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...
Saul surfer
By Noel Vera
DVD Review
Son of Saul
Directed by Lazlo Nemes
LAZLO NEMES’ extraordinarily shot and executed debut feature Son of Saul answers a question I (and...
South African firms bet on coffee and donuts despite slowdown
JOHANNESBURG -- A fortnight after the first Starbucks in South Africa opened in a trendy Johannesburg district, queues still snaked onto the pavement, a...
What to see this week
5 films to see on the week of May 13-20, 2016
The Angry Birds Movie
In this 3-D animated movie based on the popular game app,...
Justin Timberlake returns with cheery pop
NEW YORK — Pop superstar Justin Timberlake returned Friday with his first new song in three years, a cheery pop number that will appear...
What young Wall Streeters see in American Psycho The Musical
By Amanda Gordon, Bloomberg
ELEVEN Yale business school students spill out of a Broadway theater after a performance of American Psycho The Musical. They’ve just...
A mountain bike trail in Tagaytay
TAGAYTAY’S Twin Lakes -- the country’s first vineyard resort township community -- has added a mountain bike trail to its attractions.
The new off-road track...
Early Birds at Early Bird
Ads & Ends
Nanette Franco-Diyco
MY FAMILY AND I were at our precinct at 6:00 a.m. on Monday and promptly cast our votes with ease. When...
Radiohead inches back to rock roots on bleak new album
NEW YORK — Radiohead, the band for two decades synonymous with experimentation, has inched back to its rock roots on a long-awaited album that...
Van Gogh recycled: Four million bottles used in Taiwan replica
A TAIWAN company has used four million colorful plastic bottles to produce a giant replica of Vincent van Gogh’s painting The Starry Night to...
‘Second skin’ may eliminate wrinkles, eye bags
MIAMI — US scientists have developed a new, transparent polymer material that temporarily tightens sagging skin and eliminates eye bags, according to research published...
Study suggests fake sweetener link to infant size, obesity
MIAMI — Pregnant women who drink artificially sweetened beverages may be more likely to have overweight infants than women who do not, a study...