Akane Yamaguchi wins 1st badminton world championship

Tokyo, 20 December, /AJMEDIA/ Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi won her first women’s singles title Sunday at the world badminton championships. Ranked third in the world and seeded second at the worlds,… Read more

AJMEDIA News Digest: Dec. 20, 2021

Tokyo, 20 December, /AJMEDIA/ Philippines reports over 100 deaths caused by Typhoon Rai MANILA – At least 108 people were killed in the Philippines when powerful Typhoon Rai hit the… Read more

Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan to sign strategic partnership declaration – Kyrgyz ambassador

Tokyo, 20 December, /AJMEDIA/ Azerbaijan and Kyrgyzstan will sign a strategic partnership declaration in 2022, Kyrgyz Ambassador Kairat Osmonaliyev told AJMEDIA. According to Osmonaliyev, relations between the two countries are… Read more

EU to supply 20 mln additional vaccine doses to fight Omicron variant

Tokyo, 20 December, /AJMEDIA/ The member states of the European Union (EU) will receive an additional 20 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in the first three months of next… Read more

Japan, U.S. block advancement in U.N. talks on autonomous weapons

Tokyo, 20 December, /AJMEDIA/ Japan, the United States and other countries have blocked any advancement in U.N. talks toward legally binding measures to ban and regulate the development and use… Read more

60% approve of Kishida’s cabinet: poll

Tokyo, 20 December, /AJMEDIA/ Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has failed to win public support for his government’s plan to provide cash and vouchers to families with children to boost the… Read more

Turkey’s Turksat 5B satellite launched into space

Tokyo, 20 December, /AJMEDIA/ Turkey’s new telecommunication satellite was launched on Sunday by US aerospace company SpaceX at 6.59 a.m. Turkish time (0359GMT), according to Anadolu Agency. Turksat 5B, which… Read more

State Commission: Azerbaijan hands over ten more servicemen to Armenia

Tokyo, 20 December, /AJMEDIA/ Azerbaijan has handed over to Armenia ten servicemen, who were detained during the clashes on November 16 on the countries’ border, the State Commission for Prisoners… Read more

Azerbaijan reports 921 new cases of Covid, 1,382 recoveries, 17 deaths

Tokyo, 20 December, /AJMEDIA/ Azerbaijan logged 921 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, taking national count to 610,318, the Task Force under the Cabinet of Ministers told AJMEDIA.… Read more

Arab Coalition destroys Houthi drone targeting King Abdullah airport

Tokyo, 20 December, /AJMEDIA/ The Arab Coalition destroyed on Monday a drone that was aiming to target civilians at King Abdullah airport in the southern city of Jizan in the… Read more