Handcuffs, Tents and Pleas for Medical Care: Pregnant in ICE Detention
Women describe conditions that violate longstanding agency guidelines for how pregnant detainees should be treated.
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BTS Is Back. But the K-Pop Landscape Has Changed.
The superstar boy band returns after a four-year hiatus on Friday. The genre it helped turn into a global juggernaut has endured some shifts…
The Middle-Class Suburbanites Who Sell Their Blood Plasma to Get By
Across the United States, plasma centers are opening in wealthier areas as more people struggle with the high cost of housing, groceries and…
How Geopolitics Threaten K-Pop’s Ambitions in China
Japanese members of some K-pop bands have been absent from recent concerts in China. Experts say that’s linked to tension between Tokyo an…
Late Night Pans Trump’s Pearl Harbor Joke
“Let me tell you: There is no doubt in my mind that everything he knows about Pearl Harbor begins and ends with a movie starring Ben Affle…
In Japan, Trump’s Pearl Harbor Joke Elicits Scorn and Dismay
Some people criticized President Trump’s decision to invoke a painful chapter of history. Others worried it might harm U.S.-Japan relation…
Oil Continues to Ease and Stocks in Asia Mostly Decline
Oil prices had been gyrating this week, after a new round of attacks on major energy facilities in Iran and Qatar raised concerns about ener…
Using Charm and Restraint, Japan’s Leader Mostly Avoids Trump’s Wrath
During her first visit to the White House, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi drew praise from President Trump. But the war in the Middle East wi…
Reeling From the Iran War’s Oil Shock and ‘Running Out of Ideas’
Across Southeast Asia, a region heavily dependent on energy exports brought via the Strait of Hormuz, lives are being upended by higher oil …
Spain Says the Sun Shields It From Rising Gas Costs. Is That True?
Pedro Sánchez, Spain’s prime minister, said the nation’s renewable energy system has softened the financial fallout from the war in Ira…
How the Iran War Narrowed Flight Corridors Between Europe and Asia
One of the few paths left between the two continents threads through Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey, as global conflicts complicate aviation…