Japan’s recognition of Palestine state is a matter of ‘when,’ Iwaya says
NEW YORK – Japan recognizing Palestine as a state is "not a matter of 'if,' but of 'when,'" Foreign Minister...
Singapore shipper rejects $1B damages over Sri Lanka’s worst pollution incident
Singapore – A Singapore shipping company said Tuesday it will refuse to pay Sri Lankan court-ordered damages of $1 billion...
Drone sightings disrupt flights at Copenhagen, Oslo airports
COPENHAGEN – Copenhagen Airport, the busiest in the Nordic region, said it reopened early on Tuesday after drone sightings halted...
Palestinian envoy urges Japan to recognize state after France, U.K. and others
Waleed Siam, the representative of the Permanent General Mission of Palestine in Japan, on Monday called on Japan to recognize...
BOJ seeks to remove stocks overhang with slow sell-down of ETFs
A large overhang that threatened the Japanese equity market is being removed with the Bank of Japan laying out a...
Study finds 99% of eel products worldwide come from endangered species
TOKYO - More than 99 percent of eel products sold in 11 countries and regions worldwide come from three species...
‘I’m not a doctor’: Trump’s autism announcement gives COVID-19 flashbacks
WASHINGTON – Anyone watching U.S. President Donald Trump's autism announcements — from the unproven medical claims to the self-proclaimed expertise...
‘Russian troops retreat’ as Ukraine claims to have turned tide on front in brutal counter-offensive
UKRAINE claimed its troops have turned the tide in a key part of the eastern front.Kyiv’s top general Oleksandr Syrskyi...
Nvidia and OpenAI make $100 billion deal to build data centers
Nvidia will invest as much as $100 billion in OpenAI to support new data centers and other artificial intelligence infrastructure,...
Defense in Vatican ‘trial of the century’ asks prosecutor to recuse himself for questionable conduct
VATICAN CITY -- Defense lawyers in the Holy See's “trial of the century” asked the Vatican prosecutor to recuse himself...