Day: November 4, 2024
TikTok founder becomes China’s richest individual
Zhang Yiming has emerged as the wealthiest person in China, with a net worth reaching $49.3 billion. Zhang founded ByteDance Group, the Chinese tech giant that owns the globally popular platform TikTok, which has around 200 million users in the United States alone. At 41, Zhang stepped down as ByteDance CEO in 2021 but still […]
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Czech movie the cremator tops list of best horror movies
One of the scariest films from the Czech Republic, The Cremator, has claimed the top spot in a ranking of best horror films. Despite this acclaim, few people worldwide have actually seen it. The film ranking website Letterboxd compiled a list of the best horror movies with only 5,000 to 50,000 views globally. These chilling […]
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Serbian railway accident sparks anti-corruption protest
Hundreds of opposition activists gathered in Serbia’s capital, Belgrade, on Sunday to protest alleged corruption and negligence by local authorities following a fatal accident on Friday at a northern railway station. The accident occurred in Novi Sad, about 70 kilometers northwest of Belgrade, when part of the station’s entrance roof collapsed, killing 14 people and […]
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Chinese taikonauts return to earth after six-month mission
China plans to establish a base on the Moon. Three Chinese taikonauts successfully returned to Earth on Monday after spending six months aboard the Tiangong space station, or “Heavenly Palace.” The crew of the Shenzhou 18 mission landed safely in Inner Mongolia, northern China, as reported by the state news agency Xinhua. The crew had […]
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