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Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara said at a press conference that Japan only accepted U.S. aid after the earthquake while rejecting aid from other countries due to difficulties in reaching an agreement on how the aid would be delivered, reports Kyodo.

Around 100 fishermen and locals living near Fukushima will file a lawsuit this week seeking to stop the release of wastewater from the stricken Japanese nuclear plant, they said yesterday.

Twelve years after one of the world's worst nuclear accidents, on Aug. 24 Japan began releasing treated cooling water from the facility into the Pacific Ocean.

President Joe Biden is dispatching White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan to Tokyo this week for talks with his counterparts from Japan, Philippines and South Korea.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made a surprise visit Tuesday to Kiev, stealing some of the global attention from Asian rival President Xi Jinping of China, who is in Moscow to show support for Russia against the West over the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine.

A Chicago police officer and two hospital workers were killed Monday by a gunman who carried out a grisly assault at a city hospital.

After a weekend of talks with Greek-American entrepreneurs in Chicago, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has a full program of meetings and talks in the city on Monday before flying to Washington where he is to meet in the afternoon with International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde.

Chicago sued on Aug. 7 to prevent the Trump administration from enforcing new policies that would withhold money from so-called sanctuary cities that deny U.S. immigration officials access to local jails.

A grand jury cleared two Cleveland police officers on Dec. 28 in the November 2014 fatal shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, who was brandishing a toy gun in a park, and a prosecutor said there were a series of mistakes but no criminal activity. 

Jeremic meets with Chicago mayor, endorses his reelection

CHICAGO -- CIRSD President Vuk Jeremic has met in Chicago with Mayor Rahm Emanuel, the think-tank headed by the former Serbian official has announced.

Emanuel in the past served as chief of staff to U.S. President Barack Obama and was a founding member and Co-Chair of the Congressional Serbian Caucus.

CHICAGO - Center for International Relations and Sustainable Development (CIRSD) President Vuk Jeremic has conferred with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, formerly Chief of Staff to U.S. President Barack Obama and Co-Chair of the Congressional Serbian Caucus in Chicago.