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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.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on Saturday.
WORLD
Dec 28, 2025
Zelenskyy talks with allies en route to U.S. as Russia pummels Ukraine
The talks came hours after Russia pummeled Kyiv with drones and missiles in its latest attack on the capital.
(Left to right) French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk after a news conference during a meeting of the “Coalition of the willing,” in Kyiv on May 10
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 25, 2025
‘Never again,’ and yet here we are again
The promise not to repeat the mistakes that led to World War II has for decades shaped international institutions and security policy, but now, this motto’s influence has waned.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen attends a news conference after the European Council meeting in Brussels on Friday.
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Dec 22, 2025
Europe stumbles in its attempt to bypass Trump’s global trade order
The continent fell short in sealing the Mercosur pact over the weekend. Officials say they will try again to sign the deal on Jan. 12 — but there’s no guarantee it can be salvaged.
Russian President Vladimir Putin holds his annual end-of-year news conference in Moscow on Friday.
WORLD
Dec 19, 2025
Putin says Russia is ready to end war even as he rejects compromise
Putin said he had “practically agreed” on proposals for ending the war set out at summit talks with U.S. President Donald Trump in Alaska in August.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrives at a European Union leaders' summit in Brussels on Thursday. EU governments and ‍the European Parliament would continue working on setting up a loan for Ukraine that would be based on the frozen Russian central bank assets, a draft text of the summit's conclusions read.
WORLD
Dec 19, 2025
EU changes tack from using frozen Russian assets to joint borrowing for Ukraine
A loan based on the frozen Russian assets turned out to be too complex or politically demanding to sort out at this stage, diplomats said.
Workers operate at the sewing section of a factory, in Narayanganj, Bangladesh, on Nov. 18.
ENVIRONMENT / Sustainability
Dec 18, 2025
Step aside fashion police, here comes fashion immigration
Clothes destined for Europe could soon require digital passports to prove their green credentials, opening a new era of transparency for the world’s $1.7 trillion fashion industry.
Japan triples departure tax in push to combat overtourism
Tourists in Yanaka Ginza, Tokyo, on Wednesday. Japan tripled its International Tourist Tax (departure tax) to ¥3,000 from ¥1,000 on Wednesday for all travelers leaving Japan, regardless of nationality.
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.
‘My dream is broken’: Japan visa rules push out foreign residents
A man orders from a kebab shop in the Okubo district in Tokyo.
Six of the best: rikishi of note in each sumo division
Kazuma (right) faces off against future <i>yokozuna</i> Onosato during the All Japan Amateur Sumo Championships at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo in December 2020.
Some startups see opportunity in an aging Japan
Yasmin Baba, CTO of Amilis, wins the Grand Prize at the Pitch2Tokyo Grand Final on Feb. 19.
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.

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