PETALING JAYA: From the airwaves straight into your ears – the trending anthem for Hari Raya this year is undoubtedly DeFam’s “Alamak Raya Lagi”. The song, which has gone viral locally and abroad, has had many people – sometimes without realising it – singing along to its catchy melody. Inspired …

Automattic Inc, the Internet company behind popular online blogging service WordPress.com, acquired the messaging app at the heart of a recent dispute with Apple Inc. In a deal announced Tuesday, Automattic is buying the Beeper app and absorbing its 27 employees. That includes Beeper co-founder Eric Migicovsky, who will become …

ANSAN, South Korea (Reuters) – For Lee Mi-kyung, whose son was one of the 250 children who died in South Korea’s Sewol ferry disaster 10 years ago, coping with the grief and anger has been incredibly hard. She works through her pain on stage. “I will no longer hide in …

SINGAPORE: Oil prices rose on Friday as heightened tensions in the Middle East raised the risk of supply disruptions from the oil-producing region, though prices are set for weekly losses amid expectations of fewer U.S. interest rate cuts this year. Brent crude futures climbed 75 cents, or 0.84%, to $90.49 …

GENEVA/ZURICH (Reuters) – Switzerland for all its snow-capped mountains and crisp Alpine air has failed to protect its people from the ravages of climate change, as a top European court ruled this week. Behind the picture postcard exterior, critics say, is a country that has done too little for the …

SEOUL: South Korea’s central bank said on Friday greater uncertainty on the inflation outlook and the strength of exports argued against a near term push to cut interest rates after the bank left the policy rate steady at a 15-year high. “To give a six-month ahead outlook or so, all …

LONDON: Social media giant Meta has been urged to reverse the lowering of the minimum age to use WhatsApp. The change, which reduces the age limit from 16 to 13, came into force in the UK and EU on April 11. British Campaign group Smartphone Free Childhood said the move …

NEW YORK: It’s the stuff of movies: Two friends vow to marry each other if they’re not hitched by a specified future date or age. Well, the Marriage Pact, an annual matching ritual that has become popular on nearly 90 college campuses around the US, has turned that dusty cliche …

KOTA KINABALU: Labuan’s future hinges on its alignment with Sabah’s development plans, says Labuan Chamber of Commerce (LCC) chairman Daniel Doughty. “It’s crucial for Labuan to synergise with Sabah, leveraging our collective strengths to drive our economic ambitions. Together, we can grow stronger economically,” he said. Doughty was addressing talk …

A woman bought a new Tesla Model X in 2018, believing it was the “safest SUV on the market” as the company had advertised, while pregnant with her second child, according to a lawsuit. The vehicle, however, proved “defective” when Mallory Harcourt’s two-year-old son was able to start the car, …