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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the signing ceremony for a coal mining executive order in the East Room of the White House on April 8, 2025.
BUSINESS
Feb 11, 2026
Trump to direct Pentagon to buy coal in bid to revive industry
The move is expected to tap special Cold War-era authorities under the 1950 Defense Production Act that gives the White House sweeping power to direct private industry.
Overturning the legal basis for federal greenhouse gas rules, which will lead to the repeal of vehicle emissions rules, marks the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump's ⁠most sweeping climate change policy rollback to date.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Feb 11, 2026
White House says Trump plans to rescind climate change finding key to auto rules
Overturning the legal basis for federal greenhouse gas rules will mark the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump’s ⁠most sweeping climate change policy rollback to date.
The Jeffrey Epstein scandal remains a major ​political headache for the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, weeks after the Justice Department released millions of Epstein-related files to comply with a bipartisan bill.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 11, 2026
Trump told police chief ‘everyone’ knew about Epstein, FBI document says
The latest developments underscored how the fallout from the Jeffrey Epstein scandal remains a major ​political headache for the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump.
U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington last July.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 11, 2026
Trump’s spy chief Gabbard winds down intelligence task force
The task force, which was tasked with rooting out politicization from intelligence agencies, has been accused of being a tool for partisan attacks by the Trump administration.
Local community member Becky Ringstrom sits in her car while describing what happened when she was detained by federal immigration agents.
WORLD
Feb 11, 2026
ICE is cracking down on people who follow them in their cars
Thousands of local activists are being arrested for violating Title 18, Section 111 of the U.S. Code, a catch-all for interfering with a federal officer conducting official duties.
Rep. Thomas Massie (left), a Republican from Kentucky, and Rep. Ro Khanna (right), a Democrat from California, speak to members of the media outside of a Department of Justice offices in Washington on Monday. Khanna is among the members of the House of Representatives questioning some of the redactions in the Jeffrey Epstein files released by the Justice Department.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 10, 2026
U.S. Justice Department opens unredacted Epstein files to lawmakers
Members of the House of Representatives are questioning some of the redactions in the documents the Justice Department released.
Branding every U.S. election as existential fuels hyperpartisan fear and overreach, even though repeated outcomes show democracy endures and power regularly changes hands.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 9, 2026
The problem with making every election an existential threat
Branding every U.S. election as existential fuels hyperpartisan fear and overreach, even though repeated outcomes show democracy endures and power regularly changes hands.
A farmer inspects his wheat field on the outskirts of Amritsar, India, on April 3, 2025.
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 8, 2026
What’s at stake for Indian agriculture in Trump’s trade deal?
Indian farmers have expressed concern that New Delhi has made too many concessions to Washington.
A person holds a sign calling for the protection, and not detention, of children as people gather during a demonstration and vigil outside the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, on Jan. 28.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 8, 2026
Toddler returned to ICE custody was denied medication, lawsuit says
Detention center staff allegedly took away medication and nutritional drinks given to the 18-month-old girl after she was hospitalized with a life-threatening respiratory illness.
The South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas, on Jan. 28. The facility has become a harsh symbol of U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, with disease running rampant among the throng of people held there, including some families who entered the United States legally.
WORLD
Feb 8, 2026
Bugs in food and sickness haunt immigrants held in Texas
Historically, asylum-seekers have generally been allowed to live and work in the United States while their claims work their way through the court system.
A boy looks at tents sheltering Palestinians displaced by conflict pitched by destroyed and heavily-damaged buildings in the Muqusi area of Gaza City on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 8, 2026
U.S.-led Board of Peace to hold first meeting of leaders Feb. 19
The meeting is set to be held at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington.
U.S. federal immigration agents patrol in Minneapolis on Wednesday.
WORLD
Feb 5, 2026
Trump withdraws 700 immigration agents from Minnesota deportation surge, but thousands remain
White House border czar Tom Homan said about 2,000 agents will stay in place, a number Minnesota’s Democratic leaders say is still too high.
The quality of democracy in the U.S. has declined significantly as a result of President Donald Trump's policies, Human Rights Watch warned Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 5, 2026
Trump has attacked pillars of democracy, Human Rights Watch says
The Republican president’s immigration crackdown, threats to voting rights and other policies were raised as examples.
FBI agents arrive to execute a search warrant at the Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center in Union City, Georgia, on Jan. 28 related to the 2020 U.S. election.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 4, 2026
The FBI’s Georgia ballot raid is about 2026, not 2020
The raid no doubt appealed to President Donald Trump’s preoccupation with his defeat in 2020.
US President Donald Trump speaks with the media after signing a funding bill to end a partial government shutdown in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 4, 2026
Trump’s call to ‘nationalize’ elections draws furious pushback from Democrats
Democratic lawmakers voiced concern that the president intends to interfere with the November midterms that will determine control of Congress.
The U.S. imposed sanctions on Sberbank, Russia's biggest bank, following Moscow's annexation of the Crimean Peninsula more than a decade ago and tightened them in response to Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
BUSINESS
Feb 3, 2026
Top consulting firms test boundaries with China workarounds
Faced with a fraught geopolitical environment, global consultancies are turning to riskier ways to do business in China.
Offshore wind turbines off the coast in Clacton On Sea, U.K., on Dec. 30, 2024. Once completed in 2027, Sunrise Wind's turbines at a wind farm developed by Denmark-based Orsted are set to deliver enough energy to power more than 600,000 homes in New York.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy
Feb 3, 2026
Trump’s offshore wind ban blocked for fifth time by U.S. judge
Orsted’s wind farms and three others off the East Coast were halted Dec. 22 by the Interior Department, which said the projects posed national security risks it didn’t disclose.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington on Thursday
WORLD / Politics
Feb 3, 2026
Federal agents to use body cameras in Minneapolis, Noem says
The move potentially eases the path to pass a government funding deal.
U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House in Washington on Feb. 13, 2025.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 3, 2026
U.S. to cut tariffs on India to 18%, India agrees to end Russian oil purchases
Donald Trump announced the deal following a call with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, noting that India would now buy oil from the U.S. and potentially Venezuela.
Bad Bunny accepts the award for album of the year for "Debi Tirar Mas Fotos" at the 68th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Feb 2, 2026
Bad Bunny wins top honors in politically charged Grammy Awards
For the first time, a Spanish-language album took album of the year, and Bad Bunny, Billie Eilish and other winners used their speeches to speak out on immigration and protest.
‘My dream is broken’: Japan visa rules push out foreign residents
A man orders from a kebab shop in the Okubo district in Tokyo.
Japan triples departure tax in push to combat overtourism
Tourists in Yanaka Ginza, Tokyo, on Wednesday. Japan tripled its International Tourist Tax (departure tax) to ¥3,000 from ¥1,000 on Wednesday for all travelers leaving Japan, regardless of nationality.
Japanese-language education is at a turning point
The country is gradually transforming Japanese-language education from a volunteer-driven system into a professional, government-supported network to better serve its growing foreign population. 
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.
Iran war exposed, but hasn’t changed, Japan’s reliance on imported oil
Wind turbines generate energy from strong easterly winds on the Shonai Plain in Yamagata Prefecture. Despite the oil crisis caused by conflict near the Strait of Hormuz, and concerns instability in the region could continue to impact supply and the price of imports, the administration of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi does not seem to be drawing on the war as a pretext to hasten progress toward Japan's renewable goals.
Six of the best: rikishi of note in each sumo division
Kazuma (right) faces off against future <i>yokozuna</i> Onosato during the All Japan Amateur Sumo Championships at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo in December 2020.
Some startups see opportunity in an aging Japan
Yasmin Baba, CTO of Amilis, wins the Grand Prize at the Pitch2Tokyo Grand Final on Feb. 19.
Japan’s fertility system offers few safe paths for same-sex couples
A Tokyo Pride parade participant holds a sign that says "we want to be a married couple, not a couple."
Life inside Japan’s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.

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