Parents turn to costume swap to cut Halloween costs

The average cost of a 100-piece bag has jumped 71 percent in the last five years. Consumers are thinking twice about what they’ll spend.

It all started with a sandwich at 7-Eleven. Ada Cheng Suet-ngan was on holiday in Japan and grabbed a quick bite before rushing to catch a train in Osaka. Suddenly, she felt itchy and sweaty even though it was winter. She took off her jacket and saw rashes over her arm and neck. “I knew something was wrong, so I sat down, drank some water and tried to calm down,” says Cheng, recalling her first serious allergy flare-up in 2019. “I knew the station’s information centre must have an English...

[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] Malaysia Airlines is now offering passengers expanded connections around the world and a premium travel experience that has helped the national carrier climb the ranks of the industry’s elite. Captain Nasaruddin A. Bakar, president and group CEO of parent company Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG), says the aim is simple: to meet the needs of today’s travellers. “We are continuing to grow with purpose, strengthening our...

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Hong Kong's food safety authority decided on Tuesday to suspend the import of poultry meat and products from Lolland Municipality in Denmark and Jackson County in the State of Minnesota, US, due to avian influenza outbreaks in these regions.

The French president, Emmanuel Macron, and his wife, Brigitte, sued Candace Owens in 2025 over claims she made about Ms. Macron’s gender. A judge said the court had jurisdiction over her companies but not her.

People on a range of incomes from £4,062 to £150,000 a year tell the BBC what they want to see in this year's Budget.

As drone deliveries become more commonplace, their makers are looking for ways to make them quieter.

When Zendaya arrived at the London premiere of The Odyssey luminous in a white Jacquemus dress and a pair of earrings made from 3,000-year-old Persian gold discs, it set off a rabid internet discourse. Some commenters argued that such artefacts ought to be returned to their country of origin, or belong in a museum. Others argued such artefacts represented ill-gotten gains, or at the least a murky provenance – and perhaps too the fetishisation of peoples and cultures. Jacob Sedgwick, a collector...

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The latest figures mark a major milestone as Beijing grapples with an ageing population.

When Shanghai-born, Macau-based artist Mio Pang Fei (1936-2020) held his inaugural exhibition at the Luis de Camoes Museum in Macau in December 1985, his abstract canvases infused with Eastern philosophy sent ripples through the then-Portuguese colony. At the time, cross-pollination between Chinese ink art and Western abstraction had flourished for years in neighbouring Hong Kong, championed since the 1960s by Lui Shou-kwan and the New Ink Movement. At the same time, Paris-based masters such as...