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A farmer operates a combine during the start of the wheat harvesting campaign in a field near the town of Starobilsk in the Luhansk Region, a Russian-controlled area of Ukraine, last year.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 29, 2026
Ukraine in diplomatic tussle with Israel over grain Kyiv says ‘stolen’ by Russia
Ukraine summoned Israel’s ambassador over what Kyiv described as Israeli inaction in allowing shipments of grain to enter the country from Russian-occupied Ukraine.
A woman wearing a <i>kokoshnik</i>, a Russian traditional headdress, is seen at the fair of folk and arts craft of Russia in central Moscow on March 4.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 28, 2026
Russian style enjoys revival in Moscow, culturally isolated due to Ukraine war
Facing difficulty traveling and steeped in an ultrapatriotic drive from the Kremlin, many Russians have turned to the tastes of their czarist and Cold War-era ancestors.
A couple views a vandalized poster of outgoing Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Budapest on April 13, one day after Hungary&#039;s general elections.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 27, 2026
Hungary’s shift unlocks new opportunities for NATO and Ukraine
Ukraine. By the time of his rejection by the electorate, he was widely regarded as Putin’s top ally in Europe and a Trojan horse inside the alliance.
Vladimir Putin is not pursuing a coherent plan for global dominance but instead is using disruption, coercion and opportunistic interventions to protect regime stability, preserve influence in Russia&#039;s neighborhood and weaken Western unity.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 27, 2026
The West is still getting Russia wrong
Because of Russia weakness, the Kremlin is focused not on domination, but on disruption.
Russian troops at a Victory Day military parade rehearsal in St. Petersburg last week. Russia&#039;s military spending rose 5.9% in 2025 to $190 billion, equivalent to 7.5% of GDP.
BUSINESS / Tech
Apr 27, 2026
Global military spending surges on insecurity, report finds
The three top spenders — the United States, China and Russia — spent a combined total of $1.48 trillion, just over half of global expenditure.
Oil disruptions from the war in Iran and the turmoil in energy markets highlight Asia’s vulnerability to imported fossil fuels and underscore the need to rapidly scale domestic renewable energies.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 26, 2026
Iran war is a renewable energy wake-up call
The old narrative that fossil fuels are stable and reliable has been proved wrong.
Commander of the Ground Self-Defense Force&#039;s Amphibious Rapid Deployment, Maj. Gen. Toshikatsu Musha, and commander of the Maritime Self-Defense Force&#039;s Amphibious and Mine Warfare Force, Rear Adm. Ikeuchi Izuru, attend the opening ceremony of the U.S.-Philippines Balikatan joint military exercises, in Quezon City, Metro Manila, on April 20.
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Apr 26, 2026
Beyond the hub-and-spoke: Japan quietly emerges as a secondary connector
Tokyo is positioning itself as a strategic hub for middle-power security diplomacy that reinforces the U.S.-led order while diversifying its own security partnerships.
Nikolay Solovyov, a retired engineer at the Chernobyl nuclear plant, gestures next to a model of the facility, in Slavutych, Ukraine, on Friday.
WORLD
Apr 25, 2026
From radiation to invasion: A Chernobyl worker’s two wars
Nikolay Solovyov was on shift the night the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded, an experience he likens to a war. Now, he’s living through a second war.
Izumi Nakamitsu, U.N. high representative for disarmament affairs, speaks during an interview on Monday in New York.
JAPAN
Apr 24, 2026
U.N. official calls for concessions at NPT review meeting
There is growing sentiment in Europe and elsewhere that possessing nuclear weapons is necessary for national security, Izumi Nakamitsu said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa at a news conference on the fourth anniversary of Russia&#039;s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, in Kyiv on Feb. 24.
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Apr 24, 2026
EU loan throws Ukraine a lifeline but more help needed for war
Ukraine’s budget foresees a massive deficit of around 1.9 trillion hryvnias ($43 billion) in 2026 — around one-fifth of economic output.
Outgoing Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks during a closing campaign rally in Budapest on April 11.
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 23, 2026
Big bet on Orban’s exit came from center of his family’s empire
Equilor Asset Management’s bet signals that even insiders were preparing for the defeat of the Hungarian prime minister in an election earlier this month.
A sign controls the flow of freight traffic entering from Russia at the border crossing in Luhamaa, Estonia. Last week, the head of the Estonian Parliament’s foreign affairs committee hit out at Spain for purchasing gas from Russia in March.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 23, 2026
Baltics warn Europe there’s no going back to life with Russia
The Baltic states’ shift away from Russian trade and energy dependence has put the seal on their economic integration with the rest of the EU.
People walk past buildings destroyed during Israeli strikes in Tyre, Lebanon, on April 10.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 23, 2026
Israel’s Lebanon buffer zone is a fallacy and no path to peace
Rather than taking more land where opponents will always exist, the wiser strategy is to pursue a political settlement.
Restrictions on fossil fuels, not climate change, pose the greater threat to the global food supply by raising costs and limiting fertilizer access, with the potential to increase hunger. 
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 23, 2026
War in the Gulf reveals the real risk to food security
Without fossil fuels, half the global population would suffer a severe lack of food.
A damaged U.S. Boeing E-3 Sentry airborne warning and control aircraft following an Iranian strike on the airbase, amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia in this picture obtained from social media and released on March 29
WORLD
Apr 23, 2026
U.S. turns to Ukrainian counterdrone tech after Iran attacks, sources say
The deployment of Ukrainian tech shows how Kyiv has surged ahead in drone and counterdrone technologies that have been ​battle-hardened in its four-year war with Russia.
A motorcade transporting members of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) expert mission, escorted by the Russian military, drives along a road while leaving the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in 2023.
WORLD
Apr 22, 2026
Ukraine says some Russian missiles fly near Chernobyl, risking major incident
Since July 2024, Ukraine’s top prosecutor said radars had detected at least 92 Russian drones that flew ‌within a 5-km radius of the Chernobyl plant’s radiation shield.
An army recruitment center in Lviv, Ukraine. Assaults on military recruiters in the country almost tripled to 341 last year compared with 2024, and more than 100 have been recorded so far this year.
WORLD
Apr 21, 2026
Attacks on Ukraine draft officers soar as war fatigue deepens
Assaults on military recruiters in Ukraine almost tripled to 341 last year compared with 2024, and more than 100 have been recorded so far this year.
An electoral billboard for former Bulgarian President Rumen Radev is pictured next to a traffic light in Sofia on April 17. Radev won a landslide victory in an election on Sunday that he stepped down from the ceremonial role to run in.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 21, 2026
Rumen Radev, Russia-friendly ex-fighter pilot, sweeps Bulgaria’s election
Sunday’s election outcome will allow Radev to head Bulgaria’s first single-party government in nearly three decades.
The leaders of Russia, Israel and the United States are seeking to impose a new "predatory" world order while most countries are too cowardly to stop them, rights group Amnesty International said on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 21, 2026
Amnesty International warns that ‘predator’ leaders seek to impose new ‘world order’
Certain leaders have rejected the global multilateral system in favor of a “vision without moral compass,“ where “war, not diplomacy, rules,“ a report from the group said.
While Russia has not reverted to full-bore Stalinism, there is no doubt that President Vladimir Putin has made tremendous strides toward totalitarianism.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 20, 2026
How de-Stalinization may offer lessons for post-Putin Russia
This is not Stalinism yet. While thousands of dissenters have faced punishment for their “crimes” under Putin, millions rotted in Stalin’s Gulags.
China’s demand for Soviet-style apartments shows limits to revival
Apartments built during a Soviet Union-inspired construction drive in the 1970s and 1980s tend to suffer from poor insulation and outdated plumbing, but they are seeing a revival in interest due to their attractive locations.
Japanese scientists identify neural mechanism that may explain why we dislike people
The aggressive mouse (left) used in the experiment and a mouse defending itself
Japanese payment processor’s collapse hits banks and restaurants
Zentoshin served around 200,000 shops, many of which rely on early payments to maintain cash flow, raising concerns over their financial stability following the disruption.
Over 70% of accommodations in Japan say they are understaffed amid tourism influx
The number of foreign visitors to Japan reached a high of 42.68 million in 2025.
Lenders seek $700 million after Japanese payments firm’s collapse
The financial failure of Osaka-based Zentoshin has left 63 creditors with claims totaling ¥115.16 billion, according to Tokyo Shoko Research.
Japan’s largest exhibition of women photographers rights a wrong in cultural history
Miwa Yanagi’s “Elevator Girl House” series skewers the superficiality of gender roles through staged images.
Over 70% of accommodations in Japan say they are understaffed amid tourism influx
The number of foreign visitors to Japan reached a high of 42.68 million in 2025.
‘Princess Mononoke’ comes alive in Super Kabuki staging
The “Princess Mononoke” adaptation was created under Shochiku’s Super Kabuki initiative, a modern form of kabuki with more technology in staging and open to pop culture collaborations.
The beating heart inside ‘Human Vapor’
Different forms of love and connection form the emotional backbone of Netflix’s “Human Vapor,” says actor Shun Oguri, who plays troubled detective Kenji Okamoto.
Japan bets on character IP to drive global growth
Born on social media platforms in 2022, Opanchu Usagi has become a major hit, especially among Generation Z.

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