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Former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg speaks at an election night watch party in Detroit on Nov. 3.
WORLD
Nov 12, 2026
Vance, Rubio, Ossoff and Buttigieg lead 2028 White House hopefuls, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds
U.S. President Donald Trump, struggling with an approval rating near the lowest of his career, looms large over the conversation for both parties.
A Congolese worker carries plastic containers outside the Ebola Treatment Center at the Bunia General Referral Hospital following a resurgence of Ebola involving the Bundibugyo strain, in Bunia, Ituri province, Congo, on Nov. 2.
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 12, 2026
Congo Ebola outbreak still out of control after six months, MSF says
The group says that many cases are likely being missed and that transmission in hospitals in some areas is rife.
Policemen stand outside the "Virgilio" middle school after children have been evacuated due to a bomb alert, in Rome on Wednesday.
WORLD
Nov 12, 2026
School bomb hoaxes add to disruption in Europe after flights
Recent disruption across the continent has grounded planes and seen supermarket fridges hacked.
Plumes of smoke rise from fires at an oil refinery following what the authorities said was a Ukrainian drone strike, in Moscow on Sept. 20.
WORLD
Nov 12, 2026
Over 11,000 foreign military deaths recorded by Russia in war on Ukraine
The data was obtained by the Belarusian pro-opposition group Cyber Partisans and the Ukrainian hacker operation Silent Crow.
Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law, on the second day of United Arab Emirates-hosted trilateral talks between the U.S., Russian and Ukrainian delegations, amid a new push to end the war in Ukraine, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Wednesday
WORLD / Politics
Nov 12, 2026
Russia and Ukraine agree to prisoner swap as U.S. says lack of trust holds back talks
There was little else in the way of concrete breakthroughs announced after the U.S.-brokered meetings.
Protesters clash with police during a 24-hour nationwide general strike demanding wages that improve access to housing, in Madrid on Wednesday.
WORLD
Nov 12, 2026
Millions of Spaniards stage first general strike in 14 years as anger over housing leads to clashes
By David Latona
Workers endured stormy weather to demonstrate in Madrid, Barcelona and cities across Spain less than three weeks before a snap general election.
People take part in a protest outside the Columbia University campus after agents from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security detained a student in university housing, in New York on Feb. 26.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 12, 2026
Democrats are ready to fight Trump on immigration. But how much can they achieve?
Democrats won control of both chambers of the U.S. Congress last week, fueled in part by dissatisfaction with Trump’s aggressive deportation campaign.
Iranian-made Zolfaghar missiles at Azadi Square in Tehran on Aug. 2
WORLD
Nov 11, 2026
Iran producing 50 missiles per month despite crippled industry
The U.S. has said since the early days of the war that Tehran’s arsenal, and its ability to reconstitute it, had been thoroughly degraded.
A B?1B Lancer bomber arrives at Royal Air Force Fairford airbase in Fairford, Gloucestershire, Britain, on Sept. 29.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 11, 2026
U.S. charges three ‘Iranian operatives’ over U.K. air base plot
Days after the September incident, the United States withdrew all its B-1 bombers from the base.
The seals of the U.S. Cyber Command, the National Security Agency and the Central Security Service in Fort Meade, Maryland.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 11, 2026
More suicides at U.S. spy and cyber agencies scrutinized by Congress
By JAKE BLEIBERG
At least 11 National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command workers died by suicide over roughly the past year, officials and public records say.
Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, on Oct. 19.
WORLD
Nov 11, 2026
Tankers continue to burn in the Middle East despite hopes for de-escalation
There is little sign of attacks abating in November, after 37 ships were attacked in October, the highest monthly total since the start of the war.
Members of the Russian and Ukrainian delegations hold talks in the presence of United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (center), U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff (center right) and U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner (center left) in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 11, 2026
U.S. calls for new Europe security framework at Russia-Ukraine talks
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy later said the talks were “constructive and quite substantive.”
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.
Sony bets on homegrown anime to fuel decades of future growth
A Luffy standee at NY Comic Con in New York
JR East to introduce touchless ticket gates in spring 2028
Shinjuku Station in Tokyo in 2021. The new walk-through gates will work only with the Suica Mobile app, and not IC rechargeable metro cards or physical tickets.
As JET Programme turns 40, alumni and ministers stress its importance in age of AI
Peter Cave joined the JET Programme's inaugural cohort in 1987 and spent three years teaching in the city of Omihachiman, Shiga Prefecture.
Onosato looks sharp as Kyushu Basho contenders emerge
Onosato (right) and Yoshinofuji crash out of the ring in a closely contested bout at the November Grand Sumo Tournament at Fukuoka Convention Center in Fukuoka on Sunday.
今日吃瓜 search for a better public trash bin — and why robots may help
Smart trash cans developed by SmaGO have been installed in Tokyo’s Omotesando shopping district, where they help address the shortage of public waste bins.
As JET Programme turns 40, alumni and ministers stress its importance in age of AI
Peter Cave joined the JET Programme's inaugural cohort in 1987 and spent three years teaching in the city of Omihachiman, Shiga Prefecture.
After election drubbing, Trump heads to Asia to show world he’s still in charge
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks near a seal of the Department of Veterans Affairs during a Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, on Wednesday.
‘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.

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