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People sit in the shade during a heat wave in Rome on Aug. 3.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Oct 25, 2026
Summer heat’s toll on Europe: 50,000 deaths and a �17 billion GDP hit
Almost two-thirds of the deaths linked to high summer temperatures would not have happened without climate change, a study showed.
Demonstrators angered over the high cost of living clash with police in Montpellier, France, on Oct. 17.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 22, 2026
Liberte, egalite, misere? Why France is burning
It’s not only France that’s feeling the heat. Anger about inflation, from energy prices to housing costs, has led to clashes in Italy and Portugal.
Growth in China has been marked by a divide between booming exports and sluggish household spending.
BUSINESS
Oct 19, 2026
China’s growth rebound tops forecasts to close in on annual goal
The improvement in the economy should give policymakers some breathing room, allowing them to hold off on further easing.
Russian President Vladimir Putin observes a military exercise alongside top military officials in the Chelyabinsk region of central Russia, near the border with Kazakhstan, on Oct. 2.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 14, 2026
Why Putin says Russia could ‘cease to exist’ if it loses
Putin’s officials have said they are fighting Nazis and responding to NATO aggression, and that the U.S. sought Russia’s “strategic defeat.”
Even if Russian diesel reaches the global market in the coming weeks, it probably won’t offer much relief for American farmers and truckers before the midterm elections.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 13, 2026
Trump’s diesel deal irks allies and is unlikely to reduce prices
Under the agreement announced last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin would begin releasing diesel supplies into global markets.
A plug-in hybrid BYD ATTO 8 SUV. BYD, China's largest hybrid vehicle exporter to Europe, sold more plug-in hybrids than fully electric models in the first eight months of the year.
BUSINESS
Oct 12, 2026
China’s $7.5 billion EU hybrid boom faces new curbs under deal with bloc
Since the EU imposed additional tariffs on Chinese-made EVs in 2024, Chinese automakers have increasingly turned to plug-in hybrids.
Marine Le Pen (center), the National Rally candidate for France's 2027 presidential election, attends a news conference with party president Jordan Bardella (right) and lawmaker Jean-Philippe Tanguy in Paris on Oct. 6.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 11, 2026
The French far right embraces austerity
Marine Le Pen is pairing nationalist politics with fiscal austerity, betting that voters will support spending cuts.
Japan and China are pouring billions into reducing their reliance on each other even as their massive trade ties keep them bound together, a hedging dilemma faced by other countries as well.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 11, 2026
With bilateral trade booming, why are Japan-China tensions rising?
In our new era of “weaponized interdependence,” economic ties can create strategic vulnerabilities.
Maros Sefcovic, the EU trade commissioner, speaks to journalists during a news conference in Beijing on Friday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 10, 2026
China and EU strike deal to?halve Chinese hybrid exports
The “shared understanding” would “moderate” China’s export of the cars to the EU, and would cut the imports of several million cars over four years.
The European Union is taking a harder line on China’s trade gap as it heads into two days of negotiations in Beijing.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 8, 2026
EU takes firmer stance on China’s trade practices as Beijing talks begin
Germany and France this week called on the EU to adopt stronger tools to defend European sectors that have fallen prey to surging Chinese imports.
French finance chief Roland Lescure (left) with President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Friday
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Oct 6, 2026
How Macron’s decade in power left France as Europe’s weakest link
French finance chief Roland Lescure is now leading a rearguard action to preserve what’s left of Macronomics and the French president’s legacy.
Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs reacts as he waits for the first exit poll results of the general election during his United List Party's election night gathering in Riga on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 4, 2026
Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs wins election held under shadow of Ukraine war
Baltic countries have warned for months that Russia is mounting sabotage, cyber and other hybrid attacks across Europe to erode support for Ukraine.
U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham at a Labour Party conference in Liverpool, England, on Wednesday
WORLD / Politics
Oct 1, 2026
U.K.’s path back to the EU will hit hard post-Brexit realities
New U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham touched off a flurry of speculation that he may campaign to re-enter the EU.
French President Emmanuel Macron speaks next to Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez during a joint press conference at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 1, 2026
France and Spain would welcome back U.K. if it rejoined EU
U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham floated the possibility on Wednesday, a day after vowing to set out a new relationship with the bloc.
Britain's Prime Minister Andy Burnham talks about his father as he delivers his speech on the third day of the annual Labour Party conference in Liverpool, north-west England, on September 29, 2026.
WORLD
Sep 30, 2026
Burnham says Britain could rejoin the EU after next election
The remarks are the first time since the exit referendum a decade ago that a prime minister has suggested to take the country back into the EU.
A liquefied natural gas tanker docked at the port of Barcelona. The loss of steady year-round Russian pipeline gas following the war in Ukraine means Europe has become more reliant on global LNG supplies.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 29, 2026
Europe’s LNG stores depleted ahead of winter as conflicts choke supplies
Steady year-round Russian pipeline gas has been scarce since the war in Ukraine, while the Iran conflict has stalled supplies from the Middle East.
A razor-wire boundary fence along the Polish-Lithuanian border with the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad near the village of Grzybina in Suwalki Gap, Poland, on Saturday.
WORLD / Society
Sep 29, 2026
Residents of Polish region key for NATO try to live normally despite threat
The 104-kilometer Suwalki Gap is one of the most strategic points along the military alliance’s eastern flank.
Europe’s 2027 elections will determine whether the EU can build enough shared power to protect its interests in a more volatile world.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 28, 2026
Europeans must choose between power and dependence
In today’s world, ensuring citizens’ control over their future requires the freedom to act together
A placard against (top) and a placard for the "Neutrality Initiative" in Rheinfelden, Switzerland, on Sept. 15
WORLD
Sep 28, 2026
Swiss voters reject tighter neutrality rules that would have curbed NATO cooperation
Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis said the rejection allows Switzerland to continue deciding on economic sanctions on a case-by-case basis.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen gives the annual State of the Union address at a plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, on Sept. 16.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 27, 2026
A congress for Europe’s future
For the Congress of Europe to succeed, it must address the shortcomings that have hampered similar efforts in the past.
Two Japanese climbers die on remote Himalayan peak in Nepal
Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two Japanese climbers missing for over a week on a remote Himalayan mountain.
Aging Japanese village turns to Peru in search of new residents
Guests from Peru's Belen district interact with a baby in Nanmoku village in Gunma Prefecture.
Budget-friendly restaurant chain Saizeriya succumbs to rising costs
A Tokyo branch of Saizeriya, a chain of family-style Italian restaurants
U.S. has for years asked Musk to alter Starlink service in Ukraine and Middle East, sources say
A Ukrainian soldier sets up a Starlink satellite internet system near the frontline in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, on Oct. 16
U.S. military bans Chinese-made BYD cars from key air base in Okinawa
An F-22 Raptor lands at Kadena Air Base in Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture on Oct. 9. The base is a crucial hub for U.S. military operations in the region.
A dramatic bear hunt in a midsize Japanese city could be a harbinger of what is to come
Zookeeper Tetsuo Iso at the site of frantic search for a wild bear in Utsunomiya on June 9. Iso, 65, was asked by the prefectural government to help capture the bear and it was his shot with a tranquilizer gun that put an end to the saga.
How this long-term resident avoids the annoying tourist label in Japan
Tourists enjoy themselves while crossing the famous Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo on Oct. 12.
What can Asia do to avoid crossing crucial climate tipping points?
Motorists drive through a road covered with smog from wildfires nearby in Ogan Ilir in Indonesia's South Sumatra province on Sept. 25.
91AV原创 permanent residency reform has a glaring blind spot
Japan's immigration reforms risk creating uncertainty by tying permanent residency more closely to language proficiency before clear assessment standards and supporting infrastructure are in place.
Japan weighs how to evacuate thousands of tourists if Mount Fuji erupts
Climbers and visitors gather on the first day of the climbing season at the Fuji Yoshidaguchi Trail, at the fifth station on the slopes of Mount Fuji, in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, on July 1, 2024.

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