Video saved the K-pop stars: Brave Girls reborn via YouTube
The fan-led ascent of the Brave Girls is a reversal of the usual K-pop model, where bands are usually assembled, trained intensively and launched by record companies
The fan-led ascent of the Brave Girls is a reversal of the usual K-pop model, where bands are usually assembled, trained intensively and launched by record companies
Tesla's record-setting share price rally in 2020 coincided with what may have been an all-time high in the company's share of the U.S. electric-vehicle market, according to at least one analyst.
Venmo, the peer-to-peer payment service owned by PayPal Holdings Inc, said on Tuesday it has started allowing users to buy, hold and sell cryptocurrencies on its app, a step that could inspire more mainstream adoption of the asset class. Venmo users will be able to buy bitcoin, ethereum, litecoin and bitcoin cash for as little as $1 and publish transactions on the app's feed, the company said. With more than 70 million customers, Venmo is one of the most popular payment apps in the United States, especially among younger consumers who use it to pay friends and family.
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A ‘TERRIBLE’ season may have ended in a first-round World Snooker Championship exit for Gary Wilson but he finally believes the green shoots of recovery are starting to show
Meanwhile, eight in 10 of these jobs were lost by workers under the age of 35.
KUALA LUMPUR, April 20 — Another tahfiz school in Kelantan will be placed under the enhanced movement control order (EMCO) following a surge in Covid-19 cases. Senior Minister Datuk Seri Ismail...
New Delhi [India], April 20 (ANI): A thin layer of toxic foam was seen floating in the Yamuna river at Kalindi Kunj in the national capital on Tuesday.
Sir Michael Oswald died after a long illness.
Deployments of facial recognition from Israeli startup AnyVision show how the surveillance software has gained adoption across the United States even as regulatory and ethical debates about it rage. The technology finds certain faces in photos or videos, with banks representing one sector that has taken interest in systems from AnyVision or its many competitors to improve security and service. Cedars-Sinai's main hospital uses AnyVision facial recognition to give staff a heads-up about individuals known for violence, drug fraud or using different names at the emergency room, three sources said.
Labour MP Alison McGovern says she has already written to the Competition and Markets Authority to look at the issue of the European Super League in football "to question whether it seriously disadvantages clubs in the UK" and "for them to give us their advice as to what kind of investigation they can commission".
Jurors are due to begin a second day of deliberations on Tuesday in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged with murder and manslaughter after kneeling on the neck of a dying George Floyd during an arrest last May. The 12 sequestered jurors were expected to consider three weeks of testimony from 45 witnesses, including bystanders and medical experts, along with hours of video evidence that make up the most high-profile U.S. police misconduct case in decades. Chauvin, who is white, has pleaded not guilty to second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree "depraved mind" murder and second-degree manslaughter.
Paul Raci, nominated for an Oscar for playing a drug abuse counselor who has lost his hearing in "Sound of Metal," said the most common response he receives from deaf people about the film is "how cool you show a bunch of deaf addicts." "That sounds a little strange," Raci said in an interview, "but they're just happy that you're showing them in a light that makes them normal, like you and I. They have the same struggles." Advocates hope that praise for "Sound of Metal," one of the best picture contenders at Sunday's Academy Awards, and other films will lead to more movies featuring people with disabilities.
Government minister Gavin Williamson has criticised plans for a European Super League in football. The education secretary said the idea is "ignoring the spirit of the game", adding "these six clubs are moving away from what makes football truly great". He urged club owners to "change their approach" to a closed league, warning that government will look at "taking action" to ensure teams "are not able to proceed in the way that they are proposing".
KUALA LUMPUR, April 20 — PKR president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng could not attend the delivery of a memorandum seeking an end to Emergency at the Istana Negara...
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BATU GAJAH, April 20 — Perak Health, Science, Environment and Green Technology Committee chairman Mohd Akmal Kamarudin said the state government will help six matriculation students appeal their...
A SCINTILLATING session of snooker saw Anthony McGill cruise into the second round of the World Snooker Championship but the Scot believes he will have to step up another gear to shock ‘the best ever’ Ronnie O’Sullivan
This could signal a fascinating shift in the global African art market, with local collectors signaling to the world which artists they value and celebrate in their own markets for a change.
China’s government on Tuesday rejected accusations of abuses in the Xinjiang region after a human rights group appealed for a U.N. investigation into possible crimes against humanity. Accusations of forced labor or detentions in the northwestern region are “lies and false information concocted by anti-China forces,” said a foreign ministry spokesman, Wang Wenbin. On Monday, Human Rights Watch appealed to the U.N. Human Rights Commission to investigate reports of mass detention of Muslims, a crackdown on religious practices and other measures against minorities.