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A woman holds a sign during a protest outside Disneyland after Jimmy Kimmel's late-night talk show was suspended for remarks he made regarding Charlie Kirk's assassination, in Anaheim, California, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 22, 2025
Disney’s Kimmel suspension shows Trump’s increasing grip over media
The suspension has intensified free-speech fears in the U.S. as FCC chair Brendan Carr threatened to revoke broadcast licenses from stations that carry what he called "garbage."
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung speaks during an interview at the Presidential Office in Seoul on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 22, 2025
South Korea's President Lee says U.S. investment demands would spark financial crisis
In an interview on Friday, Lee also spoke about Seoul's neighbors, its relations with the U.S. and the immigration raid that detained hundreds of Koreans.
Media mogul Lachlan Murdoch (L) and his wife Sarah at the White House in 2019. U.S. President Donald Trump says that Murdoch and business leaders Larry Ellison and Michael Dell will be involved in an upcoming deal to keep TikTok operating in the U.S.
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 22, 2025
Lachlan Murdoch, Michael Dell, Ellison involved in TikTok deal, Trump says
The proposed investors would give Trump influence over an app that helps shape public discourse on politics and culture with its 170 million U.S. users.
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks to reporters alongside President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington on Sept. 15.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 21, 2025
Trump publicly urges U.S. Justice Department to charge his enemies
The U.S. president is demanding action against two Democrats who have been accused by Trump ally of mortgage fraud.
The Pentagon is mandating that journalists agree to release only pre-approved information about the military or lose their credentials to cover the Pentagon.
WORLD
Sep 21, 2025
Pentagon limits journalists’ access to military information
The new rule — part of an updated press credentialing process presented to news organizations this week — came in a memo by Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media at the White House on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 21, 2025
Trump shapes immigration gilded age with $100,000 H-1B fee
The U.S. president also unveiled a "Gold Card” visa program — where for the price of $1 million, individuals could get U.S. residency.
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with European leaders at the White House in Washington on Aug. 18.
WORLD
Sep 20, 2025
After diplomatic blitz on Ukraine and Gaza, Trump moves to passenger seat
In recent weeks, Trump has allowed and in some cases pressed allies to take the lead, with only distant promises of U.S. help.
A security officer stands guard at the Security Council Chamber at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City on Thursday.
WORLD
Sep 20, 2025
Trump to return to the U.N. as Gaza and Ukraine conflicts rage
The U.S. leader will speak on Tuesday, eight months into a second term marked by U.S. foreign aid cuts that have raised questions about the U.N.'s future.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about trade at the Granite City Works steel coil warehouse in Granite City, Illinois, in July 2018.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 20, 2025
Trump officials used 'golden share' to block U.S. Steel from stopping work at plant
The move highlighed the federal government’s continued influence over an iconic American firm after approving its takeover by Nippon Steel.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 20, 2025
Trump to impose $100,000 fee per year for H-1B visas, in likely blow to tech
Trump's threat to crack down on H-1B visas has become a major flash point with the tech industry, which contributed millions of dollars to his presidential campaign.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Chequers, in Aylesbury, central England, on Thursday.
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Sep 20, 2025
Trump’s economic team is short some key players amid staff churn
Vacancies stretch across agencies from the Internal Revenue Service to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, both of which are without permanent leaders.
New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a news conference in New York in February 2024.
WORLD
Sep 20, 2025
Top U.S. prosecutor overseeing Letitia James case resigns after Trump threat
Trump said he had soured on Erik Siebert after learning that Virginia's two Democratic U.S. senators supported his nomination.
A screen grab from video posted to U.S. President Donald Trump's Truth Social account shows what he said is a U.S. military strike on a boat carrying alleged drug traffickers in the Caribbean Sea on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 20, 2025
Trump says U.S. struck alleged drug vessel in latest operation
The latest strike — at least the third against alleged drug vessels — comes amid a large U.S. military buildup in the southern Caribbean.
Then-Taiwanese Vice Foreign Minister Alexander Yui — who is currently the island's de facto ambassador to the U.S. — speaks during a news conference in Taipei in July 2023.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 20, 2025
Trump intelligence advisers met with Taiwanese official
The meeting with Alexander Yui, Taiwan's de facto U.S. ambassador, amounted to one of the higher-level Taiwan-U.S. contacts to date during Trump's second term.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, a Republican from South Dakota, speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 20, 2025
Trump predicts U.S. government could ‘very well’ shut down on Oct. 1
The prospect of a shutdown increased after Senate Republicans and Democrats earlier Friday each blocked rival plans to provide temporary funding.
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at a Group of 20 summit in the city of Osaka in June 2019.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 20, 2025
Trump and Xi make progress on TikTok deal and plan to meet in South Korea
The two leaders are now scheduled to meet on the sidelines of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in South Korea in six weeks.
A view of the city skyline in Shanghai. Threats to the global economic order have come at a furious pace during U.S. President Donald Trump's first eight months in office, but the global economy has kept growing.
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Sep 19, 2025
Global economy takes Trump shocks in stride, for now
While many players worry that things could still unravel given the right spark, it is a far cry from the most dour predictions early in Trump's term.
The Senate approved U.S. President Donald Trump's 48 nominees for diplomatic, military and other administration positions on Thursday after Republicans changed the rules.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 19, 2025
As U.S. Senate goes 'nuclear,' dozens of Trump nominees are confirmed
A Senate rules change means the majority can move large groups of nominees in one package for votes on confirmation, instead of voting on them one at a time.
U.S. President Donald Trump insisted he was committed to ending the war in Ukraine and repeatedly expressed his frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 19, 2025
Trump says Putin ‘let me down’ and allies must stop buying Russian oil
While Trump said he’d be willing to consider other efforts to punish Putin, he signaled such moves would be contingent on allies ending purchases of Russian energy.
Walt Disney-owned ABC said on Wednesday it is pulling "Jimmy Kimmel Live" off the air, after the comedian weighed in on how U.S. President Donald Trump and his supporters were reacting to the assassination of Republican activist Charlie Kirk
BUSINESS
Sep 19, 2025
Kimmel suspension is latest victory in Trump media war
The U.S. leader said the nation's media regulator has every right to pull the broadcast licenses of stations that run content he doesn’t like.
New ‘immigration minister’ post signals Takaichi Cabinet’s priorities
Kimi Onoda, economic security minister and minister for harmonious coexistence with foreign nationals, arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Rare female yakuza walks path to redemption in Japan
Retired yakuza Mako Nishimura sorts fallen leaves during a clean-up activity at the Gifu Gokoku shrine in Gifu Prefecture on Sept. 28.
Takaichi to put defense push in spotlight in bid to satiate Trump demands
Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force personnel march during the joint multinational exercise Garuda Shield 2025 at the Baturaja combat training center in Lampung, Indonesia, last month.
Bear kills another person in Japan in record year for fatal attacks
Police investigate at the scene of a bear attack that killed one person and injured three others on Friday in the village of Higashinaruse in Akita Prefecture.
Takaichi focuses on economic and security concerns in first policy speech
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi delivers her first policy speech in the Lower House in Tokyo on Friday.
Stars align for Kim-Trump meeting — but any talks will be on N.K. leader’s terms
A South Korean soldier stands next to a TV broadcasting a news report about a possible summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump, at the main railway station in Seoul on Wednesday.
New ‘immigration minister’ post signals Takaichi Cabinet’s priorities
Kimi Onoda, economic security minister and minister for harmonious coexistence with foreign nationals, arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Number of suicide cases among students in Japan hits record high in 2024
The health ministry's Suicide White Paper for 2024 has found that numbers for both men and women peak at age 21, with “concerns over future career paths” being identified as the most likely cause.
The newly formed LDP-JIP coalition may not be as solid as it seems
Ruling Liberal Democratic Party President Sanae Takaichi and Japan Innovation Party leader Hirofumi Yoshimura sign a policy agreement between the two parties at the Diet in Tokyo on Monday.
AI-optimized cybercrime increasingly targeting Japan
A recent cyberattack on brewer Asahi Group Holdings resulted in the company suspending shipments.

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