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Democrats' sweeping midterm victory leaves Donald Trump's foreign policy largely intact while shifting the broader fight over America's global role to the next U.S. presidential election.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 11, 2026
Midterms shake U.S. foreign policy, but no tectonic shifts
The real fight, which began the day after the ballot, is over U.S. foreign policy in the next administration.
Since the First Intifada in 1987, every major flare-up of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has triggered a recession in Israel.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 11, 2026
The economic toll of Israel’s wars
Since the First Intifada in 1987, every major flare-up of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has triggered a recession.
Gadi Eisenkot speaks to the media during a party meeting at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 11, 2026
Eisenkot quickly targets Netanyahu’s legacy in new Israeli parliament
Though questions still linger over who can form a government, Gadi Eisenkot’s broad left-to-right bloc wasted no time in setting the agenda.
Former military chief Gadi Eisenkot speaks after receiving a mandate to form a government from Israeli President Isaac Herzog at the president's residence in Jerusalem, Israel, on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 9, 2026
Eisenkot gets chance to form Israeli government after vote
The ex-general has up to six weeks to try to form a coalition, failing which the task likely reverts to caretaker Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Displaced Palestinians attempt to clear water from outside their flooded tents amid heavy rainfall in Gaza City's Al-Remal neighborhood on Friday.
WORLD
Nov 8, 2026
Heavy rain leaves tens of thousands without shelter in Gaza: local authorities
Hundreds of displaced Palestinian families have been seen fleeing camps after they flooded.
Former military chief Gadi Eisenkot, leader of the Yashar party, waves an Israeli flag following the exit polls at his party headquarters, on the evening of Israel's national election, in Tel Aviv, Israel Oct. 28.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 8, 2026
Israeli president picks Gadi Eisenkot, Netanyahu rival, to try to form government
Israel’s president on Saturday chose Gadi Eisenkot, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s strongest rival, to try to form a new government.
Incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has the support of 46 parliament members, but his challenger, Gadi Eisenkot, has the backing of 67.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 6, 2026
Eisenkot tipped to seek Israel government with backing of Arab lists
Two Arab-majority lists won an unprecedented 19 seats in the Oct. 27 election, and both said they were backing Gadi Eisenkot.
U.S. President Donald Trump looks on on the day the final steel beam goes into the ballroom, at the White House in Washington on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 5, 2026
Beaten at home, Trump faces stark choice on Iran: deal or escalation
Facing a Democratic Congress able to constrain his military options, Trump has a greater incentive to seek a deal.
Employees empty perishable goods from freezers at a supermarket in Sjoebo, Sweden, on Monday after a hacker attack on refrigeration systems that affected several countries in Europe.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 4, 2026
Uncool! Hacking refrigerators is a hint of threats to come
Fiddled freezers are not a national security threat. But think of refrigerators as the tip of the iceberg.
U.S. President Donald Trump greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington on Sept. 29, 2025. U.S. public support for Israel has fallen since its harsh response in the Gaza Strip to a deadly Hamas-led cross-border attack in October 2023.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 4, 2026
As Americans vote, Trump says U.S. will stop $4 billion in aid to Israel
Israel’s future leadership is uncertain after an Oct. 27 election in which Benjamin Netanyahu lost his governing majority.
Gadi Eisenkot, a former military chief and incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s main challenger, during a campaign event in Haifa, Israel, on Sept. 23
WORLD / Politics
Nov 3, 2026
Israel opposition meets to back Eisenkot, but Netanyahu says voters chose him
Eisenkot’s bloc won 48 seats while Netanyahu’s camp secured 53, of which 27 are from his Likud party.
Israeli protesters attend a demonstration outside Yashar party leader Gadi Eisenkot's home, calling on him to form a coalition with Israel-Arab parties rather than allow Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to serve another term, following Israel's national election, in Herzliya, Israel, Oct. 29.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 30, 2026
Netanyahu bloc finishes ahead in Israel vote, but well short of majority
The results set the stage for tough coalition talks or potentially another vote.
Palestinian residents walk past campaign posters of far-right politician Itamar Ben Gvir in Beit Kahil in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 29, 2026
From Gaza to Ramallah, Palestinians see little hope in Israeli vote
A common concern is that “an even worse leader” could come into power.
An election billboard features Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, leader of the Likud party, and U.S. President Donald Trump in Ramat Gan, Israel, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 29, 2026
What’s at stake for Trump in Israel’s deadlocked election?
With the Israeli election inconclusive, painstaking coalition bargaining appears to be ahead, with Netanyahu remaining in a caretaker capacity.
Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the Likud party headquarters in Jerusalem on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 29, 2026
Israel’s election gives survivor Netanyahu a path to keep power
With turnout at a record high, Israeli broadcasters put Netanyahu’s bloc on course to win 53 seats, with the opposition bloc of Gadi Eisenkot with 48.
Supporters of opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot during an election night event in Tel Aviv on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 28, 2026
With Israel poll results still murky, what happens next?
Votes are now being tallied, followed by potentially long negotiations as parties try to assemble a governing coalition.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reacts to exit polls, at his Likud party's headquarters during Israel's national election, in Jerusalem on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 28, 2026
Netanyahu and Eisenkot stake rival claims to lead Israel after deadlocked vote
With votes trickling in, a pair of exit polls have the rival blocs ?tied 51 to 51, leaving neither with the 61 seats needed for a majority.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tours a market in Jerusalem on Friday, days before Israel's general election on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 27, 2026
Netanyahu touts Trump endorsement on eve of vote
The Israeli prime minister suggested Israel and the U.S. may restart their war on Iran if he wins.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Port Huron, Michigan, on Sunday.
WORLD
Oct 26, 2026
Trump says decision nearing on Iran as he weighs diplomacy or renewed strikes
Trump has suggested that U.S. strikes on Iran could resume after the Nov. 3 midterm elections and he has sent additional forces to the region.
Gadi Eisenkot, Israel's former military chief of staff and leader of the Yashar party, arrives for the party's final campaign rally before the legislative election, in Tel Aviv on Sunday.
WORLD
Oct 26, 2026
Israel’s Eisenkot vows unity as Netanyahu paints him as soft on Iran
Polls have shown Benjamin Netanyahu and Gadi Eisenkot to be neck and neck as Israel heads into a consequential election.
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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