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Polio was almost eradicated. This year it staged a comeback

New York Times: Polio is a highly contagious and sometimes deadly enemy.

The forgotten virus: Zika families and researchers struggle for support

New York Times: Covid turned the world's attention away from the devastating virus.

'We're over 50 and having the best sex of our lives'

Telegraph: The world better get used to 'oldie sex' - there's a lot of it about.

Pigs to the rescue: How an invasive species helped save Australia's crocodiles

New York Times: Invasive species do untold damage. And also, unexpectedly, some good.

Taliban rewind the clock: 'A woman is a helpless and powerless creature'

New York Times: Years of reforms have been reversed by mounting restrictions.

Isis brides and children left languishing in world' most dangerous refugee camp

Times: Years after the fall of Isis, brides are left to languish in Syria's hell camps.

Ross Taylor: 'I've never been able to tell my side of the story'

Ross Taylor talks to Greg Bruce about forgiving but not forgetting.

In House of the Dragon, an uneasy actor now wears a crown

New York Times: Paddy Considine has risen from hardscrabble roots to the Iron Throne.

'This. Means. War': Tensions ramp up after FBI raid on Trump's estate

New York Times: Trump has long cast the FBI as a tool of Democrats.

Twenty years strong: Is Pilates as good as everyone says?

New York Times: More than 2 decades after it first hit the headlines, Pilates is booming.

How streaming stars pay the price of online fame

New York Times: They invite viewers in virtually. What happens when they actually show up?

Trained, armed and ready. To teach kindergarten

New York Times: Mandi has taught kindy for years. Now she takes a 9mm pistol to class.

From the archives: Developer to deviant, the rise and fall of Mark Lyon

From millionaire property developer to the drug-addled owner of a sex dungeon.

How did a two-time killer get out to be charged again at age 83?

New York Times: After a promise to never re-offend, they approved her release.

Revealed: New Zealand's nine biggest criminal fortunes

Crime doesn't pay? Since 2011 courts have identified a billion dollars of its proceeds.

Inside the Auckland primary school where kids are taught philosophy

Why don't more schools teach philosophy? Greg Bruce goes inside one that does.

Ahikāroa: Partying, bickering, sex and loyalty - bilingual hit show keeps it real

Ahikāroa: More Outrageous Fortune than Shortland Street and a hit with millions.

Vitali Klitschko: The heavyweight on Putin's hitlist

Times: The former boxing champ turned Ukraine hero is second on the Kremlin's hit list.