Showing 1 - 10 of 3,705
Pandemic pushes Japan's geishas online
AFP, Published on 16/06/2020
» HAKONE, Japan: Geisha "Chacha" sits on her knees with her fingertips neatly placed on the wooden floor, gracefully bowing to an audience sitting not in front of her but kilometres away, watching online.
Myanmar currency trade moves online
Reuters, Published on 01/10/2021
» As Myanmar’s economic slump deepens after February’s military coup and parts of its financial system freeze up, many in the strife-torn country are turning to online groups to bypass official channels to trade currencies.
Germany curbs online cannabis sales
Reuters, Published on 08/10/2025
» BERLIN - Germany’s cabinet has approved a plan to restrict the online sale of cannabis to tackle a surge in imports since recreational use was legalised last year, the government said on Wednesday.
Scientists fight online virus misinformation war
AFP, Published on 26/05/2020
» PARIS: With cat photos and sometimes scathing irony, Mathieu Rebeaud, a Swiss-based researcher in biochemistry, has nearly tripled his Twitter following since the coronavirus pandemic began.
Kiwi media mogul challenging online giants
AFP, Published on 11/08/2020
» WELLINGTON: Tucked away in Sinead Boucher's sock drawer is the one-dollar coin that transformed the former journalist into New Zealand's biggest media mogul, giving her a platform to challenge Facebook and other social media giants.
The online battle for the truth
AFP, Published on 12/07/2018
» PARIS: False information is saturating political debate worldwide and undermining an already weak level of trust in the media and institutions, spreading further than ever on powerful social networks.
China's new online cosmetics stars: men
AFP, Published on 10/08/2018
» BEIJING: When Jiang Cheng first tried a bit of concealer during his first year of university in China it gave him self-confidence and he was instantly hooked.
NZ horror began and ended online
Reuters, Published on 15/03/2019
» Online accounts linked to the gun attacks that killed 49 people and wounded at least 20 at two New Zealand mosques on Friday had circulated in recent days on white supremacist imagery and extreme right-wing messages celebrating violence against Muslims and minorities on social media and message boards.
Major banks, airlines report online outages
AFP, Published on 17/06/2021
» SYDNEY - Major banks and airlines in Australia and the United States suffered brief online outages Thursday, with several blaming an "external provider" for the disruption.
Hong Kong activists erase online content
Kyodo News, Published on 18/09/2021
» HONG KONG: A prominent pro-democracy group in Hong Kong known for its yearly vigil commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown has deleted its publications on the internet, including photos of the protest at the Beijing square, to comply with police orders.