New Zealand PM proposes banning under-16s from social media

Tokyo, 6 May, /AJMEDIA/ New Zealand’s prime minister on Tuesday proposed banning children under 16 from social media, stressing the need to protect them from the perils of big tech… Read more

Europe launches a drive to attract scientists and researchers after Trump freezes U.S. funding

Tokyo, 6 May, /AJMEDIA/ The European Union launched a drive on Monday to attract scientists and researchers to Europe with offers of grants and new policy plans, after the Trump… Read more

Ford says its Q1 profit fell by two-thirds and it expects a $1.5 billion hit from tariffs this year

Tokyo, 6 May, /AJMEDIA/ Ford Motor Co. says it expects to take a $1.5 billion hit to its operating profit from tariffs this year and is withdrawing its full-year financial… Read more

Visitors to Japan most frustrated with lack of trash bins: survey

Tokyo, 6 May, /AJMEDIA/ Visitors to Japan have cited the lack of trash bins in public areas, including at train stations, as the biggest inconvenience during their trip, a recent… Read more

Cubs put lefty Shota Imanaga on injured list

Tokyo, 6 May, /AJMEDIA/ The Chicago Cubs placed Shota Imanaga on the 15-day injured list on Monday in another blow to an already depleted rotation for the NL Central leaders.… Read more

OpenAI reverses course and says its nonprofit will continue to control its business

Tokyo, 6 May, /AJMEDIA/ OpenAI is reversing course and said Monday its nonprofit will continue to control the business that makes ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence products. “We made the… Read more

Asian shares mixed after Wall St breaks its winning streak

Tokyo, 6 May, /AJMEDIA/ Shares were mixed Tuesday in Asia after benchmarks fell on Wall Street, snapping a nine-day winning streak. Oil prices bounced back part-way from a 4-year low… Read more

Baku Expo Center to host Caspian Agro and InterFood Azerbaijan exhibitions

Tokyo, 6 May, /AJMEDIA/ From 13 to 16 May, the largest events in the Caspian region — the 18th Azerbaijan International Agriculture Exhibition “Caspian Agro” and the 30th Anniversary Azerbaijan… Read more

Saeed Khatibzadeh: No countries in the region share interethnic interests as closely as Azerbaijan and Iran

Tokyo, 6 May, /AJMEDIA/ “No two countries in this region are as closely aligned in terms of interethnic interests as Iran and Azerbaijan,” said Saeed Khatibzadeh, Deputy Minister of Foreign… Read more

Azerbaijani parliamentary delegation visits Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi

Tokyo, 6 May, /AJMEDIA/ As part of an official visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), an Azerbaijani parliamentary delegation, led by Sahiba Gafarova, Speaker of the Milli Majlis, visited… Read more