Life
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Women's health gap costs $1 trillion worldwide: World Economic Forum report
Women spend a quarter more of their lives suffering from poor health than men, a disparity that includes an unequal focus on men across medical research, diagnosis and treatment, the report said
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Money weighs on would-be Chinese parents as population falls
Childbirth in China usually comes after a wallet-draining process of buying a home, finding a spouse, and paying for a lavish wedding
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Resolution solution: Does it really take 21 days to adopt a new habit?
In the 1960s, American plastic surgeon Maxwell Maltz hypothesized that his patients needed at least 21 days to get used to their new appearance and form a different "mental image" of themselves. Sixty years on, experts are calling this 21-day theory into question
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Armani's men mix refinement and nonchalance
Under the piercing blue eye of the 89-year-old maestro, Giorgio Armani, projected on the runway's backdrop, models showed off the autumn-winter 2024/2025 collection in the intimate setting of his historic headquarters on Via Borgonuovo
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Pharrell Williams and Louis Vuitton to headline Paris Fashion Week
Louis Vuitton has bet on raw celebrity wattage to stay on top, becoming the first brand to hit 20 billion euros in revenue last year as it welcomed Pharrell as its new creative director
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Why discarded Christmas trees are a gift to Stockholm's fish
The initiative, started by the national sport fishing association Sportfiskarna in 2016 to help restore the endangered ecosystem, has been hailed by environmentalists
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Meet the Mexican women busting taco cook stereotypes
As a whole, Mexico has more than 90,000 taco stands and restaurants—but only a small minority have women cooks
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Game on: UK campus looks to turbocharge esports
Esports—professional-level competitive gaming—is booming in popularity and officially became recognised as a sport by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 2017
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The 'skirt-over-pants' look is back with a vengeance in 2024
This new trend is straight out of the Y2K playbook and one which Millennials and older generations could well have done without
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Millions of tracks on streaming platforms have never been played: Study
Luminate, a specialist in music industry data analysis for over 30 years, has examined this phenomenon in the latest edition of its annual report
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Bosses being in the office discourages employees from coming in, study finds
Indeed, 30% of employees say they avoid coming to their company's premises when their boss is there, according to a survey by Beyond, with the help of the Opium polling institute