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The latest research indicates that heat stress is likely to worsen the condition of people with Alzheimer’s disease — which accounts for over half of all dementia cases in Japan — by making them more irritated or exacerbating their cognitive decline.
JAPAN / Science & Health / Boiling Point
Jul 29, 2024

For aging Japan, a troubling link between heat and dementia

The latest research indicates that heat can exacerbate cognitive decline and worsen dementia symptoms.
Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, gives a presidential decree to Iran's new president, Masoud Pezeshkian, during an endorsement ceremony in Tehran on Sunday.
WORLD
Jul 28, 2024

Iran's Khamenei formally grants Pezeshkian presidential powers

Pezeshkian, 69, won a runoff race on July 5 against the ultraconservative Saeed Jalili to replace president Ebrahim Raisi who died in a helicopter crash in May.
Nicolas Maduro speaks to members of the media after casting a ballot in Caracas on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 29, 2024

Venezuela opposition rejects Maduro election win

Venezuela’s political opposition has vehemently rejected the electoral authority’s ruling that Nicolas Maduro was reelected as the nation’s president, calling on the military to intervene. The U.S. and some Latin American neighbors also raised concerns about the official result.
Human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) virions (spherical in appearance) bud from a cultured human lymphocytes in this scanning electron microscopic image obtained from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia, in 2019.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jul 29, 2024

Cured HIV patients 'living proof' of hope in fight against virus

Only seven people are considered to have been effectively cured of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant.
Supporters of Venezuelan opposition protest following the announcement by the National Electoral Council that Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro won the presidential election, in Caracas, Venezuela, on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 30, 2024

Protests erupt in Caracas after Maduro claims Venezuela reelection win

Venezuela's opposition leader, María Corina Machado, was also accused of being involved in a plot to alter voting results.
Chinese President Xi Jinping is stepping up efforts to position himself as a peacemaker in regards to Russia’s war in Ukraine.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 30, 2024

China seizes chance to play peacemaker in Ukraine before U.S. vote

Xi is looking to forge a bigger diplomatic role at a time when Kyiv and the broader European region are bracing for a dramatic shift in foreign policy from the U.S.
The edge of a wildfire near Mistissini, Quebec, Canada on June 12, 2023
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Jul 30, 2024

World's forests failed to curb 2023 climate emissions, study finds

That means a record amount of carbon dioxide entered Earth's atmosphere last year, further driving climate change.
Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal (left) hugs senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh before leaving the Gaza Strip on Dec. 10, 2012.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 1, 2024

Hamas likely to absorb Haniyeh killing as Gaza wing fights on

Israel has achieved mixed results in trying to kill the Gaza-based commanders responsible for planning and executing the cross-border Oct. 7 attack.
Police officers stand near a billboard with an image of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 1, 2024

Venezuela braces for possibility of more opposition arrests

The U.S.-based Carter Center, which observed the vote, said Venezuela's election "cannot be considered democratic."
A Samsung HBM chip
WORLD / Politics
Aug 1, 2024

U.S. weighs restrictions on China’s access to AI memory chips

The new restrictions are likely to be unveiled as soon as late August as part of a broader package that also includes sanctions against over 120 Chinese firms.
A man walks next to an office building of FSD (Fondation Suisse de Déminage), a nongovernmental humanitarian organization, damaged during a Russian missile attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on July 24.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 1, 2024

Russia vs Ukraine: the biggest war of the fake news era

More than three-quarters of the Ukrainian population get their news from social media, far more than any other source of information.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, speaks during an interview at a conference for Black journalists in Chicago on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 2, 2024

Trump faces backlash over comments on Harris' racial identity

Donald Trump's comments came as he attacked Kamala Harris during a combative interaction with African American journalists in Chicago.
Jailed Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza stands behind a glass wall of an enclosure for defendants during a court hearing to consider an appeal against his prison sentence, in Moscow on July 31, 2023.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 2, 2024

Poisoned and jailed: Kremlin critic Kara-Murza

Convicted in April 2023 of treason and spreading "false information," Kara-Murza was sentenced to one of the longest prison terms ever handed down to a Putin critic.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is shown in this file photograph during his arrest on March 1, 2003.
WORLD
Aug 3, 2024

Pentagon chief revokes plea deals with three 9/11 suspects

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has revoked plea deals agreed to in recent days with Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two accomplices.
U.S. President Joe Biden hugs Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter, as he and other prisoners freed from Russia arrive at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland late Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 3, 2024

Prisoner deals stoke fears of perverse ‘incentive’ to grab Americans

Hostile governments like Russia and Iran are often involved, and practical alternatives are hard to come by, experts say.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to a joint meeting of Congress at the Capitol in Washington on July 24.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Aug 3, 2024

Netanyahu, defiant, appears to have gone rogue, risking a regional war

Absent a clear goal in the war, the prime minister's defiance is dividing Israel from its allies and the country itself.
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks about the release of Paul Whelan, Evan Gershkovich, Alsu Kurmasheva, and Vladimir Kara-Murza, who were detained in Russia, as she departs to return to Washington, at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 4, 2024

Surging Harris spars with Trump over debate dates

Trump's proposal to confront Harris on Fox, a network that has long supported him, was his latest effort to recapture momentum.
Japan's Koki Kano (right) battles Yannick Borel of France in the gold-medal bout of the men's individual epee at the Paris Olympics on July 28.
OLYMPICS / Fencing
Aug 5, 2024

How a grassroots push helped Japan's fencers become world-beaters

Japan bagged five fencing medals in Paris to put it atop the medal table in the sport, the first time a non-European nation has done so.
Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu
WORLD
Aug 6, 2024

Iranian president, in talks with Putin ally, calls for expanded ties with Russia

Russia's Sergei Shoigu met Iran's president and top security officials as Tehran weighs its response to the killing of a Hamas leader.
Brazil forward Adriana scores her team's third goal during the women's Olympic semifinals in Marseille on Tuesday.
OLYMPICS
Aug 7, 2024

Brazil shocks world champion Spain 4-2 to reach Olympic final

Playing its sixth Olympic semi, Brazil capitalized on a number of Spanish defensive mistakes to reach Saturday's final in Paris against the U.S.
The U.S. Democratic vice presidential nominee, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, speaks at Temple University in Philadelphia on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Aug 7, 2024

Walz pick shines spotlight on U.S. VP's possible foreign policy role

Walz brings to the table a strong background on China issues as well as a number of foreign policy stances that line up with that of Harris.
Researchers have flagged that Elon Musk, who purchased Twitter (now X) in 2022 and is a vocal backer of Donald Trump, appears to be swaying voters by spreading falsehoods on his personal account.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 9, 2024

Musk's misleading election posts viewed 1.2 billion times, study says

Elon Musk, who purchased Twitter (now X) in 2022 for $44 billion, is facing growing scrutiny over his potential influence on voters.
Ukrainian service members ride an infantry fighting vehicle near the Russian border in Sumy region, Ukraine, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 10, 2024

As Ukraine pushes deeper into Russia, Moscow sends reinforcements

The flurry of movement underscored the extent to which Ukraine’s attack had introduced an unpredictable new element into the war.
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during an event at the White House in Washington on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 10, 2024

With legacy on line, Biden gambles on bolder diplomacy

Biden and his team are going for bolder, higher-risk diplomacy on both Gaza and Sudan, seeking to burnish their legacy.
An Iranian missile during the National Army Day parade in Tehran in April
WORLD
Aug 11, 2024

Iran to deliver hundreds of ballistic missiles to Russia soon: sources

Moscow possesses an array of its own ballistic missiles, but the Fath-360 system could allow Russia to use more of its arsenal for targets beyond the front line.
This photograph released Sunday from the official Telegram account of Igor Kutsak, mayor or Kursk, Russia, shows a fire at a residential building following a missile attack.
WORLD
Aug 12, 2024

Ukraine's Kursk rout sparks panic along its border with Russia

For Ukraine, the offensive has also been a morale boost at an otherwise perilous moment in the war.
A new trend on social media advocates living a more frugal lifestyle that prioritizes quality over quantity.
WORLD / Society
Aug 12, 2024

Do I need it? 'Underconsumption core' trends on TikTok

Years of inflation have forced many to the conclusion they cannot keep up with the spending habits of those on their social media feeds.
Elon Musk held a conversation with Donald Trump on the tech mogul’s X platform on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 13, 2024

Musk pitches White House role in glitchy Trump conversation on X

The conversation gave Elon Musk an opening to increase his influence with Donald Trump if the former president returns to power.
An Israeli tank near the Israel-Gaza border on July 25
WORLD / Politics
Aug 14, 2024

U.S. approves sale to Israel of $20 billion weapons package

Washington is facing mounting domestic and international criticism for its support of Israel.
A Palestinian mourns those killed in Israeli strikes, amid Israel-Hamas conflict, at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 14, 2024

Extreme heat poses new challenge for aid agencies in Gaza

Aid trucks in Gaza often spend hours under the sun waiting for clearance due to Israeli restrictions.
Transport ministry issues warning to Haneda Airport operator
The operator of Tokyo's Haneda Airport has been warned by the government over its inappropriate transactions.
Success of Chinese-made fighter jets against India raises alarm in Asia
Chinese J-10 fighter jets from the People's Liberation Army Air Force August 1st Aerobatics Team perform during a media demonstration at the Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand, in November 2015.
One month on, Osaka Expo urged to boost heat and crowd control measures
A gate to the Osaka Expo site is crowded with visitors on Monday.
Xi defiance pays off as Trump meets most China trade demands
Then-Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping visits a school in South Gate, California, in February 2012. Experts say Xi won big in his standoff with U.S. President Donald Trump.
Consumption tax set to dominate Upper House election debate
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba enters his office in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Sculpted waves, sleek updos: Showa hairstyles are back in fashion
The larger-than-life hairstyles of Japan's Showa Era are unmistakable — and they're making a comeback.
Consumption tax set to dominate Upper House election debate
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba enters his office in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan should produce its own AI defense solutions, Sakana AI CEO says
Sakana AI CEO David Ha speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Nissan gets ‘wake-up call’ with $4.5 billion annual net loss
Nissan CEO Ivan Espinosa in Tokyo as the company releases its results
Japan set for bigger role in Philippines after SDF’s debut in key drills
Philippine Army Brig. Gen. Michael Logico, who was involved in managing the latest iteration of the Balikatan U.S.-Philippine drills, told The Japan Times that he expects military ties with Japan to surge even further once Tokyo ratifies a key visiting-forces agreement with Manila.

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