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Alternative for Germany's Jan Wenzel Schmidt (right), a member of Germany's lower house of parliament, sings a tabooed verse of the German national anthem, together with Stefano Forte (third from right), president of the New York Young Republican Club, at a club in New York City, on Oct. 2.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 31, 2025
On the rise in Germany, far-right AfD deepens ties to Trump administration
The party has held meetings with senior U.S. State Department officials in recent months.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has been among the most active opponents of Trump’s policies and is considering running for president in 2028.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 27, 2025
Harris and Newsom begin jockeying for 2028 presidential campaigns
Democrats are still looking to bounce back after then-U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris lost to Donald Trump in the November 2024 presidential election.
A member of the Israeli force stands guard as the Israeli forces block Palestinians and foreign activists from accessing olive trees during the olive harvest, near Hebron, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on Thursday.
WORLD
Oct 24, 2025
U.S. pressures Israel on West Bank as Rubio voices confidence in Gaza truce
Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned before his arrival in Israel that the annexation moves were "threatening" to the fragile ceasefire in Gaza.
A displaced Palestinian girl carries water containers in Gaza City on Monday. Israel and Hamas have both recommitted to a ceasefire plan since Sunday's flare-up in which a Palestinian attack that killed two soldiers prompted an Israeli bombardment killing at least 28 people in Gaza.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 21, 2025
U.S. steps up diplomacy after Gaza truce shaken
The weekend violence reflected the stumbling blocks to keeping the long-sought ceasefire from unraveling and securing a lasting peace in Gaza.
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.
Members of the national guard patrol near diners in Washington on Aug. 23.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 26, 2025
Trump and JD Vance attack 2028 rivals in national guard push
Trump has pushed the boundaries of his powers in trying to rid Democratic-run cities of what he says is rampant crime, drawing accusations he is politicizing the military.
U.S. President Donald Trump holds up an executive order after signing it in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 26, 2025
Trump suggests many Americans 'like a dictator'
Democrats have repeatedly accused Trump of pushing presidential power way past its constitutional limits.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with European leaders in Washington on Monday amid signs of U.S. and its NATO partners drifting further apart. 
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 19, 2025
All is not quiet on the Western front
The Trump-Putin Alaska summit is further evidence that the U.S. and its NATO partners are drifting further apart with each passing month.
U.S. Vice President JD Vance (second left) speaks during a tour of a Federal Mobile Command Center at the Federal Building in Los Angeles on Friday.
WORLD
Jun 21, 2025
Vance, in LA, lambasts Newsom and says troops need to stay
The U.S. vice president accused Democratic state and city leaders of encouraging immigrants to cross the U.S. border illegally.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets U.S. President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio in the Oval Office on Feb. 27. U.S. conservatives may be unlikely defenders of free speech but their criticism of censorship in the U.K. and Europe raises real concerns about vague hate laws and curbs on liberty in the name of harmony. 
COMMENTARY
Jun 2, 2025
European kindness is threatening the foundations of free speech
Right-wing U.S. critics of U.K. and European censorship have a point.
U.S. President Donald Trump holds up alleged news reports as he meets South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
May 22, 2025
Trump's Oval Office has become an ambush office for world leaders
All invitees know that in the most exclusive room in the White House, they will be treading the most perilous of political tightropes in front of cameras.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and French President Emmanuel Macron at the AI Action Summit in Paris in February. The mood at the event was largely optimistic despite growing evidence that chatbots like OpenAI's ChatGPT are being used by malicious actors.
COMMENTARY / World
May 14, 2025
How much will we risk in the name of AI?
AI safety breaches are a very present danger. Evidence shows that leading chatbots are perpetuating Kremlin talking points, while many leaders tout optimism rather than concern.
U.S. President Donald Trump faces the enormous challenge of implementing the cavalcade of executive orders he has enacted.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 29, 2025
‘Welcome to the Thunderdome’: Inside the dizzying start of Trump 2.0
The administration's breakneck speed is both one of the administration’s most effective tools and most glaring vulnerabilities.
U.S. President Donald Trump holds a letter from Britain's King Charles as he meets with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the White House in Washington on Feb. 27.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 28, 2025
Trump's first 100 days: 'America First' president is overturning world order
Trump's second-term agenda has alienated friends and emboldened adversaries while raising questions about how far he is prepared to go.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi walks as he receives U.S. Vice President JD Vance, his wife, Usha Vance, along with their children, before Vance and Modi's meeting in New Delhi on Monday.
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Apr 22, 2025
As U.S. VP visits India, all eyes on New Delhi’s tariff strategy
Experts warn that India’s response — even if successful — might not offer a blueprint for others since each has a unique relationship with the U.S.
U.S. Vice President JD Vance and his wife Usha
WORLD / Politics
Apr 21, 2025
Trump’s global trade war hangs over Vance’s India visit
Vance’s visit comes as hopes are running high in India that the country can secure a quick deal and a reprieve from weightier levies.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks as Vice President JD Vance looks on during a meeting with President Donald Trump and President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador in the White House in Washington on April 14. Rubio and his aides shut down a State Department office on Wednesday that tracks and counters global disinformation from foreign actors, including the governments of China, Russia and Iran, U.S. officials said.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 17, 2025
U.S. State Department closing office targeting foreign disinformation
The GEC had come under intense criticism from some Republicans who said it was straying from its mission, accusing it of disfavoring opinions by conservative media in particular.
U.S. Vice President JD Vance walks with Col. Susannah Meyers, then-commander of the U.S. military's Pituffik Space Base, as they tour the base in Greenland on March 28.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 12, 2025
Head of U.S. base in Greenland fired after vice president's visit
Col. Susannah Meyers was removed after reports she distanced herself and the base from U.S. Vice President JD Vance's criticism of Denmark.
The U.S. Justice Department is disbanding its National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team, a memo has shown.
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 9, 2025
U.S. Justice Department disbands crypto enforcement team
Under President Donald Trump, the U.S. government has been reversing course on crypto.
The Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on March 19
WORLD / Politics
Apr 8, 2025
Harvard plans to borrow $750 million amid federal funding threats
Trump has threatened to slash federal funding for U.S. universities that his administration says have tolerated antisemitism on their campuses.
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
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Government and bad actors are at the root of the foreign national issue
A maiko walks down a street crowded with tourists in Kyoto. Challenges that come with a massive influx of overseas visitors and foreign nationals buying up real estate are just some of the immigration problems that have become hot-button political issues in Japan.
Japan lawmakers eye firm response to Chinese envoy's threat to behead PM
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks at a Lower House Budget Committee meeting on Friday.
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.
China delivers warning to U.S. and Japan with third aircraft carrier
The Fujian, China's third aircraft carrier, carries out sea trials at an unknown location in May last year.

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