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Flue gas and steam rise out of chimneys and smokestacks of an oil refinery in the Siberian city of Omsk, Russia, in 2023.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 29, 2025
Russia set to test New Delhi by sending sanctioned oil and tankers to India
At stake is Moscow's ability to keep barrels flowing following the U.S. sanctions, something that could ultimately dictate the country's ability to maintain output levels.
Former Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos (left) and Robert Socolow, a professor emeritus in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University, reveal the location of the minute hand on the Doomsday Clock at a Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists news conference in Washington on Tuesday.
WORLD / Society
Jan 29, 2025
'Doomsday Clock' moves closer than ever to midnight
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists said the United States, China and Russia have the prime responsibility to pull the world back from the brink.
Hanna Shelest outside her apartment building in Odesa, Ukraine, on Jan. 20
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 27, 2025
I spent Trump’s inauguration in Ukraine. This is what I saw.
In nearly three years since Russia’s invasion, Odesa has moved from shock and fear to denial and, finally, adaptation.
People line up to use an ATM in the separatist-controlled city of Donetsk, Ukraine, days after Russian President Vladimir Putin authorized the full-scale invasion of the country in February 2022. Western financial sanctions have weighed on the Russian ruble, which has sunk from 34 to the dollar in 2013 to around 100 today.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 27, 2025
Putin’s war is fueling Russian stagflation
For a normal country, a budget deficit of 2% of GDP would be of no concern. But Russia is not a normal country.
Ukrainian refugees, who recently crossed the border from Mexico, head to waiting transportation in Chula Vista, California, on April 4, 2022.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 25, 2025
Trump officials pause programs to let in immigrants, including Ukrainians
Department of Homeland Security officials have ordered what amounts to a pause for a range of programs that allowed immigrants to settle in the U.S. temporarily.
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with U.S. President Donald Trump at the G20 summit in Osaka in June 2019.
WORLD
Jan 24, 2025
Putin ready to talk to Trump and waiting for 'signals,' Kremlin says
The Ukraine conflict has plunged relations between the U.S. and Russia their lowest levels since the Cold War.
The site of a Rheinmetall arms factory in the municipality of Unterluess, Germany, in February last year. The war in Ukraine has highlighted Europe's need for increased armaments production.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 23, 2025
Europe needs a defense production act
The war in Ukraine has already prompted structural reforms and an increase defense spending at the national and EU levels.
Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a video conference meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 22, 2025
Xi and Putin discuss relations with Trump, Ukraine and Taiwan
In a video call, Xi and Putin proposed a further deepening of the strategic partnership between their countries that worries the West.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivers a speech during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday.
WORLD
Jan 22, 2025
Zelenskyy says security guarantee would need 200,000 peacekeepers
"From all the Europeans? 200,000, it's a minimum. It's a minimum, otherwise it's nothing," Zelenskyy said when asked about the idea of a peacekeeping contingent.
A tug boat assists an oil tanker to its berth at the Port of Long Beach in California on June 17, 2024.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 21, 2025
Oil tankers backlog grows at vital Russian port after sanctions
History shows that U.S. sanctions have bitten the tankers that move Russian oil hard.
Then President-elect Donald Trump enters the stage of his inauguration as the 47th president of the United States inside the Capitol Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 21, 2025
Trump faces stiff challenges delivering on his promised 'Golden Age'
Many of Donald Trump's proposals are so norm-shattering, they are certain to result in extensive litigation that tests the boundaries of constitutional law.
Russia shipped 2.96 million barrels a day of crude in the four weeks to Jan. 12.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 20, 2025
Where the U.S. has squeezed Russia’s oil flows the hardest
The latest U.S. sanctions on oil tankers hauling Russian petroleum look set to cause severe disruption across the nation’s export machine.
International law and norms are eroding, especially due to the conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza, as multilateral security systems break down and powerful nations prioritize their own interests over global stability.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 20, 2025
To avoid collective ruin requires renewed global cooperation
Alarmingly, geopolitical tensions are deepening just as humanity faces existential threats demanding urgent international cooperation.
A bus driver turns people away after filling his vehicle with Ukrainian evacuees who have just crossed the border in Medyka, Poland, in February 2022.
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Jan 17, 2025
Ukrainian migrant exit could squeeze Eastern Europe's economies
Ukrainian workers have helped the region's manufacturing and export-driven economies expand quickly.
Finnish President Alexander Stubb attends a news conference on Tuesday in Helsinki.
WORLD
Jan 15, 2025
'Holiday is over' and Europe must boost defense, Finnish president says
Concern about the region's security has mounted after the severing of several subsea telecom and power cables in recent months.
Kaja Kallas, vice president of the European Commission, in Brussels on Tuesday
WORLD / Politics
Jan 15, 2025
EU’s top diplomat aims to use economic muscle against Russia
The EU is trying to find ways to ramp up its defense spending to rearm the continent while also putting pressure on Russia to join possible peace talks over Ukraine.
Cook Islands-registered oil tanker Eagle S is seen anchored near the Port of Kilpilahti in Porvoo, on the Gulf of Finland, on Monday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 14, 2025
Oil tanker crew were poised to cut more cables when caught, Finland says
The Eagle S vessel carrying Russian oil is suspected of damaging the Finnish-Estonian Estlink 2 power line and four telecoms cables by dragging its anchor across the seabed.
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin attend a ceremony to mark the completion of the undersea part of the TurkStream gas pipeline, in Istanbul on Nov. 19, 2018.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 14, 2025
Russia accuses Ukraine of ‘energy terrorism’ over alleged pipeline strike
Kyiv has not commented on the allegation that it sent attack drones against a gas compressor station at Russian village on the Black Sea coast.
A worker inspects the outdoor gas pipes at the underground gas storage facility operated by Gas Storage in Haje, Czech Republic, on Jan. 3.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy
Jan 13, 2025
Europe threatens to trigger a global scramble for natural gas
For the first time since the energy crisis was turbocharged by Russia’s war in Ukraine, Europe risks failing to meet its storage targets for next winter.
An alleged North Korean soldier sits on a bunk at an undisclosed location in Ukraine following his capture by the Ukrainian army.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 13, 2025
Zelenskyy 'ready' to hand North Korean POWs to Pyongyang
The Ukrainian leader's offer came hours after South Korea's spy agency confirmed that Kyiv had captured two North Korean soldiers.
Naked man’s rampage in Saitama linked to one fatality and 10 injured
Police believe Daisuke Nishimura may have been involved in roughly 20 incidents in the 90 minutes leading up to his arrest, including a fatal hit-and-run and multiple assaults.
Japan set to fine cyclists on the spot for rule violations from 2026
Under new rules, those who use smartphones while riding a bicycle would be subject to the maximum fine of ¥12,000.
Japan brings forward deadline for electronic travel authorization system
Japan is planning to implement by March 2029 a new online screening system in which foreign visitors who don’t need a visa apply for a certification before entering the country.
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.
Tokyo prices rise most in two years, backing central bank's hike path
Consumer prices excluding fresh food in Tokyo gained 3.4% in April from a year earlier, as a mixture of impacts from last year’s school fee cuts and higher food and energy costs accelerated inflation, according to the internal affairs ministry.
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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