Azerbaijan registers 511 new COVID-19 cases

Tokyo, 27 December, /AJMEDIA/ 511 new cases of coronavirus infection have been recorded in Azerbaijan, while 1,178 patients have been recovered, the Task Force under the Cabinet of Ministers told… Read more

U.S. monitoring dozens of COVID-hit holiday cruise ships

Tokyo, 27 December, /AJMEDIA/ U.S. authorities on Sunday were monitoring dozens of cruise ships hit by COVID-19 cases while sailing in the country’s waters, with several of them reportedly denied… Read more

Astronomers Snap New Radio Image of Small Magellanic Cloud

Tokyo, 27 December, /AJMEDIA/ The Small Magellanic Cloud is located about 210,000 light-years away in the southern constellation of Tucana. It has a complex structure due to gravitational interaction with… Read more

No trips for Afghan women unless escorted by male relative: Taliban

Tokyo, 27 December, /AJMEDIA/ Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities said Sunday that women seeking to travel anything other than short distances should not be offered transport unless they are accompanied by a… Read more

Anime classic ‘Akira’ suddenly becomes free to watch, in its entirety, on YouTube

Tokyo, 27 December, /AJMEDIA/ Christmas is the only holiday that’s also a movie genre. Sure, there are a lot of horror films and romance flicks that get released close to… Read more

Russian court slaps Google, Meta with massive fines

Tokyo, 27 December, /AJMEDIA/ A Moscow court has slapped Google with a nearly $100 million fine and also fined Facebook’s parent company Meta $27 million over their failure to delete… Read more

Biden’s Indo-Pacific framework may shape race with China in 2022

Tokyo, 26 December, /AJMEDIA/ Amid China’s ongoing quest to expand its economic clout in Asia and beyond, the U.S. administration of President Joe Biden will gear up next year to… Read more

Figure skating: Kaori Sakamoto clinches 2nd national crown, Olympic berth

Tokyo, 26 December, /AJMEDIA/ Kaori Sakamoto delivered a commanding free skate performance Saturday to secure her second national championship and a berth at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Leading second-place… Read more

Japan PM Kishida eyes attending NPT review talks in New York in Jan.

Tokyo, 26 December, /AJMEDIA/ Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is considering attending a January meeting in New York to review the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, sources familiar with… Read more

AJMEDIA News Digest: Dec. 26, 2021

Tokyo, 26 December, /AJMEDIA/ Kishida eyes attending NPT review talks in New York in Jan. TOKYO – Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is considering attending a January meeting in New York… Read more