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Lessons from a sex therapist: Lust, secrets and surprising reason people have affairs

Times: "The pandemic hurt people's sexual life, there's no doubt about that."

A landscape of horrors: Bucha's month of terror

New York Times: Campaign of terror and revenge saw civilians tortured, raped and killed.

The fortunes of MacKenzie Scott

New York Times: Three decades after worrying about rent, she is now giving away billions.

'It's unforgivable': The real reason Louisa Wall quit politics

Louisa Wall: It's hard to be part of someone's team if they don't want you.

Big Read: Violent talk and fake news - how extremism went mainstream

David Fisher enters a landscape of mainstream extremism and conspiracy theories.

'The sport of love': Ping-pong, the great equaliser

New York Times: "If it wasn't for table tennis, I'd be dead or in jail by now."

'This is a Jesus movement': The growing religious fervour in the American right

New York Times: Rituals of Christian worship have become embedded in conservative rallies.

Ashley Bloomfield's rise to the top - the inside story

Ashley Bloomfield's medical speciality was 'not the sexiest' - then came Covid-19.

Can Emmanuel Macron stop France tearing itself apart?

Times: Macron is set to win another term. But his nation is "reaching breaking point".

The new Posh and Becks? Get ready for the society wedding of the year

Times: David and Victoria's first son is about to marry the daughter of a US billionaire.

'The GoFundMe generation' wants to pay to solve murders

New York Times: When police can't afford to solve cold cases, deep-pocketed donors can.

Transmission Gully: Fly through for a test run before it opens this week

Take an interactive flyover of Wellington's new $1.25 billion motorway.

How Golden Triangle superlabs and Kiwi gangs are getting meth on NZ streets at record levels

New smuggling routes and methods uncovered in Herald on Sunday probe.

Poison alcohol in the letterbox: Man's attempt to solve his own murder

Dave Davan died after drinking port spiked with weedkiller. Who wanted him dead?

Blank pages: The great mystery of Keri Hulme's ghost book

Steve Braunias investigates whatever happened to the most famous NZ novel that never was.

The secret life of Alina Kabaeva – the star gymnast who became Putin's 'Eva Braun'

The former Olympian and her children are reportedly holed up in a Swiss chalet.

'He goes where the fire is': A virus hunter in the Wuhan market

New York Times: For years, Edward Holmes worried about animal markets causing a pandemic.

Can this scientist solve the world's energy crisis?

Times: Nuclear fusion is the holy grail of energy production. The quest is heating up.