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China’s humanoid robots hunt for work in South Korea as Seoul bets on physical AI
This article was first published by The Korea Times in a partnership with the South China Morning Post. Chinese humanoid robot makers are accelerating efforts to gain a foothold in South Korea, moving beyond dance performances and showroom displays to factory trials and commercial deployments, as Seoul ramps up investment in physical artificial intelligence. A growing number of Chinese robotics companies – including Hong Kong-listed UBTech Robotics, start-up Anyverse Dynamics, Shanghai-based...
LeBron James Dunks On Donald Trump’s Furious Attack In The Most Dismissive Way
The NBA superstar needed just a handful of words to brush off the president’s latest broadside.
80m yuan earmarked for Xizang quake relief, recovery
The nation has allocated 50 million yuan in emergency disaster relief funds and earmarked another 30 million yuan for recovery efforts following a 7.0 magnitude earthquake in southwest Xizang Autonomous Region. The earthquake struck Baqen County of the city of Nagqu at 10.33pm on Thursday, leaving 16 people dead and 76 injured. President Xi Jinping has called for all-out rescue efforts. The Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Emergency Management jointly allocated 50 million yuan to support rescue operations and assistance to affected residents, while the National Development and Reform Commission earmarked the additional 30 million yuan from the central budget to help restore damaged infrastructure and public service facilities. The country has also upgraded its national earthquake emergency response from Level IV to Level III, while activating a separate Level-IV national natural disaster relief response. China's national comprehensive fire and rescue force has dispatched a total of 350 rescuers and 83 vehicles. The emergency management ministry has guided Xizang's emergency management department in arranging for Wing Loong drone deployment to the quake-hit area for disaster reconnaissance. As of early on Friday, 120 rescuers and 27 vehicles had arrived in the quake-hit area, while the remaining 230 rescuers and 56 vehicles from the Xizang fire and rescue corps were en route as reinforcements, having all entered Nagqu's administrative area. Earlier, as of 4.30am, authorities had mobilised relief supplies at the central, regional, municipal and county levels, and delivered them in batches to the affected area. These supplies included 1,000 prefabricated housing units, 3,239 tents, 2,821 folding beds and 4,280 quilts, among other essentials. (Xinhua) Edited by Aaron Tam
China’s head transplant advocate Ren Xiaoping completes landmark spinal surgery in Russia
Ren Xiaoping, who once vowed to perform the world’s first human head transplant, has operated on a patient’s severed spinal cord in a 12-hour landmark operation in Moscow, according to the Chinese surgeon and Russian state sources. Ren said the procedure was carried out at the Sklifosovsky Research Institute for Emergency Medicine in Russia last week. “It was our Guangxi University of Chinese Medicine Second Affiliated Hospital and the Russian team working together,” Ren told the South China...
Screen Legend Robert De Niro Has 3 Damning Words For Trump And His MAGA Allies
The two-time Oscar winner urged Americans to vote early.
Will the Senate consider a P2-B budget cut for 2027?
'If we are asking other government agencies to exercise fiscal discipline and justify every peso of their budget, then the Senate should lead by example,' says Senate finance committee chair JV Ejercito
Op-Ed: EA didn’t close BioWare, it slowly killed a legendary studio
MANILA, Philippines – Bioware is shutting down. Bloomberg broke the story with a report that parent company Electronic Arts would be cutting around 400 jobs, about three percent of the company’s staff, including the roughly 50 people who remain at the Canadian studio. A fifth Mass Effect game was in reportedly in development, but is
DILG offers P50-M reward for arrest of 'armed and dangerous' Bato dela Rosa
The Department of the Interior and Local Government has raised a P50-million reward for the arrest of Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa, who according to Interior Secretary Juanito Victor "Jonvic" Remulla is now considered "armed and dangerous."
Senate to cut own 2027 budget by P2 billion -- Lacson
Senator Panfilo "Ping" Lacson said Friday the Senate intends to reduce about P2 billion from its own proposed budget for fiscal year 2027 "to set an example" for the House of Representatives.
Typhoon Rosal keeps strength; 2 areas under Signal No. 2
MANILA, Philippines — Two areas remained under Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal (TCWS) No. 2 as Typhoon Rosal maintained its strength while moving over the sea east of Batanes, the state weather bureau reported on Friday. In its 5 a.m. weather bulletin, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said Rosal had a sustained