Deep: Kedai Wanmin's deep, rich-brothed bowl of 'niu rou mian' (beef noodle). (JP/Anindito Ariwandono)

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Turkey quake fuels conspiracy posts on US antenna station

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The post-pandemic era search for music's next superstar begins

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Infringement: Rapper Drake arrives on the red carpet for the film The Carter Effect at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in Toronto, Canada on Sept. 9, 2017. Drake and rapper 21 Savage are blocked from using fake copies of Vogue magazine to promote their new album, Her Loss, a United States judge ruled on Wednesday.

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Rappers Drake, 21 Savage settle with Conde Nast over fake Vogue cover

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By her man: Bruce Willis and his wife, Emma Heming Willis, arrive for the annual Room To Grow spring benefit on April 5, 2017 in New York.

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Actor Bruce Willis' 'condition has progressed' to dementia, says family

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Master builder Janos Gaspar (L) gives instructions to his colleague for mud plaster inside a mud-brick house in Acs, northwestern Hungary, on November 25, 2022.

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Eco-friendly mud houses make comeback in Hungary

They were long derided as old-fashioned symbols of grinding poverty, but mud and straw houses are making a comeback in Hungary as a low-cost, eco-friendly alternative to concrete.

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Microsoft Bing search engine in pictured on a monitor in the Bing Experience Lounge during an event introducing a new AI-powered Microsoft Bing and Edge at Microsoft in Redmond, Washington on February 7, 2023.

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Users say Microsoft's Bing chatbot gets defensive and testy

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An Iraqi man shows a post on a social media platform on February 12, 2023 in the capital Baghdad, with a picture of TikTok celebrity Om Fahed, announcing that she has been jailed by the authorities.

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TikTokers jailed as Iraq targets 'decadent content'

Dancing to Iraqi pop made TikTok personality Om Fahad a hit among tens of thousands of followers, but now she is in prison.

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Maria Yanchevskaya and her boyfriend Eduard depart to Saint Petersburg to celebrate Maria's birthday from Leningradsky railway terminal in Moscow early on January 14, 2023.

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Engage or escape? Anti-govt young Russians face dilemma

Still reeling from the Kremlin's decision to send troops to Ukraine, Masha Yanchevskaya is one of many young Russians torn between trying to "heal" society or seclude themselves from it.

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Gloria Steinem and Michael Kors attend the Michael Kors Collection Fall/Winter 2023 Runway Show on February 15, 2023 in New York City.

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Kors honors feminist icon as New York Fashion Week wraps up

American designer Michael Kors paid tribute to US feminist icon Gloria Steinem on the final day of New York Fashion Week Wednesday.

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Director Michael B. Jordan and cast member Tessa Thompson attend the premiere of the film “Creed III“ in London, Britain February 15, 2023.

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Michael B. Jordan premieres 'Creed III', hopes to expand 'Creed-verse'

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Tourists visit the ancient Inca ruins of Machu Picchu in the Urubamba valley, seventy-two kilometres from the Andes city of Cusco, on February 15, 2023, for the first time after they were closed to the public for security reasons on January 21, after protesters blocked the railways during protests against the government of President Dina Boluarte that have shaken the Andean country since December 7, 2022.

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Machu Picchu reopens 25 days after Peru protests forced closure

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People sit in cinema seats in front of an advertising billboard for the upcoming 73rd Berlin International Film Festival in Berlin, Germany February 15, 2023

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Record surge in films at Berlin festival marks industry's post-COVID revival

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Extensive: MyMeal Catering has an extensive library of healthy meals and customers can even ask for their recipes upon subscribing to the catering service. (Courtesy of My Meal Catering)

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Ten places to get healthy but delicious food around Jakarta

Healthy food is frequently frowned looked down upon due to misconceptions that it tastes bland but an increasing number of catering services are emerging with innovative meals that balance flavor with nutritional quality.

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Alone, not lonely: The album 'Penyendiri' finds Misellia presenting the beauty and the turmoil that comes from solitude through the perspective of a young adult (Courtesy of Merakit)

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Misellia pioneers 'introverted' pop in her debut album

The 18-year-old pop singer-songwriter's freshman studio album, 'Penyendiri', addresses the beauty and turmoil of being a lone wolf on the precipice of adulthood.

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Afghan refugee and activist for women's rights Fatima Haidari gives an online virtual tour of Herat, Afghanistan, from her home in Milan, Italy, on February 7, 2023. A potential target of the Taliban, young feminist Fatima Haidari had to flee Afghanistan to find refuge in Italy. Now she organises virtual tourist tours of her country to finance clandestine courses for Afghan women deprived of an education.

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Refugee from Taliban offers virtual tours of her homeland

But she remains passionate about showing outsiders the beauty of her country, even if few tourists currently dare visit.

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Communal living: At least six people live in this apartment at Gedung Setan, or “devil’s house”, a colonial structure with a long but often hidden past in Surabaya, East Java. (JP/Yohana Belinda)

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Gedung Setan: 'Devil's house' keeps nonmainstream history

Though people in the area think of it as a haunted house, the building plays a vital role in preserving a part of Indonesian history and culture through its residents' heritage and memories.

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Young vanguard: 'Dear David' stars Citra Award-nominee Shenina Cinnamon (pictured) as the film's lead. (Courtesy of Netflix Indonesia)

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'Dear David' review: The first great Indonesian film of 2023

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A woman explores in her smartphone the Past Post app, in Mexico City, on February 2, 2023.

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App allows Mexicans to reach out after death

Providing a welcome voice from beyond the grave, a Mexican app stores messages and last wishes for users to share with loved ones after their death.

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(L-R) Malala Yousafzai and Tom Cruise attend the 95th Annual Oscars Nominees Luncheon at The Beverly Hilton on February 13, 2023 in Beverly Hills, California.

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Cruise outshines Oscars rivals as Academy readies for award show

Tom Cruise lived up to his billing as the "last true movie star" as nearly 200 of this year's Oscar nominees gathered to celebrate at the Academy's boozy annual luncheon Monday.

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Colombia's bull fighting custom under fire for animal abuse

Colombia's bull-fighting is hugely popular, but some politicians want it banned and have submitted a bill to parliament looking to do so.

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Down under: Jessica Washington in Australia, reporting on the bushfires (Courtesy of Jessica Washington)

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What I’ve Learned: Jessica Washington, journalist

Al Jazeera’s Jessica Washington has reported everything from the measles outbreak in Samoa, the 2019 bushfires in Australia, the COVID-19 situation in Indonesia, and the Kanjuruhan stadium disaster.

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In this file photo taken on February 01, 2023 British-US influencer Andrew Tate arrives handcuffed and escorted by police at a courthouse in Bucharest on February 1, 2023 to hear the court decision on his appeal against pre-trial detention for alleged human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal group. When Nick Hewlett, head of St Dunstan's College, was told about controversial influencer Andrew Tate by a parent, he had never heard his name before. Yet he soon found out his students were familiar with all of Tate's misogynist posts on social media.

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Andrew Tate arrest casts light on Romania's sexcam boom

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A reveller of the street carnival group “Ceu Na Terra“ (Heaven On Earth) dances on stilts during the carnival street parade at Santa Teresa neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on February 11, 2023.

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'Rebirth' in Rio as carnival street parties return

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Foreign journey: Thoon “Sofia” Nadi Lynn, a communication science student from Myanmar on a scholarship at Gadjah Mada University (UGM), has found it challenging as well as enlightening to be a stranger in a stranger land, and shares her experience on her YouTube account, THOON. (Courtesy of Thoon Nadi Lynn)

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Road less traveled: Indonesia through the lens of international students

Though the pandemic put a halt to most student exchange programs, thousands of international students still came to study in Indonesia, bringing new perspectives and understanding of the local culture, while gaining their own enlightening view of the country to share with others.

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A picture taken on February 12, 2023 shows Bobi, a 30 year-old Portuguese dog that has been declared the world's oldest dog by Guinness World Records, at his home in the village of Conqueiros near Leiria.

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World's oldest dog Bobi, 30, is also one of the luckiest

Bobi, a 30-year-old guard dog who cheated death in his first days, is living out the end of his life as a celebrity in central Portugal.

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In this file photo taken on November 30, 2021 people arrive at Heathrow's Terminal 5 in west London.

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London Heathrow enjoys best start since before Covid

London's Heathrow airport has enjoyed its best start to the year since before the coronavirus pandemic.

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Trugoy of De La Soul dies at 54

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