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New York Times: Thousands of people are in devoted fictional relationships.
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'I looked like a Cyclops': Sharon Osbourne on surgery, Piers Morgan and racism row
Times: "In the entertainment industry everyone's a hypocrite, everybody's a jobsworth."
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New York Times: Between Will Smith's slap and the Rihanna rumours - their hands are full.
Jennifer Grey on Dirty Dancing, 'schnozzageddon' and divorce at 60
New York Times: "Being misunderstood on a global stage was very painful."
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'Almost overnight, we lost our daughter and instead had one terrorised by mental illness.'
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Statements from NZSAS troopers reveal the details behind claims of Australian war crimes.
Deep in Colombia, rebels and soldiers fight for the same prize: Drugs
New York Times: Power vacuum fuelling rise of new groups competing to control drug trade.
Back from the dead: How I exposed the curious case of Canoe Man John Darwin
Times: Darwin faked his own death with the help of his wife, inspiring a new TV drama.
'She's radiant': What French voters like about Marine Le Pen this time
Financial Times: Her third presidential campaign shows how populism is evolving.
'I didn't know rugby could be lethal': Lions hooker Steve Thompson on dementia
Times: He won the 2003 World Cup. But now Steve Thompson remembers nothing of that match.
Donald Trump, Dr Oz and the Republicans' midterm dilemma
Financial Times: Candidates are still courting Trump. But are voters as enamoured?
'Someone has taken him': The mysterious disappearance of Lachie Jones
Did a small boy drown, as police believe - or was he murdered?
A 'silent victim': How nature becomes a casualty of war
New York Times: The war in Ukraine could have a profound environmental impact.
The solitary journey of Frank James, who wanted to 'watch people die'
New York Times: Shooter's plan had been posted to YouTube among other disturbing videos.
Kaleb Cooper: 'Jeremy Clarkson? It's Kaleb's farm secretly'
Times: Breakout star of Clarkson's Farm has more Instagram followers than the big names.
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 Chinese companies trying to buy strategic islands
Financial Times: Small businesses have scoured the globe for important strips of land.
The fortunes of MacKenzie Scott
New York Times: Three decades after worrying about rent, she is now giving away billions.
Long Covid: The invisible public health crisis fuelling labour shortages
Financial Times: Some large global firms are starting to see long Covid as a serious risk.
'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".
In the ocean, it's snowing microplastics
New York Times: Tiny bits of plastic could alter the ocean's role.
Four days that catapulted Tiger Woods and changed golf forever
New York Times: Tiger Woods wasn't supposed to win. But when he did, he remade the game.
Putin really wants this man dead. Here's how he's survived
Times: Bill Browder hit Russia's president where it hurt. Putin won't forget.
Shanghai lockdown tests the limits of Xi Jinping's zero-Covid policy
Financial Times: Signs of growing public anger at the stringent measures.
Sex, desire and female rage - why women love Lisa Taddeo
Times: Three Women was a phenomenon. Her latest obsession? Another taboo - female rage.
Exclusive: 'When I woke she was gone' - her newborn girl was taken 57 years ago; finally, an apology
Maggie Wilkinson has received an historic settlement and in-person apology.
Suranne Jones: 'I hit rock bottom. Now I ride the ups and downs'
Times: Star of Vigil and Doctor Foster on the traumas that pushed her to breaking point.