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☆ A 33-year-old man turned a Japanese farmhouse into a mountainside Airbnb retreat for $25,000 — here's how he did it
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( Claire Turrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewSingaporean Xian Jie Lee, 33, moved to Japan in 2012 to study political science. Xian Jie LeeShu told Lee that he could rent a farmhouse in a village called Ryujinmura. "I removed the tatami (traditional straw floor covering) in the inner room and fell through the floor," Lee said. Xian Jie LeeWhile renovating the guesthouse, Lee turned his own home into a café three days a week to earn extra income. Xian Jie LeeLee has also been able to participate in unique experiences himself.

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☆ Lion Cafe: A classical music cafe in the middle of Tokyo’s busy Shibuya area
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-17 | by ( Maggie Hiufu Wong | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Walking into the Lion Cafe, in Tokyo’s Shibuya district, the first thing one notices is the seating. “Meikyoku kissa is a place that plays classical music, where customers can listen to music, have a drink and relax,” says Naoya Yamadera, the current manager of the Lion Cafe. The cafe has more than 10,000 classical music CDs and records. Many people are not familiar with classical music, so I’d like them to get used to it in places like here,” says Yamadara. For more on the Lion Cafe, watch the video at the top of this story.

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☆ My 13-year-old told me he wasn't ready for anyone else to join our family. So I broke up with the man I was dating.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-17 | by ( Elizabeth Austin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

My 13-year-old told me while I was dating someone new that he was not ready for it. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Every Christmas, I wondered if the following year, there would be an extra place at our table, a seat for the partner I thought I'd eventually meet. My teenage son made me realize what my kids neededSeth was the closest I'd come. Advertisement"Are you dating Seth?"

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☆ The squatters in Gordon Ramsay's London restaurant are likely to get kicked out, but the process is a pain, lawyers say
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-16 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Last week, London's Metropolitan Police were made aware of a group of squatters who had taken over his York & Albany hotel-restaurant in Camden, a pricey borough of London. A legal notice taped to the outside of York & Albany, Gordon Ramsay's restaurant and hotel in Camden, London, on April 15, 2024, as squatters occupy it. Property owners have to take the matter to court, applying for a possession order. As well as direct legal costs, commercial squatting also presents other concerns for property owners, including loss of income. AdvertisementBut property owners, and business owners like Ramsay, will be wondering "what damage is being done internally," Helferty said.

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☆ A person was taken to hospital after a gallon of ammonia was spilled in a Gordon Ramsay restaurant
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-16 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A gallon of ammonia was spilled in the basement of a Gordon Ramsay restaurant in Illinois, local emergency services said. AdvertisementA person was taken to hospital in a "stable" condition after about a gallon of ammonia spilled in the basement of a Gordon Ramsay restaurant in a city in the suburbs of Chicago, local emergency services said. Business Insider did not immediately receive a response to a request for comment from Gordon Ramsay Restaurants North America, sent outside regular US working hours. The Scottish TV chef originally opened most of his North American restaurants in partnerships with Caesar's Entertainment, but began opening some through Gordon Ramsay North America in 2019. AdvertisementSquatters have recently taken over one of Ramsay's restaurants in London and turned it into what they described as a community art café.

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☆ Why Better Times (and Big Raises) Haven’t Cured the Inflation Hangover
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Talmon Joseph Smith | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Tucked at a corner table inside a Barnes & Noble cafe in Logan Town Centre, a sprawling exurban shopping complex in Blair County, he tapped away at two laptops. His work PC was open with notes on his clients: local seniors in need of at-home health care and living assistance, whom he serves as a registered nurse. On his sleeker, personal laptop he eyed some coursework for the master’s degree in nursing he’s finishing so he can work as a supervisor soon. Shortly after becoming certified, he pushed through long days in a hospital during the height of the Covid pandemic at a salary of $40,000. Today, he has what he calls “the best nursing job pay-wise I’ve ever had,” at $85,000.

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☆ A Beloved Copenhagen Cafe Gets Serious About Dinner
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Gisela Williams | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

But by 2020, the cafe’s success had begun to weigh on him. Bille Brahe, now 40, felt he’d become more of a manager, overseeing invoices and catering events, rather than the creative person he’s always strived to be. His initial impulse was to leave it and do something completely new. He decided to recommit to the Apollo and “to rediscover my gastronomic ambitions,” he said. In addition to other, more subtle changes, that meant shifting his focus away from lunch and breakfast and toward dinner.

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☆ Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg to face his toughest trial yet as Trump criminal case begins
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Gregory Krieg | Kara Scannell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

“I’ve done a lot of cases that are considered no-win,” Bragg told CNN at the time, in December 2021. Though Bragg’s ambitions are widely considered to be less lofty than some of his predecessors, the Trump trial will likely write both his political future and legacy. Two months into office, Bragg was confronted by two senior attorneys leading the Trump investigation. When Bragg refused to authorize them to seek an indictment they abruptly and noisily resigned, putting additional pressure on the new district attorney. Trump eventually paid $2 million of his own money to a group of charities, and the foundation was dissolved.

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☆ Squatters have taken over Gordon Ramsay's restaurant in London and are threatening legal action
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-14 | by ( Lauren Edmonds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewSquatters have taken over one of Gordon Ramsay's restaurants in London. Metropolitan Police told Business Insider they "were made aware of squatters at a disused property" on April 10 in Regents Park, where the restaurant is located. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. The legal warning said the group will to take legal action against those who "enter by violence" or "threaten to enter by violence." Metropolitan Police in London told Business Insider that this issue "is a civil matter and so police did not attend as an emergency call out.

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☆ Witnesses to Sydney Mall Stabbing Describe Harrowing Scenes
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-13 | by ( John Yoon | Isabella Kwai | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Witnesses to the stabbings at a mall in a Sydney, Australia, on Saturday described a scene of terror as shoppers fled from the knife-wielding man or huddled in stores as panic spread through the shopping center. Others ran out, screaming as they passed by bodies on the floor. When Gavin Lockhart, 37, saw people running as he sat inside a coffee shop at the mall, there was a moment of confusion. Then, Mr. Dunkley recounted, he saw a police officer attempt to stop the assailant. When the officer told the man to put his knife down, he lunged toward her with his weapon, the cafe owner said.

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☆ Fashion designer Roberto Cavalli, renowned for fierce animal prints and riviera chic, dies at 83
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-12 | by ( Jacopo Prisco | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Roberto Cavalli, the Italian fashion designer who made his mark on the fashion world with distinctive, glamorous animal prints, has died at the age of 83. Roberto Cavalli walks the runway after a fashion show showcasing his label's designs in Budva, Montenegro on June 10, 2013. Along with animal prints and intarsia leather, denim became a core element of his signature style, leading to the establishment of a more youthful offshoot brand, Just Cavalli, in 1998. Flanked by models in quintessential Cavalli florals and animal prints, Roberto Cavalli takes his bow after his label's Spring-Summer 2015 menswear show at Milan Fashion Week on June 24, 2014. “Dear Roberto, you may not be physically here with us anymore but I know I will feel your spirit with me always.

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☆ The Playwright Who Fearlessly Reimagines America
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( Imani Perry | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Rather than sink into discouragement, Parks absorbed the insult, turning it into part of her origin story. “I appreciated the note,” she said wryly, “because it planted a little seed in my subconscious: I gotta learn to spell. Dressed in purple-and-lavender-striped fingerless gloves, fur-lined boots and a black Comme des Garçons jacket, she looked every bit the iconoclastic downtown New Yorker. At 60, Parks carries herself with the energy of someone half her age, her presence a combination of gravitas and lightness, wisdom and childlike exuberance. One of America’s most celebrated playwrights — a recipient of the MacArthur “genius grant,” a Guggenheim fellowship and a Pulitzer Prize — she is in the midst of a renaissance.

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☆ The beautiful African paradise islands that most tourists don’t know about
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( Joe Yogerst | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —A couple of African paradise islands have been on the radar of avid world travelers for some time. Shellfish Bay on the island’s windward side shelters one of East Africa’s most spectacular beaches, a crescent of white sand framed by 100-meter dunes. Bazaruto Island Resort, the island’s top digs, can arrange scuba diving and snorkeling, sailing on traditional dhow boats, guided 4x4 wildlife safaris, sandboarding on the dunes and other outdoor activities. Lamu’s best beaches are on the island’s windward side, around a 30–40-minute walk via Shela village. — and an ancient stone nilometer for measuring the river’s water level — reflect the island’s importance during pharaonic times.

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☆ After 2 years of applying for the NYC housing lottery, she finally won her bid. Now she pays $1,000 in rent for her Manhattan apartment.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( Amanda Goh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

A millennial woman won the New York City affordable housing lottery after applying for two years. Nkenge Brown, 30, now pays around $1,000 in monthly rent for her one-bedroom Manhattan apartment. AdvertisementNkenge Brown first heard about the New York City housing lottery system four years ago while she was at work. "Someone told me that they won a lottery apartment, and I was like, 'What's that?'" In 2018, the odds of winning the housing lottery were 1 in 592, per the Times.

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☆ I was put on an unfair PIP by my toxic manager. Here's how I fought it and went on to get promoted.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Daisy Schofield | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

I was a store manager at the time. I had always received good reviews and had been promoted to retail store manager three months before. A PIP should be a last resort, not a first warningAs a manager at L'Oreal, I was told that a PIP should never be the first step. Evidence that my boss and I had had meetings about the store reopening, where I updated her on progress. The main issue highlighted in the PIP was I hadn't retrained staff in time for the store reopening.

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☆ I moved from the US to Vienna, the world's most livable city. Here's what it actually costs me to live here.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-08 | by ( Sonya Matejko | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

AdvertisementSince 2022, I've had the pleasure of living in Vienna, the world's most livable city . It makes sense to me — living in Vienna comes with many perks, from its walkability to its vibrant culture. I dined out a few times and went grocery shopping twiceVienna has an excellent café culture. My favorite wine in the US was $23 a bottle. MyClubs is 49 euros for four classes a month, so the classes cost me about 25 euros this week.

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☆ Hot girls love book clubs
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-05 | by ( Jordan Parker Erb | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

All the "It Girl" celebrities have their own book clubs, from model Kaia Gerber to Kendall Jenner. TikTok is flooded with "book recommendations for hot girls," and young women are flocking to apps like Bookclubs to start or join a reading group. But in an age when people are lonelier — and more chronically online — than ever, book clubs have taken on new meaning. Book clubs on the riseBook clubs are nothing new. "We call it book club, but we're not actually doing a traditional book club," Shao said.

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☆ These US restaurants and chefs are 2024 James Beard Award finalists
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( Marnie Hunter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —A New Orleans restaurant featuring a modern Senegalese tasting menu and an Ethiopia-born chef who studied psychology before turning to a culinary career are among the restaurants and chefs named as finalists for the coveted James Beard Awards. The finalists for the Restaurant and Chef Awards were announced Wednesday in Washington, DC. In the Emerging Chef category, Fariyal Abdullahi, executive chef at Hav & Mar in New York, is among the five finalists. Masako Morishita moved to Washington, DC to be a cheerleader for the Washington Commanders. Fariyal Abdullahi, executive chef at Hav & Mar in New York, is among the five finalists in the Emerging Chef category.

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☆ Euro zone inflation unexpectedly slows to 2.4% in March, with core print also below forecast
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( Jenni Reid | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Inflation in the 20-nation euro zone eased to 2.4% in March, according to flash figures published on Wednesday, boosting expectations for interest rate cuts to begin in the summer. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast the rate would hold steady against the previous month at 2.6%. The core rate of inflation, excluding energy, food, alcohol and tobacco, cooled from 3.1% to 2.9%, also coming in below expectations. Markets expect the euro zone's central bank will begin lowering borrowing costs in June — a position reflected in the recent messaging of ECB decision-makers. "Inflation has declined despite a jump in energy inflation, and a boost from an early Easter.

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☆ I've visited Washington, DC, to see the famous cherry blossoms for years. Here are 6 secrets to skipping crowds and optimizing your trip.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-01 | by ( Hayley Hutson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewWashington, DC, is one of the best places in the US to see cherry blossoms in the spring. Every year, more than 1.5 million tourists travel to DC for the National Cherry Blossom Festival. And, although fun, popular free events like the Blossom Kite Festival and Petalpalooza tend to be swarming with crowds. Walk the Hains Point loop trail — or golf amongst the bloomsEscape the bustling crowds and immerse yourself in cherry-blossom bliss at Hains Point loop trail. AdvertisementWhile you're on Hains Point Island, check out East Potomac Golf Links.

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☆ Reopening the Port of Baltimore could take weeks as colossal wreckage cleanup gets underway, officials say
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-30 | by ( Dalia Faheid | Aditi Sangal | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —It could take weeks for the Port of Baltimore to reopen as an arduous cleanup process to clear the massive wreckage from this week’s catastrophic bridge collapse begins, leaving commuters and workers in limbo and supply chains in disarray, officials said. More than 1,000 engineers in Baltimore and across the country are studying the wreckage piece-by-piece to figure out the best plan to remove it. To help with this massive task, more heavy equipment is expected at the scene in the coming weeks. The port is the largest in the US for cars and light trucks, handling a record 850,000 vehicles last year, Moore said. “Our economy depends on the Port of Baltimore and the Port of Baltimore depends on vessel traffic,” Moore said Friday.

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But with Russian forces still inside the country and millions of Ukrainians displaced from their homes, fighting on the frontlines, or living overseas, there is no election in sight. Although Sunday is the day the constitution says Ukraine should be voting, it also does not allow it during wartime. He would have voted for Zelensky five years ago if he had had the chance and would vote for him now. Last August, President Zelensky was asked for his position in an interview on Ukrainian television and sounded sympathetic to holding a poll. As the United States Congress continues to dither over new military aid, elections in Ukraine became folded into the debate by some Republicans.

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☆ Ede: Hostage situation unfolds at Dutch cafe in central town
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-30 | by ( Jessie Gretener | Joshua Berlinger | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —A hostage situation involving several people is underway in the central Dutch town of Ede, according to local authorities. The hostages are being held at a cafe in the center of town. The incident triggered authorities to evacuate about 150 homes in the area, local police said. Three hostages were released Saturday morning, but the situation remains ongoing, provincial police said. Ede Mayor Rene Verhulst called the incident a “terrible situation” and said his thoughts and concerns were with those affected.

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☆ Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse reverberates around the world
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-29 | by ( Ray Sanchez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

StreamTimeLive StreamTimeLive StreamTimeLiveAround the same time, numerous audible alarms were recorded on the ship’s bridge audio. The Dali container vessel after striking the Francis Scott Key Bridge. “Once you get here, I’ll go grab the workers on the Key Bridge and then stop the outer loop,” an officer said. When the Key Bridge was built decades ago, container ships were a fraction of the size and weight they are today. Miguel Luna, a native of El Salvador, was also working on the Key Bridge.

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☆ I'm a Gen Z mom. DINKs showing off their splurging and traveling gave me FOMO, but I don't regret having kids.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-29 | by ( Charissa Cheong | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

He really wanted kids but said it was fine if I didn't, as he loved me and just wanted to be with me. I thought having a family with him would be amazing. I don't think we would have planned far ahead enough to do a trip like that before having kids. I don't regret having kids youngI really enjoy being a mom. I didn't want to get to a point in my career where I was doing really well and then take a big break.

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