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November 11, 2026
 

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang with a woman confirmed to be Alice Huang in Taipei on June 7
WORLD / Crime & Legal / FOCUS
Nov 10, 2026
Honey traps: Sex, lies and a spy’s oldest trick
History is packed with people who found themselves ensnared by men and women tasked with winning their trust before extracting information.
Smoke billows after reported Israeli strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs on Friday.
WORLD
Mar 6, 2026
Mideast war risks pulling more in as conflict boils over
Iran’s “horizontal escalation” of the conflict is an approach that entails expanding the war by creating new battlegrounds or adding new types of action.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio attend a meeting on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference in Munich on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Feb 16, 2026
Four takeaways from the Munich Security Conference
Among the takeaways from the Munich Security Conference was that European leaders do not believe a ceasefire will soon come in the Ukraine war started by Russia’s invasion.
French President Emmanuel Macron (center) welcomes Mette Frederiksen, Denmark's prime minister (right), and Jens-Frederik Nielsen, Greenland's prime minister, at the Elysee Palace in Paris on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 29, 2026
Greenland dispute is ‘wake-up call’ for Europe, Macron says
European powers have sought to join forces after U.S. President Donald Trump roiled the transatlantic alliance by threatening to seize Greenland.
The Eiffel Tower is illuminated in the colors of the French national flag to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the 2015 Paris terror attacks, in Paris, on Tuesday.
WORLD
Nov 13, 2025
Ten years after Paris attacks, jihadi threat has evolved
The groups themselves are now most active in Africa as well as parts of Asia rather than Europe.
A drone detection and defense system is parked in Kottingbrunn, Austria, on Oct. 3
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 12, 2025
How can Europe protect its skies against ‘escalating’ drone menace?
Concerns are growing that such disruptions are part of Russian hybrid war tactics three-and-a-half years into its invasion of Ukraine.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on March 28.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Apr 12, 2025
Trump carves up world and international order with it
Russia wants Ukraine, China demands Taiwan and now the U.S. president seems to be following suit, whether by coveting Canada, Greenland or the Panama Canal.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the press aboard Air Force One before arriving at Palm Beach International Airport in Palm Beach, Florida, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Mar 29, 2025
Trump prompts U.S. allies to reopen nuclear weapons debate
Donald Trump’s attacks on NATO and the established world order are undermining the confidence of its allies under the U.S. security umbrella.
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.
Japan works to shield Takaichi from any Xi snub at China summit
Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi arrives at the Prime Minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 4.
Magnitude 5.7 quake injures dozens in central Japan
A magnitude-5.7 earthquake with its epicenter in Shizuoka Prefecture struck central Japan early Sunday, injuring dozens, shattering windows and disrupting train services, with no tsunami warning issued.
Private high schools remain out of reach for many despite tuition-free policy, survey finds
A survey showed that many families with children attending private high schools are struggling to pay expenses other than tuition.
‘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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