Columbia's New Star Wars Winter Collection Is Hoth as Hell

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Live out your Hoth fantasies—look, some Star Wars fans happen to prefer the characters when they’re stuck in freezing cold environments—with

I've lived between Singapore and NYC my entire life. Here are 3 ways the latter is better, and one way it isn't.

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Singapore skyline; New York skyline from Brooklyn
Singapore and New York City are both great, but I prefer the latter.

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A country just banned TikTok because it disrupts 'social harmony' and 'family structure'

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Two phones display the TikTok logo with the ByteDance logo in the background.
Nepal's government is no fan of TikTok.

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The fake doctors behind Asia's cosmetic surgery boom

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Unrealistic beauty standards are driving more and more people to seek out underground operators for cosmetic procedures.

In Thailand, unlicensed practitioners are known as "bag doctors" since they travel from client to client with all their tools of the trade in a bag.

Thousands of fish died after the sea in Thailand turned green

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The sea in eastern Thailand has been affected by a plankton bloom that has resulted in massive wildlife deaths.

Supply chains may be moving out of China and into Asia — but they aren't really decoupling from the country

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A worker assembles a motorbike at the Northstar Precision Vietnam factory in Vinh Phuc province.
A worker assembles a motorbike in Vietnam.

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Meet the typical Hong Kong millennial: They're supporting their parents, can't afford to buy homes, and have zero interest in moving to mainland China

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Causeway Bay Hong Kong
Hongkongers walking in Causeway Bay.

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Millennials and Gen Zers in Asia don't want to work in factories. It means you could soon pay more for clothes, furniture, and toys.

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On the Money-Toy Shopping
Americans are used to cheap toys made in Asian factories.

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Russia's oil exports climb to fresh highs despite threats to slash production

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10 Things in Tech: Amazon Slack, industry extinction, and top EVs

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Phew, it's Friday, friends. I'm Diamond Naga Siu, and I just got on Jack Dorsey's new social media platform Bluesky (find me here: @diamondnagasiu.bsky.social).

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