A 24-year-old's death after working 105 overtime hours in one month causes Japan to rethink work-life balance

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In Japanese the word is karoshi, or "death from overwork."

The latest karoshi victim was 24-year-old Matsuri Takahashi who worked for the Japanese ad agency Dentsu and reportedly logged 105 overtime hours in one month. At work she tried to maintain appearances, but on Twitter she spoke the truth.

"It's 4 a.m. My body's trembling," she reportedly said in one post. "I'm going to die. I'm so tired."

Takahashi leapt from the company dormitory around Christmas last year. This past Wednesday, December 28, Dentsu's president and chief executive Tadashi Ishii announced he would resign in March.

Greek ambassador to Brazil 'murdered after finding his wife in bed with another man'

The Greek ambassador to Brazil whose body was found in a burnt-out car in Rio de Janeiro was murdered after finding his wife in bed with another man, police believe.

The charred remains of Kyriakos Amiridis, 59, were found on Wednesday underneath an overpass in the city, inside the car the diplomat had hired to spend Christmas and New Year with his wife's relatives.His Brazilian wife Francoise Amiridis told police she was out shopping on Monday night when he phoned at 8pm her saying he was going out, and never returned home.

Record number of police to patrol Britain's streets on New Year's Eve amid fears of terror attack

A record number of police will patrol Britain’s streets to protect the public throughout tomorrow’s New Year’s Eve celebrations.

Thousands more officers have been drafted in across the country - including armed officers - following the terror attacks across Europe in the past year.

It is part of a huge security clampdown as MI5’s terror warning alert remains at “severe”- meaning a terror attack is “highly likely.”

In London extra armed police will travel on tubes throughout the capital and many more than the 2,000 firearms officers on duty for the celebrations last year will be guarding our streets

Trump on Russia sanctions: Time to move on, but I’ll meet with intelligence agencies anyway

Donald Trump.

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President-elect Donald Trump responded Thursday to President Barack Obama's fresh sanctions against Russia, saying that it's "time to move on," but that he'll meet with intelligence officials to discuss Russian involvement in election hacks anyway.

"It's time for our country to move on to bigger and better things," Trump said in a brief evening statement.

The president-elect continued: "Nevertheless, in the interest of our country and its great people, I will meet with leaders of the intelligence community next week in order to be updated on the facts of this situation."

The statement came hours after Obama announced new sanctions against Russian officials, which included the removal of 35 Russian intelligence officials currently in the US, in addition to sanctions from the Treasury Department against two other Russian individuals.

More US teens are on e-cigarettes than ever before

According to a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more American teenagers are have been using e-cigarettes and not just for nicotine.

The CDC and the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) discovered this new trend from surveys filled out by 17,000 high school students across America in 2015.

About 38% of high school students who took the survey revealed they have tried e-cigarettes before.

Ronaldo Turns Down Record €300m Offer From Chinese Club

Real Madrid have been offered 300 million euros by an unnamed Chinese club for Cristiano Ronaldo.
The offer is three times the current transfer fee record of around 100 million euros paid by Manchester United to Juventus for Paul Pogba.
According to Ronaldo’s agent Jorge Mendes, the 31-year-old Portugal captain has no interest in the deal, which included a two million euro weekly wage.
The comments by Mendes were made Thursday night in an interview with Sky Italia, but the super agent revealed that money is not everything for Ronaldo and that he loves playing for Real Madrid.

The Chinese Super League has attracted highly reputable players from different leagues in recent times.

Belles of the ball! Daughters of the world's most elite families dress to impress as they gather in New York for 62nd annual Debutante Ball

The Pierre Hotel in New York was awash with white last night as debutantes dazzled in a myriad of ball gowns at the 62nd International Debutante Ball.

The event, that welcomes the city's well heeled into society, saw the gaggle of girls take to the stage in a series of wedding-dress like ballgowns.

The young ladies are the daughters of the world's elite families, and at stake are their first impressions on a world accustomed to only the greatest of poise: these are the living dolls of the International Debutante Ball.