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In workaholic Japan, job leaving agents help people quit
In Japan, a nation reputed for loyalty to companies and lifetime employment, people who job-hop are often viewed as quitters. And that's considered shameful.
Enter "taishoku daiko," or "job-leaving agents." Dozens of such services have sprung up in the last several years to help people who simply want out.
The Guardian apologizes for its handling of harassment complaints
Guardian News & Media, the publisher of the Guardian and Observer newspapers, has apologized to several women who said that one of its star columnists, Nick Cohen, groped them or made unwanted sexual advances.
9% of Greeks say they bribe doctors for healthcare during Covid-19 pandemic
A Transparency report was published in Guardian
Ecuador president defends Assange asylum withdrawal
Ecuadoran President Lenin Moreno on April 14 defended his decision to overturn Julian Assange's asylum status, claiming in an interview with the Guardian newspaper that the WikiLeaks founder had tried to set up a "center for spying" in Ecuador's London embassy.
Guardian cancels initiative over 'poverty tourism' outcry
The Guardian newspaper has canceled an "educational and informative tour of modern Greece" which had sought to offer tours to tourists wanting to learn more about the impact of the financial crisis following an outcry by critics who described the venture as "poverty tourism."
Facebook Tests Split News Feed that Keeps Friends Front and Center
Facebook is currently testing a new dual-feed setup that separates Page-generated posts from ads and posts from friends, The Guardian reports. The trial is currently underway in six countries -- Bolivia, Guatemala, Cambodia, Slovakia, Serbia and Sri Lanka.
UNESCO: US to withdraw from UN’s cultural agency in December
The United States is withdrawing from UNESCO, the United Nation’s cultural and educational agency, effective 31 December, the US state separtment said in a statement on Thursday.
Serbia is changing and changing fast, Brnabic tells Guardian
LONDON - Serbia is changing and changing fast as it has no time to lose, Serbian PM Ana Brnabic has told the Guardian in her first interview to a foreign newspaper since taking office, noting she was "part of that change."
"Brnabic is gay and has achieved high office without being a member of a political party," the paper noted.
At least 22 die in suicide bomber attack in Manchester
At least 22 people, including children, died on Monday evening in an explosion outside Manchester Arena after a concert by US singer Ariana Grande.
Daily Mail banned as Wikipedia source: "It's unreliable"
Wikipedia editors have banned using the British tabloid Daily Mail as a source "in all but exceptional circumstances."
Another British paper, the Guardian, is reporting this, adding that "the news group was deemed 'generally unreliable'."