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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.
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.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends a midterm campaign rally at Salina Regional Airport in Salina, Kansas, on Nov. 1.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 6, 2026
Marco Rubio denies plans to leave post for White House bid
Rubio, who also serves as national security adviser, is widely considered a potential successor to U.S. President Donald Trump in the 2028 presidential race.
Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado greets supporters upon her arrival in Caracas on Oct. 25, after almost a year in exile.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 2, 2026
Machado’s biggest challenge in Venezuela is patience
Machado should resist the temptation to rush the process or make impractical demands, even if she has the legitimacy to do so.
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong pose for photographs at a meeting of Quad top diplomats on the sidelines of the Group of 20 foreign ministers' meeting in Atlanta on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 1, 2026
‘Quad’ diplomats express ‘grave concerns’ about economic coercion in veiled jab at China
Economic security was a key feature of the talks, the officials’ third meeting this year, as the grouping gears up for a leaders’ summit this month.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during the Freedom 250 reception at the Jio World Convention Center in Mumbai on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 21, 2026
With leaders’ summit, ‘Quad’ hopes to breathe fresh life into grouping
U.S. President Donald Trump will join a meeting next month amid concerns that the four-nation grouping is withering on the vine.
South African jurist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Navi Pillay poses in Nuremberg, Germany, on Friday, soon after being awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 13, 2026
And the Nobel Peace Prize goes to the opposite of Trump
ICC jurists have now been frozen out of everything from bank accounts to VISA and Mastercard credit cards and Amazon subscriptions.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio shakes hands with Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi as they meet on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City on Sept. 21.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 11, 2026
Rubio cites ‘necessity’ of U.S. sanctions on ICC in call with Japanese counterpart
The court’s legislative body demanded “the immediate revocation” of the sanctions, urging “the international community to stand firm” in its defense.
One of the two passenger buses struck by projectiles in Kramatorsk, near the front line in eastern Ukraine, on Thursday.
WORLD
Oct 9, 2026
Zelenskyy accuses U.S. of inaction as Russian strikes kill over 70 in two days
Ukraine’s president criticized Washington’s effort to pursue economic ties with Russia while also seeking to mediate the more than four-year war.
China's LOGINK platform was touted as a digital system to exchange logistics data from customs authorities, ports and third-party transport services, replacing paper processes.
BUSINESS
Oct 6, 2026
The U.S. said China was priming a trade superweapon. Then it vanished.
It could not be established why the LOGINK platform championed by Beijing as a “key project” spiraled into financial and legal troubles.
U.S. President Donald Trump greets his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, on his arrival for a state visit at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on Wednesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 24, 2026
Trump’s retreat from U.S. allies puts Taiwan in jeopardy
The danger is that the treatment of Ukraine could lead Beijing and other governments to conclude that American commitments are negotiable.
South Korea Foreign Minister Cho Hyun (left), U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (center) and Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi pose for photos on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Monday.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 22, 2026
Japan, U.S. and South Korea back Taiwan at trilateral meeting
The top diplomats of Japan, South Korea and the U.S. expressed support for the democratic island, days before a U.S.-China leaders’ summit.
People sit near a television screen showing a news broadcast of South Korean President Lee Jae Myung holding a news conference at the Blue House, at the main rail station in Seoul on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 19, 2026
Seoul affirms U.S. investment pledges and intent to help with Strait of Hormuz
Talks between the allies’ top diplomats came a day after South Korean President Lee Jae Myung ruled out sending troops to the Strait of Hormuz.
South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun speaks at a Mekong-South Korea Foreign Ministers' meeting on the sidelines of the 59th Association of Southeast Asian Nations Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Metro Manila on July 23.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 17, 2026
South Korea says U.S. investment deal delayed; parliament briefing may be held next week
South Korea’s foreign minister made the remarks at the airport before departing to the U.S., where he is due to meet Marco Rubio for talks.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (left) and South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun on the sidelines of the NATO leaders' summit in Ankara on July 7
WORLD / Politics
Sep 16, 2026
South Korea’s top diplomat to meet Rubio amid U.S. investment discussions
The pair plan to hold consultations on a wide range of topics, including the South Korean-U.S. relationship and Korean Peninsula issues.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the State Department in Washington on Aug. 4.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 27, 2026
U.S. says it’s committed to North Korea’s ‘denuclearization’ after talks omit key phrase
The U.S. State Department reaffirmed the policy, despite signals by President Donald Trump of an interest in returning to talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio poses for a photo with South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun during a trilateral meeting on the sidelines of a NATO leaders' summit in Ankara in July.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 25, 2026
North Korea’s denuclearization absent from readouts of latest U.S.-South Korea talks
Questions have grown about Washington and Seoul’s commitment to seeking to rid Pyongyang of its nukes after top diplomats’ meeting.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump shake hands at a state banquet at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in May. Xi is scheduled to meet Trump in Washington in September.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 21, 2026
U.S. designates American held by China as wrongfully detained
The State Department says Myanmar scholar Min Zin was detained at the airport after he traveled to Yunnan, China, in June on the invitation of the Chinese government.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has announced sanctions against International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane.
JAPAN
Aug 20, 2026
U.S. wants allies, including Japan, to end support for International Criminal Court
The statement by a U.S. State Department spokesperson follows U.S. sanctions announced Tuesday against ICC President Tomoko Akane of Japan.
Rohingya refugees hold a rally inside a refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, on Aug. 25 last year, marking the eighth anniversary of their forced exodus from Myanmar.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 4, 2026
The Rohingya drown while ASEAN debates oil
People do not board unseaworthy boats because they misjudge the tides. They board because remaining has become its own form of drowning.
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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