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SEOUL, South Korea – After six hours of emergency martial law, hundreds of days of protest, violence at Seoul courts and President Yoon Sook-yeol’s final bluff each, South Korea is now hours away from choosing a new leader in hoping to restore stability to a volatile country. On Tuesday (21:00-11:00 GMT), from 6am to 8pm, the Koreans will vote for one of five presidential candidates of the race, led primarily by opposition Democrat Lee Jae-myeon. He continues to see power party candidates for those governing Kim Moon Thor in polls. The election, which includes 44.39 million eligible voters, is expected…

RockFuel is redefineing cement and transforming concrete infrastructure and structure into a global decarbonization solution that is truly net-zero. As the world strengthens its efforts to combat climate change, industries under scrutiny are being challenged to become innovative or obsolete. Cement production, which is responsible for approximately 8% of global CO2 emissions, is a major target for conversion. Now, the UK-based company Lockful’s pioneering solutions promise to revolutionize the sector. It not only reduces emissions, carbon-negative cement processes – reverse them. With a patented closed-loop manufacturing system that produces “carbon neutral cores,” Rockfuel’s approach offers a truly climate-positive alternative that…

Trinity Western University is dedicated to promoting research and innovation in a diverse range of fields, but promotes global partnerships to prepare students for an evolving world influenced by technology and social challenges. Trinity Western University (TWU) in British Columbia, Canada is a renowned liberal arts institution dedicated to promoting academic excellence through a wide range of programs in the humanities, social sciences and natural sciences. With an emphasis on research and innovation, TWU prepares students to be thoughtfully and critically engaged with the world around them. To learn more, the Innovation Platform spoke with Phil Laird, Vice President of…

Opening up cold things – and potential health concerns. A new study reveals that PFAS chemicals, also known as “eternal chemicals,” are present in 95% of tested beers brewed throughout the United States. Famous for its sustainability to the environment and potential health risks, these human compounds are increasingly appearing in unexpected places that contain their favorite pints. This study found a strong correlation between PFA levels in local water supplies and beer brewed with that water. As concerns extend to widespread PFA contamination, the findings suggest another routine product that is quietly affected by environmental pollution. What are PFAS…

RockFuel produces carbon-neutral fuels from waste plastic and coal. They are profitable, clean, sustainable and ready to demonstrate national energy security. In the race to tackle climate change, many solutions do not reach carbon-neutral or “actual zero” emissions. RockFuel Innovations is a Climate Tech startup that addresses this challenge with a patented green energy technology called “True Net Zero” fuels, made from underground coal or polymer (plastic) waste. These unique innovations unlock vast clean energy resources while avoiding the environmental drawbacks of mining, combustion, or carbon capture and storage (CCU). RockFuel’s technology and processes provide a true net-zero fuel solution,…

Generating AI comes in a variety of forms. But more and more, it’s being sold in the same way. It doesn’t feel like a code, and is sold under human names and personas like coworkers. More and more startups are about personifying AI to quickly build trust and mitigating threats to human work. It is dehumanisation and accelerated. You can see why this framing took off. In today’s upside down economy where all employers feel like a risk, enterprise startups (emerging from the well-known accelerator Y-combinator) are throwing AI as staff rather than as software. They sell alternatives. AI assistant.…

The fly floats above the blackened boy’s body, lying on the tarpaulin in bloody combat fatigue, in preparation for a rushing cremation in the Term district of Myanmar’s Saga region, which borders India. The wooden logs quickly placed form the base of a large amount of pia, with some worn rubber tires burning to maintain the fire. Of the 10 members of Pa Ka Pha (PKP), part of the large-scale people’s defense forces (PDF) killed by Indian Army on May 14th, three were teenagers. The PKP is under the direction of the National Unified Government (NUG), Myanmar’s government in exile,…

Cybersecurity researchers have warned about a new spear phishing campaign that uses a legitimate remote access tool called NetBird, targeting chief financial officers and financial executives of banks, energy companies, insurance companies and investment companies in Europe, Africa, Canada, the Middle East and South Asia. “In what appears to be a multi-stage phishing task, the attacker aims to deploy Netbird, a legitimate wireguard-based remote access tool, on the victim’s computer,” Trellix researcher Srini Seethapathy said in the analysis. Activities first detected by cybersecurity companies in mid-May 2025 are not attributable to known threat actors or groups. The starting point for…

Taiwan, Taiwan (AP) – China on Monday blows up the US, claiming it has harmed China’s interests, including issuing AI chip export control guidelines, halting the sale of chip design software to China, and plans to cancel Chinese student visas. “These practices violate a serious consensus,” the Commerce Department said in a statement that they reached during trade talks in Geneva. It is the United States and China I agreed to their massive cuts Recent tariffsresumes trade between the two largest economies of the world.However, there was no escalation from last month President Donald Trump’s Trade War They did nothing…

PodcastsPodcasts, takeElon Musk has resigned from his position as a leader in government efficiency. What will he leave? Elon Musk may have resigned from government efficiency, but few believe he is out of power. Within a year, Doge brought Silicon Valley-style disruption to Washington, consolidating federal data and dismantling surveillance. Now, Musk is expected to guide what he has won into a private AI venture. In this episode: Episode Credits: This episode was produced by Tamara Kandekar, Sonia Bagat and Chloe Killy along with Sari El Kariri, Philip Lanos, Spencer Klein, Kisa Zera, Mariana Navarete and guest host Natasha del…