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Constant emotional and physical exhaustion may be a sign of burnout: Experts
30Jul By Raayan ThompsonNo Comments
Health

Constant emotional and physical exhaustion may be a sign of burnout: Experts

Long to-do lists, looming deadlines, social obligations – the pressures of everyday life sometimes end up overpowering the body’s need for rest and relaxation. In today’s demanding work environment and constantly evolving lifestyle choices, it is common for people to be indifferent towards the high level of stress they undergo on a daily basis. However, when your body sends subtle or not-so-subtle cues that it needs a break, you should listen. If not, seemingly common issues like exhaustion can develop into burnout and cause more complex and serious health issues. As more people succumb to burnout not only around the world but also India, experts warn of the consequences in a chat with mid-day.com.  Utkarsha Jagga, a Delhi-based counselling psychologist and founder of The Coping Central...
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Bella Hadid shocked and upset over Adidas campaign
30Jul By Raayan ThompsonNo Comments
World News

Bella Hadid shocked and upset over Adidas campaign

Hadid, who is half Palestinian, said: "I am shocked, I am upset, and I am disappointed in the lack of sensitivity that went into this campaign." Photo: AFP / CHRISTOPHE SIMON By Emma Saunders of the BBC US model Bella Hadid has spoken out after starring in an Adidas campaign which was criticised for what the brand called "unintentional" connections to the 1972 Munich Olympics. Hadid, who is half Palestinian, said: "I am shocked, I am upset, and I am disappointed in the lack of sensitivity that went into this campaign." The advertising campaign for the retro trainers - the SL72s - referenced the 1972 Munich Olympics, which saw 11 Israeli athletes and a German police officer killed in the attack by a Palestinian group called Black September. Adidas subsequently apologised and said it woul...
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Tax warning for property flippers
30Jul By Raayan ThompsonNo Comments
Business

Tax warning for property flippers

Photo: RNZ People who are buying and selling properties for profit are being warned they could get a tax bill, even if they hold the house for longer than two years - and even if they have lived in it themselves. The bright-line test has now been reduced to two years, which means that investors who hold a property for at least that long are not automatically handed a tax bill for any gains they make on the property. But tax expert Robyn Walker, a partner at Deloitte, said people needed to understand that did not mean that everyone was automatically off the hook. Inland Revenue recently released a tool that would help people to understand whether their property was taxable under any of the land taxing rules. That would include people who bought a property intending to resell it, no matter...
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Community in mourning as three girls killed in Southport knife attack
30Jul By Raayan ThompsonNo Comments
World News

Community in mourning as three girls killed in Southport knife attack

Elsie Dot Stancombe, Alice Dasilva Aguiar and Bebe King died after the attack. Photo: AFP PHOTO / Merseyside Police By Ewan Gawne, Laura O'Neill, Chris Long, Monica Rimmer and Angela Ferguson, BBC News The three girls who were killed in a "ferocious" knife attack at a children's dance workshop in Britain have been named by police. Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven and Alice Dasilva Aguiar, nine, died after the attack at a Taylor Swift-themed event on Hart Street, Southport, on Monday. Five children and two adults who were also injured remain in a critical condition. Bebe's family said "no words" could describe the "devastation that has hit our family", while Alice's parents said she would always be "our princess and no-one would change that". Merseyside Police said a 17-year-ol...
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Kiwi exporters struggling with doubled shipping costs
30Jul By Raayan ThompsonNo Comments
Business

Kiwi exporters struggling with doubled shipping costs

Photo: 123RF The cost of sending our goods overseas has risen again due to ongoing tensions in the Red Sea. A report from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade said global shipping rates have nearly doubled since late April, however they remain far below the peak reached during the Covid pandemic. "The main reason is the current disruption in the Red Sea, which has stretched global shipping capacity, with more shipping needed to service European and Asian routes. "Since December, there has been a 50 percent fall in shipping traffic navigating the Suez Canal, offset by a 70 percent jump in sailings around the less direct Cape of Good Hope," the report said. Houthi rebels began attacking ships in the Red Sea in October last year after the start of the Israel-Hamas war. Export NZ execut...
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Israeli strike hits Beirut suburbs, reportedly missing Hezbollah commander
30Jul By Raayan ThompsonNo Comments
World News

Israeli strike hits Beirut suburbs, reportedly missing Hezbollah commander

Debris covers a damaged vehicle following an Israeli military strike on Beirut's southern suburbs on 30 July, 2024. Photo: ANWAR AMRO / AFP The head of Hezbollah's operations centre has reportedly survived an Israeli strike targeting him. Two security sources have told Reuters that Mushin Shukr was not killed in the attack on Beirut's southern suburbs, a stronghold of the militant group. At least one person has been confirmed as being killed. Israel's military claimed responsibility for the strike, saying they were targeting the person responsible for a rocket attack on the Golan Heights at the weekend, which killed 12 young people. A loud blast was heard and a plume of smoke could be seen rising above the southern suburbs - a stronghold of the Iran-backed Lebanese armed group Hezbollah...
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Interest rates ‘be careful what you wish for’ scenario playing out
30Jul By Raayan ThompsonNo Comments
Business

Interest rates ‘be careful what you wish for’ scenario playing out

ANZ economists have updated their forecast for the year ahead. File picture. Photo: RNZ / Marika Khabazi Falling interest rates are unlikely to be enough to boost house prices through the rest of this year, the country's biggest bank says. ANZ's economists have updated their forecast for the year ahead. Instead of 1 percent house price growth over this calendar year, they expect a drop of 1 percent. They said while they had brought forward their expectations for an official cash rate cut from February to November - and there was a chance it would be earlier still - that was because the economy was weaker than expected, which would have an effect on house prices. "On the one hand there appears to be a slightly brighter sliver of light at the end of the interest rate tunnel but on the ot...
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Taylor Swift in ‘shock’ over knife attack as fans raise $391k
30Jul By Raayan ThompsonNo Comments
World News

Taylor Swift in ‘shock’ over knife attack as fans raise $391k

Nine-year-old Alice Dasilva Aguiar (L), seven-year-old Elsie Dot Stancombe, and six-year-old Bebe King died following the stabbing in Southport. Photo: AFP PHOTO / Merseyside Police By Stewart Whittingham, Laura O'Neill and Chris Long, BBC News Singer Taylor Swift has said the knife attack at a dance workshop themed around her music which left three children dead and nine more injured has left her "completely in shock". Children and adults were attacked at the event on Hart Street, Southport, on Monday. Posting on Instagram, the star said she was "at a complete loss" for how to convey her sympathies. A statement, posted on Instagram, by US Singer-Songwriter Taylor Swift. Photo: HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP Her fans have raised more than £180,000 (NZ$391,000) for the families of the victim...
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Your ultimate at-home wellness kit
30Jul By Raayan ThompsonNo Comments
Life Style

Your ultimate at-home wellness kit

My apologies, but I am going to open this article with the C word; it is impossible to frame the abundance of wellness products that have flooded the market without talking about what happened during Covid. I will whizz you through the timeline because I know it’s tedious. Coronavirus happened, we had to barricade ourselves indoors, many of us realised that feeling good was valuable, and then a great many of us decided to up our wellness efforts from our homes because, well, we were stuck in them. The wellbeing industry of course responded robustly, issuing products designed to encourage sleep, improve circulation and relaxation, mimic sunlight, and all sorts of other things. As a beauty and wellness journalist, I was sent new products daily, many of which made me roll my eyes, but some of...
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