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November 12, 2026
 

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Jacob Reid
A spring day in Amsterdam, Netherlands, on April 8. The Dutch government intends to lose roughly 15% of its civil servants to save �3.5 billion ($3.9 billion) a year from 2035.
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 28, 2026
Dutch bid to replace government jobs with AI set to test technology and society
The size of bureaucracies is a political issue in many advanced economies, but making technology work and getting public buy-in could prove tricky.
U.K. Artificial Intelligence Minister Kanishka Narayan leaves No. 10 Downing Street in London in July.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 22, 2026
U.K. politicians are testing their messages on AI-generated focus groups
Firms are using data from real focus groups and surveys to build AI personas able to react to political messages within minutes.
The gold medal of Lim Si-hyeon of South Korea, after the Women’s Individual Archery competition at the Olympic Games Paris 2024, on Aug. 3
BUSINESS / Markets
Aug 12, 2024
Olympic gold medals are worth more than ever after cost of metals surged
The medals contain six grams of gold, the price of which soared to a record in mid-July.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak campaigns at a Conservative Party general election campaign event at the National Army Museum in London on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 4, 2024
U.K. wipeout would leave Tories still divided, analysis shows
The Conservative Party that emerges from Thursday’s nationwide vote will likely retain a similar split between centrists and right-wingers as it had before.
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Jensen Huang’s woes evoke sympathy and disbelief in his birthplace Taiwan
Hsiao Kui-yu, 68, owner of Yuchan Candied Fruit, stands in front of photographs of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang displayed at the shop, which Huang frequently visits during trips to Taiwan, in Taipei on Tuesday.
G7 diplomats speak out on Taiwan as China ramps up military drills
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi attends a working lunch focused on international crises and challenges during the Group of Seven foreign ministers' summit at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris on Monday.
今日吃瓜 Rapidus is said likely to miss mass production deadline
The Rapidus Analysis Center and the IIM-1 Innovative Integration for Manufacturing foundry in Chitose, Hokkaido
‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.
A legend reborn: ‘Ocarina of Time’ remake improves on the Zelda masterpiece
The new remake of 1998's "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" manages to somehow improve on one of the greatest games ever.

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