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President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev speaks at the Opening Ceremony of the United Nations climate change conference COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 13, 2024
COP29 host Azerbaijan hits out at West in defense of using oil and gas
Some observers of the COP29 negotiations said the president of Azerbaijan's remarks did not bode well for a strong result from the two-week summit.
People walk past the logotype at the venue for the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku on Monday.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Nov 11, 2024
A guide to COP29 climate vocabulary
Here's a guide to some of the terms in play at this year's COP29 discussions.
Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy arrives to attend a Cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in London on Aug. 6. Lammy said the decision to suspend the licenses did not amount to a blanket ban or an arms embargo, but only involved those that could be used in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 3, 2024
U.K. suspends 30 of its 350 arms export licenses to Israel
The suspension is due to the risk such equipment might be used to commit serious violations of international humanitarian law, its foreign minister David Lammy says.
Britain's Reform U.K. party leader Nigel Farage attends an interview in London.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 22, 2024
U.K.'s Nigel Farage says the West provoked Putin's invasion of Ukraine
The remarks, made in an interview with the BBC aired late on Friday, drew strong criticism across the British political spectrum.
Nigel Farage, leader of Reform U.K., during the launch of the party's 'Our Contract with You' general election manifesto in Merthyr Tydfil, U.K., on Monday
WORLD / Politics
Jun 18, 2024
Taking aim at U.K.'s Sunak, Nigel Farage pledges border control and tax cuts
Reform's policies are designed to suck support from Sunak's Conservatives, focusing on immigration, which has divided the governing party.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 15, 2023
Former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson misled parliament, report concludes
A disciplinary committee accused the former leader of being 'complicit in a campaign of abuse and attempted intimidation' and of 'serious contempt,' recommending sanctions against him.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 19, 2022
U.K.'s Johnson, facing plot to oust him, says he will not resign
The prime minister is struggling to quell an internal revolt by his own lawmakers who are angry over a series of lockdown parties in Downing Street.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 17, 2022
Johnson must address culture that led to lockdown parties, U.K.'s Conservative chairman says
The scandal has generated calls for the prime minister to quit — including from within his own party — and seen the Conservatives fall far behind the opposition Labor Party in opinion polls.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 10, 2021
COP26 has 'mountain to climb' to curb warming as talks intensify
A research group said the national pledges submitted so far would allow the Earth's temperature to rise 2.4 degrees Celsius from pre-industrial levels by 2100.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 9, 2021
Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, dies at 99
Prince Philip, who was Queen Elizabeth's husband for more than seven decades and helped to modernize the British monarchy and steer the royal family through repeated crises, died on Friday. He was 99.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 16, 2021
Britain targets influence in Indo-Pacific as counterweight to China
Prime Minister Boris Johnson wants the U.K. to be at the forefront of a reinvigorated, rules-based international order based on cooperation and free trade.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Aug 21, 2019
Trump or Europe? New U.K. leader Boris Johnson to sample post-Brexit reality at G7 summit
Boris Johnson is about to feel the pinch of Brexit Britain's new global status: squeezed on one side by Europeans in no mood to yield, and on the other by a United States driving a hard bargain for its economic support.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 3, 2019
Deal or no deal, we leave EU on Oct. 31: U.K. prime minister candidate Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson, frontrunner to be Britain's next prime minister, promised Monday to lead the country out of the European Union on Oct. 31 with or without an exit deal, launching his leadership bid in a campaign video.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 12, 2018
'You, Angela': Trump claims victory after forcing NATO leaders into crisis talks with tirade
U.S. President Donald Trump hailed a personal victory at a NATO summit on Thursday, saying allies had sharply increased defense spending commitments after he provoked a crisis session with a tirade at European leaders.
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Mar 23, 2015
How Europe and U.S. stumbled into spat over China-led bank
Sometimes geopolitical shifts happen by accident rather than design.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 5, 2014
U.K. minister quits over 'morally indefensible' Gaza policy
Sayeeda Warsi, a senior minister in Britain's Foreign Office, resigned on Tuesday, accusing Prime Minister David Cameron's government of taking a "morally indefensible" approach to the conflict between Israel and Hamas.
Record 78% of people in Japan feel anxious, government survey finds
The public opinion survey on people's lives, conducted by the Cabinet Office, found that 28.1% of respondents think that their standard of living is at a lower-middle level among the general public — the highest percentage to give that response in 35 years.
Police raided suspect's home to arrest him after fatal Kitakyushu stabbing
Broken window glass is seen at Masanori Hirabaru's house in Kitakyushu's Kokuraminami Ward.
Taiwan lawmakers brawl over bills that would 'damage democracy'
Lawmakers from the Democratic Progressive Party and opposition party Kuomintang brawl in parliament in Taipei on Friday.
Ride-hailing restrictions to be eased during 2025 Osaka Expo
A venue for the 2025 Osaka Expo in the city of Osaka
Foxconn's interest in Nissan said to be on hold amid Honda merger talks
Foxconn’s pause in its pursuit of Nissan is the latest development in the unexpected emergence of two suitors for the ailing Japanese carmaker.
Japanese officials inspect Yokota Air Base over PFAS concerns
The Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo in September 2019. An inspection of the base by Japanese government officials on Friday came amid public pressure to investigate suspected links between the use of PFAS-containing firefighting foam by the U.S. base and contamination of soil and groundwater in western Tokyo.
Crime numbers rise in Japan for second straight year
A police officer stands in front of the residence of a man alleged to have stabbed two junior high school students in Kitakyushu.
A year of Oscar wins and a quiet push for diversity
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Evil Does Not Exist,” released in Japanese theaters in April, sharply dramatizes the clash between rural and urban values. The film won five awards at the 2023 Venice Film Festival, including the second-place Silver Lion prize.
Curiosity didn’t kill the meme: Why cats still rule Japanese YouTube
A screen shot from YouTube user @lagelda shows the simplicity of going viral in Japan in 2024: A cat dancing to EDM in front of a green screen.
With rare Asia carrier deployment, France seeks greater interoperability
The flight deck of the French Navy's Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier during a stop at Changi Naval Base in Singapore in May 2019

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