Japan’s Prime Minister Faces Electoral Test
Thu, 17 Jul 2025 09:24:00 GMT
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is facing a critical electoral test on Sunday that could further complicate the country’s political landscape and economic recovery.
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Thu, 17 Jul 2025 09:24:00 GMT
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is facing a critical electoral test on Sunday that could further complicate the country’s political landscape and economic recovery.
Thu, 17 Jul 2025 03:00:00 GMT
An improved European weapon will test the region’s ability to wean itself off American arms.
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Far-right groups are filling the vacuum left in Russian cities as many police officers serve in the war in Ukraine.
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A black-box recording and report details indicate that the flight’s captain switched off fuel flow to engines.
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Warplanes hit Syrian military headquarters and near the presidential palace, as sectarian clashes in southern Syria developed into a crisis for the country’s new government.
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Canada introduced limits on how much foreign steel produced in countries other than the U.S. and Mexico can be imported to help a domestic sector reeling from President Trump’s tariffs.
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The proportion of missiles that slipped through doubled during the 12-day war, data show, as Tehran found vulnerabilities through trial and error.
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Israel said the strike targeted a symbol of the Iranian regime, but the attack turned out to be among the deadliest and prisoners were transferred to face worse conditions elsewhere.
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Israel said its military struck several tanks in southern Syria, as clashes between Bedouin gunmen and Druze militias left dozens dead and injured.
Sun, 13 Jul 2025 15:43:00 GMT
A rash of shootings has made the trek through combat zones to U.S. and Israeli-backed food aid sites a deadly one.
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Florida-born Sayfollah Musallet, 20, was beaten to death while visiting family in the West Bank. A second man was found dead with a gunshot wound.
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Jensen Huang extolled China’s technological advances and said President Trump wouldn’t mind his meetings in Beijing.
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The Astellas Pharma executive was sentenced to 3½ years in a case that has added strain to relations between Tokyo and Beijing.
Tue, 15 Jul 2025 10:10:00 GMT
Three weeks of military drills are taking place in and around Australia as the U.S. and its allies seek to send a message to China that they are ready to respond together.
Mon, 14 Jul 2025 14:43:00 GMT
Supporters of same-sex marriage have criticized the legislation as too limited, while opponents have said it undermines traditional marriage.
Mon, 14 Jul 2025 05:52:00 GMT
Malaysia has tightened rules around the movement of artificial-intelligence chips from the U.S., a hot-button issue for the Trump administration’s trade policy.
Tue, 15 Jul 2025 15:20:00 GMT
The U.K. government went to great lengths to keep the mistake and its ramifications secret, including acquiring a rare court injunction banning all reporting on the matter back in 2023.
Wed, 09 Jul 2025 10:47:00 GMT
The BOE will take account of the rise in yields on longer maturity government bonds as it considers how far to reduce its portfolio of gilts over the coming year.
Wed, 02 Jul 2025 15:25:00 GMT
Investors fret more taxes or borrowing are likely after the U.K. government abandoned a plan to cut welfare spending.
Tue, 01 Jul 2025 11:29:00 GMT
Despite receiving a near-record boost in funding, the royal family has decided it is the end of the line for its locomotive service.
Mon, 30 Jun 2025 19:02:00 GMT
The BBC apologized as British Prime Minister Keir Starmer criticized the state broadcaster for airing a punk duo live. The group’s visa to tour the U.S. was canceled.
Wed, 16 Jul 2025 20:23:00 GMT
He won’t impose Shariah on New York, but his views give plenty of reason for legitimate concern.
Wed, 16 Jul 2025 15:47:00 GMT
The reconciliation bill and what is public about the defense budget are heartening. But refocusing on force lethality requires more.
Tue, 15 Jul 2025 21:57:00 GMT
As the 77-year-old publisher spends another summer in prison, Hong Kong should seek a way out of a situation that is increasingly dangerous for the city’s and China’s reputations.
Tue, 15 Jul 2025 21:48:00 GMT
Seth Cropsey’s recommendation is based more on hope than good sense.
Tue, 15 Jul 2025 20:55:00 GMT
More defense spending is necessary but not enough. We also need cooperation on trade and technology.
Tue, 15 Jul 2025 19:50:00 GMT
Deflation creates an illusion of strong economic growth.
Tue, 15 Jul 2025 17:05:00 GMT
The Canadian prime minister said it may not be possible to escape U.S. tariffs even with a bilateral agreement to resolve the current tariff row.
Sat, 12 Jul 2025 19:50:00 GMT
President Claudia Sheinbaum has accommodated U.S. security demands on stemming the flow of the lethal narcotic, but hasn’t received preferential treatment from the Trump administration.
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 04:09:00 GMT
The new tariffs would exempt, for now, goods compliant with the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
Thu, 10 Jul 2025 16:58:00 GMT
Former president shot to prominence in 2018 amid a wave of dissatisfaction with corruption and crime.
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Relations between the U.S. and Brazil deteriorated after President Trump sought to halt criminal proceedings against his right-wing ally in the country, former leader Jair Bolsonaro, by imposing steep tariffs on Latin America’s biggest nation.
Wed, 16 Jul 2025 03:00:00 GMT
Back-channel contacts, direct diplomacy and a multibillion-dollar weapons deal helped align the U.S. and Europe on arming Ukraine.
Tue, 15 Jul 2025 01:00:00 GMT
The president’s agreement to sell advanced arms to European allies so they can deliver them to Kyiv is a milestone in the three-year-old war.
Tue, 15 Jul 2025 00:33:00 GMT
Aircraft and booze are among imports that would be targeted as EU debates how to respond to President Trump’s latest trade threats.
Sun, 13 Jul 2025 19:28:00 GMT
Mexico and Europe are grappling with how to respond to a U.S. administration that is using trade policy for a range of political and economic objectives.
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Unmanned vehicles dominate the battlefield in Ukraine—laying mines, delivering ammunition and medication, even evacuating casualties.
Tue, 15 Jul 2025 14:37:00 GMT
The new restrictions will limit exports of technologies crucial for producing EV batteries and processing their raw materials.
Tue, 15 Jul 2025 03:45:00 GMT
The Chinese economy cooled in the second quarter, but growth was in line with expectations despite pressure from U.S. tariffs.
Sun, 13 Jul 2025 15:38:00 GMT
Chinese state media has expanded its reach from Indonesia to Nigeria after President Trump’s March order to dismantle U.S. government-funded outlets.
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 07:04:00 GMT
Nintendo’s Switch 2 videogame machine uses a rare-earth magnet to attach its hand-held controllers to the main console, according to a teardown.
Sat, 05 Jul 2025 02:00:00 GMT
Chinese leader Xi Jinping is entering trade negotiations with a grand strategy inspired by his understanding of what the Soviet Union got wrong.
Wed, 09 Jul 2025 03:00:00 GMT
The Trump administration wants to cut deals to secure more of the key materials, but African countries are imposing export restrictions to help develop their own industries.
Sat, 05 Jul 2025 03:00:00 GMT
U.S. funded treatments in the country have helped reduce deaths from HIV/AIDS to around 14,000 a year, from as high as 200,000.
Sun, 29 Jun 2025 04:01:00 GMT
Ibrahim Traoré, Burkina Faso’s leader, counts admirers from Nairobi to Jamaica and London. Russia is also courting him.
Fri, 27 Jun 2025 20:49:00 GMT
The deal opens critical mineral deposits to U.S. investment.
Sat, 21 Jun 2025 21:53:00 GMT
Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo freed two South African oilmen who were imprisoned in apparent retaliation for the seizing in Cape Town of assets of the president’s son.
Tue, 15 Jul 2025 18:54:00 GMT
The president’s call for Ukraine to avoid hitting Moscow continued his pattern of swinging between pressure on both sides to end the war and underscored the uncertainties about his strategy.
Wed, 09 Jul 2025 08:05:00 GMT
The president’s remarks during a cabinet meeting were the latest sign of his growing displeasure with the Russian leader.
Wed, 09 Jul 2025 02:03:00 GMT
The move would mark the first time Trump has approved providing a major weapons system to Kyiv beyond the number authorized by the Biden White House.
Mon, 07 Jul 2025 17:33:00 GMT
Authorities called the death of Roman Starovoyt a suspected suicide.
Sat, 05 Jul 2025 03:00:00 GMT
A slowdown exposes the limits of the country’s wartime economy and suggests sanctions may finally be taking a toll.
Fri, 13 Jun 2025 17:11:00 GMT
An early focus of the probe includes a possible loss or reduction of thrust.
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Britain’s Viswashkumar Ramesh said he doesn’t know why he survived, while more than 200 others, including his brother, died. In India, he has become known as the miracle of window seat 11A.
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The Boeing jet carrying 242 people crashed in a residential area shortly after takeoff. Only one person survived the crash, the first fatal incident for Boeing’s Dreamliner aircraft.
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The neighbors had agreed to a full and immediate cease-fire in the worst violence between them for more than two decades.
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The vice president says India and the U.S. are making progress in trade talks.
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The proposal marks the latest effort by political leaders worldwide to regulate children’s use of platforms, amid concerns that it is harming their mental health.
Fri, 05 Jul 2024 14:21:00 GMT
Scientists debate whether a multibillion-dollar plan to eliminate invasive animals by 2050 is feasible.
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The French leader said he is open to suspending a voting-rights bill that sparked the riots once order is restored on the archipelago and talks resume between rival factions.
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Unrest in the overseas territory could derail President Emmanuel Macron’s efforts to restore French influence in the Indo-Pacific region.
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Australia is boosting its defense budget and rethinking its defense plans as strategic competition between the U.S. and China heats up in the Indo-Pacific region.
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Temperatures have been rising since the world’s oldest underground transportation system opened in 1863, presenting challenges that air conditioning can’t easily fix.
Mon, 14 Jul 2025 20:12:00 GMT
The president said in a meeting with NATO’s leader that Kyiv will have new weapons and air defenses within days under the agreement.
Mon, 14 Jul 2025 08:52:00 GMT
The president’s announcement comes a day before he meets with NATO’s chief.
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A look at how Beijing is pushing boundaries, and what the U.S. and its allies are doing in response.
Sat, 12 Jul 2025 12:00:00 GMT
Startup founder and investor Sten Tamkivi views defense as an all-of-society effort that includes civilian and military networks working in tandem.
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A black-box recording and report details indicate that the flight’s captain switched off fuel flow to engines.
Sun, 13 Jul 2025 04:04:00 GMT
Unmanned vehicles dominate the battlefield in Ukraine—laying mines, delivering ammunition and medication, even evacuating casualties.
Wed, 16 Jul 2025 03:00:00 GMT
The proportion of missiles that slipped through doubled during the 12-day war, data show, as Tehran found vulnerabilities through trial and error.
Mon, 14 Jul 2025 03:00:00 GMT
A look at how Beijing is pushing boundaries, and what the U.S. and its allies are doing in response.
Fri, 11 Jul 2025 22:47:00 GMT
Preliminary findings cite apparent pilot confusion over fuel-control switches being turned off.
