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The women who think the world needs more babies

NY Times: A convention of the pronatalist movement agreed: motherhood needs a rebrand.

'Good to be part of the conversation': It's time for Jon Hamm to suit up again

NY Times: It's been a decade since Mad Men and suddenly Jon Hamm is everywhere again.

Where in the world is Rosie O’Donnell?

New York Times: She's moved to Ireland. She's befriended a Menendez brother. What's next?

Search your family: World War 1 roll of honour - Anzac Day interactive

Every New Zealander who died in WW1 is searchable in this special Anzac Day interactive

Francis, the first Latin-American Pope, dies at 88

New York Times: How Francis' humble style transformed the papacy.

Santa lives in Rovaniemi, Finland. Some of his neighbours are not thrilled

New York Times: A tourist season that runs October to March can be anything but jolly.

A podcast star helped red-pill Silicon Valley – now he’s Trump’s tech tsar

An investor and long-time Musk associate is helping Trump unchain the crypto industry.

Tracy Chapman wants to speak for herself

New York Times: For years the star avoided the spotlight - now she's breaking her silence.

Generation Minecraft: How a pointless video game took over the world

Times: It has retro graphics and no way to 'win' – but the Minecraft juggernaut rolls on.

‘Making a mistake’: Signal chat cements JD Vance’s role as sceptic of foreign intervention

Concerns the VP embodies potentially permanent shift in United States' approach to Europe,

The real Queen Camilla and the love story behind the throne

Times: How a posh good-time girl became the most important person in the King’s world.

The scammer’s manual: How to launder money and get away with it

NYT: Insiders reveal how one of the world’s major money laundering networks operates.

How a mild-mannered family man became Putin’s public enemy No 1

Times: '[My wife] said she married a fun DJ... And a DJ doesn’t usually get killed.'

In his second term, Trump fuels a ‘machinery’ of misinformation

New York Times: Trump's team using false claims to justify policy changes.

Doctors told him he was going to die. Then AI saved his life

New York Times: AI is helping find new treatments among thousands of old medicines.

Michael Jackson abused me when I was 10. I still want justice

Times: In November 2026, James Safechuck will finally get his day in court.