Hotel rooms may look sparkling clean when you first arrive – but surprising levels of bacteria and viruses can be lurking in overlooked places. Beyond the usual suspects such as sinks and toilets, common “touchpoints” like remotes and light switches are also crawling with germs, studies say. Hotel rooms had up…

Americans would ditch love, betray friends and even risk their lives for a seven-figure payday, a new survey reveals. Over 40% would walk out on their romantic partner in a heartbeat for a cool million, according to a poll of 2,000 people by Gamblizard, a website that tracks and shares…

Her beauty hack is no longer under wraps. UK-based makeup influencer Sam Begum is dividing the Internet with her head-scratching yet speedy makeup routine: a full face of cosmetics applied to a piece of plastic wrap at night, then slapped on her face in the morning.  Videos of her technique…

There’s long been a theory that, on dating apps, 80% of women are pursuing the top 20% of men — but new research reveals it’s actually fellas who are aiming too high when swiping for love. International researchers analyzed the behaviors of almost 3,000 heterosexual users of a Czech dating…

When it comes to writing books, author Christopher J. Yates has a unique approach. “My secret sauce for writing novels is I set to myself a puzzle I have to solve,” said Yates, who has published three novels and written for the puzzle pages of various publications — including The…

You know how they say a picture is worth a thousand words? Well, for one little boy, a photo of his mum’s ultrasound scan didn’t just speak. It screamed. Paige had proudly hung up the scans of her sister’s baby, thinking nothing of it other than the excitement of a little one on the way.…

An Aussie pilates instructor has called out an all-too-common exercise act that most of us are guilty of. Adelle Petropoulos, 30, teaches pilates full time and does four classes a week. After a recent class, the Melbourne woman took to TikTok to rant about something she sees in the studio…

For this ex-exec, money doesn’t buy happiness. A British woman who quit her high-flying corporate job to become a minimum-wage factory worker says the gigantic pay cut has been worth it to eliminate stress from her life. Shany Hagan, 56, spent two decades working as a business development manager, earning…

French authorities are trying to establish whether a group of young French citizens was removed from a plane bound for Paris from Spain this week because they are Jewish. The airline, Vueling, has denied the claims. Several dozen French passengers on Wednesday were kicked off a flight leaving the Spanish…

They kept their eye on the prize. An arcade in the Philippines earned a Guinness World Record for installing the world’s largest claw machine. The PlayFair arcade, located at the TOPS landmark in Barangay Busay in Cebu, earned the title for its Claw King, which encompasses a staggering area of 1,761…