South Korean leader learns political cost of a spring onion
Yoon Suk Yeol's party failed to win a majority in Wednesday's parliamentary election.
South Korea's ruling party suffers crushing defeat
The vote is widely seen as a midterm referendum on President Yoon Suk Yeol, who has three years left in office.
Arizona pushes abortion to centre stage of 2024
Republicans have scrambled to respond to public condemnation of Arizona's court ruling this week.
What a lavish White House state dinner looks like from the inside – and what's on the menu
The White House hosted a lavish state dinner on Wednesday - pulling out the stops with six-foot floral centrepieces, an elaborate menu and Paul Simon on guitar.
South Korea PM 'offers to resign' after crushing defeat
South Korea's liberal opposition party has won by a landslide in parliamentary elections - with senior ruling party politicians reportedly offering to resign following the crushing
'I believe he is alive': Cruise passenger who went overboard a week ago is a master diver, father says
The father of a 20-year-old man who went overboard from a cruise ship in the Bahamas believes he is still alive - despite the coast guard calling off the search.
Property tycoon sentenced to death in Vietnam
A property tycoon has been sentenced to death in Vietnam after the biggest fraud trial in the country's history.Truong My Lan was sentenced on Thursday by
'They aren't ready to die': The smuggler charging thousands to dodge Ukraine's army draft
Low demand is not a problem the smuggler has to worry about. This individual, who takes young men across Ukraine's western border into Europe, says he
New breakthrough promises ‘entirely secure’ quantum cloud computing
Ever heard of hybrid matter-photon implementation of verifiable blind quantum computing? No? Neither had we, until today. But it could just be what will make next-generation quantum computers securely accessible to “millions of individuals and companies” — without exposing any
Europe’s first pilot plant for cultivated fish opens in Germany
German startup Bluu Seafood today launched Europe’s first pilot plant for cultivated fish. The facility in Hamburg brings lab-grown seafood a step closer to the market. Bluu had previously developed the controversial food in a small lab in Lübeck, Germany. The new site
Premier League to use semi-automated offside technology from next season
The Premier League will use AI-based player tracking technology to make offside calls from next season in a move that should reduce the time it takes officials to reach their decisions.
Smart droplets: Elevating tiny tech with a liquid metal signal-switching mechanism
A new methodology developed by scientists from Japan allows for the precise activation of integrated sensors by manipulating the droplets' locations, thus detecting capacitance changes to estimate their positions without the need for visual confirmation. Such a strategy is invaluable
Researchers show electrical pulses can control thermal resistance in devices
Controlling heat flow is key to enhancing performance in a wide variety of systems. In electronic devices, such as mobile phones or any type of processor, overheating decreases their performance and reduces their lifetime. All these technologies are based on
New open-source generative machine learning model simulates future energy-climate impacts
As countries worldwide transition to more wind and solar generation and electrify energy end uses, societies are becoming more intertwined with weather conditions. Meanwhile, the climate is rapidly changing and making extreme weather events the "new normal."