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The Port of Nansha in Guangzhou, China
BUSINESS
Oct 28, 2025
Latest U.S.-China trade truce leaves fundamental issues unresolved
U.S. President Donald Trump, on a weeklong trip to Asia, said on Monday that he felt good about reaching a deal with China.
Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama briefs reporters after her first in-person meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday night.
BUSINESS
Oct 27, 2025
U.S. and Japan finance chiefs hold first meet as Nikkei passes 50,000 mark
Bessent also exchanged views with Katayama on the $550 billion investment Japan pledged to the U.S.
An F/A-18F Super Hornet
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 27, 2025
U.S. Navy helicopter and fighter jet in separate South China Sea crashes
A Sea Hawk helicopter went down about 2:45 p.m. on Sunday "while conducting routine operations from the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz,” the U.S. Navy said.
U.S. President Donald Trump is welcomed by Emperor Naruhito upon his arrival at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Monday evening.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 27, 2025
Trump arrives in Japan for security and trade talks in test for Takaichi
The prime minister will be seeking to build a solid relationship with the U.S. president as she looks to navigate increasing pressure on trade and defense issues.
The U.S.-China economic confrontation under Donald Trump's leadership is marked by chaos, a lack of strategy and internal divisions within U.S. circles, raising critical questions about the future of global diplomacy and trade.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 27, 2025
The U.S. has no China policy, no strategy and no clue
But tariffs were just the overture, as Washington and Beijing, tit-for-tat, started going after each other in every other way.
An electronic signboard in Tokyo shows the benchmark Nikkei 225 index above 50,000.
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 27, 2025
Nikkei 225 breaks 50,000 for first time ever on trade and rate optimism
The rally comes after China and the United States reached a framework trade agreement.
An Apollo Go vehicle in Dubai
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 27, 2025
Chinese robotaxis race Waymo to take driverless cars global
The dominant EV industry China has built for decades gives its autonomous-vehicle companies a potential advantage over U.S. hopefuls.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, meet at the Kremlin in Moscow in July 2017. Since Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, the West — especially Europe — has come to see China not just as an economic competitor but as a hard security challenge.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 27, 2025
China and Russia do not pose the same hard security threat to Europe
Prior to 2022, China was primarily considered an economic threat, or at most a “soft” security issue.
U.S. President Donald Trump disembarks Air Force One at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia, on Sunday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 27, 2025
U.S. and China tee up sweeping trade deal for Trump and Xi to finish
After talks wrapped up Sunday in Malaysia, an official said there is preliminary consensus on topics like export controls, fentanyl and shipping levies.
U.S. Marines at Air Station Iwakuni in Yamaguchi Prefecture demonstrate the Typhon ground-launched missile system in September. Capable of launching land-based Tomahawks, it has already been deployed in global exercises, proving that the technical challenges often cited as an excuse to withhold Tomahawks from Ukraine are unfounded.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 27, 2025
Sanctions or Tomahawks? Only credible threats will convince Putin.
A lack of resolve and realism in the West has encouraged Putin to believe he need only wait until Ukraine’s backers fail it and he’ll be able to achieve his maximalist goals.
Argentine President Javier Milei (center) celebrates during a Libertad Avanza election night rally in Buenos Aires on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 27, 2025
Milei’s party wins Argentina midterm vote in major comeback
La Libertad Avanza, which currently holds only about 15% of congressional seats, will gain a stronger foothold to pass key economic reforms.
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.
Destroyed buildings and razed land in Gaza City on Oct. 19
WORLD / Politics
Oct 27, 2025
Trump’s push for Gulf to pay for rebuilding Gaza faces hurdles
Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have specific reservations about providing financing for reconstruction.
"The method of investment, the amount of investment, the timeline and how we will share the losses and divide the dividends — all of these remain sticking points,” South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said of an investment pledge with the U.S., during an interview at the presidential office in Seoul on Friday.
BUSINESS
Oct 27, 2025
U.S.-South Korea fund stuck on key points ahead of Trump visit, Lee says
While Lee and senior officials in Seoul say important differences remain between the two sides, Trump said the U.S. was "pretty close” to finalizing the deal with South Korea.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends a bilateral meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim during the 47th Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 26, 2025
U.S.-Pakistan relations don’t come at expense of India, Rubio says
The U.S.’ pivot toward Pakistan under President Donald Trump has irked New Delhi and coincided with a fraying in ties between Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
U.S. President Donald Trump looks on as Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet (center) and Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul hold up signed documents during a ceremonial signing of a ceasefire agreement on the sidelines of an Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 26, 2025
Trump headlines ASEAN summit as Thailand-Cambodia sign ceasefire deal
The U.S. president also oversaw a series of pivotal trade talks on the sidelines of the summit.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi reacts as East Timor Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao greets her during the ASEAN-Japan summit in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 26, 2025
Takaichi’s ‘Trump card’ for meeting U.S. leader? Her relationship with Abe.
Sanae Takaichi’s ties to slain former leader Shinzo Abe are expected to get her off on the right foot with Donald Trump as she aims to navigate defense and trade pressure.
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and trade minister Ryosei Akazawa at Sensoji Temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district on Sunday
BUSINESS
Oct 26, 2025
Akazawa and Lutnick reunite to discuss trade deal ahead of Trump visit
Trade minister Ryosei Akazawa and U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick visited Tokyo’s landmark Sensoji Temple before heading to Tokyo Skytree for a working lunch on Sunday.
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas, in Panmunjom, South Korea, on June 30, 2019.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 26, 2025
Trump ‘open’ to meeting North Korea’s Kim during Asia trip
Speculation has grown that the headline-hungry U.S. leader might hold impromptu talks with Kim around the time of a regional economic summit in South Korea.
New York state Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee and the front-runner in the New York City mayoral race, greets supporters as his campaign hosts a soccer tournament designed to call attention to the high cost of living in New York, in Brooklyn on Oct. 19.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 26, 2025
Long-shot socialist Zohran Mamdani in striking distance of becoming New York mayor
The 34-year-old election front-runner was born in Uganda to a family of Indian origin and has lived in the United States since he was seven.
Takaichi and Xi reaffirm pledge in first meet to pursue ‘mutually beneficial’ ties
A screenshot from Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's X account shows Takaichi exchanging greetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping ahead of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Friday.　
Anime isn’t competing with Hollywood — it’s beating it
After its July release, “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba — Infinity Castle,” an animated feature adapted directly from a TV arc, became the highest-grossing Japanese film ever.
Japan to introduce joint child custody system in April 2026
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara (center) and other ministers prior to a Cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office on Friday
Woman, 69, arrested over 1999 Nagoya housewife's murder
A police sketch released in 2020 of a woman spotted near the scene of the 1999 murder of a housewife in Nagoya's Nishi Ward
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.
Anime isn’t competing with Hollywood — it’s beating it
After its July release, “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba — Infinity Castle,” an animated feature adapted directly from a TV arc, became the highest-grossing Japanese film ever.
Oasis returns to Japan after 16 years — and fans can still sing every word
Liam Gallagher commanded the stage with effortless charisma during Oasis' Tokyo Dome set on Saturday.
At Japan Mobility Show, BYD gears up to conquer Japan's EV market
BYD Auto Japan President Atsuki Tofukuji unveils the Racco at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Oasis returns to Tokyo: Rain, rapture and rock
Fans wait to get into the Oasis show at Tokyo Dome on Saturday. While lining up in the rain, some broke into impromptu versions of the British rock group's hits.

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