Taylor Swift, a global pop icon, said on November 1 that she will be embarking on a tour for the first time in five years, with numerous US stadium performance dates set for 2023 and overseas stops to be announced later. The 32-year-old American singer-songwriter released her 10th studio album Midnights on October 21, and by Tuesday, its skyrocketing popularity …

Mubadala Investment Company, Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth fund that manages more than $284 billion in assets worldwide, and private equity firm KKR have formed an alliance in which they will co-invest in performing private credit opportunities in the Asia-Pacific region to address a lack of capital and support the long-term growth plans of businesses. As part of their “strategic relationship,” …

The National Palace Museum of Taiwan has admitted to damaging three $77 million Ming and Qing dynasty artifacts. The Guardian claimed that the objects, a bowl, a teacup, and a plate, were uninsured and shattered in three different events over the course of the previous 18 months. However, the damage was not discovered until last week. On Friday (Oct. 28), …

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, announced in a filing on Monday that he will serve as CEO of Twitter, the social media business he just acquired for $44 billion, a move that Wall Street analysts say will strain the billionaire’s resources. Musk, who also operates rocket company SpaceX, brain-chip startup Neuralink, and tunneling company the Boring Company, ousted Twitter’s former …

Instagram made the announcement that it has ended an outage that had begun on Monday evening and continued into Tuesday morning, November 1. Due to the outage, some users were unable to access their accounts, while others received a notification from Instagram stating that their accounts will be suspended on October 31, 2022. It also resulted in sudden declines in …

According to the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, the death toll from Severe Tropical Storm Paeng (Nalgae) reached 110 as of Tuesday morning, November 1. (NDRRMC). On Monday evening, October 31, the disaster agency recorded 101 fatalities as a result of Typhoon Paeng. The NDRRMC’s reporting system includes deaths that have not yet been validated. In this instance, …

According to local sources, a woman was killed and consumed whole by a python in the Indonesian province of Jambi. Sunday morning, Jahrah, a rubber tapper reportedly in her fifties, made her way to a rubber plantation. She was reported missing when she failed to return that evening, and search parties were dispatched to locate her. The following day, residents …

As anticipated, Carlos Yulo performed admirably at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Liverpool, England, where he won a chance at four medals. On Monday, October 31, the 22-year-old gymnastics superstar qualified for the finals of the all-around, floor exercise, vault, and parallel bars in his return to the global stage (Tuesday, November 1, Manila time). Yulo placed third in …

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) reported 7.35 million foreign visitor arrivals in Thailand between January 1 and October 26 following the removal of COVID-19 restrictions. The top five source markets were Malaysia with 1.25 million arrivals, India with 661,751 arrivals, Laos with 538,789 arrivals, Cambodia with 373,811 arrivals, and Singapore with 365,593 passengers, according to a statement issued by …

Black Adam, the DC superhero picture starring Dwayne Johnson, maintained its No. 1 position at the North American box office in its second weekend. Black Adam gained $27.7 million in ticket sales on Sunday, bringing its domestic total to $111.1 million, according to studio estimates. Ticket sales were down 59 percent from the opening weekend, and the film had little …