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A volunteer recruit listens to an instructor as she learns how to dig trenches during military training in Braniewo, Poland, on June 24.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 14, 2025
Fearful of Russia, Poles flock to receive military training
More than 20,000 Poles signed up for voluntary military training in the first seven months of 2025.
Ionut Mosteanu
WORLD
Sep 14, 2025
Drone breaches Romanian airspace during Russian attack on Ukraine
Defense Minister Ionut Mosteanu said F-16 pilots came close to taking down the drone as it was flying very low before it left national airspace toward Ukraine.
NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe Gen. Alexus G. Grynkewich speaks during a news conference on the violation of Polish airspace by Russian drones, at the NATO headquarters in Brussels on Friday.
WORLD
Sep 13, 2025
NATO to beef up defense of Europe's eastern flank after Poland drone incursions
Poland's drone shootdown was the first known action of its kind by a NATO member during Russia's war in Ukraine.
Local residents walk across a bridge as smoke rises following Russian drone and missile strikes in Kyiv on Sept. 7.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 13, 2025
U.S. urges G7 and EU to impose tariffs on China and India over Russian oil
Washington is also calling for a legal pathway to seize immobilized sovereign Russian assets and using the principle of those assets to fund Ukraine’s defense.
Attendees visit the BYD stand at an auto show in Munich, Germany, on Tuesday
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 12, 2025
'Why not?' Europeans warming up to Chinese electric cars
At the IAA auto fair in Munich this week, Chinese EV makers were out in force, highlighting the determination of the fast-growing car giants to make inroads into Europe.
This damaged drone was found in a field near the eastern Polish village of Czosnowka on Wednesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 11, 2025
Lessons for NATO after Putin sends drones over Poland
The U.S. and Europe have a lot to learn from Russia’s warning shot.
Members of the Italian Red Cross speak to each other outside a reception center for migrants, in Lampedusa, Italy, on Aug. 15
WORLD
Sep 9, 2025
Falling migration fails to quell EU clampdown calls
Asylum requests to the European Union fell by 23% in the first six months of 2025, driven by a huge drop in Syrians seeking protection, new data showed.
The Sau Reservoir in Vilanova de Sau in Catalonia, an area of Spain that has been suffering from drought, on Aug. 25
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Sep 9, 2025
Drought hit over half of Europe in mid-August, EU data shows
More than three quarters of Portugal was affected by drought, with the country also experiencing devastating wildfires.
China, led by firms like BYD and CATL, dominates green tech, which is forcing the EU to choose between defensive policies or collaboration on clean trade and investment to advance climate goals.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 7, 2025
Can Europe and China forge a climate connection?
Europe should forge a shared competitiveness agenda with China, which would allow it to use its strengths.
German soldiers unload the U.S.-made MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missile system in Jasionka, Poland, in January 2023.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 7, 2025
Europe’s military limits show why it’s desperate for U.S. help
The U.S. provides most of NATO’s intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, including satellites.
Scorched land following a wildfire in the village of San Vicente de Leira, in Galicia, Spain, on Aug. 21
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Sep 5, 2025
How Europe lost an area the size of Cyprus to wildfires this year
Climate change is playing a major role in Europe, the world's fastest-warming continent, as searing heat and drought fueled this summer’s blazes.
U.S. President Donald Trump displays a photo of himself with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Oval Office on Aug. 22.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 5, 2025
Putin sees only U.S. weakness in Ukraine
Few Ukrainians swallow the enthusiastic talk in the West about security zones and U.S. guarantees.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (left) and French President Emmanuel Macron speak during a news conference following the Coalition of the Willing Summit, at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, on Thursday.
WORLD
Sep 5, 2025
26 nations vow to give Ukraine postwar security guarantees, Macron says
A meeting of the "coalition of the willing" was intended to finalize security guarantees for Ukraine and ask U.S. President Donald Trump for backing.
The plane transporting European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and her staff lifts off from the tarmac of Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, in Mihail Kogalniceanu, near Constanta, Romania, on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 2, 2025
GPS system of EU chief's plane jammed, with Russian interference suspected
The EU did not address the question of whether it believe European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's airplane had been deliberately targeted.
French President Emmanuel Macron, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz during a photo session in The Hague on June 25
WORLD / Politics
Aug 27, 2025
French, German and Polish leaders to visit Moldova in show of force to Russia
The leaders will meet Moldova's President Maia Sandu to celebrate the country's 34th independence day as she pushes for EU membership.
A wildfire burns in Garano, northwestern Spain, on Monday.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Aug 27, 2025
Record wildfires burn more than 1 million hectares of EU land this year
Spain and Portugal have been worst hit and together accounted for around two-thirds of the EU's burnt area.
A worker operates machinery at a sawmill in Sundsvall, Sweden
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 26, 2025
Tariff uncertainty leaves European companies with tough decisions
There are difficult conversations with American customers about pricing and hard choices to be made about where to invest in.
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks next to U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Terry Cole, Administrator of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), during the signing of executive orders by U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on Monday.
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 26, 2025
U.S. weighing sanctions on EU officials implementing Digital Services Act
The law aims to make the online environment safer, in part by compelling tech giants to tackle illegal content such as hate speech and child sexual abuse material.
A billboard displays an ad for the German armed forces in Berlin on Wednesday. The advertising slogan reads: "Standing up for our democracy. Every morning."
WORLD / FOCUS
Aug 24, 2025
Germany is one step closer to reviving military conscription
A law headed for Cabinet approval on Wednesday seeks to boost Bundeswehr recruitment to help deter Russia and defend European allies.
The Port of Los Angeles. A U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said European carmakers could see relief from the current U.S. tariffs within "hopefully weeks."
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 22, 2025
EU pushes for reduced U.S. auto tariffs to apply retroactively from Aug. 1
The statement came as the partners set out details of a framework trade deal struck in July.
SDF spots China’s biggest aircraft carrier for first time
The Fujian aircraft carrier is seen in Shanghai in May 2024 as it leaves for its first sea trial.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Is America ready for Japanese-style 7-Elevens?
Convenience stores are a fixture of Japanese life and 7-Eleven, a chain that began in the U.S. in 1927, opened its first store in Japan in 1974 — and then became wholly Japanese-owned in 2005 through parent company Seven & I Holdings.
Final weeks of World Expo in Osaka likely to see large crowds
With one month left to go, crowds are expected to swell at the World Expo in Osaka during its final weeks.
Japan's elderly population down at around 36.2 million
The estimated number of people age 65 or older in Japan stands at 36.19 million as of Monday, accounting for record 29.4% of the country's total population, according to the internal affairs ministry.
Strikes on Qatar and Poland shake U.S. sway among friend and foe
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Museum of the Bible in Washington on Sept. 8. Israeli strikes in Qatar and Russian drone incursions into Poland have challenged the U.S. leaders claims of global respect.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.
As Manila modernizes its military, new opportunities emerge for Tokyo
A Brahmos missile system is displayed during a rehearsal for a military parade in New Delhi in January. The Philippines will soon receive its second batch of the supersonic cruise missiles from India.

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