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Container ships at the Port of Arica in Arica, Chile. China buys most of the region’s commodities and has made substantial investments in infrastructure, especially ports.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 24, 2026
Trump takes anti-China crusade to Chile ahead of Latin America summit in Miami
Imposing visa restrictions on Chilean officials sent a warning to the region that it must choose sides as U.S. President Donald Trump works to reassert dominion over the Americas.
People fly dragon-shaped kites on on the Bund in front of buildings in Pudong's Lujiazui Financial District in Shanghai on Jan. 29.
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 23, 2026
China and India among winners after U.S. court blocked Trump tariffs
Senior U.S. officials are pressing partners including the European Union and Japan to stick to commitments they made in earlier negotiations.
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.
President Trump speaks during a news conference in the White House in Washington on Friday.
BUSINESS
Feb 23, 2026
Trump pegs new tariffs to a payments crisis experts doubt exists
Most economists don’t believe there is enough evidence that the U.S. can’t pay its bills or meet obligations to international investors.
Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen takes part in a demonstration on Jan. 17, in Nuuk, Greenland, to protest against the U.S. president's plans to take the territory.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 23, 2026
‘No thanks’: Greenland and Denmark reject Trump’s hospital ship offer
Trump has repeatedly said he believes the United States must control Greenland to ensure U.S. national security.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping talk as they leave after a bilateral meeting at Gimhae International Airport, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Busan, South Korea, on Oct. 30, 2025.
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Feb 19, 2026
How China plans to dominate global trade long after Trump
Articles written by state-backed trade scholars since 2017 reveal a systematic push to reverse-engineer U.S. trade policy and neutralize Washington’s containment strategy.
Pope Leo XIV (center) speaks beside Italian Cardinal Baldassare Reina (right) at the end of a mass during a pastoral visit to the parish of "St. Mary Queen of Peace" at Ostia Lido, near Rome, on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 18, 2026
Vatican says it will not participate in Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’
Efforts to handle crisis situations should be managed by the United Nations, the Vatican’s top diplomatic official says.
U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner (right), and U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 22. Some experts said the two lack the depth of knowledge and experience to go up against veteran negotiators like Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi and their Russian interlocutors and that they were in over their heads in such complicated conflicts.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Feb 18, 2026
U.S. envoys juggle two crisis talks, raising questions about prospects for success
The shuttle diplomacy by U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner has raised questions about the likelihood of them resolving either of the crises, experts say.
Radio Free Asia's Washington office. The outlet has resumed broadcasts to people in China, its CEO said on Tuesday, after U.S. government funding cuts last year largely forced it to cease operations.
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 18, 2026
Radio Free Asia says it has resumed broadcasts to China
Radio Free Asia and its sister outlets had for years been financed with funding approved by the ‌U.S. Congress ‌and overseen by the U.S. Agency for Global Media.
Zorro Ranch, one of the properties owned by disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, is seen in an aerial view near Stanley, New Mexico, on July 15, 2019.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 17, 2026
New Mexico approves comprehensive probe of Epstein’s Zorro Ranch
The late U.S. sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is accused of having trafficked and sexually assaulted girls and women at the 7,600-acre ​property.
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.
A pro-government student holds a painting depicting ousted Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro during a march on International Youth Day in Caracas on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 16, 2026
Trump’s Caribbean surge is costing billions of dollars
U.S. ships and aircraft were diverted to the Caribbean months before capturing Venezuela’s president, consuming billions of dollars and possibly constraining U.S. power elsewhere.
A float with people dressed as characters from "Peter Pan" is seen as people attend the "Festival of Fantasy" parade at the Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom theme park in Orlando, Florida, in 2022.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 16, 2026
Looking for Disney magic elsewhere: Canadians lead declines in travel to U.S.
President Donald Trump’s ongoing trade war, threats to seize Greenland, and immigration enforcement efforts have made the U.S. a less desirable destination, travel agents said.
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.
The Staten Island ferry makes its way through Upper Bay as the Manhattan skyline looms in the distance in New York.
WORLD
Feb 13, 2026
Mobsters and trash? New NYC mayor’s rise stirs Staten Island ire
Locals on the island are overwhelmingly against newly elected left-wing Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
The Jeffrey Epstein scandal endures because it reinforces public belief that wealthy elites operate with impunity through powerful global networks that shield them from consequences.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 12, 2026
Epstein saga confirms fears of a class above the law
The word ‘impunity’ is the key to understanding the power of this sickening sex-trafficking scandal.
A group of Danish soldiers near in the harbor in Nuuk, Greenland, on Jan. 29.
WORLD
Feb 12, 2026
NATO launches Arctic mission after Trump’s Greenland threats
The announcement came just weeks after Trump brought the transatlantic partnership to the brink of rupture with his claims over Greenland, a territory of NATO ally Denmark.
Puerto Ricans line up at a U.S. voting booth in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 12, 2026
Trump’s ‘Stop the Steal’ lawyer pushed for voter fraud evidence from U.S. intelligence agency
Some officials are attempting to prove the president’s charges that the 2020 election was stolen, a claim repeatedly rejected by courts.
Attorney General Pam Bondi departs after testifying during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 12, 2026
U.S. lawmakers accuse Bondi of hiding names of Epstein associates
Lawmakers have complained that ⁠redactions in the files appear to go beyond the limited exemptions allowed in a law Congress passed nearly unanimously in November.
Stonewall National Monument in New York on Tuesday
WORLD / Politics
Feb 11, 2026
‘Outrage’ as LGBTQ pride flag removed from Stonewall monument
The removal of a rainbow flag from the U.S.’s most prominent gay monument after new rules issued by the Trump administration sparked an outcry and noisy protest on Tuesday.
‘My dream is broken’: Japan visa rules push out foreign residents
A man orders from a kebab shop in the Okubo district in Tokyo.
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.
Japanese-language education is at a turning point
The country is gradually transforming Japanese-language education from a volunteer-driven system into a professional, government-supported network to better serve its growing foreign population. 
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
Japan plans to sharply raise fees for residence permits from October
Foreign tourists walk on the path leading to the Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in May.
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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