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Daily newspapers with images of Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump in Moscow on Feb. 13
WORLD / Politics
May 13, 2025
Trump's offer to join Russia-Ukraine peace talks triggers flurry of diplomacy
Despite planned visits to Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar this week, Trump offered to join Ukraine-Russia leaders in Istanbul.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (left), U.S. President Joe Biden (second from left), German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (second from right) and French President Emmanuel Macron prepare to take a family photo during their "Quad" meeting in Berlin on Oct. 18. Leaders in the West have tried to revive the old order, but Donald Trump’s return to power shows they need a new way of looking at the world.
COMMENTARY / World
May 12, 2025
Europe after the end of the liberal international order
We were wrong to think that we had secured a golden age of peace at the end of the Cold War. In reality, there was violence everywhere.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping joins Russian President Vladimir Putin and other foreign leaders at a ceremony at the Kremlin’s Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow on Friday to mark the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.
COMMENTARY / World
May 12, 2025
Beijing talks peace in Ukraine while aiding Putin’s war
China benefits strategically as long as the war stays within Ukraine, the nuclear risk remains low and its “unlimited partner,” Russia, does not lose.
(L to R) German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, France’s Emmanuel Macron, Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Keir Starmer of the U.K. and Poland’s Donald Tusk following a news conference at St. Mary’s Palace in Kyiv on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
May 12, 2025
Trump’s Ukraine push coming to a head with challenge to Putin
Following a weekend of hectic diplomacy, Zelenskyy said he will travel to Istanbul on May 15 where Putin has proposed direct negotiations between the two countries.
Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a statement to the media in Moscow on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
May 11, 2025
Putin proposes direct peace talks with Ukraine after three years of war
Moscow sent thousands of troops into Ukraine in February 2022, triggering the gravest confrontation between Russia and the West since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.
Iranian missiles are displayed at the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force Museum in Tehran in November.
WORLD
May 10, 2025
Iran to send Russia launchers for short-range missiles
The delivery of the Fath-360 launchers — if it occurs — would help support Russia's war in Ukraine and reaffirm deepening security ties with Iran.
French President Emmanuel Macron (right) and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk pose after signing the French-Polish Friendship and Strategy Pact following their meeting at the Nancy's town hall on Stanislas square in Nancy, eastern France, on Friday.
WORLD
May 10, 2025
Poland edges toward pact on French nuclear-missile shield
A treaty signed Friday includes a pledge of mutual military assistance in an event of an armed conflict and extends into defense industry cooperation.
French President Emmanuel Macron (center), British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (left) and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz hold a trilateral meeting on board a train to Ukraine on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
May 10, 2025
Europe in talks with U.S. over ultimatum to end war in Ukraine
The plans aren’t yet final, and moving forward still hinges on the U.S., which has called for a monthlong unconditional truce.
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with North Korean servicemen on Red Square after the Victory Day military parade in central Moscow on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
May 10, 2025
Putin hails troops in Ukraine as allies attend WWII parade
President Vladimir Putin vowed on Friday that Russia would win in Ukraine as the Soviet Union had in World War II.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping shake hands during a welcoming ceremony before their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
May 9, 2025
'Friends of steel': Xi and Putin pledge to stand together against U.S.
At talks in the Kremlin, the two leaders cast themselves as defenders of a new world order no longer dominated by the U.S.
U.S. President Donald Trump disembarks from Air Force One upon arrival at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
May 9, 2025
Trump presses Russia for unconditional 30-day Ukraine ceasefire
U.S. President Donald Trump pressed Moscow to accept a 30-day unconditional ceasefire, with any breaches punishable by sanctions.
Russian Sukhoi Su-30SM fighter jets and MiG-29 fighter jets fly above Moscow during the general rehearsal of the Victory Day military parade on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
May 8, 2025
Putin's order for three-day truce with Ukraine enters into force
It was not immediately clear whether either side was observing the ceasefire.
Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping during a welcoming ceremony before their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow, on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
May 8, 2025
Xi meets Putin in Moscow as Ukraine reports truce violations
Xi told Putin that Beijing stood alongside Russia in the face of "hegemonic bullying" — a nod to the two countries' anti-U.S. stance.
Since U.S. President Donald Trump's return to the White House, the greenback is down more than 9% against a basket of major currencies as investors pull back from owning U.S. assets.
BUSINESS / Markets
May 8, 2025
Ukraine considers shift from dollar to euro amid geopolitical realignments
"This work is complex and requires high-quality, versatile preparation," Central Bank Gov. Andriy Pyshnyi said.
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth looks on as President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the White House in Washington on March 21.
WORLD / Politics
May 7, 2025
Hegseth's order to cancel Ukraine weapons caught White House off guard
The story of how the flights were canceled points to an at-times haphazard policymaking process within the Trump administration.
Nataliia Zelenina, 52, poses for a portrait in the office of the Svitanok charitable foundation, where she works as a social worker after having spent five years in Russian custody, in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, on April 22.
WORLD
May 5, 2025
'Accept me': Organization offers haven for outcasts near Ukraine front
People living with HIV, those recovering from drug addiction, sex workers — all are welcome to seek medical guidance and respite from stigma.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping attends a meeting in Hanoi on April 14 with Vietnamese Communist Party General-Secretary To Lam.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 4, 2025
China's Xi to visit Russia for Victory Day events and talks with Putin
Xi Jinping, who had already been set to attend a Victory Day parade in Moscow on Friday, will also hold talks with Vladimir Putin on their countries' "no-limits" partnership.
A local resident takes his belongings out of a damaged residential building after a drone attack in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
May 3, 2025
Trump team has prepped options to pressure Russia to end war
People familiar with the matter cautioned that Trump has made no decision yet as diplomatic efforts were ongoing.
People take part in the European Defense Tech Hub hackathon in Amsterdam on March 28.
WORLD / Politics
May 2, 2025
Mission before money: How Europe's defense startups are luring AI talent
A sense of patriotism stirred by the war in Ukraine and U.S. President Donald Trump's upending of security alliances is a motivation for many.
An open-pit mine in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, on April 23. The financial payoff from the deal may take a decade or longer to materialize.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
May 2, 2025
U.S. and Ukraine may wait decade or more to see revenue from minerals deal
While the financial benefits from the deal are uncertain, officials in Ukraine believe it will help shore up U.S. support for Kyiv.
Japan won’t wait for G7 summit for possible U.S. trade deal
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's top negotiator in tariff talks with the U.S. speaks to reporters at the Japanese Embassy in Washington on Friday.
Japanese universities step up to help international students after Harvard ban
The Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library at Harvard University. U.S. President Donald Trump has barred Harvard from accepting international students, prompting Japanese universities to offer support.
Japan eyes tougher rules for foreign residents and tax hike for tourists
A tax-free shop in Kyoto in April 2024. Last week, members of a Liberal Democratic Party study group drafted a proposal seeking to scrap the country's tax-free shopping system altogether.
Foreign tourists with unpaid medical bills in Japan to be denied entry
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during ministerial meeting meeting on foreign residents in Japan on Friday at the Prime Minister's Office.
Victims mourned 17 years after Akihabara indiscriminate attack
A mourner prays for the victims of an indiscriminate fatal attack on a street of Tokyo's Akihabara area on the 17th anniversary of the incident on Sunday.
What can Kenji Yanobe’s cosmic cats teach us about humanity?
Kenji Yanobe’s spacesuited cats are the main characters of “Ship’s Cat Island,” the inaugural exhibition at Hyper Museum Hanno in Saitama Prefecture.
From ridicule to redemption: Rice crisis returns Koizumi to the spotlight
Agriculture minister Shinjiro Koizumi speaks to the media as he inspects a warehouse storing stockpiled rice in Kanagawa Prefecture on May 30.
New Naoshima museum bets on Asia, not the West
Detail of Takashi Murakami, “Rakuchu-Rakugai-zu Byobu: Iwasa Matabei RIP” (2023-25)
Japan’s prison reform focuses on rehabilitation
Justice Minister Keisuke Suzuki speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Friday. Suzuki said preparations for the changes that will focus more on rehabilitation are being actively made at each correctional facility.
Accidents raise concern over how Japan vets foreign drivers
Keita Ueno (right), the owner of Kiki Driving School and an instructor who supports both foreign nationals and Japanese citizens returning from abroad in getting their foreign driver’s licenses converted, is worried about the current lax system for the process.

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