A city in central Japan is proposing to limit smartphone use to two hours a day, in what is believed to be the first ordinance of its kind in the country. Toyoake, a municipality in Aichi Prefecture, ...

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A recent seizure by Mexican authorities sheds light on how the Mayiza faction of the Sinaloa Cartel is using rail lines to move large quantities of narcotics from Mexico to Arkansas. The seizure also ...

The bridges which connect the different wings of Malta’s Parliament building are being re-opened for use after structural investigations took place, the Speaker’s Office said in a statement on ...

AIB index falls for fourth month in a row, in blow to housing targets Builders on a construction site. Photo: Getty A builder on a construction site. Photo: Getty Work on housing projects was down for ...

Newsmax Broadcasting filed an antitrust lawsuit against Fox Corporation and Fox News on Wednesday for its alleged “unlawful monopolization” to prevent fair competition between right-leaning news ...

Chinese energy equipment manufacturer Yunt has launched a novel maximum power point tracking (MPPT) module with four independent trackers for commercial and industrial (C&I) use. The Mercury series ...

A business graduate who let her “con-artist boyfriend” use her bank account to launder money has been spared a criminal record. Chelsea Stelma Cassule (25) had been taken into her then partner’s trust ...

Nationalist Party Leader Alex Borg was sworn in as the Leader of the Opposition in a ceremony on Wednesday, officially becoming the youngest Opposition Leader in Malta’s history at 30 years old. The ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. OAKLAND – California Attorney General Rob Bonta today responded to a ruling by the U.S. District Court for the Northern ...

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