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A U.S. Capitol Police officer in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Wednesday
WORLD / Politics
U.S. government readies for massive reboot after ending record shutdown
Officials warn some operations may take a week or more to fully resume after the longest shutdown in U.S. history.
WORLD / Politics
Internet freedom declines in U.S. and Germany, study says
The report pointed in part to the detention by President Donald Trump's administration of a number of non-U.S. citizens over their online expression.
WORLD / Politics
Trump signs deal to end longest U.S. government shutdown in history
The legislation will restart disrupted food assistance, pay hundreds of thousands of federal workers and revive a hobbled air-traffic control system.
A protester holds a sign related to the release of case files of disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 13, 2025
Epstein emails say Trump ‘knew about the girls’
By Nathan Layne — Doina Chiacu
The swearing-in of a new Democrat after a long delay should pave the way to compel a House vote to release all unclassified records related to the disgraced financier.
Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand (center) leads a G7-plus session on maritime security during the G7 Foreign Ministers Meeting at the White Oaks Resort in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada, on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 13, 2025
G7 diplomats mull how to get Russia to engage in Ukraine peace talks
By Daphne Psaledakis - Maria Cheng
Efforts to organize a summit between the presidents of Russia and the U.S. were put on ice last month after Moscow's rejection of an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine.
Ukraine's then-energy minister, German Galushchenko (left), and Chief State Inspector for Nuclear and Radiation Safety of Ukraine Oleh Korikov speak during the IAEA’s Board of Governors meeting at the agency’s headquarters in Vienna on Dec. 12, 2024.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 13, 2025
Ukraine moves to quell $100 million energy corruption scandal
By Dan Peleschuk
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for the dismissal of two cabinet ministers amid a probe into an alleged $100 million corruption scheme.
An Indigenous demonstrator is held by security staff after protesters forced their way into the venue hosting the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Belem, Brazil, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 12, 2025
Protesters force their way into COP30 summit venue and clash with security
By Leonardo Benassatto - Lisandra Paraguassu - Sergio Queiroz
Shouting angrily, protesters demanded access to the U.N. compound where thousands of delegates from countries around the world are attending this year's U.N. climate summit.
The world’s largest aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, seen here in the North Sea on Sept. 24, arrived in Latin America on Tuesday, 2025, escalating a military buildup that Venezuela has warned could trigger a full-blown conflict as it announced its own deployment.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 12, 2025
Arrival of U.S. aircraft carrier fuels Venezuelan fears of attack
The vessel’s deployment was ordered nearly three weeks ago, with the stated goal of helping to counter drug trafficking in the region.
The theft of 127,272 Bitcoin tokens from the LuBian Bitcoin mining pool in December 2020 is likely a "state-level hacker operation” led by the U.S., according to the Chinese National Computer Virus Emergency Response Center.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 12, 2025
China accuses U.S. of orchestrating $13 billion bitcoin hack
By Muyao Shen — Patrick Howell O'Neill
The theft of the 127,272 Bitcoin tokens from the LuBian Bitcoin mining pool in December 2020 is one of the largest crypto heists in history.
A Hamas militant stands guard during a search operation for the bodies of Israeli hostages in eastern Gaza on Nov. 2.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 12, 2025
U.S. military considers building a base for 10,000 people near Gaza
By Fola Akinnibi - Sophie Alexander
The move is being weighed as part of its push for a stabilization force of troops from other countries to monitor a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Descendants in Philippines denied Japanese citizenship
As attacks surge, who can cull bears in Japan?
Police cars leave the Akita Prefectural Police headquarters to cull bears, in the city of Akita on Thursday.
Japan may triple departure tax to tackle overtourism
A plane takes off from Haneda Airport.
What would a ‘backup capital’ look like for Japan?
The Japan Innovation Party has long sought to get Osaka designated as Japan's backup capital.
Japan fully enters sports streaming era as fans face new dilemmas
Sports fan Tadashi Yokoyama streams basketball and fencing on three screens.
Tatsuya Nakadai: A masterful leading man and postwar icon
Tatsuya Nakadai had the look of a leading man in his youth, but his large and searching eyes suggested the pain and loneliness of an old soul.
As Japan’s female leader rises, can she cross sumo’s sacred line?
Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku (front center) delivers a speech on the first day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Sunday. Centuries of belief and tradition still underpin the all-male association's stance of excluding women.
Takaichi doesn’t mince words on Taiwan, but dramatic policy shift unlikely
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responds to questions during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in parliament on Tuesday.
Florist Nicolai Bergmann flourishes outside the box
Florist Nicolai Bergmann shops for fresh flowers at the Ota flower market in Tokyo on Friday.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
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