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The actress Christie Brinkley reportedly told Porter magazine that President Donald Trump once tried to get her to join him on his private jet while he was married to Ivana Trump in the 1980s. Brinkley reportedly said she declined Trump’s offer and described Trump, at the time, as “flirty,” “smarmy,” […]

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People in San Francisco are spending upwards of $US60 for a 2.5 gallon glass jug of “fresh, live spring water.” The water isn’t filtered or treated, which means it could harbour microbial viruses and bacteria that cause disease and deadly diarrhoea. American tap water isn’t perfectly clean, but it’s tested […]

Country singer Carrie Underwood said she suffered a “gruesome” injury that resulted in her needing between 40 and 50 stitches in her face. She wrote in a note to her fans that a fall on the steps of her Nashville home in November has left her “not quite looking the […]

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One of Uber’s top executives, privy to the company’s inner workings for years, has admitted that ‘everything hasn’t happened in the right way in the past.’ The Uber vice president also said Uber’s drawn out-search for a new CEO had an unexpected benefit: it forced the top managers to work […]

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Scott Rogowsky has become a familiar face over the past few months, as the mobile game show HQ Trivia became a cultural phenomenon. Each day he asks hundreds of thousands of contestants random trivia, so we decided to turn the tables on him and make him the contestant. We asked […]

The US birth rate fell 2% from 2016 to 2017, according to new data from the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. Only women from ages 40-49 are having more kids. Economists worry that the dwindling numbers of newborns could have a major effect on the future US labour force. […]

From the bully on the playground to the big-wig in the corner office, power dynamics are everywhere in our lives. A flood of allegations that powerful men in media, politics, and tech have been abusing their positions of power and preying on those below them have surfaced in recent months. […]

Eminem nearly died from an overdose of the drug methadone in 2007. On his new song, “Arose,” he recounts in troubling detail his hospitalisation and near-death experience. Listen to the song below. Eminem nearly died from an overdose of the drug methadone in 2007, as he later recounted to Rolling […]

Learning how to communicate with people from other cultures is critical in international business. Some cultures express negative feedback differently than others. When a boss tells their employee “we can try” one of their ideas, it could mean three different things depending on which country they’re in. Each culture has […]

People from different cultures often have different styles of communicating. In Malaysia, it is extremely rare for people in professional settings to give negative feedback. That’s very different from workplaces in the US, where people are expected to verbalize their concerns. One of the most challenging aspects of moving to […]

Federal prosecutors reportedly want to seize the former pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli’s one-of-a-kind Wu-Tang Clan album as part of an assets seizure. Shkreli paid $US2 million for the Wu-Tang album at an auction in 2015. He is currently imprisoned in a Brooklyn jail after he was convicted of securities fraud […]

Royals around the world have fallen in love with commoners. Mary Elizabeth Donaldson, who’s now the crown princess of Denmark, met her prince at a bar. Meghan Markle is a real-life American fairytale. Former Japanese Emperor Akihito was the first emperor to marry a non-royal. Visit INSIDER’s homepage for more […]

Chromosome ends called telomeres prompt the ageing process in cells. Nobel Laureate Elizabeth Blackburn says we have more control over our telomeres than we think. In her recent TED talk, she details some of the key ways people can live more healthful lives into old age. Ageing: it’s largely your […]

Plant roots need air to breathe, so over-watering soil can cause them to suffocate. Gardening pros say you can avoid drowning your plants by touching the soil before you add more water. A misting spray bottle with a small concentration of peppermint soap can keep mealy bugs and fungi away. […]

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Japan is dealing with what economists call a “demographic time bomb.” Through a vicious cycle of low fertility and low consumer spending, the country’s economy has gradually shrunk over the last 20 years. Japan has coped with this demographic time bomb in creative and sometimes extreme ways. But the reputation […]

Beyoncé was the highest-paid female musician in the last year with $US105 million in pretax income, according to Forbes. She outearned Adele ($US69 million) and Taylor Swift ($US44 million). Swift was the highest-paid female musician in Forbes’ 2016 list with $US170 million. Beyoncé’s hit album “Lemonade,” and her subsequent world […]

Jay-Z’s entrepreneurial vision has broadened rapidly over the course of his career. The rapper-mogul has founded or owned, among other ventures, a clothing company, a restaurant chain, a sports management firm, two record labels, and the streaming service Tidal. He’s the second richest hip-hop artist in the world, with an […]

Men are an average of about 5 inches taller than women. Scientific studies suggest that while women might say they have a preference for taller male partners, actual height differences in heterosexual couples aren’t as wide as stated height preferences. Shorter men do tend to marry younger and lower-educated women, […]

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