LOS ANGELES: The trouble began, she said, when the boy asked to follow her on TikTok. The 13-year-old girl, an 8th grader at Aliso Viejo Middle School, said the request popped up on her profile in February. Her account was private, and she’d kept most of her previous followers to …

BEIJING: Aluminium and nickel futures jumped to multi-month highs on Monday following fresh sanctions by the U.S. and UK targeting Russian metals. Russia is a major producer of aluminium and nickel. It also produces copper and some other metals. Three-month aluminium on the London Metal Exchange (LME) jumped 5.2% to …

PUTRAJAYA: The Malaysian government has agreed to establish the Energy Exchange Malaysia (Enegem) to facilitate cross-border sales of green electricity to neighbouring countries. The Energy Transition and Water Transformation Ministry, in a statement issued here today, said the setting up of Enegem is in line with Malaysia’s energy transition aspiration …

On April 12, Hatsune Miku performed songs on her biggest stage yet – Coachella. The turquoise-haired Japanese icon has been touring North America, singing to thousands of fans in large concert venues. She’s inked branding deals over the years with companies including Google. And on April 12, she was slated …

(Reuters) – Rafa Nadal could return to action this week in Barcelona and play just his second event of an injury-hit season and while the Spaniard lacks match practice Stefanos Tsitsipas said it would be no surprise to see him battling for the title in the final. Nadal, who has …

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IT HAS been two years since the weekly Sunday closure of Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman (Jalan TAR) in Kuala Lumpur was implemented. Business owners in the area are asking for a review of the decision, as they have had to face difficulties since the road is turned into a pedestrian …

CHICAGO: London-based model Alexsandrah has a twin, but not in the way you’d expect: Her counterpart is made of pixels instead of flesh and blood. The virtual twin was generated by artificial intelligence and has already appeared as a stand-in for the real-life Alexsandrah in a photo shoot. Alexsandrah, who …

KUALA LUMPUR: The ripple effects of higher oil prices on Asia Pacific (APAC) economies and globally are expected to be felt if the current development of Middle East tension is not defused soon, said a research house. Moody’s Analytics, in its commentary note, said that the escalation of tensions in …

SEPANG: The police did not immediately engage the suspect during the shooting at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport Terminal 1 (KLIA 1) out of concern for the public’s safety. Selangor police chief Comm Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said many questioned why the police had not immediately engaged the suspect during …