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Pro-Palestinian demonstrators take part in a march near the U.N. headquarters in New York on Tuesday, during the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 25, 2025
Turning the tide back toward peace in the Middle East
The 2025 United Nations General Assembly opened with a major step toward implementing a two-state solution.
Smoke rises from a missile strike after Israeli forces ordered residents of Gaza City to evacuate to the south, in the central Gaza Strip on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 25, 2025
Israeli tanks push deeper into Gaza City as Trump talks peace
Urging the population to move south, Israel has pressed on with its military campaign on Gaza City despite repeated calls for it to pull back.
A Louis Vuitton store in Seoul. South Koreans’ enduring love for luxury, coupled with a resilient economy and surging consumer confidence, has made the market a bright spot for top industry names.
BUSINESS / Markets
Sep 25, 2025
LVMH bets on South Korea to spur growth amid U.S. and China uncertainty
The group’s two largest fashion labels, Louis Vuitton and Christian Dior, are both looking to expand their flagship stores in Seoul.
Japanese and U.S. Flags fly side by side at the White House on April 5, 2024.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 25, 2025
Trump poised to add Japan stop to upcoming Asia trip
It would also mark the Republican president's first opportunity to meet the successor to Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who is stepping down.
U.S. President Donald Trump, in front of U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., at the White House in Washington on Monday. The Trump administration intends to shift $1.8 billion in foreign aid funding toward "America First" initiatives, a document shows.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 25, 2025
Trump plans 'America First' foreign aid funding shift, document shows
The $1.8 billion in funding could be used for initiatives such as pursuing investments in Greenland and countering "Marxist, anti-American regimes" in Latin America.
An activist holds a banner as South Korean workers who were detained in a huge immigration raid in the U.S. arrive at the Incheon International Airport in South Korea on Sept.12.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 24, 2025
‘America is not a safe place to work’: South Koreans describe Georgia raid
Some of the workers arrested this month at a Hyundai-LG factory said that although they had entered the U.S. under murky circumstances, they always planned to return home.
Kellyann Ball competes at the Venus Sumo Festival in Tachikawa, western Tokyo, on Saturday.
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Sep 24, 2025
Rising U.S. women's sumo team hopes to spread the word about Japan’s national sport
American sumo star Kellyann Ball was impressed by a major Japanese tournament for women held this past weekend. Now she's working on creating a similar future in the United States.
A man holds a "Welcome back Jimmy" sign outside the "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" recording facility, the day after Disney announced the show would return, in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
WORLD
Sep 24, 2025
Jimmy Kimmel defends free speech as he returns to late-night television from suspension
The comedian returned to "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" six days after his on-air comments about the murder of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk led Walt Disney to suspend his show.
U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York City on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 24, 2025
Trump switches gears on Ukraine war, but fears of disengagement rise
Ukraine and its supporters are concerned the U.S. president could be pivoting to distance himself from the war that he had vowed to end in days.
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung delivers a speech at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 24, 2025
At U.N., South Korean leader vows to reduce tensions with North Korea
In a speech, President Lee Jae Myung emphasized his vision is "based on a cool-headed perception that denuclearization cannot be achieved in the short term."
With the U.S. stepping up its sweeping anti-immigration crackdown, rights activists warn deporting Russian dissidents puts them at risk of prison and persecution back home.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 24, 2025
'I don't cry anymore': In U.S. jail, Russian dissidents fear deportation
With the U.S. stepping up its sweeping anti-immigration crackdown, rights activists warn deporting Russian dissidents puts them at risk of prison and persecution back home.
In an hourlong speech before the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump attacked his predecessor, his European allies and renewable energy.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Sep 24, 2025
In bid to upend global energy policy, Trump denies climate change in U.N. speech
The U.S. president made a series of misleading claims in a rambling speech that went on for nearly an hour.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping, along with his Russian and North Korean counterparts, Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un, attends a military parade in Beijing on Sept. 3 to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 24, 2025
An Orwellian lesson from Xi and Putin
The World War II anniversary parade in Beijing was not about history — it was about what comes next.
French President Emmanuel Macron addresses the 80th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 24, 2025
U.S. allies embracing Palestinian statehood tests Trump's Israel policy
Some analysts see Trump's unwillingness to apply Washington's leverage with Israel as a realization that the conflict is much more complex and intractable than he has acknowledged.
The United Nations Security Council holds a ministerial meeting on Ukraine during the U.N. General Assembly at the body's headquarters in New York on Tuesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 24, 2025
The U.S. assault on the U.N. rests on a tragic misunderstanding
The Trump administration views the U.N. as a useless, woke cesspool. Instead, it reflects the world as it is, assembled to “save humanity from hell.”
People attend a U.S. naturalization ceremony for new citizens in Savannah, Georgia, on July 29, 2024. The new worker visa fees could mean fewer talented immigrants coming to the U.S., who often go on to launch new firms, analysts say.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 24, 2025
Trump's new visa fees spur offshoring talks and hiring turmoil
While the $100,000 fee applies only to new applicants, the confusion around its roll-out and steep cost are leading companies to pause recruitment, budgeting and workforce plans.
American Bryson DeChambeau during a practice round ahead of the Ryder Cup in Farmingdale, New York, on Tuesday.
MORE SPORTS / Golf
Sep 24, 2025
U.S. hails 'gladiator' DeChambeau as Ryder Cup controversy swirls
Two-time U.S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau was hailed by United States teammates as an explosive X-factor, gladiator and showman on Tuesday as controversy erupted around him at the Ryder Cup.
While some American taxpayers assume they are ineligible to participate in Japan’s tax-deferred savings schemes, certified public accountant Rick Gundlach says that this is no longer the case.
COMMUNITY / How-tos
Sep 24, 2025
Tax-advantaged investments no lost cause for U.S. residents of Japan
Many U.S. taxpayers believe they should steer clear of Japanese investment vehicles due to stateside regulations — but a Japan-based certified public accountant advises otherwise.
Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks as he meets with U.S. President Donald Trump on the sidelines during the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York City on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 24, 2025
Trump says Ukraine can win back all territory, in sudden shift
The suggestion that Kyiv could win marks an extraordinary shift after months of saying Ukraine would likely have to cede land to its larger neighbor.
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers a speech to the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York City on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 24, 2025
'You're going to hell': Trump attacks U.N. and Europe in scathing speech
U.S. President Donald Trump warned that migration is sending Western nations "to hell" and dismissed climate change as a "con job" in wide-ranging speech.

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