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Bill To Outlaw Trade In Dog Meat Passed By The Parliament Of South Korea

South Korea's parliament passed a bill on Tuesday to ban the consumption and sale of dog meat, outlawing the contentious centuries-old practice amid increased support for animal welfare. ...

The Two Priciest Cities In The World Are Singapore And Zurich

The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has announced that Singapore and Zurich were tied for the most expensive cities in the world this year, followed by Geneva, New York, and Hong Kong....

Pocket wallets vs. smartphones: Can we replace cash with digital currencies?

The more than a decade-long history of cryptocurrency has clearly demonstrated that the world is keen on the new form of money. The crypto frenzy has even prompted leading central banks to work on...

Oracle’s AI Cloud Push Nears $1 Trillion as Tech Peers Reprice on Infrastructure Demand

Legal Process Begins for Hyundai Factory Workers Detained in Georgia, South Korea Secures Repatriation

Hyundai warns prolonged restart for Georgia battery plant as diplomatic fallout unfolds

Armani’s final will forces a staged transfer of power — and could redraw luxury’s map

South Korean Workers Recount Ordeal After U.S. Immigration Raid on Hyundai Plant

UK’s Sainsbury’s Seeks JD.com Partnership for Argos to Speed Digital Shift and Expand UK Reach

AI Is Reshaping Mourning: Technology, Ethics and New Forms of Memory

WTO Fisheries Deal Takes Effect, Redrawing the Rules That Drive Global Overfishing

Paris Seeks Centralised Crypto Oversight to Stop Licence-Hopping and Protect Market Stability

US Pushes Europe to Lead Tariff Crackdown on China over Russian Oil While Own Trade Flows Persist

New Framework Reached for TikTok Ownership Signals Turning Point in U.S.–China Trade Tensions

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Hong Kong's Massive Fiscal Surplus Is A Spending Dilemma For Its Government

The government of Hing Kong is the owner of one of the largest fiscal surpluses in the world, driven primarily by the boom in real-estate and stock-market while on the flip side, the residents of Hong Kong are finding it near to impossible to cope with the least affordable property market in the...

Security Expert Says US Computer Networks Are 'Exceptionally Vulnerable' To Cyberattacks

According to the co-founder of the computer security firm CrowdStrike, United States urgently needs to boost and reorganize its defense systems against cyber threats because thee country and its systems are very vulnerable to cybersecurity attacks. A number of American companies have been...

IndyCar Could See Screen Next Year But No Halo: Motor Racing

According to chief executive of the Indycar series - Mark Miles, a screen could yet be introduced some time next season even though Indycar has ruled out using a head protection device similar to Formula One’s halo. “It could be next year. It’s not going to be in March but it could be...

Computer Geeks, Linguists - And Not James Bonds, Sought By French Spy Service

France's foreign intelligence service is also looking for computer wizards and linguists not would-be James Bonds even as it is bolstering recruitment to counter Islamist militants and cyber criminals. Posts for young information technology gurus and linguists who master the finer points...

A Giant Meeting On Spending Billions To Reshape The World Is About To Be Held By China

In order to splash out with its "One Belt, One Road" policy, China now wants to increase its influence by digging further into its pockets — flush with cash after decades of rapid growth. The most populous nation on the planet has rapidly climbed the ranks to become the world's...

CIA-Linked Hacking Tools Attributed To 40 Cyber Attacks By Symantec

The security researcher Symantec Corp said that the Web publisher Wikileaks has recently exposed the fact that top-secret hacking tools were used to give shape to past cyber attacks on scores of organizations around the world. The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency was likely behind most of...

Behind the scenes: discovering banknote printing business with Oberthur Fiduciaire

Printing banknotes has been an old business. However in the last few decades, the business has completely changed – not only due to the threats from counterfeiters and therefore development of additional security measures, but also in the aesthetical sense where governments are looking more and...