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Morocco goalkeeper Yassine Bounou, was born in Canada.
SOCCER
Dec 22, 2025
African teams bolster rosters with players born in Europe
In total, of the 664 players across the 24 teams at the tournament, 191 ‍were born in Europe, representing 28.8%.
While many have heralded a multipolar world, what is emerging instead is a “multisphere” order — spheres of influence without fixed boundaries or shared norms to contain them.
COMMENTARY / World / Perspectives
Dec 22, 2025
The perils of a multisphere world
A volatile world of blurred norms and fragile alliances demands new strategies to manage coercion and risk.
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during his annual end-of-year news conference, in Moscow on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 20, 2025
U.S. intelligence indicates Putin’s war aims in Ukraine are unchanged
The reports present a starkly different picture from that painted by U.S. President Donald Trump and his Ukraine peace negotiators.
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.
This week brought a cascade of signals that the electric vehicle era is entering a more uncertain, more contested phase.
BUSINESS / Tech / FOCUS
Dec 17, 2025
The electric car transition unravels slowly, then all at once
This week brought a cascade of signals that the EV era is entering a more uncertain, more contested phase.
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with the leaders of Malaysia, Thailand and Cambodia after the ceremonial signing of a ceasefire agreement between Thailand and Cambodia on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur on Oct. 26. Hostilities between the two countries have since resumed.  
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 16, 2025
White House 2025 Asia upheaval set to continue in 2026
Will the Trump administration learn from its counterproductive actions in Asia in 2025? It seems unlikely.
The Trump administration's 2025 National Security Strategy shifts focus to the Western Hemisphere and Asia while largely maintaining the underlying limits of America's security policy established under the Biden administration.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 12, 2025
How to read Trump’s National Security Strategy
What I see as the essence of NSS 2025 is that this document appears to be a product of compromise intended to bridge the differences that surfaced within the Trump administration.
Ukrainian service members fire a Caesar self-propelled howitzer toward Russian troops at a position on the frontline, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the town of Pokrovsk, in Ukraine's Donetsk region, on Nov. 23.
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Dec 11, 2025
Pokrovsk’s fall weakens Ukraine, in Trump’s eyes
Ukraine must try to stay in with the U.S. while pushing back on a peace deal Russia says must involve Kyiv’s forces withdrawing from the eastern Donbas region, where Pokrovsk lies.
Ukrainian servicemen fire a multiple launch rocket system toward Russian troops near the front-line town of Pokrovsk, in Ukraine's Donetsk region, on Tuesday.
WORLD
Dec 11, 2025
Ukraine sends U.S. new plan to end war as Trump blasts Europe
A first U.S. plan that involved Ukraine surrendering land that Russia has not captured was seen as caving in to too many of Russia’s demands
New Leopard 2A8 tanks operate during their rollout at KNDS in Munich, on Nov. 19. The German finance ministry says that Berlin rejects the creation of further financing instruments for the armaments sector.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 11, 2025
Germany turns down idea of new multilateral defense bank
Berlin’s focus is on the rapid implementation of existing instruments, a German finance ministry spokesperson says.
Ukrainian servicemen fire a multiple launch rocket system toward Russian troops near the front-line town of Pokrovsk, in Ukraine's Donetsk region, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 11, 2025
Ukraine sends U.S. new plan to end war as Trump blasts Europe
A first U.S. plan that involved Ukraine surrendering land that Russia has not captured was seen as caving in to too many of Russia’s demands
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni welcomes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Palazzo Chigi prior their meeting in Rome on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 10, 2025
Zelenskyy says ready to hold Ukraine elections, with U.S. help
Zelenskyy also said he expected to send Washington within a day revised proposals on ending the war with Russia.
U.S. President Donald Trump points his finger as he speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One during travel to Pennsylvania from Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 10, 2025
Trump slams ‘decaying’ and ‘weak’ Europe as U.S. ties to continent wither
The U.S. president’s comments on immigration and Ukraine deepened a rift between Washington and some of its oldest allies.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (left), British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (second left) French President Emmanuel Macron (second right) and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz say goodbye outside No. 10 Downing Street following their talks in central London on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 9, 2025
Europe nears deal on Russian assets as Ukraine war talks continue
Ukraine’s allies are under growing pressure to find fresh sources of financing after U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration largely stopped aid to the war-ravaged country.
Britain’s stagnant economy and the damage from Brexit make a pragmatic new trade deal with the EU the most realistic path to revive growth without reopening old political wounds.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 9, 2025
The U.K. needs a new deal, without saying Brexit
It isn’t necessary to rebuild the whole EU institutional architecture to retrieve the benefits that have been lost.
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Busan, South Korea, on Oct. 30. Trump’s new National Security Strategy changes the country’s focus, prioritizing business deals and reducing migration while avoiding passing judgment on authoritarian regimes like China.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 9, 2025
Trump’s unapologetically ‘America First’ National Security Strategy
The U.S. stands taller, yet smaller, in the new National Security Strategy.
Smoke billows from a blast near a tank as Polish forces hold military exercises with NATO soldiers at a range in Wierzbiny, near Orzysz, Poland, in September.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 7, 2025
U.S. sets 2027 deadline for Europe-led NATO defense, officials say
The shift would dramatically change how the United States, a founding member of the postwar alliance, works with its most important military partners.
The profile of U.S. President Donald Trump is pictured in backlight as he speaks with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen during a meeting in Turnberry southwest Scotland, in July.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Dec 6, 2025
Europe faces most difficult moment in bid to avoid split with U.S.
In a 33-page National Security Strategy, the White House said Europe risked being wiped away unless it changed its culture and politics.
U.S. President Donald Trump attends the signing ceremony of a peace deal with the President of Rwanda Paul Kagame and the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Felix Tshisekedi in Washington on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 5, 2025
New Trump strategy vows shift from global role to regional
The national security paper, meant to flesh out Trump’s norms-shattering “America First” worldview, signals a sharp reorientation from longstanding U.S. calls to refocus on Asia.
A member of the public waves Israel's national flag while watching an Israeli singer performing during the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, at the St. Jakobshalle arena in Basel, Switzerland on May 15.
WORLD
Dec 5, 2025
Eurovision hit by boycotts after Israel cleared to compete
Spain, Ireland and the Netherlands all announced they were boycotting Eurovision — the world’s largest live music competition — over the decision.
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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