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Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. President Donald Trump meet, while they attend the funeral of Pope Francis, at the Vatican on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 27, 2025

Trump raises Putin doubts after Zelenskyy talks at pope's funeral

The Ukrainian leader said they had discussed a possible unconditional ceasefire with Russia and that their talks had "the potential to become historic."
Supporters of Israeli hostages kidnapped by Hamas take part in a protest against the Israeli government and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and to demand the release of all hostages, in Tel Aviv on Saturday.
WORLD
Apr 27, 2025

Hamas says open to five-year Gaza truce and one-time hostages release

Nearly eight weeks into an Israeli aid blockade, the U.N. says food and medical supplies are running out in the territory.
2025 Osaka Expo mascot Myaku-Myaku dances on the stage during the event's official opening ceremony on April 12.
LIFE / Lifestyle
Apr 28, 2025

Expo '25 gives the world a masterclass in mascots

At Expo 2025 in Osaka, mascots from around the world borrow from Japan’s character culture — but none can match Myaku-Myaku’s gloopy charm.
Ground personnel unload weapons and other military hardware delivered by the U.S. military near Kyiv in 2022.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 28, 2025

U.S. aid pullback is making Ukraine more vulnerable to Russian hacks

USAID has been gutted in the first months of Trump’s presidency by Elon Musk’s "department of government efficiency," and Trump has become increasingly impatient with Zelenskyy.
People gather to protest outside the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) headquarters after the Elon Musk-led "department of government efficiency" (DOGE) was charged with oversight of OPM, in Washington on Feb. 2.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 28, 2025

100 days of DOGE: lots of chaos, not so much efficiency

"DOGE is not a serious exercise," said Jessica Riedl, a fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a fiscally conservative think tank that supports streamlining government.
Travelers prepare to spend the night at the Atocha train station in Madrid on Monday following a massive power cut.
WORLD
Apr 29, 2025

Spain and Portugal hunt for cause of power outage as electricity returns

In Spain, schools and offices reopened, public transport restarted after long delays, traffic gridlock eased and many hospitals had recovered power.
A general view of Muscat, ahead of the awaited negotiations between U.S. and Iran, in Oman on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 29, 2025

Iran proposes meeting with Europeans before next talks with U.S., diplomats say

Iran is looking to build on the momentum of nuclear negotiations with the United States that resumed in Oman on Saturday.
U.S. President Donald Trump faces the enormous challenge of implementing the cavalcade of executive orders he has enacted.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 29, 2025

‘Welcome to the Thunderdome’: Inside the dizzying start of Trump 2.0

The administration's breakneck speed is both one of the administration’s most effective tools and most glaring vulnerabilities.
Tesla, SpaceX and X CEO Elon Musk looks on ahead of the inauguration ceremony where Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th U.S. President in Washington on Jan. 20.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 29, 2025

Musk lays groundwork for midterms donor role as time with DOGE ends

Musk views his money and his social media platform X as potentially more powerful political tools than his time inside the government.
Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks to the media upon arriving at his office on Parliament Hill on Tuesday in Ottawa. Carney pledged Tuesday to beat the United States in Donald Trump's trade war after winning Canada's election and leading his Liberal Party to another term in power.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 30, 2025

Carney’s plan to manage Trump: Keep calm, find new friends

Carney assured anxious voters that the country could not just survive the trade war — but win it.
Kyrie Irving of the Dallas Mavericks controls the ball while being guarded by forward Victor Wembanyama of the San Antonio Spurs during the 2025 NBA All-Star Game in February.
BASKETBALL / NBA
Apr 30, 2025

NBA mulling All-Star Game change: USA vs. World

Silver said an international format is appealing because the game will air on NBC during the middle of that network's Winter Olympics coverage.
Public transportation ridership across the U.S. hasn’t yet returned to its pre-COVID peak.
WORLD
Apr 30, 2025

A $6 billion shortfall has U.S. mass transit facing a death spiral

The Trump administration is drastically reining in federal spending, creating fear of job losses that could again decimate ridership.
U.S. President Donald Trump (center), Secretary of State Marco Rubio (left) and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth attend a Cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
May 1, 2025

Trump's Cabinet shrugs off economic contraction, at odds with pledges

Figures show U.S. gross domestic product contracted at an annual rate of 0.3 percent in the first quarter.
U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
May 2, 2025

Trump ousts White House national security adviser Waltz, replacing him with Rubio

Waltz was blamed for adding the editor of The Atlantic to a private thread describing details of an imminent U.S. bombing campaign in Yemen.
Alice Weidel, co-leader of Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, addresses delegates during a party congress in Janurary, in Riesa, eastern Germany.
WORLD / Politics
May 3, 2025

Germany's AfD dealt blow with right-wing extremist label

Germany's domestic intelligence service on Friday designated the far-right AfD party as an extremist group, setting off a diplomatic spat with the United States and fueling calls for the party to be banned.
U.S. President Donald Trump dances after delivering a commencement address at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa on Thursday.
WORLD / Science & Health
May 5, 2025

Nordic nations hope to attract U.S. researchers alienated by Trump

Experts have voiced concerns that Trump's cuts to American research threaten the United States' standing as a global science leader.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth awaits the arrival of Peruvian Foreign Affairs Minister Elmer Schialer and Peruvian Defense Minister Walter Astudillo at the Pentagon in Washington on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
May 6, 2025

U.S. defense chief to slash top ranks of military

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday ordered a 20% reduction in the number of four-star officers at the Pentagon.
Power lines connecting pylons of high-tension electricity are seen during sunset at an electricity substation on the outskirts of Ronda, Spain, during a blackout in the city on April 28.
WORLD
May 6, 2025

EU power grid needs trillion-dollar upgrade to avert Spain-style blackouts

Authorities in Spain and Portugal are investigating the cause of last week's blackout, but whatever the findings, analysts say infrastructure investment is essential.
Data center servers and components containing the newest artificial intelligence chips from Nvidia are seen on display at the company's GTC software developer conference in San Jose, California, on March 19.
WORLD / Politics
May 6, 2025

U.S. lawmaker targets smuggling of Nvidia chips to China with new bill

Rep. Bill Foster said the technology to track chips after they are sold is readily available, with much of it already built into Nvidia's chips.
Designated German Chancellor Friedrich Merz of the Christian Democratic Union following a session of the German lower house of parliament to elect the new German chancellor, in Berlin on Tuesday
WORLD / Politics
May 6, 2025

Germany's Friedrich Merz faces new vote for chancellor after surprise loss

The initial shock defeat dealt a heavy blow to Merz, who has vowed to restore stability in Berlin after half a year of political turmoil.
Israeli soldiers work on a mobile cannon at a position near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
May 6, 2025

Hamas says Gaza truce talks pointless as Israel wages 'hunger war'

The comments from a senior Hamas official followed Israel's approval of a military plan involving the "conquest" of Gaza, where nearly all 2.3 million people have been displaced.
Newly elected German Chancellor Friedrich Merz speaks as his predecessor, Olaf Scholz, listens during a handover ceremony at the Chancellery in Berlin on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
May 7, 2025

Friedrich Merz becomes German chancellor after surviving shock defeat

The win — on his second try — paves the way for him to take charge of Europe’s biggest economy but with his authority considerably diminished.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro waves to supporters during a May Day (Labor Day) rally in Bogota on May 1.
WORLD / Politics
May 7, 2025

Colombia moves to join China's Belt and Road

Until now, Colombia has been one of the United States' closest and most steadfast trade and security partners in Latin America.
The global shipping industry is also contending with U.S. measures beyond the barrage of levies.
BUSINESS / Markets
May 7, 2025

World’s trade superhighway feels strain from U.S.-China decoupling

Among signs of disruption are plunging fees, fewer services and a pall of uncertainty over what for decades has been one the main maritime highways of the global economy.
U.S. President Donald Trump disembarks from Air Force One upon arrival at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
May 9, 2025

Trump presses Russia for unconditional 30-day Ukraine ceasefire

U.S. President Donald Trump pressed Moscow to accept a 30-day unconditional ceasefire, with any breaches punishable by sanctions.
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer during a phone conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump from a Jaguar Land Rover automobile manufacturing plant in the West Midlandson, U.K., on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
May 9, 2025

Starmer gets diplomatic win he needs, if not the economic boost

The framework the two leaders unveiled goes some way to reversing the worst impacts on the U.K. of U.S. tariffs.
St. Mary of the Assumption, the church where Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost, used to attend while growing up in Chicago, on Thursday.
WORLD / Society
May 9, 2025

Chicago celebrates its native son's elevation to pope

The election of former Cardinal Robert Prevost has sparked questions on a range of topics, from the future of his papacy to which baseball club he supports.
Chinese President Xi Jinping attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
May 9, 2025

China can play hardball at looming trade talks with U.S., analysts say

After weeks of tit-for-tat escalation that sent global markets into a tailspin, the two powers will meet this weekend for a chance to break the ice.
Eric Trump, executive vice president of the Trump Organization and the U.S. president's son, looks over the proposed plan ahead of the signing ceremony with Qatar's Diar and Dar Global in Doha on April 30.
WORLD / Politics
May 11, 2025

As Trump family's Gulf empire grows, rulers seek influence, arms and tech

Ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump's Gulf visit next week, his son Eric was promoting his crypto firm in Dubai, while Don Jr prepared to talk about "Monetizing MAGA" in Doha.
Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a statement to the media in Moscow on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
May 11, 2025

Putin proposes direct peace talks with Ukraine after three years of war

Moscow sent thousands of troops into Ukraine in February 2022, triggering the gravest confrontation between Russia and the West since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.
Japan to revise romanization rules for first time in 70 years
The Agency for Cultural Affairs is recommending replacing the government’s long-standing Kunrei system with more widely used Hepburn-style spellings.
Women-only communities flourish in China
Chen Yani (right), nicknamed "Keke," eats lunch with friends and guests in a female co-living space she founded called "Keke's Imaginative Space" in Hangzhou, in eastern China's Zhejiang province, on July 14.
JR East cancels luxury train run over crew's boozing
East Japan Railway said Thursday that it will cancel one trip of a luxury overnight sleeper service, which was originally scheduled to depart from Ueno Station in Tokyo on Aug. 30, after crew members were found to have been drinking alcohol on duty.
Man arrested over deadly stabbing of woman in Kobe
Masashi Tanimoto, 35, the suspect in the deadly stabbing a 24-year-old woman, is taken into custody in Kobe on Friday night.
Japanese city proposes two-hour daily limit for smartphone use
The Toyoake Municipal Government in Aichi Prefecture is planning to enact an ordinance to urge all smartphone users in the city to limit screen time to two hours a day outside work or school.
Alicia Keys closed Summer Sonic, but J-pop owned it
Summer Sonic’s 2025 lineup demonstrated its strength, showcasing the latest in J-pop, including “new kawaii” act Fruits Zipper.
Is the LDP’s catch-all approach to politics still effective?
Former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi visits Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15. Political commentator Toru Hashimoto has suggested that Takaichi ought to lead a group of like-minded hawkish politicians out of the Liberal Democratic Party and form their own party.
Fingers sore from too much phone time? You might have ‘sumaho yubi.’
A catch-all term for tendonitis and arthritis caused by excessive smartphone use, 'sumaho yubi' may be difficult to treat for gadget-crazy Japan.
As farm minister, Koizumi is held ‘hostage’ by Ishiba
Farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi (center) attends a Lower House session on Aug. 1. Locking Koizumi into the Cabinet is Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s way of turning a potential rival into a team player, according to one expert.
Big burgers and bigger ambitions for Japan's Burger King
Kazuhiro Nomura, president of BK Japan Holdings, which operates Burger King in Japan

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past
By Alex K.T. Martin

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