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• Only 2% of Singapore organizations believe they can withstand cyberattacks accelerated by frontier artificial intelligence models. • This low confidence level indicates a widespread lack of readiness among firms to handle AI-driven security threats. • The gap in preparedness creates a market opportunity for cybersecurity providers to offer thought leadership, sponsored content, and industry summits.

• Nagoya is preparing to host the Asian Games, a two-week sporting event featuring athletes competing in 43 different sports. • The event will involve more than 11,000 athletes and 6,000 officials representing 45 countries and territories. • The competition includes a mix of traditional and regional sports, such as kurash, kabbadi, wushu, and virtual taekwondo.

• AI trends are currently disrupting China's entertainment industry in ways that may soon affect Hollywood. • Entertainment lawyer Fan Baile reports a surge in work as celebrity clients sue filmmakers for stealing their faces to create digital avatars. • This shift creates a new legal battleground over digital identity and ownership for actors and performers.

While England makes its first foray into unfamiliar territory, it’s proved a boon for Italy’s cash-strapped municipalities A nightly tourist tax may be unfamiliar territory in the UK, but countries in continental Europe have been cashing in on these kinds of levies for decades.Tourists usually need to pay the tax on the day they check-out of a hotel or holiday let, and are often surprised by an extra fee on top of their accommodation costs. Continue reading...

• NanoViricides announced on September 8, 2026, that it has registered a Phase II clinical trial for NV-387 oral gummies to treat the Bundibugyo ebolavirus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. • The company reports that NV-387 previously performed better than the drug Remdesivir in a lethal animal model of a viral disease. • This trial addresses a critical gap in healthcare because there is currently no approved vaccine or treatment for the specific strain of ebolavirus causing the expanding outbreak.

• NanoViricides announced on September 8, 2026, that it registered a Phase II clinical trial for NV-387 oral gummies to treat the Bundibugyo Ebola virus. • The trial is listed in the Pan African Clinical Trials Database to address the expanding Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. • This development provides a potential oral treatment option for patients in a region currently facing the largest Ebola outbreak on record.

Seoul reportedly seeking parliamentary approval to send military assets to Middle East but president’s office plays down claimsSouth Korea is reviewing a possible deployment of military assets to the strait of Hormuz amid pressure from Donald Trump over Seoul’s reluctance to provide support in the region, according to domestic media reports.Citing unnamed government and military sources, the reportspublished on Thursday and Friday said preparations were under way and that the government intended to seek parliamentary approval for a new deployment. The reports, which appeared in major South Korean outlets, said the exact scale and timing have not been agreed. Continue reading...