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The war Putin wanted to keep away is coming home to Russia
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The war Putin wanted to keep away is coming home to Russia
Air-raid sirens signaling the threat of missile or drone strikes have become a daily occurrence for millions of residents in most of central Russia.
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Macron’s Angkor visit highlights France’s custodial role
Former colonial power France plays a pivotal role in conservation projects in Cambodia.
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For many Russians, higher utility bills are latest inflation shock
Utility bills in Russia have risen more than 50% since the start of the war in Ukraine in 2022 and more than 13% this year alone.
The Villa Vie Odyssey cruise ship docked at Sihanoukville Autonomous Port, Cambodia, where permanent residents living aboard the vessel have been forced to disembark, on Wednesday
WORLD / Society
Oct 29, 2026
A cruise ship was their home. Now residents of Villa Vie Odyssey must leave.
The ship’s hundreds of residents have been ordered to disembark in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, where it has been stranded because it can’t afford fuel.
A horse pulls a carriage through Central Park in New York City on Wednesday.
WORLD / Society
Oct 23, 2026
New York bans horse-drawn carriages after decadelong battle
By Laura Nahmias
New York’s City Council voted 40 to 7 to pass the bill Thursday, which Mayor Zohran Mamdani is expected to sign.
A demonstrator kicks back a tear gas canister during clashes with police at an anti-government protest organized by the Italia in Piazza movement, at Piazza Duomo in Milan, on Oct. 17.
WORLD / Society
Oct 23, 2026
Student protests mushroom across Europe, exposing bleak views of the future
By Jason Horowitz
The protesters’ gloom reflects a Continent that is struggling to find a way forward, with Europe’s populations aging and debt rising.
Iranian coach and stuntwoman Nasrin Teymouri (center right) teaches fire techniques to stunt performers Mojgan Nematollahi (center) and Arshia Teymouri (left) during a training session at a skatepark in Tehran on Sept. 25.
WORLD / Society
Oct 9, 2026
Iranian stuntwomen breaking gender norms with daring feats
By Sebastien Ricci and Ahmad Parhizi
Coach and stuntwoman Nasrin Teymouri leads Iran’s sole all-female stunt crew as women are increasingly establishing themselves in the field.
Police officers in riot gear stand guard in front of protesters during a demonstration by French high school and university students in Paris as part of a nationwide day of protests and blockades supported by teachers and school parents to demand better school conditions in France, on Thursday.
WORLD / Society
Oct 9, 2026
France to fight student unrest by dispatching thousands of teachers
By Albertina Torsoli
Some 3,000 substitute teachers that currently have no students “because the past assignment processes were inefficient” will be dispatched.
Protesters march from Puerta del Sol square, where they have been camped out for days, to the building where the late Maricarmen Abascal, an 87-year-old woman whose eviction sparked housing protests in Spain, used to live, in Madrid on Thursday.
WORLD / Society
Oct 9, 2026
Madrid mourns evicted retiree, ‘icon’ of Spain housing protests
By Maria Lorente
Maricarmen Abascal, who used a wheelchair, died in hospital two weeks after her eviction from the apartment where she had lived for 70 years.
Maricarmen Abascal, 87, is transported on a stretcher to an ambulance, after she was evicted from her home in Madrid on Sept. 23.
WORLD / Society
Oct 8, 2026
Spanish woman whose eviction sparked mass housing protests dies weeks later
Maricarmen Abascal, 87, had been in hospital for severe anxiety and exhaustion since her eviction on Sept. 23 from her home of more than 70 years.

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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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Famima Park Azabudai is a concept store by FamilyMart that combines convenience store staples with branded apparel, merchandise and a landscaped outdoor space.
Convenience stores, toilets and the allure of everyday Japan
By Elizabeth Beattie

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