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Protesters hold the Union Jack and St. George's flags outside the Bell Hotel, after the British government challenged a court ruling requiring asylum seekers to be temporarily evicted from the hotel in Epping, England, in August.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 16, 2025
Britain announces largest asylum policy overhaul in modern times
British authorities say the measures are designed to make Britain less attractive to illegal migrants and make it easier to remove them.
England's Brydon Carse warms up during the Ashes tour warm-up match between England and England Lions XI at Lilac Hill Park in Perth, Australia, on Saturday.
MORE SPORTS / Cricket
Nov 16, 2025
Ashes to Ashes, cricket’s oldest rivalry endures
Attention spans have shortened in the era of smartphones and social media, but generations of cricket fans remain enthralled by the Ashes.
A person walks with an umbrella outside BBC Broadcasting House, after Director-General Tim Davie and CEO of BBC News Deborah Turness resigned following accusations of bias at the British broadcaster, including in the way it edited a speech by U.S. President Donald Trump, in London on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 15, 2025
Trump says he will likely sue the BBC for up to $5 billion over edited speech
The British Broadcasting Corp. has been plunged into its biggest crisis in decades after two senior leaders resigned following accusations of bias.
Ukrainian emergency personnel work at the scene of a drone attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Wednesday.
WORLD
Nov 14, 2025
Intel shows Putin not ready for Ukraine deal, Britain’s ex-MI6 chief says
Richard Moore, who stepped down as head of MI6 in September, also said there could be consequences in terms of Chinese activity if the West didn’t help Ukraine prevail.
Mugshots of Malaysian national Seng Hok Ling (left) and Chinese national Zhimin Qian (right), alias Yadi Zhang — both of whom were convicted for their roles in a multi billion-dollar Bitcoin fraud in the U.K.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 12, 2025
Chinese bitcoin fraudster jailed after huge U.K. crypto seizure
The 47-year-old lived a life of luxury renting expensive mansions and plotting to become the monarch of a self-proclaimed nation “Liberland“ until she was arrested last year.
People shelter from the rain outside the entrance to the BBC in London on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 11, 2025
Trump’s war on the media goes international with BBC apology
By using, or threatening to use, the courts and his administration’s authority, Trump has already forced a series of major concessions from some of the largest outlets in the U.S.
BBC Director-General Tim Davie in London on April 28, 2022.
WORLD
Nov 10, 2025
BBC boss and head of news resign amid accusations of bias
BBC leaders Tim Davie and Deborah Turness step down after claims the broadcaster distorted Trump’s Jan. 6 speech and exhibited bias in its coverage of Gaza and gender issues.
Nomura Holdings decided to fold its fledgling proprietary trading desk in London into other parts of the markets business, ditching an effort to restart the contentious practice.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 9, 2025
Nomura abandons effort to restart prop trading desk in London
The short-lived effort shows how Japan’s biggest brokerage continued high-risk bets even as executives say they’ve overhauled to focused on serving customers.
London-based composer Dai Fujikura speaks during an interview in London on Oct. 6.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Nov 4, 2025
Hokusai-themed opera ‘The Great Wave’ to premiere in Scotland
The opera is the latest work by London-based composer Dai Fujikura and is a joint production with Scotland’s Scottish Opera.
A forensic officer takes pictures of the London North Eastern Railway train where a series of stabbings took place, at a platform at Huntingdon Station, near Cambridge, Britain, on Sunday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 3, 2025
U.K. police say train stabbings carried out by lone attacker, not terrorism
Work was now ongoing to establish the events leading up to the attack and the suspect’s background, police said, and a knife had been recovered from the scene.
Police officers and a dog handler work on the platform at Huntingdon Station in Huntingdon, U.K., on Saturday following a stabbing on a train.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 2, 2025
Police arrest two suspects after U.K. train stabbings seriously injure nine
While Britain has some of the strictest gun controls in the world, rampant knife crime has been branded a ‘national crisis.’
Demonstrators protest against the Labour government's plans to introduce a digital ID outside of the party's conference in Liverpool, England, on Sept. 28.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 2, 2025
Starmer’s digital ID plan tests his powers of persuasion
It might seem odd that U.K. political parties of all flavors have been quick to unite against what they deem a step towards an Orwellian Big Brother state.
King Charles III's younger brother Andrew, who is to be stripped of his royal titles and ousted from his long-term residence on the Windsor estate.
WORLD
Oct 31, 2025
King Charles strips brother Andrew of titles and his mansion
Andrew has come under mounting pressure in recent years over his behavior and his ties to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Nomura Asset Management has been buying U.K. government bonds as their yields appear more attractive than those of other European countries.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 31, 2025
Nomura’s Maeda says gilts are most compelling bet in Europe
Despite a tumble in gilt yields this month, the 10-year maturity is yielding about 4.4%, making it appealing for investors in Japan.
Visitors line up outside the Lin Zexu Memorial Hall in Fuzhou, China, on Oct. 23. Chinese President Xi Jinping draws on lessons from Lin Zexu, a 19th-century official whose defiance of Britain in a confrontation over trade led to China’s humiliating defeat but made him a national hero.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 30, 2025
How the 19th-century opium war shapes Xi’s trade clash with Trump
The showdown between China and the West then began, much as today’s did, with mounting Western anger over a huge Chinese trade surplus.
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers his keynote speech at the Labour Party annual conference in Liverpool, U.K., on Sept. 30.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 29, 2025
Starmer’s Labour sinks to lowest-ever rating in YouGov poll
The party is losing votes to both the left and the right.
The recent China spy scandal in the U.K. highlights a chaotic, disorienting political and intelligence environment, resembling something more likely found in spy fiction rather than real-world espionage.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 28, 2025
U.K.’s China spying scandal is a ‘Slow Horses’ plot
The China spy scandal currently gripping U.K. politics and media is again redolent of a fictional milieu.
Mari Sako at New College, the University of Oxford, in Oxford, England
BUSINESS / WOMEN AT WORK
Oct 26, 2025
Flying academia’s flag for Japan, with a nod to the U.K.
Mari Sako has adopted the idea of being a “global citizen” through her work in academia.
Britain's Prince Andrew leaves Westminster Cathedral with King Charles in September. The prince's ongoing scandals, including his alleged association with Jeffrey Epstein, and the monarchy’s dysfunctional hereditary system raise deeper questions about the relevance of the royal family in modern society.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 24, 2025
Prince Andrew’s ugly Epstein saga makes a strong ‘no kings’ case
The prince has insisted he had no memory of meeting Giuffre, despite paying her a reported £12 million ($16 million) three years ago to stop her civil claim against him.
With the recent sumo jaunt to London being essentially a goodwill exercise, <i>rikishi</i> were far more outgoing and relaxed than normal.
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Oct 22, 2025
London exhibition perhaps sumo’s most successful trip abroad
Over the course of the tournament, sumo received wall-to-wall coverage in mainstream British media.
Thailand gets serious about chasing high-spending tourists
Chinese tourists at Wat Arun Ratchawararam Rathawaramahawihan in Bangkok
Murakami says his novels are ‘different’ from AI literature
Haruki Murakami&#039;s first book in three years hit shelves in Japan on Friday.
Japan’s princesses face life-altering legal revisions
Princess Aiko, the daughter of Emperor Naruhito, said in a 2022 news conference upon coming of age that she hopes to “spend a long time together” with her parents.
Japan plans to sharply raise fees for residence permits from October
Foreign tourists walk on the path leading to the Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in May.
Micron breaks ground on $9 billion western Japan plant expansion
Micron Technology’s factory in Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture
Okinawa’s prized seaweed under threat as oceans warm
Local harvesters gather <i>mozuku</i> during low tide at Hyakuna Beach in the city of Nanjo, Okinawa Prefecture. As the planet warms, rising ocean temperatures are placing increasing pressure on the seaweed industry.
‘Defense,’ not ‘warfare,’ stressed as pacifist Japan beefs up capabilities
Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi attends an annual training session near Mount Fuji at Higashifuji Training Field in Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture, on June 7.
Japan plans to sharply raise fees for residence permits from October
Foreign tourists walk on the path leading to the Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in May.
X Games returns to Chiba with new team format
Skateboarder Sora Shirai practices at Makuhari Messe in Chiba on Friday afternoon. X Games Chiba begins on Saturday.
NU Festival tests Takanawa Gateway City complex’s culture cred
Veteran improvisers Kazuo Imai and Atsuhiro Ito brought some unruly energy to NU Festival, a three-day multimedia event held at the Takanawa Gateway City complex.  

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