nemzetkozi-gazdasagTokyo urges men to wear shorts to work, but women say it's 'leg hair harassment'
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government wants workers to ditch the suit and tie for t-shirts, trainers - and shorts.
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nemzetkozi-gazdasagAndy Burnham to cut tax on electricity to ease cost of living - video
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nemzetkozi-gazdasagAndy Burnham, New UK Prime Minister, Names John Healey as Top Finance Official
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nemzetkozi-gazdasagOur streets are full of oversized cars | Brief letters
Carspreading | An interregnum | Served by Thames Water | Manchesterism | Gransplaining | Cold in Yorkshire Re “carspreading” (Opinion, 12 July), my wife and I live in a neighbourhood of houses built just before the second world war, and have watched in horror as models of our favoured cars have increased in size. Having chosen to keep our Mini Cooper and VW Polo – both of 2016 vintage – I believe we are the only people in the locality who store both cars in the garage overnight. John Pye Southampton • A “period between reigns” (Quick crossword, 13 July) is an interregnum, not a regency as your solution has it. A regency occurs when a monarch is deemed incapable of carrying out his/her duties and they are taken over by a regent. Peter Wrigley Birstall, West Yorkshire Continue reading…
nemzetkozi-gazdasag‘We were at their mercy’: inside the Amazon tactics that hiked prices across the internet
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