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A retail tycoon in China has introduced “unhappy leave” days to help employees achieve a better work-life balance. During 2024’s China Supermarket Week in late March, Yu Donglai, who is the founder and chairman of Pang Dong Lai, a retail chain in central China’s Henan province, announced that employees would be eligible to request 10 days of additional leave at their discretion. The event is a six-day gathering to promote the development of the country’s supermarket sector. “I want every staff member to have freedom. Everyone has times when they’re not happy, so if you’re not happy, do not come to work,” said Yu. Yu wants employees to...

Hu Ge came from a very ordinary family in Shanghai – his father was a tennis coach and his mother was a teacher. Their family was not very wealthy, but his parents took pains to develop Hu Ge’s talents. This paid off, as Hu Ge started appearing on television when he was 14, with his first role as a children’s television host. Subsequently, he successfully enrolled into the Shanghai Theater Academy, and this was followed by his breakthrough role in the Chinese Paladin <仙劍奇俠傳> series. Car Accident Changed Outlook in Life Due to a car accident in 2006 that killed his assistant and left Hu Ge with serious injuries, his outlook on life and financial planning...

In a shocking incident, two young men were caught on camera attacking the passengers on board a moving train in Bihar allegedly to make a video and grab attention online. The attack was allegedly staged to make a reel for social media, as per the Railway Protection Force (RPF). (X) The video of the incident, which occurred near Nagri Halt in Bhojpur district, went viral on social media platforms. The video, shared by Railway Protection Force (RPF), showed the duo, dressed in vests and jeans, standing beside the railway tracks and armed with sticks. As the train passes by, one of them hit passengers sitting on the footboards near the door. The latter part of the video shared by the RPF...

Pet psychics in China who claim to help people communicate with their dead pets and find out if they have been reincarnated have sparked an online controversy. The psychics charge prices of 128 yuan (US$18) to allow owners to ask their pet five questions and 2,999 yuan (US$420) for an unlimited number of questions within six months, according to a news report by Jimu News. Finding out if their pet has been reincarnated costs between 899 yuan and 1,899 yuan (US$125 and US$260) depending on the circumstances. Many pet owners said they believed they were scammed after they were blocked by the psychics on social media or kicked out of the chat group for the service, the report...

Late Shakuntala Devi, known for her ability to make complex mental calculations, extracted the 23rd root of a 201-digit number mentally in the year 1977. Shakuntala Devi demonstrated the multiplication of two 13-digit numbers 7,686,369,774,870 x 2,465,099,745,779 picked at random by the Computer Department of Imperial College, London on June 18, 1980, in just 28 seconds. Till date, it is known to be the fastest human computation. She could also tell the day of the week of any given date in the last century spontaneously. Guinness World Records on July 30, 2020, honoured Indian math genius, Shakuntala Devi, with the title for ''fastest human computation'', four decades after she achieved...

Four teenage girls: Duro-Aina Adebola, Akindele Abiola, and Faleke Oluwatoyin, and Bello Eniola figured out a way to use a liter of urine as fuel to get six hours of electricity from their generator. The invention was displayed at the annual event Maker Faire Africa, Lagos, Nigeria, an event that showcases ingenuity. The idea of using urine as fuel is not new but Bola, Biola, Toyin and Eniola came up with a practical way to put the idea into action and many households can really appreciate this. How It Works As explained on the blog of makerfaireafrica.com website, its process is itemized below; Urine is put into an electrolytic cell, which separates out the hydrogen. The hydrogen goes...

On the nights of August 12 & 13, get ready to witness an awe-inspiring meteor shower, with 1,000 meteors crashing into Earth at 150 per hour! These streaks of light will illuminate the night sky, lighting it up with fiery brilliance. According to NASA, you can expect to see an average of up to 100 meteors per hour during the Perseid's peak. A typical Perseid meteoroid (which is what they're called while in space) moves at 133,200 mph (214,365 kph) when it hits Earth's atmosphere (and then it is called a meteor). Most of the Perseids are tiny, about the size of a sand grain. Almost none of the fragments hit the ground, but if one does, it's called a meteorite. The Perseids are hot...

Brazilian billionaire has reportedly left his entire will to Neymar despite the pair allegedly having never met one another. Neymar, 33, is claimed to have been given the enormous sum of £846million by an unidentified deceased man from Brazil who is said to have been a billionaire. According to Brazilian outlet RIC, the will was formalised at an office in Porto Alegre and authenticated on June 12 with two witnesses allegedly present. The matter is now purportedly subject to clearance from Brazilian courts if Neymar is to be named as the individual's heir - who has potentially chosen him because he is reportedly childless and single. Neymar has not publicly commented on reports...

A Chinese man who used his savings to support a free shelter for 348 “orphans” over the past 17 years has moved many people online. Huang Meisheng, 65, founded De Ren Garden, a house for orphans and children who do not receive proper care from their families, in 2008 in Fenyi County, Jiangxi province, eastern China. Huang became a teacher at 20 and a secondary school headmaster 10 years later. At the age of 40, he became the deputy director of Fenyi Education Bureau and headmaster of a local primary school.   (Huang Meisheng walks and chats with one of the children he has taken under his wing. Photo: Xinhua) He said he was motivated to establish De Ren Garden after...

A Chinese tech firm is racing to deliver what could be the world’s first “gestation robot”. The idea from Kaiwa Technology, based in Guangzhou, involves a humanoid designed with an artificial womb embedded in its abdomen, intended to carry a fetus through ten months of gestation and deliver a baby, according to Chinese media outlets. Slated for debut by 2026 and expected to sell for under 100,000 yuan (around $13,900), the robot aims to offer a pregnancy alternative for those who wish to avoid the burdens of human gestation. The announcement has triggered intense public discourse—from ethical unease to hopeful possibilities for the infertile.Recently, Chinese...