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Since his teenage years, Koji Hayashi has dreaded one thing: his stubborn, once-vivacious mother being hanged for murder after failing to win her long...
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World
Three decades since Shizue Takahashi’s husband and a dozen others were killed with a nerve agent on Tokyo’s subway, she fears Japan could see...
World
Only seven years into her marriage did Yuki Niimi first touch her husband -- at a morgue where she collected his body after he...
World
With her colourful Inuit earrings and tattoos, Ujammiugaq Engell, like many Greenlanders, flaunts her rediscovered cultural identity.
Life
A recent study by the company Edumentors analysed major cities around the UK to determine which locations are the easiest for students.
Tech & Science
At a shopping mall in Beijing, Zhang Yachun murmurs quietly to her closest confidant, a fluffy AI-powered robot whose soothing chirps remind her that...
Tech & Science
Jilted on dating apps but undeterred in the quest for romance, 20 young singles gathered in Madrid to share activities and flirtatious smiles in...
Business
Starbucks has stirred the coffee pot by reversing a policy that allowed anyone to use its bathrooms, with the US public warned they’ll need...
World
In Pakistan’s largest city, cars inch forward in bumper-to-bumper traffic. But some seamlessly carve through the jam: SUVs flanked by Toyota Hilux pickup trucks....
Life
One in five had concerning levels of chemicals, like lead, PFAS, and phthalates - a group of chemicals - often used to make plastic...