November 04, 2025

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The commercial hub of Lagos Island, in Lagos on Monday. Nigeria has faded from U.S. focus in recent years, and it was unclear what prompted U.S. President Donald Trump's Saturday announcement.

WORLD / Politics

Nov 4, 2025

Whiplash: How Trump's threat to strike Nigeria further reshuffles Pentagon priorities

Trump's announcements in the past week on everything from nuclear testing to Nigeria have caught many off guard.

Kim Yong Nam, then-chairman of North Korea's Presidium of the country's Supreme People’s Assembly, arrives at Miraflores Palace in Caracas for a meeting with Venezuela's leader in November 2018.

ASIA PACIFIC / Politics

Nov 4, 2025

North Korea says former ceremonial head of state Kim Yong Nam dies

Kim, the face of Pyongyang's diplomacy for decades and the only person outside of the ruling family dynasty to serve as North Korea's nominal head of state, was 97.

A member of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society reads a story to children as part of mental support activities at the organization’s center, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, on Oct. 30.

WORLD / Society

Nov 4, 2025

Gaza's psychological trauma brings large numbers to seek help

Two years of intense Israeli bombardment and repeated military incursions, along with widespread homelessness and hunger, have affected all 2.3 million inhabitants.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and then-Economic Revitalization Minister Ryosei Akazawa shake hands on the day they visit the U.S. pavilion at Expo 2025 in Osaka in July.

BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS

Nov 4, 2025

The top U.S. Court can't stop all of Trump's tariffs. Deal with it, officials say.

Under one legal authority or another, Trump's tariffs are expected to stay in place long-term.

Takeda's dengue vaccine shows seven years of strong protection against infection and hospitalization, marking the longest efficacy reported to date.

BUSINESS / Companies

Nov 4, 2025

Takeda’s dengue vaccine shows long-lasting protection

The results bolster confidence in Takeda’s two-dose regimen, especially as countries grapple with record dengue outbreaks fueled by climate change.

China is extending its short-term visa waiver for Japanese visitors by one year, continuing the policy beyond December.

JAPAN

Nov 4, 2025

China to extend visa exemption for Japanese visitors

Under the program, travelers are allowed to stay in China for up to 30 days without a visa for tourism or business.

Elena Rybakina returns the ball to Iga Swiatek during their tennis match at the WTA Finals in Riyadh on Monday.

TENNIS

Nov 4, 2025

Rybakina downs Swiatek to enter semis at WTA Finals

World No. 2 Swiatek made 36 unforced errors in the last two sets while Rybakina made 17.

Japanese companies have raised $132 billion in foreign-currency bond and loan deals arranged by banks so far in 2025, up 56% from a year earlier.

BUSINESS / Companies

Nov 4, 2025

Japan’s $132 billion borrowing binge reshapes global credit

Underscoring the unprecedented shift onto the global stage, annual overseas note issuance is on course to exceed debt sales in yen for the first time ever.

Displaced Sudanese who fled El-Fasher after the city fell to the Rapid Support Forces rest in the camp of Um Yanqur, on the southwestern edge of Tawila, in war-torn Sudan's western Darfur region on Monday.

WORLD

Nov 4, 2025

Hunger monitor confirms famine in Darfur's al-Fashir and one other city

The finding is the first time the U.N.-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification has determined that the cities are in famine.

Novak Djokovic serves to Tomas Martin Etcheverry during their men's singles match on Day 3 of the Paris ATP Masters 1000 tennis tournament in Paris in November 2023.

TENNIS

Nov 4, 2025

Djokovic confirmed for ATP Finals, says Italian federation boss

The ATP Finals is the traditional season-closer, bringing together the eight best players of the year.

Scotland wing Duhan van der Merwe (left) is tackled during the Autumn Nations Series international rugby union match between Scotland and the United States in Edinburgh on Saturday.

MORE SPORTS / Rugby

Nov 4, 2025

Scotland bids to end 32-test winless streak against All Blacks

Rugby union superpower New Zealand has won 30 of the 32 tests between the two countries spanning 117 years. The other two were draws.

Right-leaning Israelis demonstrate next to the Sde Teman military base near Beersheba, against the detention for questioning of military reservists who were suspected of abusing a detainee following the Oct. 7, 2023, attack in Israel, on July 29, 2024.

WORLD

Nov 4, 2025

Israel arrests former top army lawyer over leaked abuse video

The case began in August 2024 when Israel's Channel 12 broadcast footage from a military base that appeared to show soldiers doing "acts of violence" against a detainee.

Dodgers two-way player Shohei Ohtani and his wife, Mamiko, acknowledge the crowd during the World Series championship parade at downtown Los Angeles.

BASEBALL / MLB

Nov 4, 2025

Ohtani teases 'three-peat' as Dodgers parade draws Los Angeles crowds

Blue and white confetti showered fans as players rode by atop double-decker buses.

A worker sorts fresh fruit and vegetables at a food pantry in Chelsea, Massachusetts, on Oct. 29, days before food aid benefits, including SNAP payments, were to be suspended starting Nov. 1 amid the ongoing U.S. government shutdown.

WORLD / Politics

Nov 4, 2025

U.S. to pay reduced food aid benefits, but warns of weeks or months delay

SNAP benefits, also known as food stamps, lapsed for the first time ever on November 1 during the federal shutdown.

Three cybersecurity employees were charged with working together to hack businesses starting in May 2023.

WORLD / Crime & Legal

Nov 4, 2025

Ex-cybersecurity staffers charged with moonlighting as hackers

Three cybersecurity employees spent years launching ransomware attacks to extort millions of dollars from victims around the U.S., prosecutors alleged.

The Cape Town International Convention Center in South Africa

WORLD / Politics

Nov 4, 2025

G20 taskforce calls for global panel to tackle ‘inequality emergency’

The taskforce established by South Africa’s president says that wealth disparities disrupt democracy and cause economic instability.

Cyber-enabled heists rely on social engineering and a knowledge of how the industry works, allowing hackers successfully pass as insiders, according to Proofpoint.

WORLD

Nov 3, 2025

Hackers and crime rings are teaming up to steal cargo, cyber firm says

Such crimes can create massive disruptions to supply chains and cost companies billions, with criminals stealing everything from energy drinks to electronics.

Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.

BUSINESS / Companies / Longform

Nov 3, 2025

The second life of Japan's net cafes

Once symbols of urban solitude, these spaces are finding new purpose as coworking hubs for a changing, wired generation.

Kansai Electric Power will not make a decision on construction based on the results of the survey alone and will take into account profitability and the Nuclear Regulation Authority's regulatory policy, the company's President Nozomu Mori said.

BUSINESS / Companies

Nov 3, 2025

Kansai Electric will soon begin survey for new nuclear reactor, sources say

The survey will mark the first concrete move toward nuclear reactor construction in Japan since the 2011 meltdowns at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings' Fukushima No. 1 plant.

Victoria Mboko of Canada hits a return to Spain's Cristina Bucsa during the women's singles final at the Hong Kong Tennis Open on Sunday.

TENNIS

Nov 3, 2025

Canadian teen sensation Mboko makes top-20 debut in rookie season

Ranked 350th in the world this time last year, Mboko stormed into the top 20 for the first time when the list was updated on Monday.

Spurs forward Victor Wembanyama reacts after not getting a call during the second half against the Suns at Mortgage Matchup Center in Phoenix on Sunday.

BASKETBALL / NBA

Nov 3, 2025

Suns contain Victor Wembanyama to deal Spurs first loss of season

The Suns built a 31-point lead in the third quarter while throttling Spurs center Victor Wembanyama, who finished with nine points.

Waseda University in Tokyo

JAPAN

Nov 3, 2025

More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English

Many university officials in Japan believe bringing an international environment onto campus is a cheaper, safer way to produce highly skilled graduates.

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a news conference at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum summit in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Saturday.

JAPAN / Politics

Nov 3, 2025

Takaichi says she told North Korea of desire for summit with Kim

The new Japanese leader’s remarks echo those of her predecessors and come as time runs out for families of Japanese nationals abducted by Pyongyang decades ago.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.

The second life of Japan's net cafes

By Alex K.T. Martin