What AI earbuds can’t replace: The value of learning another language
By Gabriel Guillén and Thor Sawin
YOUR HOST in Osaka, Japan, slips on a pair of headphones and suddenly hears your words transformed into flawless Kansai Japanese. Even better, their...
Arts & Culture (11/19/25)
SINAGLARAWAN has concluded its 2025 photo contest with the Isa sa Isla photo exhibit opening and awarding ceremony.
France’s Louvre Museum closes gallery due to structural weakness
PARIS — France’s Louvre Museum on Monday closed a gallery hosting Greek vases and office spaces as its structures designed in the 1930s are...
China suspends Japanese film releases as diplomatic crisis deepens
BEIJING — Film distributors have suspended the screening of at least two Japanese films in China amid a deepening dispute between Tokyo and Beijing,...
Figurine of a woman and a goose offers peek at prehistoric beliefs
A CLAY figurine about 12,000 years old that was unearthed at the site of a prehistoric village overlooking the Sea of Galilee in northern...
Tom Cruise touts the power of cinema as he accepts honorary Oscar
LOS ANGELES — How does a person summarize the 45-year career of Tom Cruise in a four-minute speech? “Mission impossible,” said director Alejandro Inarritu...
Bridget Jones gets her own statue in London’s Leicester Square
LONDON — Bridget Jones has joined the likes of Mary Poppins, Harry Potter and other beloved film characters with her own statue in London’s...
Vatican returns to Canada artifacts connected to Indigenous people
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican on Saturday returned 62 artefacts connected to the Indigenous peoples of Canada to the country’s Catholic bishops, offering what...
SB19, BINI win big at Awit Awards
WHILE Ben&Ben won this year’s top prize, Album of the Year for The Traveller Across Dimensions, at the 38th Awit Awards, it was the...
7 albums to listen to during a breakup — from Lily Allen to Marvin...
LILY ALLEN’S bombshell new album, West-End Girl, has caused a sensation for its depiction of a marriage torn apart. Though the singer has described...
Entertainment News (11/18/25)
AS PART of its 20th anniversary celebration this year, Hong Kong (HK) Disneyland is inviting guests to step into Christmas festivities from Nov. 14 to Jan. 6, 2026.
World’s top YouTuber MrBeast launches Saudi theme park
RIYADH — Cristiano Ronaldo. Naomi Campbell. Sofia Vergara.
And the latest celebrity brought to Saudi Arabia in the kingdom’s push to become a global entertainment...