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(Adnkronos) – The Kremlin has rejected as “unfounded” the assessment by five European countries that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died of poisoning while in an Arctic penal colony two years ago. “Of course, we do not accept such accusations. We do

(Adnkronos) – Charges have been dropped against the Venezuelan immigrants who, according to the reconstruction provided by federal prosecutors, had assaulted an ICE agent last January in Minneapolis, who then opened fire, wounding one of the two men in the leg. In

(Adnkronos) – North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has inaugurated housing for the families of North Korean soldiers who were killed alongside Russian troops in the war against Ukraine. Kim participated with his daughter Kim Ju-ae in the inauguration of a new residential

(Adnkronos) – The Bondi Beach attacker, in Australia, appeared in court this morning for the first time via video link. This was reported by the broadcaster Abc. Naveed Akram is accused of having carried out, together with his father Sajid, who was

Tokyo, Feb. 16 (Jiji Press)–Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Monday reiterated her willingness to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to resolve the issue of Japanese nationals abducted to the reclusive country decades ago. “I want to achieve a

Tokyo, Feb. 16 (Jiji Press)–Japanese film “Kokuho” had earned 20,008.51 million yen at the box office in Japan as of Sunday, film distributor Toho Co. said Monday. Released in June last year, the film continued to extend its own all-tine record for

Tokyo, Feb. 16 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo District Court on Monday handed down a life sentence to a senior member of a Japanese crime ring that was led by individuals called “Luffy” in the Philippines and behind a series of high-profile robbery and other

Fukuoka, Feb. 16 (Jiji Press)–Fukuoka High Court rejected an appeal on Monday for a retrial for the 1992 murder of two 7-year-old girls in the city of Iizuka in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Fukuoka, for which a death row convict had

(3rd para should have read “… minister-BOJ …,” instead of as sent) Tokyo, Feb. 16 (Jiji Press)–Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi met with Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda at the prime minister’s office in Tokyo on Monday. Emerging from his first meeting

Tokyo, Feb. 16 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese and Indian governments will sign a memorandum of understanding on their cooperation in the domestic development of artificial intelligence, Jiji Press learned Monday. The signing will take place at an AI event hosted by the Indian