She survived an earthquake in Japan and made it out, but lost her life after her manager ordered her back in to collect the store’s money

Kurumi Otake was a general goods retailer, who returned to Aeon Mall Kumamoto on July 28. A 22-year-old store employee in Japan died in an explosion at a shopping mall after she had already escaped the building following a powerful earthquake. Her employer later admitted that she and another employee had been asked to go…

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Olay, JBL, Shani Darden and More

Talking Shop is our series where we talk to interesting people about their most interesting buys. Decades into her career as an award-winning singer, songwriter and actress, Kelly Rowland’s schedule is as packed as ever. She’s a coach on the newest season of The Voice UK; she’s constantly performing across the world (if you caught…

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Family Support In Sports: Her father repaired bicycles for Rs 300 a day and she grew up in a mud house; years later, Asmita Dey became the first Indian judoka to win Commonwealth Games gold

Dey’s victory marked India’s first-ever Commonwealth Games gold medal in judo. When Asmita Dey stood on the Commonwealth Games podium in Glasgow, there was one person she kept thinking about. Her father, Arjun Dey, was not there to see the moment. Her father had passed away seven months earlier after suffering a brain stroke.On Friday,…

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Norway’s King Harald dies aged 89

More recently he was treated with cortisone for a rare blood condition, haemolytic anaemia, which causes the number of red blood cells in the body to be reduced. He entered hospital on 17 August and his son became regent, taking over his activities. This year alone the Norwegian royal family has faced compounded personal health…

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