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The Esports World Cup 2025 at Boulevard City Arena in Riyadh on Aug. 2. Saudi Arabia is focusing on gaming as part of a national strategy to create tens of thousands of new jobs and diversify the kingdom’s economy away from oil.
BUSINESS
Sep 30, 2025

Saudi plans for video game hub grow with $55 billion EA deal

The kingdom’s Public Investment Fund is part of a group of investors acquiring the video game giant to take it private.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands at a joint news conference in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington on Monday.
WORLD / FOCUS
Sep 30, 2025

Trump’s pro-Israel Gaza plan seen as unlikely to win over Hamas

The key question of the proposal is whether the leaders of Hamas feel sufficiently defeated and pressured to finally accept an offer they have long rejected.
German Chancellor and the leader of Germany's Christian Democratic Union Friedrich Merz addresses the media in Duesseldorf, Germany, on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 30, 2025

Merz's ambitions for Germany's role in EU put him at odds with von der Leyen

The German chancellor is trying to tug power back to Berlin, publicly rebuking the European Union’s top executive on issues like trade, the EU budget, green policy and defense.
Climbers on Mount Fuji's Yoshida Trail in July 2024
JAPAN
Sep 30, 2025

Yamanashi Prefecture doubles Mount Fuji revenue to ¥590 million

This year the prefecture doubled the entrance fee for the mountain’s most popular route — the Yoshida Trail — from ¥2,000 to ¥4,000.
With the average farmer in Japan over 65, the agricultural sector, like others, faces the challenge of demographic decline as an aging workforce strains productivity and growth.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 30, 2025

Graying Japan needs both globalization and immigration

Japan has the highest ratio of elderly to working-age people in the world — over 50% — meaning there are only two workers for every person over 64.
Armenia’s Defense Minister Suren Papikyan (left), Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun (right) and Cambodia’s Defense Minister Tea Seiha meet at the Beijing Xiangshan Forum in Beijing on Sept. 18.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 30, 2025

Peace broker and arms supplier: China’s dual roles in a deadly conflict

The five-day war between Cambodia and Thailand in late June killed 40 people, including civilians, and displaced hundreds of thousands.
In his second bid for the presidency, farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi has toned down his rhetoric, avoiding controversial proposals for social and labor reform and pledging instead to carry on the work of previous administrations.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 30, 2025

Why Koizumi is toning down his calls for reform

The political scion's unsuccessful bid for the Liberal Democratic Party presidency last year may be influencing his shift in strategy this time.
A woman visits an exhibition of North Korean art at a museum in Moscow on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 30, 2025

A secret no more: Russia and North Korea's battle against Ukraine is celebrated in Moscow exhibit

For months, Russia and North Korea sought to keep secret the role Pyongyang's soldiers played in helping Moscow push Ukrainians out of Kursk in western Russia.
A general view of Kabul on Tuesday following a nation-wide telecom outage
WORLD
Oct 1, 2025

'I couldn't reach them': Afghans abroad despair at blackout

The internet blackout spells worse conditions for those living in one of the world's poorest countries after having already endured decades of conflict.
Former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair in London on Sept. 3, 2024. Blair's reputation is forever sullied by his decision to back former U.S. President George W. Bush's 2003 invasion of Iraq.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 1, 2025

Tony Blair's return to Middle East diplomacy reopens old wounds and new doubts

His decision to back former U.S. President George W. Bush's 2003 invasion of Iraq forever sullied his reputation.
Labor union members hold placards on the day of a rally in support of federal workers during a rush hour protest outside the L'Enfant Plaza Metro Station in Washington on March 24.
BUSINESS
Oct 1, 2025

U.S. government faces brain drain as 154,000 federal workers exit this week

The loss of expertise is making it harder for many agencies to carry out their work and serve the American public.
Harvard University had signaled last month that they were open to investing roughly $500 million in workforce programs as part of a deal with the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump.
WORLD
Oct 1, 2025

Trump says U.S. close to finalizing $500 million Harvard deal

Harvard and the administration have been locked in a monthslong standoff over billions of dollars of federal funding to the Ivy League institution.
A U.S. flag is illuminated in a doorway of the otherwise empty rotunda at the U.S. Capitol in the hours before a partial government shutdown in Washington on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 1, 2025

U.S. government shutdown begins after Congress fails to reach deal

The shutdown comes as deep partisan divisions in Washington have raised fears regarding the length and consequences of the halt.
Marubeni Ennex tanks in Chiba Prefecture
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 1, 2025

Marubeni to lift Japan power business with new trading firm

The company’s power retail arm and its U.K.-based energy trading unit SmartestEnergy will each hold a 50% stake in the newly-formed venture.
The Pokemon mascot Pikachu wearing a Chicago Cubs jersey attends the Tokyo Series at Tokyo Dome in March. As the world rediscovers Japan, it’s learning that many preconceptions no longer apply.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 1, 2025

Is Japan finally back? That’s the wrong question.

Almost three decades after prices first fell into negative territory, they’ve now risen every month for the past four years.
A supporter of the far-right Freedom and Direct Democracy party reacts during a demonstration against the Czech government in Prague on Sept. 27. Across Europe, far-right parties have made gains in recent years as the war in Ukraine and economic downturn worries voters.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 1, 2025

From Prague to Budapest, frustrated voters dwell on migration and Ukraine war

Ahead of the Czech election, voters in European Union member states Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia voiced their opinions.
Ukrainian soldiers walk past a damaged apartment building, amid Russia's war against Ukraine, in the front-line city of Kramatorsk, Ukraine, on Sept. 10.
WORLD
Oct 1, 2025

Ukraine's front-line cities filled with dread and defiance

Thousands of unmanned aerial vehicles hover above more than 1,000 kilometers of front lines in Ukraine's east and south at any one time.
Destruction in Gaza City, in the Gaza Strip, on Monday. Israel has been seeking to destroy Hamas for almost two years, devastating Gaza in the process.
WORLD
Oct 2, 2025

Hamas pressed by Arab and Muslim states to accept Trump’s Gaza plan

The leaders apparently see Israel’s campaign in Gaza and the assertion of military hegemony over the Middle East as a threat to their own national security.
Smartphones help passengers pass the time on a train near Toyoake, an industrial suburb of Nagoya.
JAPAN
Oct 2, 2025

Can this city make residents put down their smartphones?

The ordinance, which was approved in a 12-7 vote by the city assembly last week, is largely symbolic, but there is heavy social pressure in Japan to follow official guidelines.
Plotter's signature customizable leather binder is just one of many products contributing to the ongoing boom in the popularity of Japanese stationery.
LIFE / Style & Design
Oct 2, 2025

Tokyo's newest stationery store sells 'a slower, more human rhythm'

After years of selling its products in third-party stores, Japanese brand Plotter has officially opened a dedicated storefront in Tokyo.
Search and rescue operations continue for victims trapped under the rubble of a collapsed school, in Sidoarjo, East Java province, Indonesia, on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 2, 2025

Five survivors pulled from collapsed school in Indonesia as rescuers race against time

Part of the multistory boarding school, in the town of Sidoarjo on the island of Java, gave way suddenly as students gathered for afternoon prayers.
A group of ships of the Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza are shown moored at the small island of Koufonisi, south of the island of Crete, on Sept. 26
WORLD / Society
Oct 2, 2025

Israeli military intercepts several Gaza-bound aid boats in international waters

The Global Sumud Flotilla, transporting medicine and food to Gaza, consists of more than 40 civilian boats with about 500 parliamentarians, lawyers and activists.
"My children cried all night from hunger. I boiled grass and gave it to them just to keep them quiet," said Ajib Bahar, 38, from a refugee camp in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Oct 2, 2025

Myanmar's war-torn Rakhine state grappling with hunger crisis, aid groups say

More than 100,000 children are suffering from acute malnutrition, with less than 2% able to access treatment, according to data provided by aid workers.
People react near where an attack took place in which a car was driven at pedestrians and stabbings were reported near Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Crumpsall in north Manchester, Britain, on Thursday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 3, 2025

Two dead in attack at U.K. synagogue on Yom Kippur, with suspect shot dead

The suspect, who was wearing what appeared to be a vest with an explosive device, was shot dead at the scene by armed officers.
A protester holds a placard that reads "Free the Sumud Flotilla" during a protest to condemn Israel's interception of the vessels of the Global Sumud Flotilla, at the Place de la Republique in Paris, on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 3, 2025

Israel intercepts last Gaza flotilla boat and begins deportations

The Global Sumud Flotilla, the organizer of the voyage to bring aid to the Gaza Strip, said that more than 450 volunteers had been detained.
A woman collects flour from the ground as Palestinians receive aid supplies from the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in the central Gaza Strip in August.
WORLD
Oct 3, 2025

Aid after Gaza: What is the future of the humanitarian system?

"What's happening in Gaza sets an incredibly dangerous precedent for humanitarian crises globally," said Save the Children's global policy lead.
Young people from Okinawa in the Kansai region dance during the first Eisa festival in Osaka’s Taisho Ward in September 1975.
JAPAN / Society / Regional Voices: Okinawa
Oct 20, 2025

Taking pride in its Okinawan roots, Osaka’s Eisa festival marks 50th year

The festival celebrating the traditional Okinawan summer dance was created for young workers to resist discrimination and reclaim pride in their roots.
Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya (center) with other parliament members from the party
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 3, 2025

What’s driving the far-right voters who shook Japanese politics

Sanseito’s slogan is "Japanese First,” and it campaigned on a mix of tax cutting, vaccine skepticism and restrictions on immigration and foreign investment.
With six people having been in a car that rolled over in Nabari, Mie Prefecture, the minivehicle may have exceeded its seating capacity of five when it crashed, according to the police.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 3, 2025

Minivehicle rolls over in Mie Prefecture, killing five aboard

With six people having been in the car, the minivehicle may have exceeded its seating capacity of five when it crashed, according to the police.
A Boeing 777X at Boeing Field in Seattle
BUSINESS
Oct 3, 2025

Boeing 777X to slide into 2027, driving billions in charges

The jet, already six years late, is of major strategic and financial importance to Boeing in its duel with Airbus for a bigger slice of the lucrative long-haul market.
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
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.
Chinese national sentenced for hit-and-run that injured four children in Saitama
A Saitama district court sentenced Deng Hongpeng, a Chinese national and demolition worker, to two years and six months in prison, suspended for four years, for hitting a group of elementary school children with his car and fleeing the scene while driving under the influence.
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 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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