10:28 pm, Sunday, 7 December 2025
International

Trump shares bizarre AI ‘King Trump’ jet video, drawing backlash

A meme presidency meets AI virality President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated clip showing a “King Trump” fighter jet dumping

Ukrainian drones ignite fire at Russian gas plant, Russia says

Long-range strikes and the energy war A wave of Ukrainian drones struck a gas condensate processing plant in Russia’s Volgograd

N.Korean Soldier Defects Across DMZ as Border Tensions Simmer

Border breach, response, and what it signals A North Korean soldier crossed the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone and surrendered to

BOURBON MEETS BIG DATA AS KENTUCKY DISTILLERS REINVENT

An old industry tests software-driven whiskey Bourbon’s identity is built on tradition, but a new data-heavy model is shaking the

OIL SLIDES FURTHER AS STOCKS SWELL AND DEMAND COOLS

Five-year lows in sight raise new policy questions Crude prices fell again, putting benchmarks on track for a weekly loss

SK TELECOM’S NEW AI UNIT OFFERS VOLUNTARY RETIREMENT WEEKS AFTER LAUNCH

Surprise retrenchment at a flagship spinout SK Telecom’s freshly minted AI division has proposed a voluntary retirement program only weeks

PAKISTAN ARMY BASE ATTACKED BY SUICIDE BOMBER AND GUNMEN NEAR AFGHAN BORDER

Militant strike in Mir Ali and security response A suicide car bomber struck a sprawling security forces compound in Mir

HONG KONG WEEKEND SALES BLITZ SHOWS HOW RETAIL IS CHASING ‘MICRO-MOMENTS’

Discounts as content, stores as stages Hong Kong’s chains rolled out overlapping promotions this weekend—Watsons and Wellcome among them—turning price

U.S. STALLS GLOBAL VOTE ON PRICING SHIPPING EMISSIONS, DELAYING CLIMATE ACTION AT SEA

Inside the IMO setback An international vote to approve a global mechanism for cutting maritime emissions was pushed back by

JAPAN’S ASAHI SUPER DRY SHIPMENTS RESUME AFTER RANSOMWARE DISRUPTION

Beer, cyberattacks and the fragility of modern logistics Japan’s best-selling beer is flowing again after a ransomware attack forced Asahi