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Pay to ghost your boss: Japan's resignation business

According to his testimony featured on the website of Leadbrain, a Tokyo-based labour and human resources consulting firm, he sought a quiet way out because he was wary of how colleagues perceived...

Elderly people work out in Tokyo. Photo: Yoshikazu Tsuno

Japan’s centenarian population crosses 100,000

'Madame Colonna Romano', a painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir stolen at the Renoir museum, in Cagnes-sur-Mer, Tuesday, 8 September, 2026. Photo: Collected

Stolen Renoir paintings worth millions could be nearly impossible to sell

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The '80s are back - this time, through AI

Artistic reconstruction of the new dinosaur from Maranhão state. It was 20 meters long and had a European relative. Credit: Jorge Blanco

20-metre dinosaur fossil unearthed at construction site in Brazil

Think you know the map of the world? Test your geography skills.

Think you know the map of the world? Test your geography skills.

Uchenna Chukwuka, a 29-year-old data analyst and part-time stylist based in Atlanta, pictured in Bali, Indonesia. Courtesy Uchenna Chukwuka/Handout via Reuters

How Gen Z is finding quality clothes on a budget

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Penguin India drops Sonia Gandhi memoir over comments on Modi, RSS and China

Humanoid robot crashes into barrier, breaks in half mid-training for China event. Photos: Collected

Humanoid robot crashes into wall during training for China's robot games

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From prenups to secret bank accounts, romance gets a financial reality check

People walk past billboards from Innovent Biologics and Meituan displayed on a wall in a metro station in Shanghai, China, on July 6, 2026. REUTERS/Andrew Silver

Snoring, subways, and stealth ads: How big pharma targets China's waistline

Clément Vandenkerckhove became a Belgian prince after a paternity test confirmed his biological father to be Prince Laurent, brother to the King of Belgium. Photo: Collected

Car salesman becomes Belgian prince after DNA test confirms royal parentage

Children play in the grounds of a local primary school. Photo: Collected

How parents can help children make friends at a new school