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People flee from a village after renewed fighting between Myanmar's military and an ethnic minority armed group, in Pauktaw Township in western Rakhine State in November 2023.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 15, 2025

Desperate Myanmar villagers scavenge for food as hunger bites

As the military fights an ethnic armed group, it has blockaded Rakhine State — throttling supplies to its estimated population of 2.5 million.
The HMS Prince of Wales arrives at the Port of Darwin, Australia, in July during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025.
EDITORIALS
Aug 15, 2025

Operation Highmast reinforces claims that ‘security is indivisible’

European governments recognize that developments in the Indo-Pacific have a profound impact on their national interests.
Louis Rees-Zammit participates in training camp with the Jaguars in Jacksonville, Florida, on July 24.
MORE SPORTS / Rugby
Aug 15, 2025

Wales' Louis Rees-Zammit returns to rugby after NFL dream ends

English Premiership side Bristol said Thursday that Rees-Zammit was joining with "immediate effect" ahead of the new league season.
Jose Takei, an 82-year-old man of Japanese descent in the Philippines, speaks during an interview on Aug. 8 at the Foreign Ministry.
JAPAN
Aug 15, 2025

Stateless man of Japanese descent in Philippines eager for Japan citizenship

The son of a Japanese man and Filipino woman, Jose Takei never met his father, who left before he was born to join the Japanese military during World War II.
Rachel Simons' debut cookbook, “Sesame: Global Recipes + Stories of an Ancient Seed," is filled with fun, inspirational ideas, such as the tahini cream cheese frosting with carrot cake encrusted with sesame seeds.
LIFE / Food & Drink
Aug 17, 2025

From a piquant paste to a crisp crust, sesame shines in many forms

Packed with historical nuggets and inspirational recipes, Rachel Simons' debut cookbook offers a rich, entertaining dive into the Japanese kitchen staple.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during an Indian Independence Day ceremony in New Delhi on Friday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 15, 2025

Modi slams ‘economic selfishness’ in defiance of U.S. tariffs

In the last few weeks, U.S. President Donald Trump hit India with a 50% tariff rate — much higher than its regional peers.
U.S. President Donald Trump looks on next to Russian leader Vladimir Putin during a news conference following their meeting to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 16, 2025

Trump shifts stance on road to Ukraine peace after meeting Putin in Alaska

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, meanwhile, said he would travel to Washington on Monday to discuss next steps.
Rescuers clear debris as they work at the site of a destroyed residential building following a Russian air attack in Kyiv on July 31.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 16, 2025

Trump’s pause on Ukraine aid hurt its readiness, watchdog finds

The eight-day halt in March "had tangible effect” on the conflict as well as "significant residual effects on the delivery of security assistance,” the U.S. European Command said.
U.S. National Guard members patrol at Union Station in Washington on Friday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 16, 2025

Washington, D.C., police chief remains in command under White House deal

Trump administration lawyers conceded that Pamela Smith would remain in command of the Washington Metropolitan Police Department.
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., speaks during a news conference at the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington on July 29.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 16, 2025

Draft of Trump’s health blueprint avoids industry crackdown

The draft was dated Aug. 11, but could still see changes before it’s finalized, according to people familiar with the discussions.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin shake hands as they meet at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Aug 16, 2025

‘Dear neighbor’: A red carpet for Putin, no ceasefire for Trump

There was a lot the two presidents left unsaid at the end of an inconclusive summit, with details of a tantalizing agreement the pair had mentioned kept under wraps.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 16, 2025

On anniversary of WWII's end, China urges Japan to make the 'right choice'

"Only by remembering the past can straying onto the wrong path again be avoided," Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi was quoted as saying.
Canada's Conservative Party leader, Pierre Poilievre, speaks at a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa in May.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Aug 16, 2025

Canada conservative leader mounts comeback after Trump-linked defeat

Pierre Poilievre, who is running to reclaim a seat in Canada's parliament next week, was on track to be prime minister until Donald Trump upended Canadian politics.
People sit as they look at the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Monday.
WORLD
Aug 16, 2025

Ukrainians see 'nothing' good from Trump-Putin meeting

"It ended with nothing. Alright, let's continue living our lives here in Ukraine," one Ukrainian said.
Russian leader Vladimir Putin listens as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a joint news conference at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 17, 2025

Outline emerges of Putin's offer to end his war in Ukraine

It was not immediately clear if the proposals by Putin were an opening gambit to serve as a starting point for negotiations or more like a final offer.
An Israeli tank maneuvers near Gaza City as seen from Israeli side of the border on Saturday.
WORLD
Aug 17, 2025

Israeli military prepares to relocate residents to southern Gaza

Gaza residents will be provided with tents and other gear as they are moved from combat zones to the south of the enclave "to ensure their safety," the Israeli military said.
Hurricane Erin, which is the first hurricane of the 2025 Atlantic season and was downgraded into a dangerous Category 4 hurricane Saturday, moves westward near Puerto Rico in a composite satellite image.
WORLD
Aug 17, 2025

Erin downgraded to formidable Category 4 hurricane

The NHC forecast Saturday that the storm was moving toward the west-northwest at nearly 23 kph with a turn more northward expected to occur on Monday into Tuesday.
Laura Loomer, an influential far-right supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump, on Capitol Hill in Washington in June
WORLD
Aug 17, 2025

U.S. suspends visas for Gazans after far-right influencer posts

The announcement came one day after a series of furious social media posts by Laura Loomer.
Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto (left) and U.S. Ambassador to Japan Walter Mondale during a news conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo in April 1996 announcing the decision to return to Japan the site for the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma air station in Okinawa Prefecture
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 17, 2025

Okinawa’s backers in LDP dwindle, prompting concern

At present, not many lawmakers are putting priority on Okinawa after measures taken by the government in the past for the development of the prefecture produced certain results.
Atomic bomb survivor Keiko Ogura (left) speaks with students in Sydney on Saturday.
JAPAN
Aug 17, 2025

Hiroshima hibakusha calls for nuclear abolition in Australia

Ogura has been talking about the devastation from the nuclear attack in about 50 countries.
U.S. President Donald Trump greets Russian leader Vladimir Putin on the tarmac after they arrived for a meeting on Ukraine at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 17, 2025

European leaders to join Zelenskyy for key meeting with Trump

The move comes as European nations shift their focus toward providing Ukraine with robust security guarantees as Trump pushes for a quick peace deal between Moscow and Kyiv.
National Guard personnel patrol the National Mall in Washington on Saturday.
WORLD
Aug 17, 2025

Three Republican-led states to deploy National Guard troops to U.S. capital

The Republican governors of West Virginia, South Carolina and Ohio OK'd the request by the Trump administration, which has portrayed the city as awash in crime.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a joint news conference with the European Commission president in Brussels on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 18, 2025

Trump’s peace-deal demands leave Ukraine's Zelenskyy with only bad options

Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy faces an existential dilemma as he travels to Washington for talks with U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday.
Protesters shout slogans and hold photos of hostages during a demonstration calling for a hostages deal on Sunday in Tel Aviv.
WORLD
Aug 18, 2025

Anti-war protests erupt in Israel ahead of Gaza City operation

Organizers said that as many as half a million people attended the main rally at Tel Aviv’s "hostage square” in the evening, a massive turnout by Israeli standards.
Nissan workers walk outside its Oppama plant in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture. Nissan plans to shut the plant by the end of fiscal 2027.
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Aug 18, 2025

A factory town in crisis shows Japan’s fading manufacturing era

Nissan directly employs almost 10% of Oppama’s 29,700 residents, but its factory is set to shut down by 2028.
U.K. Prime Miniter Keir Starmer speaks at the Jaguar Land Rover automobile manufacturing plant in Solihull, U.K. Starmer declared in May that his trade deal with U.S. President Donald Trump included a cut in U.S. tariffs on British steel to zero.
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 18, 2025

Trade partners grow restless waiting for Trump’s tariff breaks

While deals have been cut, the lower tariff rates agreed have yet to kick in.
An aerial view shows houses partially submerged in sludge along a riverbed in the aftermath of flash floods at the Buner district of mountainous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Sunday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 18, 2025

Flash floods kill hundreds in northwest Pakistan district after rare cloudburst

Officials say global warming has changed the pattern of the annual monsoon, pushing it around 100 kilometers west of its normal path.
People watch a wildfire burn in Castrillo de Cabrera, northwestern Spain, on Saturday.
WORLD
Aug 18, 2025

Spain deploys more troops as it battles 20 major wildfires amid scorching heat

Southern Europe is experiencing one of its worst wildfire seasons in two decades, and Spain is among the hardest-hit countries.
Scottie Scheffler poses with the J. K. Wadley Trophy (left) and The Keeper after winning the BMW Championship in Baltimore on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Golf
Aug 18, 2025

Scottie Scheffler hits amazing shot to hold off Robert MacIntyre at BMW Championship

Scheffler, this year's British Open and PGA Championship winner, became the first player since Tiger Woods in 2006-07 to win five or more times in back-to-back seasons.
Akie Iwai hits a shot during the final round of the Portland Classic on Sunday.
MORE SPORTS / Golf
Aug 18, 2025

Akie Iwai wins Portland Classic to join twin sister Chisato as LPGA winner

Akie Iwai became the 10th first-time LPGA winner this season and the fifth Japanese player to triumph.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Descendants in Philippines denied Japanese citizenship
As attacks surge, who can cull bears in Japan?
Police cars leave the Akita Prefectural Police headquarters to cull bears, in the city of Akita on Thursday.
Japan may triple departure tax to tackle overtourism
A plane takes off from Haneda Airport.
What would a ‘backup capital’ look like for Japan?
The Japan Innovation Party has long sought to get Osaka designated as Japan's backup capital.
Japan fully enters sports streaming era as fans face new dilemmas
Sports fan Tadashi Yokoyama streams basketball and fencing on three screens.
Tatsuya Nakadai: A masterful leading man and postwar icon
Tatsuya Nakadai had the look of a leading man in his youth, but his large and searching eyes suggested the pain and loneliness of an old soul.
As Japan’s female leader rises, can she cross sumo’s sacred line?
Japan Sumo Association Chairman Hakkaku (front center) delivers a speech on the first day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center on Sunday. Centuries of belief and tradition still underpin the all-male association's stance of excluding women.
Takaichi doesn’t mince words on Taiwan, but dramatic policy shift unlikely
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responds to questions during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session in parliament on Tuesday.
Florist Nicolai Bergmann flourishes outside the box
Florist Nicolai Bergmann shops for fresh flowers at the Ota flower market in Tokyo on Friday.

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