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TikToker Lamu had hundreds of thousands of followers who watched as her ex-husband set her on fire during a livestream. He's now facing the death penalty.
Lamu was a 30-year-old Tibetan vlogger with 770,000 followers on TikTok. She regularly posted video…
Matthew Loh
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China banned soccer players on its national teams from having tattoos
Players already with tattoos now must cover them up or have them removed, while new ones will be fo…
Barnaby Lane
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's first-ever tweet sold for $2.9 million as an NFT
The buyer of the NFT is Sina Estavi. He is the CEO of blockchain company Bridge Oracle and is based…
Isabelle Lee
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Elon Musk turns down $1 million for the tweet he was selling as an NFT
On March 15, Musk tweeted that he is “selling this song about NFTs as an NFT.” The tweet was acc…
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China wants to up the ante on the space race with a 'sky ladder' to Mars that can beam humans and cargo up in a capsule
The "sky ladder" involves a capsule guided by a series of carbon nanotubes, leapfrogging from one s…
Cheryl Teh
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Twitter CEO says he'll convert what he earns from auctioning off the first-ever tweet into bitcoin and donate the proceeds to charity
The first-ever Tweet, posted in 2006, is up for auction to benefit Giving Directly. Bidding for the…
Annabelle Williams
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FTX is paying $17.5 million in crypto for the naming rights to Cal Memorial Stadium for 10 years
This 10-year partnership, to be paid entirely in cryptocurrency, is the latest in a string of sport…
Isabelle Lee
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China built a massive 190-foot statue of a god of war that locals don't like. Now it'll cost more than $20 million to move the hulking work of art.
Officials ordered the 1,200-ton bronze statue of Chinese warrior-god Guan Yu to be relocated to a l…
Cheryl Teh
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2 Hong Kong robbers attempted to pull off a $25 million heist - with a transparent blue water gun
The robbers tried to rob a finance company in Hong Kong's Sheung Shui Town, but the employees quick…
Cheryl Teh
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ISIS fighters reportedly surrender after using 700 boys as human shields during a battle at a prison in Syria
Media outlets and NGOs said they received voice messages from the imprisoned boys who asked for hel…
Matthew Loh
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China nominated the Wuhan Institute of Virology for the nation's top science award amid mounting suspicions that COVID was made and leaked from its labs
The nomination came after Zhao Lijian, China's top foreign ministry spokesman, said the lab deserve…
Cheryl Teh
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's first tweet fetches $2.4 million in auction
The auction for the very first tweet by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has fetched $2.4 million (a little …
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Stop using Q-Tips to clean your ears. Hydrogen peroxide is more effective, but ear drops are even safer.
TikTokers are cleaning their ears with hydrogen peroxide. Doctors said the method is safe if you us…
Andrea Michelson
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Chinese social media deletes Modi's remarks on border row
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) Known for government control and censorship, Chinese social media has now…
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NFT-related stocks jump as investors look to break into the red-hot digital art market
Stocks tied to the booming NFT market are on fire over the past month as investors seek exposure to…
Will Daniel
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The internet helped a Chinese teenager find the parents who sold him as a baby. When they rejected him, he took his own life.
Liu Xuezhou's search for his biological parents captured nationwide attention — but also put …
Matthew Loh
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China reports its first new locally transmitted COVID cases in three weeks, sparking mass testing
China reported seven new COVID cases on May 13, including two locally transmitted infections in the…
Cheryl Teh
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How China's tech giants, from TikTok to Tencent, are reacting to Russia's invasion of Ukraine
In reaction to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, TikTok banned Russia-linked news accounts in the EU. D…
Weilun Soon
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Tesla was ordered to pay a Model S buyer $175,000 for hiding structural damage on a pre-owned car
Tesla denies any wrongdoing involving the car and plans to appeal the ruling, according to Chinese …
Tim Levin
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China's ex-PSG star Wang freed from Wuhan coronavirus lockdown
In February, Wuhan native Wang was pictured kicking a ball on a rooftop while on lockdown in the ci…