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U.S. President Donald Trump and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen announce a U.S.-EU trade deal after a meeting at Trump Turnberry golf club in Turnberry, Scotland, in July.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Jan 19, 2026
Trump’s Greenland tariffs have blown up the EU ‘appeasement’ plan
At some point, said one senior EU diplomat, Europe may have to decide that a relationship with the U.S. is lost for now and the costs outweigh the benefits.
People take part in a demonstration that gathered almost a third of the population of Greenland’s capital, Nuuk, to protest Saturday against the U.S. president’s plans to take the territory
BUSINESS / Markets
Jan 19, 2026
Markets jolted, euro softens as Trump vows tariffs on Europe over Greenland
The U.S. president said he would impose an additional 10% import tariff from Feb. 1 on goods from several countries.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres inside 10 Downing Street in London on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 18, 2026
‘Bring it on’: U.K.’s Labour readies for EU reset fight
Prime Minister Keir Starmer immediately set about repairing and rebuilding relations with the 27-member bloc after winning the July 2024 election that ousted the Conservatives.
People take part in a demonstration that gathered almost a third of the population of Nuuk, Greenland, to protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's plans to take the Danish territory, on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 18, 2026
Trump’s Greenland pressure blitz reopens tariff wounds in Europe
U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat of a 10% tariff, rising to 25% in June, on eight European nations was a brazen escalation and insult to close U.S. allies.
President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen meets with U.S. President Donald Trump in Turnberry, Scotland, on July 27.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 18, 2026
EU set to halt U.S. trade deal over Trump’s new tariff threat
The trade agreement, struck last summer, has already been partially implemented but still needs a nod from parliament.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (left), Paraguayan President Santiago Pena (center) and Argentina's leader, Javier Milei, pose for the official picture at the end of the signing ceremony of a trade agreement between the European Union and Mercosur, at the Gran Teatro Jose Asuncion Flores of Paraguay's Central Bank in Asuncion on Saturday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 18, 2026
EU and Mercosur bloc ink major trade deal, rejecting ‘tariffs’ and ‘isolation’
The deal between the EU and South American nations creates one of the world’s largest free trade areas after 25 years of tricky negotiations.
People take part in a demonstration that gathered almost a third of the population of Nuuk, Greenland, to protest against the U.S. President Donald Trump's plans to take the Danish territory, on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 18, 2026
Trump vows tariffs on eight European nations over Greenland
Trump said additional 10% import tariffs would take effect on Feb. 1 on goods from Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Finland and Great Britain.
Danish Foreign Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen welcomes Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Rep. Sara Jacobs at Eigtved's Warehouse in Copenhagen on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 17, 2026
Trump floats tariffs over Greenland as Denmark woos Congress
Trump has sought to use his sweeping tariff agenda to pressure other nations to make economic concessions and align themselves with his foreign policy priorities.
President of the parliamentary group of the French far-right National Rally party, Marine Le Pen arrives for a hearing in her appeal trial on suspicion of embezzlement of European public funds, at Paris courthouse, on Tuesday.
WORLD
Jan 14, 2026
Le Pen denies any sense she might have committed a crime over EU funds
The French far-right leader struck a conciliatory tone in court, saying “if any fault was indeed committed” she and her party were never aware they might be crossing a line.
Accumulated garbage in Havana on Jan. 6. Even before U.S. special forces whisked away President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela, which has until now provided Cuba with heavily subsidized oil, power cuts across the island country were already affecting water delivery, trash collection and the medical system.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 13, 2026
Cuba faces humanitarian crisis and government collapse as U.S. piles on pressure
Reports by European diplomats raised the prospect that Cuba could be the next domino to fall after the U.S. capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
Nexperia’s headquarters in Nijmegen, Netherlands. The Dutch chipmaker is at the center of a fight over technology with China.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 12, 2026
Europe and China’s feud over chips is reaching a breaking point
Since a Dutch court intervened in chipmaker Nexperia’s ownership in October, the standoff with China has threatened to disrupt auto production in Europe and around the world.
A fragment of a what is reportedly the Russian Oreshnik ballistic missile at an undisclosed location in Ukraine on Friday.
WORLD
Jan 10, 2026
Putin sends warning to Ukraine and West with weapon not used since 2024
Putin has repeatedly boasted of the speed and destructive power of the Oreshnik, which Russia first fired at Ukraine in November 2024.
A Danish flag flutters next to a statue of Hans Egede, a Norwegian missionary who revitalized Danish-Norwegian ties to the island, in Nuuk, Greenland.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 9, 2026
The Greenland alarm is sounding — Europe needs to hear it
Greenland has a landmass three times the size of Texas under which there are thought to be large quantities of untapped rare earths, among other minerals that Trump wants.
A Danish Navy vessel patrols the waters off Nuuk, the the capital of Greenland, last March.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 8, 2026
Rubio to meet Denmark leaders, but signals no retreat on Trump’s Greenland goal
A U.S. military seizure of the mineral-rich Arctic island from a longtime ally would send shock waves through the ​NATO alliance and deepen a divide with European leaders.
Grok, a chatbot developed by xAI, has faced criticism over the rollout of a tool that allows users to request images of a subject with their clothes removed.
WORLD
Jan 6, 2026
‘Remove her clothes’: Global backlash over Grok sexualized images
The tool on social media platform X prompted swift probes or calls for remedial action from countries including France, India and Malaysia.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says the United Kingdom is better placed to gain more market access than form a customs union with the European Union.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 5, 2026
Starmer sets up fight with Farage on EU single-market access
The move follows a growing debate in the final weeks of 2025 about forming a customs union with the EU in a bid to revive the British economy.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks during a meeting of national security advisers from his country and European nations in Kyiv on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 4, 2026
Ukraine’s allies in Kyiv for talks on plan to end war
Officials from 15 countries including Britain, France and Germany as well as representatives from NATO and the EU joined the meeting, while a top U.S. official joined virtually.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy poses for a group photo with leaders and officials from Europe, the U.S. and NATO at the Chancellery in Berlin on Dec. 15.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 30, 2025
Europe faces some tough wartime decisions
On the diplomatic front, Putin’s strategy to “keep the Europeans out, Americans in and the Ukrainians down” is paying off, judging by Trump’s increasing pressure on Zelenskyy.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a news conference at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, on Sunday
WORLD
Dec 29, 2025
Trump says U.S. and Ukraine ‘a lot closer’ on peace deal but ‘thorny issues’ remain
After meeting Zelenskyy in Florida, the U.S. president acknowledged that the fate of the Donbas region remains a key unresolved issue.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's latest call to “rearm Europe” is reminiscent of Albania’s bunker-building campaigns.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 28, 2025
The year that could be
Progress is never guaranteed, but it is always possible, provided we act as if it were.
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.
Prior to launch, Japan ‘strongly urged’ China to reconsider missile test in Pacific
A missile is fired from a Chinese Navy nuclear-powered submarine on Monday.
Suspected Asian fraud ring exec served fresh warrant in Japan
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and Osaka Prefectural Police have issued arrest warrants for three people, including a suspected fraud network leader, over alleged immigration and residency violations.
Japan might be giving the currency market the silent treatment
Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama has issued verbal warnings recently using the same language and the same tone, saying authorities “will take appropriate action at any time, as necessary.”
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.
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.
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.
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.

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