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Taylor Townsend hits a shot against Jelena Ostapenko during their match at the U.S. Open on Wednesday.
TENNIS
Aug 29, 2025
Naomi Osaka criticizes Jelena Ostapenko for comments to Taylor Townsend
Townsend and Ostapenko were involved in a confrontation after their second-round match at the U.S. Open.
A protester shouts "facists" and gestures after the passing of a bill that would redraw the state's 38 congressional districts, and the prevention of a filibuster from Democrat Texas state Sen. Carol Alvarado, during a session in the State Senate, at the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas, on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 24, 2025
Trump hails new Texas electoral map aimed at keeping grip on Congress
Texas legislators gave final approval to the redistricting effort engineered to create five new Republican leaning seats.
Director Spike Lee attends a news conference at the Cannes Film Festival in France in May.
MORE SPORTS / Football
Aug 17, 2025
ESPN will not air Spike Lee's docuseries on Colin Kaepernick, citing 'creative differences'
The project has been canceled over "certain creative differences," according to the U.S. sports broadcaster.
Dalton Henry Stout, a member of the white nationalist group Aryan Freedom Network, conceals his identity during a portrait session in southern Oklahoma on May 5.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 11, 2025
American Nazis: The Aryan Freedom Network is riding high in Trump era
American neo-Nazis point to Trump’s rhetoric as driving a surge in interest and recruitment.
Japan faces a demographic crisis that threatens its research talent and must build a more inclusive and welcoming society to attract and keep world-class scientists amid rising nationalism and economic challenges.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 7, 2025
Japan gets serious about attracting world-class researchers
The stakes are high: Without a cultural shift, even the best-funded policies may fail to secure Japan’s future.
People from the first group of white South Africans granted refugee status for being deemed victims of racial discrimination under U.S. President Trump's Refugee plan, listen to welcoming remarks during a meet and greet event, at Dulles International Airport in Virginia in May.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 26, 2025
U.S. diplomats asked if nonwhites qualify for Trump's South African refugee program
The State Department said U.S. policy is to consider both Afrikaners and other racial minorities for resettlement, echoing guidance posted on its website.
England flanker Guy Pepper runs with the ball past Argentina fly-half Santiago Carreras during an international rugby test match in San Juan, Argentina, on July 12.
MORE SPORTS / Rugby
Jul 22, 2025
England players suffered racist abuse from fans in Argentina, World Rugby says
"While it is clear that an incident took place, we regret that the individuals responsible could not be identified," World Rugby said.
England's Jess Carter attends a news conference in June.
SOCCER
Jul 21, 2025
England's Jess Carter receives racist abuse during Euro 2025
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer posted his support for Carter on X.
Women represent 26% of the AI workforce, according to a UNESCO report, and men hold 80% of tenured faculty positions at university AI departments globally.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 12, 2025
Tech's diversity crisis is baking bias into AI systems
Built-in viewpoints and bias, unintentionally imbued by its creators, can make the fast-growing digital tool risky to use.
Hideo Kojima, the leading auteur in Japanese video games, has skirted controversy in the wake of the release of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
LIFE / Digital / ON: GAMES
Jul 12, 2025
Is Japanese skin really ‘too smooth’ for Hideo Kojima’s games?
When it comes to Hideo Kojima’s visuals, art imitates life — and it’s more often Hollywood’s version of life than Japan’s that influences his games.
A demonstrator faces a group of riot police vehicles as riots continue in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, on Wednesday.
WORLD
Jun 12, 2025
Disorder breaks out in Northern Ireland for consecutive nights
Hundreds of masked rioters in the town of Ballymena engaged in what police condemned as "racist thuggery" during the previous two nights.
Coco Gauff defeated Aryna Sabalenka to win her first French Open title at Roland Garros in Paris on Saturday.
TENNIS
Jun 9, 2025
French Open champion Coco Gauff proud to represent 'Americans that look like me'
Gauff is the first Black American to win the French Open since Serena Williams in 2015.
Posters, flowers, and letters are placed at a memorial honoring victims of police violence in George Floyd Square in Minneapolis on May 18.
WORLD / Society
May 25, 2025
George Floyd's uncertain legacy is marked five years on
Americans on Sunday mark five years since George Floyd was killed by a U.S. police officer, as President Donald Trump backtracks on reforms designed to tackle racism.
Family members, friends and Minneapolis residents pay their respects at the memorial site where George Floyd was murdered on May 25, 2020, by police officer Derek Chauvin, ahead of the fifth anniversary of Floyd’s death on Friday.
WORLD / Society
May 25, 2025
Did George Floyd protesters miss their moment for change?
Despite widespread revulsion at racism and police brutality, many turned away when BLM activists broadened their message to calling for the defunding of law enforcement.
U.S. President Donald Trump shows a copy of an article he said is about white South Africans who had been killed, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Wednesday.
WORLD
May 23, 2025
Trump's image of dead 'white farmers' did not come from footage of South Africa
The image U.S. President Donald Trump used was pulled from footage shot following deadly battles with Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
U.S. President Donald Trump hands papers to South African President Cyril Ramaphosa during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
May 22, 2025
Trump accuses South Africa of white genocide in Oval Office meeting
The carefully choreographed onslaught against South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was reminiscent of his February ambush of Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Sky forward Angel Reese (center) reacts after receiving a flagrant foul from Fever guard Caitlin Clark (left) during their game in Indianapolis on Saturday.
BASKETBALL
May 19, 2025
WNBA vows to investigate racial comments directed at Angel Reese during opener
The Women's National Basketball Players Association also addressed the reports of "hateful comments" in a statement Sunday, saying, "Such behavior is unacceptable in our sport."
White South Africans rally outside the U.S. embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, on Feb. 15. Dozens of Afrikaners who claim discrimination in their home country left Johannesburg on Sunday. Their departure for the U.S. comes as the Trump administration has halted virtually all refugee admissions.
WORLD / Politics
May 12, 2025
First white South Africans board plane for U.S. under Trump refugee plan
South African authorities say the Trump administration has waded into a domestic political issue it does not understand.
Katia Beeden, life coach and campaigner for white South Africans who want to apply for U.S. refugee status, speaks at her residence in Fish Hoek, Cape Town, South Africa, on Thursday.
WORLD / Society
Apr 25, 2025
U.S. eyes persecution claims as white South Africans seek resettlement
U.S. President Donald Trump issued a Feb. 7 executive order that called for the U.S. to resettle Afrikaner refugees.
A doctor administers COVID-19 vaccinations to members of the Latino community in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, in August 2021.
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 5, 2025
As U.S. ditches diversity in clinical trials, all eyes on Europe
The United States once led the world in running clinical trials that aimed to look like the nation at large.
Top Japan trade negotiator canceled U.S. trip over rice, report says
Ryosei Akazawa
‘Mount Fuji Lawson’ becomes a symbol of Japan’s overtourism problem
A couple poses for a wedding photo in front of a Lawson in the town of Kawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Aug. 25.
Philippine bid to acquire used Japanese warships gains steam
Tokyo is looking to transfer Abukuma-class vessels to the Philippines as part of broader efforts to boost the defense capabilities of like-minded neighbors amid growing Chinese military assertiveness in the region.
Japan to launch broad review of immigration policies amid rise in foreign nationals
Foreign tourists at Narita Airport in June. A report released Friday stresses that Japan is at a turning point and that current ad-hoc measures on immigration are no longer sufficient.
How Tokyo's Ueno Zoo helps their animals cope with extreme heat
A polar bear at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo on Thursday. The Arctic animals are among the most vulnerable species to Japan's scorching summer heat and zookeepers have to take a number of precautions in order to keep them safe.
‘Mount Fuji Lawson’ becomes a symbol of Japan’s overtourism problem
A couple poses for a wedding photo in front of a Lawson in the town of Kawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Aug. 25.
How Tokyo's Ueno Zoo helps their animals cope with extreme heat
A polar bear at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo on Thursday. The Arctic animals are among the most vulnerable species to Japan's scorching summer heat and zookeepers have to take a number of precautions in order to keep them safe.
Japan is warming up to tattoos — just not permanent ones
Tattoos have a complex history in Japan, but new types of temporary ink are letting locals curious about body art experiment without the commitment.
Japan to launch broad review of immigration policies amid rise in foreign nationals
Foreign tourists at Narita Airport in June. A report released Friday stresses that Japan is at a turning point and that current ad-hoc measures on immigration are no longer sufficient.
Japan looks to build drone ‘shield’ in record defense budget request
A group of Ground Self-Defense Force service members discuss drone operations and capabilities at a joint static display during the Orient Shield 24 opening ceremony at the Yausubetsu Training Area in Hokkaido in July last year.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past
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