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At the Oscars, showstopping feathered gowns took over the red carpet

Mar 16, 2026 PUBLISHED Mar 16, 2026, 7:05 AM ET By Jacqui Palumbo Demi Moore in custom Gucci. Getty Images) After feathers fully took over fall fashion weeks , we predicted that veritable flocks of birds would arrive by spring. And so they did on Sunday at the Academy Awards, where some of the evening’s boldest looks featured showstopping plumage. Actor Demi Moore, who presented during the ceremony, arrived in a peacock-channeling gown courtesy of Gucci, just weeks after she

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‘She’s a real Scorpio’: Gen Z’s love for astrology is showing up in their jewelry

Mar 20, 2026. By Milena Lazazzera A model wears a design from the Milamore zodiac collection (left); both models wear a piece from the Van Cleef & Arpels collection (center and right). Milamore/Van Cleef & Arpels) Gemini? Scorpio? Sagittarius? What is your moon sign? And your sun? These are not, it seems, trivial questions for Gen Z. For a growing number, an astrological profile has become a way to express individuality in a generation that places particular value on self-def

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‘Comeback of the century’: K-pop phenomenon BTS returns with first concert in years

By Kati Chitrakorn , Hanako Montgomery The "BTS The Comeback Live Arirang" concert in Seoul on March 21, 2026. Kim Hong-Ji/Pool/Reuters) Seoul — The moment that BTS fans have been waiting for has arrived: Members RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V and Jung Kook performing on the stage together for the first time in almost four years. At the heart of BTS’ comeback is a free, public concert in Seoul for their most dedicated fans. While only 22,000 received the “Golden Ticket” to

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‘Her warmth filled the kitchen every morning’: the magic – and tenacity – of Jenni Murray

The Woman’s Hour host, who has died aged 75, could talk about hydrangeas, campaign against domestic abuse, then tear a strip off a politician – all within a few minutes A fine balance … Murray in 1990. Photograph: BBC Radio 4 Before she took over Woman’s Hour in 1987, Jenni Murray was a presenter on the Today programme. She had joined the BBC in Bristol in 1973, and became a TV reporter and presenter for South Today, so arrived with solid news credentials. But Today in the 19

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Vietnam IT student leads $95,500-a-month startup as CTO, plans Southeast Asia expansion

By Duong Tam March 14, 2026 | 04:00 pm GMT+7 A Vietnamese IT student who began freelancing as a coder in high school has grown his work into a startup generating up to VND2.5 billion (US$95,500) in monthly revenue, with plans to expand its cliente across Southeast Asia. Nguyen Manh Duy, 23, a final-year Information Systems student at the Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology (PTIT) in Hanoi, currently serves as chief technology officer (CTO) of AIT Software

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MIT tops global MBA ranking for the first time, but Harvard pays the most at $260,000

By Khanh Linh, Phan Anh March 14, 2026 | 09:00 pm GMT+7 The Wharton School campus at the University of Pennsylvania in the U.S. Photo courtesy of The Wharton School MIT Sloan School of Management claimed the No. 1 spot in the Financial Times' Global MBA Ranking for the first time in 28 years, as three elite programs, including Stanford, were absent from this year's list. Harvard Business School alumni reported the highest salary among all 100 ranked schools at US$259,874 a

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Singapore, Malaysia universities take top spots in first Southeast Asia ranking

By Minh Nga March 15, 2026 | 10:00 am GMT+7 Students gather for group activities at the Student Village of the National University of Singapore, March 2025. Photo from the university's Facebook page Singapore and Malaysia dominate a pilot Southeast Asia university ranking by Times Higher Education (THE), with Singapore taking the top two spots and Malaysian institutions occupying most positions in the top 10. The National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological U

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Meet the Cuban-American physicist who built a plane at 12, rejected a $1.1M offer and is trying to prove the universe is a hologram

By Phan Anh March 17, 2026 | 06:06 am GMT+7 Theoretical physicist Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski. Photo courtesy of Perimeter Institute Theoretical physicist Sabrina Gonzalez Pasterski, who built and flew her own airplane before she had a driver's license, is leading a multimillion-dollar effort to answer one of science's biggest questions: whether our entire universe can be described as a hologram. The 32-year-old Cuban-American genius's journey into physics began at age nine

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Hanoi to build nearly 1,000 new schools by 2045 as class sizes hit 60 students

By Thanh Hang March 17, 2026 | 09:49 am GMT+7 Do Muoi High School, a new public school in Hanoi that opened in 2025. Photo by VnExpress/Hoang Giang Hanoi needs 986 new schools over the next two decades to keep pace with a student population that grows by tens of thousands each year, according to a draft master plan open for public comment until March 23. The capital currently has 2,954 preschools and general education schools serving 2.3 million students, second only to Ho

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Vietnamese students design $400 satellite to expose turbulence even radar can't detect

By Thanh Hang March 17, 2026 | 06:05 pm GMT+7 (From L) Dao Minh Khoa, Hoang Lam Tai, Tran Quoc Minh and Tran Trieu Giang, four high school students in Ho Chi Minh City whose design won first prize at ASCEND, the first satellite design competition held in Vietnam, on March 7, 2026. Photos courtesy of the students Four Vietnamese high school students have designed a satellite that could detect clear-air turbulence, the invisible atmospheric phenomenon that causes aircraft to

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These 20 college majors lead to lowest salaries after graduation in the US.

By Minh Nga March 17, 2026 | 07:31 pm GMT+7 A new analysis finds that graduates in liberal arts and education fields earn the lowest salaries within five years of finishing college, while engineering majors report much higher early-career pay. According to a February analysis by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York using the latest available 2024 data from the United States Census Bureau, those who studied theology, performing arts, social services, and education recorded

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Vietnamese student secures Cornell admission with essay on 9 years hiding scars

By Khanh Linh March 19, 2026 | 04:33 pm GMT+7 An essay about wearing long pants for nine years to hide a leg imperfection became a highlight that helped a Hanoi student secure a place at Cornell University, one of the eight Ivy League schools in the U.S. Luu Tien Minh Nghia, a 12th-grade student at True North International School in Hanoi, received early admission last December to Cornell, currently ranked 12th among 436 national U.S. universities in the U.S. News & World

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