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285 noticiasPope Leo XIV opens Vatican meeting on Francis' opening to remarried Catholics
Pope Leo XIV opened a weeklong, closed-door Vatican conference assessing the implementation of Pope Francis' 2016 document “The Joy of Love.” The text sparked controversy because it opened the door to letting civilly remarried Catholics rec…
Brent rises above $102 a barrel on Middle East supply risks and US storm
Brent crude December futures traded above $102 a barrel on 7 October, with Interfax reporting $101.98 at 17:48 Moscow time and Kommersant citing $102.59 at 16:40 before prices eased. Reports attributed the rise to risks to Middle East suppl…
KCTU votará el 7 de octubre sobre el retorno al diálogo social; el consejo está dispuesto a hablar
La Confederación Coreana de Sindicatos (민주노총) celebrará su 85.ª conferencia extraordinaria de delegados a la 1 p.m. del 7 de octubre en KINTEX, en Goyang, para votar sobre su incorporación al Consejo Económico, Social y Laboral (경사노위), lo q…
El tiburón de Busan, Bukkangi, cruza la red y regresa al canal; la operación de rescate se detiene
El tiburón apodado Bukkangi, que se cree es un tiburón oscuro de unos 3 m de largo, cruzó una red grande y regresó al canal artificial del Parque Bukhang Chinsu de Busan alrededor del mediodía del 3 de octubre, un día después de que se detu…
Amazon's Prime Big Deal Days Begin With Discounts on Apple Macs, AirPods and iPads
Amazon's fall Prime Big Deal Days sale is live, with early discounts on Apple products including AirPods Pro 3 at $179.00, down from $249.00, AirPods Max 2 at $429.00, and about $200 off most M5 MacBook Air models. Outlets also reported all…
Google signs 3.6GW nuclear power deal with Constellation for AI data centers
Google said it signed a power purchase agreement with Constellation Energy, the largest US nuclear power operator, for about 3.6 gigawatts (3,590MW) of electricity to serve AI data center demand. About 890MW will come from 11 nuclear plants…
Off-duty firefighter rescues woman standing outside Chuncheon bridge railing
An off-duty firefighter heading home from a morning workout found a woman standing outside the railing of Soyang 2 Bridge in Chuncheon on Oct. 1 and held her arm until emergency crews arrived. Two passing citizens joined him, and a 119 crew…
El Prime Day de octubre de Amazon se celebra del 6 al 8 de octubre mientras los minoristas bajan precios con antelación
El Prime Day de octubre de Amazon, también llamado Prime Big Deal Days, se celebra desde el 6 de octubre a las 3 a. m. ET hasta las 3 a. m. ET del 8 de octubre, con descuentos ya activos, según The Verge, NBC News y Wired. Wired incluyó los…
Corea del Sur redesigna 92 regiones en declive poblacional y suma Busan Geumjeong, Dongducheon y Tongyeong
El Ministerio del Interior y Seguridad de Corea del Sur redesignó el 7 de octubre 92 ciudades, condados y distritos como regiones en declive poblacional, frente a las 89 de la primera designación cinco años antes. Se añadieron Geumjeong-gu …
KCTU vote on rejoining Korea's social dialogue council collapses
The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) failed to hold a vote on returning to the Economic, Social and Labor Council at an extraordinary delegate meeting in Goyang on October 7, after opposing delegates walked out and quorum was los…
Tres diarios económicos coreanos publican columnas diarias de horóscopo fechadas el 5 de octubre
Maeil Business, Chosun Ilbo y Korea Economic Daily publicaron cada uno una columna diaria de horóscopo fechada el 5 de octubre de 2026, día 25 del octavo mes lunar. La sección del Chosun Ilbo, publicada desde 2017 y escrita por Han So-pyeon…
El Ministerio de Agricultura de Japón ordena medidas contra una empresa pesquera de Fukui por regalos de cangrejo de Echizen etiquetados incorrectamente
El Ministerio de Agricultura de Japón emitió el 6 de octubre una orden de medidas contra Fukumaru Foods, una procesadora de productos del mar en la localidad de Echizen, prefectura de Fukui, por etiquetar productos como cangrejo de Echizen …
Police fire tear gas at student protest in Paris; Saint-Denis mayor affected
Police used tear gas at a demonstration by Paris pupils and high-school students on 6 October, with protesters throwing bottles and firecrackers at officers, according to RIA Novosti and TASS. RIA Novosti later reported that the mayor of Sa…
Google and Constellation sign 20-year deal to uprate 11 US nuclear reactors
Google and Constellation Energy signed a 20-year agreement to modernize 11 operating US nuclear reactors, adding 890 MW of capacity, with Constellation planning to invest more than $4.3 billion and Google providing financial support directl…
Prince Akishino, Princess Kiko attend overseas Japanese descendants convention in Tokyo
Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko attended the welcome exchange meeting of the 66th Overseas Japanese Descendants Convention at the Kaiun Club in Chiyoda, Tokyo, on Oct. 7. Japanese descendants from 17 countries, including Paraguay, Brazil,…
El presidente de los EAU pide la oración de la lluvia en todas las mezquitas el viernes 9 de octubre
El presidente de los EAU, el jeque Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, ha pedido que se celebre la Salaat Al Istisqaa, una oración para pedir lluvia, en todas las mezquitas del país el viernes 9 de octubre, media hora antes de la oración del viern…
Korean men-Japanese women marriages hit 1,483 in 2025, 7.8 times reverse case
Statistics Korea figures cited by Dong-A Ilbo and Maeil Business show 1,483 marriages between Korean men and Japanese women in 2025, about 7.8 times the 190 marriages between Japanese men and Korean women. The head of the Korea-Japan marria…
IMF's Georgieva says high oil prices likely to persist into 2027
IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said in Singapore on 7 October that high energy prices could last for some time even if the current fighting in the Gulf ends soon. She said current Brent crude futures price trends pointed to high…
Japan sets up public-private body to develop nuclear workforce
A new organization has been established in Japan to train and secure personnel for the nuclear sector, according to Tokyo Shimbun, Nishi-Nippon Shimbun and NHK News. Tokyo Shimbun reported the founding meeting of the “Japan Nuclear Human Re…
Korea truth commission opens first ex officio probe into Korean-Japanese abuse cases
South Korea's Truth and Reconciliation Commission decided on Oct 7 to open its first ex officio investigation into alleged human rights violations against Korean residents in Japan, covering 33 finalised cases and 69 co-defendants. Investig…