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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping arrive for a signing ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 21.
WORLD
Aug 8, 2023
China’s rebuke of Russia over border tussle doesn't signal shift
The rare admonition took place Friday over an incident involving Chinese citizens denied entry from Kazakhstan into Russia at a border checkpoint.
Bradley Fighting Vehicles on Jan. 25 at the Transportation Core Dock in North Charleston, South Carolina, ahead of shipment as part of a U.S. military aid package to Ukraine.
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Aug 8, 2023
Is China going unchecked while the West supports Ukraine?
Some have criticized Washington's efforts to help Kyiv as having a negative impact on its ability to deter a possible contingency from Beijing.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian meets with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at Kishida's official residence in Tokyo on Monday
JAPAN
Aug 7, 2023
Japan urges Iran not to provide Russia with weapons for invasion
During a meeting with his Iranian counterpart in Tokyo, Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi called on Iran to take "constructive responses" to the war.
Ukrainian servicemen walk near buildings damaged by a Russian military strike in the city of Vuhledar in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Friday.
WORLD
Aug 7, 2023
Ukraine’s Black Sea drone attacks signal expansion in conflict
For the first time, the attacks put at risk Russia’s commodity exports via the Black Sea, threatening global supplies of grain and oil.
A Ukrainian soldier stands guard next to Odesa's famous statue of the city's founder, Duke de Richelieu, in March 2022.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 3, 2023
Russia should be expelled from UNESCO
UNESCO has condemned Russia’s attacks across Ukraine. It should go further, expelling Russia for as long as the Kremlin continues its criminal behavior.
Chinese Special Envoy for Eurasian Affairs Li Hui gives a press briefing in Beijing in June.
WORLD
Aug 6, 2023
China's Ukraine peace talks gambit shows shifts amid hard realities
Beijing appears to be confronting some hard realities as the conflict drags on, analysts say.
A Ukrainian ship in the Black Sea off the coast of Odesa in March 2022. Ukraine has issued a warning that commercial ships using any of six Russian Black Sea ports would be considered military targets.
WORLD
Aug 6, 2023
Ukraine drone hits second Russian ship in two days
Ukraine has issued a warning that commercial ships using any of six Russian Black Sea ports would be considered military targets.
A maritime drone shows the silhouette of a Russian naval ship near the port of Novorossiysk in this screenshot obtained from social media video released on Friday.
WORLD
Aug 5, 2023
Ukraine drone attack damages Russian tanker in Kerch Strait
The latest attack came a day after Ukraine said it had carried out a seaborne-drone strike on a Russian navy ship at a naval base in southern Russia.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 5, 2023
Iran foreign minister eyeing Japan visit to meet Kishida
Kishida may bring up the issue of Tehran selling weapons to Moscow, with Japan aiming to leverage its relationship with Iran to help end the Ukraine war.
Chinese Special Envoy for Eurasian Affairs Li Hui leaves the headquarters of the Russian Foreign Ministry following talks in Moscow in late May.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 5, 2023
China envoy to attend talks on Ukraine in Saudi Arabia
The talks on a peaceful settlement to the Ukraine war — a forum that excludes Moscow — is a diplomatic coup for Kyiv, the West and the Saudi hosts.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park in May.
JAPAN / FOCUS
Aug 3, 2023
Japan's vision of nuke-free world in focus ahead of anniversaries
The tension between Tokyo's lofty goals and realpolitik necessities has made any move toward nuclear disarmament largely elusive.
A building of the Black Sea Danube shipping company destroyed during a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Izmail, Ukraine, on Wednesday.
WORLD
Aug 3, 2023
Global grain prices rise after Russian strike on Danube port
The drone attacks destroyed buildings in the port of Izmail and halted ships in defiance of a de-facto blockade Russia reimposed in mid-July.
Officials from the Japanese and Ukraine finance ministries meet in Kyiv on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 3, 2023
Japan pledges more support to Ukraine during finance dialogue
In June, the World Bank approved a $1.5 billion loan for Ukraine's recovery and reconstruction, which was guaranteed by the Japanese government.
As the Kremlin’s grip on power slips, Russia’s generals will likely organize a putsch against Putin and his KGB/FSB cronies — the army’s historical rival.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 19, 2023
The Kremlin’s mobster code
While Western experts continue to view Russia as a modern state, it turns out that President Vladimir Putin is the boss of one crime family, but not all of them.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and the chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, attend a document signing ceremony during the Russia-Africa Summit in Sochi, Russia, in October 2019.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 2, 2023
China’s weaponization of race and history
BRICS nations seek a more equitable global architecture that represents the interests of the Global South as China uses race to challenge the West.
After Russia invaded Ukraine last year, Alexey Sossinsky left with two suitcases in the middle of the night. But as it did decades ago, exile still makes him feel restless.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 2, 2023
A Russian mathematician finds himself in exile once again
Alexey Sossinsky's family story is a microcosm of Russia's history of upheaval, war and repression going back more than a century.
Ukrainian Olga Kharlan (left) and Russian Anna Smirnova compete during the women's sabre senior individual qualifiers at the FIE Fencing World Championships in Milan on Thursday.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 30, 2023
Don't ask Ukrainian athletes to shake hands with Russians
In fencing and tennis as in life, responsibility is individual, not collective. All the more reason why Olga Kharlan did the right thing.
An intensive care unit of the city children's hospital, damaged by a Russian military strike, in Kherson, Ukraine, on Jan. 1
JAPAN
Aug 1, 2023
Ukrainians take home medical skills acquired in Japan
In response to Russia's prolonged invasion of Ukraine, Juntendo University in Tokyo set up a system to continue providing support in line with the requests of Ukrainians in Japan.
Emergency personnel work outside a damaged office block of the Moskva Citi business complex following a reported drone attack in Moscow on Tuesday.
WORLD
Aug 1, 2023
Drones target Moscow as high-rise building hit
Russia said its anti-aircraft units had downed drones targeting Moscow, but one drone struck the same high-rise tower hit earlier in the week.
Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk gets in a Tesla car as he leaves a hotel in Beijing in May.
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 1, 2023
Elon Musk’s unmatched power in the stars
The tech billionaire has become the dominant power in satellite internet technology. The ways he is wielding that influence are raising global alarms.
Who needs AI when you have Hatsune Miku?
Over the first six months of 2024, a handful of songs using Vocaloid singer Hatsune Miku’s voice have enjoyed widespread attention, underlining a global interest in the character and the technology she represents.
Yen’s woes seem too big for even a BOJ hike this month to solve
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
China’s economic growth comes in worse than expected
Pedestrians in the Wangfujing shopping area in Beijing on July 11, 2024. China's economic growth in the second quarter was lower than forecast, adding pressure on Chinese leaders to lift confidence at the Chinese Communist Party's third plenum this week.
Kansai airports to increase takeoff and landing slots ahead of Osaka Expo
Kansai International Airport in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture. The upper limit on the number of takeoff and landing slots at the airport as well as Kobe Airport in Hyogo Prefecture will be raised in spring next year ahead of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka.
Shooter came within inches of killing Trump, but left few clues as to why
An aerial view shows the stage where Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump had been standing during an assassination attempt the day before, and the roof of a nearby building where a gunman was shot dead by law enforcement, in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.
She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics
Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ¥1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.

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