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“The Glory” Child Actress Shoots Her First Ever Magazine Spread

  She grew up!   While The Glory‘s grown actors received critical acclaim and widespread praise for their actions, the one who stole our hearts was child actress Oh Ji Yul. Oh Ji Yul played Ha Ye Sol, the daughter of Park Yeon Jin and Ha Do Young. She gained attention for her impeccable delivery, as well as her princess-like visuals....

Lea Navvab Huening Reunites With TXT’s Hueningkai After Her “Wednesday” Inspired Fashion Show Debut

  Lea opened up to fans about her younger brother’s support 🖤   TXT‘s Hueningkai, Kep1er‘s Huening Bahiyyih, and former VIVA‘s Lea Navvab Huening have become K-Pop’s most iconic 4th-gen siblings, and although they each have busy schedules, they always make time to support one another. TXT and Kep1er are both active groups, and as such, Hueningkai and Huening Bahiyyih have been able to cross...

Ukrainian ballerina uprooted by war flies high again in Swan Lake

After the lights dim in Budapest's magnificent Opera House, Ukrainian ballerina Ganna Muromtseva flutters high with undulating arms in the lead role of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake ballet. At the end, the audience bursts into applause. One year ago, the 29-year-old dancer fled Ukraine's capital Kyiv on a packed train with thousands of other refugees after the...

Taiwan’s east coast hit by magnitude-5.3 earthquake

A 5.3 magnitude earthquake struck Taiwan's east coast on Tuesday (March 21), the island's weather bureau said, causing buildings in the capital Taipei to shake briefly but with no immediate reports of damage. The epicentre of the earthquake was in the sparsely populated eastern county of Hualien with a depth of 7.2km, the weather bureau said. Taiwan...

Xi Jinping: China’s proposal on Ukraine reflects unity of global views

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday said that Beijing's proposal on how to solve the Ukraine crisis reflects global views and seeks to neutralise consequences, but acknowledged that the solutions are not easy. In an article published at the start of his visit to Moscow - the first by a world leader since the International Criminal...

Chinese investigators still seeking answers a year after China Eastern plane crash

China's aviation regulator said Monday (March 20) investigators were still looking into the cause of the crash of China Eastern Airlines' Flight MU5735, almost a year after the plane came down, killing all 132 people on board. The Boeing 737-800 crashed into a mountainous region in the southern province of Guangxi on March 21, 2022, in China's deadliest aviation...

Prank gone wrong: Malaysian child actress unable to walk after chair pulled from under her

It was an alleged prank gone very wrong – and now a young child's life has changed for the worse. Malaysian child star Puteri Rafasya, 12, fell victim to a prank at a filming location on Feb 22, leaving her unable to walk. According to Malaysian media mStar, Puteri's chair was pulled from under her, causing the actress to fall and hit her...

Apple AirPods selling at $265 seem like a great deal, until buyer realises it’s a sophisticated scam

Lee Jia Xuan had been on the hunt for a new pair of Apple AirPods Pro Gen 2 when she came across someone selling them for $265 on Carousell – about $100 cheaper than the retail price. While she did suspect that the deal may be too good to be true, the silver-tongued seller managed to convince her the item was genuine. It was only much...

Putin flaunts alliance with Xi as ‘dear friends’ meet in Kremlin

Vladimir Putin hosted his "dear friend" Xi Jinping for dinner at the Kremlin on Monday (March 20), showing off his relationship with his most powerful ally just days after an international court called for the Russian president's arrest for war crimes in Ukraine. Washington denounced Xi's visit, saying the timing indicated Beijing was providing Moscow with...

Rachel Zegler Calls Out the ‘Senselessly Mean’ Critics of Her Movie ‘Shazam 2’

Rachel Zegler might have only signed on for Shazam 2 because she needed a job, but she actually did enjoy making the movie! The 21-year-old actress went viral last week for her very honest answer when asked why she wanted to play Anthea in the DC Comics movie. Now, Rachel is speaking out in response to people criticizing the movie and she’s defending the...