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From left: FBI Director Kash Patel, Defense Intelligence Agency Director Lt. Gen. James Adams, Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard, Acting National Security Agency Director Lt. Gen. William Hartman and CIA Director John Ratcliffe testify before a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 18.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 3, 2026
Top U.S. spy agencies feud over turf and mission
The infighting between the CIA and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) has flared for more than a year.
An activist speaks to Kenyan police officers while attempting to enter the Milimani Law Courts during a protest against a U.S.-built Ebola quarantine center planned to begin operations at Kenya's Laikipia Air Base, in Nairobi on Tuesday.
WORLD
Jun 3, 2026
Protests over U.S. Ebola site in Kenya kill two; court keeps suspension
The proposed 50-bed unit on an air force base for Americans exposed ​to the virus has angered many Kenyans.
President Donald Trump holds a Cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington on Wednesday, May 27.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 3, 2026
Trump administration drops $1.8 billion ‘weaponization’ fund after Republican backlash
The fund emerged after Trump’s unprecedented $10 billion lawsuit ​against the IRS over the alleged mishandling of his tax records.
U.S. President Donald Trump attends a Cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington on May 27. In a recent last-minute turnabout, Trump dropped the planned signing of a watered-down executive order on powerful AI models that called for voluntary industry controls on the technology.
WORLD
Jun 2, 2026
As Trump resists curbs on AI, MAGA grassroots shows growing momentum against it
Some of Trump’s most fervent supporters are skeptical of the new technology threatening to replace humans and upend society.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman at an event in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2025. The state of Florida in the U.S. alleges in its lawsuit that OpenAI has been "careless” in its introduction of its artificial intelligence chatbot to the public.
WORLD
Jun 2, 2026
Florida sues OpenAI and Sam Altman over chatbot safety concerns
Florida’s sweeping lawsuit cites a range of alleged harms caused by ChatGPT while stating the chatbot is particularly addictive, impacting both younger people and adults.
Vietnamese President To Lam gives the keynote address during the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue security summit in Singapore on Friday.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 2, 2026
Vietnam is Asia’s rising power to watch
According to the Lowy Institute’s 2025 Asia Power Index, Vietnam recorded the second-largest increase in overall influence in the region.
An attendee tries a robot eye-hand coordination tool at the Canton Fair in Guangzhou, China, in April.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 2, 2026
China’s long march to technological supremacy
No wonder the World Intellectual Property Organization now ranks China among the world’s most innovative economies — especially in terms of knowledge and technology outputs.
A rare rebellion by Senate Republicans against U.S. President Donald Trump's nearly $1.8 billion fund to compensate people who said they had been the subject of government abuse was ⁠an extraordinary act of defiance against Trump.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 2, 2026
Trump’s ‘weaponization’ fund put on hold after fierce opposition from Congress
The nearly $1.8 billion fund to compensate people who said they had been the subject of government abuse has sparked uproar, including from Republican senators.
Smoke rises in Lebanon following an airstrike, as seen from the Israeli side of the Israel-Lebanon border on Monday.
WORLD
Jun 2, 2026
Lebanon announces partial ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, but attacks continue
Iran insists ‌on a halt to Israeli attacks in Lebanon as a condition of any deal to end the war, while the U.S. says the two conflicts are separate.
Most traders and analysts expect the Strait of Hormuz to reopen relatively soon because the economic consequences of a prolonged closure would be too severe.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 1, 2026
What if the Strait of Hormuz didn’t reopen?
History doesn’t repeat, but it rhymes. So what if something similar were to happen in the Strait of Hormuz? It’s a nightmare few contemplate.
Kuomintang leader Cheng Li-wun speaks during a news conference in Taipei on Monday, ahead of her visit to the U.S.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 1, 2026
Taiwan opposition leader would be ‘very willing’ to meet Trump on U.S. trip
Kuomintang Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun says she is willing to meet anyone who is “conducive to peace,” just as she ⁠had met Chinese President Xi Jinping.
The USS Thomas Hudner at sea on May 19. U.S. strikes on Iran's Gulf coast over the weekend were in response to "aggressive Iranian actions that included the shootdown of a U.S. MQ-1 drone that was operating over international waters," the U.S. Central Command ⁠said in a post on X.
WORLD
Jun 1, 2026
U.S. says it struck Iranian military sites as Tehran responds with air base attack
Air defenses in Kuwait, where a major U.S. base is located, were intercepting missile and drone attacks on Monday as ⁠sirens sounded across the country.
The factory of Nippon Dynawave Packaging, a subsidiary of Nippon Paper Industries, where a chemical tank exploded, in Longview, Washington, on May 26
JAPAN
Jun 1, 2026
Death toll from accident at Nippon Paper U.S. unit reaches 11
Eight other people suffered injuries in the accident, which occurred at the Longview-based Nippon Dynawave Packaging on Tuesday.
War crimes investigators Roksolana Makar and Oleksii Starynets, from the Ukrainian nonprofit Truth Hounds, interview a woman who says she was tortured and raped by occupying Russian forces in 2022, in Izium, Ukraine, on Jan. 29.
WORLD / FOCUS
Jun 1, 2026
How Trump’s Ukraine aid cuts undermine justice for Russian war crimes
The aid cuts reflect a broader U.S. pullback from work on human rights violations.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks at the IISS Shangri-La Dialogue security summit in Singapore on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 1, 2026
U.S. castigates Europe over defense spending as NATO reassures Asia
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth praised Asian partners and chastised European allies at the Shangri-La Dialogue.
Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia Corp., speaks at a company event in Taipei on May 27. The company's Blackwell chips may have made their way to Chinese entities based outside the country despite U.S. efforts to starve China of semiconductors.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 1, 2026
U.S. takes step to halt Nvidia AI chip shipments to Chinese firms outside China
Nvidia and AMD’s chips may have been making their ⁠way to Chinese entities despite U.S. efforts to starve China of the semiconductors needed to develop critical AI capabilities.
Smoke billows from southern Lebanon, following Israeli strikes, as seen from Nabatieh, Lebanon, on Sunday.
WORLD
Jun 1, 2026
U.S. and Iran trade drafts of deal as Israel expands Lebanon assault
Israel is not party to the talks between the U.S. and Iran and it’s unclear whether it will agree to stop its side war in Lebanon if the war in Iran is resolved.
Japan’s push into space-based solar power could reshape the future of global energy and position the country ahead of the U.S. and China in the next phase of the space race.
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 31, 2026
A space race the Land of the Rising Sun is winning
Japan takes the lead in space-based solar power exploration.
Adm. Samuel Paparo, head of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, speaks during an event in Simi Valley, California, last December.
ASIA PACIFIC
May 31, 2026
Pentagon’s Asia command seeks weapons aimed at deterring China
The U.S. military is quietly seeking to bolster its ability to deter or battle China over Taiwan, including with new warship-killing bombs and advanced sea mines.
U.S. Forces Korea commander Gen. Xavier Brunson greets a Thai representative at the Shangri-La Dialogue security summit in Singapore on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 31, 2026
U.S. and South Korea in talks over American commander’s remarks on China
The incident occurred amid growing speculation that Washington may expand its role in countering the growing regional influence of China, a key ally of North Korea and Russia.
Murakami says his novels are ‘different’ from AI literature
Haruki Murakami's first book in three years hit shelves in Japan on Friday.
Suspected Asian fraud ring exec served fresh warrant in Japan
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and Osaka Prefectural Police have issued arrest warrants for three people, including a suspected fraud network leader, over alleged immigration and residency violations.
Japan needs caregivers. Young Indians are answering the call.
Young people in India's northeast are increasingly studying Japanese in hopes of building new lives and careers in Japan.
Tokyo hospital baby hatch accepts 20 newborns in first year
Hitoshi Kato (left), head of San-ikukai Hospital in Tokyo's Sumida Ward, speaks during a news conference at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building on Thursday.
Hayabusa2 flies past asteroid as Japan aims to acquire data for planetary defense
A graphic illustration of the Hayabusa2 probe flying past the asteroid Torifune
Japanese nail salons are tourists’ new obsession
Tourists in Japan have always been interested in quintessentially Japanese approaches to modern culture, and, increasingly, visits to nail salons have become the new hot thing.
Filmmaker explores history of discrimination against foreign nationals in Japan
Takashi Nishihara, the director of "Now and Then," in Tokyo on Wednesday. The director has spent 10 years traversing politically charged terrain while exploring youth-driven grassroots political movements that scrutinize the status quo.
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.

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