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Russian President Vladimir Putin watches a test launch of the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile at Plesetsk cosmodrome in Arkhangelsk region, via video link in Moscow, Russia, in April last year.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 2, 2023
Russia claims its Sarmat ICBM is on ‘combat duty'
Russian military analysts said the announcement meant that the missile had been deployed in a silo and was ready to be used.
Ukrainian soldiers with the 110th Separate Mechanized Brigade after firing a DANA, a wheeled 152 mm self-propelled artillery gun, at a Russian target in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, on Aug. 26.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 2, 2023
As Ukraine fight grinds on, talk of negotiations becomes taboo
Discussion of a Plan B, should Ukraine fail to win a total victory, has become more fraught than ever, say those who have tried.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his wife, Olena Zelenska, attend a wreath-laying ceremony at a memorial wall outside of Orthodox Saint Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery during Ukraine's Independence Day celebrations in Kyiv on Aug. 24.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 2, 2023
U.S. to send controversial depleted-uranium munitions to Ukraine
The Biden administration will for the first time send the controversial armor-piercing munitions to Ukraine, U.S. officials said.
Russian Communist Party supporters attend a ceremony in Red Square on March 5, 2021, marking the 68th anniversary of Soviet leader Josef Stalin’s death.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 1, 2023
In Russia and Israel, national derangement runs wild
How can a priest bless a statue of Stalin and rabbis praise Nazism? In societies that are coming undone, absurd claims take root.
While the Korean War armistice analogy is imperfect, it may provide the best available lesson for ending the war in Ukraine.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 1, 2023
Ukraine’s future isn’t German or Israeli but Korean
The Ukraine crisis needs a resolution, even if it means accepting an armistice that doesn't provide a clear victory for any party involved.
Environmental activist Yakov Demidov inspects a landfill on the outskirts of Penza, Russia.
WORLD / Society
Sep 1, 2023
Russian teen eco-activists fight for future as risks mount
Environmental groups in Russia not linked to the government have long faced pressure from authorities.
Bogdan Marynenko, 19-year-old construction worker, at Lazienki Park in Warsaw, Poland, on Aug. 2.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 1, 2023
'Don't belong there': the Ukrainians dodging the frontlines
Since the beginning of the war, authorities have detained 13,600 people trying to cross the border outside of checkpoints, a border guard spokesman said.
Demonstrators in Warsaw protest against Vladimir Putin and the war on Aug. 24, Ukraine’s official Independence Day.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 31, 2023
It would be wise to not personally humiliate Putin
Defeating autocrats like Vladimir Putin in an aggressive war requires progress on the battlefield, and rhetoric alone is unlikely to achieve the goal.
A Ukrainian serviceman walks near a destroyed Ukrainian tank, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, near the village of Robotyne, Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, on Friday.
WORLD
Aug 31, 2023
Ukraine says gains on southern front pave way to Crimea
Progress has been costly and staggered, but Ukrainian forces announced they had pushed through key Russian defensive lines this week.
Pope Francis leads the Angelus prayer from his window at the Vatican on Sunday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 30, 2023
Few Catholics in Mongolia, but Pope's visit eyes geopolitics
In going to the sparsely populated, Buddhist-majority nation, the pope may be eyeing Mongolia as a way to help build bridges with China and Russia.
A man in a jacket with a Wagner patch visits an impromptu memorial to Yevgeny Prigozhin and other Wagner "heroes,” near the mercenary group’s headquarters in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 30, 2023
Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin buried quietly in St. Petersburg
The mercenary leader died two months to the day after he staged a brief mutiny against Russia's defense establishment.
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 30, 2023
Putin’s China visit marks renewed assurance, expert says
The Russian president's plan to travel to China demonstrates a confidence that his authority is stronger than ever after the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin.
Police officers keep guard at a checkpoint near the site of the crash of a private jet linked to Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin in the Tver region, Russia, on Aug. 24.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 30, 2023
Russia will not probe Prigozhin crash under international rules
Prigozhin, two top lieutenants of his Wagner Group and four bodyguards were among 10 people who died when the Embraer Legacy 600 crashed north of Moscow.
Ukrainian servicemen fire small multiple launch rocket systems toward Russian troops near a front line in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, on Aug. 19.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 28, 2023
Ukraine’s slow offensive buoys Putin and worries allies
More than two months into its counteroffensive, Kyiv has so far managed to make only tactical advances against heavily dug-in Russian forces.
A makeshift memorial for the late head of the Wagner paramilitary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, in Moscow on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 28, 2023
Wagner chief Prigozhin’s death confirmed by investigators
DNA tests showed that all 10 passengers and crew listed as having boarded the private jet were killed, including some of Wagner’s top lieutenants.
A woman lays flowers at a makeshift memorial for Yevgeny Prigozhin in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 27, 2023
Russia says genetic tests confirm Wagner chief Prigozhin died in plane crash
The private jet crashed two months to the day after Prigozhin led an abortive mutiny against the Russian Army's top brass.
Japan Tobacco's headquarters in Tokyo
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 27, 2023
Ukraine puts Japan Tobacco unit on list of war supporters
Kyiv's national corruption agency criticized the company for continuing its business activities in Russia and paying a large amount of tax to Moscow.
A new Russian textbook for high school students on general world and national history
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 27, 2023
Putin’s history lessons fail to heed the lessons of history
Putin seems to have forgotten is that rewriting history to serve the interests of those in power tends to invite dissent and often backfires.
A law enforcement officer works at the site of a plane crash near the village of Kuzhenkino, Russia. Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was believed to be on board the plane and is presumed dead.
WORLD
Aug 27, 2023
Old video sparks wild theories on fate of Russia's Yevgeny Prigozhin
In the 40-second clip, the mercenary boss alluded to a plane crash and said he would rather be killed than lie to his country.
A billboard promoting contract army service in front of the Private Military Company Wagner Center in St. Petersburg on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 27, 2023
Kremlin eyes how to bring private military group under its control
The organization’s military prowess, experienced operators and ties to African governments may be too valuable to lose.
China seizes disputed reef near key Philippine military outpost
China Coast Guard officers unfurl a national flag on Sandy Cay reef, near the Philippine-held Thitu Island, in disputed waters of the South China Sea this month in this screen shot taken from Chinese state broadcaster CCTV.
Japan to resist Trump efforts to form trade bloc against China
As Japan gears up for the trade talks, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is also seeking to cushion the blow that the U.S. tariffs may have on the domestic economy.
As many as nine dead after driver plows into Vancouver festival crowd
An ambulance is parked at the site of the Lapu Lapu day festival, where a vehicle drove into a crowd killing several people in Vancouver on Saturday.
Japan’s legal system struggles to deal with AI-made child sexual abuse images
AI-generated content — including those made using pictures of real people, which are known as “deepfakes” — is not explicitly covered under Japan's current legal framework, nor are human-drawn illustrations that depict child abuse.
How to bring up bad news in Japanese
As in other cultures, when someone shares bad news in Japanese it’s best to respond with supportive words.
Amid uncertain tariffs, is now the time to buy a new iPhone?
An Apple store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in September. Prices for the newest iPhone models start at around ¥100,000 ($700) in Japan.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Japan weighs using U.S. rice imports as tariff negotiation tool with Trump
A restaurant owner pours California-grown Calrose rice into a rice cooker at his restaurant in Tokyo
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
Crow meat, goat tartare: Mauvaise Herbe raises its game
Crow meat, shaped into a ball and attached to a foot of the bird, is one of the peculiar offerings of game at Mauvaise Herbe.

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