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AFC Nations League to launch in 2030

The Asian Football Confederation is reportedly pushing to launch a Nations League from 2030, a move that would also significantly reshape qualification for the FIFA World Cup and Asian Cup. ESPN reported Saturday that it had obtained the AFC's Nations League proposal and that the confederation plans to present membe…

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[World Class] Sookmyung bets Hallyu’s next stage is academia, not just entertainment

Behind each university’s global ambitions are choices about what to preserve, what to develop and where to go next. In “World Class,” The Korea Herald interviews leaders of Korean universities about the strengths they are cultivating and the futures they envision. — Ed. Sookmyung Women’s University is betting that t…

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Daewoo E&C’s new CEO puts profitability, expansion first

Daewoo Engineering & Construction's new CEO, Lee Kang-seok, took office with three keywords — "summit," "together" and "challenge" — to power the company's next stride as the construction industry shifts. The company announced Monday that its shareholders and board had formally appointed Lee as chief executive on Fr…

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Youth, socially disadvantaged more likely to view Korea as unfair

South Koreans who are young, have low income, come from a relatively lower level of educational attainment, or live outside the greater Seoul area tend to view Korean society as unfair, a study showed Monday. The percentage of those who feel society is unfair has consistently increased in the past decade, according …

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Hong Kong outlines 4-step AI ‘talent ladder’ to offset entry-level job shock

Hong Kong has unveiled a four-step artificial intelligence (AI) “talent ladder” strategy to counter entry-level job shock and foster industry leaders by treating the technology as a “catalyst, not a threat”. Permanent Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry Kevin Choi Kit-ming warned on Monday that the “en…

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Brazil heads to runoff election after no majority

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro, an ally of US President Donald Trump, and Brazil’s incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will face off in a runoff Oct. 25 for the top job of Latin America’s powerhouse economy after neither won a majority in Sunday's vote. The country’s electoral court in Brasi…

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To cull or not to cull: Greenland debates fate of world’s slowest shark

As trawlers compete with Greenland sharks for halibut and cod, conservationists and fishers clash over what to do about misunderstood species‘When I accidentally catch a shark, I bring it to my dogs,” Henrik Jensen, a 27-year-old from Greenland’s west coast, says casually. “I don’t let it back down because [the shar…

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Exiled separatist leader is likely to return to a very different Catalonia

Nine years on from a failed independence push, former president Carles Puigdemont will find times have changedAfter years of legal wrangling, Spain’s constitutional court is expected to remove the last obstacle to the return of the former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont after nearly nine years in exile this week…

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‘If it’s too slick, it looks like a fashion mag’: Peter Zumthor on his £110m rammed concrete gallery

It is one of the world’s finest collections, full of Monets, Miros and Picassos. But is the great Swiss architect’s extension for the Beyeler Foundation a worthy addition? Or is it a bit luxury boutique?In the early 1960s, when Peter Zumthor was a teenage apprentice in his father’s cabinet-making workshop, he design…

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China develops plant to extract hydrogen, fresh water and uranium from the sea

Chinese scientists have built a small, stable co-production plant that uses one system to extract hydrogen and fresh water from seawater, while also recovering uranium and bromine and improving electricity use efficiency by about 15 per cent. The team, led by Deng Dehui and Liu Yanting from the Chinese Academy of Sc…

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India seeks to be ‘a little bit more involved’ in ending Ukraine war: minister

India is taking a more direct role in efforts to end the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, engaging both sides on issues including shipping and reducing hostilities, Minister of External Affairs S. Jaishankar has said. Speaking at a security conference over the weekend, Jaishankar said India in recent months has …

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Ethiopia controls Tigray capital as regional rivals meet in Egypt

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AFP) -- Ethiopian federal forces were in full control of the Tigray rebels' regional capital, a local journalist said Sunday, while Ethiopia's regional rivals gathered in Egypt to discuss the risk of a wider war. The Tigray People's Liberation Front and federal forces began fighting again on S…

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Bosnian strongman claims win

The former president of Bosnia's Serb statelet, Milorad Dodik, said his party had retained power in the entity and its seat on the shared presidency, as preliminary results showed a drop in turnout for Bosnia's general elections. Dodik led the declarations for a dizzying number of posts to be decided in the general …

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Merz unveils fresh military aid in Kyiv

Germany will not be intimidated into ‌dropping its support for Ukraine, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Sunday as he announced a further $1.1 billion in military aid during a visit to Kyiv marked by Russian drone attacks. Air-raid sirens and explosions rang out repeatedly across the Ukrainian capital as Merz and Ukra…

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Iran tells US there is no military solution to Middle East war

Iran's top diplomat insisted Sunday that there would be no military solution to the US' war against the Islamic republic, with talks on ending the conflict apparently at an impasse. A campaign of heavy bombardment failed to bring a decisive close to the war launched by the US and Israel in late February, and Washing…

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