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An Israeli Army soldier mans a mounted machine gun in the vicinity of the Jordanian Field Hospital in Gaza City, in the Gaza Strip, in this picture taken during a media tour organized by the Israeli Army on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 5, 2025

Dozens killed in Gaza despite Trump's call for Israel to halt bombing

Israel said it had targeted a Hamas militant who had posed a threat to its troops in the area, and that reports of casualties were under review.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during the Defense Development 2025 military exhibition event ahead of the 80th founding anniversary of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea, in Pyongyang in this picture released Sunday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 5, 2025

North Korea says 'special assets' deployed against South

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un claimed the U.S.-South Korea "nuclear alliance" is "conducting various kinds of exercises to execute dangerous scenarios."
Law enforcement officers detain a demonstrator during a protest at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters in Portland, Oregon, on Saturday.
WORLD
Oct 5, 2025

Judge blocks Trump on Portland troops as national guard ordered to Illinois

A Trump-appointed judge said in an order that the national guard deployment to the Oregon city did not appear to be justified due to the limited nature of the protests.
German Patriot air-defense systems are seen at Vilnius Airport in Lithuania in July 2023.
WORLD
Oct 5, 2025

Lithuania's Vilnius Airport reopens after suspension over balloons in airspace

European aviation has been thrown into chaos in recent weeks by drone sightings and air incursions, including at airports in Copenhagen and Munich.
Construction is underway on a Project Stargate AI infrastructure site, a collaboration between three large tech companies — OpenAI, SoftBank, and Oracle — in Abilene, Texas, in April.
BUSINESS
Oct 5, 2025

Trump targets deals in pharma, AI, energy and mining before midterm elections

Washington is pursuing deals across up to 30 industries, involving dozens of companies deemed critical to national or economic security.
A member of the Chinese People's Liberation Army stands as a DF-17 hypersonic missile is displayed during a military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, in Beijing on Sept. 3.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 5, 2025

The missiles threatening Taiwan

China is transforming parts of its east coast into a platform for potential missile strikes against Taiwan and the nearby seas as it eyes taking the democratic island.
Sanae Takaichi, newly elected leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, speaks during a news conference at the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Saturday.
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Oct 5, 2025

Japan's economic policy outlook unclear under Takaichi-led minority government

Much depends on whether new Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi can successfully find an additional coalition partner.
A Palestinian boy  returns from a food distribution point run by the U.S. and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation group in the central Gaza Strip on Sunday.
WORLD
Oct 5, 2025

Hamas keen to reach deal and begin prisoner exchange 'immediately'

Israeli and Hamas negotiators are set to iron out details during talks in Egypt in a bid to end nearly two years of war in Gaza.
U.S. President Donald Trump takes part in a welcoming ceremony with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing in November 2017.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 6, 2025

China hawks grow queasy over Trump’s push for deals with Beijing

As Trump pursues a trade pact with the U.S.’s biggest economic and strategic rival, advocates of a tougher China policy fear they’re being sidelined inside the administration.
A Xiaomi SU7 model electric car is displayed at the Beijing Auto Show in Beijing in April last year.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 6, 2025

Porsche and Xiaomi face off over custom-model buyers in China

Xiaomi is competing for consumers who may otherwise opt for an individualized Porsche or another premium European brand.
French President Emmanuel Macron has reappointed most senior members from the Cabinet of ousted premier Francois Bayrou in a clear continuation of his centrist policy aims.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 6, 2025

Macron’s continuity Cabinet risks another government collapse

Most senior members from the Cabinet of ousted premier Francois Bayrou were renamed to their posts in a clear continuation of Macron’s centrist policy aims.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivers a keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January.
BUSINESS / Tech / ANALYSIS
Oct 6, 2025

Competition heats up to challenge Nvidia's AI chip dominance

Nvidia now boasts the world's highest revenue, driven by sales of its GPUs — the processors that are key to building the technology behind ChatGPT and its rivals.
Newly elected Liberal Democratic Party leader Sanae Takaichi celebrates in Tokyo on Saturday.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 6, 2025

Takaichi kicks off LDP presidency with polls showing strong support

Sanae Takaichi, who was elected party leader Saturday, also gave the ruling LDP a much-needed boost, one of the polls showed.
A Fisheries and Oceans Canada team patrols the Grand River in Dunnville, Ontario, in search of invasive grass carp specimens on Sept. 25.
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 6, 2025

Americans and Canadians unite in battling 'eating machine' carp

If the battle against invasive carp were to fail, the consequences could be both dire and unpredictable.
Vietnamese Communist Party General-Secretary To Lam
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 6, 2025

Vietnam's top leader to visit North Korea this week

Communist Party chief To Lam's visit will be the first visit by a Vietnamese leader to the largely isolated nation in nearly 20 years.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (right) heads back to the dugout after hitting a grand slam against the Yankees in Game 2 of the AL Division Series in Toronto on Sunday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 6, 2025

Blue Jays win Game 2 to push Yankees to brink of elimination

Blue Jays fans were treated to five home runs, and a record-setting playoff debut from pitcher Trey Yesavage.
A not-in-service train is seen derailed early Monday morning after colliding with a passenger train late Sunday at Kajigaya Station on Tokyu Railways' Den-en-toshi Line in Kawasaki.
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2025

Den-en-toshi Line trains collide, halting service

No one was injured in the collision, which saw one train derail and disrupted train services on two lines Monday.
Shirakawago, a U.N. World Heritage site in Gifu Prefecture
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2025

Spanish tourist injured in latest bear attack

The 44-year-old tourist was pounced on from behind as he was walking to a bus stop on Sunday.
A former MUFG Bank deputy branch manager was sentenced to nine years in prison on Monday for stealing cash and valuables from customers’ safe-deposit boxes.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 6, 2025

Ex-MUFG banker given nine years in prison for safe-deposit box theft

Yukari Yamazaki had been indicted for stealing about ¥390 million worth of property including cash and gold bars.
Shimon Sakaguchi, an immunologist and distinguished professor at Osaka University, attends a news conference after winning the 2025 Nobel Prize in medicine, in Osaka Prefecture on Monday.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 7, 2025

Japanese immunologist among three Nobel medicine prize winners

Japanese immunologist Shimon Sakaguchi was awarded the prize along with two other scientists for their discovery concerning peripheral immune tolerance.
Sanae Takaichi, the newly elected leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, gives a news conference after the LDP presidential election in Tokyo on Saturday.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 7, 2025

Trump hails 'wisdom and strength' of Japan's incoming prime minister

Media reports have said that Trump is expected to visit its key Asian ally in late October.
Boxes of single-use e-cigarettes are displayed for sale on shelves in a shop in Gardanne, France
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 7, 2025

Surging numbers of children using e-cigarettes, WHO says

In countries that have the data, children are on average nine times more likely than adults to vape, the organization said.
Law enforcement officers stand guard outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) headquarters, after U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut on Sunday temporarily blocked U.S. President Donald Trump's administration from sending any National Guard troops to police Portland, in south Portland, Oregon, on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 7, 2025

Trump says may invoke Insurrection Act to deploy more troops in U.S.

The U.S. president openly mulled use of the Insurrection Act after a federal judge in Oregon temporarily halted a National Guard deployment in Portland.
A BYD electric vehicle dealership in Berlin on Sept. 12
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 7, 2025

China bets on Europe for self-driving tech expansion

Beijing is pushing its companies to dominate autonomous-vehicle development globally while crafting national regulations to provide a clear roadmap at home.
Children play with the AED-themed Toy Cocoro.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 7, 2025

Hokkaido company president develops defibrillator toy to promote awareness

The toy sold out soon after going on sale last autumn, but it will be available for purchase again next March.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban (left) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (right) attend a European Union leaders' summit in Brussels in June 2024.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 7, 2025

Ukraine's obstacles to EU membership extend beyond Hungarian resistance

Senior European Union officials who recently visited Ukraine have delivered a stern message that Kyiv still has a lot more to do.
Shimon Sakaguchi, an immunologist and a distinguished professor of Osaka University, attends a news conference after winning the 2025 Nobel Prize in medicine, in Suita, Osaka prefecture, on Monday.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 7, 2025

With medical breakthrough, Japan’s latest Nobel winner bucked convention

Shimon Sakaguchi’s unwavering conviction in the validity of his research paid off with the discovery of immune-regulating cells — and a Nobel Prize in medicine.
A woman places a candle as people grieve at the site of the Nova festival where partygoers were killed and kidnapped, in Reim, southern Israel, on Tuesday, the two-year anniversary of the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel by Hamas from Gaza.
WORLD / Society
Oct 7, 2025

Israel marks Oct. 7 anniversary as talks in Egypt aim to end Gaza war

Hamas' attack killed 1,219 people, according to Israeli figures. Israel's retaliatory campaign has killed at least 67,160 people, according to data the U.N. considers credible.
Sanae Takaichi celebrates in Tokyo on Saturday with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba after winning the Liberal Democratic Party leadership election.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 7, 2025

From radical to Rihanna: Myths about the new LDP leader

When Shinzo Abe returned as LDP leader in 2012, there was a similar flood of coverage attempting to cast him as a radical conservative.
Thales is 10 years old, but has the vigor and good cheer of a much younger dog.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Oct 7, 2025

Chipper Yorkie-Maltese mix still young at heart

Ten-year-old Thales, named after a Greek philosopher, is decidedly unserious and will make an energetic companion for the right household.

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