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Nicola Lindgren moved from New Zealand to Sweden for a job in her mid-20s. She wasn't sure if she wanted to stay — until she met her future husband in 2015. They got married in 2019. Lindgren knew Sweden had a good reputation for childcare and work-life balance, and the couple decided to stay in the country to be near his family. They had their first child together in October 2019. ((Parents get 480 days of leave in Sweden)) In Sweden, parents are entitled to 480 days of leave per child. By default, these are split evenly between two parents; they can transfer up to 150 days to each other, and take up to 30 of the same days off. A single parent gets the full 480 days. Lindgren...

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...

၁။ မြွေကျွန်း၊ ဘရာဇီး - ဘရာဇီးနိုင်ငံ Sao Paulo ကမ်းရိုးတန်းအလွန် ၉၃ မိုင်ခန့်မှာ ရှိပါတယ်။ အဲ့ဒီမှာ မြေ ၁၀ စတုရန်းပေတစ်ကွက်စာမှာတင် မြွေကောင်ရေ တစ်ကောင်ကနေ ငါးကောင်အကြားရှိတယ်လို့ သုတေသီတွေက ခန့်မှန်းထားပါတယ်။ ရွှေရောင်လှံတံထိပ်ပုံဦးခေါင်းတွေရှိကြတဲ့...

 ထိုင်ဝမ်ရှိ National Palace Museum အတွင်းပြသထားတဲ့ ရှေးဟောင်းအမွေအနှစ်များထဲမှာ ဝက်သားတုံးသဏ္ဌာန်ကျောက်တုံးဟာလည်း တစ်ခုအပါအဝင်ဖြစ်ပါတယ်။ ခရီးသွားတွေရဲ့ စိတ်ဝင်စားမှုကို အံ့သြဖွယ်ဆွဲဆောင်နေတယ်ဆိုလည်း မမှားပါဘူး။ ဂျိတ်စပါကျောက်နဲ့ သံအောက်ဆိုဒ်ဓာတ်...

A grim aerial picture of the notorious El Salvador CECOT prison is going viral, with people pleading for the truth. On Google Maps – for the world to see – a drone snap of the maximum security prison shows what appears to be a giant pool of blood. Despite being unverified, the picture has unsettled social media users and human rights lawyers alike with wild conspiracy theories flying around. Many have suggested the red stain on the map could be the blood of prisoners, with CECOT infamous for being a place “people don’t come out of”. One person suggested the establishment – which has a capacity limit of 40,000 – couldn’t house its inmates...

ကျွန်ုပ်တို့၏ ကမ္ဘာကြီးသည် အံ့ဖွယ်ဖြစ်ရပ်များဖြင့် အတိပြီးနေသည်။ နှစ်ပေါင်းများစွာသက်တမ်းရှိ စာရွက်စာတမ်းဟောင်းတစ်ခုကြောင့် နေ့ချင်းညချင်း သန်းကြွယ်သူဌေး ဖြစ်လာသော အမျိုးသားတစ်ဦး ရှိနေသည်။ လူတိုင်းနီးပါး၏ နေအိမ်များတွင် ပြန့်ကျဲနေသော...

An American man who has spent the last 15 years practising martial arts and Taoism in China has been granted foreign permanent residency. The landmark award has won widespread praise and even plaudits from China’s ambassador to the US. “Congratulations! Jake Pinnick from Kewanee, Illinois, a 16th-generation disciple of the Wudang Sanfeng martial arts lineage, has got the Foreign Permanent Resident ID Card in China!” said Ambassador Xie Fengon social media on April 6. “The young man who came to China to pursue his Kung Fu dream at 20 is now a real master!” Xie shared Pinnick’s story before, apparently showcasing him as a good example of foreigners...

A wealthy Indian teacher has built a replica of the Taj Mahal for his wife - and says their sprawling new home is 'a symbol of his love' for her. Anand Prakash Chouksey, 52, from Burhanpur, Madhya Pradesh state, built the 10,000 sq ft marble house for his wife Manju Shah, 48, also a teacher. Just like the famous 17th century mausoleum - one of the seven wonders of the world - it features towers around the outside and a dome while the flooring and façade are made of marbles from Makrana that were also originally used in the Taj Mahal. The house, about one third the size of the original building, has four bedrooms, one hall, a library and a meditation room and took three years to...

Indonesia plans to clear forest land roughly the size of Belgium. Forest land of about 30,689 square km will be cleared to grow sugarcane for bioethanol, along with rice and food crops, according to a report by the Associated Press. Citing environment watchdogs, the Associated Press report mentioned this as the largest planned deforestation in the world. “Imagine every piece of vegetation in that area being completely cleared ... having all the trees and the wildlife erased from the landscape and replaced with a monoculture. It’s creating a zone of death in one of the most vibrant spots on Earth,” said Glenn Horowitz, chief executive of US non-governmental organisation...

Luxury is often associated with short stays in high-end hotels, an expensive treat reserved for special occasions. However, a surprising trend is taking hold in parts of China where people are trading in their homes to live full-time in luxury hotels. Across various Chinese provinces, residents are opting for hotel living over traditional housing. Many say it spares them the stress of apartment hunting and dealing with landlords. They enjoy the comfort and convenience of hotel life and some even claim it’s cheaper than buying a home. Chinese Residents Opting For Hotels Over HomesAccording to Audit Central, an increasing number of people in China are opting to live in hotels rather...