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Microsoft, along with other companies and trade groups, is making a case that a ban on imports of Chinese optical transceivers could irreparably damage the U.S. edge over China in the AI race.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 11, 2026
Microsoft presses Trump to scuttle ban on Chinese data center tech
At stake are imports new models of Chinese optical transceivers, which allow data to travel over fiber-optic cables within data centers.
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.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 11, 2026
U.S. House blocks path to impeach Defense Secretary Hegseth
The impeachment articles accused Hegseth of the “high crimes and misdemeanors” of illegally ordering ?military actions in Iran, Yemen and Venezuela.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung hold talks in Andong, South Korea, on May 19.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 10, 2026
Are Japan and the U.S. losing South Korea as an ally?
Washington’s trust in the South Korean government on intelligence matters seems increasingly fragile.
U.S. President Donald Trump and other NATO leaders attend the bloc's summit in Ankara on July 8.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 10, 2026
U.S. allies need a plan for a lame-duck Trump
Some countries, including Iran and Israel, are concerned about how Trump will react to his defeat.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth attends a meeting in Cebu, Philippines, on Oct. 28.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 10, 2026
Hegseth accused of crimes and misconduct in impeachment effort
Hegseth is among the most enthusiastic backers of the Iran war, which spiked energy prices, fueled inflation and doomed Republicans in the midterms.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Tesla CEO Elon Musk and others attend the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's second term in Washington on Jan. 20, 2025.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 9, 2026
The rise of the global oligarchic world order
The question is thus no longer whether oligarchs will rule the world, but rather what kind of world they are building.
U.S. President Donald Trump holds a photograph after delivering remarks at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, reopened after months of repairs, ahead of the midterm elections, in Washington.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 9, 2026
G7 allies to assess impact of Trump’s midterm setback at Paris talks
Diplomats signaled the results could narrow Trump’s room for maneuver but warned against expecting a return to traditional U.S. multilateralism.
Newly appointed White House chief of staff Stephen Miller is regarded by allies and foes alike as a combative ideologue with a deep knowledge of the levers of power and an unswerving loyalty to U.S. President Donald Trump.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 9, 2026
With Stephen Miller at the helm, Trump charts a course for conflict
Trump’s decision to elevate loyalist Miller to run his White House indicates that he plans to ramp up confrontation in his final two years in office.
U.S. President Donald Trump holds a binder as he stands next to Chinese leader Xi Jinping before Xi delivers a speech during a state dinner at the White House in Washington on Sept. 24.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 9, 2026
Trump-Xi-Putin trilateral summit moves closer to reality
U.S. President Donald Trump said talks with China’s Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin were likely to be held at next week’s APEC summit.
Smoke rises from the stern of a St. Kitts-flagged cargo vessel following what U.S. Central Command says was a strike on Saturday to disable the vessel, which was trying to break the U.S. blockade of Iran, at a location given as the Gulf of Oman, in this still image taken from video released Nov. 7.
WORLD
Nov 9, 2026
Iran suggests blasts are not U.S. attacks as both sides report ships hit
Iran’s state television said officials had not confirmed any missile strikes on Iranian territory following blasts heard in several areas.
Trucks wait to cross into Iran at the border post in Taftan, Pakistan, in February 2020.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 8, 2026
Expanding on naval blockade, U.S. military looks to restrict Iranian land commerce
Task Force Iron Gate will be based in Tampa, Florida, and will coordinate with other U.S. government agencies.
Marco Rubio, U.S. secretary of state, during a news conference at the G20 foreign ministers' meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, on Oct. 31.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 8, 2026
Rubio warns top staff against conflicts of interest as U.S. Republicans look to 2028
His message comes as leading Republican figures attempt to distance themselves from an increasingly unpopular Trump administration.
A cutout of US President Donald Trump holding a Bitcoin token during the Bitcoin 2025 conference in Las Vegas.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 8, 2026
Crypto’s Trump-fueled Washington boom reaches its endgame
The industry now faces the challenge of remaining a lasting force in finance as its extraordinary political advantage evaporates.
U.S. President Donald Trump and UFC CEO Dana White arrive for the "UFC Freedom 250" mixed martial arts event on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on June 14.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 8, 2026
Trump taps UFC boss as press secretary and urges criminal probes into Democrats
The posts echoed comments Trump made after a midterm defeat in 2018, when he said his White House would assume “a war-like posture.”
International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane (center) receives words of encouragement from former Defense Minister Gen Nakatani (left), ex-Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda and others at ICC headquarters in The Hague on Friday.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 7, 2026
Japan considering early ICC funding contribution as court faces U.S. sanctions
If the sanctions are fully implemented as early as April next year, the ICC could be cut off from dollar-based settlements.
U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick holds a chart as President Donald Trump delivers remarks on tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington in April 2025.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 7, 2026
Trump and U.S. Congress set to clash over economic costs of tariffs
Curbing President Donald Trump’s tariff powers will be hard, and there’s a risk any efforts to do so will spur infighting in both parties.
Women gather next to an anti-U.S. mural, showing the Statue of Liberty with a severed arm, during the 47th anniversary of the U.S. expulsion from Iran on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 7, 2026
U.S. and Iran edge closer to deal with nuclear issue back in play
Tehran is showing a willingness to discuss issues related to its nuclear program that were previously off the table, according to a diplomat.
Apple has an undisclosed multilingual gray list of tens of thousands of words and phrases that its iOS keyboard will not autocomplete or swipe-type, a researcher has said.
WORLD
Nov 7, 2026
Apple’s autocomplete restrictions include ‘Dictator Trump’ and ‘Sleepy Joe,’ researcher finds
The find offers insight into the tradeoff between guessing what users are trying to say and preventing the devices from offering offensive suggestions.
Stephen Miller
WORLD / Politics
Nov 7, 2026
Trump makes hard-liner Stephen Miller his chief of staff after midterm defeat
Miller, who will replace Susie Wiles, assumes the role as the president prepares to confront a Democratic-led House of Representatives and Senate.
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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