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Economy Passenger Refuses to Leave Business Class, Shouting "I Am a Peking University Law Student" A video of a Chinese woman who bought an economy class ticket, illegally occupied a business class seat, refused flight attendants' requests to move, and was forcibly dragged off by police has been released and is drawing widespread criticism. SBS Oct 22, 2026 10:30 AM

10-Year-Old Flaw Surfaces... Japan on Alert Calling It 'Very Urgent' The Yomiuri Shimbun, NHK, and other media outlets reported that Japan's Information-technology Promotion Agency , an independent administrative institution, urged website operators using PHP to take prompt action. SBS Oct 22, 2026 10:04 AM

US Intelligence: Russia Targeting Politicians Supporting Ukraine in Online Operations U.S. intelligence agencies have reportedly assessed that Russia is conducting online operations targeting politicians who support Ukraine ahead of the U.S. SBS Oct 22, 2026 10:00 AM

Is the Subway Only Yours? 'Noise Villains' Face 180,000 Won Fine? The news has even arrived that people could face a fine of 180,000 won for not wearing earphones. SBS Oct 22, 2026 9:58 AM

A Ghost Town with an AI Road Network? Visiting Xi Jinping's High-Stakes New City Firsthand Visiting China's Third New City, 'Xiongan New Area,' Firsthand I would like to share the behind-the-scenes story of covering Xiongan New Area, a new city personally spearheaded by President Xi Jinping and referred to by China as a "millennium plan." Throughout modern Chinese history, prominent leaders have always left behind a "city" that symbolizes their policy philosophy. SBS Oct 22, 2026 9:48 AM

Tesla Eyes Unsupervised FSD Rollout by Q2 Next Year Elon Musk's electric vehicle maker Tesla has announced plans to introduce unsupervised Full Self-Driving capability to customer vehicles as early as the second quarter of next year. SBS Oct 22, 2026 9:45 AM

"Just Tried to Put Out the Fire"... French Riot Detainees Stand Trial One After Another Following the largest riots in France in years, citizens arrested at protest sites are standing trial in succession. SBS Oct 22, 2026 9:38 AM

UN Experts Say Meta "Unjustly Restricted" Lula's Posts in Brazil Election While Meta did not explicitly mention which candidate's camp was subject to the restrictions, Bloomberg noted that the cases cited by the experts match the grievances raised by President Lula's camp. SBS Oct 22, 2026 9:33 AM

Putin Agrees to Resume Trilateral End-of-War Talks With US and Ukraine Next Month If the actual talks take place, it will mark the resumption of trilateral discussions to end the conflict for the first time in about nine months since February. SBS Oct 22, 2026 9:26 AM

"Security Flaw in PHP"…Global Websites on High Alert Over Hacking A critical security vulnerability has been discovered in a programming language widely used across internet websites, prompting several European countries to preemptively block access to government websites. SBS Oct 22, 2026 9:23 AM