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Police in Japan have arrested a 60-year-old man on a charge of corpse abandonment after the body of his 95-year-old mother was discovered in her flat after being left there for 10 years. Takehisa Miyawaki told police that he knew his mother died a decade ago, but did not report it due to social phobia, according to a report on the news website mbs.jp. Miyawaki is unemployed and has no fixed home address. (The strange and unsettling case unfolded in the Japanese city of Kobe. Photo: Shutterstock) The case aroused police attention after a public servant in Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture, central Japan, found Miyawaki walking with a limp on the street on May 22. When the government official...

A man from Detroit went from being homeless, sleeping in his car outside fancy houses in Detroit, to buying one of those houses and becoming a self-made millionaire. The backstory:Mario Kelly embodies the saying, "If you believe it, you can be it." After working at a Ford plant and then Jacobson's, Kelly eventually found himself unemployed. "At the same time, I was living in my van, I was homeless and divorced," he said. "I’m from the east side but manifested that I wanted to live in Rosedale Park. So I would go there every night and find another home to lay in front of." He said through manifestation and a belief in himself, inspiration took hold. "I put the word 'Believe 313' on...

A Chinese student who bought a home for her professor and cared for her like a mother during her later years is now embroiled in a legal battle after the professor’s relatives attempted to claim the property following her death. In 1983, Zhang Wei became a student of professor Chen, a respected vocal music teacher at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. At that time, Chen lived in a cramped 15-square-metre faculty dormitory, sharing the kitchen and bathroom with a family of four next door. In 1984, Chen’s younger brother, who had transferred to Shanghai Jiao Tong University, moved in with her, and the siblings relied on each other for support. Despite her dedicated service,...

The 20-year-old student from Fakir Mohan Autonomous College in Odisha’s Balasore, who had attempted self-immolation over inaction on her sexual harassment complaint against a professor, died of her burn injuries in the wee hours of Tuesday. (Balasore: Members of Biju Chhatra Janata Dal stage a protest over self-immolation bid by Fakir Mohan College student in Odisha. Photo: PTI) Her death was confirmed by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Bhubaneswar, which, in a statement, said that the patient was brought to the casualty on July 12 and was referred from Balasore District Headquarters Hospital to AIIMS Bhubaneswar. “She was admitted to the Burns Centre...

Now based just half an hour outside Milan, Jordan Kamelleri, 36, and Emanuele Neri, 32, have embarked on their most ambitious journey yet: transforming a 16th-century Italian palace into a private residence. With roots in different countries but a shared love for history and design, the pair is pouring their time, energy, and savings into breathing new life into the abandoned estate. “We’ve pretty much put every spare penny back into what we do,” Kamelleri tells PEOPLE exclusively. “We haven’t had a holiday abroad in years, which is really uncommon for Europeans. But at the same time, staycationing in Italy is no hardship.” Their journey began almost...

Cristiano Ronaldo is the highest-paid athlete in the world - so naturally can afford to spend eye-watering sums on places to live. When he and Georgina Rodriguez swapped Manchester for Saudi Arabia they moved into a hotel temporarily.     (Their new luxury apartment spanned two floors.Credit: FOUR SEASONS HOTEL RIYADH)   (It had incredible views of the city.Credit: FOUR SEASONS HOTEL RIYADH)   This was not any normal hotel room, however, it was a £250,000 per-month luxury suite at the Four Seasons in capital city Riyadh. That probably wasn’t a figure he baulked at, though, considering he is being paid £173million-a-year at Al Nassr. He and...

Blackpink's Lisa has been criticized for allegedly leveraging her relationship with billionaire boyfriend Frédéric Arnault, son of LVMH CEO Bernard Arnault, to secure a spot in Vanity Fair’s 2025 The Hollywood Issue. As reported by Tien Phong, citing Koreaboo, Lisa featured alongside leading Hollywood stars such as Zendaya, Glen Powell, Zoe Saldaña, Nicole Kidman, and Dev Patel in the Nov. 13 release of the annual issue, which celebrates prominent actors and their contributions to the film industry.   (The cover of Vanity Fair's 2025 The Hollywood Issue, released on Nov. 13, 2024, showcases Blackpink's Lisa alongside leading Hollywood stars. Photo:...

AN Italian expatriate has triggered heated online discussions after boldly claiming that Singapore’s cost of living is actually quite reasonable, contrary to widespread local complaints about rising expenses. Andrea Fassi, a sales professional who has called Singapore home for four years, recently shared his controversial perspective in an Instagram video that quickly went viral among netizens. “Everyone keeps moaning about expensive living costs here,“ Fassi stated in his post. “But honestly, except for the CBD area and some specific locations, daily necessities remain quite affordable for most people.” The Italian backed up his argument with a...

A 96-year-old California woman was served a three-day eviction notice from her senior living home demanding she cough up $110,000 or leave the unit she’s been living in for 22 years. Jean Jacques says she signed a lifetime contract with California-Nevada Methodist Homes in 2002 to live at their Forest Hill Manor nursing home in Pacific Grove, Calif., for the rest of her life, according to KSBW. She secured her spot with a $250,000 down payment and paid $5,000 monthly rent until her savings ran dry.   (Jean Jacques says she signed a lifetime contract with California-Nevada Methodist Homes in 2002 to live at their nursing home for the rest of her life.KSBW 8)   Things...

The federal government has secretly spent trillions building an elaborate network of subterranean “cities” where the rich and powerful can shelter during a “near-extinction event,” a former Bush White House official sensationally claimed. About 170 such bunkers have been built across the country since 1998 – including some resting beneath the oceans off the US coast, 74-year-old Catherine Austin Fitts told Tucker Carlson ၏ during a recent appearance on his podcast. “It’s preparation for catastrophe,” Fitts said, according to Realtor.com. (A former housing official made an astonishing claim that the U.S. government spent years funneling...