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Employees inspect combat vehicles at a defense manufacturer’s factory in Germany in June 2023.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 24, 2026
Japan looks to strike up partnerships with Europe’s defense sector
Japanese officials see growing opportunities for cooperation as the European Union expands defense spending and moves to reduce dependence on the United States.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks during the spring session of parliament in Budapest on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 24, 2026
Hungary blocks Russia sanctions and EU cash for Kyiv on eve of war anniversary
Ukraine says the oil flows stopped after a Russian attack on pipeline infrastructure in ​January and it is fixing the damage as fast as it ⁠can.
Shipping containers at the Port of Long Beach in Long Beach, California, on Friday.
BUSINESS
Feb 23, 2026
EU says it will accept no increase in U.S. tariffs after Supreme Court ruling
After the court struck down Trump’s global tariffs on Friday, the U.S. ⁠president announced temporary, across-the-board tariffs of 10%, which he then hiked to ⁠15% a day later.
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius speaks during a news conference after the European Group of Five defense ministers' meeting in Krakow, Poland, on Friday.
WORLD
Feb 21, 2026
Top European military powers to work on low-cost air defense
This new initiative, known as Low-Cost Effectors and Autonomous Platforms, or LEAP, is spearheaded by the U.K., France, Germany, Italy and Poland.
A 16-year-old uses his phone in Madrid on Feb. 3. An order by Spain for prosecutors to investigate social media platforms X, Meta and TikTok for allegedly spreading AI-generated child sexual abuse material comes amid a wider crackdown on online platforms, with regulators accusing them of practices ranging from anti-competitive behavior in digital advertising to ‌deliberate design ‌of addictive features.
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 18, 2026
Spain to investigate X, Meta and TikTok over AI child sexual abuse material
The move comes amid a wider crackdown, with regulators accusing platforms of practices ranging from anti-competitive behavior in advertising to use ‌of addictive features.
A carnival float depicting U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin is displayed at the annual Rosenmontag carnival parade in Duesseldorf, Germany, on Monday. The display comes at a time of growing European unease over Washington’s shifting alliances and values.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 18, 2026
American allies ask, without shared values, why not China?
Europeans aren’t convinced. When they assess the transatlantic partnership that guided the world after World War II — a group often referred to as “the West” — they are dismayed.
Marine Le Pen arrives at court on Paris on Feb. 10.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 17, 2026
Le Pen’s shadow is falling on ECB job succession to Lagarde
In the race to succeed Christine Lagarde, the question of when leaders choose the next European Central Bank president is looming almost as large as who they pick.
Swedish Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson at the Economic and Financial Affairs Council meeting in Brussels on Jan. 20
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 17, 2026
Trump’s new world order is pushing Sweden to warm up to the euro
Sweden adopting the euro would tighten political ties with Europe and give Swedes a seat at the table when it comes to pan-European monetary matters.
The United States-Russia-Ukraine talks in the United Arab Emirates highlight a Trump-era transactional approach that prioritizes commercial deals over institutions or alliances, risking instability in Europe and boosting China’s long-term strategic position.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 17, 2026
What Trump wants from Russia
A U.S.-Russia arrangement in which Ukraine is little more than a bargaining chip risks hollowing out this project before it is consolidated.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio shakes hands with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban at a joint news conference in Budapest on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 17, 2026
Rubio wraps Hungary’s Viktor Orban in U.S. embrace before tight election
The top U.S. diplomat pledged that Donald Trump would provide assistance if Hungary ever ran into financial trouble and touted personal rapport between the two leaders.
Volunteers wade through a flooded street after Storm Leonardo passed by Alcacer do Sal, Portugal, on Feb. 5.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Feb 17, 2026
EU ill-prepared for worsening climate change, advisers say
The EU should urgently step up its investments to protect people and infrastructure from floods, ​wildfires and severe heatwaves, independent advisers said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio attend a meeting on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference in Munich on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Feb 16, 2026
Four takeaways from the Munich Security Conference
Among the takeaways from the Munich Security Conference was that European leaders do not believe a ceasefire will soon come in the Ukraine war started by Russia’s invasion.
Rescue services search for victims under wreckage after an airstrike on a residential building in Kyiv on June 17, 2025. Vladimir Putin’s all-out invasion of Ukraine has devasted Ukrainian cities, claimed hundreds of thousands of lives and forced more than 10 million people to flee their homes.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Feb 16, 2026
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine changed Europe forever. Here’s how.
The conflict is raising concerns over Europe’s ability to resist or coexist with an aggressive Russia under Vladimir Putin and its readiness state if he isn’t stopped in Ukraine.
A Danish soldier stands at a checkpoint in the harbor of Nuuk, Greenland, on Jan. 26.
WORLD
Feb 16, 2026
Europe aims to rely less on U.S. defense after Trump’s Greenland push
In another sign of the nervousness surrounding U.S. security commitments, Merz ​said he had ‌begun talks with Macron about a European nuclear deterrence.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi attends a bilateral meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Munich on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 14, 2026
China FM tells EU diplomats not to blame Beijing for bloc’s problems
Wang Yi made the comments at a meeting with France’s Jean-Noel Barrot and Germany’s Johann Wadephul on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference on Friday.
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.
French President Emmanuel Macron at The Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris on Wednesday. Macron is urging European countries to prioritize local resources in strategic sectors such as chemicals, chips and tech.
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 12, 2026
Macron on collision course with Germany over ‘buy European’
The French president urged European countries to prioritize local resources but German Chancellor Friedrich Merz warned that such an approach could be too narrow.
Traditional Russian wooden nesting dolls depict Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump in a shop in Moscow on Tuesday. Since returning to the White House, Trump has upended domestic and foreign politics while ramping up pressure on institutions ranging from universities to the Federal Reserve.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 11, 2026
Corruption watchdog sees ‘worrying decline’ in democracies such as U.S.
Transparency International said the United States had slid to the lowest-ever score on its 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index.
Munich Security Conference Foundation Council President Wolfgang Ischinger attends a news conference regarding the Munich Security Report in Berlin on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 10, 2026
Rise of ‘wrecking-ball politics’ in focus at Munich security meet
The 2026 Munich Security Report describes U.S. President Donald Trump as the “most powerful of those who take the axe to existing rules and institutions.“ 
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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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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