Siwan latest Korean star to get Madame Tussauds wax figure
MANILA, Philippines — Korean singer-actor Yim Si-wan, more commonly known as Siwan, is the latest Korean celebrity to get a wax figure from Madame Tussauds.
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Xdinary Heroes Announce First U.S. Performances - Dates, Cities, Ticket Info Revealed!
Xdinary Heroes are hitting the road stateside!
Wanted: Livable spaces
I was in Singapore the other week and what caught my attention, aside from the famously lush greenery (it’s just as hot there as it is here, so why isn’t a single plant or patch of grass dry and brown?), is how smooth the roads are. Not just the four-lane highway from the airport into town, but even the high-traffic city streets – like Orchard and Bukit Timah roads and inner city streets like New Bridge Road and Seah Street (the latter where that famous chicken rice place is located) – offer a cushioned ride. Of course it helps that their public transport, especially taxis, use new, well-maintained vehicles (one cab we took was a hybrid, so quiet and smooth).
Air pollution linked to 135 million premature deaths — study
SINGAPORE, Singapore — Pollution from man-made emissions and other sources like wildfires have been linked to around 135 million premature deaths worldwide between 1980 and 2020, a Singapore university said Monday.
Broadway star Lea Salonga to get own wax figure in Madame Tussauds Singapore
MANILA, Philippines — It's the time for the Philippines' pride, Broadway icon Lea Salonga, to get her own wax figure in Madame Tussauds Singapore.
Markets mixed as US jobs data tempered by economy worries
HONG KONG, China — Equities were mixed Wednesday as building optimism that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates before the end of the year was offset by renewed worries about the US economy.
Asian markets in reverse as US data spark economy worries
HONG KONG, China — Asian markets fell Tuesday as traders were spooked by signs of weakness in the US economy, even as the data boosted hopes the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates this year.
Zelenskyy visits Philippines to promote peace summit, which he says China and Russia are trying to undermine
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with the Philippine president on Monday in a rare Asian trip to urge regional leaders to attend a Swiss-organized global peace summit on the war in Ukraine that he accuses Russia, , of trying to undermine.