People cross a pedestrian lane on their way to a mall in Manila. — PHILIPPINE STAR/RYAN BALDEMOR THE Philippines is poised to become the second-fastest growing economy in the region this year, but the ...

BARBIE COLLECTOR Noemi de Lama, known as “Mistik,” sits at her home in Gijón, northern Spain, April 12, 2025. — REUTERS GIJÓN, SPAIN — Surrounded by hundreds of Barbies at her home in the northern ...