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This aerial photo taken on Nov. 4 shows the newly restored West Mebon temple in Siem Reap province, Cambodia.
WORLD / Society
Nov 10, 2026
Macron’s Angkor visit highlights France’s custodial role
Former colonial power France plays a pivotal role in conservation projects in Cambodia.
Protesters take part in a demonstration in Paris as part of a day of strikes and protests over wages, the cost of living and public services across France, on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 6, 2026
French protests draw 575,000 amid parliament budget impasse
The office of Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu has announced he will call labor unions to a conference to present responses to their demands.
A protester holds the French flag as he protects himself from a water cannon during a demonstration against the rising cost of living, in Paris on Saturday.
WORLD
Oct 25, 2026
Clashes break out in Paris and other French cities amid fresh protests
Authorities had deployed 70,000 security forces across the country for the new marches, which were called to protest the cost of living.
Demonstrators protest against the high cost of living in Nantes, France, on Oct. 17. Similar demonstrations have spread across other parts of Europe as households grapple with rising prices and economic uncertainty.
EDITORIALS
Oct 23, 2026
France burns as the political center fiddles
The political center in Europe is struggling to offer convincing answers to voters’ economic concerns.
France's President Emmanuel Macron chairs a security council to review "security measures for the coming weeks," at the Elysee presidential Palace in Paris on Thursday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 23, 2026
French authorities seek to ban or curb fresh protests
Officials in France are still reeling from the clashes, widespread looting and vandalism of public buildings that broke out on Oct. 17.
Demonstrators angered over the high cost of living clash with police in Montpellier, France, on Oct. 17.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 22, 2026
Liberte, egalite, misere? Why France is burning
It’s not only France that’s feeling the heat. Anger about inflation, from energy prices to housing costs, has led to clashes in Italy and Portugal.
Police officers on patrol during a partial curfew in Lyon on Monday following weekend demonstrations over soaring prices degenerated into some of France's worst street violence in recent years
WORLD
Oct 20, 2026
France imposes curfews in parts of Paris and other cities after riots
The weekend of looting and violence followed weeks of student demonstrations, highlighting pressures from a weak economy and surging debt.
Police officers charge toward protestors during a demonstration over cost of living concerns at Paris' Place de la Republique on Saturday.
WORLD
Oct 19, 2026
France seeks to curb violence as wave of unrest hits Europe
Scenes of destruction spanned multiple French cities, with around 1,000 police and firefighters injured.
A protester watches as Lyon's tourism office burns after being set on fire during a demonstration against France's "high cost of living" on Saturday.
WORLD
Oct 18, 2026
France counts cost of violent protests as 1,800 arrested
Paris police said a “record” 855 people had been arrested and streets were littered with the burnt-out remains of barricades built by protesters.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on the sidelines of an EU summit in Brussels on Thursday
WORLD / Politics
Oct 16, 2026
Zelenskyy rallies European allies as Trump ties slump
Kyiv has said it would no longer abide by U.S. President Donald Trump’s demands not to strike Russian oil refineries.
Marine Le Pen (center), the National Rally candidate for France's 2027 presidential election, attends a news conference with party president Jordan Bardella (right) and lawmaker Jean-Philippe Tanguy in Paris on Oct. 6.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 11, 2026
The French far right embraces austerity
Marine Le Pen is pairing nationalist politics with fiscal austerity, betting that voters will support spending cuts.
French finance chief Roland Lescure (left) with President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Friday
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Oct 6, 2026
How Macron’s decade in power left France as Europe’s weakest link
French finance chief Roland Lescure is now leading a rearguard action to preserve what’s left of Macronomics and the French president’s legacy.
Members of a local electoral commission empty a ballot box before counting votes in Russia’s parliamentary election in Podolsk, near Moscow, on Sept. 20.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 25, 2026
Why Russia’s Potemkin election actually matters
There’s little purpose to parsing who won the vote; the point is that opponents of Putin and his war were jailed, exiled or banned from running.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney (left) and French President Emmanuel Macron shake hands in Saint-Pierre, part of the French self-governing overseas collectivity of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 21, 2026
Macron and Carney pledge closer ties amid strains with Trump
The French president and Canadian prime minister’s meeting came weeks after the U.S. president made a controversial post on social media.
Pikachu characters perform during a Splash show and Pokemon Go Park event in Yokohama in August 2017.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 10, 2026
Anime superpower needs a bigger stage in Japan
What’s missing is the obvious bet: Japanese capital backing domestic intellectual property at Disney-like scale.
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham reacts as he is shown the rubble and wreckage left of buildings after a Russian strike at the Lukanivska market in Kyiv, on Monday, during his first trip abroad since taking office.
WORLD
Aug 25, 2026
Britain and France pledge stronger support as Ukraine marks Independence Day
The aid includes access to classified technology and faster deliveries of air defense missiles.
French President Emmanuel Macron (left) speaks beside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after a meeting ahead of a summit of the "Coalition of the Willing" to support Ukraine at the Hotel des Invalides in Paris on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 14, 2026
European powers join forces to build anti-ballistic missile defense system
The decision signals a shift away from its reliance on the U.S. as Ukraine struggles against Russia’s onslaught.
France's President Emmanuel Macron meets with Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa in Damascus on Tuesday.
WORLD
Jul 7, 2026
Blasts rock Damascus during Macron visit
The blasts underscore the major security ?challenges in Syria, where French President Emmanuel Macron is the first head of state of ?a European Union country to visit since 2024.
French President Emmanuel Macron has described ?Versailles as "an instrument for influence" but it has not always delivered for the French leader.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 19, 2026
Macron’s Versailles diplomacy wins mixed results over decade in power
The French president’s efforts have often failed to yield lasting strategic gains, though his vision of European Union “strategic autonomy” is gaining traction.
U.S. President Donald Trump arrives for a working session with G7 leaders and outreach partners on promoting economic growth, during the G7 Summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 18, 2026
‘I’m the boss’, Trump says at G7, as he warms to Ukraine’s war aims
Trump told a press conference that Russia was losing more soldiers ?than Ukraine in the war, describing Moscow as the “offensive” party in the conflict.
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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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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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.
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