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First tweet of Twitter boss hits US2 mil at auction

Twitter boss Jack Dorsey is selling his first tweet at auction, with bidding Saturday reaching US$2 million. (AFP pic) SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter boss Jack Dorsey is selling his first tweet at auction, with bidding Saturday reaching US$2 million in a sign of the appetite for virtual objects authenticated through blockchain technology. “just setting up my […]

S. Korea, US scale back military drill over Covid-19

The combined drills are closely monitored by North Korea which calls them a ‘rehearsal for war’. (AP pic) SEOUL: South Korea and the US will conduct its springtime military exercise this week, but the joint drill will be smaller than usual because of the coronavirus pandemic, Seoul said on Sunday. The allies will begin a […]

US detains record number of migrants at Mexico border, nearly 100,000

A migrant family crosses the border into Texas from Mexico last week. (AP pic) WASHINGTON: US border agents detained nearly 100,000 migrants at the US-Mexico border in February, according to two people familiar with preliminary figures, the highest monthly total since a major border surge in mid-2019. The figures, which have not been previously reported, […]

Would you be happy if your MP were 9,000km away?

Deputy federal territories minister Edmund Santhara thought he could administer his Segamat parliamentary constituency from 9,000km away without any hitches. He was wrong. Anyone accessing his Facebook page would have been none the wiser. There are several photos of his Parlimen Team Santhara (PTS) giving out food parcels on his behalf, visiting the sick and […]