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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and head of the country's Security Service, Vasyl Maliuk, attend a meeting in Kyiv in this image released Sunday.
WORLD
Jun 2, 2025

Ukraine drone strikes hit nuclear bombers deep inside Russia

More than 40 Russian aircraft, including long-range bombers capable of deploying conventional and nuclear weapons, were reported to have been damaged in the operation.
The Silver Dania, a Norwegian-owned ship suspected of cable sabotage in the Baltic Sea, whose crew are Russian citizens, in Tromso, Norway, on Jan. 31
WORLD / Politics
Jun 2, 2025

Southeast Asia joins Europe’s calls to defend subsea cables

A spike in cable damage in European waters, particularly in the Baltic Sea, has heightened fears about the global network of subsea cables' vulnerability.
Displaced Palestinians carrying relief supplies return from an aid distribution center in the central Gaza Strip on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 2, 2025

Trump vowed to remake aid. Is Gaza the future?

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is distributing food through several hubs in the war-ravaged territory, with contracted U.S. security and Israeli troops.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has called for a parliamentary confidence vote in a bid to demonstrate continuing support for his pro-EU government, after nationalist Karol Nawrocki won the Polish presidential election.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 3, 2025

Tusk calls confidence vote after nationalist wins Polish presidential election

European far-right leaders welcomed the election of Karol Nawrocki, a fan of U.S. President Donald Trump who has said he will oppose the government's progressive agenda.
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer passes a Royal Navy nuclear-powered submarine at a shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness, England, on March 20.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 3, 2025

Welfare demands put pressure on Starmer's commitment to defense overhaul

Labour lawmakers want to prioritize domestic issues blowing back on the left-leaning party at the ballot box, such as controversial benefit cuts.
Elon Musk looks on during a news conference with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Saturday. Musk has dubbed Trump's sweeping tax and spending bill as a "disgusting abomination."
WORLD / Politics
Jun 4, 2025

Trump's 'big, beautiful bill?' Musk calls it a 'disgusting abomination.'

The Tesla and SpaceX CEO says the U.S. president's sweeping tax and spending bill will increase the federal deficit.
Afghan refugees queue outside a distribution and donation center in New Jersey in December 2021. U.S. President Donald Trump's second-term travel ban covers 12 countries, including Afghanistan.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 5, 2025

Trump signs travel ban for 12 countries including Afghanistan

The move is the latest step in what has been a sweeping immigration agenda aimed at cracking down on undocumented migration.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Elon Musk attend a news conference in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on May 30.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 5, 2025

Will ex-aide Musk leave a stink in the White House?

U.S. President Donald Trump's sweeping domestic policy bill has careened into an Elon Musk-shaped brick wall, complicating its passage into law.
Kosei Tanaka speaks during a news conference to announce his retirement in Nagoya on Wednesday.
MORE SPORTS / Boxing
Jun 5, 2025

Four-division world champion Kosei Tanaka retires at 29 due to eye injuries

Tanaka is the fastest boxer to earn belts at four different weights.
The trouble between U.S. President Donald Trump and Elon Musk started brewing days ago, when Musk denounced Trump's sweeping tax-cut and spending bill.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 6, 2025

Trump and Musk trade barbs on social media as alliance crumbles

Within hours of Trump criticizing Musk in the Oval Office, the once-close relationship had disintegrated in full public view.
A Mercedes-Benz production line in Rastatt, Germany, earlier this month. European auto suppliers alone have filed hundreds of requests to China for rare earths since early April, with only about a quarter granted.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 6, 2025

The world's auto supply chain is in the hands of a few Chinese bureaucrats

China holds a near-monopoly on rare earth magnets — a crucial component in EV motors — and it added them to an export control list in April.
Iryna Mudra (center), the deputy head of Ukraine's presidential administration, and others prepare for a photo shoot at an international peace conference at The Hague, Netherlands, in April last year.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 6, 2025

Ukraine hits out at Europe's payout from frozen Russian cash

Compensating private investors before victims of war sends the wrong signal, says Iryna Mudra, a deputy head of Ukraine's presidential administration.
The International Criminal Court in The Hague
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jun 6, 2025

EU backs International Criminal Court after U.S. sanctions judges

Slovenia urged the EU to use its blocking statute, which lets the EU ban European companies from complying with U.S. sanctions that Brussels deems unlawful.
Elon Musk watches as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters outside the White House in Washington in March.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 7, 2025

Trump says he has no plans to speak to Musk as feud persists

Trump said a review of Musk's extensive contracts with the federal government was in order. "We'll take look at everything," the president said.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Elon Musk speak in the Oval Office before departing the White House in March.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 7, 2025

Republican lawmakers try to dodge Trump-Musk crossfire

Their buddy-movie dynamic evaporated this week as Musk and Trump openly feuded over a sweeping tax-cut and spending bill.
U.S. President Donald Trump (R) meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G20 leaders summit in Osaka in 2019.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 8, 2025

Trump’s China gambit belies rocky road ahead on tariff deals

The U.S. president has scheduled a call with Xi Jinping, paving the way for a new round of talks on Monday in London.
Fire and smoke rise in the city after a Russian drone strike in Kyiv on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 8, 2025

U.S. says Russia response to Ukraine drone attack not over and to expect more strikes

The Kremlin denies the full impact of Kyiv's drone attack but Russian military bloggers cite serious damage, including to planes that carry nuclear weapons.
British Foreign Secretary David Lammy reacts as he speaks during an interview at the British High Commissioner Residence in New Delhi on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 8, 2025

U.K. and India discuss 'counterterrorism' cooperation after Pakistan ceasefire

Britain and India on Saturday discussed expanding their "counterterrorism" collaboration following recent fighting between India and Pakistan, Britain's foreign minister said after meeting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Donald Trump and Elon Musk attend a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 5. Trump said this week that his relationship with Musk was likely beyond repair after the two sparred publicly on social media.
WORLD
Jun 8, 2025

Trump says Musk relationship over and warns of 'consequences' if he funds Democrats

Asked if he thought his relationship with the Tesla and SpaceX CEO was over, Trump said, "I would assume so, yeah."
Rare-earth magnets in Tianjin, China
WORLD / Politics
Jun 9, 2025

U.S. and China to resume trade talks with focus on rare earth exports

Both sides have accused the other of reneging on a deal in Geneva in May where they tried to start dialing back their trade war.
Pope Leo XIV addresses the crowd at St. Peter's square in the Vatican on Sunday.
WORLD / Society
Jun 9, 2025

Pope Leo condemns 'exclusionary mindset' in Pentecost address

The pope's choice of language was significant, encouraging people to "open borders" within their hearts and minds.
A woman near the Kremlin in Moscow on May 19
WORLD / Politics
Jun 9, 2025

Russian intelligence says it collects WeChat data. What does that mean?

The disclosure highlights the rising level of concern about Chinese influence in Russia as the two countries deepen their relationship.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney stands alongside Chief of the Defense Staff Gen. Jennie Carignan and Minister of National Defense David McGuinty as he makes a speech about defense and security at Fort York Armory in Toronto on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 10, 2025

Canada vows to meet NATO defense budget target early

New Canadian leader Mark Carney said he will boost funding for the armed forces and hit NATO's 2% military spending target this fiscal year, five years earlier than promised.
Supplies wait to be loaded on trucks to go into the Gaza Strip, at the Kerem Shalom crossing between Israel and Gaza, on its Israeli side, on May 29.
WORLD
Jun 10, 2025

U.N. says most flour delivered in Gaza looted or taken by starving people

A U.S. official has called for Israel to let in far more aid via multiple crossings and routes.
Members of law enforcement detain people as protests against federal immigration sweeps continue, in downtown Los Angeles, on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 10, 2025

Unrestrained Trump turns to military in second-term power play

Trump’s moves to deploy troops to Los Angeles and hold a parade on the Army’s 250th birthday fulfills his goal of using the military for a show of power.
A military vehicle as seen from the Israeli side of the Israel-Gaza border on Tuesday
WORLD / Politics
Jun 12, 2025

U.S. slams U.N. conference on Israel-Palestinian issue and warns of consequences

The diplomatic demarche says countries that take "anti-Israel actions" following the conference could face diplomatic consequences from Washington.
In an annual gender gap report, Japan recorded its strongest gains in economic participation, where its score climbed to 61.3% from 56.8% in 2024.
JAPAN / Society
Jun 12, 2025

Japan ranks 118th out of 148 countries in gender gap report

Japan's gender parity ranking was unchanged from a year ago and is still the lowest among Group of Seven countries.
Displaced people ride a an animal-drawn cart, following Rapid Support Forces (RSF) attacks on Zamzam displacement camp, in the town of Tawila, North Darfur, Sudan, on April 15.
WORLD / Society
Jun 12, 2025

U.N. says 122 million forcibly displaced worldwide 'untenably high'

The U.N. refugee agency warned that how major conflicts worldwide played out would determine whether the figure would rise once again.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a bill signing ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jun 13, 2025

Trump's 'peacemaker' pledge takes big hit as Israel strikes Iran

U.S. ally Israel struck dozens of Iranian targets in a dramatic attack that analysts say threatens to spiral into an all-out regional war.
A library on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, late last month
WORLD / Society
Jun 13, 2025

Foreign students scrub social media as U.S. expands visa vetting

Digital rights lawyers argue that the level of scrutiny that appears to be under consideration could set a dangerous precedent for digital surveillance in immigration processes.
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
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