SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean regulators and police this week vowed to combat sexually exploitative deepfakes, urging Telegram and other social media companies to cooperate with them as they crack down on the practice. WHAT HAS CAUSED THE RECENT UPROAR IN SOUTH KOREA? Several domestic media outlets reported recently that …

BACKI PETROVAC, Serbia/RAHOVEC, Kosovo (Reuters) – Rastislav Pucovski held a fistful of soy beans shriveled to the size of peppercorns on his farmland in northern Serbia where the soil, dried to dust by drought, swirled in the wind. A brief rain shower, the first in over 40 days, offered no …

KUALA LUMPUR: Amanah Saham Nasional Bhd (ASNB) has announced a total income distribution payout of RM1.13bil for its Amanah Saham Malaysia 2 – Wawasan (ASM 2 Wawasan) fixed price fund for the financial year ending Aug 31, 2024. In a statement, the unit trust arm of Permodalan Nasional Bhd, said …

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s largest public transport project has achieved something few urban planners expect: social media fame. The A$21.6 billion ($15 billion) Sydney Metro line along a major north-southwest artery has featured in hundreds of photos and videos on TikTok and Instagram since it opened in late August. In …

AS HYDROGEN continues to fuel Malaysia’s ambitions of being among the world’s leading hydrogen economies by 2050, the idea of producing that resource comes in the form of using Sarawak’s many hydroelectric projects. However hydrogen, although an abundant element in our world, remains bound to other elements and extracting that …

(Reuters) – Girona manager Michel said on Thursday club fans should enjoy their first ever taste of European soccer as the Catalan side are set to face the likes of Liverpool, Paris Saint-Germain, Arsenal and AC Milan in the Champions League this season. Fired up by their commanding 4-0 victory …

(Reuters) – Affirm shares rose 33% on Thursday after the buy-now-pay-later lender trounced estimates for quarterly results and said it expects to be profitable by the fourth quarter of next fiscal year, sooner than Wall Street had forecast. Cash burn has been one of the biggest drags on the valuation …

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has ordered an investigation into the death in custody of a defendant in the northern city of Lahijan, state media reported on Thursday. “Following the tragic incident in Lahijan, the president ordered the interior minister to form a committee to investigate all aspects …

SINGAPORE: Johor state investment agency, Invest Johor, and lender UOB today signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that will drive investment opportunities into the upcoming Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ). The agreement was signed by Invest Johor chief executive officer (CEO) Natazha Hariss and UOB Malaysia CEO Ng Wei Wei …

AHMEDABAD/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Heavy rains battered parts of India’s western state of Gujarat this week, flooding cities, snapping utility links and forcing thousands to leave their homes, with at least 28 dead, authorities said on Thursday, warning of more heavy downpours. Army rescue teams have joined the relief effort, as …