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Pope Leo XIV shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the Vatican on May 19, 2025.
WORLD / Politics
May 7, 2026
Rubio to meet Pope Leo as Trump keeps up attacks on pontiff
The U.S. secretary of state’s Thursday visit at the Vatican is the first between the pope and a Trump cabinet official in nearly a year.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney arrives to attend the eighth European Political Community summit in Armenia on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
May 5, 2026
U.S. allies look to Europe to build a post-Trump global order
Some nations are warning that that the system of security and trade championed by Western powers for more than 70 years is broken beyond repair.
A Chinese flag flutters in front of the Shanghai Gaoqiao Company Refinery in Shanghai.
BUSINESS
May 4, 2026
China’s rare defiance of U.S. sanctions sparks showdown over banks
The latest regulations direct companies in the country not to abide by U.S. sanctions on five domestic refiners linked to the Iranian oil trade.
U.S. Supreme Court associate justices Samuel Alito (left) and Clarence Thomas at the inauguration ceremony for U.S. President Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 20, 2025
WORLD / Politics
May 4, 2026
As Clarence Thomas hits a milestone, his conservative stamp on the U.S. Supreme Court endures
Thomas has ⁠supported religious liberty, the death penalty and broad presidential powers, and has opposed gay marriage, affirmative action and campaign-finance reform.
The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Wednesday, the day justices released a ruling in Louisiana vs. Callais. The Supreme Court’s ruling on the Voting Rights Act in the middle of primary season could create a potentially chaotic scramble among states that may consider drawing new maps.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 30, 2026
U.S. Supreme Court guts key provision of Voting Rights Act
With November congressional elections looming, the decision could prompt Republican-led states to seek to redraw electoral maps in order to gain an advantage.
Following Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s alignment with U.S. President Donald Trump, political polarization, rising antisemitism and the partisan shift in U.S.-Israel relations have left American Jews increasingly vulnerable and exposed to backlash.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 28, 2026
Netanyahu’s Trump alignment leaves American Jewish community at risk
Political polarization, the collapse of institutional gatekeepers and social media’s amplification of fringe voices were always going to put pressure on American Jews.
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.
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.
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.
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.
French President Emmanuel Macron during a press event after a meeting at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris on Tuesday
WORLD / Politics
Apr 23, 2026
Climate scrubbed from G7 meeting to appease U.S., host France says
The Trump administration has withdrawn the U.S. from global agreements on climate change and weakened environmental protections since the president returned to office in 2025.
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks to NCAA Collegiate National Champions in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 23, 2026
Trump’s deportation drive could cost Republicans in midterms, poll shows
Some 52% of Americans in a six-day poll completed Monday said they were less likely to support a candidate who backs the U.S. president’s approach to deportations.
A cargo ship is docked at the foreign trade container terminal of Qingdao Port in China's eastern Shandong province on March 25.
BUSINESS
Apr 21, 2026
With tariffs stalled, Trump’s China policy drifts
Washington’s China policy appears adrift, causing confusion among officials and driving contradictory decisions.
A coastal area of Nuuk, Greenland, in February. loose network of Trump allies has used a variety of tactics to spread U.S. influence in Greenland and undermine Denmark, the kingdom that colonized the island of 56,000 people centuries ago and still controls its foreign policy and defense.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 19, 2026
MAGA figures are pushing Trump’s campaign to grab Greenland. But it’s tough sledding.
A loose network of Trump allies has used a variety of tactics to spread U.S. influence in Greenland and undermine Denmark, the kingdom that colonized the island centuries ago.
A student (left) prepares to shoot as Clara Elliott (center) instructs proper technique during an introductory firearms class at a backyard shooting range in Midlothian, Virginia
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Apr 18, 2026
In Trump era, fearful left-leaning Americans turn to guns
The trend upends conventional wisdom about who owns firearms in the United States.
U.S. President Donald Trump gestures during a roundtable focused on tax cuts in Las Vegas on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 17, 2026
Trump tries economic reset as Republicans fret over high gas prices
Spiking prices nationwide have shaken the U.S. economy, and ​with it, U.S. President Donald Trump’s clout to drive support to fellow conservatives in November’s midterm elections.
The U.S. Capitol in Washington. U.S. President Donald Trump’s most recent budget request called for $1.5 trillion in base funding for the Pentagon, but some Republican's were skeptical.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 16, 2026
Trump’s $1.5 trillion Pentagon budget raises some Republican eyebrows
The administration’s ask is “a heavy lift,” one Republican who attended a briefing said.
U.S. President Donald Trump, with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, speaks during a press conference at the White House in Washington on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 8, 2026
Trump’s threat to Iran shocks global leaders and unnerves some Republicans
“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will,” Trump wrote in an online post that has drawn criticism.
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks during a fundraising dinner at Union Station in Washington on March 25.
WORLD / FOCUS
Apr 5, 2026
Trump’s victory rhetoric undercut by downed U.S. jet in Iran war
The downing of a U.S. aircraft has pierced the aura of invincibility Donald Trump has sought to project.
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks alongside Attorney General Pam Bondi at the White House in Washington in August last year.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 4, 2026
Trump weighs broader Cabinet shake-up as Iran war pressure grows
Any potential reshuffling could serve as a reset for the White House as it confronts a politically challenging stretch.
Uruguay federation reportedly cancels charter flight after World Cup exit
Uruguay's Jose Maria Gimenez reacts after the team's loss against Spain at the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Friday.
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
India’s gig workers pay the price for exposure to New Delhi’s hazardous air
Rohit Kushwaha waits for a customer as he delivers his last parcel of the day, in New Delhi in January. His work as a delivery driver has helped pay the family’s bills, but has had a significant impact on his health.
Chinese and Russian bombers and fighter jets stage joint patrol near Japan
A Chinese Air Force H-6 bomber is seen during a joint patrol with Russian military aircraft on Saturday.
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."
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
A French ship with close ties to Japan combines arts and sciences on the high seas
Romain Troublé, the executive director of Tara Ocean Foundation, speaks to visitors aboard the Tara during a rare port call in Tokyo in April.
In Kyushu’s far south, Senti.U sparks a culinary destination
Chef Yasuhiko Uchida was born in Saga Prefecture but has made his home in Kanoya, Kagoshima Prefecture, since 2012.
‘The colors speak for themselves’: How Japan’s chroma bible went global
“A Dictionary of Color Combinations” is meant to function as a quick-reference guide for artists, designers and anyone with a passing interest in aesthetics as a quantifiable pursuit.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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