Sara Takanashi captures back-to-back World Cup wins in Austria
Sara Takanashi made it two World Cup wins in two days in Hinzenbach, Austria, as the Japanese national dominated the women's ski jumping competition again on Sunday. Takanashi, who picked up her first win of the season on Saturday a day after she was disqualified ...
Austria urges Japan to join first U.N. nuclear ban treaty meeting
In October, 50 countries ratified the treaty, reaching the threshold required for it to enter into force.
Until the deadly shooting in the heart of the Austrian capital Vienna on Monday night, the country had in recent decades been spared the shock and mayhem wreaked by major terrorist attacks — but experts say the horrific events shouldn't have come as a ...
Gunman on the run after Vienna 'terror attack' leaves two dead
A huge manhunt was under way Tuesday after gunmen opened fire at multiple locations across central Vienna, killing at least two people and wounding several more in what Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz describes as a "repulsive terror attack." One of the gunmen was shot dead ...
Ski, party, seed a pandemic: Travel rules that let COVID-19 take flight
Nine months into an outbreak that has killed 1 million people, Ischgl, Austria, is where the era of global tourism collided with a pandemic.
U.S. launches national security probe of mobile crane imports
Domestic producer Manitowoc Co. cited data from the U.S. International Trade Commission showing that imports of the cranes increased 152 percent between 2014 and 2019.
How do you lift a coronavirus lockdown? Ask Austria
Ending strict confinement measures should be done extremely carefully.
Teacher becomes second person to die of coronavirus in France
A second person suffering from the coronavirus died in France overnight as health officials tried to find out how the college teacher, who had not visited any country with a known outbreak, had caught the new disease. The 60-year-old man was already seriously ill when ...
Austrian conservative Sebastian Kurz and Greens strike coalition deal
Austrian conservative leader Sebastian Kurz struck a coalition deal on Wednesday with the Greens to ensure his return to power and bring the left-wing party into government for the first time, three months after Kurz won a parliamentary election. The deal marks a swing left ...
Japan Embassy pulls backing for Vienna exhibition with works about Fukushima No. 1 and WWII
The Japanese Embassy in Austria has withdrawn its endorsement of an art exhibition in Vienna to mark 150 years of bilateral ties, deeming some politically and socially critical works inappropriate.
Greta effect shakes up Austrian politics in signal for Europe
Two days after rallying 7 million protesters across the world by invoking the threat of climate change, Greta Thunberg got credit for motivating voters to re-draw the political landscape in Austria. After being frozen out of Parliament just two years ago, the Alpine country's Greens ...
Princess Kako leaves for 11-day visit to Austria and Hungary
Making her first official overseas trip, Princess Kako, a niece of Emperor Naruhito, left Sunday for Austria and Hungary to mark the 150th anniversary of Japan's diplomatic ties with the two countries. The 24-year-old younger daughter of Crown Prince Akishino, the emperor's younger brother, will ...
