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LIV CEO says circuit facing ‘very compressed timeline’ to secure funding deal
With the Saudi Public Investment Fund withdrawing its support after the end of the current season, LIV faces an uncertain future that could
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Trump says he’ll meet Kim this year, reveals North Korea has 57 nuclear weapons
North Korean leader's powerful sister downplays cut to joint military exercises with South, but leaves door open to dialogue with U.S.
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Ex-Meta staffer says daughter, 14, was prey on Instagram
Meta has denied wrongdoing, saying it has continuously improved tools to protect kids and calling the states' proposed penalties "outlandish
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Mossad chief, Syrian foreign minister discussed Turkish deployments before strikes, sources say
The August 14 call is one of the highest-level contacts yet between Israel and the Damascus administration led by President Ahmed al-Sharaa.
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AI didn’t ruin these films. It made them possible.
AI-generated films inspire plenty of skepticism. But what happens when the technology gives more artists a chance to create?
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Comiket draws 260,000 fans, participants from record 76 countries
More than a quarter million attendees, including around 9,000 cosplayers, attended the convention held at Tokyo Bight Sight.
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Udon billionaire bets that thick noodles will win over Americans
The challenge is scaling up the business and finding a way to win over consumers unfamiliar with a staple of no-frills Japanese cuisine.
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Japanese cross-party lawmaker group to visit China next week
It will be the first time for a Japanese lawmaker group to meet with a Chinese Communist Party official since November.
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Foreign visitors to Japan increased 0.1% in July
The uptick comes despite visitors from mainland China dropping 56.1% due to the Chinese government's advisory against travel to Japan.
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China finishes first phase of construction at South China Sea reef, images show
The project, on Antelope Reef in the Paracels archipelago, involves building a man-made island analysts say will form part of China's larges
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‘American Doctor’ shows brutality of conflict in Gaza
Director Poh Si Teng makes no attempt to explain the rights or wrongs of the conflict, focusing instead on the work in Gaza of three America
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Chinese AI video is coming for more than Hollywood
Outside of Alphabet's Google, nearly all of the leading video-generation models are Chinese.
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Former Takenaka manager arrested for breach of trust over Osaka Expo project
Tatsumi Kawai, 61, is suspected of conspiring with a subcontractor to have it repeatedly overcharge in 2025, resulting in ¥13.69 million in
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Italian scientists bet on octopus to fight crab invasion
The invasive and voracious crustacean has ravaged shellfish production in the Adriatic.
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Sabbath clashes over Jerusalem cafe expose Israel’s social fault lines
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has relied politically on ultra-Orthodox Jews for nearly two decades, and has helped the ultra-Ort
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TikTok is exploring feature to send money over direct messages
The move would extend the social media app's push into financial services.
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Japan’s bad market week continues, with the yen, bonds and stocks struggling
Fiscal concerns are denting investor confidence, while a global tech rout is a contributing factor.
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LG Energy may supply batteries for U.S. drones in pivot to defense
The potential shift highlights broader moves by commercial companies as Washington pushes to replenish munitions used in the Iran and Ukrain
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As campaigns begin in Nigeria, Tinubu’s reelection bid puts his party on trial
The gap between improving economic indicators and worsening household finances is likely to define the campaign.
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As Europe rearms, Italy’s fragmented space sector faces a scale test
Italy's space sector is known for niche engineering expertise but remains dominated by small and medium-size companies.
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Japanese nuclear power plant death threatens to delay restart
A worker was killed after falling into a silo containing gravel needed to help build a seawall at Unit 3 of the Tomari plant late on Tuesday
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Americans love giant trucks — but they’re killing us
An key obstacle is that U.S. automakers apparently can't make money on anything but large vehicles.
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U.S. sanctions Japanese ICC chief, testing Tokyo’s support for global court
The move by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump presents a dilemma for Tokyo, a strong backer of multilateral groupings and a
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Japan to require AI firms to disclose training data
A draft code has been drawn up amid growing concerns that texts and images may be used to train AI models without consent, potentially infri
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