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Thai army and police (bottom) face off with Cambodian people in a disputed area along the Cambodia-Thailand border, as seen from Sa Kaeo province, on Sept. 17.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 14, 2025
Trump to attend signing of Thai-Cambodian 'peace deal'
Malaysia's foreign minister said the U.S. leader would visit Malaysia on Oct. 26 to attend the ASEAN summit in the Malaysian capital, which runs through Oct. 28.
U.S. President Donald Trump gestures next to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Ben Gurion International Airport as Trump leaves Israel en route to Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, to attend a world leaders' summit on ending the Gaza war, amid a U.S.-brokered prisoner-hostage swap and ceasefire deal, in Lod, Israel, on Monday.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Oct 14, 2025
Trump convinced Netanyahu to take a deal. Can he keep him on board?
With Israel and Hamas divided over many aspects of Trump's plan, Netanyahu's approach may shift as he attempts to keep his right-wing coalition together for next year's elections.
U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order on tariffs at the White House on April 2. Trump's protectionism is rippling through labor markets and dampening consumer demand around the world.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 14, 2025
Is the global economy as resilient as it seems?
U.S. economic expansion is losing steam as the Trump's erratic economic policies, harsh immigration tactics and cuts in social expenditures take a toll on growth and employment.
AstraZeneca CEO Pascal Soriot with U.S. President Donald Trump during an announcement about lowering U.S. drug prices, at the White House in Washington on Friday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 14, 2025
U.S. investments, and rhetoric, help AstraZeneca seal drug deal with Trump
Deal to lower drug costs for Americans and shield the drugmaker from import tariffs was the culmination of efforts stretching back to November last year, sources say.
Crowds gather as a helicopter carrying hostages freed from captivity by Hamas in Gaza arrives at Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva, Israel, on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 14, 2025
Trump hails 'tremendous day for Middle East' as leaders sign Gaza declaration
The signing came hours after Israel and Hamas exchanged hostages and prisoners.
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers a speech during the Gaza Peace Summit in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, on Monday.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 14, 2025
Trump basks in the spotlight in Egypt with harder part to come
Trump has offered a vision for a broader Middle East peace after the success of U.S.-led mediation efforts to end the fighting in Gaza. But these goals are formidable.
A container ship at the Port of Los Angeles. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has accused China of pointing a bazooka at the supply chains and the industrial base of the entire free world with its rare earth curbs.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 14, 2025
Trump and Xi spark another standoff with world economy at risk
The question now is which side blinks first.
Released Israeli hostages, twins Gali and Ziv Berman, held in Gaza since the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attack by Hamas, speak to each other after being released, as part of a prisoner-hostage swap and a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, in Reim, Israel, on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 13, 2025
Hamas hands over surviving Israeli hostages as Trump visits region
A hostage swap between the two sides is a key step in ending two years of ruinous war in Gaza under a ceasefire deal engineered by U.S. President Donald Trump.
A cargo ship full of shipping containers is seen at the port of Oakland, California, in August. U.S. President Donald Trump predicted that foreign countries would pay the price of his protectionist policies, wagering that exporters would absorb the cost to keep a foothold in the U.S. market.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 13, 2025
U.S. firms and consumers paying most for Trump's tariffs, data suggests
Trump predicted that foreign countries would pay the price of his protectionist policies, wagering that exporters would absorb the cost to keep a foothold in the U.S. market.
As horse-trading and speculation surge over who will be elected the next prime minister in parliament — the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's Sanae Takaichi or a possible candidate put forward by a unified opposition — Japan’s next leader will be confronted with a quick succession of key diplomatic events.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 13, 2025
A frenetic diplomatic schedule looms for Japan’s next leader — whomever that may be
Japanese diplomacy has landed in a precarious position following the exit of Komeito from the LDP-led ruling bloc as a spate of summits and meetings loom at the end of this month.
U.S. President Donald Trump greets Russian leader Vladimir Putin as they meet at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, on Aug. 15.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 13, 2025
Trump may approve Tomahawks for Ukraine if Russia continues war
U.S. President Donald Trump’s comments signal an openness to expanding the range of weaponry provided to Ukraine but also that he remains focused on a ceasefire.
The latest showdown underscores the difficulty for Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump to strike a trade deal.
BUSINESS
Oct 13, 2025
Xi’s red line on Trump’s export curbs threatens to upend truce
The renewed brinkmanship between China and the U.S. revives fears of a deeper rupture in global trade that could push the two economies toward partial decoupling.
U.S. President Donald Trump gives a thumbs up while boarding Air Force One, as he departs for Israel, at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Sunday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 13, 2025
Trump and Vance open door to China deal as trade spat drags on
Remarks by the two suggest that the U.S. wants to keep up the pressure on China to reverse its most recent trade moves, while trying to reassure spooked markets.
Pudong's Lujiazui Financial District on Oct. 2. While Chinese markets will get their first chance to respond on Monday, any following of the U.S. selloff may be tempered by weekend signals from the White House that it’s open to a deal.
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 13, 2025
China markets under threat from risk of renewed U.S. trade war
After Beijing unveiled curbs on the export of rare earths earlier in the week, U.S. President Donald Trump said he would put an additional 100% tariff on China from Nov. 1.
U.S. gross domestic product grew in the second quarter at the fastest pace in nearly two years.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 13, 2025
World economy faces triple risk of tariffs, AI bubble and soaring debt
Such concerns will dominate the annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank in Washington this week.
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado speaks to supporters while holding up electoral records during a rally in Caracas in August 2024. The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced on Friday she was the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 12, 2025
Machado receives the Nobel Peace Prize as Trump’s attempts to secure award fall short
Machado, as the committee put it, is known for her tireless work promoting democracy for Venezuelans and her struggle against dictatorship.
U.S. President Donald Trump addresses hundreds of American generals and admirals summoned to the Marine Corps base in Quantico, Virginia, on Sept. 30.
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Oct 12, 2025
Trump’s dealmaking diplomacy grows fragile as China fires back
The sudden, and unexpected, back-and-forth between the world’s two largest economies came just weeks ahead of a consequential meeting between the U.S. and Chinese leaders.
A container ship sails at the port in Qingdao, China, on Thursday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 12, 2025
China blames U.S. for raising trade tensions and defends rare earth curbs
Beijing's decision not to immediately respond to Trump's opening salvo could leave the door open for both countries to negotiate a deescalation.
In a ranking of the best-performing equity indexes this year, the U.S. doesn’t crack the Top 50. You need to go all the way to No. 66 before the world’s most valuable equity index shows up — one of the worst relative performances since the global financial crisis for the U.S. benchmark.
BUSINESS / Markets / FOCUS
Oct 12, 2025
A great year for U.S. stocks? Not compared with rest of the world.
The underperformance, market participants say, owes just as much to a broader shift in the mindset among foreign investors
People walk amid the destruction in Gaza City, in the northern Gaza Strip, on Saturday, a day after an Israel-Hamas ceasefire took effect.
WORLD
Oct 12, 2025
Gazans stream back home as Israel-Hamas ceasefire holds
Thousands of Palestinians streamed north along the coast of Gaza on Saturday, trekking by foot, car, and cart back to their abandoned homes as a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas appeared to be holding.
As the Osaka Expo comes to a close, what will its legacy be?
After a run-up marked by apathy, organizers soon found they had the opposite problem as crowd control became a concern.
Hypothermia in the land of the rising Sanae
Amid the election of Sanae Takaichi as Liberal Democratic Party president, and possibly the next prime minister, Japan's economy shows signs of recovery, but weak wages, a conservative corporate culture and currency issues raise doubts about a true economic thaw.
Ghost of Yotei’s bloodstained fun sidesteps Ainu identity
Ghost of Yotei, the follow-up to 2020's smash hit Ghost of Tsushima, is a violent, vengeful and engaging romp through 17th-century Hokkaido that fails to stick the landing on its most sensitive cultural material.
After ruling bloc collapses, LDP and opposition scramble to find needed votes for PM
Komeito leader Tetsuo Saito speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday after leaving the ruling coalition earlier in the day.
What if everything we think about obesity is wrong?
Recent research shows obesity may be driven by ultraprocessed and hyperpalatable foods that disrupt fullness signals and lead to overeating.
A frenetic diplomatic schedule looms for Japan’s next leader — whomever that may be
As horse-trading and speculation surge over who will be elected the next prime minister in parliament — the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's Sanae Takaichi or a possible candidate put forward by a unified opposition — Japan’s next leader will be confronted with a quick succession of key diplomatic events.
Ghost of Yotei’s bloodstained fun sidesteps Ainu identity
Ghost of Yotei, the follow-up to 2020's smash hit Ghost of Tsushima, is a violent, vengeful and engaging romp through 17th-century Hokkaido that fails to stick the landing on its most sensitive cultural material.
At Osaka Expo, gas giants promote a greener future. But is it a lot of hot air?
The Gas Pavilion had welcomed around 500,000 visitors by the end of August, making it one of the most popular exhibits at the Osaka Expo.
‘Takaichi trade’ starts unwinding as political calculus upended by Komeito exit
Less than a week ago, Sanae Takaichi seemed set to become Japan's first female prime minister.
‘Save the Ring’ calls intensify as Osaka Expo’s end nears
Visitors lounge on the grassy hill on the top of the Grand Ring during the 2025 Osaka Expo in the city of Osaka in May.

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