(Adnkronos) – First they attacked the Iranian regime and incited its overthrow, now they target opposition candidates in the Israeli parliamentary elections. These are over a thousand social media accounts previously linked to an influence campaign against Tehran, which are now attacking

(Adnkronos) – Arab American voters will largely vote for Democrats in the midterm elections, a drastic reversal from the 2024 presidential election when they were evenly split between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. This is according to a Washington Post/Schar School poll,

(Adnkronos) – The bloc led by Yashar party leader, Gadi Eisenkot, is ahead of that of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to two new polls by Channel 12 and Channel 13. However, neither bloc manages to reach a parliamentary majority, for

(Adnkronos) – Former Russian Deputy Prime Minister and government chief of staff Dmitry Grigorenko has been appointed Vice President of Sberbank with responsibility for strategic initiatives including AI, the public bank announced after Vladimir Putin’s decree confirming government changes following last month’s

(Adnkronos) – Democratic Senate candidates are ahead in three traditionally Republican states, less than two weeks before the midterm elections scheduled for November 3. This is what emerges from new polls conducted by The Cook Political Report in Iowa, Ohio, and Texas,

Brussels, Oct. 22 (Jiji Press)–The European Parliament said Thursday that it has selected the International Criminal Court and its staff for the 2026 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, recognizing their efforts to defend human rights and democracy. The parliament lauded the

Tokyo, Oct. 22 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Thursday presented a revised proposal to cut the number of proportional representation seats in the House of Representatives by 31. The new plan was submitted by the party’s Keisuke Suzuki, former justice

Nagoya, Oct. 22 (Jiji Press)–Japanese wheelchair tennis player Yui Kamiji failed to win a third straight Asian Para Games singles gold medal on Thursday but secured silver, at the ongoing competition being held mainly in the central Japan prefecture of Aichi. In

Tokyo, Oct. 22 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s industry ministry is mulling a plan to launch a team of so-called white hat hackers, or ethical security experts with advanced cybersecurity knowledge, to assist companies in responding to cyberattacks, it was learned Thursday. In light of

Tokyo, Oct. 22 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government, in a rare move, has repeatedly urged people to take precautions after critical vulnerabilities were detected in the PHP programming language, which is widely used for websites. The moves reflected concerns that a delayed response

Tokyo, Oct. 22 (Jiji Press)–Japan will switch to a post-departure refund system for consumption tax for travelers from abroad on Nov. 1, following a series of cases in which purchased tax-free goods were resold in Japan at prices including tax. Foreign visitors

Tokyo, Oct. 22 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s education ministry plans to establish a new graduate school program enabling working adults to obtain teaching licenses within one year, allowing them to retrain for teaching careers, it was learned Thursday. The program will provide participants with

Tokyo, Oct. 22 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Thursday presented a compromise proposal to cut the number of proportional representation seats in the House of Representatives by 31. The new proposal was shown at a meeting among nine political parties

(Adnkronos) – The French President, Emmanuel Macron, returning from a long mission in the Gulf, has convened a security council today at the Élysée to review the violence recorded during the October 17 demonstrations and to strengthen security measures in view of

(Adnkronos) – The US State Department has ordered some diplomats and family members of US government employees to leave Saudi Arabia, as the Gulf kingdom is being targeted by a series of almost daily attacks, with at least three people killed last

Tokyo, Oct. 22 (Jiji Press)–Tokyo District Court on Thursday sentenced a former University of Tokyo professor to two years in prison, suspended for three years, and fined him about 1.83 million yen for accepting bribes over a joint research project at the

(Adnkronos) – During the night, 630 drones headed towards the Moscow region. This was written on the ‘Max’ platform by the mayor of the Russian capital, Sergei Sobyanin, adding that most of them were shot down by air defense forces while they

Tokyo, Oct. 22 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s three megabank lenders will not take part in syndicated lending for a semiconductor plant construction project selected for the third batch of Japanese investments in the United States under a bilateral tariff agreement, Jiji Press learned Thursday.

Tokyo, Oct. 22 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Canon Inc. plans to increase semiconductor lithography equipment production in 2027 by up to twofold from this year, it has been learned. The move comes as chipmakers around the world are increasing investment for higher production on

Tokyo, Oct. 22 (Jiji Press)–Large and powerful Typhoon Champi is expected to approach the Sakishima Islands in Okinawa Prefecture, southernwestern Japan, on Friday, likely passing between Okinawa and Taiwan in the afternoon. The Japan Meteorological Agency is calling on people to be

Tokyo, Oct. 22 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s internal affairs ministry on Thursday urged the education ministry, health ministry and Children and Families Agency to take measures to support health checkups for children who refuse to go to school. A survey released by the internal

Tokyo, Oct. 22 (Jiji Press)–Six opposition parties in the Senate, the upper chamber of the Diet, Japan’s parliament, on Thursday urged the ruling bloc to set up a special committee to ensure sufficient time for deliberations on a bill to cut the

Tokyo, Oct. 22 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese Trade Union Confederation, or Rengo, adopted a basic vision for next year’s “shunto” annual spring wage negotiations at a central executive committee meeting on Thursday, including a basic pay increase target of “at least 5 pct”

Rotterdam, Netherlands, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese women’s gymnastics team won an all-around bronze medal at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Wednesday, marking the Asian country’s first podium finish for the event in 60 years. The five-member team

Tokyo, Oct. 22 (Jiji Press)–Expectations among women for Japan’s first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, have turned into disappointment over the past year, Shin Ki-young, a professor at the Institute for Gender Studies at Ochanomizu University in Tokyo, said in a recent

Tokyo, Oct. 22 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average gave up over 1,700 points on Thursday, closing below 63,000 for the first time since July 30 amid selling of artificial intelligence-related issues. The index of 225 major issues listed on the

Tokyo, Oct. 22 (Jiji Press)–Companies and organizations in Japan have scrambled to take precautionary measures after critical vulnerabilities were detected in the PHP programming language. Financial institutions temporarily suspended their services on Thursday as a precaution. Japanese megabank MUFG Bank said on

Sao Paulo, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–Peruvian President Keiko Fujimori is scheduled to visit Japan on Nov. 19-20, the Nippon Foundation, a Japanese philanthropic group, said Wednesday. The visit will mark Fujimori’s first trip to Japan since she took office in July. She

New York, Oct. 21 (Jiji Press)–Russia detained a Japanese reporter as part of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “game of intimidation and hostage-taking,” The Wall Street Journal said in an editorial in its Wednesday edition. Russia’s Federal Security Service, or FSB, last week

Tokyo, Oct. 22 (Jiji Press)–The Japanese government has not received any reports of damage caused by critical vulnerabilities in the PHP programming language, Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said Thursday. Kihara said the government will continue to issue warnings about the problem.