Ewan McGregor will ride an electric Harley length of South America in new Apple TV+ showApple TV+ has just officially announced a new show from actors Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman, which will document their trip as they ride electric Harley-Davidson LiveWires all the way from the tip of South America to Mexico. The trip, called Long Way Up, will see the motorbiking duo cover 21,00....
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Hundreds of Koreans flee as floods trigger landslides, sweep away carsSouth Korea's longest spell of monsoon rain in seven years triggered floods that have forced more than 1,000 people to flee their homes and killed at least 13 people in landslides and swept-away cars, authorities said on Tuesday.....
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San Sebastian's New Directors Showcase Selects 'Spring Blossom,' 'Memory House,' 'Chupacabra'Suzanne Lindon’s "Spring Blossom," João Paulo Miranda María’s "Memory House" and Grigory Kolomytsev’s "Chupacabra" will vie for the Kutxabank-New Directors Award at the San Sebastian Film Festival, the Basque Country event announced Tuesday. This year, the New Directors competiti....
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BFI Southbank Set for September Reopening With Stringent Safety MeasuresThe British Film Institute Southbank, the iconic London movie theater on the South Bank of the Thames River, is set for a Sept. 1 reopening with a host of health and safely measures in place. The measures include social distancing throughout the venue, face coverings as standard for all visitors and....
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Bioneer to supply Colombia with W5.6b worth of COVID-19 kitsBioneer signed a deal worth 5.6 billion won ($4.7 million) to supply the South American country of Colombia with COVID-19 test kits and sequencing machine, the company said Tuesday. Bioneer has the capability to provide both COVID-19 test kits and t....
Heavy rains in S.Korea displace more than 1,000 people, 13 deadSouth Korea’s longest spell of monsoon rain in seven years caused floods that have forced more than 1,000 people to leave their homes, killing at least 13, with another 13 missing, authorities said on Tuesday. Deaths were reported from landslides and vehicles swept away by waters that disaster....
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How interplanetary migration could impact human evolutionThe future of human evolution in space will be driven by challenges both similar — and different — to those that have guided our development for countless generations. Since our species, Homo sapiens, first evolved in Africa roughly 315,000 years ago, we haven't changed much when it comes to phy....
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Samsung to hold first-ever online 'Unpacked' on WednesdayExpectations are running high ahead of Samsung Electronics’ first-ever online unpacking event Wednesday, as the South Korean tech giant is expected to introduce the Galaxy Z Fold 2 with slimmer bezels and a fuller display. At Samsung Galaxy U....
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US slaps Korean wind towers with 5.41% anti-dumping tariffThe US International Trade Commission has greenlighted a 5.41 percent anti-dumping tariff on wind towers imported from South Korea, citing that the local industry there has been “materially injured.” According to the Korea International....
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Nine denied entry for submitting substandard coronavirus-free certificatesNine people have been denied entry into South Korea after they handed in “substandard” certificates as proof of a negative COVID-19 test result, health authorities said Tuesday. Since the country tightened entry rules on arrivals from &....
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New Zealanders reportedly killed in South Korea landslidesNew Zealand nationals are reportedly among victims who are dead after landslides crushed their tourist accommodation in South Korea.The Korea Times reported that a 65-year-old, her daughter, 36, and her grandson, 2, were among the.......
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India imposes curfew in parts of occupied Kashmir ahead of revocation anniversaryIndian authorities clamped a curfew in many parts of occupied Kashmir on Tuesday, a day ahead of the first anniversary of India's controversial unilateral decision to revoke the area's semi-autonomy.
Shahid Iqbal Choudhary, a civil administrator, said the security lockdown was clamped in the regi....
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Casualties from heavy downpour rise to 13Damage and casualties are sharply rising as a heavy downpour in the northern half of the country that started over the weekend extended to a fourth day. By 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, the heavy rainfall in Seoul and Gyeonggi, North Chungcheong, South Chungc....
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Record temperatures, pending deals inflame Iraq's power woesIn Iraq's oil-rich south, the scorching summer months pose painful new choices in the age of the coronavirus: stay at home in the sweltering heat with electricity cut off for hours, or go out and risk the virus.....
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Nippon Steel to immediately appeal South Korea's asset seizureNippon Steel decided on Tuesday to immediately appeal a South Korean court ruling that took effect the same day that allows for the seizure of company assets as compensation for wartime labor during Japanese colonial rule. (Nikkei)....
[From the Scene] High hopes in Sejong for administrative capital planSEJONG – A loud, cheerful celebration could not be found last Wednesday in the planned administrative capital of South Korea, as heavy rain forced people to stay indoors and those who were out in the streets had their faces covered to help prev....
The South Korean government has unveiled additional plans to increase housing supply in the capital area to stabilize the overheating real estate market. For more on ....
With South Korea continuing to see major rain damage across much of the nation, some experts say the seemingly unending rainstorms might be related to global warming. South Korea isn't the only country in ....
South Korea's consumer prices for July increased for the first time in three months..., but inflation pressure remained low. Statistics Korea said Tuesday that last month's consumer price index stood at one-hundred-four-point-eight....
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[News Focus] Korea gains 444 in population after losing 12,000 for 7 monthsSEJONG -- South Korea’s population posted a positive growth for the first time in eight months in July, after it suffered a continuous negative growth during the December 2019-June 2020 period. But the men’s population fell for the 12th....
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Every player in S. Korean football league to be tested for coronavirusThe South Korean football league said Tuesday it will conduct a second round of coronavirus tests on all players and coaches on its 22 teams across two divisions by next week as part of precautionary measures against the virus. The Korea Professiona....
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Korean shipbuilders win consecutive orders despite pandemicSouth Korean shipbuilders have won orders one after another in recent months after suffering from a dismal performance in the first half of this year. Expectations are growing that they will continue to win more liquefied natural gas carrier orders i....
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Heavy rain in Mumbai; local train services, road traffic hitMumbai: Heavy rains lashed Mumbai and neighbouring Thane district overnight, causing water-logging at several places and affecting local train services and road traffic movement on Tuesday morning, officials said. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has appealed to residents to stay at hom....
Hurricane Isaias makes landfall in North CarolinaNorth Myrtle Beach: Hurricane Isaias has made landfall near Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina, according to the National Hurricane Center. The hurricane made landfall just after 11 p.m. on Monday with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph (136 km/h). Coastal shops and restaurants closed early, power beg....
N. Korea released dam water without notifying South Korea: ministry officialNorth Korea did not notify South Korea before discharging water from a border dam earlier this week in violation of an inter-Korean agreement, a unification ministry official said Tuesday. On Monday, the North partially opened the floodgates of Hwan....
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China, S. Korea step up economic tiesChina and South Korea have agreed to accelerate the formulation of the joint plan for bilateral economic cooperation (2021 to 2025) and push for the timely signing of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement to jointly promote an open global economy, the Ministry of Commerce said on....
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S. Korea to provide open data on 'virus-safe' restaurantsSouth Korea said Tuesday it will release data on restaurants that follow sanitary guidelines meant to avoid the spread of the new coronavirus to induce people to dine out more without being excessively concerned about safety. "The data on the s....
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New virus cases again over 30, imported cases still on high plateauSouth Korea reported 34 more cases of the new coronavirus Tuesday, with the number of imported cases almost twice that of local infections, health authorities said. The new cases -- 21 imported cases and 13 local infections -- raised South Korea's t....
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The Pixel 4a's launch in India is delayed, but the Pixel 5 isn't coming at allFollowing in the footsteps of last year's Pixel 4
At Google’s mid-season announcement, we finally got to see the hotly anticipated Pixel 4a make its debut after what was feeling like a never-ending wait. But it looks like the wait is going to be even longer for Indians as the 4a’s lau....
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[Graphic News] No. of fake banknotes in S. Korea further dips in H1 The number of fake South Korean banknotes found here continued to decline in the first half, and the combined face value of the counterfeits also dropped sharply, central bank data showed. In the January-June period, the number of counterfeit bank....
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Zombie blockbuster 'Peninsula' posts $40m in revenue in 8 Asian nationsThe combined revenue of the South Korean zombie blockbuster "Peninsula" has topped $40 million in eight Asian countries, the film's local distributor said Tuesday. Released on July 15 in South Korea and Taiwan, the movie posted a cumulativ....
Our starting point this morning- Torrential rain has pounded South Korea's central regions for the past few days now,… leading to casualties. The Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters....
North Korea has opened the floodgates of a border dam without giving South Korea any notice after heavy downpours in the North. According to government sources, the North on Monday partially discharged water from the H....
Torrential rainfall that has been battering the country for the last three days have caused at least six deaths on Monday and serious damage to South Korea. Eum Ji-young reports. Torrential rain....
The South Korean government and the ruling Democratic Party are set to roll out additional plans on increasing housing supply to stabilize the overheating real estate market. The plans will likely entail easing....
A South Korean court is due to start a procedure to auction off some shares that Nippon Steel Corporation has in a joint venture company established with South Korean steelmaker POSCO,... to compensate Nippon's war....
The U.S. State Department has named a new envoy for defense cost-sharing negotiations with South Korea, as well as other nations. On Monday,... the State Department announced Donna Welton,... who r....
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Global warming likely triggered S. Korea's heavy rainfall: expertsThe heavy rain that has pounded South Korea in the past few weeks likely stems from global warming, weather and environment experts said Tuesday. The country's southern region saw one of its longest monsoon seasons this year. Rain fell for 49 days b....
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Japanese company to appeal S. Korean court decision on asset seizure: reportsSEOUL/TOKYO -- A Japanese company plans to appeal a South Korean court decision on the seizure of its assets here to compensate victims of wartime forced labor, reports said Tuesday, a move that would defer the judicial process feared to worsen tensi....
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US names new envoy for defense cost-sharing talksWASHINGTON -- The US State Department has named a new envoy for defense cost-sharing negotiations with South Korea and other nations, a department spokesperson said Monday. Donna Welton, who recently served as assistant chief of mission at the US Em....
Retail giant exits Africa's largest economySouth Africa's supermarket retailer, ShopRite, has announced plans to exit Africa's biggest economy, Nigeria, 15 years after it opened in the West African country.....
The US already fought a cold war with China — it went very badlyWikimedia Commons
US officials and policymakers have embraced a "new Cold War" framing of competition with China.
But the Cold War between the US and the Soviet Union also featured competition with China, and it was a contest in which the US fared poorly and millions suffered.
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