SEOUL (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit South Korea on Nov. 8 and 9 to discuss North Korea and alliance issues with Foreign Minister Park Jin, South Korea’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday. Park and Blinken will also discuss economic security, cooperation on industrial technology and regional …

HENDAYE, France: The vast waste and pollution caused by the fashion industry has made recycling clothes a top priority, but only now are simple tasks like pulling the sole off a shoe being done by machines. Cetia, a company in the southwest of France, is finally offering some mechanical solutions …

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Rugby Australia chairman Hamish McLennan said that there is plenty of interest in the Wallabies’ head coaching role after Eddie Jones’ exit and that the position will be open to foreign candidates. The organisation confirmed on Tuesday it had accepted Jones’s resignation as a “sensible outcome” after …

PUTRAJAYA: The Malaysia Competition Commission (MyCC) has failed in its application to review the Federal Court’s previous decision in refusing to give the regulatory body leave to pursue its appeal to reinstate RM10mil in fines imposed on Malaysian Airlines (MAS) and AirAsia Berhad for breaching a market-sharing prohibition. MyCC’s review …

SAN FRANCISCO: From Hollywood’s death-dealing Terminator to warnings from genius Stephen Hawking or Silicon Valley stars, fears have been fuelled that artificial intelligence (AI) could one day destroy humanity. Tech titans are racing toward creating AI far smarter than people, pushing US President Joe Biden to impose emergency regulation and …

BANGI: The Netherlands has agreed to support Malaysia at the second meeting regarding the European Union’s Deforestation-free Products Regulation (EUDR) this December, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof. Speaking to reporters following his meeting with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte today, Fadillah, who is also the Minister of …

JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesian President Joko Widodo broke ground on Wednesday for construction of several projects ranging from an airport, toll-road and hospital to a hotel in a planned new capital city, Nusantara. Widodo’s $32-billion flagship project to move the seat of government out of the congested city of Jakarta has …

JOHOR BARU: Police here have arrested eight people in connection with an illegal money lending syndicate for threatening and intimidating borrowers, says Johor police chief Comm Datuk Kamarul Zaman Mamat. He said the suspects were caught between Oct 22 and Oct 25 in Kota Tinggi, Seri Alam and Segamat, adding …

SINGAPORE: Asian stocks edged higher on Wednesday ahead of a keenly awaited policy decision from the Federal Reserve later in the day, while the yen was stuck near one-year lows against the dollar as Tokyo ramped up intervention warnings. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was 0.14% higher. …

LONDON (Reuters) – Sportswear brands like Adidas and Puma are seeking to take advantage of a flirtation with soccer by the fashion world to reach a new customer base, building in part on demand created by this summer’s successful Women’s World Cup. With celebrities like Kim Kardashian seen attending matches …