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Caitlyn Marie Jenner ၏ မိန်းမဘဝမခံယူစဉ်က သူ့ နာမည်မှာ William Bruce Jenner ဖြစ်သည်။ Caitlyn သည်အိုလံပစ်ပြိုင်ပွဲတွင် ရွှေတံဆိပ်ဆုရပြေးခုန်ပစ်ကစားသမားတစ်ယောက်ဖြစ်ခဲ့ပြီး ၂၀၁၅ ခုနှစ်တွင် တတိယနှင့်နောက်ဆုံးသော အိမ်ထောင်ဖက် Kris Kardashian နှင့် လမ်းခွဲခဲ့သည်။ Kris နှင့်လမ်းခွဲခဲ့တဲ့ ၂၀၁၅...

Vietnamese midfielder Nguyen Hoang Duc rewarded himself with a luxury apartment worth over VND10 billion (US$394,000) in Hanoi after helping Vietnam secure the 2024 ASEAN Cup championship. On Jan. 7, just a day after returning from Thailand, Duc and his parents visited the newly purchased property located in a sought-after project in Hanoi. The apartment spans nearly 120 m2 and is valued at over VND10 billion. On social media, broadcaster Quang Viet, a close friend and also Duc's agent, wrote: "A reward for the ASEAN Cup champion. A 27th birthday gift. Congratulations to my brother Hoang Duc on buying his first house. Keep up the good work." Viet also revealed that the apartment is...

In India, Suumit Shah, CEO of Dukaan, an e-commerce company, decided to take automation to an extreme level. In the summer of 2023, he made a bold decision: laying off 90% of his workforce and replacing them with AI-powered chatbots. This drastic move was aimed at cutting operational costs and improving efficiency, but it also sparked a heated ethical debate. A year later, Shah has released the first assessment of his decision, and he considers it a success. Ai-Driven Customer Service—Faster, but at What Cost? Shah claims that the implementation of AI in his company has significantly improved customer service. He points out that response times have dropped from nearly two minutes...

Taylor Swift, 34, has made history as the world’s richest female music star, amassing a staggering $1 billion in just eight months, solidifying her status as the first musician to achieve billionaire status solely based on the value of her songs and performances. According to Forbes, Swift’s music catalog alone is worth an estimated $600 million, with an additional $600 million coming from her tours and royalties. Her extensive real estate portfolio, valued at approximately $125 million, further adds to her impressive fortune.   Reason behind Swift’s rocketing financial rise The driving force behind Swift’s meteoric financial rise is her record-breaking...

An Indonesian man named his newborn son ‘Dinas Komunikasi Informatika Statistik’ — after the department he works in. Indonesian portal Kompas reported that Slamet ‘Yoga’ Wahyudi, 38, from Brebes Regency, Central Java had come to an agreement with his then pregnant wife, Ririn Linda Tunggal Sari, that he would be allowed to choose the baby’s name if the child is a boy. When the baby arrived on December 23, Slamet decided to name him ‘Dinas Komunikasi Informatika Statistik’ (Department of Statistical Communication). Slamet admitted that hearing the name for the first time does sound strange. “Thankfully my wife did not mind,”...

A nuclear bunker buried under a hill has sold under the hammer for £36,000 – wacky, Renaissance-style interiors included. The property in a field in Derbyshire fetched more than double its £15,000 guide price, with dozens of bidders from across the UK battling it out on auction day. The previous owners certainly got creative with the decor, which includes wall-to-wall velvet curtains, fluffy rugs, and ornate gilded mirrors. A log burner next to the bed is on hand to provide heat if you’re hiding out from World War 3 during cold winter months. Wondering where the bathroom is? There isn’t one, so if you were hoping for a soothing nighttime bath (or even just a...

A former Connecticut high school student is suing her teachers for letting her graduate while she was unable to read or write due to her learning disability. Aleysha Ortiz, 19, is seeking $3 million in damages from staff at Hartford Public Schools district for alleged bullying, harassment and/or negligence. Ortiz claims she requested educational resources and support for years - but her special education teacher instead chose to yell at and humiliate her in front of other students, often bringing her to tears. The teenager graduated unable to read or write. She struggled to even spell her own name during an emotional interview about her education with ABC affiliate WTNH. 'My time in...

When you’re the world’s third-richest man – according to Forbes – with a net worth of $209 billion, buying real estate for price tags that would be shocking to most is just another day at the office for Oracle founder Larry Ellison. His recent $202 million purchase of a stately London office building is the latest jewel in a glittering real estate portfolio. According to CoStar News, Ellison has agreed to buy the West End property from Hong Kong-listed investor Chinese Estates. The property, located at 11-12 James Square, is currently entirely vacant, and Ellison, 80, is thought to be buying it for one of his businesses. Chinese Estate purchased the building from...

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...

It was not your typical smash-and-grab burglary and the booty was precious: a toilet worth more than its weight in gold. The one-of-a-kind 18-carat gold toilet was swiped in under five minutes from Blenheim Palace, the sprawling English country mansion where British wartime leader Winston Churchill was born, in the predawn hours of Sept. 14, 2019, a prosecutor told jurors Monday. Attorney Julian Christopher said in his opening statement in Oxford Crown Court that it was an “audacious raid.” One of three men on trial in the case of the purloined potty was involved in stealing it and the other two helped to sell the spoils. The toilet has never been recovered but is believed...