There is a peculiar contradiction in the Philippine debate over Pax Silica. A country that has spent decades complaining about poverty, underemployment, brain drain, weak industrialisation, unreliable infrastructure and the export of raw resources suddenly finds itself being offered a place in one »»»

Doha, Qatar: Historic WTA champion Alexandra Eala has received an outpouring of praise from some of the Philippines’ biggest athletes, sports icons, celebrities, and government leaders after becoming the first Filipino player to win a WTA singles title — a landmark achievement in the nation’s sport»»»

As nearly 50,000 North African migrants surged into the Spanish exclave of Ceuta overnight, one group responded with mockery and glee: Israeli politicians and their Zionist supporters, who celebrated the slap in Spanish President Pedro Sanchez’ face. An estimated 49,000 migrants, predominantly youn»»»

Dubai: Malayalam actor Kunchacko Boban has made a career out of playing men wrestling with their demons. In Unmadham, his latest Malayalam-language psychological thriller, he once again slips into the uniform of a flawed police officer whose biggest battles aren't just with crime, but with his own »»»

TORONTO: Egyptian filmmaker Abu Bakr Shawky’s “The Stories,” which opened this year’s Toronto Arab Film Festival last week, is a love letter of sorts to his homeland, set across three decades from the 1960s to the 1980s. The film follows Ahmad (Amir El-Masry), an aspiring concert pianist from a mid»»»

DUBAI: Welcome, then, to the future — and the present — of Hollywood. A world in which studio execs can apparently only greenlight a project that’s based on existing IP or that is practically indistinguishable from it. Apple TV’s “The Dink” is a film that appears to have been assembled by a combina»»»

In the early days of streaming services, it was common to find a free trial that gave you a chance to explore a platform before paying for a subscription. Netflix popularized this and famously gave users the first month at no cost. As the streaming wars have escalated, however, this approach h»»»