In the evening, a vibrant cultural programme took centre stage. Soldiers, islanders and artists visiting from the mainland ...

Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom will temporarily raise the American Flag at the state Capitol to full height on Inauguration Day next week, joining a handful of GOP governors and ...

Several more states have confirmed flags will be raised on Inauguration Day, despite the mourning period following former President Jimmy Carter's death. After the death of a former president ...

Several Republican governors across the U.S. are ordering state flags, which are currently being flown at half-staff following President Jimmy Carter’s death, to be raised to acknowledge Preside ...

Despite President Joe Biden’s former directive that U.S. flags would be flown at half-staff during President-elect Donald Trump’s Inauguration Day—a continuation of mourning after the death ...

With less than a week until Inauguration Day, President-elect Trump got his wish for flags to be raised next Monday. American flags on public and government buildings are supposed to be flying at ...

Trump will be inaugurated at the U.S. Capitol's west lawn on January 20 and wants the flags flying full-staff. He has made it a partisan issue in recent weeks despite the order being part of the U ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday ordered that flags at the U.S. Capitol be raised to their full height on Inauguration Day, pausing a 30-day flag-lowering order following the death of former ...

A record number of visitors came to Japan in 2024, thanks to surging post-pandemic global tourism and a decline in the yen that’s making the island nation an attractive and affordable destination.

TOKYO – Record numbers of tourists flocked to Japan in 2024, figures showed on Jan 15, as the weak yen bolstered the appeal of the “bucket list” destination despite overcrowding complaints ...

Japan Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato on Wednesday reiterated that the government would take appropriate action against excessive movement on the foreign exchange market, as the yen has seen high ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato on Wednesday reiterated that the government would take appropriate action against excessive movement on the foreign exchange market ...