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Shanghai (AFP) – The Chinese agency representing a 14-year-old Russian model who died after taking part in Shanghai Fashion Week has denied allegations that she was overworked and exhausted. The death of Vlada Dzyuba in a Chinese hospital on Friday has shone a light on the murky world of western models in China, many of […]

TOKYO (AP) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said someone should talk to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and reassure him that nobody is out to remove him or destroy his country. Duterte made the comments on Sunday, a day ahead of a visit to Japan, where he hopes to get help with rebuilding the […]

Aries (Mar.21 – Apr.19)     A long-awaited romantic encounter may be canceled or prove less rewarding than you’d hoped. Doubts about the future of this relationship could come up. This isn’t the day to make any final decisions about serious matters like this. Wait a few days until you feel a little more confident and then […]

I have never seen a wild thing feel sorry for himself. – D. H. Lawrence When I first came home to Palau I felt unwelcome.  I realized the truth that a home is not a place or a house.  It is a state of mind.  I made myself at home – wherever I was – […]

Below are fine examples of what happens when marketing translations fail to reach a foreign country in an understandable way. Coors put its slogan, “Turn it loose,” into Spanish, where it was read as “Suffer from diarrhea.” [restrict] Clairol introduced the “Mist Stick,” a curling iron, into German only to find out that “mist” is […]

A doctor and a lawyer were talking at a party. Their conversation was constantly interrupted by people describing their ailments and asking the doctor for free medical advice. After an hour of this, the exasperated doctor asked the lawyer, “What do you do to stop people from asking you for legal advice when you’re out […]