(Adnkronos) – In China, more than 13.3 million students have registered this year for the ‘gaokao’, the fateful university entrance exam. The Ministry of Education announced this, as reported by the official Xinhua agency. The dreaded tests will begin on June 7.

(Adnkronos) – Germany tightens up on family reunification and times to obtain citizenship. Friedrich Merz’s new government has approved measures that include restrictions on family reunification for certain groups of migrants and a tightening of the rules for applying for citizenship. The

(Adnkronos) – The low-cost airline Ryanair has announced the cancellation of its flights to Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel, at least until August 1st. The decision has led to the cancellation of hundreds of thousands of airline tickets, writes

(Adnkronos) – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has stated that his country would be willing to establish diplomatic relations with Israel, provided that the latter recognizes the State of Palestine. He said this during a press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron, on

(Adnkronos) – At least 10 people have died and another 43 have been injured due to strong winds and thunderstorms that have caused flash floods and landslides in central and northern Pakistan. This was reported by the Pakistani Disaster Management Authority.  In

(Adnkronos) – On the 600th day of the war between Israel and Hamas, the families of Israeli hostages still held in the Gaza Strip blocked a major road in central Tel Aviv, demanding a comprehensive agreement that guarantees the release of all

(Adnkronos) – US President Donald Trump has stated that Canada will have free access to the new US missile defense system, the “Golden Dome”, but only on the condition that it becomes part of the United States. Otherwise, he said, Ottawa will

(Adnkronos) – Calin Georgescu has announced his retirement from political life, a few months after winning the Romanian presidential elections last November, in a round that was however annulled due to Russian interference. Excluded from the repeat vote held on May 18,

(Adnkronos) – The cholera epidemic in Sudan has caused 172 deaths and 2,700 infections in one week. The Ministry of Health of Khartoum reports this. In a note, the Sudanese Ministry of Health stated that 90 percent of the cases were reported

(Adnkronos) – Three tombs of as many important statesmen of the New Kingdom (1539-1077 BC) have been discovered in Dra’Abu El Naga, an important non-royal necropolis near Luxor, Egypt. This was announced by the Egyptian Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, Sherif Fathy,

(Adnkronos) – Dozens of Israeli settlers attacked the village of Qaryut, near Nablus, in the northern West Bank in the last few hours. Palestinian media reported this, adding that the settlers set fire to several vehicles and threw stones, damaging houses and

(Adnkronos) – Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov has again accused the French secret services of having exerted pressure to interfere with the recent presidential elections in Romania. Speaking via video link at the Oslo Freedom Forum, Durov said: “I was asked

(Adnkronos) – Finland’s ambassador Matti Lassila will attend a hearing of Italy’s lower house of parliament’s foreign affairs committee on Wednesday as part of fact-finding investigation of the Artic region’s geopolitical dynamics.  Lassila’s hearing is slated for 8.45 am, the parliament said

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(Adnkronos) – A total 15 trucks funded by the ‘Food for Gaza’ scheme have now entered the coastal enclave since Israel last week caved into pressure from allies in the US and said it would allow a “basic” amount of food in

(Adnkronos) – An explosion occurred at a site of the Youdao Chemical company in Gaomi, in the eastern Chinese province of Shandong. The Global Times reports. According to the Chinese official news agency Xinhua, the explosion occurred around 12 local time and

(Adnkronos) – The Brazilian Supreme Court has ordered an investigation into the son of far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro for trying to obtain US sanctions against Brazilian judges. Eduardo Bolsonaro moved to Washington in February where he launched a campaign in favor

(Adnkronos) – Former Prime Minister and former interim President Han Duck-soo and former Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok are banned from leaving South Korea. The South Korean news agency Yonhap reports the decision by the South Korean authorities while, ahead of the presidential

(Adnkronos) – Two people were killed and nine injured in a shooting during a youth party in a Philadelphia park last night, at the end of the long Memorial Day weekend. According to police, the victims are a man and a woman,

(Adnkronos) – There are about 50 injured in Liverpool, where a car crashed into the crowd gathered to celebrate the Premier League victory. Among these there are also four children. This was announced by local security forces, explaining that 27 people were

(Adnkronos) – Strong bilateral ties and, the Russia-Ukraine war, the Israel-Hamas conflict and tensions in the Indo-Pacific region were the focus of phone talks Monday between Italy’s premier Giorgia Meloni and Japanese counterpart Shigeru Ishiba.  “The conversation revealed their shared satisfaction with

(Adnkronos) – The Finnish Foreign Ministry said it had summoned the Russian ambassador over a suspected airspace violation by two Russian military aircraft last week. “The Finnish Foreign Ministry summoned the Russian ambassador today and asked for explanations regarding the suspected airspace

(Adnkronos) – A flight from Tokyo to Houston was forced to make an unexpected landing in Seattle after a passenger tried to open two of the aircraft’s doors during the trip. It happened on Saturday on All Nippon Airways (ANA) flight 114,

(Adnkronos) – Italy’s primier Giorgia Meloni and her Ethiopian counterpart Abiy Ahmed met in Rome on Monday for talks at the prime minister’s office, Palazzo Chigi, it said in a statement.  Italy and Ethiopia are cooperating on climate change and economic development.

(Adnkronos) – In Austria, dozens of schools have received emails containing threats, in a wave of terror similar to the one that hit German schools last week. The Bavarian Criminal Police Office and the Hessian Criminal Police Office spoke of a nationally

(Adnkronos) – Serbia has extended its contract with Gazprom for the supply of 6.1 million cubic meters of gas per day for another four months, until the end of September. The news was released while Belgrade continues to negotiate with the Russian

(Adnkronos) – Dozens of pilgrims without permission in Mecca. They were ‘discovered’ by the Saudi security forces before the start of the annual pilgrimage (Hajj). The official Saudi agency Spa speaks of several inhabitants of the holy city for Muslims who allegedly

(Adnkronos) – The General Affairs Council tomorrow will hear Hungary as part of the procedure under Article 7 of the TEU, which could lead, in theory, to the suspension of Budapest’s voting rights in the Council, but no decision is expected on

(Adnkronos) – At least 11 people were injured in a shooting that broke out last night in a South Carolina seaside resort. Horry County Police Department did not provide details on the condition of those hospitalized, specifying that there are reports of

(Adnkronos) – Italy has become a “peace centre” amid a widening gap between the United States and Iran in negotiations over Tehran’s controversial uranium enrichment programme, which took place in Rome on Friday.  ”Rome has become a peace centre. After the success