Filipino singer Carmelle has won the first Eurovision Song Contest Asia, held in Bangkok on Saturday. She performed the dance-pop song Sobra-Sobra and took 211 points, combining 93 from national juries with 118 from viewers. She beat ten other competitors. Thai duo Mang x Daou placed second with 170 points, and Vietnam's Tóc Tiên finished third with 164 points.
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The AI‑generated K‑pop group LUMINA’s debut video “Override” reaches 3 million YouTube views about five weeks after release. Samsung Securities created the four‑member virtual group as brand ambassadors, producing the song, characters and video entirely with AI and not registering copyright. The brokerage releases roughly 1,500 pieces of content annually and subjects finance‑related material to a three‑stage internal review.
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The Democratic Party now holds 54 seats in the Senate and 228 seats in the House, giving it clear control of both chambers. Voters flipped four Senate seats previously held by Republicans, including a win in Texas that made James Talarico the state's first Democratic senator since 1988 and a victory in South Carolina. In Texas, Gina Hinojosa also became the first Latina governor. The Justice Department deployed about 1,000 monitors to polling places nationwide, citing election integrity as a top priority.