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Presidential Council on National Artificial Intelligence Strategy Standing Vice Chair Ha Jung-woo said Monday the government would shift its AI policy focus from setting strategies to delivering results that businesses and the public can feel.
Iraqi Prime Minister Ali Al Zaidi has ordered the activation of a law that enables financial rewards to be given to whistleblowers who provide information about corruption.
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — With the Sept. 14 Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) parliamentary elections drawing near, the Army’s 10th Infantry Division (10ID) deployed augmentation troops on Sunday to help secure the historic polls and preserve public confidence in the vote.
Topic:State and Territory Government
John Swinney pledged to put a cap on the price of "essential items" in an SNP election manifesto pledge
A community of some 30,000 mainly British and Spanish nationals in Orihuela Costa is demanding independence from the municipality of Orihuela and has even formed its own political party – the Orihuela Costa Independence Party (PIOC).
Highly regarded employee who handled international business for Chinese military trading firm arrested for leaking sensitive information
Highly regarded employee who handled international business for Chinese military trading firm arrested for leaking sensitive information
Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks during a news conference at the prime minister’s office in Tokyo, Oct. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool, File)
SAPPORO – The governors of Hokkaido and Osaka met in Sapporo on Monday and agreed to cooperate on realizing a secondary capital concept in which both of their prefectures would have backup capital functions in the event of a large-scale natural disaster in Tokyo.
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SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Yonhap) -- Outgoing Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back expressed Monday his "mixed" feelings about his more than yearlong tenure as the country's first civilian defense chief, as he is stepping down following a Cabinet reshuffle.
Hamas on Sunday condemned the escalating settler violence in the West Bank, claiming it to be part of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s “genocidal war” against Palestinians in a statement shared on the terrorist group’s English-language Telegram channel.
Russia and Israel both spread and amplified disinformation related to the mass entry of migrants into Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta last month, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Monday, citing research by the European Union's foreign service, EEAS.
Leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), including Chinese President Xi Jinping, his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, are set to gather in Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek for an annual summit.
The head of the EU’s most prominent right-wing think tank, MCC Brussels, has resigned, accusing its financial backers of failing to pay staff.
Alphabet's Google said on Friday that it has changed how it enforces its spam rules in Europe, following concerns from EU regulators that the policy could unfairly hurt news publishers and other websites that carry content from commercial partners.
Loy Yang power station, in Gippsland's Latrobe Valley. (ABC News: Madeleine Stuchbery)
Ballot counting begins in military-run Guinea-Bissau after voting ended in a referendum that could expand the president's powers, ahead of a general election later this year aimed at restoring civilian rule.
Kyiv, Ukraine – The 2022 destruction of the Nord Stream pipelines, whose construction cost $19bn, epitomised the failure of “change through trade”, Berlin’s policy of softening Moscow’s hardline leadership through mercantile ties, according to some analysts.
Nepal locates three missing Spanish tourists, 43 percent of overtime hours in Spain go unpaid, government to approve emergency aid package for Ceuta, and more news from Spain this Monday August 31st.
Team concludes 237-day probe into link between politicians and controversial religious groups, indicts leaders of Shinchonji and Unification Church
Seoul shares ended higher Monday on a rebound in tech stocks, as investors remained cautious about a possible interest rate hike following Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh's speech at the Jackson Hole symposium.
Topic:Government and Politics
Russia sees NATO activity in the Arctic as a direct security threat, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an article published on Monday, as the alliance members boost their presence in the region in the wake of Russia's war on Ukraine.
Centre for Health Protection says the government’s seasonal influenza vaccination programmes for the year 2026-27 will begin on September 17
Centre for Health Protection says the government’s seasonal influenza vaccination programmes for the year 2026-27 will begin on September 17
Newcastle players look revitalised, Liverpool’s curious transfer strategy and a worrying start for Palace
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Nicolás Maduro held up the peace sign in new photographs of him posing inside a New York federal prison.
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Yonhap) -- Seoul shares ended higher Monday on a rebound in tech stocks, as investors remained cautious about a possible interest rate hike following Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh's speech at the Jackson Hole symposium.
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Luke Herdegen says One Nation is looking to form government in the 2029 WA election. (ABC News: Keane Bourke)
Unification Church leader Han Hak-ja on Aug. 31 arrives for a sentencing hearing in Seoul on allegations of bribery and political funding. © Reuters
Efforts to reopen roads to landslide- and flood-hit area enter ‘critical stage’ as more than 4,700 remain missing and weather risks loom
Efforts to reopen roads to landslide- and flood-hit area enter ‘critical stage’ as more than 4,700 remain missing and weather risks loom
The long-running drama reaches Hitler’s rise to power in its final season as its creators reflect on the unsettling parallels between Weimar Germany and the present day
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Unification Church leader Hak Ja Han, on the wheelchair, arrives for the sentencing hearing on allegations of bribery and political funding, at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (Jeon Heon-kyun/Pool Photo via AP)
AI glasses will continue to flood into Australia despite the federal government acknowledging serious concerns that nefarious actors are using the wearable technology to covertly film unsuspecting victims.
Perrottet disagrees when counsel assisting Peggy Dwyer SC claims brother of former NSW premier is not truthful and ‘constructing evidence’
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Monday shared a statement in support of religious Givati Brigade soldiers who refused to board a Namer armored personnel carrier with a female paramedic during an operational mission in the Gaza Strip, saying he would demand answers from the IDF over its handling of the incident.
Animal welfare groups also warn government’s response to string of dog attacks could lead to wave of pet abandonments
Animal welfare groups also warn government’s response to string of dog attacks could lead to wave of pet abandonments
ASX-listed Aguia Resources is dusting off a massive phosphate project in Brazil, with a new government initiative aimed at weaning the agricultural powerhouse off imported fertiliser providing the perfect tailwind to revisit the asset.
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Monday denounced the United States for maintaining what it called a "hostile" policy and vowed to respond with the "toughest" countermeasures.
Staff reporter at The Korea Herald’s National Desk, based in Seoul. Covers South Korea’s national security and foreign policy, with a focus on the Defense, Foreign and Unification Ministries, as well as the National Assembly.Before entering journalism, served as an Air Force officer. Experience includes providing tr…
Commuters will have to wait at least another four weeks before the Minns government reveals the date for the opening of the final stretch of Sydney’s $30 billion M1 metro line as intrusions by wildlife along the rail corridor complicate the testing of driverless trains.
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Libya’s rival administrations agreed on Sunday to hold elections within the next two years with a view to reunifying the country.