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New York Times buys puzzle game phenomenon Wordle for seven-figure sum

Free browser-based puzzler and cultural phenomenon Wordle has been purchased by the New York Times for an undisclosed seven-figure sum.

Elon Musk offers teen $5000 to stop bot tracking his private jet location

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has offered an enterprising teenager $5,000 to remove a Twitter bot tracking the movements of his private plane.

Ottawa police investigating some anti vaccine protesters

OTTAWA, Ontario  — Police in Canada’s capital said Sunday they are investigating possible criminal charges after anti-vaccine protesters…

Look Fire crew attending to raging fire on Michells Pass Ceres

The Winelands District Municipality’s Fire Services has confirmed that they are attending to a serious fire on Michell’s Pass outside…

Naval cannon gun fired into Simons Town mountain by mistake

The South African Navy is attempting to conceal a training exercise that went wrong after a cannon gun fired at the Simon’s Town mountain range…

Gunmen kill priest on his way home from church in Pakistan

PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Gunmen killed a Christian priest and wounded another as the clerics drove home from church in Pakistan’s northwestern city…

Sing it in Bahasa Melayu: Chinese New Year song celebrating cross-cultural unity warms Malaysians hearts

KUALA LUMPUR: This is not your typical Chinese New Year song. 

It ticks all the necessary boxes - upbeat tunes, positive lyrics and costumes…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: From diplomatic efforts to troop deployments all you need to know

Warsaw: High-stakes diplomacy continued on Friday in a bid to avert a war in Eastern Europe. The urgent efforts come as 100,000 Russian troops…