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​Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi holds talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Oct. 31, 2025.
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Hard Numbers: China-Japan spat could hurt tourism, Pro-Russian pair accused of attacking Polish railway, Neo-Nazi pleads guilty to poison plot in NYC, South Africa blocks arrivals of Palestinians

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the National Diet in Tokyo, Japan, on November 12, 2025.
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Hard Numbers: Japan’s PM organizes 3 a.m. meeting, Exam day for South Korea’s students, US government shutdown ends, & More

Rescue workers conduct a rescue operation following the 6.9-magnitude quake in Bogo, Cebu, Philippines, on October 1, 2025.
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Hard Numbers: Earthquake rocks the Philippines, UN expands Haiti mission, Moscow cuts military budget, & More

​Kenyan workers prepare clothes for export in Kitengela, Kajiado County, Kenya, on September 19, 2025.
Analysis

Is the US set to terminate a 33-country trade deal?

The African Growth and Opportunity Act, a trade pact that allows many products from 32 sub-Saharan African states to have free access to US markets, is set to expire in less than a week. The White House still hasn’t said whether it will renew it.

​Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport Matteo Salvini following the CIPESS decision to approve the construction of the Messina Strait Bridge, Italy, on August 7, 2025.
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Hard Numbers: Italy builds bridge over troubled waters, Ghanaian helicopter crash kills two ministers, Portuguese cop stuffs coke in animal skins, & More

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with US special envoy Steve Witkoff ahead of Ukraine war talks.
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What We’re Watching: US envoy in Moscow, Tariffs rock South Africa’s government, Hezbollah dismisses disarmament

Graphic Truth: G7 vs BRICS, who has more economic clout?
Graphic Truth

Graphic Truth: G7 vs BRICS, who has more economic clout?

The BRICS are catching up with the G7 in terms of economic output.

Eastern Cape EMS Rescue team searches for missing Jumba Senior secondary school students in South Africa
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HARD NUMBERS: Flooding in South Africa, one lucky Canadian & More

Flooding in South Africa’s Eastern Cape, the result of snow and heavy rain, has left at least 49 people dead, including several people on a school bus that was swept away by the waters.

East and West German citizens celebrate as they climb the Berlin Wall after the opening of the East German border was announced, on November 9, 1989.
Analysis

You had to be there: How our memories shape our politics

An increasingly small proportion of each country’s population was alive during some of the most seminal moments in 20th-century history, altering the worldviews of today’s electorates.

​South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the NASREC conference center in Johannesburg, South Africa, on November 3, 2023.
Analysis

The real reason South Africa’s president is coming to Washington

If recent headlines are anything to go by, you’d think that South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s visit to Washington, D.C. this week is an effort to rebut US President Donald Trump’s belief that white South Africans are suffering a genocide. In reality, it’s all about trade.