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An apartment building damaged by a Russian air strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on Oct. 1
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 23, 2024

Selling out Ukraine casts shame on the West

This war started because Moscow refuses to tolerate a successful democratic, independent neighbor, which also remains the chief impediment to ending it.
Smoke billows over the UNESCO-listed port city of Tyre after Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon on Wednesday.
WORLD
Oct 24, 2024

Israel and Hezbollah exchange heavy fire as Blinken pushes for peace

The intensifying exchanges come as Washington makes a final push for peace before the Nov. 5 U.S. presidential election that could alter U.S. policy.
A police officer stands guard on Oct. 16 near a home in Yokohama where an elderly man was found dead in a robbery-murder case.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 24, 2024

'Dark lists' shed light on how Japan's robbers narrow down targets

Since August, at least seven residents have been robbed across Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba and Kanagawa prefectures with a similar modus operandi.
Andrijana Cvetkovikj is the senior programmer for the Women’s Empowerment section at this year’s Tokyo International Film Festival. The former ambassador also works to promote young filmmakers in Japan’s film industry.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Oct 24, 2024

Andrijana Cvetkovikj: ‘We have to create more opportunities for women to be playing on equal ground’

The former Macedonian ambassador to Japan is also playing a part in promoting younger film directors in the country's movie industry.
Liberal Democratic Party candidate Nobuyasu Nikai speaks in front of a crowd in the district of Aridagawa, Wakayama Prefecture, on Monday.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 25, 2024

Election wildcard in Wakayama puts rural district in national spotlight

Former LDP member Hiroshige Seko's decision to seek a Lower House seat as an independent candidate highlights the fractured state of the ruling party.
A demonstration calling for the return of Ukrainian prisoners of war in Lucerne, Switzerland, in June. Securing detainees' fair treatment and release isn't important only for resolving the Russia-Ukraine war, but to uphold human rights writ large.
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Oct 25, 2024

Human rights are key to resolving the war in Ukraine

The war against Russia can't be won without clear political objectives. This also means not losing sight of the need to uphold human rights in Ukraine, and beyond.
Israeli F-16 fighter jets sit on a runway at an airbase in the country's south in March. The Israeli military said on Saturday it was carrying out "precise strikes" on military targets in Iran.
WORLD
Oct 26, 2024

Iran says two dead in Israeli strikes on military targets

The Middle East has been on edge in anticipation of Israeli retaliation for a ballistic-missile barrage carried out by Iran on Oct. 1.
Former President Donald Trump and Sen. J.D. Vance talk at the 9/11 Memorial in New York on Sept. 11.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 26, 2024

Chinese hackers said to have targeted phones used by Trump and Vance

The targeting of the Republican presidential ticket’s phones is part of what appears to be an effort to gather information about American leaders.
Wang Huning, Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, attends a high-level meeting on industrialization and agricultural modernization with African leaders at the National Convention Center in Beijing on Sept. 5.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 26, 2024

The man who shaped China’s strongman rule has a new job: winning Taiwan

Xi Jinping’s top adviser, Wang Huning, is credited with shaping the authoritarianism that steered China’s rise. But can he influence Taiwan?
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and former first lady Michelle Obama at a rally in Kalamazoo, Michigan, on Saturday
WORLD / Politics
Oct 27, 2024

The Obamas stump for Harris and key allies in final days of campaign

The rally marked the second major campaign event featuring Michelle Obama, while Barack Obama has already made several high-profile appearances.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attends a welcoming ceremony upon his arrival to participate in the BRICS summit, at Kazan Airport, Russia, on Oct. 22. Sisi has proposed a truce in the Gaza Strip aimed at securing a complete cease-fire in the territory.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 28, 2024

Egypt proposes two-day Gaza truce in hope of full cease-fire

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi did not say whether the plan involving a limited hostage exchange had been formally presented to either Israel or Hamas.
The ruins of the Ukrainian town of Vovchansk, in the Kharkiv region, approximately 5 kilometers from the border with Russia, on Sept. 25
WORLD
Oct 28, 2024

'Wiped off the face of the Earth': How Russia erased a Ukrainian city

"It barely exists anymore," said the mayor of Vovchansk, an industrial town razed by a Russian onslaught shocking even for the killing fields of eastern Ukraine.
A damaged sign at the headquarters of UNRWA following an Israeli raid in Gaza City on July 12
WORLD
Oct 29, 2024

Israel bans U.N. aid agency as its tanks trap 100,000 civilians in north Gaza

The law banning the U.N. relief agency UNRWA from operating inside Israel alarms some Western allies who fear it will worsen the humanitarian situation in Gaza.
Taiwanese flags are seen at the Ministry of National Defense of Taiwan in Taipei on Dec. 26, 2022.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 29, 2024

'Taiwan independence' explained

A brief look at the history of the island and its status in the world today.
A Palestinian girl looks through the rubble of a building after an Israeli strike in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, on Tuesday.
WORLD
Oct 30, 2024

Deadly Israeli strike in Gaza comes amid anger over U.N. agency ban

Israel's military has been conducting a sweeping air and ground assault in northern Gaza since Oct. 6.
Muhammad Ali (left) fights George Foreman in Kinshasa, in what was then known as Zaire, in a bout better known as The Rumble in the Jungle, on Oct. 30, 1974.
MORE SPORTS / Boxing
Oct 30, 2024

Rumble in the Jungle remembered after 50 years

The bout between George Foreman and Muhammad Ali is still fondly remembered in Kinshasa.
People ride scooters in heavy rain as Typhoon Kong-rey approaches Taiwan, in Yilan County on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 30, 2024

Taiwan battens down for Super Typhoon Kong-rey

The storm is expected to unleash "destructive" winds when it makes landfall on Thursday, the Central Weather Administration said.
People climb across the wreckage left by floods in Sedavi, south of Valencia, eastern Spain, on Wednesday.
WORLD
Oct 31, 2024

Spain races to save victims as floods kill 95

Heavy rain and fierce winds have lashed Spain since the beginning of the week, with up to a year's worth of rain falling in just hours in some areas.
New cars parked at Yantai port, in eastern China's Shandong province, on Oct. 21
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 31, 2024

China tells carmakers to halt investment in some EU states, sources say

New EU tariffs on Chinese-built electric vehicles have prompted retaliation from Beijing.
England captain Ben Stokes revealed that his home was recently robbed while his family was still inside.
MORE SPORTS / Cricket
Oct 31, 2024

England captain Ben Stokes' home burgled by masked robbers with family inside

The 33-year-old said his family did not come to "any physical harm."
A woman mounts a flag to a stack of cinderblocks in the aftermath of flooding from Hurricane Helene in Swannanoa, North Carolina, on Oct. 6.
WORLD / Society
Oct 31, 2024

Misinformation is turning American disasters into toxic battlegrounds

Deep political polarization, weakened trust in institutions and a lack of content moderation on social media allow false claims to flourish.
People walk among piled up cars, following floods in Sedavi, Valencia, Spain, on Thursday.
WORLD
Nov 1, 2024

Spain's floods are among Europe's worst storm disasters ever

A year's worth of rain fell in eight hours in parts of the Valencia region on Tuesday.
Police officers control traffic in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Thursday.
JAPAN
Nov 1, 2024

Fewer Halloween revelers seen in Tokyo following street drinking ban

Measures taken that include the street drinking ban to prevent problems are "beginning to produce results," Shibuya's mayor said.
Held weekly at the Red Bull Gaming Sphere in Tokyo’s Nakano Ward, Tatakai Tuesday brings together both local and visiting fighting game enthusiasts.
LIFE / Digital / ON: GAMES
Nov 2, 2024

Blood, bruises and brotherhood at Tokyo’s fighting games club

Organizers Jonathan Metoyer and Andrew Fidelis started the events to 'replicate a sense of pressure you’d feel in competitive space.'
A study has found that people with childhood experiences that could potentially cause psychological trauma are more likely to abuse elderly people.
JAPAN / Society
Nov 1, 2024

Childhood trauma raises risk of elderly abuse, Japanese study finds

People with adverse childhood experiences, such as domestic violence and neglect, are up to 7.65 times more prone to verbally or physically abusing elderly people.
Max Verstappen sits in his car while preparing for the Brazilian Grand Prix in Sao Paulo on Thursday.
MORE SPORTS / Auto Racing
Nov 1, 2024

Red Bull's Max Verstappen hits back at critics

The 27-year-old, who has not won in 10 races after dominating last season, said he listened to those who were objective and close to him and "not just there to stir."
The devastating effects of flooding on a residential area in the town of Alfafar, in Spain's eastern Valencia region, on Friday.
WORLD
Nov 2, 2024

Power mostly restored as Spain grapples with aftermath of deadly floods

Spanish rescuers battled to reach areas still cut off on Friday as the death toll rose to 205 people, most of them in Valencia.
Smoke rises following an Israeli bombardment in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, on Friday.
WORLD
Nov 2, 2024

Cease-fire hopes fade as Israel bombards Gaza and Lebanon

Prospects of a truce between Israel and its foes Hamas and Hezbollah ran aground Friday as Israeli airstrikes killed at least 68 people in the Gaza Strip.
The seaside town of Shika on the Noto Peninsula, where the local power provider, Hokuriku Electric, has been fighting for a decade to restart a nuclear power plant in the town’s center.
JAPAN / Society
Nov 2, 2024

Can quake-prone Japan ever embrace nuclear energy again?

The government, its makeup in flux after the LDP lost seats this week, will soon need to make decisions that will shape Japan's future nuclear policy.
Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, addresses Iranian students in Tehran on Saturday.
WORLD
Nov 3, 2024

Iran’s supreme leader threatens Israel with ‘crushing response’ to strikes

After years of avoiding direct military clashes, Iran and Israel have been locked in an escalating cycle of retaliation that has drawn in their allies and proxies.

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Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years