–Indonesian authorities evacuated seven of the eight Japanese nationals stranded by torrential rains in the province of Aceh on the northern tip of Indonesia’s Sumatra island, flying them to safety on Monday, according to the Japanese Foreign Ministry.

Tokyo, Dec. 1 (Jiji Press)–Seven-Eleven Japan Co. said Monday that it will begin testing the use of a self-driving truck for long-haul product transportation, marking the first initiative of its kind in Japan’s convenience store and supermarket industries. The company hopes that