WASHINGTON: Conspiracy theorists who believe in a secret cabal of child sex traffickers have set their sights on yet another online retailer: Etsy, a website best known for selling handmade items. Social media users point to what they say are “suspicious listings” on Etsy – including downloadable images of pizza …

KUALA LUMPUR: Government-linked investment companies (GLICs) and government-linked companies (GLCs) should mobilise efforts to support the country’s aspirations as a world-class Islamic economic hub and investment destination, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Anwar, who is also the finance minister, said GLICs and GLCs should also increase investments in …

In 2023, the social network X, formerly known as Twitter, saw an increase in sports-related posts. Four billion tweets about sports were posted this year on X, compared to 3.7 billion tweets in 2021. In 2023, the social network X, formerly known as Twitter, totaled no less than four billion …

KUALA LUMPUR: It is business as usual at the Menara Ilham on Friday after the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission’s (MACC) seized the 60-storey building owned by the family of former finance minister Tun Daim Zainuddin. The public and employees of the various companies located in the building were seen entering and …

NEW YORK: The owner of Pornhub, one of the world’s largest adult content websites, has admitted to profiting from sex trafficking and agreed to make payments to women whose videos were posted without their consent, federal prosecutors in New York announced Dec 21. Aylo Holdings, the website’s parent company, reached …

IPOH: An activist who was injured during an eviction process at a vegetable farm in Kanthan will be charged with obstructing public servants from performing their duties. PSM deputy chairman S. Arutchelvan said Chong Yee Shan, who is also a party central committee member, was notified by police that she …

KUALA LUMPUR: Fitch Ratings expects Malaysian benchmark crude palm oil (CPO) spot prices to average at US$650 per tonne in 2024, substantially lower than circa-US$840 per tonne in 2023 due to higher supply. It said prices have declined to below US$800 per tonne in December 2023, after strengthening in November …

Compiled by FARIK ZOLKEPLI, C.ARUNO and R. ARAVINTHAN A VIDEO of a wife confronting her husband’s apparent lover at a supermarket in Kuching went viral on social media, reported China Press. The video shows a woman in white yelling “mistress!” at a woman dressed in red in front of a …

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The angular, polarizing design of the Cybertruck will help boost the Tesla brand, the electric vehicle maker’s chief designer said on Thursday, adding that the pickup was no experiment. “Love it or hate it, it’s a conversation starter, and it gets people talking about the brand,” …

Apple Inc has stopped selling the Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 in the US on its online store, just days before a ban related to a patent dispute takes effect. The company also will no longer be able to repair watch models that are out-of-warranty, a potential headache …