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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meet at the Chancellery in Berlin on April 14.
WORLD / Politics
May 24, 2026
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy calls associate EU membership proposal ‘unfair’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy lambasted the idea because it would leave Kyiv without a voice inside the bloc.
Germany's Manuel Neuer makes a save against Spain during the Euro 2024 quarterfinals in Stuttgart, Germany, in July 2024.
SOCCER / World cup
May 22, 2026
Manuel Neuer comes out of international retirement to join Germany for World Cup
The 40-year-old retired from international duty in 2024.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s planned withdrawal of 5,000 U.S. troops from Germany could undermine NATO cohesion and diminish U.S. influence in Europe and Asia.
COMMENTARY / World
May 18, 2026
Trump’s troop drawdown in Germany is a warning shot
The withdrawal of U.S. forces from Germany sparks strategic questions for Europe and Asia.
Mayumi Nishikawa restores ukiyo-e in Dresden, Germany, in December.
JAPAN
May 13, 2026
Japanese restorer reviving ukiyo-e in Germany
The museum is promoting a project to sort and restore more than 10,000 Japanese artworks that have been kept in its repository.
A Vilseck military community street sign in Vilseck, Germany, on Tuesday
WORLD
May 8, 2026
A small town in Germany braces for end to decades of life with U.S. troops
The presence of ‌the U.S. military base in the small town of Vilseck produced a situation of dependence ​whose risks are now being felt, the town’s mayor said.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz attends a press conference in Berlin on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
May 6, 2026
Germany’s struggling coalition government strives to bridge differences
As German Chancellor Friedrich Merz reaches one year of being in office, approval ratings and support for his conservative coalition have plummeted amid widespread economic gloom.
The presidents of Ukraine and France, Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Emmanuel Macron, and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer hold a news conference after signing a declaration on deploying a post-ceasefire force in Ukraine during the Coalition of the Willing summit in Paris on Jan. 6. 
COMMENTARY / World
May 5, 2026
The EU needs new security partners
Closer security partnerships with a wider range of states will increasingly become a source of power, allowing Europe to defend its interests wherever they are at stake.
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte walks into the White House, as seen through a fence, in Washington on April 8.
WORLD / Politics
May 5, 2026
Trump’s Germany troop cuts show limits of NATO efforts to keep U.S. on board
European diplomats say they fear Trump may make further moves that could test the alliance before a summit of its 32 national leaders in Ankara in July.
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer speaks to the media in Brussels in November 2025. Greer told CNBC on Monday that he'd advised European Union and German trade officials over the weekend that Washington will move forward with U.S. President Donald Trump's plan to raise EU car import tariffs to 25%.
BUSINESS / Markets
May 5, 2026
Washington to proceed with plan to hike EU car tariffs, U.S. trade official says
U.S. President Donald Trump’s post saying he’d increase the tariffs came amid tensions over European countries’ refusal to send navies to open the Strait of Hormuz.
U.S. President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on March 3
WORLD
May 4, 2026
Germany’s Merz says not ‘giving up on working with Donald Trump’
Criticism of the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran from German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and other European leaders has clearly aggravated U.S. President Donald Trump.
Soldiers during an exercise at the the U.S. Army's training facilities in Hohenfels, Germany, on Thursday
WORLD / Politics
May 3, 2026
Trump threatens deeper cuts for U.S. troop presence in Germany
Trump has grown increasingly frustrated with European nations, accusing them of ignoring his requests for help in the U.S. war with Iran and to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
Germany Chancellor Friedrich Merz (left), French President Emmanuel Macron (second left), British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (second right) and Italian leader Giorgia Meloni arrive for a news conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris on April 17.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
May 2, 2026
Trump’s attacks on Europe’s leaders worsen transatlantic frost
The latest U.S. broadsides, fired over disagreements about the Iran war, have raised fresh questions about the best way to handle a mercurial ally.
U.S. Army soldiers take part in a combined military exercise at the U.S. military's Hohenfels Training Area in Hohenfels, Germany, on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
May 2, 2026
U.S. withdrawing 5,000 troops from Germany, U.S. officials say
The drawdown would bring U.S. troop levels in Europe back to roughly pre-2022 levels, before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine triggered a buildup by then-President Joe Biden.
U.S. military service members participate in a NATO exercise. U.S. President Donald Trump has indicated he is considering withdrawing troops from alliance member states amid friction over the Iran war.
WORLD
May 1, 2026
Trump says he’s open to reducing U.S. troops in Spain and Italy
Trump has repeatedly quarreled with European allies for not doing enough to pay for their own defense and support the U.S. war in Iran.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz gives a press statement during the CDU/CSU parliamentary group’s executive committee meeting in Berlin on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 28, 2026
Trump being ‘humiliated’ in Iran talks, Germany’s Merz says
The German chancellor said he didn’t see “what strategic exit the Americans are now choosing” with regard to their country’s conflict with Iran.
A mock model of an upgraded Type-12 missile made by Japan is displayed during the DSEI Japan security show at Makuhari Messe in the city of Chiba in May last year.
JAPAN
Apr 22, 2026
Partners line up for arms deals as Japan opens defense industry door
“A number of countries” have approached Tokyo with “expressions of interest and various needs” about Japanese defense equipment, Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said.
Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares called on Tuesday for a discussion on suspending a pact governing the EU's ties with Israel, which came into force in 2000.
WORLD
Apr 22, 2026
EU divided on suspension of Israel pact as Spain pushes for action
A number of ministers called for suspending the pact with Israel over concerns about settlements in ‌the West Bank, ‌the humanitarian situation in Gaza and a new death penalty law.
The headquarters of Commerzbank seen from an observation platform in the Main Tower skyscraper in Frankfurt, Germany, in November 2024. The German bank is being targeted in a hostile takeover battle that started almost two years ago, but whose genesis goes back much further.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 21, 2026
UniCredit pursues Commerzbank, eyeing Europe’s biggest banking takeover
If there had been a sense in March talks that both sides could find common ground, it evaporated quickly.
A visitor joins a training session at the booth of the Germany army, the Bundeswehr, at the FIBO trade show for health, fitness and wellness in Cologne, western Germany, on Thursday.
WORLD
Apr 19, 2026
Fit in fatigues: German army presses recruitment drive
Conscription is a sensitive subject in Germany, so the Bundeswehr is looking for other ways to win hearts, minds and recruits.
A scale model of the Franco-German-Spanish Future Combat Air System (FCAS), Europe's next-generation fighter jet, is seen in Paris in February 2020.
WORLD
Apr 19, 2026
Mediators fail to salvage troubled European FCAS warplane project, report says
Mediators failed to reach an agreement and produced separate final reports, the German press reported.
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
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.
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.
India’s gig workers pay the price for exposure to New Delhi’s hazardous air
Rohit Kushwaha waits for a customer as he delivers his last parcel of the day, in New Delhi in January. His work as a delivery driver has helped pay the family’s bills, but has had a significant impact on his health.
Reform panel calls for easing data center building standards
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi emphasized that the government will promote reforms of regulations and systems that fit the artificial intelligence era.
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.
A French ship with close ties to Japan combines arts and sciences on the high seas
Romain Troublé, the executive director of Tara Ocean Foundation, speaks to visitors aboard the Tara during a rare port call in Tokyo in April.
In Kyushu’s far south, Senti.U sparks a culinary destination
Chef Yasuhiko Uchida was born in Saga Prefecture but has made his home in Kanoya, Kagoshima Prefecture, since 2012.

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