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You know you’re rich when your house has a name. Manhattan’s palatial Benjamin N. Duke House is on the market, offering house hunters a rare chance to own a piece of New York history. If they can cough up tens of millions of dollars, that is. Located at 1009 Fifth Ave. in Manhattan’s Upper East

The Walt Disney Company was founded in October 1923 by Walt Disney and his brother Roy in Hollywood, Calif. Now one of the largest media companies in the world, the journey began with pencil cartoon drawings on paper, turned into animation. Then, in 1928, the landmark animated short film, Steamboat Willie, introduced Mickey Mouse and

In 2016, the same dusty hue of “millennial pink” exploded onto the scene, featured on makeup packaging, Hollywood red carpets, all the way to interior design. In doing so, it seems to have kicked off a trend of generational colours because the new hue on the block is purportedly “Gen Z yellow.” International headlines are

With Paris Haute Couture Week in full swing, the eyes of those in the fashion world have been fully affixed to runways and street style, no doubt finding inspiration from emerging high-end sartorial trends. And while much of the fashion will be taken very seriously, one show is garnering a bunch of attention for its

A British family is sounding the alarm after their daughter died after inhaling too much aerosol deodorant. Fourteen-year-old Giorgia Green, who had autism, found the scent of her spray-on deodorant comforting and liked to spray it on her blankets and then wrap herself in them, her father told the BBC. Read more: Mexico’s richest man

Over the next six weeks, as part of the ‘Out of Pocket’ series, Global News will examine how inflation is impacting Canadians from coast to coast. Amid still-high inflation, many Canadians have been struggling with the surging costs of everything, pushing them to rethink their spending plans. With many strapped for cash, that could mean having

U.S. dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster has acquired Quordle, a daily puzzle similar to Wordle that sees players try to solve four words at a time. While Wordle gives players six chances to figure out one five-letter word, in Quordle, players have nine guesses to simultaneously solve four five-letter words. Each day there’s a new puzzle to

This Lunar New Year, rabbit rescue groups in Canada are hoping that the Year of the Rabbit would turn out to be more about awareness — a year that not only educates people to carefully consider before adopting bunnies, but also draws focus on the rampant abandonment of these furry animals. Sometimes people “get caught up in

Jim Dandy reads the grocery store flyers every week. It’s a habit the 79-year-old retiree picked up in childhood and continued while raising three children during law school. “I learned the importance of saving five cents, and that has stuck with me,” Dandy said in an interview from his home in Niagara Falls, Ont. Grocery

Are you a Canadian looking to switch things up on the job front this year? Perhaps you want to pivot to a new path within your existing expertise, maybe you want to change fields entirely, or you might be wondering what area of study you should pursue that offers plenty of career opportunities. Recruitment company