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Hong Kong’s cancer research drawing global attention, says leading body’s chief

Hong Kong is playing a central role as part of a broader regional hub for research breakthroughs, the head of a leading global cancer organisation has said, adding that the city’s success in reducing its smoking rate has set an example for others to follow. Cary Adams, CEO of the Union for International Cancer Contr…

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S. Korea beat Japan for 4th straight men's football gold

South Korea edged out the host country Japan 1-0 to win their fourth straight Asian Games gold medal in men's football on Saturday. Eom Ji-sung's 61st minute goal stood as the title winner for South Korea at Toyota Stadium in Toyota, some 30 kilometers east of the main host city, Nagoya. South Korea have now defeate…

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S. Korea adds 6 gold medals as men's football team captures 4th straight title

South Korea grabbed six gold medals at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Saturday, the penultimate day of the continental competition, with the men's football team putting an exclamation mark with the country's fourth consecutive title. With South Korea not expected to win a medal in the lone event left Sunday in eque…

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N. Korea's Kim oversees hypersonic missile launch, calls for bolstering war deterrent

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has overseen the launch of an intermediate-range strategic missile and called for continued efforts to bolster the "fatality" of the country's offensive weapons, state media reported Sunday. North Korea conducted a firing drill of the missile toward the East Sea at dawn on Saturday as…

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'Bank-led won stablecoins risk limiting innovation'

South Korea's proposed bank-led approach to won-backed stablecoins could give institutions with established payment networks little incentive to build alternatives, global industry executives said at a Seoul roundtable Wednesday. "If you give licenses to tier-one banks, as most regulators are inclined to do, there's…

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Latvian leader poised for big win in election shadowed by Putin

Latvian Prime Minister ⁠Andris Kulbergs was set to retain power and form a pro-Ukrainian coalition after his centrist United List secured the biggest parliamentary election victory since Latvia regained independence in 1991. With 97 per cent of ballots counted after Saturday’s election in the Nato and European Union…

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