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International

N. Korea fires ballistic missile toward East Sea, heightening tension with Seoul and Tokyo

Fresh launch amid stalled diplomacy South Korea said North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile into waters off the peninsula’s

Typhoon Kalmaegi’s trail of destruction raises heat-on-climate warning

Storm batters Vietnam after deadly strike on Philippines A day after leaving at least 188 people dead in the Philippines,

Japan, U.S. move to unlock rare-earth trove near remote Pacific island

Strategic push to diversify away from China Japan and the United States have agreed to work together to extract and

Motorola Edge 70 debuts as ultra-thin Android phone

New design and display focus Motorola on Wednesday unveiled the Edge 70, a 5G Android smartphone that stands out for

U.S. shutdown talks intensify as pressure mounts on Congress

Negotiators weigh off-ramps Talks in Washington moved into a more intense phase on Wednesday as Republican and Democratic leaders looked

Japan deploys troops to help curb deadly bear attacks

Rising encounters in Akita Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) was dispatched on Wednesday to Akita Prefecture as authorities struggled to

 U.S. Supreme Court takes up Trump’s emergency tariff case

High court weighs scope of presidential power The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday began hearing a closely watched challenge to

The $300 water bottle that says wellness is now luxury

From hydration to status symbol A new stainless-and-smart bottle from startup Okapa is testing how far the wellness economy can

EU races to bring new climate target to COP30 table

Brussels seeks to avoid arriving empty-handed European Union environment and energy ministers met in Brussels on Tuesday with an awkward

Google pulls Gemma AI models after U.S. senator’s complaint

Political heat on AI safety standards Google has temporarily removed access to its Gemma family of generative AI models from