President Donald Trump and Melania Trump’s state visit to the UK is in full swing. After warm greetings on the grounds of Windsor Castle with King Charles III, Queen Camilla, Prince William, and Kate Middleton, the president and first lady attended a banquet with the royals at St George’s Hall on Wednesday evening. Tiffany Trump…
An estranged couple from southwestern China became embroiled in a dispute over 29 chickens during their divorce proceedings. After telling them to split the batch of birds evenly, a judge advised them to eat the extra one as a “farewell meal” before finalising their divorce. The idea was not only practical but also reflected traditional…
Estate planning is one of the most important financial tasks you will undertake in your lifetime. However, according to LegalZoom, only 45% of Americans have created the documents required. What’s even more concerning is that 60% of those who haven’t yet made a living trust or created any estate planning documents, haven’t made any effort…
No matter how much you plan or how well-traveled you are, you’re bound to make a few mistakes. That’s what my husband and I realized after our first trip together to Europe last spring. Despite our best efforts, our almost-three-month adventure in the United Kingdom, France, and Spain included more than a few miscalculations —…
In the wee hours of the morning, several days after my husband’s death in 2003 from sudden cardiac arrest, I awoke out of breath, my heart racing. Would my daughters be able to stay in their schools? Could I continue to pay the mortgage on our home? When my husband accepted his first overseas diplomatic…
So many of our daughter’s friends had cell phones, some even got them in elementary school. She was able to get by without one for a while, but I became her default social coordinator. We reevaluated our needs in 8th grade and got her a phone when she was 14. Several years ago, my husband…
I loved to obsessively track my two sons on Life 360. When my eldest went to college, I lost sleep because I tracked his every movement. He asked me to stop, and suddenly, I felt peace. When my eldest child was born 21 years ago, I realized that the hospital wasn’t going to give me…
A Chinese mistress paid a “divorce fee” of 1.2 million yuan (US$165,000) to the legal wife of her married lover, only to have her petition for a refund rejected by the court after the wife accepted the money but refused to divorce. In December 2013, a man surnamed Han, based in Shishi, Fujian province in…
A man in China was sentenced to four years in prison after he accidentally threw his six-month-old daughter out of their flat window, resulting in her death and sending shock waves through the community. A court in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region of Western China recently sentenced the father, surnamed Zhao, for manslaughter, as reported…
At 5-foot-2, Diana Coello weighed 250 pounds and was diagnosed with diabetes in 2022. The flight attendant took action by improving her diet and taking her dog for long walks. She lost 80 pounds in less than a year and has been able to keep up with her energetic 6-year-old. This as-told-to essay is based…