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Thailand's Bangkok and Chiang Mai, Vietnam's Hanoi, Singapore, and Indonesia's Jakarta have been named among the world's 50 best cities in 2025 as compiled by British magazine Time Out.

Global culinary icon Gordon Ramsay was all praises for Filipino food and chefs – even if some Filipino content creators made him dance “like having a stroke.” ...