SEOUL, South Korea: An industrial robot grabbed and crushed a worker to death at a vegetable packaging plant in South Korea, police said on Nov 9, as they investigated whether the machine was defective or improperly designed. Police said early evidence suggests that human error was more likely to blame …

SEPANG, Nov 9 — Reigning world champion, Francesco Bagnaia foresees an intense race in the 2023 Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix (MotoGP) at the Sepang International Circuit (SIC) this weekend. Not only that, the Ducati Lenovo Team rider said the impending rain come race day could present a formidable challenge for …

RIGA (Reuters) – Latvia’s parliament on Thursday voted to allow same-sex couples to establish civil unions, providing them with legal recognition but fewer rights than married couples. Homosexuality remains a divisive topic in Latvia, whose legislators in 2005 changed the constitution to define marriage as only allowed between a man …

KUALA LUMPUR: Spanish arbitrator Gonzalo Stampa, who controversially ordered Malaysia to pay US$14.92bil to self-proclaimed heirs of the defunct Sulu Sultanate, will face charges in the Madrid Court on Dec 11, says Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said. The Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reforms) said the …

PARIS (Reuters) – France have called up Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Warren Zaire-Emery for the first time, with the 17-year-old included in the squad to face Gibraltar and Greece in their Euro 2024 qualifiers by coach Didier Deschamps on Thursday. The teenager has been in impressive form this season, scoring twice …

KUALA LUMPUR: The increasing number of opposition Members of Parliament (MPs) declaring their support for Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim puts to rest rumours that the Unity Government formed after the 15th General Election in November last year would soon end, say analysts. With the recent backing from four …

MADRID (Reuters) -Spain’s acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez looked set to clinch another term in office after his Socialist Party (PSOE) on Thursday secured the backing of Catalan separatists Junts to form a government. A law granting amnesty to those prosecuted over Catalonia’s attempt to secede from Spain was included …

People online in China who assumed the hugely popular 2021 TikTok meme, Jiafei, was an artificial intelligence fake have been astonished to learn the iconic profile belongs to a real person. On Oct 16, a model from Beijing, surnamed Dai, said the meme was one of three selfies she took …

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 9 — The country’s Moto3 rider Syarifuddin Azman, better known as Damok, is ready to hunt for points at the 2023 Malaysian Grand Prix (GP) World Championship this weekend at the Sepang International Circuit (SIC). Damok is determined to perform well on his home track, after failing …

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia and Russia signed eight memoranda of understanding (MOU) involving higher education institutions of both countries to strengthen and expand cooperation in various fields. Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin said the MOUs include establishing mirror labs; student mobility; satellite labs; double degrees; matching grants; joint …