OpenAI’s Altman says AI benefits warrant accepting some risks
'We believe that the world should accept some bad things happening for the benefits of this technology and people having the agency,' OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says
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High necklines set this fall's outerwear apart
Actor Nana recently stepped out in a khaki-brown suede jacket worn loose over a red-and-white striped T-shirt and denim shorts. The look, which she shared on social media, drew attention for its collar, which rose to wrap around her neck. The jacket, a utility suede piece from young contemporary label E.B.M, pairs a…
· Hong Yoo
US Coast Guard halts search for six people missing after medical transport aircraft crashes
"Suspending a search is not an easy decision," said Rear Admiral Matthew Lake, commander of the Coast Guard's Northeast District, in a statement on Sunday.
· REUTERS
FBI arrests California woman under suspicion of spying on Taiwan's president's son for China
The FBI arrested Wanying Zhang, also known as Heather, at Los Angeles International Airport on Sunday before her planned departure to China, the agency said in a statement.
· REUTERS
Paris Fashion Week: Miu Miu and Valentino SS27
Two Italian brands – Miu Miu, Prada’s sister label, and Valentino, the Rome-based haute couture house – were the headliners of day seven of Paris Fashion Week. Here’s the lowdown on the two shows. Miuccia Prada is giving her Miu Miu customers what they want for spring/summer 2027. Everything that has made Miu Miu su…
· Vincenzo La Torre
Paris Fashion Week: Miu Miu and Valentino SS27
Gigi Hadid and Olivia Colman walked for Miu Miu, while Alessandro Michele’s library-themed show for Valentino blended high fashion with philosophical musings.
· Vincenzo La Torre
Kai Tak Hospital opens this week: what you need to know before visiting
Hong Kong’s largest public hospital, built on the former airport site in Kai Tak, began its first phase of operations on Monday after more than a decade of planning and preparation. The South China Morning Post looks at the hospital’s key features and what its opening means for the city’s healthcare development. 1. …
· Elizabeth Cheung
Kai Tak Hospital opens this week: what you need to know before visiting
Hong Kong’s largest public hospital begins phased operation on Monday, starting with family medicine and specialist outpatient services.
· Elizabeth Cheung
Illegal tobacco crackdown in Victoria has come too late, says ex-policeman
Premier Ben Carroll has conceded the Victorian government should have acted sooner on illegal tobacco but insisted progress had been made since the new enforcement powers came into effect.
· Mikaela Ortolan
Yemen's government declares major operation against Houthis
The Houthis have withstood a series of attacks over the years by Saudi Arabia, the UAE and their Western allies, and have updated their weaponry with the help of Iran.
A familiar 3rd-place finish for S. Korea, but fewer golds and biggest gap with Japan
For South Korea, the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games ended Sunday with a familiar result but a growing sense of unease. Korea finished third in the medal standings for a third consecutive Games, but its 39 gold medals fell short of the 40 to 45 it had targeted. More strikingly, the gap with Japan — the country it had hoped…
· Lee Sun-young
Out-of-control hayride tractor crashes, injuring 14 — including 3 critically — at upstate NY youth outing
It's unclear how many of the injured are children, but witnesses said most of the riders were kids.
· David DeTurris
Cowboys and girls dress up for Santa Tereasa/Ltyentye Apurte horse races
In this remote corner of central Australia, the Santa Tereasa/Ltyentye Apurte horse races are a dusty affair with the best in cowboy fashion.
· Victoria Ellis
Cowboys and girls dress up for Santa Teresa/Ltyentye Apurte horse races
In this remote corner of central Australia, the Santa Teresa/Ltyentye Apurte horse races are a dusty affair with the best in cowboy fashion.
· Victoria Ellis
The Live Conversation: Education Beyond the Checklist
Over 1,700 parents, students and educators attended the International Schools Festival – Hong Kong Island 2026. Held at Hong Kong Ocean Park Marriott Hotel on September 19, it featured 46 schools and education advisers, and offered families guidance on admissions, curricula, university applications and future educat…
· Jolene Otremba
The Live Conversation: Education Beyond the Checklist
The International Schools Festival puts the spotlight on new approaches to education and how best to go about the application process
· Jolene Otremba
MBK chief named audit witness for second straight year
MBK Partners Chairman Michael ByungJu Kim has declined to attend a parliamentary audit on Homeplus, prompting an opposition lawmaker to seek an order compelling his appearance. According to the National Assembly’s Trade, Industry, Energy, SMEs and Startups Committee on Monday, Kim submitted a written explanation Sun…
· Im Eun-byel
Got old towels? Animal shelters could use them
Animal shelters are calling for donations of old towels, especially as temperatures drop. For shelters, old towels are more than household items. They're used to clean kennels, maintain basic hygiene and, in winter, keep animals warm. Many animal shelters are located outside major metropolitan areas, where staff and…
· Cha Min-jung
Florida TikTok ‘demonologist’ with creepy mug shot allegedly exposed womens’ private info
Mark Stephen Asea allegedly posted more than 100 videos exposing a woman's private information and tracked her location via GPS.
· Fox News
Korean Air chief wins CAPA leadership award
Korean Air and Hanjin Group Chairman and CEO Walter Cho has been named the Asia Airline executive of the year for his leadership through the pandemic and the airline’s merger with Asiana Airlines, Korean Air said Monday. Cho received the award at the CAPA Airline Leader Summit Asia, held Thursday and Friday at New C…
· Lim Ye-jin
Korea’s first homegrown GLP-1: Can Hanmi’s Eppe undercut Mounjaro and Wegovy?
Hanmi Pharmaceutical’s Eppe is poised to challenge Wegovy and Mounjaro in Korea’s fast-growing obesity drug market, with price emerging as a potentially decisive advantage. The homegrown glucagon-like peptide-1, or GLP-1, drug is expected to launch before year-end, pending approval from the Ministry of Food and Drug…
· Kan Hyeong-woo
Brazil heads to a runoff election after Bolsonaro and Lula fail to garner a majority of votes
BRASILIA, Brazil — Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro, an ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, and Brazil's incumbent President Luiz Inácio 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.
· Associated Press
KT&G takes Incheon duty-free success to airports worldwide
KT&G is gaining new shelf space across global airport duty-free retail, from Kyrgyzstan to Bahrain to Istanbul, drawing on a 25-year run at Incheon Airport, where it has ranked among the top-selling brands. The push comes as global duty-free retail swells and KT&G turns its buyer network from trade shows into new ma…
· No Kyung-min
Woori executes first derivatives deal through London hub
Woori Bank has arranged a loan of 70 million pounds ($93 million) and a matching interest rate swap for a London-based company, completing its first corporate derivatives deal through its London Trading Center, the lender said Monday. The transaction, signed Sept. 29 in cooperation with Woori’s London branch, allows…
· Lim Ye-jin
Christa Pike's lawyer says she has not regained consciousness since her failed Tennessee execution
Christa Pike has remained unconscious and on a ventilator at a hospital in the four days since her failed execution in Tennessee, and her prognosis might not be known for days more, one of her lawyers said Sunday.
· Associated Press
Sam Walker tops off NRL glory with Kangaroos call-up for Rugby League World Cup
Roosters’ halfback among six debutants in Walters’ Australia squadJillaroos veteran Ali Brigginshaw left out of women’s teamIsaah Yeo will delay pectoral surgery to captain Australia’s men’s Rugby League World Cup campaign, after coach Kevin Walters revealed his 23-player squad that includes Sydney Roosters halfback…
· Australian Associated Press
Colonialism for clicks? The influencers targeting uncontacted tribes – podcast
Features writer Elle Hunt and indigenous activist María José Andrade Cerda on the growing phenomenon of influencers around the world trying to reach uncontacted tribesThe Sentinelese, living on North Sentinel Island in the Bay of Bengal, are one of the most isolated peoples on earth.Part of an archipelago governed b…
Is Hong Kong’s drive to eliminate substandard housing doing more harm than good?
Housewife May and her three children were overjoyed last September when they moved into a 200 sq ft subdivided flat in Kwai Tsing, a Hong Kong district with one of the city’s lowest average monthly household incomes. For years, the 50-year-old single parent had lived in a squatter hut with her son and two daughters,…
· Edith Lin
Is Hong Kong’s drive to eliminate substandard housing doing more harm than good?
Advocacy group warns that some subdivided flat tenants are struggling to resettle and are becoming worse off under the new housing regime.
· Edith Lin
Temu took the world by storm – but has the shopping app lost its thunder?
In February 2023, the budget shopping platform Temu announced itself on the world stage in the brashest way possible: becoming one of the youngest ever brands to buy a Super Bowl advertising spot. “Download the Temu app and shop like a billionaire,” a voice proclaimed in the 30-second commercial, as a woman danced o…
· Ben Jiang
In Focus | Boxed in: how Temu’s global shopping revolution ran off the rails
Temu is quickly losing its shine in the face of a wave of global regulation. Can the platform reinvent itself?
· Ben Jiang
Netanyahu orders security review of flights to Israel after Flydubai attack
Israeli media outlets have reported that pilots from countries hostile to Israel have repeatedly flown into the country in recent years.
· No Author
Brazil’s presidential race: Three key takeaways from the first round
Flavio Bolsonaro beat polling expectations as Brazil’s right gained ground, setting up October 25 run-off with Lula.
NT man caught driving 100km/h over speed limit
Northern Territory Police have charged a man with speeding and high-range drink driving after catching him allegedly driving at more than 100km/h over the limit before returning a blood-alcohol result of 0.153.
· Jason Walls
'Verity' kills, Cruise bombs in N. American movie theaters
LOS ANGELES, United States — The bookish thriller 'Verity' cleaned up in its North American box office debut this weekend while Tom Cruise flopped in 'Digger' playing a rich old guy who thinks he can save the world.
· Agence France-Presse
He was the best forward in the grand final, but Whyte's best is yet to come
Naufahu Whyte wouldn't have looked out of place should he have won the Clive Churchill Medal after the Roosters' grand final victory, and the Tricolours prop is adamant we have yet to see his best.
· Nick Campton
Malaysians choose family over shopping or holidays, domestic travel data shows
Malaysians delight in visiting family and friends, so much so that these visits made up 44 per cent of domestic travel. They enjoy seeing their loved ones even more than shopping (21.6 per cent) and holidaying (13 per cent), as shown in the latest numbers from the Statistics Department on domestic tourism in the sec…
· The Star
Malaysians choose family over shopping or holidays, domestic travel data shows
The dominance of family-related travel has presented opportunities for hotels, local attractions.
· The Star
Brazil’s presidential election between Bolsonaro, Lulu heads to runoff after both fail to garner a majority of votes
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro, an ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, and Brazil’s incumbent President Luiz Inácio 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 Bra…
· Associated Press
Bolsonaro beats expectations in Brazil presidential vote, faces Lula in runoff
A victory for Senator Flavio Bolsonaro would extend a wave of wins across Latin America by right-wing candidates aligned with US President Donald Trump, while Lula's reelection could be a challenge for Washington
· Mia Gonzalez
Bank of America has a warning for Australia's $4.5 trillion superannuation sector
Interest rates are approaching levels that would hurt Australia's economy and the retirement savings managed by major superannuation funds, according to the Bank of America's head of interest rates strategy.
· David Taylor
How India became dangerously addicted to Chinese imports
India’s toy shops provide an unlikely barometer by which to measure its economic relationship with China.
· Bbcnews
Yeo makes World Cup call, Walker earns Kangaroos spot
The grand final sides feature in the Kangaroos squad for the Rugby League World Cup, with James Tedesco back in and Sydney's Sam Walker and Newcastle's Bradman Best among six debutants.
US withdraws all bomber planes from UK airbase — Pentagon
WASHINGTON, United States — The Pentagon confirmed reports Sunday that the United States has withdrawn all B-1 bomber planes from Royal Air Force Fairford, the UK airbase where a suspicious incident triggered nearby evacuations.
· Agence France-Presse
Two missing after fishing boat capsizes off Jeju
A fishing boat carrying 11 sailors capsized in the early hours of Monday near Jeju Island. Rescue authorities have since been searching for the captain and one of the sailors, who remain missing. The Jeju Coast Guard at 3:04 a.m. received a report that a 29-ton boat had capsized in waters off nearby Chagwido Island,…
· Yoon Min-sik
Pacific nations take centre stage at 'pre-COP' climate summit
NADI, Fiji — The UN 'pre-COP' climate gathering kicked off on Monday in the Fijian city of Nadi, where Pacific leaders are seeking to draw the world's attention to life on the frontline of climate change.
· Agence France-Presse
Hyundai Group chief reappointed honorary governor of North Chungcheong Province
Hyundai Group Chair Hyun Jeong-eun has been reappointed honorary governor of North Chungcheong Province, extending her service in the advisory role she first took on in 2020, the group said Monday. North Chungcheong Province Gov. Shin Yong-han presented Hyun with an appointment plaque at Banyan Tree Club & Spa Seoul…
· Lim Ye-jin
Trump unveils 'Super Intelligence Force' to oversee AI policy
The US president said his national intelligence chief will lead the group as worries over AI grow.
· Bbcnews
Man shot dead after crashing car and allegedly pointing gun at NSW police
Officers were responding to reports a car had driven into a tree 84km north of Yass on SundayGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA man has been shot dead by police in regional New South Wales after allegedly aiming a loaded rifle at officers responding to a car crash.NSW police were responding…
· Stephanie Convery
New movie corrects the record on Tenzing Norgay's Everest climb
Australian filmmaker Jennifer Peedom fell in love with the Himalayas as a young woman. She is now retelling its most famous story.