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Sanae Takaichi and her ruling party's election victory strengthens Japan’s stability and its role in regional and global diplomacy amid rising geopolitical uncertainty.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 20, 2026
Stability as strategy: Japan’s moment for global leadership
Rising anti-China sentiment may have contributed to Takaichi’s strong mandate.
Disgraced U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein cultivated a global network of powerful politicians, business executives, academics and celebrities — many of whom have been tainted by their association with him.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 20, 2026
As European heads roll from Epstein links, U.S. fallout muted
Only one person has been arrested or convicted in the U.S. in connection with the activities of the late sex offender — his accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell.
Andrew Mountbatten Windsor leaves Aylsham Police Station after he was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office, after the U.S. Justice Department released more records tied to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, in Aylsham, Britain, on Thursday.
WORLD
Feb 20, 2026
U.K. royals face biggest challenge in decades with Andrew’s arrest
The investigation will unpick years of lurid allegations about Andrew’s ties to the disgraced U.S. financier Jeffrey Epstein.
Britain's Prince Andrew in London in September 2022
WORLD
Feb 19, 2026
Former Prince Andrew released after misconduct suspicion arrest
Unprecedented in Britain’s modern era, the arrest was a new blow for the ousted royal, who was marking his 66th birthday.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping talk as they leave after a bilateral meeting at Gimhae International Airport, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Busan, South Korea, on Oct. 30, 2025.
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Feb 19, 2026
How China plans to dominate global trade long after Trump
Articles written by state-backed trade scholars since 2017 reveal a systematic push to reverse-engineer U.S. trade policy and neutralize Washington’s containment strategy.
Late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein appears with a woman, whose identity has been obscured, in this image from the Epstein estate released by House Oversight Committee Democrats in Washington on Wednesday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 19, 2026
U.K. examining Epstein’s use of airports for trafficking
British police are assessing whether the late sex offender ​trafficked women through three of England’s airports on private flights.
U.S. President Donald Trump appears to have reversed his position on a proposed deal over the fate of the Chagos Islands, calling it a "big mistake" on Wednesday, just weeks after saying the agreement was the "best" arrangement.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 19, 2026
In new flip, Trump attacks U.K. on base deal as U.S. mulls Iran attack
Under a proposed agreement, Britain would return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius and instead pay to lease the strategic joint U.S.-U.K. base at Diego Garcia for a century.
A man walks past an AUKUS sign on the first day of the Indo-Pacific International Maritime Exposition in Sydney last November.
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 15, 2026
Australia unveils initial $2.8 billion for new nuclear subs facility
The AUKUS pact aims to arm Australia with cutting-edge submarines from the U.S. and provide for cooperation in developing an array of warfare technologies.
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, who was arrested during a March 2017 anti-corruption rally, gestures during an appeal hearing at a court in Moscow that same month.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 15, 2026
European allies say Navalny was poisoned by dart frog toxin
The Russian government, which has repeatedly denied any responsibility for Navalny’s death, dismissed the latest allegations as ‘a Western propaganda hoax.’
French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz arrive at an informal European Union leaders retreat at Alden Biesen Castle in Rijkhoven, Belgium, on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Feb 14, 2026
Europe talks nuclear weapons after U.S. delivers reality check
The countries involved in discussions usually host U.S. military assets, are close to Russia and feel directly threatened by Vladimir Putin, sources said.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (center) is flanked by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (left) and French President Emmanuel Macron during the Munich Security Conference in Germany on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 14, 2026
Europe calls for U.S. reset at security talks
This year’s Munich Security Conference comes at a time of strained ties between Europe and the United States.
The resignation of U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, exposes Labour’s leadership and ideological vacuum.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 13, 2026
Britain needs so much more than a new prime minister
Britain has had four failed prime ministers since the Brexit referendum in 2016 not counting Starmer.
Some historians say Donald Trump’s narcissism, impulsiveness, and disregard for international norms closely resemble those of German Kaiser Wilhelm II, creating risks for global stability and undermining the pillars of international order.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 13, 2026
Trump is a lot like Kaiser Wilhelm: vanity itself
Donald Trump’s extraordinary performance in Davos, littered with falsehoods, insults and explosions of grandiloquence, closely resembled one of the Kaiser’s public performances.
U.K. Defense Secretary John Healey told reporters Thursday that allies have pledged as much as $35 billion in new military aid to Ukraine.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 13, 2026
Ukraine gets $35 billion in military aid pledges after attacks
A series of massive Russian air strikes on energy infrastructure and civilian targets left millions of Ukrainians to endure winter without steady lighting and heat.
A man passes by the entrance to the campus of University of Southampton Delhi, a British university and the first to open a campus in India under the National Education Policy 2020, at the International Tech Park in Gurugram, India, on Jan. 29.
WORLD
Feb 12, 2026
Facing pressures at home, U.K. universities set up in India
U.K. universities face pressure at home over the recruitment of international students, with the government determined to reduce immigration.
A stranded narrowboat is winched from a collapsed canal in Whitchurch, England, on Jan. 15.
WORLD
Feb 11, 2026
U.K.’s crumbling canals threatened with collapse
The sight starkly illustrated an ongoing battle to maintain the U.K.’s historic, yet deteriorating, waterways.
British Queen Elizabeth greets then-Business Secretary Lord Peter Mandelson during the annual State Opening of Parliament in November 2009.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 11, 2026
Sack a British prince? Easy. Fire a U.K. lord? Not so much.
Mandelson, facing a police investigation for passing internal government communications to Epstein during the global financial crisis, resigned from the House of Lords this month.
A concept model of the Global Air Combat Program fighter jet on display at the Defense and Security Equipment International Japan conference in Chiba last May
JAPAN
Feb 11, 2026
Germany considers joining GCAP fighter project with Japan, U.K. and Italy
Berlin is reportedly eyeing the program to develop a next-generation fighter jet, as its collaboration with France and Spain faces challenges.
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed to stay on as leader on Monday, as another top aide quit and he prepared to face lawmakers furious that his government has become embroiled in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 10, 2026
Starmer shores up position for now as U.K. rivals bide time
None of the British prime minister’s potential challengers is said to be ready to launch a bid to replace him.
The British Museum in London
CULTURE / Art
Feb 9, 2026
British Museum in London holds samurai exhibition
The exhibition, set to run until May 4, showcases some 280 items collected in and outside Britain, including those from the museum’s own collection.
More facilities in Japan placing sanitary bins in men’s restrooms
A sanitary bin with an awareness sticker placed in a men's restroom in the Nagasaki Municipal Government building
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.
Life inside Japan’s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.
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.
Reform panel calls for easing data center building standards
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi emphasized that the government will promote reforms of regulations and systems that fit the artificial intelligence era.
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."
Life inside Japan’s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.
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.

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