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Arab art exhibitions worth travelling to this summer, from Paris to Hong Kong | The National
Summer travel often brings the usual museum circuit on to a traveller's radar, but several of this season’s most interesting exhibitions are looking towards the Arab world.
· William Mullally
From Barbie to Toy Story: Inside the dream factory where play comes to life
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· Michael Idato
BoyNextDoor tops Oricon chart with 1st LP
BoyNextDoor entered Oricon’s Daily Album Ranking at No. 1 with first studio album “Home,” KOZ Entertainment has announced, citing the chart dated June 10.
· Hwang You-mee
The challenge of being neurodivergent in Japan’s culture of conformity
The first major crisis in Yosuke’s life came when he stood in front of his students.
· Tomoko Otake
Beautiful game an ideal playing field for valiant tale of tragicomic adolescent angst
THEATREThe Wolves ★★★Theatre Works, until June 20
· Cameron Woodhead
Epex to host concert tour next month
Boy group Epex will hold concerts in Seoul, Tokyo and Taipei, Taiwan from mid-July, C9 Entertainment announced Friday.
· Hwang You-mee
BTS-mania poised to boost South Korea's economy well into the future
On Friday, tens of thousands of BTS fans will descend on Busan, South Korea, as the seven-member group stages its second stop in the country as part of their world-spanning Arirang tour.
· Lim Hui Jie
RFK Jr. rips NYT for publishing ‘hit piece’ sourced by ‘disgruntled’ ex- employees: ‘Propagandists’
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· Fox News
Free history camp opens for overseas Korean students
Young overseas Koreans living in Korea can apply for a five-day camp designed to help them learn more about Korean history and culture while adjusting to life in the country.
· Park Han-na
Do not use my music, Ariana Grande tells White House
US pop star Ariana Grande has asked the White House not to use her music, after it did so in a social media video promoting its immigration policies.
· Harry Sekulich
Korean American woman killed by husband in Georgia murder-suicide: reports
A Korean American woman in Georgia was shot and killed by her husband in an apparent murder-suicide while the couple’s three children were at home, according to local media reports Friday.
· Park Han-na
Making the leap
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Hit or miss? Our take on the week’s biggest new book releases
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· Cameron Woodhead, Fiona Capp
Trump’s hand-picked Kennedy Center board mounts last-ditch effort to keep his name
Board seeks to stay judge’s ruling that found Trump’s name was illegally added to Washington performing arts venue
· Associated Press
Chinese woman suffers pancreatitis after 6-day starvation, binge-eating once weekly
Slimming woman scoffs down bucket of fried chicken on weekly day of ‘indulgence’, sparks secretion of enzymes that destroy pancreas
· Alice Yan
Chinese woman suffers pancreatitis after 6-day starvation, binge-eating once weekly
Slimming woman scoffs down bucket of fried chicken on weekly day of ‘indulgence’, sparks secretion of enzymes that destroy pancreas
· Alice Yan
Taylor Swift becomes youngest woman in Songwriters Hall of Fame
NEW YORK — Taylor Swift on Thursday became the youngest woman ever inducted into the prestigious Songwriters Hall of Fame, another milestone in the 36-year-old US pop star's record-breaking career.
· Agence France-Presse
N. Korea's parliament elects new judges of highest court
SEOUL, June 12 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's parliament has elected new judges of the country's highest court at a plenary meeting of its standing committee, state media reported Friday.
· Woo Jae-yeon
Kennedy Center board fights ruling ordering removal of Trump's name
A man wheels a garbage bin outside of The John. F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Saturday, June 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
· Steven Sloan
Philippines protests China's sanctions against its defense chief as 'an unfriendly act'
Philippine’s Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro talks to the media as he attends the Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia’s annual defense and security forum, in Singapore on May 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim, File)
· Jim Gomez
"It Was Like Two Bucks": Homeless Residents Say They Were Paid To Vote In Los Angeles Mayoral Race
Shocking videos posted on social media show multiple homeless Skid Row residents claiming they accepted cash payments ranging from $2 to $5 in exchange for voting for Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and city councilwoman Nithya Raman in last week's mayoral election.
· Tyler Durden
Travis Kelce jets from Kansas City Chiefs minicamp to NYC for Taylor Swift’s Songwriters Hall of Fame induction
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· Vanessa Serna
BTS to release new digital single 'Come Over'
K-pop supergroup BTS will release the new digital single "Come Over" on Thursday, the group's agency BigHit Music said.
· Yonhap
‘Love Island USA’ star Melanie Moreno’s family addresses Ozempic claims as old plus-sized modeling videos surface
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· Vanessa Serna
Busan, take two: A film buff's guide to the city
BTS lands in the storied city this weekend — but cinephiles have been chasing its alleyways, skylines and bamboo forests for years
· Moon Ki-hoon
Iranian navy intercepts vessel near Strait of Hormuz, state media says
Iran’s state broadcaster IRIB reported that explosions heard off the coast of Sirik in southern Iran were linked to a confrontation involving a vessel that was attempting to pass through the Strait of Hormuz in violation of Iranian restrictions.
· Middleeasteye
Line dancing resurgence draws gen Z out to socialise in Adelaide
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· Malcolm Sutton
Hong Kong animations are finally turning heads. Meet the artists behind them
Hong Kong animators making waves at global festivals talk about growing the city’s niche but resilient industry and the challenges they face
· Ashlyn Chak
Hong Kong animations are finally turning heads. Meet the artists behind them
Hong Kong animators making waves at global festivals talk about growing the city’s niche but resilient industry and the challenges they face
· Ashlyn Chak
BTS to release new digital single 'Come Over'
SEOUL, June 12 (Yonhap) -- K-pop supergroup BTS will release the new digital single "Come Over" on Thursday, the group's agency BigHit Music said.
· Shim Sun-ah
Mariska Hargitay’s schedule sparks Taylor Swift wedding speculation
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· Mara Siegler, Sara Nathan
Hundreds of 'extraordinary' Cartier jewellery pieces on display at NGV
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· Ethan White
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos slams ‘scary’ social media streamers who’ve flooded Nancy Guthrie’s nabe
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· Alex Oliveira
‘RHONJ’ star Milania Giudice posts cryptic message after shock arrest news emerges
“Real Housewives of New Jersey” star Milania Giudice took to social media in the hours after news of her arrest emerged, to share a cryptic message with fans.
· Audrey Rock
Mujer de Detroit acusa a agentes del ICE de romperle la rodilla, contradiciendo la versión oficial
El tribunal federal Theodore Levin para el distrito este de Michigan, el lunes 8 de junio de 2026, en Detroit. (Cydni Elledge/Outlier Media vía AP)
Songwriters Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony 2026 red carpet: Taylor Swift, Alanis Morissette, Brandi Carlile, more
Music’s biggest stars gathered in New York City on June 11, 2026, for the Songwriters Hall of Fame’s 55th Annual Induction and Awards Gala at the Marriott Marquis Hotel. The evening celebrated songwriters whose work has shaped generations of music, honoring the 2026 class of inductees, including Taylor Swift, Alanis…
· Farrah Julin
N. Korea's Kim reaffirms alliance with Russia in letter to Putin
SEOUL, June 12 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has pledged unwavering support for Moscow in a congratulatory letter to President Vladimir Putin marking Russia Day, Pyongyang's state media reported Friday.
· Woo Jae-yeon
Luann de Lesseps shades Sonja Morgan and Ramona Singer for ‘cash grab’ Bethenny Frankel spon-con
Money can’t buy you class.
· Jolie Zenna, Danny Murphy, Evan Real
Why Caroline Kennedy upended her life following daughter Tatiana Schlossberg’s death
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· Alexandra Bellusci
‘New Group’ has big ideas but wobbly foundations
Conformity takes corporeal form in “New Group.” Yuta Shimotsu’s sophomore feature continues in the allegorical vein of his art-horror debut, “Best Wishes to All” (2024). While that film was concerned with how happiness often comes at the expense of other people’s suffering, here he’s more interested in how the ties …
· James Hadfield
Former ‘View’ co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck tapped by Bari Weiss to guest host CBS morning show
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· Ariel Zilber
How to Love the World by Ilka Tampke review – a woman is trapped by a fallen tree
The stuck narrator records the minutiae of the forest and her harrowing life in a purposeful novel that demands a slow read but doesn’t always reward it
· Catriona Menzies Pike
3 fashion drops celebrating the Fifa World Cup 2026, by Adidas, Nike and Puma
It’s almost here … a festival of football sees 48 teams compete for the game’s biggest prize – here are fashions inspired by the event to help get you in the mood
· Vincenzo La Torre
3 fashion drops celebrating the Fifa World Cup 2026, by Adidas, Nike and Puma
It’s almost here … a festival of football sees 48 teams compete for the game’s biggest prize – here are fashions inspired by the event to help get you in the mood
· Vincenzo La Torre
Meiko Kaji studied hard to smolder on screen
A breakout star of hyperviolent action movies in the early 1970s, Meiko Kaji is best known for Toei’s “Sasori” (“Scorpion”) series, playing the eponymous laser-eyed female convict out for revenge against the men who betray, abuse and torture her. Even though she has largely been absent from the big screen for decade…
· Mark Schilling