14.02.2025 8:25 The social media company is attracting investor interest because of Elon Musk抯 close ties to President Trump and a recent jump in revenue.14.02.2025 8:36 The interim U.S. attorney for the Southern District and five officials with the federal public integrity unit quit after the Justice Department ordered charges against Mayor Eric Adams to be dropped.14.02.2025 8:45 The United States deported 119 people of different nationalities to Panama as part of a deal between the Trump administration and the Central American nation.14.02.2025 8:55 Trump said he would begin talks with India on disparities on trade and hoped to reach an agreement. 14.02.2025 8:59 Two of Silicon Valley抯 most prominent tech titans are at loggerheads over the future of the creator of ChatGPT.14.02.2025 9:00 Despite acknowledgements of the tense political climate, a group of trailblazers centered hope in conversations with one another about closing the racial wealth gap.14.02.2025 9:00 The suspension of US aid to human rights NGOs and the US withdrawal from the WHO and the Paris Agreement are all openings for China, which could take advantage of them to assert its positions.14.02.2025 9:01 An intense storm caused flooding and forced evacuations in areas burned by wildfires.14.02.2025 9:02 Moins de deux semaines apr?s leur apparition pol?mique sur le tapis rouge des Grammy Awards, o? la jeune femme ?tait apparue tr?s d?nud?e, le couple aurait demand? s?par?ment l抋vis d抲n avocat pour divorcer, selon TMZ.14.02.2025 9:04 Organizations that receive funding from USAID and other agencies sued after they were cut off from federal funding for foreign assistance programs.14.02.2025 9:07 President Donald Trump last month signed an executive order that issued a blanket pause on U.S. foreign aid.14.02.2025 9:0814.02.2025 9:11 Trump's administration has asked U.S. embassies worldwide to prepare for staff cuts as part of efforts to overhaul the U.S. diplomatic corps.14.02.2025 9:32 A crisis at the department over the Eric Adams case is an early test of the criminal justice system抯 resilience against a retribution-minded president and his appointees.14.02.2025 10:07 揤accines should be treated with nuance, recognizing differences between seasonal vaccines and childhood immunizations, Dr. Ralph L. Abraham, the state抯 surgeon general, wrote in a memo.14.02.2025 11:12 As top global officials gather for the Munich Security Conference, the future of Ukraine and reshaping Europe's defense architecture will be central to talks.14.02.2025 11:44 Japan's main opposition party on Friday demanded the revision of a draft state budget plan already submitted to parliament, ratcheting up pressure on Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who as head of a minority government has promised to heed calls from the opposition.
The proposed revisions unveiled by the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan call for changes worth nearly 3.8 trillion yen ($25 billion) to fund education-related measures to ease the burden on households and end a gasoline surcharge, party chief Yoshihiko Noda said.
Read full story here14.02.2025 11:54 TikTok is once again available on the American app stores of Apple and Google, after President Donald Trump postponed a ban of the social media platform until April.14.02.2025 12:01 The U.S. Space Force aims to beef up its fledgling unit in Japan to counter the evolving threats coming from the Indo-Pacific region, where China and Russia are developing space capabilities and North Korea continues to test-fire ballistic missiles, a U.S. commander said.
"While there's only a limited number of personnel today, we're going to grow that component over the next year or two into the fully capable system that we think we need here in Japan as a part of a larger network in the Indo Pacific," Lt. Gen. David Miller, head of the U.S. Space Operations Command, told a recent interview in Tokyo.
Read full story here14.02.2025 12:09 A federal judge ordered the US government to suspend a funding freeze on American foreign aid programs, questioning the rationale behind the radical and damaging move.14.02.2025 12:30 Humans are forward-looking. That can lead to preparation but also anxiety. On Thursday, optimism and relief won over fears and worries, rallying stocks.14.02.2025 13:00 Roses have long been the flower of choice for the holiday, but some see an opening for the humble tulip.14.02.2025 13:02 Sony shares popped after it raised its 2024 outlook for annual operating profit to 1.34 trillion yen ($8.76 billion), a 2% rise from the previous financial year.14.02.2025 13:15 South Korea's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate hit 2.9% in January, easing from its three-year high of 3.7% in the month before.14.02.2025 14:04 A Chinese giant panda research center said Friday that Eimei, who was repatriated from Japan in 2023, died in late January at age 32, equivalent to about 100 in human years.
Eimei, who fathered 16 cubs at a zoo in western Japan's Wakayama Prefecture and was recognized as the world's oldest giant panda in captivity to produce offspring through natural breeding, died on Jan. 25 after succumbing to multiple organ failure, according to the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Sichuan Province.
Read full story here14.02.2025 14:12 Officials said an improvised explosive device struck a vehicle carrying coal miners in the country's southwest.14.02.2025 14:32 Former president rallies the opposition as his family seeks to challenge the congressional majority of President Marcos.14.02.2025 14:35 Egypt must balance internal stability and US foreign aid when weighing its counter-offer to Trump's Gaza plan.14.02.2025 14:40 Countries applying tariffs to US products will be taxed at the same level, whereas, under World Trade Organization rules, developing countries benefit from differentiated rates. The executive order also targets the EU's value-added tax.14.02.2025 14:50 A total of 51.2 percent of Japanese feel bilateral relations with South Korea are "good" or "rather good," a 5.1 percentage point increase from the previous year, a government poll showed Friday.
The positive response in the poll, conducted from Oct. 17 to Nov. 24, eclipses 50 percent for the first time since the annual survey was switched to mail-in in 2020, and the latest figure is more than triple that from the l6.6 percent seen that year.
Read full story here14.02.2025 15:00 Liquor is leverage as the world careens toward another trade dispute. European tariffs on American whiskey snap back after March 31 unless an extension is granted.14.02.2025 15:01 Even as President Trump has vowed to close the Education Department, he has sought to use the agency抯 powers. Dana Goldstein, a reporter covering education and families for The New York Times, describes what the department does and does not do. 小褌褉邪薪懈褑褘: 12441245124612471248124912501251125212531254125512561257125812591260126112621263126412651266126712681269127012711272127312741275127612771278127912801281128212831284
The social media company is attracting investor interest because of Elon Musk抯 close ties to President Trump and a recent jump in revenue.
The interim U.S. attorney for the Southern District and five officials with the federal public integrity unit quit after the Justice Department ordered charges against Mayor Eric Adams to be dropped.
The United States deported 119 people of different nationalities to Panama as part of a deal between the Trump administration and the Central American nation.
Despite acknowledgements of the tense political climate, a group of trailblazers centered hope in conversations with one another about closing the racial wealth gap.
The suspension of US aid to human rights NGOs and the US withdrawal from the WHO and the Paris Agreement are all openings for China, which could take advantage of them to assert its positions.
An intense storm caused flooding and forced evacuations in areas burned by wildfires.
Moins de deux semaines apr?s leur apparition pol?mique sur le tapis rouge des Grammy Awards, o? la jeune femme ?tait apparue tr?s d?nud?e, le couple aurait demand? s?par?ment l抋vis d抲n avocat pour divorcer, selon TMZ.
Organizations that receive funding from USAID and other agencies sued after they were cut off from federal funding for foreign assistance programs.
President Donald Trump last month signed an executive order that issued a blanket pause on U.S. foreign aid.
A crisis at the department over the Eric Adams case is an early test of the criminal justice system抯 resilience against a retribution-minded president and his appointees.
揤accines should be treated with nuance, recognizing differences between seasonal vaccines and childhood immunizations, Dr. Ralph L. Abraham, the state抯 surgeon general, wrote in a memo.
Japan's main opposition party on Friday demanded the revision of a draft state budget plan already submitted to parliament, ratcheting up pressure on Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who as head of a minority government has promised to heed calls from the opposition.
The proposed revisions unveiled by the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan call for changes worth nearly 3.8 trillion yen ($25 billion) to fund education-related measures to ease the burden on households and end a gasoline surcharge, party chief Yoshihiko Noda said.
Read full story here
TikTok is once again available on the American app stores of Apple and Google, after President Donald Trump postponed a ban of the social media platform until April.
The U.S. Space Force aims to beef up its fledgling unit in Japan to counter the evolving threats coming from the Indo-Pacific region, where China and Russia are developing space capabilities and North Korea continues to test-fire ballistic missiles, a U.S. commander said.
"While there's only a limited number of personnel today, we're going to grow that component over the next year or two into the fully capable system that we think we need here in Japan as a part of a larger network in the Indo Pacific," Lt. Gen. David Miller, head of the U.S. Space Operations Command, told a recent interview in Tokyo.
Read full story here
A federal judge ordered the US government to suspend a funding freeze on American foreign aid programs, questioning the rationale behind the radical and damaging move.
Roses have long been the flower of choice for the holiday, but some see an opening for the humble tulip.
A Chinese giant panda research center said Friday that Eimei, who was repatriated from Japan in 2023, died in late January at age 32, equivalent to about 100 in human years.
Eimei, who fathered 16 cubs at a zoo in western Japan's Wakayama Prefecture and was recognized as the world's oldest giant panda in captivity to produce offspring through natural breeding, died on Jan. 25 after succumbing to multiple organ failure, according to the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Sichuan Province.
Read full story here
Countries applying tariffs to US products will be taxed at the same level, whereas, under World Trade Organization rules, developing countries benefit from differentiated rates. The executive order also targets the EU's value-added tax.
A total of 51.2 percent of Japanese feel bilateral relations with South Korea are "good" or "rather good," a 5.1 percentage point increase from the previous year, a government poll showed Friday.
The positive response in the poll, conducted from Oct. 17 to Nov. 24, eclipses 50 percent for the first time since the annual survey was switched to mail-in in 2020, and the latest figure is more than triple that from the l6.6 percent seen that year.
Read full story here
Liquor is leverage as the world careens toward another trade dispute. European tariffs on American whiskey snap back after March 31 unless an extension is granted.