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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.”
European Commission High Representative and Vice-President for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas looks on during an informal meeting on regional security and continued support for Ukraine in Warsaw on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 10, 2026
Russia ‘pretending’ to negotiate on Ukraine while ‘bombing civilians’: Kallas
The European Union’s foreign policy chief says Moscow has failed to respect the agreements underpinning European security it had already signed up to.
Protesters hold smoke flares during a demonstration in Paris on Nov. 7.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 10, 2026
Covert Russian network exploited French riots on social media, EU report says
A separate internal assessment found accounts linked to Israel and to the U.S. MAGA movement connected the riots to radical Islam and migration.
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.
The European Central Bank (ECB) headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany
BUSINESS
Nov 8, 2026
Dutchman and Spaniard in two-horse race for ECB presidency
While no other candidate was proposed before Friday’s deadline, a surprise contender could yet appear, just like current ECB head Christine Lagarde did in 2019.
An unlicensed mining operation in Toboali, on the southern shores of the island of Bangka, Indonesia, in April 2021
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 1, 2026
How to improve global mineral governance
Global South countries should work together to ensure that mineral supply chains deliver equitable economic benefits and protect the environment.
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde speaks during a debate at European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, in February 2023.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 30, 2026
ECB’s Lagarde steps down, saying she can’t remain neutral on world events
The decision ends months of speculation about her future as Europe ?enters a ?period of rising economic volatility and divisive electoral politics.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and European Parliament President Roberta Metsola hold a joint press conference in Strasbourg, France, on Sept. 17.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 28, 2026
From students to space: What’s at stake at EU-Canada summit
Already enjoying a free trade pact and a defense procurement program among other deals, Brussels and Ottawa hope to deepen cooperation in other areas.
People sit in the shade during a heat wave in Rome on Aug. 3.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Oct 25, 2026
Summer heat’s toll on Europe: 50,000 deaths and a �17 billion GDP hit
Almost two-thirds of the deaths linked to high summer temperatures would not have happened without climate change, a study showed.
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.
Growth in China has been marked by a divide between booming exports and sluggish household spending.
BUSINESS
Oct 19, 2026
China’s growth rebound tops forecasts to close in on annual goal
The improvement in the economy should give policymakers some breathing room, allowing them to hold off on further easing.
Russian President Vladimir Putin observes a military exercise alongside top military officials in the Chelyabinsk region of central Russia, near the border with Kazakhstan, on Oct. 2.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 14, 2026
Why Putin says Russia could ‘cease to exist’ if it loses
Putin’s officials have said they are fighting Nazis and responding to NATO aggression, and that the U.S. sought Russia’s “strategic defeat.”
Even if Russian diesel reaches the global market in the coming weeks, it probably won’t offer much relief for American farmers and truckers before the midterm elections.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 13, 2026
Trump’s diesel deal irks allies and is unlikely to reduce prices
Under the agreement announced last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin would begin releasing diesel supplies into global markets.
A plug-in hybrid BYD ATTO 8 SUV. BYD, China's largest hybrid vehicle exporter to Europe, sold more plug-in hybrids than fully electric models in the first eight months of the year.
BUSINESS
Oct 12, 2026
China’s $7.5 billion EU hybrid boom faces new curbs under deal with bloc
Since the EU imposed additional tariffs on Chinese-made EVs in 2024, Chinese automakers have increasingly turned to plug-in hybrids.
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.
Japan and China are pouring billions into reducing their reliance on each other even as their massive trade ties keep them bound together, a hedging dilemma faced by other countries as well.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 11, 2026
With bilateral trade booming, why are Japan-China tensions rising?
In our new era of “weaponized interdependence,” economic ties can create strategic vulnerabilities.
Maros Sefcovic, the EU trade commissioner, speaks to journalists during a news conference in Beijing on Friday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 10, 2026
China and EU strike deal to?halve Chinese hybrid exports
The “shared understanding” would “moderate” China’s export of the cars to the EU, and would cut the imports of several million cars over four years.
The European Union is taking a harder line on China’s trade gap as it heads into two days of negotiations in Beijing.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 8, 2026
EU takes firmer stance on China’s trade practices as Beijing talks begin
Germany and France this week called on the EU to adopt stronger tools to defend European sectors that have fallen prey to surging Chinese imports.
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.
Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs reacts as he waits for the first exit poll results of the general election during his United List Party's election night gathering in Riga on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 4, 2026
Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs wins election held under shadow of Ukraine war
Baltic countries have warned for months that Russia is mounting sabotage, cyber and other hybrid attacks across Europe to erode support for Ukraine.
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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