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Look years younger in under an hour.

Of cherry blossoms and earthquakes

By Nickky Faustine P. de Guzman

To see the sakura (cherry blossoms) in full bloom was the main reason we booked a trip to Japan in April, when parks and sideways are abloom.

China curbs Baidu health care ads business after student’s death

BEIJING — Chinese regulators have imposed limits on the number of lucrative health care adverts carried by Baidu, Inc. following the death of a student who underwent an experimental cancer treatment which he found using China’s biggest Internet search engine.

Ingredients are assembled for summer movie magic

By Richard Roeper

In the 2010s, the key ingredients for the Summer Blend Recipe for Movies are as follows:

Hamilton: The romance of history, rendered in hip-hop

The Binge
Jessica Zafra

WHAT A COMFORT it is after an intense and contentious election to hear a musical that makes you want to give standing ovations to the idea of nationhood. The hairs on my arms rose, there were icy sparks down my backbone, and an irresistible force propelled me out of my seat to applaud this work. And I was all alone in my room.

Web video redefines itself as TV to win bigger slice of ad pie

WITH THEIR SIGHTS set on a $63-billion TV advertising market, streaming video services like Hulu and Crackle are now defining themselves as TV networks, arguing they’re just as prevalent in the living room as ESPN and MTV.

Heavier is now ‘healthier’ than in 1970s: study

MIAMI — Being on the heavier side may not be as dangerous as it was in the 1970s, at least when it comes to the risk of dying, according to a study on Tuesday.

Botanists warn on threats to world’s plant kingdom

LONDON — Britain’s Royal Botanic Gardens warned Tuesday about the threats facing the world’s plant kingdom in the first global report of its kind aimed at drawing attention to often-overlooked species.

Sun Life promotes financial literacy through board games

By Carmencita A. Carillo

DAVAO CITY — First he got retrenched.

Hamilton adored by scalpers too with $12.5-million windfall

THE BROADWAY HIT Hamilton is making millions. It could be making millions more if not for scalpers snapping up seats and hawking them for $2,000 a piece or more.

Cuba scrambles to keep pace with US-fueled tourism boom

HAVANA — The number of US visitors to Cuba has nearly doubled this year, its tourism minister said on Wednesday, as the island races to build hotels and expand Havana airport to keep up with booming demand.

Saul surfer

By Noel Vera

DVD Review
Son of Saul
Directed by Lazlo Nemes