'I spent 30 years searching for secret to happiness - the answer isn't what I thought'

• ‘I have a secret that is slowly taking all the joy from my life’: I’ve been happily married for 25 years, but I made a big financial mistake. How can I undo this?

  “Over the past couple years, I have fought to get therapy and medications to bring me back to myself.”
  
  MarketWatch - 1h
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  I spent my childhood in the Palisades homes my mother cleaned. We're also grieving what was lost.

  The daughter of a former Pacific Palisades housekeeper, author Yesika Salgado recounts the home and family that influenced her life and career.
  
  Los Angeles Times - 3d
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  ‘Not as dirty as I thought it would be’: Sydney opens a sandless new beach in the suburbs

  It may have no sand, but Putney beach, which opens on Wednesday, gives residents far from the coast the chance to have a dip without the long commute. Follow our Australia news live blog for ...
  
  The Guardian - 5d
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  UK's hierarchy of accents: 'I thought mine made me sound stupid'

  Sociolinguists say accent bias is prevalent in the UK and affects how people are perceived by classmates, colleagues and friends.
  
  BBC News - Jan. 20
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  What's the secret to Denmark's happy work-life balance?

  The Nordic nation doesn't require staff to work long hours and has a generous welfare system.
  
  BBC News - Jan. 16
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  'I got death threats when men thought I put feminist gesture in video game'

  Young male gamers in South Korea thought it resembled a gesture used to poke fun at the size of men’s penises.
  
  BBC News - Jan. 12
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  'I thought I was going to die': Jailed Venezuelan activist details brutality of prison life

  Hundreds were arrested in protests after Nicolás Maduro claimed victory in last year's contested presidential election.
  
  BBC News - Jan. 9

• Ronaldo on 2yrs in Saudi: Happy, but I want more

  Cristiano Ronaldo has declared on his two-year anniversary with Saudi Pro League side Al Nassr that he's hungry for more titles.
  
  ESPN - Jan. 4
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  I thought I could be a ‘cool mum’ – just strap my baby to me and keep living life as usual. I was so wrong | Tara Kenny

  I’ve discovered new ways to be cool: rhyme time is my cocktail hour, the park my catwalk and I have a nappy bag that’s chicer than a Fendi Baguette. When I was six months pregnant, against all ...
  
  The Guardian - Jan. 2

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  Watch: Belongings in hand, thousands of Gazans begin journey home

  Thousands of Palestinians are returning to north Gaza after Israel and Hamas reached a hostage deal.
  
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  The difficult question about Auschwitz that remains unanswered

  Post-war Europe looked at the horror and acknowledged the suffering. But another question about the perpetrators still needs making sense of
  
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  Colombia yields on US deportation flights to avert trade war

  President Gustavo Petro agrees to accept deported migrants after Trump ordered 25% tariffs on all goods.
  
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  'We are not lazy' - Working from home criticism sparks anger

  Hundreds of BBC readers disagreed with former Asda boss Lord Rose's view that working from home is "not proper work".
  
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  Wynne Evans 'taking time off' BBC Radio Wales show

  Welsh broadcaster Wynne Evans will not appear on his BBC Radio Wales show following sexualised remark.
  
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  Stocks Markets Fall Sharply as Investors Worry About China’s AI Advances

  Premarket trading implied steep declines for U.S. markets, with the pain concentrated at companies at the forefront of the artificial intelligence boom.
  
  The New York Times - 9m

• China says it's "extremely unlikely" COVID pandemic came from lab leak

  China says it's "extremely unlikely" that COVID-19​ came from a lab, after the CIA said it believed​, though with low confidence, that it did, rather than from natural transmission.
  
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  Colombia will allow U.S. deportees into the country after Trump threatened tariffs as immigration crackdowns are underway around the country.
  
  NBC News - 20m
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  PSNI officer 'did not act with sensitivity' during Sean Graham memorial

  The Police Ombudsman finds an officer did not act with "sensitivity" when he intervened at a Troubles memorial event.
  
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  Spectator killed by hammer weight thrown at high school track meet in Colorado

  A man was accidentally killed at a high school track and field meet in Colorado when a hammer weight thrown by a competitor cleared barriers and struck him, officials confirmed.
  
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