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What’s ‘Dalgona coffee’ and why is it taking social media by storm?
A new kind of coffee drink has taken over social media feeds since the worldwide coronavirus outbreak forced people into home quarantine.
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Italians defy coronavirus with mass singing, applause for doctors
Italians came out to sing together from windows and balconies and applaud their hard-pressed doctors and nurses as the death toll from Europe’s worst coronavirus outbreak kept climbing.
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Modi plans to give up social media accounts
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi says in a tweet that he plans to give up his social media accounts on various platforms, including Twitter and Facebook.
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Elderly self-publisher’s photo goes viral
A photo of an elderly man standing in front of a stall at Amar Ekushey Grantha Mela 2020 goes viral on social media, with discussion on him being in full swing among book lovers.
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Woman reunited with father after 56 years through Facebook
A woman in England is reunited with her long-lost father after 56 years when he was “suggested” as a friend on Facebook.
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Koala mittens and joey pouches: Australia bushfires spark global knitting frenzy
Knitting needles are clicking furiously around the world to create hundreds of protective pouches and blankets for native wildlife made homeless by Australian wildfires that have razed large swathes of bushland.
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Trump strips away truth with hunky topless photo tweet
Days after causing alarm with an unscheduled trip to the hospital, President Donald Trump tweeted a photo-shopped image of himself as a rippling, bare-chested boxer.
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Can Twitter reunite friends split during partition?
Indian historian and author, Aanchal Malhotra, takes to Twitter to share one of her student's story, about her grandmother and her long lost friend, who went their separate ways during partition and split a pair of gold earrings between them "as a symbol of their everlasting friendship".
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Malala's witty tweet on iPhone 11 has twitter in splits
The triple camera setup of the latest iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max, leads to many hilarious comparisons and jokes on social media. Nobel Laureate Malala Yousufzai also joined the fun with a hilarious tweet of her own, reports NDTV.
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Indian teaches 3-year-old son to load gun in viral video
A viral video of an Indian man teaching his three-year-old son to load a gun sparks a police investigation.
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Amazon founder Bezos' divorce final with $38 billion settlement: Report
Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos' divorce from his wife of 25 years, MacKenzie Bezos, is finalized by a Seattle-area judge, paving the way for her to receive $38.3 billion worth of Amazon stock.
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Imran Khan trolled after he quotes Tagore as Gibran
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan tweets an inspirational quote but mistakenly attributes it to another writer which makes his tweet viral on social media.
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Pakistan politician does livestream with cat whiskers
A politician in northwestern Pakistan is given paws for thought after his press conference is streamed live on Facebook with the "cat filter" turned on, giving him on-screen whiskers and ears.
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Trump says moon is part of Mars
US President Donald Trump declares that the moon is part of Mars and criticises NASA for aiming to put astronauts back on it by 2024.
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Internet star Grumpy Cat dies at age 7
Internet star "Grumpy Cat" died at the age of seven, her owners says.
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Young Afghan amputee's joy at dancing on new leg
With his hands in the air and an infectious grin spreading from ear to ear, a young Afghan boy whirls around a Kabul hospital room on his new prosthetic leg.
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The woman behind first black hole image
The first-ever photo of a black hole is unveiled, and we have Katie Bouman to thank for that.
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A boy with a heart of gold
Derek C Lalchhanhima is only six years old and like any child his age, Derek is innocence personified. Not only he has a heart of gold, but also has the supreme courage to own up to his “mistakes” and try and make amends. The boy from India's Mizoram exhibited all this and is being hailed by people across the world.
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Women singers test limits, signal Afghanistan’s changing times
The first street concert by a woman in recent memory is performed in Kabul. The Taliban banned women from playing music or appearing in public with their faces visible when in power from 1996 to 2001.
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Meet Lini Zurlia, the poster girl in Indonesian election
It never occurred to Lini Zurlia that she would become the subject of a controversy surrounding golput (voting abstention) on social media. A photo she posted late last month, depicting her holding up a sticker saying “Saya Golput”, was originally intended as harmless self-expression.
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Bangladeshi construction worker’s stare breaks the internet
A portrait of a Bangladeshi construction worker in Malaysia captivates social media users worldwide.
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Kim and Trump lookalikes draw the crowds in Hanoi
Cars stop and tourists gawk at what appeared to be North Korean leader Kim Jong Un wandering the streets of Hanoi.
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Bhutan ex-PM’s Valentine’s Day photo goes viral
Former Bhutan Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay wIns the Internet with a Valentine’s Day photo posted on his official Facebook page.
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Bride, groom fall into river as wedding stage collapses
What is supposed to be a perfect day turned chaotic after a wedding stage purportedly set up above a river collapsed, prompting the bride and groom, who are wearing their wedding attire, to fall into the river.
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Video of dog being dragged behind truck goes viral
A video of a dog being dragged on the road by a pick-up truck, supposedly near Jalan Kota here, has gone viral on social media.
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Fans remember Boo, the ‘world’s cutest dog’
The cheerful Pomeranian, whose charm and good looks captured the hearts of the internet, also dubbed as the world’s cutest dog died on Friday.
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#10YearChallenge: I celebrate myself, and sing myself
From celebrities to survivors of horrific accidents their split-screen photos of #10YearChallenge have gone viral on social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
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Tuna sells for record $3m at Tokyo auction
The owner of a Japanese sushi restaurant chain yesterday set a record by paying more than $3 million for a bluefin tuna in the year's first
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Air New Zealand Christmas ad replicates Trump’s UN laughter moment
An Air New Zealand advertisement released for the Christmas season takes a dig at US President Donald Trump by portraying an American boy wearing a “Make Christmas Great Again” red cap being laughed at by other children on Santa’s “naughty” list.
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Taking a week off from social media causes withdrawal symptoms
New European research finds that even just a one-week break from social media can cause withdrawal symptoms similar to those experienced when quitting addictive substances.
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