The New Zealand Herald is bringing back some of the best stories of 2019 from our premium international syndicators, including The New York Times, Financial Times, The Times of London and Harvard Business Review.
This afternoon we look at bogus Facebook accounts, the woman making millions eating for YouTube, the baby in a bag, Indigenous Australians facing climate change and Jennifer Aniston on ageing.
Facebook's fake numbers problem
Facebook has 2.5 billion monthly active users but almost 400 million of the accounts are bogus.
That is a problem for a company that trumpets user growth — considered a barometer of health by investors — while receiving criticism for failing to prevent the spread of false information by third parties
Meet the woman who made millions eating giant crabs for YouTube
Bethany Gaskin is an American mukbang star. Eating giant crab legs for YouTube has made her a millionaire, she says.
Hundreds of thousands of people tune in each week to watch her binge-eat shellfish.
She was left in a bag as a newborn. DNA testing helped her understand why
After being abandoned in the foyer of a Brooklyn building by her mother in 1996, a young woman used genetic testing to gain a poignant introduction.
Corey Kilgannon of The New York Times reports.
Their islands are being eroded. So are their human rights, they say
A group of Indigenous Australians from low-lying islands in the Torres Strait argue that Australia, by failing to act on climate change, has violated their fundamental right to maintain their culture.
Livia Albeck-Ripka of The New York Times reports.
Also read:
• The indigenous man who declared his own country
Jennifer Aniston: My acting career is 'just about to really bloom'
Fifteen years after Friends, she's returned to TV in Apple's The Morning Show as a news anchor dealing with ageism, sexism and her co-host's misconduct.