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Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll meet in Kyiv on Nov. 20, the day the Trump administration formally released its 28-point proposal to end the war with Russia.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 26, 2025
Trump’s Ukraine plan is shameless and should be rejected
Russia loses nothing, the U.S. profits and Europe is stuck with the bill for rebuilding all that Russia destroyed — a total the World Bank estimates at more than $500 billion.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a document calling for the consolidation of Russian language and identity in parts of Ukraine incorporated into the country since Moscow's 2022 invasion.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 26, 2025
Putin says authorities must galvanize Russian identity in Ukraine
Long links between Russia and Ukraine, from even before the Soviet era, mean that some Ukrainians have traditionally been sympathetic to Russia and most speak both languages.
Former residents of Mariupol, who were forced to leave their homes due to the Russian invasion, take part in a rally in central Kyiv on Sept. 21.
WORLD
Nov 26, 2025
Out of Mariupol: Teenagers flee Russian draft in occupied Ukraine
Russian troops captured Mariupol in May 2022 after a bloody weekslong siege that killed at least 22,000, according to Ukrainian city officials in exile.
U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk to board Marine One as they depart from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on Tuesday for the Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, for the Thanksgiving holiday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 26, 2025
Trump says will only meet Putin and Zelenskyy when deal in ‘final stages’
Trump’s disinclination to get personally involved to mediate the talks may make reaching a deal that would require both sides to make difficult concessions harder to achieve.
U.S. presidential envoy Steve Witkoff speaks to members of the media in Kiryat Gat, Israel, on Oct. 21.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 26, 2025
Top Trump envoy advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plan to U.S. president
A conversation between a top White House and a Kremlin official for the first time offers direct insight into what appears to be the genesis of the 28-point peace proposal.
Battle damage in the frontline town of Kostiantynivka in Ukraine's Donetsk region on Nov. 15.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 25, 2025
Turn Russia’s frozen assets into incentives for peace
The West is not a spectator to this. It is the custodian of the one pressure point Putin did not foresee: His own frozen wealth.
Local residents inspect the damage to their apartment building in Ternopil, Ukraine, on Sunday, following a Russian strike a week earlier.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 25, 2025
Ukraine and Russia trade deadly strikes as negotiators hammer at deal
Donald Trump has given Kyiv until Nov. 27 to respond to his proposal to end the fighting, a timeline and blueprint that European leaders have balked at.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio (right) and Ukrainian Presidential Office Chief of Staff Andriy Yermak hold a news conference following their closed-door talks on a U.S. plan to end the war in Ukraine at the U.S. Mission in Geneva on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 24, 2025
U.S. and Ukraine continue work on ‘refined’ peace plan to end war with Russia
The “updated and refined peace framework” to end the war with Russia apparently modified an earlier plan seen as too sympathetic to Moscow.
A solar power station near Lobito, Angola, in 2024
BUSINESS
Nov 24, 2025
EU and Africa leaders to talk trade and minerals, as Ukraine looms large
Leaders are gathering in Angola on Monday for a summit aimed at deepening economic and security ties that will serve as a backdrop to emergency talks on Ukraine.
Aonishiki celebrates after winning the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament on Sunday.
SUMO
Nov 24, 2025
Aonishiki still in disbelief after winning first title at Kyushu Basho
The 21-year-old, who fled the war in Ukraine three years ago, is set to be promoted to sumo’s second-highest rank this week.
Ukrainian sumo wrestler Aonishiki receives the Prime Minister's Cup from Takahiro Inoue, an adviser to Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, on Sunday in Fukuoka after becoming the first from his nation to win a tournament in the traditional Japanese sport.
SUMO
Nov 23, 2025
War refugee Aonishiki becomes first Ukrainian to win sumo tournament
The 21-year-old won the Kyushu tournament after a tie-breaking victory over grand champion Hoshoryu from Mongolia.
Kateryna Golizdra holds her Ukrainian passport for a photograph outside her home in Margate, Florida, on Nov. 17.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Nov 23, 2025
Some 200,000 Ukrainians in U.S. in legal limbo under Trump immigration crackdown
Worried about arrests and deportation, some are leaving for Canada, Europe and elsewhere, as returning to Ukraine was not an option.
Rescuers search for missing people in a residential building in Ternopil, Ukraine, on Friday after Russian missiles hit apartment buildings in the area last week, far from the war’s front line.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 23, 2025
Trump signals room for negotiation on Ukraine plan amid ‘wish list’ criticism
Trump has given Ukraine until Nov. 27 to approve the plan to end the nearly 4-year conflict, but concerns have risen that the proposal heavily favors Russia.
Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev talks to U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff during a meeting in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on April 11.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 23, 2025
Trump officials’ meeting with Russian envoy spurs questions about latest Ukraine plan
The meeting resulted in a 28-point plan for ending the war, sources said, that appears heavily tilted toward Russian interests.
Relatives of Ukrainian prisoners of war burn flares during a rally in Kyiv's Independence Square on Saturday calling to speed up their exchange, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 23, 2025
Western leaders say Ukraine plan needs work; Trump signals scope for changes
Western leaders have scrambled to come up with a coordinated response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s demand for Ukraine to accept his peace plan with Russia by Thursday.
The site of a Russian drone strike in Odesa, Ukraine, on Friday.
WORLD / EXPLAINER
Nov 22, 2025
What’s in the U.S. peace plan for ending the war in Ukraine?
The plan gives Russia — which is inching forward on the battlefield and controls almost one-fifth of Ukraine — much of what it wants.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his wife Olena attend a ceremony in Kyiv on Friday.
WORLD
Nov 22, 2025
Ukraine faces ‘difficult choice’ as Trump demands acceptance of peace plan
U.S. President Donald Trump said he believed Thursday was an appropriate deadline for Kyiv to accept the plan.
Ukrainian rescue personnel operate at the site of a heavily damaged residential building following a Russian airstrike in the city of Ternopil on Thursday.
WORLD
Nov 21, 2025
A relative’s search and fading hope after Russian attack in western Ukraine
While Ihor Cherepanskyi has little hope of seeing his great-grandmother alive again, he hopes her body can be recovered so she can be buried beside his great-grandfather.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, whose office said he had received a draft of the U.S.-backed plan to end the war, says Kyiv and Washington will work together on elements of it.
WORLD
Nov 21, 2025
Zelenskyy says he is ready to work on U.S.-backed plan to end war in Ukraine
European countries are pushing back against the U.S.-backed plan, but the Ukrainian president said Kyiv and Washington would work together on elements of it.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara holds a news conference on Thursday.
JAPAN
Nov 20, 2025
Japan completes PAC-3 missile export to U.S.
The missiles, held by the Air Self-Defense Force, were exported under a contract signed in July last year at the request of the United States.
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.
Osaka trumps Tokyo as both ranked among world’s top 10 most livable cities
Osaka’s infrastructure earned higher marks than Tokyo’s in the Economist Intelligence Unit’s latest Global Liveability Index.
Japanese teen arrested for booting users off streaming service
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department has arrested a 15-year-old boy for allegedly creating a malicious program and canceling subscription accounts on the Bandai Channel.
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.
Long-stalled maglev line finally gets green light from Shizuoka Prefecture
Environmental concerns relating to the construction of Central Japan Railway’s high-speed maglev line had contributed to years of delays for the project.
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.
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.
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.

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