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U.S. President Donald Trump will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping next week as part of a trip to Asia.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 24, 2025
Trump seeks elusive trade deal with Xi in high-stakes meeting
Analysts expect any agreement reached at the South Korea summit would simply dial down tensions.
Workers at a coca plantation in Colombia. Experts say the U.S. strikes on narcotics traffickers are having no real impact on Latin America's drug trade.
WORLD / Crime & Legal / EXPLAINER
Oct 24, 2025
Are U.S. strikes hurting Latin America's drug trade?
In short, no.
The demolition of the East Wing of the White House on Thursday
WORLD
Oct 24, 2025
Trump completes demolition of White House East Wing
The wrecking work will make way for the U.S. president’s $300 million ballroom.
U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly suggested he could order the U.S. military to escalate attacks by hitting cartel infrastructure on land in Venezuela.
WORLD
Oct 24, 2025
Trump says U.S. eyeing land strikes next after drug boat attacks
Trump's statement was the clearest indication yet that he’s preparing to broaden strikes in his campaign to stop the flow of drugs into the U.S. from Venezuela.
After an escalation in trade tensions had called into question the meeting, the White House confirmed on Thursday that U.S. President Donald Trump will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping next week.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 24, 2025
Trump to meet Xi in South Korea as part of Asia swing
Trump will also meet Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in Tokyo on Tuesday and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in Busan on Wednesday.
An oil refinery in Russia. Oil prices jumped around 5% to a two-week high after the U.S. imposed sanctions on major Russian suppliers Rosneft and Lukoil.
BUSINESS
Oct 24, 2025
Oil surges 5% after U.S. sanctions Russian firms Rosneft and Lukoil
The U.S. said it was prepared to take further action as it called on Moscow to agree immediately to a ceasefire in Ukraine.
Rotor blades and other parts for the ongoing construction of the Revolution Wind offshore wind turbine farm, staged on the State Pier in New London, Connecticut, in September.
BUSINESS / Markets
Oct 23, 2025
U.S. shipbuilders and ports face fallout of Trump's assault on offshore wind
Trump’s policy on the offshore wind industry has included stop-work orders and permit reviews for projects spurred by former U.S. President Joe Biden's green investment policy.
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2019.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 23, 2025
Hopes for Xi-Trump summit dampened by tough Beijing moves and rising tension
Even if the talks get back on track, experts say a narrow deal on a few issues is the most likely outcome.
North Korean IT workers have been identified working in Japan, the U.S., the United Arab Emirates and Ukraine, using a strategy to secure employment and remit earnings back to North Korea.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 23, 2025
North Korean agents in Japan’s anime industry part of sophisticated sanctions evasion
A cross-border sanctions monitoring effort between Japan and 10 other countries has sounded the alarm on North Korea’s sanctions evasion tactics in a detailed report.
Federal agents deployed tear gas after demonstrators gathered at an ICE facility in Portland, Oregon, on Oct. 18.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 23, 2025
Flush with cash, U.S. immigration agency expands weaponry and surveillance
Spending on the Trump administration’s aggressive crackdown is vastly higher than during his first presidency.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney makes a live address on Canada’s plan to build a stronger economy, in advance of the 2025 Budget, in Ottawa on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 23, 2025
Carney plots ‘talent attraction’ plan as U.S. upends H-1B visa
The Canadian prime minister has previously said he wants to attract employees from the technology sector who might have otherwise gone to the U.S.
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 23, 2025
Taiwan is courting MAGA influencers to get Trump’s attention
Officials have grown worried that Trump could undermine the self-ruled democracy’s interests during talks with China.
Transportation Security Administration agents at a security checkpoint at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport in Dallas, Texas, on Monday
WORLD / Politics
Oct 23, 2025
U.S. air safety workers tighten belts as shutdown drags on
The 60,000 men and women responsible for keeping American skies safe have gone unpaid throughout the government shutdown.
The Pentagon building in Arlington, Virginia. The use of the military by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump in its counter-narcotics campaign has been expanding.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 23, 2025
U.S. military strikes suspected drug vessel in the Pacific
The strike is the first known U.S. military operation in the Pacific since Trump started a new military offensive against the drug trade.
A Russian intercontinental ballistic missile is launched during a military exercise in the Arkhangelsk region, Russia, in this still image released Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 23, 2025
U.S. sanctions Russian oil companies as Moscow holds nuclear drills
The new sanctions were unveiled one day after plans for a summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin fell apart.
The Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Any sweeping technology restrictions on China could disrupt a fragile U.S. economy already absorbing the impact of President Donald Trump’s tariffs.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 23, 2025
U.S. considers broad software curbs on China, White House says
The acknowledgment came following a report that the U.S. was weighing efforts similar to the curbs implemented against Russia.
The Blue Jays celebrate after defeating the Mariners in Game 7 of the ALCS round for the 2025 MLB playoffs in Toronto on Monday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 22, 2025
Blue Jays carry hopes of a nation into World Series amid tension
Canadian support for the Blue Jays goes beyond the fact that they will be facing the Dodgers. There is also national pride at stake.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent takes a picture during the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 23 in New York.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 22, 2025
Supply-chain economics beat tariff politics
Twenty years ago, China learned the hard way that once supply chains reorganize, they never return to their previous form.
Sanae Takaichi meets with Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te at the Presidential Office in Taipei in April.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 22, 2025
The secret to Takaichi’s success in the Indo-Pacific
In her favor, Takaichi, a former economic security minister, seems to understand that this developing security structure centers around Japan.
Ships and containers at a port in Qingdao, Shandong province, China, on Monday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 22, 2025
China’s $1 billion of daily U.S. exports show Xi bargaining power
Despite double-digit drops in the value of overall trade during the past half a year, some products have recently seen an increase from 2024.
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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