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A tent in Kyiv where people can charge devices and warm themselves up on Sunday, following Russian missile and drone attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure
WORLD
Jan 12, 2026
A thousand Kyiv apartment blocks still without heating after Russian strike
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia deliberately waited for freezing weather to strike to make things worse for the Ukrainian people.
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 residential building damaged by a Russian strike in the Pozniaky neighborhood of Kyiv on Friday.
WORLD
Jan 10, 2026
Kyiv mayor calls for temporary evacuation over heating outages
A massive missile and drone attack on Kyiv killed four and ripped open apartment blocks.
Service members take part in what the Russian Defense Ministry said was the deployment of a nuclear-capable hypersonic Oreshnik missile system in Belarus, in a still image taken from a video released on Dec. 30.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 9, 2026
Russia fires hypersonic missile at target near Ukraine’s border with NATO
The Russian military said the move was made in response to ​an attempted drone strike on one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s residences, something Kyiv has ‍called a ⁠lie.
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting on situation in the zone of the “special military operation,” the Kremlin’s term for the nearly four-year-long Ukraine offensive, in Moscow on Dec. 29, 2025.
WORLD
Jan 9, 2026
Russia slams Western peacekeeping plan for Ukraine
Vladimir Putin called a plan for European peacekeepers to be deployed to Ukraine dangerous and branded Kyiv and its allies an “axis of war.”
Cars destroyed by a late evening Russian drone strike in Dnipro, Ukraine, on Wednesday
WORLD
Jan 8, 2026
Zelenskyy seeks new Trump meeting as peace negotiators tackle land issue
Kyiv is under U.S. pressure to secure peace but wants security guarantees from allies and is pushing back on Russian demands ​to cede its eastern Donetsk region.
In addition to what they saw as lucrative military contracts, the two South Africans were told they could potentially get Russian citizenship and further their education if they served in the military.
WORLD
Jan 7, 2026
Russia recruited South Africans for its war using a gaming app
The men in their 20s left South Africa in July last year after talking about joining the Russian military to a gamer over an app called Discord.
A destroyed apartment in a residential building following a gas explosion in Tver on Tuesday
WORLD
Jan 7, 2026
‘Of course it’s not safe’: small city in Russia tries to shrug off war
Across Russia’s western regions, authorities switch off mobile internet when Ukraine launches retaliatory drone attacks in a bid to disrupt their navigation systems.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (left), French President Emmanuel Macron (center) and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at a news conference upon the signing of the declaration on deploying post-ceasefire force in Ukraine during the Coalition of the Willing summit on security guarantees for Ukraine in Paris on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 7, 2026
U.S. backs security guarantees for Ukraine at summit of Kyiv’s allies in Paris
Talks to bring the almost four-year ​war to an ‌end have accelerated since November.
Rusting anti-invasion barricades on Taiwan’s Lieyu Island, Kinmen County, sit across from the city of Xiamen on China’s southeastern coast, one of the closest points between the two sides, in September 2015.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 6, 2026
Trump’s Venezuela coup, Taiwan and lessons for China
Even if unification is successful, “China would have gained Taiwan but sacrificed its larger ambition of becoming a global superpower.”
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 military medics attend a yoga session at the RePower program, a mountain retreat designed to support their psychological recovery and mental well-being in Ukraine's western Zakarpattia region in October.
WORLD
Jan 3, 2026
Loss and laughter: war medics heal in west Ukraine mountains
The gruesome toll of the war is a daily reality for Ukraine’s hundreds of combat medics — with the sights, sounds and smells of the front weighing heavily on their mental health.
Firefighters extinguish a blaze in a residential building following a Russian airstrike in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Friday.
WORLD
Jan 3, 2026
Russia scores highest Ukraine gains since first year of war
The Russian army captured more than 5,600 square kilometers (2,160 square miles), or nearly 1%, of Ukrainian territory in 2025, according to an analysis.
Ukrainian military intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov meets with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv in this image released Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 3, 2026
Zelenskyy taps spy chief to head presidential administration in big shakeup
The Ukrainian leader named military intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov as his top adviser and proposed a drone and digitalization specialist as defense minister.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. President Donald Trump at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, on Sunday
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Jan 2, 2026
How Russia and Ukraine are fighting to shape Trump’s view of the war
Off the battlefield, each side is trying to influence Trump’s perception of the conflict as they look to negotiate a peace settlement.
Firefighters work at the site of a Russian drone strike in Ukraine's Volyn region on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 2, 2026
Russia and Ukraine trade allegations of civilian attacks on New Year’s Day
Moscow reported a deadly strike on a hotel in territory it occupies in southern Ukraine while Kyiv said there had been another attack on its power supply.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, his daughter Kim Ju Ae (center) and wife, Ri Sol Ju, watch a New Year's celebration performance at the May Day Stadium in Pyongyang on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 1, 2026
North Korea’s Kim hails ‘invincible alliance’ with Russia in New Year’s letter
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has praised his troops fighting abroad as forging an “invincible alliance” with Russia in a new year’s message, state media said Thursday.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy with President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen during a special EU leaders meeting in Brussels in March.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 31, 2025
Give Ukraine back its future
For over a decade, the West has been pondering how to manage Ukraine’s inevitable subordination to Russia. It is time to change the half-hearted paradigm, Chrystia Freeland writes.
U.S. President Donald Trump welcomes Ukranian leader Volodymyr Zelensky at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 31, 2025
Zelenskyy discusses U.S. troop presence in Ukraine with Trump
The Ukrainian leader also called allegations of strikes by Kyiv on a Putin residence a complete fabrication intended to justify additional attacks against his country.
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.
China’s demand for Soviet-style apartments shows limits to revival
Apartments built during a Soviet Union-inspired construction drive in the 1970s and 1980s tend to suffer from poor insulation and outdated plumbing, but they are seeing a revival in interest due to their attractive locations.
Japanese scientists identify neural mechanism that may explain why we dislike people
The aggressive mouse (left) used in the experiment and a mouse defending itself
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.
Over 70% of accommodations in Japan say they are understaffed amid tourism influx
The number of foreign visitors to Japan reached a high of 42.68 million in 2025.
Lenders seek $700 million after Japanese payments firm’s collapse
The financial failure of Osaka-based Zentoshin has left 63 creditors with claims totaling ¥115.16 billion, according to Tokyo Shoko Research.
Japan’s largest exhibition of women photographers rights a wrong in cultural history
Miwa Yanagi’s “Elevator Girl House” series skewers the superficiality of gender roles through staged images.
Over 70% of accommodations in Japan say they are understaffed amid tourism influx
The number of foreign visitors to Japan reached a high of 42.68 million in 2025.
‘Princess Mononoke’ comes alive in Super Kabuki staging
The “Princess Mononoke” adaptation was created under Shochiku’s Super Kabuki initiative, a modern form of kabuki with more technology in staging and open to pop culture collaborations.
The beating heart inside ‘Human Vapor’
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Japan bets on character IP to drive global growth
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