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Alibaba Group Holding’s mapping unit has unveiled an upgrade to what it calls the world’s first technology framework that unites a robot’s “feet, hands, brains, central nerves and motor nerves” into a single system. Amap’s ABot system marks the latest move in Chinese tech players’ race to harness artificial intelligence models to make robots more capable. Referred to as embodied intelligence, the effort aims to equip machines with the “brains” and other elements required to navigate and complete tasks in complex physical spaces. With five new specialised foundation AI models working together, ABot aimed to address a systemic problem in the industry,…

(ATTN: UPDATES with Han's remarks in last 2 paras; CHANGES photo) SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- The government finalized a budget proposal for official development assistance (ODA) for 2027 at 6.3 trillion won (US$4.6 billion) on Thursday, marking an increase of 871.2 billion won from this year. The budget proposal was part of the comprehensive ODA plan for 2027 approved during a meeting presided over by Prime Minister Han Seong-sook. The budget will be finalized after a review by the ministry of planning and budget and then approval from the National Assembly. Next year's plan, drawn up based on a mid-term ODA strategy that the government announced in…

As the global aviation industry continues to evolve, the demand for highly skilled aviation professionals is greater than ever. Staying relevant in this highly specialized and rapidly evolving field requires more than academic excellence—it calls for opportunities to learn beyond the classroom, engage with industry leaders, and experience how the world’s leading aviation systems operate. Guided by this belief, Indiana Aerospace University (IAU) continues to create international learning opportunities that prepare students for the evolving demands of the aviation industry. From May 18 to 23, 2026, IAU brought a delegation of students to Singapore for…

Prime Minister Han Seong-sook persides over a meeting at Government Complex Seoul, Thursday. Yonhap The government finalized a budget proposal for official development assistance (ODA) for 2027 at 6.3 trillion won ($4.6 billion) on Thursday, marking an increase of 871.2 billion won from this year. The budget proposal was part of the comprehensive ODA plan for 2027 approved during a meeting presided over by Prime Minister Han Seong-sook. The budget will be finalized after a review by the ministry of planning and budget and then approval from the National Assembly. Next year's plan, drawn up based on a mid-term ODA strategy that the government announced…

SHANGHAI: Chinese President Xi Jinping’s warning against a “new historical injustice” in artificial intelligence (AI) is a message that the next technological revolution must not repeat past patterns of inequality, say analysts. That injustice, they say, would come if developing countries again supply data, resources and labour while others capture the wealth, influence and rewards created by AI - a divide that already appears to be forming. Xi made the warning on Jul 17 in his very first keynote address at the World AI Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, where he also outlined a vision of China as a steward of global AI governance. Analysts say Xi’s…

SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- The government finalized a budget proposal for official development assistance (ODA) for 2027 at 6.3 trillion won (US$4.6 billion) on Thursday, marking an increase of 871.2 billion won from this year. The budget proposal was part of the comprehensive ODA plan for 2027 approved during a meeting presided over by Prime Minister Han Seong-sook. The budget will be finalized after a review by the ministry of planning and budget and then approval from the National Assembly. Next year's plan, drawn up based on a mid-term ODA strategy that the government announced in May, calls for focusing on healthcare, culture and artificial…

Using AI to find loopholes in laws and safety mechanisms underlying AI for mental health. getty In today’s column, I examine ways in which people are using AI to find loopholes in the legal restrictions and AI safety mechanisms associated with AI-based mental health chats. This is a somewhat oddish effort in the sense that it amounts to using AI to outsmart various protections that are intended to guard the public from untoward mental health advice generated by AI and large language models (LLMs). Some users would prefer not to be bound by the rising tide of limitations. They believe that people ought to be allowed to use AI in an unfettered manner.…

A baby giant panda at Everland opens both eyes and begins crawling as it reaches 50 days, Thursday. Courtesy of Everland Just 50 days after making her quiet debut at Everland theme park, a newborn female giant panda is undergoing a dramatic change, offering a vivid portrait of early development as she reaches key growth benchmarks. Born on June 3 at a delicate 171 grams, the unnamed cub — the fourth female giant panda naturally bred in Korea following the celebrated births of Fu Bao in 2020 and twins Rui Bao and Hui Bao in 2023 — has transformed into a robust 2.3-kilogram infant. The 13-fold weight gain reflects both the formidable maternal instincts…

Visitors at the booth for Moonshot's Kimi K3 during World AI Conference in Shanghai, July 17. AP-Yonhap The launch of Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 has revived an intense debate that has raged in Silicon Valley ever since DeepSeek's shock breakthrough last year: whether China can overcome its limited access to advanced chips to match the performance of the United States' frontier artificial intelligence models. Trillions of U.S. dollars might rest on the answer, as some see Chinese developers' success in increasing performance through architectural innovation as weakening the rationale for America's vast spending on AI infrastructure. The arrival of K3 has…

Fliki is a popular AI video generator, trusted by more than 12 million users worldwide and 50,000 companies, including brands like Meta, ByteDance, Oracle, and PayPal. You can create and edit AI videos with natural-language prompts using its AI Copilot. In this article, we’ve put Fliki to the test, evaluating its features, pricing, and real-world in-app experience to help you find out whether this AI video editor lives up to its claims and whether it’s the right tool for you. Fliki: Plans and pricing Fliki is a fairly limited free video editing software, which gives you three credits per month, or 36 credits for the entire year. You can export videos…

Mexico · Companies Key Facts —Net income. MXN 2,353 million (about US$127 million), up 11.6% year-on-year. —Loan portfolio. MXN 94,682 million (about US$5.12 billion), up 13.1% year-on-year. —Return on equity. 25.0%, at the top of the group’s 24%-25% target. —Net interest margin. 29.8%, in the elevated band typical for microfinance. —Clients. About 6.8 million, with new borrowers added across Mexico, Peru and Guatemala. Gentera second quarter net income reached MXN 2,353 million (about US$127 million), an 11.6% increase from a year earlier, the Mexican microfinance group reported in late July. The result was underpinned by a 13.1% expansion of its…

Zac Kew-Denniss / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung will seemingly provide the Galaxy Watch 9 and Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 with five major OS upgrades and five years of security patches. The watches launch with One UI 9n Watch based on Wear OS 7, and you can expect software support until 2031. This marks the best software update commitment in the smartwatch industry, beating the likes of Pixel Watch and Apple Watch. According to a report from SamMobile, the new Galaxy Watch 9 and Galaxy Watch Ultra 2 will receive five major OS upgrades and five years of security patches. The new watches launch with One UI 9 Watch based on Wear OS 7, and you can expect…

Home security and alarm systems are generally split into two categories. One includes DIY systems that can be installed by the customer without any outside help, and the other covers systems that require professional installation. Both types of system aim to protect your home by using motion detectors, cameras, door/window sensors and a range of other devices, then sound the alarm with a siren, plus phone notifications to keep you informed. DIY systems are often cheaper to get started, since you can buy only the bare essentials at first, install them yourself, then gradually build out a larger system over time. Some DIY systems store security camera…

Mexico · Companies Key Facts —Q2 2026 net revenue. US$2.352 billion, a 20% increase year on year. —Q2 2026 EBITDA. US$467 million, a 56% jump versus the same period in 2025. —Back to profit. Net income of US$15 million, reversing a US$126 million loss a year earlier. —Full-year outlook. Orbia now expects 2026 EBITDA of at least US$1,200 million. —Main drivers. Polymer Solutions (Vestolit), Building \& Infrastructure (Wavin) and Fluor \& Energy Materials. Orbia second quarter results marked a turnaround for the Mexican chemicals and materials group, which swung to a US$15 million net profit from a US$126 million loss a year earlier. Net revenue rose…

The KOSPI is displayed on a screen at Hana Bank’s dealing room in Seoul, Thursday. The KOSPI reclaimed the 7,000 level for the first time in five trading sessions, closing at 7,096.89, up 299.19 points, or 4.40 percent, from the previous session. Yonhap KOSPI surged back above the 7,000 level after five trading sessions on Thursday as Alphabet’s stronger-than-expected capital spending outlook reignited optimism over the artificial intelligence (AI) boom. The Kosdaq also jumped sharply, triggering a temporary halt on program buying orders. The benchmark KOSPI opened 2.44 percent higher at 6,963.35, up 165.65 points from the previous session, and ended…

I’m on my way home from Samsung’s big Galaxy Unpacked event and I’ve moved into the new Galaxy Z Fold 8. So, ask me anything! The Galaxy Z Fold 8 is the biggest deal in Samsung’s foldables in quite a while. The Galaxy Z Fold 7’s thin form factor was important, yes, and the Galaxy Z TriFold was exciting, but neither were such a clear shift in the company’s direction. And it leaves quite an impression. I walked into my initial hands-on with the Galaxy Z Fold 8 earlier this week full of optimism and excitement. I was ready to see this new design in person and, right off the bat, I was hit with this sense of complete bewilderment. Where I expected to…

Paul Jones / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung’s latest foldables are the first devices to come with Google’s Gemini Nano 4 on-device AI model. Gemini Nano 4 powers Gemini Intelligence features like task automation. Gemini Intelligence features like “Create My Widget” are yet to roll out. Earlier this year, Google announced new Gemma 4 models, which were to be the foundation for the company’s next-gen on-device AI model: Gemini Nano 4. Well, that model is now officially here with the launch of the Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra, Z Fold 8, and Z Flip 8. According to a blog post on the Android Developers Blog, Samsung’s new foldables come with Google’s latest…

SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- Seoul stocks spiked by more than 4 percent on a tech rally following Alphabet's second-quarter earnings release. The Korean won rose against the U.S. dollar. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) closed up 299.19 points, or 4.4 percent, to 7,096.89. "The KOSPI recovered to land at the 7,000-point level, helped by foreign investors who snapped up semiconductors," said Kim Joo-yun, an analyst at Mirae Asset Securities. Foreigners were net buyers for the fourth consecutive day, driven by anticipation memory chip demand will continue, following better-than-expected earnings results from Alphabet, Google's…

Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Google has confirmed that the ability to track online orders in Google Wallet is now “fully” rolled out in the US. This feature lets you easily view and track orders in the Wallet app. The feature is only available in the US for now, with no word on a wider release. Google quietly announced the ability to track online orders in Google Wallet last month, and there’s now good news if you were waiting for this feature to hit your Android device. The company just confirmed that it’s fully rolled out in the US. Google announced the rollout in an email to Android Authority as well as via a LinkedIn post by Stavan Parikh,…

Fonterra plans to use data and automation across 26 New Zealand sites.

Budget 2027 and the wildfire in Tipperary are among the lead stories on Thursday's front pages. The Irish Times and Irish Examiner lead with stories on Budget 2027 following the Government’s Summer Economic Statement. The Irish Independent leads with the wildfire near Slievenamon in Co Tipperary. The Echo leads with a story on flooding concerns in Co Cork. The Irish Daily Star and The Herald lead with a man committing another murder after previously being found guilty of killing his sister. Amid the criminal legal aid dispute, the Irish Daily Mail reports a solicitor is to receive €31,000 for a day's work of 'free legal aid'.

Blogger Laura Loomer, a member of U.S. President Donald Trump’s inner circle, visited the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra and saw the aftermath of the Russian strike on the Assumption Cathedral. She posted a video of her visit on the social media platform X, according to Ukrinform. “Putin droned Jesus Christ. The Woke Reich and Russia don’t want you to see this video…,” Loomer wrote beneath the video. The Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra National Reserve provided details about Loomer's visit. At the Lavra, the blogger was greeted by Deputy Prime Minister for Humanitarian Policy and Minister of Culture Tetiana Berezhna, First Deputy Head of the Office of the President Serhii…

MOSCOW, July 23. /TASS/. Russian forces continued to carry out group strikes on targets in Ukraine last night, the Defense Ministry reported. TASS has gathered the key information about the effectiveness of the strikes. Defense Ministry’s statement - Overnight into July 23, Russian forces continued to carry out group strikes against targets in Ukraine using high-precision air-launched weapons and attack unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), the Defense Ministry said in a statement. Strikes hit targets - Strikes on the port of Odessa hit infrastructure facilities used to unload and store military cargo. - In addition, attack drones struck a production…

Union Home Minister Amit Shah. File \| Photo Credit: M. Samraj Union Home Minister Amit Shah has cancelled his scheduled visit to Puducherry on Saturday (July 25, 2026) to confer the President’s Police Colour Award on the territorial police. The President of India, on May 8, officially announced the conferment of the prestigious President’s Police Colour (Nishaan) on the Puducherry police in recognition of its “exceptional service, discipline and distinguished achievements.” Mr. Shah was scheduled to visit Puducherry on Saturday to hand over a ceremonial colour flag to the force, symbolising the conferment of the award. A parade was scheduled to be…

MOSCOW, July 23. /TASS/. Air defense systems intercepted and destroyed a total of 223 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones overnight over Russian regions, the Defense Ministry said. A three-year-old boy was killed and three people were injured in a Ukrainian drone attack on the Voronezh Region. One person was killed and four others, including two children, were injured in a Ukrainian attack on Crimea. TASS has compiled key information on the aftermath. Scale - On-duty air defense systems intercepted and destroyed a total of 223 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles over Russian regions between 8:00 p.m. Moscow time (5:00 p.m. GMT) on July 22 and 8:00…

Two people, including a three-year-old child, were killed in separate overnight Ukrainian attacks targeting the southern Russian city of Voronezh and the Russian-controlled peninsula of Crimea, local authorities said Thursday. In Voronezh, located around 500 kilometers (310 miles) south of Moscow, falling drone debris triggered a fire at a residence that killed a three-year-old boy, regional Governor Alexander Gusev said. A 19-year-old man suffered minor injuries in the strike, which also damaged several buildings and the roof of an online marketplace warehouse. Further south, the Kremlin-installed head of annexed Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, said one…

By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM, July 23 (Reuters) - A deal between the United States and Saudi Arabia allowing the kingdom to build nuclear reactors using American technology and to enrich uranium has fuelled fears in Israel of the start of an arms race in the Middle East. The agreement, which still needs Congressional approval, that was announced on Wednesday is meant to allow the Saudis to develop a civilian nuclear programme. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his defence and foreign ministers have so far not commented on the deal, which critics say compromises Israel's long-term security interests. "The nuclear agreement that is coming together…

At least two people were killed and 11 others wounded in the US’s latest round of attacks on Iran. PREMIUM TIMES reports that the US attack on Tehran continued on Wednesday night for the 12th consecutive night. One of the strikes targeted the Shalamcheh border crossing between southern Iran and Iraq. CENTCOM, in a statementissued on Thursday morning, said the attack further degraded Iran’s ability to attack mariners and commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. The command claimed to have “redirected nine commercial vessels and disabled one to prevent ships from entering or departing Iranian ports.” Iran also said it set ablaze a tanker trying to…

The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Abia State Sector Command, has commenced a special intervention patrol codenamed “Operation KWUSI IHE MBEREDE OKPOROUZO, as directed by its zonal Command Headquarters in Enugu. The operation, according to the FRSC, is part of strategic efforts towards achieving its 2026 corporate goal of reducing road traffic fatalities and injuries by at least 10 percent through intensified enforcement, public enlightenment, and stakeholder collaboration. Speaking on the commencement of the exercise, the Sector Commander, CC Ngozi I. Ezeoma, stated that the operation was designed to promote safer road use, reduce preventable…

By Oh Seok-min MANILA, July 23 (Yonhap) -- Foreign Minister Cho Hyun on Thursday called on North Korea to respond to Seoul's offers for dialogue and join efforts to promote peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula at a regional security forum in Manila, the foreign ministry said. Cho made the remarks during the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), a 27-member multilateral security forum attended by the 11 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states and major regional powers, including the United States, China, Japan and Russia. The ARF is the only regional multilateral security forum in which both South and North Korea participate, but…

Teenage girl and woman in her 40s die after several people get into difficulty off Essex beach By ELEANOR MANN and ED HOLT Published: 04:12 EDT, 23 July 2026 \| Updated: 04:13 EDT, 23 July 2026 A teenage girl and a woman in her 40s have died after several people got into difficulty at an Essex beach. It is believed they might have found themselves cut off from the beach after walking out to a sandbank. West Mersea Coastguard Rescue Team said in a post on Facebook: 'We have responded to a tragic incident on West Mersea beach. Our thoughts are with the family involved.' This morning, the beach has reopened to the public. Yesterday at least six…

MOSCOW, July 23. /TASS/. Since July 11, Russian forces have officially struck 28 vessels at Ukrainian ports and at sea that were carrying military cargoes and fuel for the Ukrainian armed forces, according to TASS estimates based on data released by the Russian Defense Ministry. The ministry reported on July 12 that two dry-cargo vessels and a sea ferry carrying cargoes for the Ukrainian armed forces, as well as a patrol boat were hit in nighttime strikes on the Chernomorsk port. In addition, overnight to July 13, the Russian Armed Forces struck in Chernomorsk two RO-RO ferries and a container vessel that were carrying cargoes for Ukraine, as well as…

REGINA – Some Saskatchewan Roughriders fans are heading into Thursday’s matchup against the Edmonton Elks with conflicting emotions, after a player and another man were killed in a highway crash. For longtime Roughriders fan Kerri Ludvigsen, it’s the first time in decades a friend has told her she doesn’t feel like going to the game. “She said, ‘It’s going to be so hard and my mind is split about it,'” Ludvigsen said Wednesday. “I told her that just because something is hard or a challenge or difficult doesn’t mean you walk away from it.” The players and coaching staff need all the support they can get, Ludvigsen added. “(They) are grappling with a…

President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday directed all federal, provincial and local authorities to intensify coordinated preparedness, rescue and relief measures in view of the ongoing monsoon rains as the death toll from rain-related incidents rose to 43 in Punjab and Khyber Pakjtunkhwa. According to a press release issued by the President’s Secretariat, the president directed authorities to “intensify coordinated preparedness, rescue and relief measures as the country enters a critical phase of the monsoon season, with increasing rains raising the risk of flash floods, cloud bursts, glacial lake outburst floods, landslides, river flooding and urban…

President Asif Ali Zardari on Thursday directed all federal, provincial and local authorities to intensify coordinated preparedness, rescue and relief measures in view of the ongoing monsoon rains as the death toll from rain-related incidents rose to 43 in Punjab and Khyber Pakjtunkhwa. According to a press release issued by the President’s Secretariat, the president directed authorities to “intensify coordinated preparedness, rescue and relief measures as the country enters a critical phase of the monsoon season, with increasing rains raising the risk of flash floods, cloud bursts, glacial lake outburst floods, landslides, river flooding and urban…

As of the morning of July 23, consumers in three Ukrainian regions were left without power due to Russian attacks. The national power grid operator Ukrenergo announced this on Facebook, Ukrinform reports. "Due to Russian attacks on civilian energy infrastructure, there are new power outages this morning in the Donetsk, Kharkiv and Chernihiv regions. Emergency repair and restoration work is already underway wherever security conditions currently allow," the statement said. Electricity consumption is in line with seasonal levels. As of 09:30 on July 23, consumption was at the same level as at the same time on Wednesday, July 22. Yesterday, on July 22,…

Ministers and lawmakers led a mass raid on Al-Aqsa Mosque by ultranationalist Israelis on Thursday. Thousands of Israelis entered the Islamic holy site in occupied East Jerusalem under the protection of heavily armed Israeli police. Ahead of the raids, Israeli forces barred many Palestinians from reaching Al-Aqsa Mosque for pre-dawn prayers, forcing them to pray in nearby streets. The Palestinian Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs said at least 2,300 Israelis had entered the mosque courtyards by 10 am local time. The raids were ongoing and expected to continue until around noon. Among those taking part were Itamar Ben Gvir, Israel's national…

A charity distributing food to the most needy said it had been "devastated" after thieves smashed their way into its warehouse, leaving tonnes of supplies ruined. They broke into the Teesside base of FareShare North East on Tuesday and cut the power to the charity's walk-in freezer and chiller units, meaning perishables like milk and meat had to be thrown out. The charity said it lost 16 tonnes of food - the equivalent of 7,000 meals. Middlesbrough hub manager Natasha Flanagan said it was "heartbreaking", adding: "We've got a really great team of volunteers and staff and we try our best every day to get food out to people that need it." FareShare…

SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- A court ruled Thursday that it is difficult to recognize the criminal liability of officials involved in Pohang's geothermal power plant project in connection with the southeastern city's fatal earthquake in 2017. A magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck Pohang, some 270 kilometers southeast of Seoul, on Nov. 15, 2017, followed by a magnitude 4.6 aftershock on Feb. 11, 2018, killing one person, injuring 80 others and causing significant property damage. Then the prosecution indicted five officials involved in the geothermal power plant project on negligence charges, saying the project should have been halted and its risks analyzed…

Erasmus Bridge reopens after Rotterdam tram collision July 23, 2026 Photo: Depositphotos.com See more DutchNews articles in your Google search results See more DutchNews articles in your Google search results Add as a favourite source on Google Add DutchNews as a favourite source on Google The Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam reopened to all traffic on Wednesday evening after the two badly damaged trams which collided on it that morning were lifted clear of the tracks, broadcaster NOS reported. Trams are running over the bridge again. Fifteen people were injured, one of them seriously, when a moving tram ran into the back of a stationary one waiting for…

Science word of the day: Abiotic Pronunciation: Ay-bye-AH'-tik What it means: Abiotic means "without living organisms." Scientists typically use the term when referring to nonliving aspects of an ecosystem that affect organisms' growth or reproduction. Some abiotic factors might be light, water, fertilizer, nutrients or chemical elements, such as oxygen or sulfur. Others include the tides or rain. Sometimes, "abiotic" is used to describe the origin of a particular chemical. Abiotic methane, for example, comes from chemical reactions between rocks and water in Earth's crust, unlike biotic methane, which comes from decaying organic matter as well as…

A Japanese study has found that the locked zone in the Nankai Trough is not permanent but changes over time, further complicating the task of predicting megaquakes along the fault line. A locked zone is where tectonic plates merge, allowing stress to build up until it is released in an earthquake. In the case of the 900km (560-mile) long Nankai Trough off Japan’s Pacific coast, it is where the Philippine plate meets the Eurasian plate. The Philippine plate is slipping under the Eurasian plate at a rate of 4-6cm (1.6-2.4 inches) a year, according to a report of the study by The Mainichi newspaper. Earthquakes happen when the plates lock, causing…

A black-throated parrotbill, an inhabitant of the eastern Himalayas \| Photo Credit: Dibyendu Ash As spring approaches in the hyper-biodiverse Himalayas, birds that are accustomed to cooler climes migrate to the north. This is driven not just by temperature or precipitation alone, but also the availability of prey: arthropods (insects and spiders). But climate change is altering the rhythm of this dynamic. Scientists at the Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, set out to study the phenomenon in Arunachal Pradesh’s Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary and understand the changing patterns in insect availability and…

Figures from the HSE show 7,500 children are waiting for first contact with a Child Disability Network Team (CDNT) at the end of April. This is a drop from the 8,200 children who were waiting for first contact at the end of March. Of the 7,500 children waiting for first contact at the end of April, 4,776 are waiting for over a year. The Regional Healthcare Area (RHA) with the highest number of children waiting for first contact is HSE Dublin South East, with 1,946 children on waiting lists. Of those children, 1,381 are waiting over a year for first contact. This RHA covers Carlow, Kilkenny, South Tipperary, Waterford, Wexford, and most of Wicklow. HSE…

Woongjin Foundation Chairman Shin Hyon-ung, front row sixth from left, Woongjin Group Chairman Yoon Seok-keum, front row center, and former United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, front row fifth from left, pose with students during a mentoring event of Woongjin Foundation's summer scholarship program at the Korea Press Center in Seoul, Thursday. Courtesy of Woongjin Foundation The Woongjin Foundation held its annual summer mentoring session for math scholars at the Korea Press Center in Seoul on Thursday, marking the foundation's 18th anniversary. Established in 2008 by the Woongjin Group, the organization provides academic support to high…

There are a lot of people who think they know what science is, what science tells us, and how to evaluate claims based on their scientific merits. But are their assessments accurate? How do you, yourself, conceive of science? Do you do what most people do, and default to what you learned about science across a variety of classes in school, with a layer of cynicism and skepticism layered atop it? That’s understandable, as many of us remember being taught “facts” in our science classes that later were shown to be — if not completely incorrect — at least “not as they seemed” at the time. It’s as though, somewhere along the lines, many of us were taught…

SYDNEY — A group of killer whales have been documented blowing a sunfish to bits in an unusual underwater escapade offering never-before-seen insights into orca behavior, according to research released Thursday. Video released by the US-based NGO Beneath The Waves shows one orca holding the tail of a sunfish, with its fellow whale then charging with full force into the rotund mola, which explodes into pieces. The sunfish is already dead — this isn’t an elaborate murder ritual. READ: Killer whales spotted grooming each other with seaweed Instead, it might be an attempt to turn the fish into smaller bite-sized […]...Keep on reading: Killer whales: orcas…

SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's science minister expressed willingness to promote investments in local companies from U.S. big tech firms, ahead of his planned trip to Silicon Valley later Thursday. The key point of the visit will be to "strengthen cooperation so that big tech companies can invest in South Korea," Minister Bae Kyung-hoon told reporters after a meeting with chief executive officers (CEOs) of local telecom operators held in central Seoul. Discussions will center on artificial intelligence (AI) cooperation and market expansion, AI data centers and semiconductors, he added. Bae also said he plans to use the trip to promote South…

Central University of Karnataka Vice-Chancellor Prof. Battu Sathyanarayana addressing newly-admitted research scholars at a seminar on Research and Publication Ethics, in the university on July 22, 2026. \| Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Honesty, integrity, originality and ethical conduct are the cornerstones of quality research and the foundation of a successful academic career, Vice-Chancellor of Central University of Karnataka (CUK) Professor Battu Sathyanarayana said on July 22. He inaugurated a workshop on Research and Publication Ethics (RPE) organised by the Central Library for newly admitted research scholars at the university’s Central…

MANILA, July 23 (Yonhap) -- An international heritage body adopted a decision Thursday calling on Japan to adequately reflect the "whole history" of the Sado mine, which was linked to the wartime mobilization of Korean laborers, Seoul's foreign ministry said. UNESCO's World Heritage Committee adopted the decision without amendments or discussion on its draft during the 48th committee session held in the southeastern South Korean city of Busan, according to the ministry. This AP photo released July 27, 2024, shows the Sado gold mine complex in Japan's Niigata prefecture on March 12, 2023. (Yonhap) When approving the inscription of the mine as a World…

NASA's most famous astronauts secretly claimed that they encountered an alien presence on the moon and were told to keep it quiet for decades. Physicist Maaneli Derakhshani told the American Alchemy podcast that multiple Apollo missions allegedly captured photos of UFOs around the moon during the 1960s and 1970s, only to have those images altered before the public saw them. Derakhshani, who researches lunar and Martian surface anomalies, detailed instances where famous NASA photos taken by astronauts on the surface of the moon had been clearly altered when compared to public copies of the same images. The scientist said: 'One scan from the Lunar and…

MOSCOW, July 23. /TASS/. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov reaffirmed Moscow’s commitment to the agreements reached with Washington at last year's bilateral summit in Alaska during a meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Manila on Thursday, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. "Lavrov reiterated Russia’s readiness to resolve the [Ukraine] conflict through political and diplomatic means and reaffirmed Moscow’s commitment to the proposals put forward by the United States at a meeting between President Vladimir Putin of Russia and President Donald Trump in Anchorage, Alaska, which were accepted by the Russian leader," the…

Pakistan on Thursday rejected India’s attempt to “distort facts” about the Indus Water Treaty (IWT) at a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) open debate, saying that New Delhi’s actions in the aftermath of the attack in occupied Kashmir’s Pulwama were “simply illegal”. At a UNSC debate on natural resource governance, Pakistan’s Permanent Representation to the UN Asim Iftikhar Ahmad had highlighted India’s unilateral decision to hold the treaty in abeyance, saying that “no state should be permitted to abuse shared water resources as an instrument of coercion or political pressure, much less when it breaches solemn treaty obligations”. Subsequently,…

A holiday has been declared on July 23 for anganwadis, primary and high schools in Dandeli and Joida taluks of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka because of heavy rainfall. The respective tahsildars issued the order as a precautionary measure. Deficit monsoon in Karnataka Overall, Karnataka seems to have received less rain than normal. The cumulative storage in the four reservoirs in Karnataka’s Cauvery basin – Harangi, Hemavati, KRS and Kabini – accounts for just 52% of their full storage capacity as of now. Of this, the storage at KRS is particularly poor as it accounts for a mere 35% of its full capacity. The inflows too are poor as KRS reported…

Yeouido Hangang Park Swimming Pool / Courtesy of Seoul Metropolitan Government As summer temperatures peak across the Korean peninsula, the municipal government is taking a bold gamble on the economic potential of the midnight hour. On Thursday, city officials unveiled a major initiative to transform the banks of the Han River into a bustling, 24-hour cultural ecosystem, anchoring the capital’s broader bid to build a thriving nighttime economy. At the center of the initiative is "Han River Bamping"—a portmanteau of the Korean word for "night" and the English word "camping"—a monthlong pilot program launching in August that will place up to 200…

Over the next several hundred million years, Earth could face numerous unexpected consequences, all due to the distance slowly yet steadily developing between the planet and its only moon. In what is coming to be defined as one of the most precisely known physical quantities in all of contemporary planetary science, the Moon is moving away from Earth at the speed of 3.83 centimetres annually, with a formal uncertainty of approximately 0.09 millimetres. The number is based on the current best interpretation of five decades of lunar laser ranging data. It has been directly measured, thousands of times over, from multiple observatories on three…

Sarah Duell, head of sustainability at the Land Registry, said the staff "really love it". Initially, there were concerns that the land might "look a bit of a mess". "But we got together and talked about the fact that it's going to be pieces of the grass rather than the whole grass," she said. "Once it got going, we had a little look around and started to see some of the insects and some of the butterflies coming to the areas that we have left to go wild. "It was really, really exciting for us and for the office in general." Listen to highlights from Hull and East Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North.

Hotels are booking out two years in advance in the New Zealand city of Dunedin as it prepares for the region’s first total solar eclipse in more than 850 years. At 4.17pm on 22 July 2028, the moon will pass in front of the sun, casting a roughly 100km-wide shadowy band across parts of southern New Zealand. Everywhere within that band – from tourist hotspot Queenstown in the west to Dunedin city in the east – will be plunged into daytime darkness for 2 minutes and 51 seconds. Despite there being two years still to go, hotels are already fielding booking inquiries, including the Dunedin Leisure Lodge, which by Thursday was fully booked for its “solar…

Alpine glaciers, wild coastlines, temperate rainforests, and deep river valleys coexist on the Olympic Peninsula in the northwest corner of Washington state. Surrounded by blue waters, peaceful islands, and bustling population centers, its rugged interior remains a relatively remote bastion of wilderness. The Olympic Mountains’ imposing terrain comes into focus in this oblique view of the region, captured by an astronaut aboard the International Space Station. The image is a composite, made of several sequential, overlapping photos fused together into a panorama. Olympic National Park encompasses the peninsula’s mountainous core, along with some…

Global gold heavyweight Gold Fields has fired up the drill rig at Great Southern Mining’s high-priority Mt Dillon copper-gold target in north Queensland, putting one of the company’s most exciting exploration plays to the test. Gold Fields is bankrolling the 1300-metre program under a farm-in agreement where the mining giant can spend up to $15 million to earn a 75 per cent interest in the expansive Edinburgh Park project. Diamond drilling underway at Great Southern Mining’s Mt Dillon prospect in northern Queensland. The project itself sits in a monster gold province 100km south of Townsville, a region known for its large-scale epithermal and…

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A routine kitchen shortcut, wrapping a baked potato in foil and leaving it on the counter overnight, turned into a medical emergency that left a man paralysed and fighting for breath in the ICU. The case, shared by Internal Medicine resident Dr. Priyam Bordoloi, has gone viral for exposing a danger most people have never even considered. The Case That Started It All According to Dr. Bordoloi, the incident echoes a case she encountered during her first year of residency. A man baked a potato, wrapped it in foil, and left it on the kitchen counter overnight. The next day, he simply reheated it in the microwave and ate it, a habit repeated in several…

'Do not consume' warning issued for milk sold in major supermarkets - it's laced with 'veterinary antibiotics' By CIARAN FOREMAN, HEALTH REPORTER Published: 03:26 EDT, 23 July 2026 \| Updated: 03:36 EDT, 23 July 2026 Britons have been urged not to drink a popular milk over fears it is contaminated with animal medicines including penicillin. Health chiefs have announced that Graham's Family Dairy is recalling batches of its semi-skimmed milk, with a best before date of July 31. The recall noticecovers England and impacts one pint cartons, one litre cartons, and two litre cartons. Graham's supplies major supermarkets such as Tesco, Morrisons, Waitrose…

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Former governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola, has dismissed any form of insinuation that he might contest for the Presidency of Nigeria. Fashola disclosed that he’s the president of his home and can’t run for the highest political office in Nigeria. The All Progressives Congress, APC, chieftain, who spoke on Beyond The Headlines on TVC, also noted that he doesn’t miss public office. Asked if he would contest for the president of Nigeria, Fashola said: “No, president of what, I’m president at home. I don’t miss public office because I have seen and done it. “There is a sense now that one can look back and say you were lucky to have done it when…

The World Cup is sadly over and while it was a glorious five weeks of excitement, it's no doubt left many people – mostly men – concerned about their beer bellies. As a nation, we love a drink, but football turns the dial up on our consumption. During each England game around 8million pints were consumed across the country. For many, this will have added to the merriment of the occasion, but it will have also put a strain on livers, mental health and, crucially, waistbands. Beer, after all, is filled with calories. But just how dangerous is a so-called beer belly? And is it any worse than carrying weight elsewhere on the body? As a GP, there is one…

Authorities have warned against unscrupulous traders attempting to sneak undocumented hogs into Bohol province. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol — Authorities have warned against unscrupulous traders attempting to sneak undocumented hogs into Bohol province. The warning came as law enforcers intercepted 40 undocumented hogs from Cebu that were shipped into Bohol through Getafe town, the second such incident within a week. The unauthorized shipment was intercepted on July 19 along the shoreline of Barangay San Jose, Getafe, after authorities received information about the arrival of an illegal livestock shipment. Article continues after this…

Dengue is a viral fever caused by the dengue virus, which is transmitted to humans through the bite of infected Aedes mosquitoes. These mosquitoes breed in stagnant water like pails, vases and flowerpot plates. They are most active during daylight hours and usually bite just after sunrise and around sunset. Many people who get dengue do not develop symptoms. For those who do, the most common symptoms include high fever, headache, muscle and joint pains, nausea and rashes. These usually resolve within a week or two. In severe cases, however, dengue can lead to internal bleeding or even death. Those who get infected a second time are at a greater risk…

The Hospital at Maayo hosted a two-day forum dedicated to elevating the standard of care, awareness, and prevention for breast and women’s cancers. The two-part event, which took place on July 10th and 11th, 2026, invited an international oncologist, top local medical specialists, patient advocacy groups, and survivors to address the critical medical realities and emotional journeys associated with women’s health. Both forums were made possible through the major sponsorship and co-presentation of Pacific Cross Philippines, a leading medical and travel insurance brand under Paramount Life & General Insurance Corporation (PLGIC), highlighting the…

Koreans are living longer, healthier lives than almost anywhere else in the industrialized world, even as the nation operates with one of the most severe shortages of practicing physicians among developed economies. According to new data released Thursday by the Ministry of Health and Welfare based on the OECD Health Statistics 2026, life expectancy in Korea reached a record high of 83.7 years. The figure places the nation comfortably above the OECD average of 81.2 years and just behind Switzerland, which leads the 38-member bloc at 84.2 years. The statistics reveal a health care ecosystem defined by extraordinary access and world-class preventive…

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Courts ordered to scrutinise unregulated rehabs after Herald reporting Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA Judges will be warned to investigate rehabilitation centres before they allow accused criminals to be released there on bail, after the Herald revealed criminal activity, poor supervision and inadequate health services at one controversial centre run by a pastor. But the government has ruled out regulating the sector, even after the founder of Connect Global, pastor Ross Pene, admitted to providing glowing court references for clients – including television star Andrew…

Origin Energy customers’ addresses, phone numbers and partial bank account data have been accessed in a hack, the company has confirmed. The company has 4.8m customer accounts in Australia, providing electricity, natural gas, LPG, and internet services to homes and businesses. Origin has yet to confirm which and how many customers had been affected. In a statement to the ASX on Thursday, it said it would tell customers once it confirmed they had been impacted. Origin said impacted data may include customers’ names, addresses, dates of birth, contact phone numbers and Origin account information, as well as the last four digits of a credit card, or the…

ExpressVPN has launched passkey sign-in for passwordless logins Passkeys are more resistant to phishing, but passwords remain a backup The feature arrives as part of a redesigned ExpressVPN+ dashboard One of the best VPN providers is retiring the password, at least as a requirement. ExpressVPN has added passkey sign-in, giving users a way to get into their account without typing anything at all. Instead of a password, you sign in using the screen lock already on your device, such as a fingerprint or face scan. That means nothing extra to remember and nothing to key in each time. The change was announced on Tuesday (July 21) and is part of a wider…

Four disgraced Hong Kong police officers have lost their appeal against convictions and jail terms for framing a homeless man for drug possession and destroying evidence of the cover-up six years ago. In a written judgment on Thursday, the Court of Appeal said the officers must have intended to pervert the course of justice when they tried to obstruct surveillance cameras while colleagues fabricated evidence against a street sleeper during an anti-drug operation on February 4, 2020. The three presiding judges rejected the officers’ claims that they did not intend to prejudice subsequent legal proceedings and that tampering with surveillance footage…

On a sultry Saturday evening in May, I took the elevator to the 18th floor of The Ritz-Carlton, Pune, home to Agave Lounge, touted as India’s first bar dedicated entirely to agave spirits. Opened in January 2025, the plush, mood-lit space overlooks the city’s skyline and neighbouring golf course. Most guests had gravitated to the hotel’s rooftop bar, Aasmana, leaving Agave Lounge surprisingly quiet. It only reinforced the question I had come to answer: Is India ready for a bar built around a single spirit? The Agave Lounge at The Ritz-Carlton, Pune \| Photo Credit: Special arrangement According to the International Wine and Spirits Record (IWSR),…

Police have dismissed a reported online threat against a Grade 6 pupil of the Sto. Niño Special Education (SPED) Center in Tacloban City as a false alarm, the latest in a series of incidents that have heightened security concerns in schools across the city following a deadly campus shooting last month. INQUIRER FILES TACLOBAN CITY — Police have dismissed a reported online threat against a Grade 6 pupil of the Sto. Niño Special Education (SPED) Center here as a false alarm, the latest in a series of incidents that have heightened security concerns in schools across the city following a deadly campus shooting last month. The Tacloban City Police Office…

Origin Energy confirms data breach has exposed customer information Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA Origin Energy, the largest Australian power and gas company, has confirmed that a hacker has gained unauthorised access to some customers’ private information, including names, addresses and partial credit card and bank account numbers. The company said on Thursday it was still working to determine how many customers were affected by the cybersecurity breach, and was contacting customers individually once it was confirmed their information had been comprised. Origin Energy is…

Yiaga Africa has published its pre-election analysis regarding the current circumstances in Osun in anticipation of the upcoming governorship elections next month. According to Yiaga’s report, the integrity of the governorship election is at risk, noting an increase in the distribution of money or gifts by candidates or their supporters to voters. Yiaga Africa said that its findings conducted between 14 and 29 June 2026, recorded numerous occurrences of cash and gift distribution by political figures and their supporters during campaign events and community interactions. The report made available to reporters in Abuja further stated that while some of…

Watch Commonwealth Games 2026 live streams as Josh Kerr, Emma Finucane and Adam Peaty headline a star-studded cast ready to shine across 11 days in Glasgow. More than 3,000 athletes from 74 nations will compete for 215 gold medals across 10 sports (16 disciplines, including para sports), with the opening ceremony at the OVO Hydro indoor arena kicking off the festivities. Keep reading to discover how to watch Commonwealth Games 2026 online from anywhere – starting with those FREE options. Can I watch Commonwealth Games 2026 for free? Yes! Commonwealth Games 2026 will be streamed live and free in many countries around the world, with the best…

TL;DR GameCube launch window title Pikmin has been 100% decompiled, opening the door to unofficial ports of the game. Pikmin joins recently decompiled games like Twilight Princess, Mario Party 4, and Animal Crossing. Decompiling a game is typically a prerequisite for it to be (unofficially) ported to modern platforms, allowing people to play it without using an emulator. The decompilation process takes plenty of time and effort, but we’ve already seen a few GameCube titles reaching this milestone. Now, we can add another prominent title to this list. The GC/Wii Decompilation Discord group has announced that popular first-party GameCube game Pikmin has…

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NEW DELHI: India has secured its first medal at the Commonwealth Games 2026 even before the opening ceremony, with Olympic medallist Lovlina Borgohain guaranteed at least a bronze in the women's boxing competition. The Assam boxer received a direct entry into the semifinals after being handed a bye in her weight category. As all losing semifinalists receive bronze medals in Commonwealth Games boxing, Lovlina is now assured of a place on the podium before stepping into the ring. She will begin her campaign on July 31, when she takes on T.K.B.P. Taafaki for a place in the gold medal bout. Lovlina's assured medal gives India an early boost ahead of the…

Lenovo has revealed more details about an upcoming Legion gaming handheld that could be among the thinnest and lightest devices in its category. The Legion C700 will measure just 14.99mm at its thinnest point and weigh approximately 556 grams, or around 1.25 pounds. By comparison, Lenovo’s Legion Go S is 22.6mm thick and weighs about 730 grams, while the ASUS ROG Ally X measures 24.7mm and weighs 678 grams. Trimming these figures down should make the C700 much easier to hold for long periods and carry in a bag. But all of this portability comes at a cost–and that’s cloud gaming. Plenty of controls in a surprisingly thin body Lenovo The Legion C700 has…

‘Makes me sick to my stomach’: Students speak out about strapping scandal Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA Boarders at a prestigious regional school at the centre of a “strapping” scandal were pressured to keep quiet about the claims, an independent investigation has found. Ballarat Grammar last year expelled two senior boarders over allegations that junior students – some as young as year 7 – were assaulted as part of a hazing culture going back decades that included beatings with straps. Ballarat Grammar School.Joe Armao On Thursday, the school released a report by workplace…

Ahead of the August 15 governorship election in Osun State, media executives and other stakeholders have been urged to create platforms that amplify the voices of Persons with Disabilities, PWDs, on political participation and increase media content focusing on their rights and electoral privileges. The appeal was made during a reflection meeting on media inclusivity in Osun State, organised by the Centre for Media and Society, CEMESO, the International Press Centre, IPC, TAF Africa and the Nigerian Women Trust Fund, NWTF, in Osogbo on Wednesday. The gathering brought together media executives, regulators and leaders of PWDs to discuss inclusive…

I'm not usually a fighting game person, but Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls is my jam. Partly because it's superheroes, partly because it looks absolutely beautiful. And with the Marvel Tōkon beta dates coming up, our chance to finally play it is almost here—the previous playtest was exclusive to PS5, the greedy buggers. Below, I'll go over when you can websling into the open beta and what you can expect to have access to. While the full release is only a month away, this beta doesn't reveal everything you'll find on launch day. For one, we're missing a few fighters. When is the Marvel Tōkon beta? The Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls beta runs for just three…

NEW DELHI: As a young barrister in Ahmedabad, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel spent his evenings at the Gujarat Club, where he would play bridge and smoke cigars, and it was there that he first heard about a man named Gandhi returning from South Africa, dismissing him as a "crank" at the time. It wasn't until Gandhi successfully organised the Champaran Satyagraha in 1917 that Patel took him seriously, abandoned his European suits and card games, including bridge, and joined the freedom struggle. It's a detail very few know about a game very few in India play these days, at least not the way they used to. Bridge is a mind sport, just like chess. Both are…

Industry executives have said 1 gigawatt of computing power, enough to power roughly 750,000 ‌U.S. homes, can cost ​around $50 billion [File] \| Photo Credit: REUTERS Advanced Micro Devices has signed a deal ​with artificial intelligence startup ‌Anthropic for tens of billions of ​dollars worth of ⁠AI servers and will invest up to $5 billion in the company, ‌the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. The agreement ‌covers up to 2 ‌gigawatts ⁠of AMD’s next-generation Instinct MI450 ⁠chips, with deliveries set to begin in the first half of 2027, ​the report ‌said. Industry executives have said 1 gigawatt of computing power, enough to power roughly…

Right on the heels of launching its anticipated Steam Machine gaming system, Valve has rolled out a solid update for Steam that tackles two things players have wanted improved for a while: gifting and wishlists. Let’s break down what’s new. How much easier is gifting now? My favorite part of the update is that game gifting is getting a lot easier. Guest checkout used to only work for gift cards and hardware, but now it covers every game on Steam. If someone shares their wishlist with you, you can buy them a gift without ever creating an account. Valve Want to keep it a surprise instead? You can now send both games and gift cards straight to an email…

In recent days, numerous protesters declared online that they were leaving their family WhatsApp groups, which had become dens of bigotry and thought control \| Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap The WhatsApp generation were Hindutva natives while the Instagram generation is insurrectionary. The BJP has had the toolkit to tame the WhatsApp universe and make it dance to its tune; in the Instagram universe, the BJP is like a deer in the headlights, left with nothing other than brute force in response. Parents who have sent a message to their kids on WhatsApp and noted that they don’t even see it will recognise a disconnect. Then they discover that…

Cebuana Lhuillier reinforced its leadership in content marketing excellence by earning five awards at the Content Marketing Awards Asia-Pacific 2026, hosted by MARKETECH APAC, making it the most awarded Philippine company at this year’s competition. The recognition underscores the company’s success in delivering impactful campaigns that strengthen brand engagement, advance financial inclusion, and drive measurable business results. “At Cebuana Lhuillier, every campaign begins with a clear purpose—to create meaningful value for the Filipinos we serve,” said Jean Henri Lhuillier, President and CEO of Cebuana Lhuillier. “Whether we are advancing…

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story. The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political…

SECURITY Talking smack about a doctor got him access to private medical files Who needs a working security badge when you know how to talk your way into the records room? PWNED Welcome back to PWNED, the weekly column where we focus on security own-goals so you can avoid them. This week’s topic involves serious problems in the healthcare sector, specifically the very human problem of compromised gatekeepers. Have a story about someone leaving a gaping hole in their network? Share it with us at pwned@sitpub.com. Anonymity is available upon request. Our legend of lameness comes courtesy of red teamer Dahvid Schloss, who shared so many great stories with…

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Scroll through Instagram Reels or Reddit for five minutes and you're bound to spot it: a video of a packed metro car, a facial-recognition camera on a street corner, an AI chatbot writing someone's breakup text, or a child staring blankly at a screen, all captioned with some version of "we are officially living in a dystopian nightmare ." The phrase has become one of the internet's favourite punchlines, hashtags, and think-piece openers. But behind the meme-speak lies something more interesting: a genuine psychological pattern in how humans process rapid, unsettling change. First, What Does "Dystopian" Actually Mean? A dystopia is the opposite of a…

React, Meta's open-source library for building user interfaces, has merged a Rust port of the React Compiler into its main repository, a move aimed at faster builds and tighter integration with the wider Rust-based JavaScript toolchain. The React Compiler, formerly known as React Forget, automatically memoizes components and hooks so developers no longer need to reach for useMemo and useCallback by hand. The pull request rewrites that compiler from TypeScript to Rust, and the team describes it in the PR itself as "an experimental, work-in-progress port." The headline figures relate to performance. As a drop-in Babel plugin the Rust version runs around…

Vijayapura MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal felicitated journalists on Media Day celebrations in Vijayapura on July 19, 2026. \| Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The Karnataka Union of Working Journalists’ district unit celebrated Media Day in Vijayapura on July 19. Basanagouda Patil Yatnal, MLA, inaugurated the event. He spoke against the menace of fake news. “The trend of some journalists spreading fake news on social media platforms is increasing. They are a danger to society and need to be regulated. I have written a letter to the Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting urging action against journalists who are spreading fake news on online…

This has been one of my biggest annoyances working with Python and pip when dealing with projects where that are not meant to be installed as a package, how do you handle dependencies? Think projects like application backends, python scripts, REST APIs etc If you’ve ever struggled with this, you’re going to love this: a PR by Sebastian Höffner opened #13895 will add a new global flag to pip such that you can directly install any dependencies in your pyproject.toml without installing the package itself. pip install --only-deps . This is going, for me at least, be a huge boost in the way that I manage and distribute my projects on servers. Vastly…

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Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest tariff gambit is the most sweeping trade threat Canada has faced to date. With an unprecedented 50 per cent duty set to hit a wide swath of Canadian-made goods on Aug. 19, the clock is ticking for businesses across the country. These three charts break down which sectors are in the crosshairs, which provinces will be the hardest hit and how the tariffs will be felt on both sides of the border.…

Panama · Economy Key Facts —Total operation size EUR 2.9 billion (\~US$3.3 billion), including EUR 500 million (\~US$570 million) in new financing for 2026. —Debt repaid early Approximately EUR 2.4 billion (\~US$2.7 billion) of existing sovereign loans were refinanced ahead of schedule. —New maturity profile The refinanced debt maturities were extended to 2031, smoothing the government’s repayment schedule. —Tranche details Santander provided EUR 1.2 billion at a fixed 4.83%; Bank of America/Merrill Lynch provided EUR 1.7 billion at a fixed 4.67%. —Fiscal backdrop The Panama Canal reported record nine-month FY2026 toll revenue of US$4,802 million, a…

MOSCOW, July 23. /TASS/. The Bank of Russia purchased 4.8 bln rubles ($61.4 mln) worth of yuan on the domestic market with settlement on July 22, 2026, according to data published on the regulator's website. The volume of foreign currency purchases on the domestic market with settlement on July 21 also totaled 4.8 bln rubles. The Bank of Russia conducts foreign currency purchase and sale operations on the domestic market in the yuan-ruble instrument in the currency section of the Moscow Exchange.

Mexico · Companies Key Facts —Q2 net sales. About US$1.62 billion, up 5% year-on-year, led by operations outside the US. —Q2 EBITDA. US$261.9 million, down 5%; EBITDA margin narrowed 170 basis points to 16.1%. —Q2 operating income. US$189.2 million, down 13%; operating margin fell to 11.6%. —Profit. Majority net income fell about 12% in the quarter and 16% in the first half, per its BMV filing. —Main driver. Weaker US demand and higher costs at Mission Foods, partly offset by Central America, Europe and Asia. Gruma second quarter profit fell about 12% from a year earlier, as the world’s largest corn-flour and tortilla maker absorbed weaker demand and…

A staff member sorts U.S. dollar bills at Hana Bank’s currency counterfeiting response center in Seoul, July 3. Yonhap The Korean won strengthened to a more than two-month high against the U.S. dollar Thursday, as the nation's economy reported better-than-expected growth in the second quarter on firmer exports of semiconductors. The won was quoted at 1,466.8 won per dollar at 3:30 p.m., up 13.3 won from the previous day. The won started the day at 1,478 won per dollar and rose to as high as 1,457.9 won, marking the strongest level since May 8. The country's real gross domestic product rose 0.6 percent in the April-June period from three months…

MOSCOW, July 23. /TASS/. The Russian stock market is declining at the start of the main trading session, according to Moscow Exchange data. The yuan exchange rate is also falling. As of 10:00 Moscow time, the MOEX and RTS indices at the opening of the main trading session were down 0.13%, to 2,133.43 and 856.42 points, respectively. The yuan fell by 2.5 kopecks against the ruble compared with the previous session's close to 11.51 rubles. By 10:25 Moscow time, the MOEX index had extended its decline to 2,123.88 points (-0.57%), while the RTS index stood at 852.58 points (-0.57%). At the same time, the yuan was down to 11.53 rubles (-1 kopeck).

Representational image only. File \| Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Shares of Eternal Limited, which runs businesses including Zomato and Blinkit, on Thursday (July 23, 2026), surged more than 4% after the company reported a nearly four-fold jump in consolidated profit in the June quarter. The stock jumped 4.28% to ₹295.55 on the BSE. On the NSE, it climbed 3.88% to ₹295.45. Eternal Limited on Wednesday (July 22, 2026), reported a nearly four-fold jump in consolidated net profit at ₹92 crore in the first quarter of the current fiscal year, on the back of strong revenue growth of its quick commerce vertical. “The company had posted a…

SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean won strengthened to a more than two-month high against the U.S. dollar Thursday, as the nation's economy reported better-than-expected growth in the second quarter on firmer exports of semiconductors. The won was quoted at 1,466.8 won per dollar at 3:30 p.m., up 13.3 won from the previous day. The won started the day at 1,478 won per dollar and rose to as high as 1,457.9 won, marking the strongest level since May 8. The country's real gross domestic product rose 0.6 percent in the April-June period from three months earlier, according to the Bank of Korea, exceeding the central bank's May forecast of 0.2…

As of July 22, vessels have temporarily stopped calling at Ukrainian seaports due to the security situation, but the government is working on measures to ensure stable exports. That is according to Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Taras Vysotskyi, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. "Yesterday [on July 21], four or five vessels were still calling at the ports. As of today [July 22], vessel calls have been suspended. The state has not imposed any restrictions on our side; this is a decision made by the shipowners," Vysotskyi said. According to him, the stable operation of the maritime corridor is a matter of national security, so the government is…

INQUIRER FILE MANILA, Philippines — Nearly a year since the start of the 20th Congress, only one of the 52 bills identified by the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (Ledac) as priority legislation has been enacted. Dr. Alicor Panao, an Inquirer data scientist and associate professor at the University of the Philippines, made the assessment in a July 19 analysis, a little more than a week before President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s fifth State of the Nation Address on Monday, July 27. The measure signed into law was Republic Act No. 12317, which reset the first parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao…

Should Prince George attend more public engagements now he's a teenager? Have your say in the Palace Confidential poll Sign up to our Palace Confidential newsletter for FREE and we'll send you an exclusive article on the moment the Royal Family started to question Meghan's motivations. Get it HERE See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source By RUTH STAINER, REPORTER Published: 04:11 EDT, 23 July 2026 \| Updated: 04:11 EDT, 23 July 2026 You've read the headlines and heard our experts' opinions - but what do YOU think? Have your say on one of the biggest royal stories of the week by answering our poll below. In this week's poll, after…

Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, has called for the immediate convocation of a Sovereign National Conference to produce what it described as a constitution that genuinely reflects the aspirations, diversity and democratic ideals of Nigerians. In a statement issued on Wednesday and signed by its factional President-General, Chief Omenazu Jackson, the group argued that none of Nigeria’s constitutions had emerged from the sovereign will of the people, insisting that the country’s constitutional history has been shaped by colonial authorities and successive military regimes. According to Ohanaeze, the colonial…

US President Donald Trump has replied to a letter by President Bola Tinubu and pledged the United States’ support for Nigeria’s war on terror. Mr Trump’s letter to the Nigerian president was shared by presidential spokesperson Bayo Onanuga. The American leader’s first sentence in the letter indicated he was responding to an earlier one by the Nigerian president. “Thank you for your thoughtful letter. Your kind words mean a great deal to me, and I appreciate your decisive leadership on behalf of the Nigerian people,” Mr Trump wrote in the letter dated 6 July. Nigeria and the US under Mr Trump have improved their relationship after the American…

SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- The National Assembly elected the chairs of six standing committees allocated to the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) on Thursday, ending weeks of bipartisan deadlock over the formation of the parliamentary committees. All but one of the seven committee chairs set aside for the PPP were elected during a plenary session, with the Gender Equality and Family Committee post left vacant after Rep. Lim Lee-ja, who had been nominated for the post, stepped down. The six committees include the foreign affairs and unification committee, the education committee and the health and welfare committee. The PPP's decision to end its…

MANILA, Philippines — The United States understands if the Philippines does not heed Washington’s call to withdraw its support for the International Criminal Court (ICC), citing the sensitivity of the issue, according to Malacañang. Palace Press Officer Claire Castro said Thursday that while the ICC was not discussed during US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s courtesy call on President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in Malacañang on July 22, the matter was raised by Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel Romualdez on the sidelines of the meeting. According to Castro, Romualdez conveyed to the US Department of State that matters involving the […]...Keep on…

India’s Modi promises fast-track courts for exam fraud fuelling protests Cockroach Janta Party protesters are occupying streets in New Delhi, demanding Education Minister Pradhan resign. Published On 23 Jul 202623 Jul 2026 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pledged to set up fast-track courts to punish those involved in examination paper leaks, offering his first public response to youth-led protests challenging his government. Demonstrations have grown across New Delhi after reported irregularities in national medical school entrance exams, leading this week to a crackdown by security forces. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list…

Arise Televisionanchor, Rufai Oseni, has told the President Bola Tinubu‘sspokesman, Daniel Bwala, that he would always hold him accountable. In a post on his verified X handle on Thursday, Rufai said he had nothing against Bwala, noting that he remained his brother. According to the anchor, the media does not hate Bwala, but only holding him accountable. He wrote, “Dear Bwala, You still remain my brother but I will always hold you accountable. I have nothing against you! “You can say I feed on hatred today because I am holding you to account. Don’t forget you once defended my style and said I was a formidable journalist. “The same me that you call…

Key events EU sanctions 'continue to weaken the economic foundations of Russia's war effort,' von der Leyen says European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen welcomed the adoption of the 21st package of sanctions, saying they “continue to weaken the economic foundations of Russia’s war effort.” “We’re adding 32 more Russian banks to our transaction ban list. As well as crypto firms and oil trading platforms. Freezing the oil price cap adjustment for a year, so that the Russian war machine does not benefit from market shocks. For the first time, we’re targeting vessels assisting Russia’s shadow fleet.** And we took an important step towards…

Officials of the police-prosecution joint investigation team enter the National Election Commission's headquarters in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province, Thursday, to seize materials related to the commission's alleged fabrication of voter turnout numbers. Yonhap A joint investigation team visited the offices of the National Election Commission (NEC) Thursday to seize evidence over allegations that officials falsified voter turnout figures for the June 3 local elections to conceal their own errors. The new allegation emerged in addition to the ballot shortage incident, further eroding public trust in the commission. The investigation is likely to expand, as…

ANTIPOLO—Converge coach Delta Pineda believes his team’s defense still leaves plenty to be desired after being handed its first loss in the 2026 PBA Governors’ Cup by San Miguel Beer on Wednesday. The FiberXers fell 128-122 to the Beermen at Ynares Center here on Wednesday that put a halt to their unbeaten run in the group phase after going 3-0. While Converge got good offensive numbers, with PBA Press Corps Player of the Week Justin Arana leading six players in double figures with 29, Pineda is hoping that can be as good down on the other end. “We’re still lacking, […]...Keep on reading: PBA: Coach admits Converge defense effort still 'lacking'

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This is how the Hawks could pull off a heist for the ages Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA All the pieces are coming together for Hawthorn – but plenty of questions and intrigue remain. The Hawks have re-signed in-demand free agent Mitch Lewis and resurgent veteran Jack Gunston in the days since this masthead revealed that Gold Coast spearhead Ben King was set to accept Hawthorn’s six-year restricted free agency offer. Lewis could have earned more money if he went to Collingwood, but never met with any other clubs or entertained rival offers. Gold Coast star Ben King wants to…

Strictly Come Dancing bosses have signed the show's youngest ever professional designer, with social media sensation Maddie Ingoldsby, 21, joining the roster. Maddie, who boasts an eye-popping 43.5k followers on Instagram, turned 21 in February and is just months older than former star Chloe Hewitt, who was the youngest signing when she joined in 2016. The six-time World Amateur 10 Dance Champion in competitive ballroom, has been dancing since she was six and is also an actress and is among five new pros joining. The announcement of the new line-up is imminent and The Sun reports Maddie has been added to the list in the wake of the BBC show's…

Olympic bronze-winning former shooter Gagan Narang and weightlifting great N. Kunjarani Devi are also in the five-member committee. File \| Photo Credit: PTI The formation of the much-awaited National Sports Board (NSB) will take some more time after the Sports Ministry extended the deadline for submission of applications for the selection of its chairman and members by 15 days, to August 8. “The original deadline for submission of applications expired on Wednesday (July 22, 2026). "It is hereby informed that the last date for submission of online applications has been extended by 15 days' i.e. from July 22, 2026 to August 6, 2026 up to 20:00 Hrs.,"…

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The full fight card for the upcoming Fist of Fury 12 has officially been unveiled ahead of fight night on Sunday, July 26, at Robinsons Galleria Cebu. Chao Sy International Promotions matchmaker and boxing coach Edcel Tonacao announced the seven-bout card, which is being staged through a partnership between Cebu-based Chao […]...Keep on reading: Fist of Fury 12 full fight card announced

Galatasaray are exploring a creative solution to overcome Eintracht Frankfurt's firm stance in negotiations for Turkish international Can Uzun, with the Süper Lig champions reportedly prepared to include a lucrative future sell-on clause to reduce the upfront transfer fee. The 20-year-old attacking midfielder remains head coach Okan Buruk's top priority this summer, but talks have stalled as Frankfurt continue to value one of their brightest young stars at around 40 million euros ($45.7 million). According to Turkish outlet Sabah, Galatasaray's latest proposal would grant Frankfurt 20% of any future transfer fee should Uzun be sold again. The…

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story. The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political…

Former Mayo goalkeeper David Clarke has praised the impact of Jack Livingstone ahead of Sunday's All-Ireland final against Kerry. Having not started the season as first choice, the Breaffy man made an immediate impact, with crucial saves against Monaghan on his championship debut. Livingstone's excellent shot-stopping continued during wins over Meath, Cork, and Louth, helping bring Mayo to their first final since 2021. Clarke was the man between the sticks for Mayo for years, and was full of praise for Livingstone and how quickly he had adapted. “Top class. He’s kept Mayo in a lot of games. He’s probably made more one-on-one saves or more point-blank…

Arsenal defender Saliba sidelined for ‘extended period’ due to back injury Centre back William Saliba won’t require surgery for injury sustained at World Cup, his club says. Published On 23 Jul 202623 Jul 2026 Arsenal ‌defender William Saliba ⁠will be ⁠sidelined for an extended period after suffering a back injury while playing for France during ⁠the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the reigning Premier League champions say. Saliba was hampered by the injury throughout the tournament in North America, limiting his training. He was substituted in the first half of France’s 2-0 semifinal defeat by Spain and missed the 6-4 third-place playoff loss to England.…

Woodz / Captured from his Instagram Woodz, widely recognized for his hit song “Drowning,” is set to join the cast of a historical action film scheduled to begin shooting in the second half of the year. The singer’s participation was announced Thursday by Hive Media Corp., the production company behind the tentatively titled film “Nambeol,” or “The Southern Campaign” in English. Set in Korea during the 1392-1910 Joseon Dynasty era, the film is billed as a hard-boiled, wuxia-style action feature. Its story follows nine warriors of disparate social backgrounds and talents who embark on a campaign to Japan’s Tsushima Island to rescue Korean captives held…

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As Star Trek: Strange New Worlds continues its journey toward The Original Series, the USS Enterprise crew returns for another set of galaxy-spanning adventures. Season 4 will be the show’s penultimate season, bringing the story closer to the events of the iconic 1960s series, with the tagline promising fans it will go “one step closer to where it all began.” Paul Wesley’s James T. Kirk is set to return as the series moves closer to his eventual command of the Enterprise, adding another chapter to the character’s evolution before he takes over the captain’s chair. Wesley has already put his own spin on the legendary role, following in the footsteps of…

Love Island stars Molly Smith and Tom Clare are married! Bride stuns in a white minidress as they tie the knot in stunning legal ceremony By LILY JOBSON, SHOWBUSINESS REPORTER Published: 03:49 EDT, 23 July 2026 \| Updated: 03:54 EDT, 23 July 2026 Molly Smith and Tom Clare have tied the knot in a stunning legal ceremony. The couple, who met on Love Island All Stars back in January 2024, announced the joyful news in an Instagram snap on Thursday. 'Husband and wife', Molly captioned her post. The bride looked flawless in a white minidress as she kissed her new husband after saying 'I Do' in the registry office. Tom and Molly won the All Stars series of…

On July 23, 2026 (Thursday), Jana Nayagan, starring Tamil Nadu CM and star-actor Vijay hit the screens across the world. Fans across Tamil Nadu turned out in large numbers to celebrate the movie, directed by H Vinoth. Theatres in the state witnessed festive scenes, including drum performances, milk abhishekams on Vijay’s cutouts and posters, and fireworks. The first-day-first-show (FDFS) celebrations reflected the massive anticipation surrounding the film, which is billed as Vijay’s final outing on the silver screen. Jana Nayagan arrives two months after Vijay assumed office as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, marking his transition from cinema to…

She instantly became a pop culture icon after bursting into the public eye as loudmouthed Page 3 girl, Jordan. Having tried her hand at modelling, singing, presenting, campaigning and reality TV, the glamour model quickly became a household name in Britain. Yet while Katie Price's moniker will ring a bell for both young and old, you would be forgiven for not recognising the star on sight alone, with Katie famously undergoing numerous cosmetic procedures over the years. After two decades in the spotlight, Katie is almost unrecognisable from the naturally pretty teenager who burst on to the modelling scene at the age of 16, with her natural curls and…

The much-awaited farewell film of Vijay , 'Jana Nayagan,' has started its theatrical run on a promising note at the box office. The H. Vinoth directorial has seen packed theatres and celebratory scenes across Tamil Nadu and overseas, with fans turning the release into a festival. After months of delay and unprecedented hype, the film is finally in theatres, and all eyes are on whether it can convert the positive opening day buzz into record-breaking collections over the weekend. 'Jana Nayagan' earns Rs 11.37 crore India net from morning shows According to Sacnilk, 'Jana Nayagan' has collected Rs 11.37 crore India net on its opening day from 4,616…

Series The Odyssey Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of the epic poem has hit screens. Love it or hate it, the film has sparked a lot of discussion. Here, we bring some of it together. 7 stories Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more.

Fans gather in large numbers outside Chennai’s Rohini Theatre for the first day first show celebrations of Vijay’s Jana Nayagan. The film’s release comes after months of anticipation, legal challenges, and controversies, including censor certificate issues and an online leak of an HD print. Directed by H. Vinoth and featuring music by Anirudh, Jana Nayagan marks a significant moment for Vijay’s career as fans celebrate what they call “one last dance” on the big screen.

In life, you often have to meet something at what it is, not what you want it to be. This is the logic that I need you to apply to Ransom Canyon season 2 when you watch it, as all eight episodes drop on Netflix on July 23. This Western drama soap opera hybrid serves to entertain, but it doesn't ever aim to cross a boundary. It's not striving to be the best TV show of 2026, or do anything remotely challenging or ambitious. Ransom Canyon is a show that stays in its subtly cringe and often stereotypical lane... and for that, I'm thankful. I don't need all of my television to be profound, life-changing or even that meaningful. Sometimes, I just want to…

Akshay Gangwar / Android Authority TL;DR Spotify has launched a new “Music Video Charts Global” playlist. The new playlist will contain the top 50 most-streamed music videos. The playlist will be refreshed every day at 6:00 PM ET. Spotify started showing music videos to its premium subscribers back in 2024 and brought the feature to the US towards the tail end of 2025. Now, the company is taking things one step further in its effort to get more loyal YouTube fans to switch to the music streaming service as their go-to music video streaming solution. Spotify today announced that it is bringing music video charts to its users with the launch of its…

Ali B cancels talk amid fears of media spectacle July 23, 2026 Photo: Ramon van Flymen/ANP See more DutchNews articles in your Google search results See more DutchNews articles in your Google search results Add as a favourite source on Google Add DutchNews as a favourite source on Google Rapper and convicted rapist Ali B has pulled out of a business event where he was supposed to be speaking on Thursday in Vinkeveen. The Missing Pieces entrepreneurial event has also been postponed until a later date. “Due to the exceptionally large number of media applications for the Missing Pieces event, the evening is in danger of becoming a media spectacle. That…

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Spoilers for Ransom Canyon season 2 ahead. I shouldn't love Ransom Canyon as much as I do, but theVirgin Rivermeets Yellowstone Western drama always has a way of hooking me back in. In season 2, we've explored a lot of overarching storylines that were first established back in season 1. The land feud between the Double K and Fuller ranches has become more ferocious, local bar owner Quinn (Minka Kelly) has left for New York despite her on-off relationship with rancher Staten (Josh Duhamel), and mysterious newcomer Yancy (Jack Schumacher) has revealed to new love interest Ellie (Marianly Tejada) that he has a secret wife. Latest Videos From But by the…

Visitors explore behind-the-scenes areas of the Incheon Culture and Arts Center during a backstage tour. Courtesy of Incheon Culture and Arts Center For most theatergoers, the magic of the performing arts exists entirely on stage, where a curated world of soft spotlighting, flawless acoustics and synchronized cues are enjoyed by the audience at a distance. To close that gap, the Incheon Culture and Arts Center will invite the public to enter the complex, high-stakes engine room behind the spectacle on Aug. 19. The center said Thursday that it will host its 2026 Backstage Tour, offering ordinary citizens unprecedented access to the hidden architecture…

The xx, Khruangbin and Massive Attack are set to headline Fuji Rock Festival this weekend. But don’t be surprised if Kaze Fujii steals the spotlight. Held annually at Naeba Ski Resort in Niigata Prefecture, Japan’s premier summer music festival has increasingly embraced homegrown stars alongside its international lineup. Last year, city pop legend Tatsuro Yamashita transformed the main Green Stage into the weekend’s hottest destination ahead of U.S. headliner Vulfpeck. Fujii looks poised for a similarly defining moment this Saturday. Shortly after this year’s lineup was announced in February, Fuji Rock’s website briefly crashed due to a surge of…

From Roysten Abel’s A Hundred Charmers \| Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Bejewelled howdahs on stately elephants, ornately patterned flying carpets and the simple snake charmer with his commonplace basket housing terrifying cargo. India of yore had a romance that has since faded into fables, but one can catch an echo of that past with Roysten Abel’s A Hundred Charmers, which will be staged in Bengaluru onJuly 26. The musical which debuted in 2014, features 100 snake charmers performing classic and contemporary tunes on the been, the traditional wind instrument of their profession crafted out of a hollowed-out gourd and bamboo reeds. According to…

K-pop boy group Cortis / Courtesy of BigHit Music The latest album from K-pop boy group Cortis has sold more than 3 million copies, its agency said Thursday, making it the second triple million-seller among albums released so far this year. BigHit Music said Cortis' second EP, "GreenGreen," recorded cumulative sales of 3,099,000 copies, citing data released by Circle Chart for the week of July 12-18. It took 11 weeks for the group to hit the milestone since the album was released May 4. "GreenGreen" became the second album released in Korea this year to become a triple million-seller, following BTS' fifth studio album, "Arirang." The album's lead…

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SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- The latest album from K-pop boy group Cortis has sold more than 3 million copies, its agency said Thursday, making it the second triple million-seller among albums released so far this year. BigHit Music said Cortis' second EP, "GreenGreen," recorded cumulative sales of 3,099,000 copies, citing data released by Circle Chart for the week of July 12-18. It took 11 weeks for the group to hit the milestone since the album was released May 4. "GreenGreen" became the second album released in South Korea this year to become a triple million-seller, following BTS' fifth studio album, "Arirang." The album's lead track, "RedRed," has…

An Italian firefighter died on Wednesday while battling flames in southern Sicily, where dozens of forest and bush fires are raging, authorities said. Around 100 residents, as well as 22 patients from a clinic in the inland town of Santo Stefano Quisquina – where temperatures have exceeded 40°C in recent days – were evacuated on Wednesday, according to the fire service. The blaze, which has been raging for several days, has temporarily cut off the drinking water supply to around 20 municipalities, according to the local water supplier. “6,000 personnel have been deployed and 20 aircraft are in operation,” said the region’s president Renato Schifani on…

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Save our town: Lancelin residents take coastal erosion fight to city centre Updated July 23, 2026 — 5:23pm,first published July 23, 2026 — 5:00am Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA Dozens of Lancelin residents poured into Forrest Place on Thursday morning, armed with signs and banners with one message: “save our town”. Almost 100 residents aged seven to 80 chanted “no surrender, no retreat” as they peacefully protested in Perth city to try and raise awareness of their coastal erosion fight. Lancelin locals jumped on a bus on Thursday morning to take part in the Lancelin Rescue…

With a dune as its last defence, a WA town buses into the city to demand action Updated July 23, 2026 — 5:23pm,first published July 23, 2026 — 5:00am Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA Dozens of Lancelin residents poured into Forrest Place on Thursday morning, armed with signs and banners with one message: “save our town”. Almost 100 residents aged seven to 80 chanted “no surrender, no retreat” as they peacefully protested in Perth city to try and raise awareness of their coastal erosion fight. Lancelin locals jumped on a bus on Thursday morning to take part in the Lancelin…

The Tamil Nadu government has appointed senior Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer A. Udhayan as the new Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Head of Forest Force), the highest post in the State Forest Department. Mr. Udhayan, a 1991-batch IFS officer of the Tamil Nadu cadre, is currently the Director of the Advanced Institute for Wildlife Conservation (AIWC), Vandalur, a position he has held since June 14, 2022. Before taking charge at the institute, he served as Chairman of the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) from October 2021 to June 2022. According to a government order issued by the Environment, Climate Change and Forests Department…

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NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Thursday initiated a suo motu public interest litigation (PIL) to oversee the implementation of the Supreme Court's directions on the management of stray dogs in the national capital. "I don't know about Delhi, but in Rajasthan, there are two groups - one against pets and the other dog lovers. We have to strike a balance. These days there is a big fight between dog lovers and dog haters. The common man is really troubled. There are dog bite incidents every day. The monkey menace is even more serious," the bench observed. A division bench of Justice Dinesh Mehta and Justice Rajneesh Kumar Gupta issued notices to the…

A Northern Territory minister has been criticised for scientifically inaccurate claims that groundwater in the Northern Territory needs to be used to prevent the Earth’s magnetic poles from flipping. The NT minister for trade and business, Robyn Cahill, made the claim while speaking in Darwin last week about the government’s push to make the territory “the datacentre capital of the globe”. “For datacentres, the water supply is already in existence. It’s mainly subterranean,” she said. “The water supply that Darwin has is extraordinary.” “There’s scientific evidence to suggest that we have so much water underground in the Northern Territory that it…

Major carmakers privately lobbied the UK government to revoke a ban on new petrol and diesel cars after 2035, according to documents that reveal for the first time the efforts to overturn a key decarbonisation policy. BMW, Ford, Nissan and Toyota, plus the parts maker Bosch, wrote a joint letter to ministers in April calling for an “open technology approach” including petrol and diesel cars after 2035, when the government had said new cars must produce zero carbon emissions. The letter was obtained by The Fast Charge newsletter via a freedom of information request and shared with the Guardian. The companies wrote that the government should allow…

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Comfortably settled north of Toronto in a five-bedroom, six-bathroom family home on a sprawling estate with a movie theatre and space for nine cars in the garage, Carlo Bruzzese doesn't appear at first like a man on the run. A married father of four, public records show he lives at the same address as his mother and owns a business in the construction industry. But in his native Italy, prosecutors consider Bruzzese a high-ranking criminal operative — a fugitive wanted for 16 years — in the Calabrian 'ndrangheta, a powerful syndicate known for drug trafficking, bid-rigging and extortion. The son and son-in-law of purported mob bosses both expelled from…

Mexican authorities are probing an alleged condo fraud scheme in the tourist hot spot state of Quintana Roo that wiped out a Canadian couple’s retirement savings. The couple, Cindy Thompson and Glenn Brown of Curve Lake, Ont., sent $280,000 Cdn to a company co-owned by a British and Mexican national who promised big returns on a condo-flip play in Playa del Carmen that never materialized. Thompson and Brown’s money vanished, along with their retirement plans. "I’m just overwhelmed by it all," said Thompson, 62. "We’ll have to work until we die," said Brown, 63. While the couple hired a local lawyer who filed a criminal complaint, the case seemed to…

MUMBAI: Mumbai Police on Thursday ordered an inquiry into a viral video purportedly showing a police driver threatening student protesters with fabricated criminal cases if they returned to agitate. The widely shared video allegedly shows the driver warning students that drugs would be planted on them and that they would be booked under narcotics laws, forcing them to spend the rest of their lives in jail if they took part in further protests. A police official said an inquiry had been ordered into the incident. “After verifying the facts, the driver concerned has been removed from his present posting till the completion of the inquiry,” the…

Man charged after Malvern East rampage, chainsaw siege Eleanor Campbell July 23, 2026 — 5:53pm Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA A Malvern East man was arrested following a three-hour siege after he allegedly smashed several cars, assaulted a driver and threatened police with a chainsaw before barricading himself inside his house. Christopher Egan-Lee, 43, was charged with several offences including unlawful assault and criminal damage after he allegedly went on a violent rampage around the suburb on Saturday night. Footage seen by this masthead shows Egan-Lee repeatedly…

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Family members of Raja Raghuvanshi, who was allegedly murdered during his honeymoon in Meghalaya, cut out the picture of his wife Sonam Raghuvanshi from a poster of their marriage after she was accused of plotting his murder, in Indore. \| Photo Credit: PTI The Meghalaya police have filed a 790-page charge sheet against five persons in the case related to the murder of Indore businessman Raja Raghuvanshi at Sohra on May 23. Vivek Syiem, the Superintendent of Police of the East Khasi Hills district, said the charge sheet filed in the Sohra Subdivision Court is against Sonam Raghuvanshi, the wife of the deceased, her alleged lover Raj Kushwaha and three…

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Vilathikulam DMK MLA G.V. Markandayan speaking to the media at Thoothukudi Government Medical College Hospital where he was brought for medical examination following his arrest on July 20, 2026 \| Photo Credit: N. Rajesh The Madras High Court (July 23, 2026) agreed to take up for urgent hearing on Thursday (July 23, 2026) a petition filed by Vilathikulam DMK MLA G.V. Markandayan, who had been arrested for having reportedly stated that his party legislators would “break the bones” of Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay in the Legislative Assembly. Justice G.K. Ilanthiraiyan granted a lunch motion, following an oral mention made by the counsel for the…

Police have arrested a masseur accused of sexually assaulting a pregnant British tourist during a massage session at her Majorcan hotel. The 50-year-old was held on Tuesday after his alleged victim fled the room she was receiving an arranged massage in and alerted her husband. Officers had to calm the 30-year-old woman down after being called to the hotel in the resort of Calas de Mallorca on Majorca's eastern coast and finding her 'highly distressed and crying.' She told them there had been no problems initially, but the worker began moving his hands up her inner thigh towards her groin at one point in the massage session and ignored her demands to…

The Special Investigation Team (SIT) investigating the Sabarimala gold theft case on Thursday (July 23, 2026) recorded the arrest of former Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) president P.S. Prasanth and former board member A. Ajikumar. Both are currently being interrogated at the Kollam Police Club, following which they will be produced before the Vigilance Court. The case pertains to the unauthorised transport of the Dwarapalaka sculptures to Chennai in 2025, in which Mr. Prasanth was named as an accused. Murari Babu is listed as the primary accused in the case. The other key accused named include Unnikrishnan Potti (second accused), Pankaj Bhandari…

Mexico · Companies Key Facts —Net sales. MXN 12,933 million (about US$699 million), up 5.7%; same-store sales up 2.9%. —Net income. MXN 671 million (about US$36 million), down 16.4% from MXN 803 million a year earlier. —EBITDA. MXN 1,331 million (about US$72 million); margin fell to 10.3% from 11.7%. —Operating profit. MXN 932 million (about US$50 million), down 9.2%; margin 7.2%. —Store network. 94 units: 39 La Comer, 23 Fresko, 17 City Market, 14 Sumesa and one City Market Cafe. La Comer second quarter profit fell 16.4% from a year earlier, as the upscale Mexican supermarket operator spent heavily on new stores, wages and advertising. Net sales…

Tokenization is the one part of the language modeling stack that almost nobody profiles. Gigatoken, released by Marcel Rød (a PhD student from Stanford) under an MIT license, argues that this was a mistake. The library encodes text at gigabytes per second on a single machine, against baselines that are already multithreaded Rust. The GPT-2 tokenizer benchmarking yields remarkable results: evaluated on the 11.9 GB owt_train.txt corpus using a 144-core AMD EPYC 9565 dual-socket setup, Gigatoken processes data at a staggering 24.53 GB/s. In comparison, OpenAI’s tiktoken achieves 36.0 MB/s, while HuggingFace tokenizers registers at 24.8 MB/s on the…

Glowing skin, deeper sleep, stronger muscles, an alert mind? Such are the enticing promises of peptides, an increasingly buzzy class of substances touted by influencers and celebrities as the key to an optimized life. Starting Thursday, a US review panel convened by the Food and Drug Administration is to consider whether seven of these peptides should be recommended for compounding -- when pharmacists or outsourcing facilities create custom drugs -- as interest in them surges. Many medical experts have warned against that recommendation, citing a lack of evidence. "There's just not enough clinical data to say whether these peptides are safe and…

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Participants raise their hands to speak during a televised public discussion on real estate policy, presided over by President Lee Jae Myung, at the KBS Annex in Seoul, Thursday. Yonhap A live, nationally televised housing policy forum led Thursday by the president himself, a rarity in many countries, highlighted the outsized role real estate plays in Korea’s economy and society. Experts say housing has become more than just shelter for Koreans, serving as a primary store of wealth, a means of securing retirement and a pathway to social mobility amid scarce supply in the Seoul metropolitan area. President Lee Jae Myung convened the public discussion…

Human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja for time to obtain subpoenas compelling the Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, to testify in his ongoing cybercrime and criminal defamation trial. The request was made during Wednesday’s proceedings after a prosecution witness, DSS official Uwem Davies, told the court that he acted on the directive of the agency’s Director-General when he wrote a letter directing Sowore to remove social media posts concerning President Bola Tinubu. Counsel to the defendant, Adeyinka…

Malacañang wants us to believe it will protect our country’s interests in light of Pax Silica, but this government consistently chooses profit over people...Keep on reading: What the hell is Pax Silica and what can we do to stop it?

US-listed spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have attracted about $1 billion in net inflows over seven straight trading sessions. Spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded $68.99 million in net inflows on Wednesday, bringing cumulative inflows since July 14 to $999.38 million, according to data from SoSoValue. The current streak remains below April’s nine-session run, when spot Bitcoin ETFs attracted $2.1 billion in net inflows. Daily flows in US-listed spot Bitcoin ETFs since July 14. Source: SoSoValue Wednesday’s inflows were below Tuesday’s $203 million as Bitcoin price fell below $66,000. At publishing time, BTC traded at about $65,729, down roughly 0.3%…

Circle CSO Dante Disparte speaks during a media briefing at Josun Palace hotel in Seoul, Thursday. Korea Times photo by Lee Yeon-woo Korea’s advanced banking and payments infrastructure may be masking the urgency around digital assets, even as the technology is rapidly emerging as a matter of national interest and broader national security worldwide, a Circle executive said Thursday. While the country can afford to take a cautious approach to regulation, it should not move so slowly that it falls behind in digital asset adoption, he said. Circle is the issuer of USDC, a stablecoin pegged to the U.S. dollar. "The urgency, I believe, isn't widely…

Kakao Group has partnered with stablecoin issuer Circle to explore payment infrastructure for won-backed stablecoins as South Korea prepares a broader regulatory framework for crypto assets. On Thursday, the companies announced that Kakao, Kakao Pay and Kakao Bank had signed a strategic memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Circle Internet Group. Under the agreement, the companies will explore ways to connect Circle’s blockchain and global payment infrastructure with Kakao’s consumer platforms and financial services. The agreement highlights how major South Korean consumer and financial platforms are positioning themselves ahead of expected…

VIDEO Four days from application to license In many countries, obtaining a driver's license means waiting weeks between separate appointments. Korea consolidates the process into a single facility. Applicants complete a pretest traffic safety education, a written exam, a practical test and an on-road test — a sequence that can be finished in as little as four days for a Type 2 automatic license. Korea has signed mutual recognition agreements with more than 140 countries and territories, allowing holders to exchange their license for a local one without retesting. Standardized procedures, automated scoring Examiner assignments are drawn at random each…

MANILA, Philippines — Philippine vehicle sales extended their slump in June, falling 8 percent year-on-year to 37,231 units, even as stabilizing fuel prices and improving supply helped the market rebound from the previous month. This brought the total automotive sales to 204,557 units as of the first half, down by 11.4 percent from 230,912 in the same period last year, based on data released on Thursday by the Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines Inc. (Campi) and Truck Manufacturers Association Inc. READ: Auto sales picked up in May on steadier fuel prices In June alone, sales rose 11 percent […]...Keep on reading: Philippine auto…

NEW DELHI/BEIJING – Indian makers of solar panels are being forced to shut factories as they face waits stretching up to eight months for domestic components to replace Chinese imports as the government pushes to beef up domestic manufacturing, industry sources say. The disruptions, triggered by rules that took effect on June 1, threaten thousands of jobs and investment of nearly $4 billion, manufacturers and analysts said, while imperiling India’s 2030 target to boost solar energy capacity. “We have suffered a lot due to the domestic cell unavailability for the past three months,” said Shailendra Shukla, chairman of Icon ​Solar, a module maker, who…

For selling inbred rice seeds packed in sacks with the markings “DA (Department of Agriculture)” and “Not For Sale,” a commercial farm supplier that does business in Sanchez Mira town was directed to cease operations for three months. INQUIRER FILES TUGUEGARAO CITY- For selling inbred rice seeds packed in sacks with the markings “DA (Department of Agriculture)” and “Not For Sale,” a commercial farm supplier that does business in Sanchez Mira town was directed to cease operations for three months. Sanchez Mira agriculturist Ridel Cabulisan earlier received complaints from farmers that a commercial supplier was selling them government-distributed inbred…

CONSOLACION, Cebu – Another alleged case of reckless driving on a Cebu highway has been caught on camera. A concerned ka-Siloy shared with CDN Digital a video showing what appeared to be a public utility bus dangerously overtaking several vehicles along the roads in San Fernando town, southern Cebu, on Thursday morning, July 23. Based […]...Keep on reading: SILOY IS WATCHING: Reckless driving of public bus in south Cebu on video

Indian makers of solar panels are being forced to shut factories as they face waits stretching ​up to eight months for domestic components to replace Chinese imports as the government pushes to beef up domestic manufacturing, industry sources say. The disruptions, triggered by rules that took effect on June 1, threaten thousands of jobs and investment ⁠of nearly $4 billion, manufacturers and analysts said, while imperiling India's 2030 target to ⁠boost solar energy capacity. "We have suffered a lot due to the domestic cell unavailability for the past three months," said Shailendra Shukla, chairman of Icon Solar, a module maker, who expects production…

Tesla said Wednesday that its profits fell last quarter as the car company run by Elon Musk shoveled more money into research and development, cutting into profits from a sharp increase in vehicle sales. The Austin, Texas, company reported second-quarter net income of $1.11 billion, or 32 cents per share. Excluding certain items, earnings were 33 cents per share, well short of the 53 cents per share forecast by Wall Street analysts, according to FactSet. Revenue rose 26% to $28.24 billion, beating analysts’ forecast of $26.42 billion. While the core car business had a solid quarter, Tesla is now focused on building out the infrastructure and AI…

(ATTN: RECASTS throughout; ADDS photo) SEOUL, July 23 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea's leading automaker, said Thursday its second-quarter net profit fell 11.2 percent from a year earlier due to higher costs and production losses. Net profit for the three months ended in June declined to 2.88 trillion won (US$2 billion) from 3.25 trillion won a year earlier, the company said in a press release. "Higher raw material costs and production losses caused by a fire at a major parts supplier weighed on quarterly earnings," the company said. Operating profit fell 20.8 percent to 2.85 trillion won from 3.6 trillion won a year earlier, while sales…

Hong Kong has approved its first trial scheme for fully driverless autonomous vehicles, with the technology to be tested on Airport Island without a person at the wheel as a backup for the first time. The Transport Department announced on Thursday that it had expanded the scope of a pilot licence for autonomous vehicle trial schemes in North Lantau, after concluding that earlier remote-operation tests had met safety requirements. “We are pleased to confirm that the autonomous vehicle tests have been ideal, safe and operating smoothly,” Commissioner for Transport Winnie Tse Wing-yee said. Since February, autonomous vehicle trials on Airport Island were…

Representatives from Team Naver demonstrate a robot delivery service at Tokyo Midtown Yaesu, Tuesday. Courtesy of Team Naver Team Naver, the official, company-wide moniker for Naver's collaborative organizational structure, is bringing the smart building technologies developed at its 1784 headquarters in Korea to a major commercial complex in Tokyo, marking the first external deployment of its robotics-based building operating system. Naver said Tuesday that it will apply its smart building technology solutions to Tokyo Midtown Yaesu in partnership with NTT East and Mitsui Fudosan. The 45-story mixed-use complex connected to Tokyo Station includes…

Outspoken Labor MP Ed Husic claims the party has become “allergic” to dissent and dispute, warning the unity on show at its tightly controlled national conference could backfire. The former industry minister broke ranks with the government on the first day of Labor’s 50th party conference to support a gas export tax, endorse Indigenous truth-telling and press for more criticism of Israel’s conduct in Gaza. As factional powerbrokers negotiated behind-the-scenes to avert contested debates on the conference floor, Husic hit out at the party’s culture under Anthony Albanese. “This whole thing of being allergic to dissent [and] dispute, I don’t think that…

Argentina · Business Key Facts —First-half surplus. Argentina’s trade surplus reached US$13.923 billion in January–June 2026, according to the national statistics agency INDEC. —Energy engine. Fuel and energy exports from the Vaca Muerta shale formation generated a surplus of almost US$6 billion, the highest this century. —Export jump. Total exports rose 24.4% year on year to US$49.454 billion, while imports fell 3.9% to US$35.531 billion. —Monthly peak. May 2026 delivered a record monthly surplus of US$3.5 billion, before easing to US$2.194 billion in June. —Reserve gap. Despite the trade windfall, the central bank’s net foreign-exchange reserves…

The world is entering a period of rapid geopolitical realignment. The conflicts unfolding in the Middle East and along Russia’s borders with the West are not merely regional disputes; they are symptomatic of a deeper contest between two poles of global power — China and the United States — over the shape of the emerging world order. In this environment, smaller and middle powers risk being viewed simply as territory to be absorbed into one bloc or another. Russia and Iran are two states that deserve closer attention in this context. It would be a mistake to assume that their geopolitical weight can simply be written out of a new order defined by…

European Union countries on Thursday agreed a new watered-down round of sanctions on Russia over the Ukraine war after weeks of haggling, freezing the level of an oil price cap. The package - the 21st by the EU since Moscow's 2022 invasion - was held up by a raft of objections by member states to various proposed elements. "Our 21st sanctions package targets the sectors with the highest impact: energy, financial services, crypto, and trade," European Council head Antonio Costa posted online. Diplomats said the final hurdle was overcome after Greece was granted an exemption allowing one of its shipping firms to carry on transporting Russian liquefied…

MANILA – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. inaugurated the Ibato-Iraan Small Reservoir Irrigation Project (SRIP) in Aborlan, Palawan, on Thursday, July 20, 2026. The Ibato-Iraan SRIP is Palawan’s largest irrigation facility and the island-province’s first reservoir-type irrigation project, which Marcos described it as a major investment in food security that will provide farmers with a stable […]...Keep on reading: PBBM leads inauguration of Palawan's largest irrigation dam

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story. The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political…

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story. The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political…

Kumho Petrochemical's plant in Yeosu, South Jeolla Province / Courtesy of Kumho Petrochemical Kumho Petrochemical Group is accelerating its shift toward research and development to reshape its business around higher-value products and advanced materials as the global petrochemical industry grapples with weakening demand and persistent oversupply. The group said Thursday it is directing more investment toward specialty chemicals, sustainable materials and manufacturing process innovation as it seeks to improve profitability while positioning itself for long-term growth. The strategy also reflects a broader shift from being primarily a materials…

The dismantling and transportation to Ukraine of equipment from a combined heat and power (CHP) plant in Lubmin, which was previously used to heat gas from Nord Stream 1, is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2027. The German energy company SEFE, the majority owner of the plant's operator, Industriekraftwerk Greifswald GmbH (IKG), told this to Ukrinform's correspondent in Germany. "The agreement on the transfer remains in force, and the IKG site was handed over to Naftogaz at the beginning of July. Companies engaged by the Ukrainian side will apparently begin dismantling and transporting the power plant components in the near future,"…

MOSCOW, July 23. /TASS/. French energy company TotalEnergies increased its liquefied natural gas (LNG) sales in January-June by 9% year-on-year, according to the company's report. LNG sales totaled 23.1 mln metric tons, up from 21.2 mln metric tons a year earlier. At the same time, Q2 sales were 13% lower than in the Q1, amounting to 10.7 mln metric tons. TotalEnergies' LNG sales revenue fell 9% in the first half of the year to $2.125 bln. In the Q2, the figure declined 22% year-on-year to $807 mln and was 39% lower than in the previous quarter.