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SEOUL- A South Korean container ship sets sail on Saturday for Europe via the Arctic in the nation's first commercial voyage on the route to test its viability, with the hope of turning the southeastern port of Busan into a global maritime hub.

SYDNEY- Australia's capital will join a gun buyback as part of a response to a shooting spree that killed 15 at a Jewish festival in Sydney, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Saturday. Albanese's centre-left government enacted laws in January for the gun buyback, tighter checks for gun licenses and a crackdown on ​hate in the wake of the December 14 gun attack ​at a Bondi Beach Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, the capital of New South Wales state.

ROME- The Vatican will build a roughly €100 million ($117 million) renewable energy plant that could power the Holy See within two years via a system combining solar power and agriculture, sources involved in discussions on the project said. The agrivoltaic plant is expected to have a capacity of 80 to 90 megawatts, making it one of Italy's largest such installations, the sources added.

JAKARTA- China and Indonesia agreed on Friday to boost military ties and work closely on minerals, energy and technology, as Jakarta seeks to balance ties with both Beijing and Washington amid economic and geopolitical tensions, including in the South China Sea. Both countries should "seize the moment," China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in remarks made at the start of his visit to Jakarta. He was traveling with Defense Minister Dong Jun to meet their Indonesian counterparts.

FLORIDIA, Sicily, - Five years after Floridia registered Europe's highest-ever temperature, residents say extreme heat is no longer measured by records but by its impact on daily life, keeping people indoors, reducing social interaction and threatening livelihoods. The August 2021 record of 48.8 degrees Celsius (119.8 degrees Fahrenheit) turned the Sicilian town into a symbol of Europe's warming climate as the continent emerged from COVID-19 restrictions.

TOKYO - Summer is peak demand season at a men's grooming clinic in Japan, where appointments are becoming harder to get as scores seek to rid themselves of body hair for relief from brutal, sweltering heat. "When I was thinking about what to start with, hair removal felt like the most obvious, visible choice," said Yuki Kubo, a 24-year-old office worker wearing safety glasses for the fourth treatment of his legs at the clinic in the Japanese capital.

SYDNEY - Australia's transport safety regulator said on Friday it had launched an investigation into a fourth incident involving air traffic control at Sydney airport in less than a month after two planes were directed towards the same intersection on the ground. A Qantas QAN.AX Airbus A321 preparing to depart to the Gold Coast braked to avoid another Qantas aircraft, a Boeing 737, that had arrived from Melbourne on Tuesday, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau said in a statement.

MANILA – The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) on Thursday debunked the “potential collapse” of dams in the country due to continuous heavy rains. During the Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon briefing, NIA Administrator Eduardo Guillen allayed concerns amid speculations circulating online. He said these social media posts are not true and are unlikely to happen considering the integrity of water reservoir structures, particularly the Magat and Pantabangan dams.

MANILA, Philippines — On the observance of the International Day of Remembrance and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism, Vice President Sara Duterte called on the nation to go beyond symbolic tributes and enact concrete measures to support communities affected by violent extremism.

BEIJING- It’s been called the Robot Olympics. But unlike the human Olympics, Team China is collecting almost all the medals. Over the past decade, robotic competitions in China have provided a window into the advances of a now-surging sector – and the importance of its success as a strategic industry singled out by President Xi Jinping.