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China's Baidu cancels $3.6 bn purchase of livestreaming site
China's Baidu cancels $3.6 bn purchase of livestreaming site
by  AFP

Chinese internet giant Baidu has said it was cancelling the planned multi-billion-dollar purchase of livestreaming platform YY Live, partly blaming its inability to get government approval. Baidu, the country's top search engine company, agreed in 2020 to buy JOYY Inc's Chinese live video business YY Live for $3.6 billion.

Lebanon targets UNESCO register for pioneering TV archive
Lebanon targets UNESCO register for pioneering TV archive
by  AFP

For decades, Tele Liban has been a mainstay of Lebanese living rooms. Zaven Kouyoumdjian, author of two books on television including "Lebanon on Screen", said Tele Liban was part of a modernising effort in the Arab world and also "brought all Lebanese together".

'I'll keep going:' Chile granny finds solace, celebrity in online gaming
'I'll keep going:' Chile granny finds solace, celebrity in online gaming
by  AFP

Few players of the online video game Free Fire would know that one of their most ferocious opponents -- a lithe, gun-wielding warrior in a short kimono and fang mask -- is in reality an 81-year-old grandmother from rural Chile. - 'I'll keep going' - Three years after starting her Free Fire journey, Arevalo says she no longer feels lonely.