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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (right) and Ukrainian Presidential Office Chief of Staff Andriy Yermak hold a news conference following their closed-door talks on a U.S. plan to end the war in Ukraine at the U.S. Mission in Geneva on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
U.S. and Ukraine continue work on 'refined' peace plan to end war with Russia
The "updated and refined peace framework" to end the war with Russia apparently modified an earlier plan seen as too sympathetic to Moscow.
WORLD / Politics
With eight months left on its charter, DOGE no longer exists
Office of Personnel Management Director Scott Kupor has confirmed that the Department of Government Efficiency is no longer a “centralized entity.”
WORLD / Politics
An anti-Meloni coalition is coming together in Italy
The alliance of parties with disparate political beliefs looks to rally behind single, strategically chosen candidates and consolidate the anti-Meloni vote.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (right) welcomes Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the ​Johannesburg Expo Center for the G20 Leaders' Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Nov 24, 2025
Trump’s attacks push India, Brazil and South Africa closer together
By Sudhi Ranjan Sen and Daniel Carvalho
The U.S. president has upended Washington’s decades of careful diplomacy to cultivate relations with the three major emerging markets.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (R), EU Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen (C) and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (L) wait for a family photo with other leaders at the G20 summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 24, 2025
South Africa judges G20 summit a triumph of multilateralism despite U.S. no-show
By Nellie Peyton, Anathi Madubela and Sfundo Parakozov
Ramaphosa pushed through the declaration addressing challenges such as climate change despite objections from the U.S., which boycotted the event.
The former Syrian Embassy behind locked gates in Washington on Nov. 14. It has symbolically reopened after 11 years while many similar buildings remain abandoned.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 23, 2025
Washington's abandoned embassies have stories to tell
By Ulysse BELLIER
Under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, states are supposed to respect and protect other countries' embassies in cases where diplomatic relations are severed.
The U.S. Navy’s aircraft carrier strike group, including the flagship USS Gerald R. Ford, USS Winston S. Churchill, USS Mahan and USS Bainbridge, sail toward the Caribbean under F/A-18 Super Hornets and a B-52 bomber in the Atlantic Ocean on Nov. 13.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 23, 2025
Troubled by U.S. Venezuela operation, Europeans limit intel sharing
French, Dutch and British official worry that their intel could be used for strikes that would be considered illegal in their countries.
Kateryna Golizdra holds her Ukrainian passport for a photograph outside her home in Margate, Florida, on Nov. 17.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Nov 23, 2025
Some 200,000 Ukrainians in U.S. in legal limbo under Trump immigration crackdown
Worried about arrests and deportation, some are leaving for Canada, Europe and elsewhere, as returning to Ukraine was not an option.
Rescuers search for missing people in a residential building in Ternopil, Ukraine, on Friday after Russian missiles hit apartment buildings in the area last week, far from the war’s front line.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 23, 2025
Trump signals room for negotiation on Ukraine plan amid 'wish list' criticism
Trump has given Ukraine until Nov. 27 to approve the plan to end the nearly 4-year conflict, but concerns have risen that the proposal heavily favors Russia.
Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev talks to U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff during a meeting in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on April 11.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 23, 2025
Trump officials’ meeting with Russian envoy spurs questions about latest Ukraine plan
By Erin Banco and Gram Slattery
The meeting resulted in a 28-point plan for ending the war, sources said, that appears heavily tilted toward Russian interests.

Americans with four-year degrees now comprise a record 25% of unemployed workers
A job fair in Fletcher, North Carolina. The unemployment rate for bachelor’s degree-holders in the U.S. rose to 2.8% in September, up a half-percentage point from a year earlier.
Japan on track to deploy missiles to island near Taiwan, Koizumi says
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks to reporters after inspecting the Ground Self-Defense Force garrison on Yonaguni Island, Okinawa Prefecture, on Sunday.
War refugee Aonishiki becomes first Ukrainian to win sumo tournament
Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki receives the Prime Minister's Cup from Takahiro Inoue, an adviser to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, on Sunday in Fukuoka after becoming the first from his nation to win a tournament in the traditional Japanese sport.
Top Chinese diplomat weighs in on Takaichi’s ‘shocking’ Taiwan remarks
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi delivers delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of the Lanting Forum in Beijing on Oct. 27.
Japan blasts China’s ‘entirely baseless’ claims after U.N. letter
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a meeting on Ukraine on the sidelines of a Group of 20 summit in Johannesburg on Saturday.
TV icon Tetsuko Kuroyanagi's memoir paints a life of both war and glamour
“Totto” in “Totto-chan, the Little Girl at the Window: The Sequel” was the nickname young Tetsuko Kuroyanagi gave herself as a child, mispronouncing her first name.
The secret to 'Last Samurai Standing'? Treating live action like anime.
“Last Samurai Standing” centers on a mysterious fighting event in which participants must hack and slash their opponents apart to collect enough wooden tags to win a big-money prize.
‘Tampopo’ lives on in bowls of ramen around the world
Juzo Itami's 1985 movie "Tampopo" has inspired many restaurateurs around the world to open their own ramen shop with the same name, such as this establishment in Auckland, New Zealand.
All systems Go for upstart Machida Zelvia after landmark Emperor’s Cup triumph
Machida manager Go Kuroda lifts the trophy as the club celebrates its victory over Vissel Kobe in the Emperor’s Cup final at National Stadium on Saturday.
Japan plans higher visa fees for foreign residents
Along with planned higher fees for foreign residents to stay, Japan is looking to raise the ¥3,000 single-entry visa fee for inbound tourists to Western standards in the next fiscal year.

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Juzo Itami’s “Tampopo” was released Nov. 23, 1985, and though it wasn’t a hit at the time, it has gained a cult following in the years since.
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