Australia budget to dole out energy bill relief as general election looms

Tokyo, 23 March, /AJMEDIA/ Australia’s government said on Sunday that a federal budget this week would include an A$1.8 billion extension to a scheme to reduce energy bills, ahead of… Read more

Israel fires on Lebanon after rocket attack in the heaviest exchange since truce with Hezbollah

Tokyo, 23 March, /AJMEDIA/ Israel struck Lebanon on Saturday in retaliation for rockets targeting Israel, killing six people including a child, in the heaviest exchange of fire since its ceasefire… Read more

Rakuten eyes expanding deliveries by robot to main e-commerce site

Tokyo, 23 March, /AJMEDIA/ Japanese online shopping giant Rakuten Group Inc is considering introducing autonomous mobile robots to deliver goods amid a severe labor shortage in the transportation sector, according… Read more

Jaguar looks to woo younger, richer drivers with $160,000 Type 00

Tokyo, 23 March, /AJMEDIA/ Jaguar’s ambition to seduce younger, richer drivers was on full display in Paris with a presentation of its newest prototype, the Type 00, which promises all-electric… Read more

AI startup Perplexity confirms interest to buy TikTok

Tokyo, 23 March, /AJMEDIA/ Artificial intelligence (AI) startup Perplexity has expressed its interest in buying TikTok, which faces a deadline to divest from its Chinese owner or be banned in… Read more

Driver killed, more than 20 injured in bus accident in Mie

Tokyo, 23 March, /AJMEDIA/ A bus veered off the road and crashed into a wooded area Saturday night in Mie Prefecture, killing the driver and injuring more than 20 passengers,… Read more

Robots to retrieve radioactive sandbags at Fukushima nuclear plant

Tokyo, 23 March, /AJMEDIA/ Robots will begin moving sandbags that were used to absorb radiation-contaminated water after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster as soon as this week, a spokesman for… Read more

Azerbaijani President: Current level of strategic partnership with Pakistan is a source of great satisfaction

Tokyo, 23 March, /AJMEDIA/ “The current level of the Azerbaijan-Pakistan strategic partnership and our cooperation, which is enriched with new content day by day, is a source of great satisfaction,”… Read more

Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry: Armenian FM’s claims are baseless

Tokyo, 23 March, /AJMEDIA/ “Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan’s claims in an interview with the Brazilian newspaper “Folha” that little attention has been paid to the needs of the “Global… Read more

Azerbaijani female judoka takes gold in Germany

Tokyo, 23 March, /AJMEDIA/ Azerbaijani female judoka Farida Mirzayeva (48kg) claimed the gold medal at the International Thuringia Cup held in Bad Blankenburg, Germany. Azerbaijan ranked 4th in the overall… Read more