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Chidi Okwechime approaches court during his trial. Picture: Blake Foden An alleged rapist has labelled allegations he sexually assaulted a social media influencer "nonsense", telling a court he was shocked to be accused of rape. As a journalist, I've covered everything from a royal tour and a terror attack to…

Influencer Sarah Harris after having her breast implants removed. Photo / Supplied A Kiwi social media influencer who used to define herself by her fake breasts is celebrating the removal of her implants. Now Sarah Harris, 29, who has modelled for Playboy and Maxim, wants to warn other young women…

When it comes to eating healthily, Very Hungry Greek proves that nutritious food doesn’t have to skimp on flavour and can truly make the soul sing. Written by social media influencer and talented cook Christina Kynigos, the cookery book showcases 100 soul-satisfying dishes from across the globe. With each recipe…

Recession fears have social media all a-twitter.  In fact, Twitter TWTR, +0.81% influencers’ conversations around a possible recession have been rising since the beginning of the year, according to a new GlobalData report. And they spiked by 115% in the second quarter (between April and June) compared to the first…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. The gaming universe is thriving. Consumers of all ages and backgrounds have shown their willingness to invest money in gaming. They're also putting in hefty amounts of time, as both active participants and consumers. In 2021 alone, gaming enthusiasts clocked more than…

In the span of less than two weeks, Li Jiaqi went from being China’s top e-commerce influencer to semi-taboo topic. Li, who has more than 43 million followers on Chinese social media platforms, abruptly ended a livestream session citing technical issues on June 3rd. Since then, he’s been absent from…

Photo: sfilippovs (Shutterstock) The latest bit of fitness misinformation is making the rounds on TikTok, but I’ve seen it cropping up other places, too. Young women are singing the praises of Pilates (sometimes alongside barre, yoga, and walking), saying it helped them lose weight and tone their muscles where lifting…

Nuseir Yassin, the popular Palestinian-Israeli creator of viral video sensation Nas Daily, has launched an online learning startup that aims to “disrupt education.” Nas Academy is now raising investment from Pitango, OurCrowd and BECO Capital in Dubai, a year after it was established with $12 million in seed funding from…

It has been four months since Huang Xiaoming (黃曉明) and Angelababy (楊穎) announced their divorce. While Angelababy has allegedly lost commercial value since the golden couple’s breakup, Huang Xiaoming was recently exposed to be dating an influencer named Ye Ke (葉珂). With several apparel businesses to her name, Ye Ke…

I first discovered Samsung's The Frame TV several years ago on Instagram, where home influencers would point out the undercover televisions masquerading as framed art in their meticulously designed living rooms. They were beautiful, of course, but it was hard to justify the splurge without fully understanding how the technology…