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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to representatives of the media at the White House in Washington on Monday.

WORLD

Apr 15, 2026

Trump says he asked China’s Xi not to give Iran weapons

Last week, the U.S. president threatened countries with an immediate 50% tariff if they supplied Iran with weapons.

A tanker sails in the Gulf near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from northern Ras al-Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday. Oil prices have jumped more than 9% to $100 a barrel as the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran widens.

WORLD / Politics

Mar 13, 2026

U.S. will ‘make a lot of money’ from high oil price, Trump says

Oil prices have jumped more than 9% to $100 a barrel as the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran widens, with two crude tankers blazing in an Iraqi port Thursday.

A law enforcement officer uses a battering ram to force entry into a home during an immigration raid in St. Paul, Minnesota.

WORLD

Feb 13, 2026

Trump is ending deportation surge in Minnesota, White House border czar says

It was a rare retreat by the U.S. president that ⁠came after even some fellow Republicans raised questions about the operation.

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte during a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos on Wednesday.

WORLD

Jan 23, 2026

Trump touts ‘total access’ Greenland deal as NATO asks allies to step up

News of a framework deal came as the U.S. president backed off tariff threats and ruled out taking Greenland by force.

Jane Goodall spun her love of wildlife into a lifelong campaign that took her from a seaside English village to Africa and then across the globe in a quest to better understand chimpanzees.

ENVIRONMENT / Wildlife

Oct 2, 2025

Wildlife advocate and primate expert Jane Goodall dies at 91

The scientist and global activist was a pioneer in her field, both as a female scientist in the 1960s and for her work studying the behavior of primates.

Ukrainian Armed Forces fire a mortar toward Russian troops in Donetsk region, Ukraine, on May 16.

WORLD / Politics

May 21, 2025

EU and Britain go ahead with new Russia sanctions without waiting for Trump

The measures would zero in on Moscow’s “shadow fleet” of oil tankers and financial firms that have helped it avoid the impact of other sanctions imposed over the war in Ukraine.

A woman looks at cranes and shipping containers from an observation platform at Pyeongtaek port in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, on April 2.

BUSINESS / Markets

Apr 9, 2025

Trump optimistic after call about tariffs with South Korea

South Korea’s trade minister is traveling to Washington to meet U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer for tariff negotiations.

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters while signing a variety of executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House on Monday. Trump said on Monday that he could cut aid to Jordan and Egypt if they refused his demand to permanently take in most Palestinians from Gaza, substantially increasing the pressure on key allies in the region to back his audacious proposal to relocate the entire population of the territory in order to redevelop it.

WORLD / Politics

Feb 11, 2025

Trump says Hamas should free all hostages by Saturday or ‘let hell break out’

Trump cautioned that Israel might want to override him on the issue and said he might speak to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Palestinians, who were displaced to the south at Israel's order during the war, make their way back to their homes in northern Gaza on Jan. 27.

WORLD / Politics

Feb 11, 2025

Trump says Palestinians would not have a right to return to Gaza

U.S. president’s statement on Fox News contradicts his own officials who had suggested Gazans would only be relocated temporarily while the strip is redeveloped.

U.S. Secretary of Treasury Janet Yellen and Ukrainian Minister of Finance Sergii Marchenko speak prior to signing a joint statement on a U.S. loan paid for by profits from Russia's sovereign assets, at the Treasury Department in Washington on Wednesday.

WORLD / Politics

Oct 24, 2024

U.S. finalizes $20 billion share of $50 billion G7 loan to Ukraine

“Ukraine can receive the assistance it needs now, without burdening taxpayers,” said U.S. President Joe Biden.

Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the Detroit Economic Club in Detroit, Michigan, on Oct. 10.

WORLD / Politics

Oct 23, 2024

U.S. Republicans press ahead in bid to block some overseas ballots

As many as 1.6 million Americans living overseas, including U.S. military members and their families, are eligible to cast ballots in the seven swing states.

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures outside Trump Tower, the day after a guilty verdict in his criminal trial over charges that he falsified business records to conceal money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016, in New York on Friday.

WORLD / Politics

Jun 3, 2024

Trump warns of ‘breaking point’ for Americans if he’s jailed

Prison time is rare for people convicted in New York state of felony falsification of business records, the charge Trump faced at his trial.

Former U.S. President Donald Trump at an event in Columbia, South Carolina, on Saturday

WORLD / Politics

Aug 7, 2023

Trump targets judge in 2020 election case

The former president has said he plans to seek U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan’s recusal as well as a change of venue outside of Washington.

Japan Times

WORLD / Science & Health

Sep 7, 2022

U.S. eyes annual shots as updated COVID-19 vaccines roll out

By the end of this week, 90% of Americans will live within 5 miles (8 km) of sites carrying updated vaccines, U.S. health secretary Xavier Becerra said.

Japan Times

WORLD

Dec 7, 2021

Biden to warn Putin of economic consequences of Ukraine invasion

The two will hold a video call on Tuesday as the United States tries to head off Russia from launching military action against Ukraine.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

The Terasaka Rice Terraces are seen with Mount Buko in the background.

What Yokoze can teach Japan about rural revival

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