NEW YORK — Under the watch of counterterrorism officers and police in tactical gear, hundreds of people gathered in front of the New York Public Library last Friday to show support for Salman Rushdie, the author stabbed multiple times at a literary event on Aug. 12.

ONE of the major casualties in the global COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic is the live entertainment industry. For K-pop in particular, concerts, music shows, and festivals, and fan meetings — whether on a grand scale or even the relatively small and intimate ones — are temporarily on hold as the world still grapples with how to keep the virus at bay. Given the consistently high demand for Korean entertainment and content, agencies and brands have joined forces to continue to stage events — but the medium has shifted to online.

ENSURING the unhampered flow of cargo, essential food supplies and medical equipment on the southern expressways is Roberto V. Bontia’s commitment to the public during the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) while working from home.

HONG KONG — Two films have been dropped from an international film festival in Hong Kong (HK) after failing to get approval from authorities, in what one director said reflected increased censorship after a new censorship law came into effect last year.

LONDON — Johnson & Johnson has decided to stop selling skin-whitening creams popular in Asia and the Middle East, it said on Friday, after such products have come under renewed social pressure in recent weeks amid a global debate about racial inequality.

LONDON — Roberto Cavalli launched a “disruptive” capsule collection outside the traditional catwalk calendar on Thursday as the Italian fashion label seeks to rebrand...

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NEW DELHI — In India, Bollywood stars are asking judges to protect their voice and persona in the era of artificial intelligence (AI). One...

DUBAI —  Expo Dubai visitors hoping to see the 3-D twin of Michelangelo’s David in all its glory at Italy’s pavilion may be disappointed as only the statue’s head is visible to the public in a display slammed by some Italian media as self-censorship.

LOS ANGELES — Historical epic Oppenheimer picked up more prizes on Saturday at Hollywood’s Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards, bolstering the movie’s chances to...

Boy band A1 coming to PHL POP boy band, A1, is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a concert, A1: TWENTY FIVE - MANILA, at the...

DO YOU often feel that Philippine politics is simply taking you for a ride? A series of paintings by a political cartoonist is set...