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(Adnkronos) – Rescuers are engaged in a “race against time” to extract seven people trapped for a week in a flooded cave in Laos. This was stated by a specialized diver involved in the operation. “If today it will be possible to

(Adnkronos) – The candidate backed by American President Donald Trump, Attorney General Ken Paxton, has defeated Republican Senator John Cornyn, who has been in office since 2003 for four terms, in the Texas primary runoff. In November, therefore, Paxton will face Democratic

Tokyo, May 27 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government plans to start talks with Mercosur, the South American trade bloc, on concluding an economic partnership agreement, people familiar with the matter said Wednesday. Japan aims to diversify sources of resources supplies as the country

Tokyo, May 27 (Jiji Press)–A welcoming ceremony for Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his wife was held at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Wednesday morning, attended by Japanese Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako, Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko. The

Tokyo, May 27 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s key Nikkei 225 stock average ended nearly unchanged Wednesday after briefly rising above 66,000 for the first time. The index of 225 major issues listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s top-tier Prime section closed up 3.32 points

Tokyo, May 27 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s parliament on Wednesday enacted a bill to establish a national intelligence council aimed at strengthening the government’s intelligence capabilities. In a plenary meeting, the House of Councillors, the upper chamber of parliament, approved the bill by a

Utsunomiya, Tochigi Pref., May 27 (Jiji Press)–Police have obtained an arrest warrant for a man in his 40s over his possible role in directing the recent robbery-murder case in the eastern Japan prefecture of Tochigi, investigative sources said Wednesday. The suspect, who

Tokyo, May 27 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government announced plans on Tuesday to replace top executives at three affiliated lenders–the Development Bank of Japan, Japan Finance Corp. and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation. The DBJ will promote Managing Executive Officer Hirofumi Maki,

Izumi, Kagoshima Pref., May 27 (Jiji Press)–A World War II fighter aircraft of the now-defunct Imperial Japanese Navy was recovered last month, 81 years after sinking into the ocean off Akune, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. A Kagoshima nonprofit organization in charge of

Tokyo, May 27 (Jiji Press)–International cooperation is indispensable for defense against cyberattacks employing powerful artificial intelligence models such as U.S. startup Anthropic’s Claude Mythos, NEC Corp. President and CEO Takayuki Morita said in a recent interview. “In this network society, no single