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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'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.
South Korea’s booming stock market, fueled by reforms and rising retail investment, is diverging from its slowing economy and reshaping its capitalist model.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 27, 2026
Decoupling and South Korea’s new capitalism
Now, instead of always reinvesting profits, South Korean firms are delivering more short-term value to shareholders — a change that could help keep capital in the country.
Hibakusha and others march in front of the United Nations headquarters in New York on Sunday.
JAPAN
Apr 27, 2026
In New York, hibakusha call for nuclear weapons abolition
More than 200 hibakusha and other people marched for a kilometer to the U.N. headquarters in Midtown Manhattan.
Taiwan-based Thunder Tiger Group's Papa Delta drone is displayed during a media tour in Taichung, Taiwan, on April 21.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 27, 2026
U.S. presses Taiwan parliament to pass ‘comprehensive’ defense budget
Taiwan’s government has said delays in passing the budget could mean Taiwan risks losing its place in the production and delivery queue for U.S. weapons.
Mary Anne Blanton holds a photograph of her mother, Tammy Blanton, who died of opioid use, in Peoria, Arizona, on April 15.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 27, 2026
After waiting years for justice, Purdue opioid victims are defeated — by paperwork
Purdue’s long, grinding bankruptcy wound up creating daunting hurdles for many trying to qualify for the company’s compensation.
Afghan families at Camp As Sayliyah in Qatar, in 2021. Once promised a move to the United States, Afghan refugees who helped U.S. forces say they face ‘bad or worse’ options: resettlement in Congo or returning to live under the Taliban where their lives would be in danger.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 27, 2026
Caught between wars, Afghan allies of U.S. trapped in Qatar without safe exit
The Afghans were evacuated due to their ties to the U.S. and fear of reprisals by the Taliban authorities, but processing has been halted by U.S. President Donald Trump.
FBI tactical agents clear a path as they prepare to depart the investigation scene near a house associated with the suspected White House Correspondents' Dinner gunman in Torrance, California, on Saturday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 27, 2026
Gala shooting suspect sought to kill Trump and Cabinet officials, manifesto says
The manifesto was sent to members of suspect Cole Tomas Allen’s family shortly before the attack, a law enforcement official said.
Russian troops at a Victory Day military parade rehearsal in St. Petersburg last week. Russia'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.
A container ship is seen at the port in Lianyungang, in China's eastern Jiangsu province on Thursday.
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 27, 2026
Under cover of trade truce with Trump, China expands economic pressure toolkit
Beijing is punishing those who shift supply chains from China, tightening rare ​earth licensing, banning foreign AI and cybersecurity tech and weighing curbs on its solar gear.
A woman walks past an image of Iran's late supreme leaders Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (above left) and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (above center) next to newly elected supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei (above right), and photos strung along the wall of children killed in a missile strike, outside a mosque in the capital Tehran on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 27, 2026
Trump says Iran can phone if it wants to talk, as Iranian envoy returns to Pakistan
Hopes of reviving peace efforts receded on Saturday when the U.S. president scrapped a visit to Islamabad by his envoys Steve ​Witkoff and Jared Kushner.
The Strait of Malacca, a vital global shipping lane carrying about a quarter of all maritime trade and major oil flows to Asia, is drawing renewed concern over chokepoint security following disruptions in other key sea routes.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 26, 2026
Hormuz crisis throws spotlight on world’s largest ‘chokepoint’ — the Malacca Strait
The Malacca Strait provides the shortest sea route from East Asia to the Middle East and Europe, carrying nearly 22% of the world’s maritime trade.
The New York Stock Exchange on March 5
BUSINESS / Markets
Apr 26, 2026
‘He has the market in a chokehold’: Stocks swing as Trump posts.
Since taking office last January, Trump’s comments to reporters and elsewhere have been the primary driver behind five of the best and worst days in the S&P 500 Index.
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is rushed out by Secret Service agents after loud bangs were heard during the White House Correspondents' Association dinner at the Washington Hilton in Washington on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Apr 26, 2026
Trump’s security again faces scrutiny after press dinner shooting
Hundreds of agents from several law enforcement agencies were tasked with protecting the annual bash, ​which also included a handful of Cabinet officials.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters at Palm Beach International Airport in Florida, after appearing at a crypto-industry conference, on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 26, 2026
U.S.-Iran peace talks stall as conflict approaches two-month mark
U.S. President Donald Trump canceled a planned trip by his top envoys and the Islamic Republic said it won’t negotiate so long as it’s being threatened.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks, flanked by FBI Director Kash Patel (left) U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin (second right) and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, during a press briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, shortly after a shooting incident at a press gala event Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 26, 2026
Trump evacuated as shooter opens fire at Washington gala event
The suspect, identified as Cole Tomas Allen, 31, of Torrance, California, was in custody and his home was being raided.
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.
A screen tracks the traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, in the control room of Hapag-Lloyd, a shipping giant in Hamburg, Germany, on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Apr 26, 2026
Trump’s Hormuz blockade has deepened a historic shipping crisis
Crude output from the Persian Gulf nations is already 57% below where it was before the war, according to Goldman Sachs analysts.
Commander of the Ground Self-Defense Force's Amphibious Rapid Deployment, Maj. Gen. Toshikatsu Musha, and commander of the Maritime Self-Defense Force'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.
Screens broadcast a news conference by U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange last October.
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Apr 26, 2026
Justice Department’s partial reversal on Powell probe keeps Fed drama alive
Typically, Fed chairs leave the central bank after their leadership tenure ends — only one has stayed on past the end of their term as chair in the central bank’s 112-year history.
Demonstrators protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's military action in Iran, outside the White House in Washington on April 7.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Apr 26, 2026
Republicans retool midterm strategy: Trump’s policies, but less Trump
The party’s new strategy is to tap Trump’s turnout power without making the midterms a referendum on an increasingly unpopular president.
‘My dream is broken’: Japan visa rules push out foreign residents
A man orders from a kebab shop in the Okubo district in Tokyo.
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'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.
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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