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State-owned giants in China such as Sinopec and PetroChina have canceled some Russian cargoes in the wake of U.S. sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil last month, according to traders.
BUSINESS
Nov 3, 2025

Russian oil finds fewer takers in China after hit from sanctions

The U.S. and its allies are ratcheting up sanctions on both Russian producers and their customers in a bid to stop the war by choking off Moscow’s oil revenues.
Wopke Hoekstra, climate commissioner of the European Union, during a news conference on the "EU's New Strategy To Shape A Global Clean And Resilient Transition" in Brussels on Oct. 16.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Nov 3, 2025

Trump pivot is a ‘watershed moment’ for climate, says EU’s Hoekstra

While calling the U.S. absence from COP30 as a "watershed moment," the EU’s climate chief pointed to the continuing engagement of many U.S. governors and mayors on climate issues.
Blue Jays designated hitter Bo Bichette hits a three-run home run against the Dodgers in the third inning during Game 7 of the 2025 MLB World Series at Rogers Centre in Toronto on Saturday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 3, 2025

Bo Bichette heads MLB free agent list after World Series

Bichette hit a three-run homer to put the Blue Jays ahead early in Game 7 on Saturday but the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied for a 5-4 win in 11 innings.
An instructor touches up a mannequin in a coffin during a funeral administration class at the Busan Institute of Science and Technology in Busan.
BUSINESS
Nov 3, 2025

Death becomes a growing business in aging, lonely South Korea

Single-person households now account for around 42% of all homes in South Korea, giving rise to a new profession: cleaners called in to clean homes after their occupants have died.
The capital city's Harajuku district in December 2024. Tokyo’s “coolest” neighborhood is subjective and constantly shifting, as the city’s appeal lies in its diversity of areas, each offering a unique mix of trends, culture and hidden gems.
COMMENTARY
Nov 3, 2025

Tokyo’s coolest neighborhood? There isn’t one.

Tokyo can’t be reduced to a single trendy suburb: What’s appealing is precisely the incongruity of its locales.
Vladimir Putin's crackdown on dissent mirrors the repressive tactics of Peter the Great and Josef Stalin, using fear and fabricated charges to suppress opposition amid the ongoing war in Ukraine.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 3, 2025

In Russia, enemies are everywhere

The number of terrorism-related cases opened in Russia has soared since the country’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, with convictions also rising,
Bill Gates speaks at a summit on climate and growth at the Bercy Finance Ministry in Paris in December 2023. Gates has recently shifted his stance on climate change, advocating for a focus on adapting to a warmer world rather than pursuing emissions reductions.
COMMENTARY
Nov 2, 2025

Bill Gates is wrong to quiet-quit the climate fight

He says he’s still in it. But his heart no longer appears to be. Worse, he’s giving ammunition to those fighting against further progress.
Believing that human-like AI can think or feel is a growing danger, and we must stop designing systems that encourage that illusion.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 3, 2025

Seemingly conscious artificial intelligence is coming soon

The more that AI is built explicitly to resemble people, the farther it will have strayed from its true potential as a source of human empowerment.
A tanker truck bearing the Air Liquide SA logo travels along a road in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy
Nov 3, 2025

The world’s biggest consumers of electricity are hidden in plain sight

There’s an industry that consumes even more power than many tech giants, and it has largely escaped the same scrutiny: suppliers of industrial gases.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Saturday. Takaichi said she is prepared to “act boldly” to create a breakthrough and resolve the abductions issue with North Korea “without ruling out any options.”
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 3, 2025

Takaichi says she told North Korea of desire for summit with Kim

The new Japanese leader’s remarks echo those of her predecessors and come as time runs out for families of Japanese nationals abducted by Pyongyang decades ago.
Waseda University in Tokyo
JAPAN
Nov 3, 2025

More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English

Many university officials in Japan believe bringing an international environment onto campus is a cheaper, safer way to produce highly skilled graduates.
Buildings said to be a scam hub in southeast Myanmar as seen from across the border, in Tak, Thailand, on Feb. 21. Cybercrime hubs in Myanmar, Cambodia and elsewhere in Southeast Asia are part of a sprawling criminal enterprise that has stolen tens of billions of dollars from victims worldwide.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 3, 2025

How an accused kingpin built an empire from Cambodia to London

Chen Zhi had cultivated for himself an image of legitimacy. That's now unraveling, after the U.S. and U.K. accused him of running a transnational criminal ring.
Cyber-enabled heists rely on social engineering and a knowledge of how the industry works, allowing hackers successfully pass as insiders, according to Proofpoint.
WORLD
Nov 3, 2025

Hackers and crime rings are teaming up to steal cargo, cyber firm says

Such crimes can create massive disruptions to supply chains and cost companies billions, with criminals stealing everything from energy drinks to electronics.
Dodgers two-way player Shohei Ohtani and his wife, Mamiko, acknowledge the crowd during the World Series championship parade at downtown Los Angeles.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 4, 2025

Ohtani teases 'three-peat' as Dodgers parade draws Los Angeles crowds

Blue and white confetti showered fans as players rode by atop double-decker buses.
The Cape Town International Convention Center in South Africa
WORLD / Politics
Nov 4, 2025

G20 taskforce calls for global panel to tackle ‘inequality emergency’

The taskforce established by South Africa’s president says that wealth disparities disrupt democracy and cause economic instability.
Japanese companies have raised $132 billion in foreign-currency bond and loan deals arranged by banks so far in 2025, up 56% from a year earlier.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 4, 2025

Japan’s $132 billion borrowing binge reshapes global credit

Underscoring the unprecedented shift onto the global stage, annual overseas note issuance is on course to exceed debt sales in yen for the first time ever.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and then-Economic Revitalization Minister Ryosei Akazawa shake hands on the day they visit the U.S. pavilion at Expo 2025 in Osaka in July.
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Nov 4, 2025

The top U.S. court can't stop all of Trump's tariffs. Deal with it, officials say.

Under one legal authority or another, Trump's tariffs are expected to stay in place long-term.
The United States is expected to push for action against seven vessels suspected of violating United Nations sanctions against North Korea.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 4, 2025

U.S. wants U.N. sanctions on seven vessels over North Korea exports

A U.S. official said the seven vessels have illegally exported North Korean coal and iron ore to China, which could earn Pyongyang hundreds of millions of dollars a year.
London-based composer Dai Fujikura speaks during an interview in London on Oct. 6.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Nov 4, 2025

Hokusai-themed opera 'The Great Wave' to premiere in Scotland

The opera is the latest work by London-based composer Dai Fujikura and is a joint production with Scotland's Scottish Opera.
"She has a good vision,” says Masahiro Kihara, CEO of Mizuho Financial Group, referring to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's pro-growth policies.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 4, 2025

Mizuho's CEO says he sees policy tailwinds from Takaichi and BOJ

Masahiro Kihara said Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi had "good vision," referring to her policy initiatives, while the central bank has "room for another hike or two.”
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi shakes hands with Lin Hsin-i, Taiwan’s presidential adviser, on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Saturday in this image posted to Takaichi's official X account.
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 4, 2025

Takaichi’s balancing act: Supporting Taiwan and stabilizing China ties

Sanae Takaichi has appeared to allay fears of a more hawkish approach to Beijing, but her open support for deepening ties with Taiwan could complicate the relationships.
Yo Okutani holds a bear repellent spray he developed at Biosiense in Anan, Tokushima Prefecture, last month.
JAPAN
Nov 4, 2025

Tokushima company develops bear repellent spray amid record attack numbers

The spray is a rare domestic product in a market dominated by imported options.
A partial view of one of the entrances at the City Park of the COP30, the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Belem, Brazil, taken on Tuesday
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Nov 4, 2025

Trees, targets and trillions: What’s on the agenda at COP30?

This year’s U.N. climate summit promises to be symbolic, marking a decade since the Paris Agreement and taking place in the environmentally vulnerable Amazon.
Nintendo raised its Switch 2 sales forecast, boosting confidence in the console's strong momentum.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 4, 2025

Nintendo now expects to sell 19 million Switch 2 consoles by March

The company reported an operating profit of ¥88.25 billion and revenue of ¥527.2 billion in the September quarter, both beating a consensus of analyst estimates.
U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney speaks at the American Conservative Union's 2008 Conservative Political Action Conference at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, on Feb. 7, 2008.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 4, 2025

Dick Cheney, powerful former U.S. vice president who pushed for Iraq War, dies at 84

Cheney died Monday night from complications of pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease, his family said.
A woman carrying a child stands next to her damaged house, in the aftermath of an earthquake, in Samangan province, Afghanistan, on Tuesday.
WORLD
Nov 5, 2025

Reeling from earthquakes, Afghans fear coming winter

Survivors of a powerful earthquake that turned homes into rubble are now wondering where they can find shelter from pouring rain and cold temperatures.
People from various countries who were working in the KK Park compound in Myanmar and crossed into Thailand via the Moei river, board a vehicle on Oct. 24 as Thai soldiers keep watch.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Nov 5, 2025

Myanmar scam hub sweep triggers fraudster recruitment rush

Online scam hubs have mushroomed across Southeast Asia, draining victims of billions of dollars annually in elaborate romance and crypto cons.
Japan’s benchmark Nikkei stock average index briefly tumbled more than 2,000 points on Wednesday morning following a downbeat session on Wall Street fueled by fears of a bubble in the artificial intelligence sector.
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 5, 2025

Japan’s Nikkei 225 slumps 4%, led by losses in tech sector

Chip-related stocks faced strong selling pressure following overnight falls in U.S. high-tech shares, amid growing caution over recent sharp gains in AI-related equities.
Kirin Holdings employees with disabilities attend a session held in September on the use of IT support tools.
JAPAN / Society / FOCUS
Nov 5, 2025

Japanese firms boost support for workers with disabilities

Most public programs prioritize job placement for those with disabilities, leaving gaps in ongoing workplace support that analysts say is crucial for long-term employment.
Tsunami threat passes following magnitude 6.9 quake off Iwate
A tsunami advisory was issued for Iwate Prefecture on Sunday evening following a strong earthquake. The advisory was later called off, after waves measuring 20 centimeters were recorded in some areas.
The Toyota buyout is a major test for Japan’s reforms
Akio Toyoda, chairman of Toyota Motor, speaks during a media preview at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo on Oct. 29. Minority investors are challenging the carmaker's bid to take affiliate Toyota Industries Corp. private.
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.
Takaichi plans pay cuts for herself and her ministers
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi chats with her Cabinet members in parliament in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Mother of Thai girl forced into sex work in Tokyo detained in Taiwan
The Metropolitan Police Department headquarters in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward
Jenson Button brings end to an illustrious racing career intertwined with Japan
Jenson Button races for Honda during the Singapore Grand Prix in September 2008.
Cleanliness gets competitive at Tokyo’s Spogomi world cup
On Oct. 29, teams from 33 qualifying countries scoured the streets of Shibuya for all manners of trash as part of the Spogomi litter-picking competition.
Jon Homewood: ‘There’s beauty in what we throw away’
After a peripatetic childhood around the world, teacher and artist Jon Homewood ended up coming to Japan in 2012 for a professional opportunity.
Yokozuna duo Onosato and Hoshoryu poised for another clash of titans
Yokozuna duo Onosato (right) and Hoshoryu clash for the title on the final day of the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament on Sept. 28 at Ryogoku Kokugikan.
High-speed rail is expensive and difficult, but seen as a key to growth
Achal Khare, former managing director at India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation, gives a presentation during the IHRA Forum 2025 in Tokyo on Oct. 23.

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