Watch out, Alibaba. Chinese video apps are quickly becoming e-commerce players too
A man holding a phone walks past a sign of Chinese company ByteDance’s app TikTok, known locally as Douyin, at…
A ‘Masculinity Crisis’? China Says the Boys Are Not All Right
HONG KONG — Government officials in China believe that boys are getting more effeminate and want to toughen them up.…
India equates Red Fort chaos with Capitol riots after US remarks
Foreign ministry compares storming of the historic fort by farmers to storming of US Capitol by ex-President Trump’s supporters. India’s…
SpaceX filing reveals Starlink internet service has over 10,000 users
Public beta testing for SpaceX’s satellite-beamed internet service kicked off late last year for people in the US, Canada and…
Fast forward: China short-video app Kuaishou surges in jumbo IPO
Kuaishou’s initial public offering worth $5.4bn was the world’s biggest tech share sale since Uber went public in 2019. Kuaishou…
Dominion Tells Facebook, Parler, And Other Sites to Keep the Receipts
Photo: Jeff Kowalsky (Getty Images) Dominion Voting Systems is taking some of the most vocal election fraud conspiracy theorists to…
COVID slammed Indonesia’s economy hard in 2020, data shows
Indonesia’s GDP shrank by more than expected in the fourth quarter, leading to its first full-year contraction since 1998. Indonesia’s…
Buried in rubbish: Bali’s beaches blighted by sea-borne waste
Bali, Indonesia – Every day at the crack of dawn, hundreds of fishermen land their traditional outrigger fishing boats at…
UK dog theft on the rise amid pandemic pet demand
When six of Sarah’s dogs were stolen in late December, she was left reeling. But she was not alone, as…
Suu Kyi aide arrested as parliament members hold symbolic meeting
A key aide to Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi was arrested on Friday, days after a coup that…