Happiness

New-look Netherlands will play with intensity in Nations League, says Xavi

Soccer Football - Netherlands unveil Xavi Hernandez as new coach - KNVB Campus, Zeist, Netherlands - August 25, 2026 Netherlands coach Xavi Hernandez poses with the kit announcing his new contract REUTERS/Piroschka Van De Wouw

Finding Joy

Want to know what’s really going on in our children’s lives? Cook for them

Conversations over dinner have inculcated open communication in his family, says the writer.

‘The mosque, the river, the sea’: Why Terengganu folk say they need little else to be happy

The Malaysian Happiness Index ranked Terengganu at the top of its 2024 report.

Heavy social media usage erodes young people’s well-being, report finds

FILE PHOTO: A teenager poses holding a mobile phone displaying a message from TikTok as law banning social media for users under 16 in Australia takes effect, in Sydney, Australia, December 10, 2025. REUTERS/Hollie Adams/File Photo

Finding Joy

For three hours, my hands were busy. No spreadsheet was involved

The author, Santos, went to a cheeseboard making class at Tombalek, a beautiful local woodcraft studio.

Finding Joy

The problem with the pursuit of pleasure and why it isn’t the same as joy

Joy is hard to define, but many of us sense there’s something more about joy that is different in nature from the fullest pleasure.

Finding Joy

The elusive triumph of a Grab fare under $10

Few things bind us quite like the collective thrill of a bargain or a good deal.

The middle-aged are no longer the most miserable

Gen X and millennials have slid into midlife malaise earlier than boomers did though, and Gen Z are starting their adult life far more miserable than any generation before.

The magic of childhood in the Netherlands

So much starts with the bike. The Dutch built cycling infrastructure that allows children to get around their neighbourhoods alone, safely.

France's Macron announces release of Olivier Grondeau from detention in Iran

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