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Adobo is the first Filipino dish to be featured on the Google Doodle platform. “Adobo is an integral component of Filipino history. It is a growing, well-liked comfort food or culinary style that transcends all economic barriers. For adobo, the original Filipino food, to be featured as a Google Doodle is a Pinoy Pride moment,” said Mervin Wenke, Head of …

After visitors were discovered working illegally, authorities on the popular tourist island of Bali in Indonesia asked the central immigration bureau to revoke the visa-on-arrival scheme for Russian and Ukrainian nationals. According to official tourist data, Russian citizens are one of the largest groups of foreign visitors to Indonesia. Last month, at least four Russian nationals were deported for visa …

Picture this: you open TikTok to observe a woman in her kitchen racing toward you. “My parents are coming over,” she says, opening and closing her mouth like a stork gulping a fish. “Can you help me clean?” Two dialogue options are presented. Before selecting “Of course, sweetie,” the mouse cursor hovers over “No thanks.” The remainder of the 30-second …

When it comes to expatriate life, where is the best country to settle down?  The United Arab Emirates tops the list of places that provide the highest quality of life for expats, according to a new poll by HSBC. Quality of life, cost of living, and ease of settling in were considered in selecting the top choices. Findings from the …

The eighth of March is observed as International Women’s Day, a day dedicated to commemorating the many accomplishments of women in areas like politics, culture, economics, and the arts. In spite of the fact that the positive aims are pretty obvious – such as calling attention to gender equality, reproductive rights, as well as violence and abuse against women – …

Users of the video-sharing app have been known to participate in a wide variety of fads, ranging from internet-based dance crazes to online personality tests. The most recent trend sees TikTokers comparing the phase of the moon on the day that they were born with the phase of the moon on the day that their partners were born in order …

On Monday, March 6, Louis Vuitton held its fall-winter fashion show at the Musee d’Orsay, sending a modern lineup of whimsical, sculptural ensembles down a slick, black runway created to resemble a Parisian street. Nicolas Ghesquiere, artistic director of the label’s womenswear collections, experimented with clothing volumes and trompe l’oeil effects, such as boots that resembled black high heel shoes …

An eyewitness for Reuters stated that environmental activist Greta Thunberg was taken into custody by Norwegian police for a short period of time during a demonstration in Oslo on March 1, 2019. In recent days, indigenous activists and other activists in Norway who are seeking the removal of wind turbines from reindeer pastures have blocked entrance to multiple government offices. …

The famed Michelin Guide has degraded the three-star Restaurant Guy Savoy at Hôtel de la Monnaie in Paris to two stars, as reported in the latest edition of the worldwide food guide published on February 27. Gwendal Poullennec, the director of the guide, told Agence France-Presse that such “difficult” judgments are thoroughly evaluated through many inspection visits per year. “For …

In A Coruna, Spain, two conflicting fashion business models meet, pitting the rising need for the garment sector to become more environmentally friendly against the ongoing need to promote sales. This gloomy, windy, Atlantic coast city is the odd home of Inditex, the world’s largest fast fashion store and owner of Zara. It also features tiny stores selling high-quality, long-lasting …