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'We were in it for the love, not the money': Captain Tom Moore's family investigated

Times: His charity walk raised $75m. Now Sir Tom Moore's family is coming under scrutiny.

As temperatures top 38C, Britain takes an involuntary siesta

New York Times: Most of the UK is under a 'red' heat warning for the first time ever.

Magic mushrooms and depression: Do you need the trip to get the benefit?

New York Times: The answer could determine whether millions get much-needed help.

'$90k the new $70k': NZ workers have 20,000 incentives to quit

Kiwi workers are starting to get a better sense of what they're worth in the market.

Kiwi woman reveals taboo world of mummy makeovers

Growing number of Kiwi mums going under the knife - and the ones who will never confess.

Exclusive: 'I did drugs' - Kiwi cycling champion's admission and abuse allegations

Olivia Ray speaks about an allegedly abusive relationship and her Usada investigation.

From school dropout to billionaire: How Richard Branson turned his dyslexia into his 'superpower'

Times: After leaving school at 15, Branson is convinced dyslexia was why he took risks.

From comic to wartime leader: The triumphs and blind spots of President Zelenskyy

Times: He's a heroic leader now, but before the war Ukrainians were turning on him.

The end of the road for Fantastic Mr (Grant) Fox

Grant Fox is ready to finally call time on an esteemed sporting career.

The show must go on: How music and a sister's love saved The Singing Cowboy

Steve Braunias discovers a love story in Mt Roskill.

Inside Kiwi billionaire Graeme Hart's expanding empire

Residential and industrial property and food - keys to Hart's business activities in NZ.

Will the robot who can mimic Shakespeare make authors obsolete?

Times: It takes only seconds for the latest AI computers to write like the Bard.

I escaped the Jehovah's Witnesses. My mother cut me off by email

Times: Traumatised, brainwashed and controlled - how she escaped and what happened next.

The conflicted life of the woman at the centre of Roe v Wade

New York Times: Norma McCorvey's personal struggles mirror those that divide the US.

How Christina Ricci finally found the role she'd been looking for

New York Times: Ricci knew there were great roles out there. She just had to wait.

Is our rising Covid death toll taking the humanity of the living too?

The numbers grow every day. But the names remain unknown.

'I spent a month talking to strangers to see if it would make me happier'

Science says talking to strangers helps. Greg Bruce investigates.

'I left my husband for the most hated man in America'

Times: Christie Smythe interviewed 'pharma bro' Martin Shkreli in jail - and fell in love.