All three scientific Nobels this year honored achievements rooted in fundamental research from decades ago, which some experts see as representing the importance of slow, basic science. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/world/science-health/nobel-prizes-slow-science/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #nobelprize #awards

U.S. President Donald Trump has floated the idea that Spain could be removed from NATO over the country's low defense spending. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/world/politics/spain-nato-defense-spending/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #nato #spain #us #defense #europe

U.S. President Donald Trump's threatened crackdown on the finances and activities of liberal groups opposed to his agenda is a multiagency effort, officials said, raising alarms about the use of executive power. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/world/politics/trump-investigations-liberal-groups/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #donaldtrump #republicans #democrats #stephenmiller

The U.S. raid on a South Korean-owned plant highlights tensions, and South Korea should leverage the backlash for a better trade deal amid rising pushback from Asia. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/09/world/south-korea-should-leverage-ice-raids/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #southkorea #us #southkoreanusrelations #trade #tariffs #hyundaimotor #lgenergysolution #taiwansemiconductormanufacturingcodonaldtrump

A free and independent press — once a given in the United States — is now under threat from authoritarian tactics, institutional weakness and a growing public disregard for truth, putting democracy at serious risk. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/10/09/world/global-lessons-form-a-press-in-peril/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #newsmedia #journalism #freespeech #democracy #donaldtrump #humanrights

New York Attorney General Letitia James, a longtime foe of U.S. President Donald Trump, was indicted on charges of lying on a mortgage application on Thursday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/world/politics/letitia-james-indictment-trump/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #newyork #letitiajames #donaldtrump #us

Despite its potentially historic nature, the rushed Gaza deal signed in Egypt on Thursday leaves a host of unresolved issues that could still trip up implementation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/world/politics/gaza-deal-tough-questions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #us #donaldtrump #benjaminnetanyahu

U.S. President Donald Trump’s effort to send troops into Chicago and Portland, Oregon, was met with mixed reactions in a pair of contentious court hearings Thursday, both of which ended without rulings. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/world/politics/trump-troop-plans-hearings/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #donaldtrump #us #portland #chicago

Israel has begun implementing a ceasefire deal in Gaza, after it reached an agreement with Hamas for the Palestinian militant group to release all the hostages it holds. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/world/politics/gaza-ceasefire-hostage-deal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #us #donaldtrump #benjaminnetanyahu

An estimated 680,000 children have been displaced by gang violence in crisis-wracked Haiti, nearly double the number from a year ago, UNICEF said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/09/world/society/haiti-children-un-report/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #haiti #poverty #children #unicef #un

Russian strikes in recent days have wiped out more than half of Ukraine’s domestic natural gas production, likely forcing the war-battered country to spend €1.9 billion on fuel imports to survive the looming winter. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/09/world/russian-ukraine-strikes-gas-winter/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #volodymyrzelenskyy

Seeking an unlikely Nobel Peace Prize and keen to bolster his legacy, Trump's approach to Gaza has been different to the blank check he has previously been regarded as giving key ally Israel. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/09/world/politics/how-trump-gaza-deal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu #us #donaldtrump

Nearly 1 in 6 children in Gaza are acutely malnourished after two years of war that has caused severe food shortages in the Palestinian territory, according to a study. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/09/world/society/children-gaza-children-malnourished/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #famine #children #unrwa #un #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians

Keir Starmer met with a key architect of India’s digital ID program, as the British prime minister sought guidance on implementing a similar system in the U.K. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/09/world/politics/starmer-india-uk-digital-id/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #ukindia #keirstarmer

The association representing journalists who cover the U.S. Department of Defense on Wednesday condemned a new press access policy that could see reporters lose their access as early as next week. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/09/world/politics/press-us-defense-media-access/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #journalism #pressfreedom #censorship #newspapers #magazines #pentagon #petehegseth #us #donaldtrump

Prime Minister Keir Starmer rejected accusations that Britain tried to appease China by dropping a prosecution against two men accused of spying for Beijing, saying the decision was based on legal constraints. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/09/world/politics/starmer-china-spying-case/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #keirstarmer #ukchina #espionage

The United Nations will cut a quarter of peacekeepers in 11 operations around the world in the coming months due to a lack of money and as future funding from the United States remains uncertain. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/09/world/politics/un-peacekeepers-funding/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #un #antonioguterres

U.S. federal authorities arrested a 29-year-old man on charges he intentionally started the blaze that days later became the Palisades Fire, which killed 12 people and destroyed thousands of homes in Los Angeles. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/09/world/crime-legal/man-charged-la-fire/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #wildfires #california

U.S. President Donald Trump instructed members of his Cabinet to move to declare Antifa a foreign terrorist organization, highlighting his efforts to crack down on the loose collective of far left-wing groups. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/09/world/politics/trump-antifa-terrorist-organization/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #antifa #us #donaldtrump

French President Emmanuel Macron will name a new prime minister within the next 48 hours after the resignation of outgoing premier Sebastien Lecornu moved the country deeper into political crisis. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/09/world/politics/macron-new-pm-48-hours/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #france #emmanuelmacron