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A screen displays trading information about the shares of Truth Social and Trump Media & Technology Group, outside the Nasdaq Market site in New York on March 26.
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 18, 2024
Truth Social and late calls take over economists’ lives under Trump
The end goal for economists is to produce accurate forecasts to help traders, businesses and governments navigate the new chaotic world.
A firefighter works to extinguish a fire at the site of an Israeli strike on Beirut's Mar Elias street, Lebanon, on Sunday.
WORLD
Nov 18, 2024
Israeli strike on Beirut kills Hezbollah's media relations head
Israel has rarely hit senior Hezbollah personnel who do not have clear military roles.
Kim Jong Un shakes hands with Vladimir Putin in 2019.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 18, 2024
North Korea may end up sending Putin 100,000 troops for war
North Korea sending troops to join Russia’s fight against Ukraine has alarmed Kyiv’s allies, who say it risks exacerbating Europe’s largest conflict since World War II.
Ukraine’s government has turbocharged its pitch for international help in land-mine clearance, attracting a rush of special machinery from Japan and funds from philanthropist Howard Buffett with astonishing results.
WORLD
Nov 17, 2024
Ukraine supercharges mine-clearing push to revive war-torn farms
Safe access to farmland is essential for a country known as Europe’s breadbasket and demining Ukraine could take decades.
Ukrainian emergency service personnel remove fragments of a downed Russian hypersonic missile which hit a five-story residential building in Kyiv on Sunday.
WORLD
Nov 17, 2024
Russia pounds Ukraine's power grid in 'massive' air strike
Ukrainians have been bracing for weeks for an attack on the hobbled energy system, fearing crippling damage that would cause long blackouts as winter sets.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomes Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya before their meeting in Kyiv on Saturday.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 17, 2024
Top Japan diplomat makes surprise visit to Ukraine
The trip comes amid growing fears about the conflict’s expansion following North Korea’s dispatch of troops to Russia for combat operations.
Smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike in Beirut on Nov. 13.
WORLD
Nov 17, 2024
Israel pummels south Beirut as Hezbollah targets Haifa area
Israel's military reported a "heavy rocket barrage" on Haifa and said a synagogue was hit, wounding two civilians.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Saturday during their meeting on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Lima
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 17, 2024
Ishiba and Yoon unite on 'strong concerns' over North Korean troops in Russia
Tokyo and Seoul have stressed that, with the involvement of North Korea in the Ukraine war, the conflict has expanded to include Asia.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy meet at Trump Tower in New York City on Sept. 27.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 17, 2024
Zelenskyy says Ukraine must do everything to end war next year
Zelenskyy added that he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin is not interested in agreeing to a peace deal.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping reviews an honor guard upon his arrival for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Callao, Peru, on Thursday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 16, 2024
Xi seizes role as global defender of free trade against Trump
China’s leader warned on Friday that the global economy was fracturing as protectionism spreads, leading to "severe challenges.”
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the Chancellery for bilateral talks in Berlin on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 16, 2024
Ukraine slams Scholz after first call with Putin in two years
Ukraine responded angrily to Berlin reviving its lines of communication with Moscow, saying the call had opened a "Pandora's Box."
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba attends a meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden and South Korean leader Yoon Suk Yeol on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Lima on Friday.
JAPAN
Nov 16, 2024
Ishiba meets Biden and Yoon, as Trump's White House return looms
The three sought to further cement ties by announcing the creation of a “trilateral secretariat” to better coordinate and implement their goals.
A Ukrainian flag flies over the site of the former monument to Russian Empress Catherine the Great in Odesa, Ukraine.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 15, 2024
Ukraine’s post-colonial future
If the Ukrainians are truly fighting for us, it is because they are fighting the last battle against European imperialism.
A newly elected Donald Trump will encounter a changed Middle East where he will be forced to challenge Iran's influence and curb its nuclear ambitions — a path that is fraught with complications.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 15, 2024
Iran is much weaker than the last time it faced Trump
Today, Israel has crippled Hamas in Gaza, and in Lebanon, Hezbollah can still fire rockets, but Israel has decimated its leadership.
Tulsi Gabbard's nomination has raised alarm among the ranks of intelligence officers.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 15, 2024
Trump's choice of Gabbard as U.S. intelligence chief vexes spy world
Donald Trump’s nomination of Tulsi Gabbard is among several high-level picks that suggest he may be prioritizing personal allegiance over competence.
The Israeli team practices at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, France, on Wednesday.
SOCCER
Nov 14, 2024
Israel coach Ran Ben Shimon urges team to focus on soccer
Israel has urged its citizens to avoid attending cultural and sporting events abroad following last week's violence in Amsterdam.
A Ukrainian armored vehicle drives on the main road near the Russian border toward Russia’s Kursk on Aug. 12.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 14, 2024
Ukraine allies to push China on Russia-North Korea ties at G20
The allies are extremely concerned about North Korea’s decision to send troops to fight against Ukraine.
Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng. He, 69, is a Politburo member and Beijing’s point person for U.S.-China economic and trade affairs.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 14, 2024
Xi’s key players to lead China in another Trump trade fight
Donald Trump’s return to power makes Beijing’s potential negotiators some of the most important people in Xi Jinping’s government.
People scramble to receive sacks of flour at a United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) aid distribution center in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on Nov. 3.
WORLD
Nov 13, 2024
'We will die from hunger': Gazans decry Israel's UNRWA ban
UNRWA employs 13,000 people in Gaza, running the enclave's schools, healthcare clinics and other social services, as well as distributing aid.
French President Emmanuel Macron and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte deliver statements during their meeting in Paris on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 13, 2024
NATO chief warns of threat from Russian ties with China, Iran and North Korea
The warning appeared to be a message to the next U.S. administration as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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