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How extreme heat will change us

New York Times: Half the world will soon face dangerous heat.

With anxiety on the rise, some children try ‘exposure therapy’

New York Times: Young people are following an old dictum: face your fears.

A protest? A vigil? In Beijing, anxious crowds are unsure how far to go

New York Times: Unimaginable explosions of pent-up emotion have broken out across China.

They were surrogates. Now they must raise the children

New York Times: When political conditions shift, criminal charges can follow.

Beauty over brains: Japan’s skin-deep university pageants

New York Times: Wildly popular 'Miss Con' pageants are staged at campuses across Japan.

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'The last stretch in a marathon': Tips for surviving until Christmas break

Here comes Santa Claus: Tips to survive until holiday time, including managing stress.

Inside a $300-a-night ‘room’ at the World Cup in Qatar

New York Times: The ads didn’t lie, but container life might not be for everyone.

‘I feel ripped off’ - the life insurance story that could save you thousands

Veteran's life insurance premium was $5800 on $15,000 policy.

The world's most famous scientist explains the universe

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‘Secrets I was never going to talk about’: Steven Spielberg gets personal

New York Times: For 50 years, Spielberg has avoided one subject: himself. Until now.

Police expected the Halloween crowd. Why couldn’t they stop the disaster?

New York Times: Analysis reveals several missed opportunities to prevent the disaster.

'The wall was finished': All the lies Trump told in announcement speech

New York Times: The first falsehood came about two minutes into Trump's speech.

Princess Margaret’s lady-in-waiting shares her royal secrets

Times: Lady Anne Glenconner spills on partying with the royal family.

They called him a gangster out for revenge. The evidence? Six text messages

New York Times: Murder-conspiracy case tells the story of Britain's crackdown on gangs.

The true story of the ‘silent twins’ sent to a hospital for the criminally insane

Times: Aged 8, June and Jennifer Gibbons stopped speaking to anyone but each other.