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Tourism is one of the key economic boosters in any country but as tourism numbers increase yearly, many destinations struggle to cope with the impact of rising numbers of visitors. Overtourism is real and cities like Amsterdam, Venice, Barcelona and Paris are some of the places that face it. According to a new report from […]

American actor Rip Torn, famous for his roles in Men in Black and The Larry Sanders Show has passed away at the age of 88. With a career spanning seven decades, he won an Emmy in 1996 for playing Artie, Sanders’ irascible producer, in Garry Shandling’s sitcom. The 1983 drama Cross Creek gave him his […]

18-month-old Chloe Wiegand fell through a Royal Caribbean cruise ship’s 11th floor window when she slipped from her grandfather’s hands. Puerto Rican authorities said that they have not ruled out charging family members in the death. The family were onboard the Freedom of the Seas cruise liner while it was docked in San Juan when […]

Japanese entertainment industry mogul Johnny Kitagawa died at the age of 87. For more than five decades, the agency he founded Johnny & Associates turned multiple bands into household names such as SMAP, Arashi and KAT-TUN. The artists he made famous also became TV show celebrities. He died at a hospital in Tokyo after suffering […]

American rapper Nicki Minaj cancelled her upcoming concert in Saudi Arabia in a show of support for women’s and gay rights in the ultra-conservative kingdom. Her scheduled appearance in the western city of Jeddah next week as part of a cultural festival triggered a social media backlash over human rights in the country. “After careful […]

A woman in the United Kingdom died by accidental impalement through her left eye and brain. The culprit—a reusable metal straw in a mason jar-style glass. The coroner who worked on her case has since issued warnings over the use of these trendy and otherwise environmentally sound replacements for disposable plastic straws. As first reported […]

US regulators have approved a $5 billion penalty to be levied on Facebook to settle a probe into the social network’s privacy and data protection lapses, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday. The newspaper said the Federal Trade Commission approved the settlement in a 3-2 vote, with the two Democratic members of the consumer protection […]

Super Junior’s Kangin announced his departure from the group on July 11 in an Instagram post for the first time after eight months. Kangin, 34 whose real name is Kim Young-woon has been involved with scandals which led to him to leave the K-pop boyband. “Hello. This is Kangin. It’s really been a long time […]

‘Aquaman’ and ‘Justice League’ actor Jason Momoa was recently body-shamed on social media for not having a six-pack. He has been taking the time off spending a vacation in Europe with wife Lisa Bonet and children, Lola and Nakoa-Wolf. The body-shaming started when topless photos of Momoa beside a swimming pool in Venice was uploaded […]

Donald Trump expressed his mistrust of cryptocurrency Thursday, saying it was “not money” and warning that those wishing to join the trade would have to abide by banking regulations. “I am not a fan of Bitcoin and other Cryptocurrencies, which are not money, and whose value is highly volatile and based on thin air,” Trump […]

by Jerome TAYLOR Plastered in colourful sticky-notes carrying messages of defiance against Hong Kong’s government, so-called “Lennon Walls” have sprung up across the city — though fights have broken out as Beijing loyalists try to tear them down. The first wall was a uniquely Hong Kong take on a public graffiti display in Prague, which […]

by Claire LEE A simmering diplomatic row with Japan is threatening South Korea’s output of components that drive smartphones and computer displays, which analysts say could batter the global tech market and hike prices for consumers. Tokyo last week said it would restrict exports of three chemicals vital to South Korea’s world-leading chip and smartphone […]

Hong Kong – It is a common concert tradition to wave a banner in support of your favorite artist or give them a bouquet in appreciation. However, in light of the zero-waste lifestyle that is currently trending, certain practices have started to change. Sammi Cheng, the queen of Cantopop, went on Instagram on July 9 […]

North Korea on Thursday said South Korea’s planned deployment of new US stealth fighter jets was an “extremely dangerous action” that would compel it to use “special armaments” to shoot them down. South Korea, a major US ally, received its first two F-35A jets — one of the world’s most advanced military aircraft — in […]

A Guatemalan woman whose infant daughter died after being held by US immigration authorities denounced the “cruelty” of the country’s migrant detention centers on Wednesday.   Yazmin Juarez spoke out at “Kids in Cages: Inhumane Treatment at the Border,” a congressional hearing staged amid a series of scandals over poor conditions suffered by detained migrants […]