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Ryosei Akazawa, Japan’s chief negotiator, said he will be watching legal developments in the United States as tariff cases there move forward.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 2, 2025

Hope in Tokyo as Trump tariffs declared illegal

The decision is seen as potentially having some significance.
An injured boy receives treatment near damaged houses in the Mazar Dara village of Nurgal, a district of the Kunar Province, in Eastern Afghanistan, on Monday.
WORLD
Sep 2, 2025

With aid slashed, Afghanistan's quake comes at 'very worst moment'

The earthquake has killed more than 1,400 people and injured over 3,000, a toll that was still rising.
People inspect the debris after a landslide devastated the village of Tarasin in Sudan's Jebel Marra area on Tuesday.
WORLD
Sep 2, 2025

Plea for help after landslide wipes out Sudan village, killing over 1,000

Only one person survived the destruction of the village of Tarseen in the mountainous Jebel Marra area of the Darfur region.
Experts say staying off your phone and sticking to a sleep schedule can help those who have trouble dozing off.
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Sep 2, 2025

Mark Japan’s Sleep Day by making some lifestyle changes

The Japanese are not getting enough sleep. Luckily, everyone from scientists to Shohei Ohtani are offering solutions.
An Israeli Apache helicopter flies over Gaza on Tuesday. Israeli Army Radio said 40,000 reservists would report for duty.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 3, 2025

Thousands of Israeli reservists report for duty as military chief clashes with ministers

Israel's armed forces chief Eyal Zamir said a military thrust into Gaza City would endanger hostages and further strain the already overstretched army.
A massive landslide in Sudan's western Darfur region has flattened an entire mountain village and killed more than 1,000 people, the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army group said, leaving only one survivor.
WORLD
Sep 3, 2025

Landslide wipes out Sudan village, killing hundreds

Heavy rain triggered the disaster, flattening the village of Tarasin in the remote Jebel Marra range, with the death toll estimated at anywhere from 300 to over 1,000.
The TSMC logo at its fabrication plant in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on June 7. Compared with Samsung and SK Hynix, TSMC’s manufacturing footprint in China is relatively small.
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 3, 2025

U.S. pulls TSMC’s waiver for China shipments of chip supplies

TSMC suppliers will have to apply for individual approvals when they want to ship semiconductor equipment and other gear covered by U.S. export controls to its Nanjing facility.
Osaka stayed in first place thanks to high scores in the economy and for tourist attractions.
JAPAN
Sep 3, 2025

Osaka rated most powerful Japanese city outside Tokyo for fifth year

Osaka stayed in first thanks to high scores in the economy and for tourist attractions, with the city hosting the World Expo.
A teacher and children walk down a corridor during the first day of the new school year at an underground school, which was built to protect children from Russian missile attacks, in Kharkiv on Monday.
WORLD / Society
Sep 3, 2025

Ukrainian children open school year by heading underground

Some 17,000 children in Ukraine's second-largest city, Kharkiv, are attending schools set up underground to avoid the danger of Russian attacks.
With his administration still on shaky ground, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has yet to release a message commemorating the end of World War II as he seeks the best timing to do so.
JAPAN
Sep 3, 2025

Ishiba still seeking best timing to express view on war's end

The prime minister's reluctance comes as his administration remains on shaky ground within the Liberal Democratic Party.
Icons for the Google Chrome and Safari apps on a laptop in Riga, Latvia, on Aug. 13. In a win for Google, Tuesday's federal court ruling didn't bar the company from making payments to third parties including Apple for default browser placement in browsers or on mobile devices.
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 3, 2025

Google can keep Chrome and keep paying to be default search, federal court rules

Landmark ruling allows Google to avoid one of the most severe remedy requests from the U.S. government after the court found it had an illegal monopoly in the search market.
Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro is seen inside his house in Brasilia while a trial against him and seven main co-defendants is held at the Federal Supreme Court in Brasilia on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 3, 2025

Brazil court shrugs off U.S. 'threats' as it mulls Bolsonaro fate

Jair Bolsonaro risks a prison sentence of 43 years if convicted of conspiring to cling to power after losing the 2022 elections to rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (left) and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker at a news conference in Chicago on Tuesday. Pritzker said he has learned details of U.S. President Donald Trump's plans for troop deployments to Chicago from government sources and reporters, not the Trump administration itself.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 3, 2025

'We're going in': Trump to send national guard troops to Chicago

The U.S. president's extraordinary effort to militarize the country's third-largest city is likely to trigger a legal battle.
Serbia's Novak Djokovic competes during the men's quarterfinals at the U.S. Open in New York on Tuesday.
TENNIS
Sep 3, 2025

Djokovic sets up Alcaraz blockbuster at U.S. Open as Sabalenka advances

Djokovic snuffed out Taylor Fritz's hopes of becoming the first U.S. man to win a Grand Slam singles title since 2003 and will now face Carlos Alcaraz for a place in the final.
Yokozuna Hoshoryu and Hello Kitty, an ambassador for sumo's upcoming tour to London, at Tokyo's Kokugikan on Tuesday
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Sep 3, 2025

London’s calling and sumo’s top division — along with Hello Kitty — are ready to answer

Ahead of professional sumo's highly anticipated return to Europe, the release of the September rankings confirms who will be on the plane to England.
YJ-19 hypersonic anti-ship missiles are displayed in Beijing on Wednesday during a military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Sep 3, 2025

At parade, China shows off powerful new weaponry to keep rivals at bay

From hypersonic “carrier killer” missiles to new fifth-generation fighter jets, Wednesday’s military spectacle highlighted Beijing’s growing prowess.
Then-Nestle CEO Laurent Freixe speaks during a panel session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 22. Freixe was fired this week over an undisclosed romantic relationship with a subordinate.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 3, 2025

From Coldplay kiss cam to Nestle, office romances are costing CEOs their jobs

The firing of Nestle CEO Laurent Freixe this week puts the spotlight on office relationships, and their ubiquity.
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping after a group photograph before a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of victory over Japan and the end of World War II, in Beijing, on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 3, 2025

Hot mic catches Xi and Putin talking about organ transplants and immortality

The Chinese and Russian leaders, both 72, spoke of technology that could help humans live up to 150 years.
Suzu Hirose stars in the film adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s first novel, “A Pale View of Hills.”
CULTURE / Film
Sep 4, 2025

‘A Pale View of Hills’: A chilling, borderless adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s first novel

Kei Ishikawa turns the Nobel Prize-winning author’s novel into a haunting meditation on memory, loss and elusive truths.
U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Wednesday
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 4, 2025

Trump suggests trade deals would end if tariffs are struck down

The ruling injected fresh legal uncertainty into the president’s agenda, with potential fallout for trillions of dollars in global trade.
Israeli tanks are positioned on the border with the Gaza Strip on Wednesday.
WORLD
Sep 4, 2025

Israel says expecting 1 million Gazans to flee new offensive

In Jerusalem, hundreds of Israeli protestors took to the streets to call for a truce and hostage release deal after nearly two years of war.
First responders work at the site of an accident involving Lisbon's Gloria funicular, a popular tourist attraction, which derailed and crashed, resulting in fatalities and injuries, according to authorities, in Lisbon on Wednesday.
WORLD
Sep 4, 2025

At least 15 killed in crash on Lisbon's historic cable car railway

"It's a tragic day for our city. ... Lisbon is in mourning, it is a tragic, tragic incident," said Carlos Moedas, mayor of the Portuguese capital.
Women holding up brooms and placards shout slogans during a protest against lawmakers' perks and police brutality, outside the Indonesian parliament building in Jakarta on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 4, 2025

Brandishing brooms, Indonesian women join Jakarta protests

Protest organizer The Alliance of Indonesian Women said the brooms symbolized a need to "sweep (away) the state's dirt ... and the repressiveness of security forces."
Ferrari's Charles Leclerc after he crashed out of the Dutch Grand Prix on Sunday in Zandvoort
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Sep 4, 2025

Ferrari to celebrate past glory at home race amid present woes

Ferrari has yet to win this year and the home return comes hot on the heels of both cars crashing out in the Netherlands last weekend.
IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi speaks during an interview in Vienna on Wednesday.
WORLD
Sep 4, 2025

U.N. nuclear chief presses Iran to strike deal on inspections soon

"It would be really good if we could have this agreed before next week," International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi said in an interview.
Harvard has been the main target of U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to reshape elite higher education, a campaign that started by accusing schools of fostering antisemitism.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 4, 2025

Harvard $2 billion funding freeze found illegal by U.S. judge

Although the ruling is a win for Harvard and its president Alan Garber, the school’s broader clash with the Trump administration continues.
Chinese construction workers arrive at their accommodation after working on the construction site of BYD's electric vehicle factory at the Industrial Complex in the city of Camacari, in the state of Bahia, Brazil, on Jan. 2.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 4, 2025

Chinese investment doubles in Brazil, jumping to No. 3 destination

Brazil and China's leaders met twice in the past year, announcing partnerships in several sectors as the U.S. has put stiff tariffs on products from both nations.
Tables and chairs in the White House Rose Garden in Washington on Wednesday. U.S. President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, are hosting an artificial intelligence event for tech CEOs on Thursday at the newly renovated garden.
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 4, 2025

Trump to host Big Tech CEOs in White House's redone rose garden

The U.S. president recently had stone pavers installed in the garden after complaining that the existing grass was unsuitable for hosting large events.
Jannik Sinner hits a forehand during his quarterfinal win over Lorenzo Musetti on Wednesday at the U.S. Open.
TENNIS
Sep 4, 2025

Sinner swats aside Musetti to set up U.S. Open semifinal with Auger-Aliassime

The world No. 1, who also won the Australian Open earlier this year, extended his hard-court winning streak to 26 matches.
Jordan Bardella and Marine Le Pen leave after a meeting with the French prime minister at the Hotel Matignon in Paris on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 4, 2025

French far-right accelerates recruitment drive with Macron government on brink

The far-right party is betting Emmanuel Macron's only path out of France's latest budget crisis will be to dissolve its deeply divided parliament.
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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