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Christina Lamb: The day I survived a Taliban attack

Times: Christina Lamb asks troops who saved her in Afghanistan if the war was worth it.

Trust trouble: Hiding property, assets from the ex will get harder - what to watch for

Misusing a trust to hide relationship property from a spouse is likely to become harder.

Troy Skinner case: How an online infatuation with a US teen led to prison

Troy Skinner faces decades in jail after trying to get to the teenage girl he met online.

Afghans who worked with NZ fear deadly reprisals as Taliban closes in

A group of 38 Afghan civilians who helped the New Zealand war effort plead for help.

Trust busting: Is it the beginning of the end for hiding relationship property?

Trusts used to hide relationship property are under attack and may be losing their power.

Steve Braunias: Love, loss and changing the law - The extraordinary life of Tim

Steve Braunias meets Tim Fairhall, who fought the law and the law lost.

Crypto nomads: Surfing the world for risk and profit

New York Times: Offshore trading exchanges set up beyond the reach of regulators.

Gangs of the Mainland: 'Prospect for violence real' as patch numbers surge in Canterbury

Gang numbers surging upward in NZ - and soon the South Island chapters could be warring.

Where is her body? Murderer's brother calls on him to confess

Times: 20 years on, still haunted by his brother's actions, Alix Sharkey wants answers.

How one of the world's biggest ships jammed the Suez Canal

New York Times: Four months after ship got stuck, critical issues haven't been addressed.

'This whole monsterisation of Broadmoor itself is a kind of crime fiction'

"Evil" is a kind of state of mind that probably any of us could get into - Gwen Adshead

Sex, lies and betrayal: Grappling with shock revelations after a divorce or breakup

Readers tell the Herald their heartbreaking stories.

'I don't know if there's a girl who hasn't experienced sexual harm ...': Breaking the code of silence

Why teenage girls aren't going to take it anymore.

Inside Eric Watson's insider trading case: Iced tea, crypto and the FBI

Eric Watson, free from a London prison cell, was charged with insider trading in the US.

The dark side of chess: Payoffs, points and 12-year-old grandmasters

New York Times: When is a grandmaster's title less than grand?

The rationing of a last-resort Covid treatment

New York Times: How do you choose which critically ill patients receive this treatment?