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Frances Harper had never used a video camera before. But at the age of 60, lying in the bath, she heard a story that changed her life...

Men do think about matters of the heart, but writing about it publicly could be seen as undignified, says journalist Imogen West-Knights

"For the first time that we can remember, the explicit calls to commit atrocious crimes, as stated, against millions of civilians have turned into a legitimate and regular part of Israeli discourse,” they write. “Today, calls of these types are an everyday matter in Israel.”...

Year-end recap from The Guardian.

An electric vehicle owner has used her car’s emergency power system to run her 11-year-old son’s lifesaving dialysis machine and another has ridden to the rescue of his neighbours after devastating storms cut power in south-east Queensland....

This month the Weibo account Weibo Finance, which has more than 1.5 million followers, issued an instruction against posting any comments “that bad-mouth the economy”. The post appears to have since been deleted. Bloomberg reported that several other finance influencers had been told by Weibo to “avoid crossing red...

Head of psychiatry at Tel Aviv medical centre says hostages have undergone worst abuse she has witnessed

Cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/10619587...

Just in time for Christmas, Adams county SPCA adopts out 598 animals and reunites 125 with their owners...