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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.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a meeting with the director of Russia's Federal Financial Monitoring Service Yuri Chikhanchin in Moscow on Nov. 5.
WORLD / Society
Nov 10, 2026
The war Putin wanted to keep away is coming home to Russia
Air-raid sirens signaling the threat of missile or drone strikes have become a daily occurrence for millions of residents in most of central Russia.
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.
Local residents remove debris from a vehicle outside a damaged residential building following a Russian missile strike on Kyiv on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 10, 2026
Russia and Ukraine envoys to talk ceasefire monitoring and territory
The meeting marks a resumption of talks put on hold in February when the Trump administration’s focus shifted to the Iran war.
Ukrainian forces use an American-made reconnaissance drone to hunt for Russian forces in Donetsk last year.
WORLD
Nov 9, 2026
Hacked records show 400,000 Russians killed in war on Ukraine
The material, obtained by a Belarusian pro-opposition group and a Ukrainian hacker operation, gives rare insight into the war’s true cost for Russia.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at his office in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sunday, on Oct. 18. Zelenskyy has expressed hope that the outcome of the U.S. midterm election will boost support for Kyiv and help end Europe's bloodiest conflict since World War II.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 6, 2026
U.S. midterms offer hope on new aid for Ukraine, analysts say
The Democratic sweep of the elections could also bring about greater scrutiny of U.S. President Donald Trump’s Russia policies.
The 2026 midterms weakened U.S. President Donald Trump's authority, boosting Democratic congressional leverage and altering how foreign governments, allies and corporations will have to navigate his administration.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 5, 2026
The Democratic ‘blue wave’ just reset American power
Trump no longer commands the political support he once claimed. U.S. voters have roundly rebuked the U.S. president in a referendum on his leadership.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (L) and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (R) speak to the media during a joint news conference in Berlin on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 4, 2026
Russia bombards Ukraine power grid before Abu Dhabi talks; Merz urges Moscow to engage
In more than four years of war, Russia has repeatedly targeted the Ukrainian energy system as winter approaches.
Ukrainian soldiers fire an MRLS BM-21 "Grad" rocket toward Russian positions at an undisclosed location near Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 3, 2026
Russian army suffers record losses in Ukraine as land gains slip
Battlefield successes underscore Ukraine’s ability to fight back despite Russia’s increasingly deadly airstrikes menacing its civilian population.
A Ukrainian serviceman stands next to a makeshift memorial at Independence Square in Kyiv on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 2, 2026
Cyberattacks hit Russia and Ukraine after truce ends
Moscow said hackers posted “false information” on its emergency warnings app after Ukraine reported a suspected breach of its air raid alert system.
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi addresses the Shangri-La Dialogue security summit in Singapore on May 31.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 30, 2026
The naive case for deploying U.S. nuclear weapons to Japan
Bringing U.S. nuclear weapons into Japan won’t help make the country more secure.
Emergency employees carry a person injured at a railway station in Dnipro, Ukraine, following a Russian drone strike on Thursday.
WORLD
Oct 29, 2026
‘Horrific’ Russian drone strike kills 14 at Ukraine train station
Images released by Ukrainian emergency services showed bodies on the platform and rescuers helping victims to safety.
A satellite view of Antonivka road bridge, which used to connect Oleshky and Kherson city, in Oleshky, Kherson region, Russian-controlled Ukraine, on Oct. 21
WORLD / Politics
Oct 28, 2026
U.S.-brokered truce appears to hold in Ukrainian town close to starvation
The local truce, brokered with the involvement of Pope Leo, is intended to allow aid into Oleshky and enable those who want to leave to do so.
Firefighters work at the site of a shopping center hit by a Russian missile attack, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv on Thursday. Picture taken with a mobile phone.
WORLD
Oct 23, 2026
Russia-Ukraine conflict continues despite prospects of renewed talks
Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed that Russia was ready to resume U.S.-mediated talks with Ukraine next month.
A U.S. official said White House Special Envoy Steve Witkoff would aim to "create a pathway toward direct trilateral and broader multilateral negotiations" regarding Russia and Ukraine.
WORLD
Oct 21, 2026
U.S. envoy Witkoff to meet Putin as Trump presses Ukraine to settle
The plan comes after what a U.S. official called “constructive” talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Norway.
A shopping mall in Kyiv damaged by a Russian missile attack on Monday.
WORLD
Oct 20, 2026
Zelenskyy says Ukraine got no warning of overnight Russian missile strike
In all, Russia fired 16 ballistic missiles overnight at Kyiv and the surrounding region and more than 200 drones.
Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy shakes hands with U.S. President Donald Trump during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Sept. 22.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 19, 2026
As obstacles to peace go, Zelenskyy ranks below Trump
In the hierarchy of politicians responsible for the continuation of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Zelenskyy ranks only third, after Putin and Trump.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine's president, during a news conference at a European Council meeting in Brussels on Friday
WORLD / Politics
Oct 19, 2026
Zelenskyy says Trump is pushing Ukraine to capitulate to Russia
The Ukrainian leader also offered to accede to Trump’s request to stop targeting Russian refineries in exchange for Patriot missile deliveries.
Protesters demand better protection for Ukrainian cities and civilians against Russian drone attacks in Berlin on Aug. 24. Ukraine is paying the price for Donald Trump’s war against Iran and the spike in oil prices.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 18, 2026
America’s oldest bad idea about oil
From Iran in 1953 to Ukraine today, Washington’s pursuit of oil has repeatedly undermined its own strategic interests.
Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington in February 2025
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Oct 18, 2026
Trump-Zelenskyy rift threatens vital support for Kyiv
The widening rift has sparked concerns that Trump and Zelenskyy’s tumultuous relationship could lead to even worse outcomes for Kyiv.
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
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‘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.
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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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