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President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has reignited a debate that many thought had been long settled: Should...
The world's richest man, Elon Musk, has been an ever-present sidekick for President-elect Donald Trump since the U.S. election at the start of the...
Robert F Kennedy Jr is Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services in the new administration. The idea of Trump, a...
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s choice of Tulsi Gabbard as U.S. intelligence chief has sent shockwaves through the national security...
Over the past decade, the idea of an important geopolitical space called the “Indo-Pacific” has become integral to the grand strategizing of...
What makes a good retirement? I’ve been researching the lives of “silver backpackers”: Japanese seniors who embark on a later-life journey of...
Donald Trump was declared the winner of the U.S. presidential election on November 6, sealing a historic and improbable return to the White House....
Once upon a time, before Japanese retro gaming shops discovered eBay, Japan was a retro gamer’s paradise. Rare, vintage Japan-only games and systems...
Most people agree that actual facts matter – in such activities as debate, discussion and reporting. Once facts are gathered, verified and...
As the U.S. prepares for another Trump administration, one area unambiguously in the incoming president’s crosshairs is climate policy. Although he...
The 2024 election has finally ended. What happens now? There’s a 2½-month period between Election Day and Inauguration Day. It’s commonly known...
If you’ve noticed your grocery bill climbing higher, you’re not alone. Food prices in Japan spiked to their highest levels, affecting nearly 3,000...
The last two summits of BRICS countries have raised questions about the coalition’s identity and purpose. This began to come into focus at the...
Voters had the chance this election to break the highest glass ceiling in American politics by electing Kamala Harris the nation’s first female...
The verdict of U.S. voters was more decisive than most pollsters and pundits had predicted. Now the world waits to see whether the election of...
As Americans voted in one of the tightest presidential elections in decades, China braced for an outcome that - regardless of who wins - would spell...
Hacking a local election system in the United States wouldn't be easy, and secretly altering votes on a scale massive enough to change the outcome of...
Donald Trump has spent months laying the groundwork to challenge the results of the 2024 election if he loses — just as he did four years ago. At...
Maricopa County, Arizona, has become the nation’s ultimate swing county — a place that could determine whether Democrat Kamala Harris or...
The number of newspapers endorsing a candidate for president has dwindled with the industry's financial troubles the past two decades, in part because...
Voters in this year's presidential election are choosing between two conflicting visions of the United States offered by Democrat Kamala...
Kamala Harris has Bruce Springsteen, Taylor Swift and Beyoncé. Donald Trump has Kid Rock, Waka Flocka Flame and Hulk Hogan. As the 2024 campaign...
On the campaign trail, former President Donald Trump has declared there are serious threats to the United States. First, he said, there is “the...
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is a self-confessed defense geek and train-lover whose snap election gamble backfired as his Liberal Democratic...
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris was asked last week if she thought Donald Trump was a fascist, and she replied “Yes, I do.” She subsequently...
Donald Trump's allies have tried in vain to persuade him to stop venting his rage against “enemies from within" in the campaign's waning days. But...
Mel Nichols, a 37-year-old bartender in Phoenix, Arizona, takes home anywhere from $30 to $50 an hour with tips included. But the uncertainty of how...
Few things say America like Janille and Tom Baker's ranch, with its grazing cattle, scrub brush-dotted desert and snow-capped mountains. If only they...
Iranian journalist Pouria Zeraati survived an assassination attempt outside his home in Wimbledon, south London, in late March. Eighteen months...
Some 79 countries around the world continue to enforce blasphemy laws. And in places such as Afghanistan, Brunei, Iran, Nigeria, Pakistan and Saudi...
Republican Donald Trump, who still refuses to accept that he lost the 2020 election to Democrat Joe Biden, says he wants a presidential victory Nov 5...
When you’re a manager, delivering feedback can feel like walking a tightrope. Whether you’re praising an employee’s accomplishments or...
For Tereza Hussein, a 14-year-old refugee who lives in Darwin, Australia's planned social media ban would mean losing a direct line to the most...
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to...
The United States is the only democracy in the world where a presidential candidate can get the most popular votes and still lose the election. Thanks...
Iran's missile barrage this month against Israel, after a similar large-scale attack in April, shows the value, as well as the shortcomings, of U.S...
Though cynics may question her motives, Kamala Harris’ recent call to ban price gouging on groceries has received a lot of attention – and for...
On a table at the office of the Waukegan Township Democrats sits a box of postcards with Wisconsin addresses that were collected during a...
With his no-holds-barred embrace of Donald Trump, Elon Musk is not only backing the former president's bid to return to the White House but also...
Before there was a FiveThirtyEight model, or a New York Times election night needle, or 13 keys revealing “how presidential elections really...
Soon, the ballots will be cast, the polls will close and a campaign marked by assassination attempts, animosity and anxiety will come to an end. But...
Thousands of copies of Donald Trump’s “God Bless the USA” Bible were printed in a country that the former president has repeatedly accused of...
There has been a lot of research on the types of people who believe conspiracy theories, and their reasons for doing so. But there’s a wrinkle: My...
In 2023, 42 U.S. state attorneys general sued Meta to remove Instagram features that Meta’s own studies had shown – and independent research had...
Donald Trump’s campaign billed the event at a Michigan manufacturing plant as an address by the Republican presidential candidate on the local...
With Israel poised to attack Iran, having already blindsided friends and foes alike with its blitz against Lebanon's Hezbollah movement, all the talk...
The effects of bullying on teens’ mental health are well-documented. But could bullying also shape their future aspirations? Our latest research...
When Joe Biden was the Democrats’ candidate for president in 2020 and again this year, he staked his candidacy on being the person who would save...
NATO's next boss, Mark Rutte, will need all the coalition-building skills he honed as Dutch prime minister to hold the Western alliance together amid...
Americans who watched the vice presidential debate between Democrat Tim Walz and Republican JD Vance were in for a big surprise: a cordial tone and an...