Eight healthy babies have been born in the U.K. using a new IVF technique that successfully reduced their risk of inheriting genetic diseases from their mothers, the results of a world-first trial said Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/17/world/science-health/ivf-trial-baby-diseases/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #parenthood #children #uk
With 1,100 tons of emergency food rations nearing expiry after President Donald Trump's aid freeze, it took a warning of "wasted tax dollars" for a top U.S. official to eventually agree to a deal to use the supplies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/17/world/politics/us-aid-workers-food-destruction-trump/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #usaid #hunger #gaza #sudan
Since the Sino-U.S. trade conflict began in 2018, China has used it to strengthen self-reliance, sharpen its strategies and turn Donald Trump’s tariffs into fuel for its long-term global resilience. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/07/17/world/china-winning-trumps-trade-war/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #china #us #trade #tariffs #chineseeconomy #useconomy
Ukraine will get its first new prime minister of the war on Thursday, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy tries to wrangle wartime defense spending and win over both Donald Trump and a war-weary public. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/17/world/politics/zelenskyy-trump-ukraine-cabinet/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin#volodymyrzelenskyy #us #donaldtrump
U.S. President Donald Trump has dialed down his confrontational tone with China to try to secure a summit with counterpart Xi Jinping and a trade deal with the world’s second-largest economy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/17/world/politics/trump-china-xi-summit-trade/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #xijinping #china #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs
At least 20 Palestinians were killed at an aid distribution site run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, in what the U.S.-backed group said was a crowd surge instigated by armed agitators. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/17/world/crush-gaza-aid-site-ghf/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians
Powerful airstrikes shook Damascus on Wednesday, as Israel targeted the Syrian Defense Ministry vowing to destroy Syrian government forces attacking Druze communities in southern Syria and demanding they withdraw. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/16/world/society/israel-strikes-damascus/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #israel #syria #lebanon #damascus #middleeast
Europe should fully tap Russia’s frozen central bank assets to fund Ukraine’s defense and reconstruction instead of depending on taxpayers, especially given Trump’s conditions on continued U.S. support. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/07/16/world/frozen-russian-billions-pay-for-ukraines-arms/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #russia #ukraine #russiaukrainewar #europe #eu #nato #donaldtrump #usdefense
France and the U.K. have agreed to coordinate their nuclear forces more closely in response to growing security concerns, signaling both deeper European defense cooperation and unease about the future U.S. role. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/07/16/world/france-uk-nuclear-deal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #emmanuelmacron #keirstarmer #uk #france #us #russia #defense #nuclearweapons #nato
Last month's deadly Air India crash and a recently released Australian report on the midair breakup of a helicopter in 2023 have renewed a decades-old debate in the aviation industry over use of cockpit video cameras. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/16/world/society/air-india-cockpit-video-recorders/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #airindia #airlines #aviation #airaccidents #india
U.S. President Donald Trump has finally found a way to like arming Ukraine: ask European allies to donate their weapons, and sell them American replacements. Now comes the hard part. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/16/world/politics/trump-ukraine-weapons-details-focus/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #russia #ukraine #russiaukrainewar #donaldtrump #nato #eu #europe #us
One in 10 Gaza children screened in UNRWA clinics has been malnourished, the agency said on Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/16/world/palestinian-children-malnourished-un/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #children #hunger #malnutrition #un #unicef #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #unrwa
The discovery of Nazi documents in a basement archive of Argentina's Supreme Court has revived an uncomfortable subject for a country notorious for giving refuge to dozens of Nazi war criminals after World War II. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/16/world/nazi-document-argentina/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #argentina #germany #wwii
French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou proposed scrapping two public holidays and freezing most public spending as part of a €43.8 billion budget squeeze he outlined on Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/16/world/politics/france-pm-public-holidays-finances/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #france #francoisbayrou #emmanuelmacron
U.S. President Donald Trump pitched his 50% tariffs against Brazil as a way to support former President Jair Bolsonaro, but some were stunned by the move and fear it may do more harm than good. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/16/world/politics/trump-tariffs-bolsonaro-brazil-right/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #donaldtrump #tariffs #brazil #jairbolsonaro #trade #luizinacioluladasilva
A perceived lack of transparency over the U.S. investigations into notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has carved a rare chasm between President Donald Trump and his typically loyal Republican base. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/16/world/politics/epstein-files-trump-pressure/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #jeffreyepstein #us #donaldtrump #republicans #maga #pambondi
A U.S. citizen who helped the Kremlin target Ukrainian troops has received a Russian passport in Moscow. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/16/world/politics/us-citizen-russia-passport/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #us
North Korea is now supplying as much as 40% of Russia’s ammunition for the war in Ukraine as the partnership between Pyongyang and Moscow deepens. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/13/world/40-of-russian-ammunition-is-north-korean/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #kimjongun #northkorea #russia #ukraine #russiaukrainewar #defense
Britain set up a secret plan to bring thousands of Afghans to the U.K. after their details were disclosed in one of the country's worst-ever data breaches, putting them at risk of reprisals from the Taliban. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/16/world/afghans-britain-data-leak/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #uk #afghanistan #taliban
Israel launched several air attacks in Syria and Lebanon in the past day, increasing tensions with its neighbors. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/16/world/israel-airstrikes-syria-lebanon/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #israel #syria #lebanon