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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks with British Foreign Secretary David Lammy as he arrives at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office in London on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Diplomacy over Ukraine war is about weapons more than peace talks
For both Ukraine and Russia, battlefield gains now might provide an upper hand in any negotiations later. That’s reflected in their discussions over arms with allies.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Biden hasn’t let Ukraine strike seep into Russia. Could Britain change that?
A trip to Washington by Britain’s prime minister, Keir Starmer, came after President Vladimir Putin of Russia warned that the allies’ next step could mean war for NATO.
WORLD / Politics
There will be no more debates with Harris, Trump says
While Donald Trump said in his post that polls showed he won the debate, several surveys showed that respondents thought Kamala Harris did better.
Belmarsh prison in London. The financial, political and social stresses around prisons — and the potential danger they pose to the U.K.'s fledgling Labour government — were vividly exposed by widespread rioting within weeks of Labour taking power.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 12, 2024
Overcrowded prisons force U.K.’s Starmer to take first big gamble
By Tom Rees
Apart from Scotland, England and Wales lock up a bigger proportion of their combined population than anywhere else in Western Europe.
Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori died Wednesday in Lima at age 86.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 12, 2024
Peruvian strongman Alberto Fujimori dies at age 86
By Eric Johnston
The disgraced former president had deep connections to Japan, where he lived for several years to avoid extradition back to his home country over corruption charges.
Israeli soldiers near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip on Wednesday. With about 170,000 active personnel, Israel’s army is large by global standards, relative to its population of 10 million. But it’s still too small to cope with today’s threats.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 12, 2024
Israel needs more soldiers as reservists tire of constant war
By Alisa Odenheimer
That Israel is fighting a protracted war on numerous fronts almost a year after Hamas' deadly rampage on Oct. 7 last year is exacerbating its troop shortage.
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump stand together alongside other high-profile politicians during a Sept. 11 memorial service in New York City on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 12, 2024
A temporary truce as Harris, Trump and Biden mark 9/11
By Peter Baker
It is a sign of how traumatic 9/11 is as a national memory that Kamala Harris and Donald Trump would feel compelled to set aside their differences to mark the day.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump, the Republican nominee for November's presidential election, speaks during a debate with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday in Philadelphia.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 12, 2024
Trump faces blowback for repeating lie about migrants and pets
By Michael Shepard, Mark Niquette, Jeff Stone and Alicia Clanton
The episode highlighted the risk for political candidates of embracing conspiracy theories that don’t survive the light of day off social media.
U.S. Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris shakes hands with former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a debate at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 11, 2024
Harris rattles Trump in combative U.S. presidential debate
The Democratic vice president put her Republican rival on the defensive with a stream of attacks on abortion limits, his fitness for office and his myriad legal woes.
A person holds an image of Turkish-American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, who was shot dead by Israeli forces, as Palestinians march to honor her in Nablus, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 11, 2024
Death prompts U.S. to demand overhaul of Israeli conduct in West Bank
By Daphne Psaledakis and Steven Scheer
Israel's military said the American protester's death was unintentional, and it voiced deep regret.

Japan jumps to No. 2, from sixth place, in Best Countries index
Pedestrians cross an intersection in the Shibuya district of Tokyo. Japan has experienced a postpandemic travel boom, with tourists pouring back in after restrictions closed the country’s borders to travelers.
South Korea is facing deepfake porn crisis
Activists hold up symbolic eye masks during a protest against deepfake porn in Seoul on Aug. 30.
Scientists win Ig Nobel for discovering anal breathing in mammals
Takanori Takebe (behind the lectern) speaks after his team of researchers and he were awarded the Ig Nobel Prize in physiology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Thursday.
Biden administration is likely to delay decision over U.S. Steel
A water tower at the United States Steel Edgar Thomson Works steel mill in Braddock, Pennsylvania, on Sept. 4
Chief priest of Tokyo shrine allegedly took ¥250 million from amulet sales
The Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau in Tokyo's Chuo Ward
Tokyo Comedy Bar supersizes laughs with 11-night festival
Since opening in 2022 in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo Comedy Bar has hosted comedy workshops, roast battles, open mics and international guests.
Scientists win Ig Nobel for discovering anal breathing in mammals
Takanori Takebe (behind the lectern) speaks after his team of researchers and he were awarded the Ig Nobel Prize in physiology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Thursday.
iPhone 16 to land in Japan without Apple Intelligence 
Apple CEO Tim Cook unveils the iPhone 16 at the Steve Jobs Theater on the company's campus in Cupertino, California, on Monday.
Small Hokkaido town ranked most comfortable place to live in Japan
Asahidake in Daisetsuzan is located in the town of Higashikawa, Hokkaido, which ranked as the most comfortable municipality in 2024.
Updated Meiji Jingu Gaien redevelopment plan to keep more trees
Redevelopment of the Meiji Jingu Gaien district has trees in the area marked according to their status — trees marked in red were to be cut down in the original plan while those in blue were to be transplanted. In the updated plan, trees marked in red will no longer be felled, and those in blue will remain where they are.

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