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Just south of Seoul, in the city of Seongnam, sits what many call the “Silicon Valley of South Korea”: the sprawling tech complex known as Pangyo Techno Valley (PTV), which is just a 15-minute subway ride from Gangnam, better known for its luxury boutiques, K-pop agencies, and neon nightlife in Seoul. Since launching in 2011, the 661,000-square-meter development has evolved into one of the country’s most significant innovation hubs. It’s home to more than 1,800 startups, research centers, and global tech firms, all packed into a district that feels more like a laboratory for South Korea’s future than a suburb…

Conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s shocking murder at a Utah speaking event, which has sent shockwaves through the nation, is further evidence that political violence is now a distinctive feature of modern American politics.Although the shooter was eventually identified as a white 22-year-old from a mainstream Republican family, the early counter-response, including alarming threats to Black students and colleges, shows how quickly this violence risks inflaming America’s already deep racial tensions. Despite the nation’s growing racial diversity and its growing connection to political violence, the solution to this violence lies in the hands of white Americans.Non-white people in America are in…

Late-night hosts discussed the return of Jimmy Kimmel’s show and Donald Trump’s continued attempts to crack down on free speech.Stephen ColbertOn The Late Show, Stephen Colbert started with some good news, announcing Kimmel’s suspension has officially ended. “Our long, national, late-nightmare is over,” he said.Colbert called it “wonderful” to hear his ABC rival would return after he was briefly punished by Disney for mischaracterised comments about the right trying to score political points over the death of Charlie Kirk.The decision came after a huge spike in people searching how to cancel Disney+ and Hulu. Colbert said a similar spike was…

Three people died in Australia after hundreds of emergency calls failed due to an outage on the Optus network.Singapore’s largest telecom operator has apologised over an emergency services outage in Australia that was blamed for several deaths.Singtel, the owner of Australian telecom Optus, issued the apology on Wednesday after hundreds of calls to Australia’s Triple Zero (000) emergency line failed during a major technical glitch last week.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe outage on the Optus network on Thursday was linked to the deaths of three people.In a statement published on the website of the Singapore stock exchange,…

Catherine SnowdonHealth ProducerGetty ImagesThousands of pharmacies in England will offer free NHS flu spray doses to toddlers for the first time this year.The vaccination is given via a child’s nose and two and three-year-olds could previously access them at their GP surgery.Around 4,000 pharmacies have signed up to deliver the vaccine to 1.2 million eligible toddlers from 1 October.Both walk-in and booked flu vaccine appointments will be available as part of the NHS drive to increase vaccine uptake nationally.NHS England stats show that last winter, there were more than 300,000 hospital bed days taken up by patients with flu –…

Alden GonzalezSep 24, 2025, 02:16 AM ETCloseESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016.SEATTLE — In the end, when they needed a big hit, it was Josh Naylor, the man who brought such a noticeable edge to this surging Seattle Mariners team over these past two months, who delivered it.His eighth-inning, bases-loaded three-run double Tuesday night triggered a 4-3, come-from-behind victory over the Colorado Rockies, sent the Mariners back into the postseason and put them on the cusp of a long-awaited division title. The last…

TikTok’s efforts to stop children using the app and protect their personal data have been inadequate, a Canadian investigation has found.Hundreds of thousands of children in the country use TikTok each year despite the firm saying it is not intended for people under the age of 13, according to the findings. The investigation also found TikTok had collected sensitive personal information from “a large number” of Canadian children and used it for online marketing and content targeting.TikTok told the BBC that it will introduce a number of measures to “strengthen our platform for Canadians” although it disputes some of the…

Kremlin says ‘no alternative’ to continuing its invasion of UkraineMeanwhile, the Kremlin said this morning there was “no alternative” for Russia than to continue its offensive on Ukraine that it launched in 2022, AFP reported.“We are continuing our special military operation to ensure our interests and achieve the goals” set by Russian president Vladimir Putin, Kremlin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov told RBC radio, using Moscow’s term for its assault on Ukraine.The Kremlin also claimed that Russian troops were advancing on all fronts in Ukraine, rejecting Trump’s suggestions that Ukraine could regain all its captured territory, Reuters said.Responding to Trump’s suggestion that…

At least six of the 11 West Africans deported to Ghana as part of the US crackdown on immigration have been transferred to Togo, their lawyers have said.The group was in the process of suing Ghana’s government to prevent their further deportation, amid concerns over their safety.”We can confirm that six were sent to Togo, the others have been sent to countries which I can’t disclose at this point,” lead lawyer Oliver Barker-Vormawor told the BBC.The nationalities of those sent to Togo has not been disclosed. Togo’s government has not commented.The lawyers have subsequently withdrawn their case against the Ghana…

275 The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has established a Banking Sector Cybersecurity Operations Centre (BS-SOC) to enhance cyber defenses across the country’s financial system. The facility, which will operate under CBK’s Cyber Fusion Unit, is designed to provide real-time threat intelligence, incident response, digital forensics, and cyber investigations. The move comes at a time when cyber threats targeting Kenya’s financial institutions are on the rise, with regulators and industry players warning of growing risks to banking operations and customer data. CBK Governor Kamau Thugge said the launch of the centre reflects the need for a coordinated approach to cybersecurity…