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Demonstrators protest against the high cost of living in Nantes, France, on Oct. 17. Similar demonstrations have spread across other parts of Europe as households grapple with rising prices and economic uncertainty.
EDITORIALS
Oct 23, 2026
France burns as the political center fiddles
The political center in Europe is struggling to offer convincing answers to voters’ economic concerns.
People walk past the damaged window of a McDonald's, the day after clashes during a national day of demonstrations against the cost of living and rising fuel prices, in Paris on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 20, 2026
As France erupts, Europe’s far right gains from fuel-price anger ahead of elections
The European Commission estimates the Iran conflict has cost Europe roughly �100 billion ($112 billion) through disrupted trade and energy markets.
A circus group performs during the Second Africa Climate Summit in Addis Ababa in September 2025.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 19, 2026
JICA and the World Bank should put the poor first
Poor people are vulnerable to everything — disease, hunger, broken infrastructure and economic shocks. The question is will climate policy help them.
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.
A concept model of the Global Combat Air Program's fighter jet is displayed during the Defense Security Equipment International Japan event at Makuhari Messe in the city of Chiba in May last year.
JAPAN
Oct 10, 2026
Germany eyes joining GCAP fighter jet project with U.K, Italy and Japan
There has been mounting speculation the group could open the door to Germany after a rival Franco-German fighter program collapsed in June.
Six Japanese rice varieties will be sold on trial at Kaufhaus des Westens department store in Berlin amid increasing interest in Japanese cuisine.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 9, 2026
Department store in Berlin to offer high-end Japanese rice on trial basis
One of the goals of the trial is to raise awareness of high-quality Japanese rice as washoku restaurants in Germany often use non-Japanese varieties.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz welcomes British Prime Minister Andy Burnham with military honors at the Chancellery in Berlin on Thursday.
WORLD
Oct 9, 2026
U.K.’s Burnham says he is open to Germany joining joint fighter jet program
There has been mounting speculation that the program could open the door to Germany after a rival Franco-German fighter program collapsed in June.
Adrian Bianco’s Sabukaru Online tackled a range of cultural topics that most other publications didn’t report on.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Oct 9, 2026
Adrian Bianco championed 91AV原创 underground culture
The Sabukaru founder, who died at 40 in August, connected underground culture and emerging talent across Asia with global audiences.
Qilin has launched ransomware attacks worldwide since October 2022, affecting about 4,000 companies.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Oct 8, 2026
Germany arrests member of Qilin hacker group who was extradited from Japan
According to Japanese police, German authorities had obtained an arrest warrant for the 28-year-old Russian citizen on suspicion of extortion.
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi meets with his Indian and American counterparts, S. Jaishankar and Marco Rubio, on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Manila on July 22.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 7, 2026
Reports of rising powers’ demise are premature
Shifts in global power may become less dramatic than in past centuries, but economic change and coalition-building still reshape hierarchies.
August Hanning, former head of Germany's Federal Intelligence Service, in 2006. Hanning has been detained on suspicion of attempted treason.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 7, 2026
Former German spy chief arrested for attempted treason, obtaining state secrets
August Hanning is accused of paying for secret documents and using them in an analysis for a foreign spy service.
Japan has handed over a a suspected member of the 'Qilin' hacker group to Germany, according to sources.
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2026
Japan hands over ‘Qilin’ hacker group member to Germany
Qilin is believed to have carried out ransomware attacks against companies worldwide, causing major damage through data encryption.
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi arrives at the Prime Minister's Office on the day of a Cabinet reshuffle, in Tokyo on Sept. 17.
JAPAN
Oct 1, 2026
Japan and Germany sign evacuation cooperation memorandum
Since 2024, Japan has established similar arrangements with South Korea, Australia, Canada, Britain and Brazil. Germany is the sixth partner country.
The German Olympic Sports Confederation announces Munich as Germany's national bid for the Olympic and Paralympic Games at a news conference in Baden-Baden, Germany, on Saturday.
OLYMPICS
Sep 27, 2026
Germany selects Munich for Olympics host bid
Launched as a race between four candidates, it was ultimately a choice between two as Berlin withdrew on Thursday after Hamburg pulled out in May.
German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul walks to the podium to address the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 27, 2026
At U.N., Russia’s and Germany’s top diplomats hold first talks since 2022
The ministers discussed bilateral ties and the war in Ukraine, officials from both sides said.
Members of a local electoral commission empty a ballot box before counting votes in Russia’s parliamentary election in Podolsk, near Moscow, on Sept. 20.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 25, 2026
Why Russia’s Potemkin election actually matters
There’s little purpose to parsing who won the vote; the point is that opponents of Putin and his war were jailed, exiled or banned from running.
AfD co-leader Alice Weidel (third from left), along with (from left) AfD co-leader Tino Chrupalla, AfD candidate for state premier Leif-Erik Holm, and AfD top candidate Ulrich Siegmund, react on stage during a campaign event ahead of the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania state election in Neubrandenburg, Germany, on Sept. 18.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 21, 2026
Five takeaways from Germany’s regional elections
Polls in two German states on Sunday resulted in severe losses for the country’s leading Christian Democratic Union party.
Manuela Schwesig arrives for a debate in the ARD studios following the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania State Elections in Schwerin, Germany, on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 21, 2026
Merz’s conservatives set to crash out of German state parliament
The German Chancellor’s Christian Democratic Union won 4.9% of the vote on Sunday — the far-right AfD party won with 38.3%.
German Chancellor and Christian Democratic Union (CDU) leader Friedrich Merz speaks during a CDU election campaign rally for his party's top candidate Stefan Evers before state elections in Berlin on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 20, 2026
Germans vote in elections threatening fresh blow to Merz
The far-right, pro-Trump and Moscow-friendly AfD party dealt the German leader a defeat two weeks ago, fueling speculation his support is wobbling.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz holds a press conference in Berlin on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 17, 2026
After far-right win, Germany’s Merz nervously faces new state polls
Amid speculation about a potential change at the top, eight CDU state premiers declared jointly that Germany needs “stability now more than ever.”

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