Experts say the city’s rat problem remains an environmental management challenge that artificial intelligence can help monitor, but not solve on its own.

Korean coach Hong Myung-bo took responsibility for the result, saying, "I guess I made the wrong decisions, and that was the reason why we had a bad result. Nothing more, nothing less."

Beyond chips, data and computing power, the battle between Beijing and Washington is increasingly being fought over the researchers, engineers and entrepreneurs shaping the technology's future.

Senior Chinese defence industry official Bian Zhigang was also deputy director of the China National Space Administration (CNSA).

South Korea can still reach the last 32 as one of the best third-placed teams, but need results elsewhere to go their way.

The price of Musang King durian dropped to as little as RM9 per kilogram.

Chinese education experts have warned that overreliance on AI bots and tools could lead students to make ill-informed university choices and contribute to a surge in similar applications.

The city will spend 15 million yen (US$93,000) on sprays, movable electric fences and devices that make high-pitched sounds, local government spokesman Ryosuke Sato told AFP.

The five-minute ad depicting a boyfriend who demanded a "clean" wife has triggered outrage, with critics saying the campaign's attempt to challenge sexism instead reinforced harmful stereotypes.

An armistice ended the fighting in the Korean War three years after it started, but the two sides have never signed a peace treaty.

Inspector-General of Police Khalid Ismail said the individual remains on active duty while investigations are ongoing. Local media reports have linked the case to a video involving social media influencer Nur Asyiqin Mohd Dalil.

Onn Hafiz Ghazi tells CNA he is focused on securing a Barisan Nasional victory in the Jul 11 polls, which he says should not be viewed as an indicator of the coalition’s support nationwide.

The North Korean soldier is believed to have defected, according to South Korea's Yonhap news agency.

The report by the Singapore Institute of International Affairs identified August to September as the "peak danger" period for transboundary haze.

South Korea's KOSPI, which plunged 10 per cent on Tuesday in their sharpest one-day drop since March, rallied 3.5 per cent, while Japan's Nikkei shed 0.4 per cent and Taiwan stocks lost 1.9 per cent. 

Investors tentatively got back on the horse in Seoul as they picked up the pieces following a 10 per cent collapse in the KOSPI on Tuesday, which was led by 12 per cent losses in chip giants and market heavyweights SK Hynix and Samsung.

Sarawak-owned AirBorneo has irked passengers with high prices and flight disruptions. But the East Malaysian state can still prevent bad optics from turning into a political problem, analysts say.

The significance of the ASEAN-Russia summit lies in the grouping's desire to preserve room for manoeuvre, says an ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute academic.