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    What the Christians of the Holy Land expect from Pope Leo XIV | Israel-Palestine conflict

    What the Christians of the Holy Land expect from Pope Leo XIV | Israel-Palestine conflict

    Israel capitalises as Gaza fatigue sets in | TV Shows

    Israel capitalises as Gaza fatigue sets in | TV Shows

    Liverpool vs Arsenal: Premier League; start time, team news, lineups | Football News

    Liverpool vs Arsenal: Premier League; start time, team news, lineups | Football News

    Alonso to replace Ancelotti as Real Madrid manager: Reports | Football News

    Alonso to replace Ancelotti as Real Madrid manager: Reports | Football News

    US, China hail ‘substantial progress’ made in tariff talks in Geneva | Trade War News

    US, China hail ‘substantial progress’ made in tariff talks in Geneva | Trade War News

    What the Christians of the Holy Land expect from Pope Leo XIV | Israel-Palestine conflict

    What the Christians of the Holy Land expect from Pope Leo XIV | Israel-Palestine conflict

    Israel capitalises as Gaza fatigue sets in | TV Shows

    Israel capitalises as Gaza fatigue sets in | TV Shows

    Liverpool vs Arsenal: Premier League; start time, team news, lineups | Football News

    Liverpool vs Arsenal: Premier League; start time, team news, lineups | Football News

    Alonso to replace Ancelotti as Real Madrid manager: Reports | Football News

    Alonso to replace Ancelotti as Real Madrid manager: Reports | Football News

    US, China hail ‘substantial progress’ made in tariff talks in Geneva | Trade War News

    US, China hail ‘substantial progress’ made in tariff talks in Geneva | Trade War News

    What the Christians of the Holy Land expect from Pope Leo XIV | Israel-Palestine conflict

    What the Christians of the Holy Land expect from Pope Leo XIV | Israel-Palestine conflict

    Israel capitalises as Gaza fatigue sets in | TV Shows

    Israel capitalises as Gaza fatigue sets in | TV Shows

    Liverpool vs Arsenal: Premier League; start time, team news, lineups | Football News

    Liverpool vs Arsenal: Premier League; start time, team news, lineups | Football News

    Alonso to replace Ancelotti as Real Madrid manager: Reports | Football News

    Alonso to replace Ancelotti as Real Madrid manager: Reports | Football News

    US, China hail ‘substantial progress’ made in tariff talks in Geneva | Trade War News

    US, China hail ‘substantial progress’ made in tariff talks in Geneva | Trade War News

    What the Christians of the Holy Land expect from Pope Leo XIV | Israel-Palestine conflict

    What the Christians of the Holy Land expect from Pope Leo XIV | Israel-Palestine conflict

    Israel capitalises as Gaza fatigue sets in | TV Shows

    Israel capitalises as Gaza fatigue sets in | TV Shows

    Liverpool vs Arsenal: Premier League; start time, team news, lineups | Football News

    Liverpool vs Arsenal: Premier League; start time, team news, lineups | Football News

    Alonso to replace Ancelotti as Real Madrid manager: Reports | Football News

    Alonso to replace Ancelotti as Real Madrid manager: Reports | Football News

    US, China hail ‘substantial progress’ made in tariff talks in Geneva | Trade War News

    US, China hail ‘substantial progress’ made in tariff talks in Geneva | Trade War News

    What the Christians of the Holy Land expect from Pope Leo XIV | Israel-Palestine conflict

    What the Christians of the Holy Land expect from Pope Leo XIV | Israel-Palestine conflict

  • US
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    As Trump and RFK Jr. Reach Into Parents’ Lives, Can Democrats Capitalize?

    As Trump and RFK Jr. Reach Into Parents’ Lives, Can Democrats Capitalize?

    Reluctant at First, Trump Officials Intervened in South Asia as Nuclear Fears Grew

    Reluctant at First, Trump Officials Intervened in South Asia as Nuclear Fears Grew

    Teenager Fatally Shot During ‘Ding Dong Ditch’ TikTok Prank

    Teenager Fatally Shot During ‘Ding Dong Ditch’ TikTok Prank

    Newsom to Ask Cities to Ban Homeless Encampments, Escalating Crackdown

    Newsom to Ask Cities to Ban Homeless Encampments, Escalating Crackdown

    Trump Is Poised to Accept a Luxury 747 From Qatar for Use as Air Force One

    Trump Is Poised to Accept a Luxury 747 From Qatar for Use as Air Force One

    As Trump and RFK Jr. Reach Into Parents’ Lives, Can Democrats Capitalize?

    As Trump and RFK Jr. Reach Into Parents’ Lives, Can Democrats Capitalize?

    Reluctant at First, Trump Officials Intervened in South Asia as Nuclear Fears Grew

    Reluctant at First, Trump Officials Intervened in South Asia as Nuclear Fears Grew

    Teenager Fatally Shot During ‘Ding Dong Ditch’ TikTok Prank

    Teenager Fatally Shot During ‘Ding Dong Ditch’ TikTok Prank

    Newsom to Ask Cities to Ban Homeless Encampments, Escalating Crackdown

    Newsom to Ask Cities to Ban Homeless Encampments, Escalating Crackdown

    Trump Is Poised to Accept a Luxury 747 From Qatar for Use as Air Force One

    Trump Is Poised to Accept a Luxury 747 From Qatar for Use as Air Force One

    As Trump and RFK Jr. Reach Into Parents’ Lives, Can Democrats Capitalize?

    As Trump and RFK Jr. Reach Into Parents’ Lives, Can Democrats Capitalize?

    Reluctant at First, Trump Officials Intervened in South Asia as Nuclear Fears Grew

    Reluctant at First, Trump Officials Intervened in South Asia as Nuclear Fears Grew

    Teenager Fatally Shot During ‘Ding Dong Ditch’ TikTok Prank

    Teenager Fatally Shot During ‘Ding Dong Ditch’ TikTok Prank

    Newsom to Ask Cities to Ban Homeless Encampments, Escalating Crackdown

    Newsom to Ask Cities to Ban Homeless Encampments, Escalating Crackdown

    Trump Is Poised to Accept a Luxury 747 From Qatar for Use as Air Force One

    Trump Is Poised to Accept a Luxury 747 From Qatar for Use as Air Force One

    As Trump and RFK Jr. Reach Into Parents’ Lives, Can Democrats Capitalize?

    As Trump and RFK Jr. Reach Into Parents’ Lives, Can Democrats Capitalize?

    Reluctant at First, Trump Officials Intervened in South Asia as Nuclear Fears Grew

    Reluctant at First, Trump Officials Intervened in South Asia as Nuclear Fears Grew

    Teenager Fatally Shot During ‘Ding Dong Ditch’ TikTok Prank

    Teenager Fatally Shot During ‘Ding Dong Ditch’ TikTok Prank

    Newsom to Ask Cities to Ban Homeless Encampments, Escalating Crackdown

    Newsom to Ask Cities to Ban Homeless Encampments, Escalating Crackdown

    Trump Is Poised to Accept a Luxury 747 From Qatar for Use as Air Force One

    Trump Is Poised to Accept a Luxury 747 From Qatar for Use as Air Force One

    As Trump and RFK Jr. Reach Into Parents’ Lives, Can Democrats Capitalize?

    As Trump and RFK Jr. Reach Into Parents’ Lives, Can Democrats Capitalize?

  • Europe
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    Crowds cheer as Pope holds first Sunday address

    Crowds cheer as Pope holds first Sunday address

    Steve Rosenberg reports from Russia’s Red Square on Victory Day

    Steve Rosenberg reports from Russia’s Red Square on Victory Day

    Diver dies working on tycoon’s sunken superyacht

    Diver dies working on tycoon’s sunken superyacht

    Poland PM Donald Tusk accuses Russia of Warsaw shopping centre fire

    Poland PM Donald Tusk accuses Russia of Warsaw shopping centre fire

    Pope Leo appeals for no more war in first Sunday address

    Pope Leo appeals for no more war in first Sunday address

    Crowds cheer as Pope holds first Sunday address

    Crowds cheer as Pope holds first Sunday address

    Steve Rosenberg reports from Russia’s Red Square on Victory Day

    Steve Rosenberg reports from Russia’s Red Square on Victory Day

    Diver dies working on tycoon’s sunken superyacht

    Diver dies working on tycoon’s sunken superyacht

    Poland PM Donald Tusk accuses Russia of Warsaw shopping centre fire

    Poland PM Donald Tusk accuses Russia of Warsaw shopping centre fire

    Pope Leo appeals for no more war in first Sunday address

    Pope Leo appeals for no more war in first Sunday address

    Crowds cheer as Pope holds first Sunday address

    Crowds cheer as Pope holds first Sunday address

    Steve Rosenberg reports from Russia’s Red Square on Victory Day

    Steve Rosenberg reports from Russia’s Red Square on Victory Day

    Diver dies working on tycoon’s sunken superyacht

    Diver dies working on tycoon’s sunken superyacht

    Poland PM Donald Tusk accuses Russia of Warsaw shopping centre fire

    Poland PM Donald Tusk accuses Russia of Warsaw shopping centre fire

    Pope Leo appeals for no more war in first Sunday address

    Pope Leo appeals for no more war in first Sunday address

    Crowds cheer as Pope holds first Sunday address

    Crowds cheer as Pope holds first Sunday address

    Steve Rosenberg reports from Russia’s Red Square on Victory Day

    Steve Rosenberg reports from Russia’s Red Square on Victory Day

    Diver dies working on tycoon’s sunken superyacht

    Diver dies working on tycoon’s sunken superyacht

    Poland PM Donald Tusk accuses Russia of Warsaw shopping centre fire

    Poland PM Donald Tusk accuses Russia of Warsaw shopping centre fire

    Pope Leo appeals for no more war in first Sunday address

    Pope Leo appeals for no more war in first Sunday address

    Crowds cheer as Pope holds first Sunday address

    Crowds cheer as Pope holds first Sunday address

  • MENA
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    Israel attacks main airport in Yemen’s capital Sanaa

    Israel attacks main airport in Yemen’s capital Sanaa

    Houthis say US ‘backed down’ and Israel not covered by ceasefire

    Houthis say US ‘backed down’ and Israel not covered by ceasefire

    The medics identifying remains from Syria’s mass graves

    The medics identifying remains from Syria’s mass graves

    ‘Children handcuffed and shot’ – ex-UK Special Forces break silence on war crime claims

    ‘Children handcuffed and shot’ – ex-UK Special Forces break silence on war crime claims

    Hamas to release US-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander as part of efforts to reach Gaza ceasefire

    Hamas to release US-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander as part of efforts to reach Gaza ceasefire

    Israel attacks main airport in Yemen’s capital Sanaa

    Israel attacks main airport in Yemen’s capital Sanaa

    Houthis say US ‘backed down’ and Israel not covered by ceasefire

    Houthis say US ‘backed down’ and Israel not covered by ceasefire

    The medics identifying remains from Syria’s mass graves

    The medics identifying remains from Syria’s mass graves

    ‘Children handcuffed and shot’ – ex-UK Special Forces break silence on war crime claims

    ‘Children handcuffed and shot’ – ex-UK Special Forces break silence on war crime claims

    Hamas to release US-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander as part of efforts to reach Gaza ceasefire

    Hamas to release US-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander as part of efforts to reach Gaza ceasefire

    Israel attacks main airport in Yemen’s capital Sanaa

    Israel attacks main airport in Yemen’s capital Sanaa

    Houthis say US ‘backed down’ and Israel not covered by ceasefire

    Houthis say US ‘backed down’ and Israel not covered by ceasefire

    The medics identifying remains from Syria’s mass graves

    The medics identifying remains from Syria’s mass graves

    ‘Children handcuffed and shot’ – ex-UK Special Forces break silence on war crime claims

    ‘Children handcuffed and shot’ – ex-UK Special Forces break silence on war crime claims

    Hamas to release US-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander as part of efforts to reach Gaza ceasefire

    Hamas to release US-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander as part of efforts to reach Gaza ceasefire

    Israel attacks main airport in Yemen’s capital Sanaa

    Israel attacks main airport in Yemen’s capital Sanaa

    Houthis say US ‘backed down’ and Israel not covered by ceasefire

    Houthis say US ‘backed down’ and Israel not covered by ceasefire

    The medics identifying remains from Syria’s mass graves

    The medics identifying remains from Syria’s mass graves

    ‘Children handcuffed and shot’ – ex-UK Special Forces break silence on war crime claims

    ‘Children handcuffed and shot’ – ex-UK Special Forces break silence on war crime claims

    Hamas to release US-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander as part of efforts to reach Gaza ceasefire

    Hamas to release US-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander as part of efforts to reach Gaza ceasefire

    Israel attacks main airport in Yemen’s capital Sanaa

    Israel attacks main airport in Yemen’s capital Sanaa

  • APAC
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    India-Pakistan ceasefire appears to hold after accusations of violations

    India-Pakistan ceasefire appears to hold after accusations of violations

    The countries are finally talking but why now?

    The countries are finally talking but why now?

    Indian cricket star who made batting look like art

    Indian cricket star who made batting look like art

    US and China agree to slash tariffs for 90 days

    US and China agree to slash tariffs for 90 days

    Bessent says ‘substantial progress’ made in US-China trade talks

    Bessent says ‘substantial progress’ made in US-China trade talks

    India-Pakistan ceasefire appears to hold after accusations of violations

    India-Pakistan ceasefire appears to hold after accusations of violations

    The countries are finally talking but why now?

    The countries are finally talking but why now?

    Indian cricket star who made batting look like art

    Indian cricket star who made batting look like art

    US and China agree to slash tariffs for 90 days

    US and China agree to slash tariffs for 90 days

    Bessent says ‘substantial progress’ made in US-China trade talks

    Bessent says ‘substantial progress’ made in US-China trade talks

    India-Pakistan ceasefire appears to hold after accusations of violations

    India-Pakistan ceasefire appears to hold after accusations of violations

    The countries are finally talking but why now?

    The countries are finally talking but why now?

    Indian cricket star who made batting look like art

    Indian cricket star who made batting look like art

    US and China agree to slash tariffs for 90 days

    US and China agree to slash tariffs for 90 days

    Bessent says ‘substantial progress’ made in US-China trade talks

    Bessent says ‘substantial progress’ made in US-China trade talks

    India-Pakistan ceasefire appears to hold after accusations of violations

    India-Pakistan ceasefire appears to hold after accusations of violations

    The countries are finally talking but why now?

    The countries are finally talking but why now?

    Indian cricket star who made batting look like art

    Indian cricket star who made batting look like art

    US and China agree to slash tariffs for 90 days

    US and China agree to slash tariffs for 90 days

    Bessent says ‘substantial progress’ made in US-China trade talks

    Bessent says ‘substantial progress’ made in US-China trade talks

    India-Pakistan ceasefire appears to hold after accusations of violations

    India-Pakistan ceasefire appears to hold after accusations of violations

  • Tech
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    The Best Cheap TVs (2025): TCL, Hisense, and More

    The Best Cheap TVs (2025): TCL, Hisense, and More

    Insta360 X5 Review: The Best 360 Camera You Can Buy

    Insta360 X5 Review: The Best 360 Camera You Can Buy

    Here’s How to Claim Up to $100 in Apple’s Siri Settlement

    Here’s How to Claim Up to $100 in Apple’s Siri Settlement

    My X Account Was Hijacked to Sell a Fake WIRED Memecoin. Then Came the Backlash

    My X Account Was Hijacked to Sell a Fake WIRED Memecoin. Then Came the Backlash

    Best Backpacking Sleeping Pads (2025), WIRED Tested and Reviewed

    Best Backpacking Sleeping Pads (2025), WIRED Tested and Reviewed

    The Best Cheap TVs (2025): TCL, Hisense, and More

    The Best Cheap TVs (2025): TCL, Hisense, and More

    Insta360 X5 Review: The Best 360 Camera You Can Buy

    Insta360 X5 Review: The Best 360 Camera You Can Buy

    Here’s How to Claim Up to $100 in Apple’s Siri Settlement

    Here’s How to Claim Up to $100 in Apple’s Siri Settlement

    My X Account Was Hijacked to Sell a Fake WIRED Memecoin. Then Came the Backlash

    My X Account Was Hijacked to Sell a Fake WIRED Memecoin. Then Came the Backlash

    Best Backpacking Sleeping Pads (2025), WIRED Tested and Reviewed

    Best Backpacking Sleeping Pads (2025), WIRED Tested and Reviewed

    The Best Cheap TVs (2025): TCL, Hisense, and More

    The Best Cheap TVs (2025): TCL, Hisense, and More

    Insta360 X5 Review: The Best 360 Camera You Can Buy

    Insta360 X5 Review: The Best 360 Camera You Can Buy

    Here’s How to Claim Up to $100 in Apple’s Siri Settlement

    Here’s How to Claim Up to $100 in Apple’s Siri Settlement

    My X Account Was Hijacked to Sell a Fake WIRED Memecoin. Then Came the Backlash

    My X Account Was Hijacked to Sell a Fake WIRED Memecoin. Then Came the Backlash

    Best Backpacking Sleeping Pads (2025), WIRED Tested and Reviewed

    Best Backpacking Sleeping Pads (2025), WIRED Tested and Reviewed

    The Best Cheap TVs (2025): TCL, Hisense, and More

    The Best Cheap TVs (2025): TCL, Hisense, and More

    Insta360 X5 Review: The Best 360 Camera You Can Buy

    Insta360 X5 Review: The Best 360 Camera You Can Buy

    Here’s How to Claim Up to $100 in Apple’s Siri Settlement

    Here’s How to Claim Up to $100 in Apple’s Siri Settlement

    My X Account Was Hijacked to Sell a Fake WIRED Memecoin. Then Came the Backlash

    My X Account Was Hijacked to Sell a Fake WIRED Memecoin. Then Came the Backlash

    Best Backpacking Sleeping Pads (2025), WIRED Tested and Reviewed

    Best Backpacking Sleeping Pads (2025), WIRED Tested and Reviewed

    The Best Cheap TVs (2025): TCL, Hisense, and More

    The Best Cheap TVs (2025): TCL, Hisense, and More

  • Entertainment
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    ‘We’re Striving to be the Greatest.’

    ‘We’re Striving to be the Greatest.’

    Lovie Simone on the Netflix Romance

    Lovie Simone on the Netflix Romance

    Insane 10-Minute Sizzle Reel for Action-Comedy Leaked

    Insane 10-Minute Sizzle Reel for Action-Comedy Leaked

    Black Mandala Acquires ‘Vampire Zombies…From Space!’

    Black Mandala Acquires ‘Vampire Zombies…From Space!’

    Tom Cruise Cast in Rain Man After Sister Forced Dustin Hoffman Meeting

    Tom Cruise Cast in Rain Man After Sister Forced Dustin Hoffman Meeting

    ‘We’re Striving to be the Greatest.’

    ‘We’re Striving to be the Greatest.’

    Lovie Simone on the Netflix Romance

    Lovie Simone on the Netflix Romance

    Insane 10-Minute Sizzle Reel for Action-Comedy Leaked

    Insane 10-Minute Sizzle Reel for Action-Comedy Leaked

    Black Mandala Acquires ‘Vampire Zombies…From Space!’

    Black Mandala Acquires ‘Vampire Zombies…From Space!’

    Tom Cruise Cast in Rain Man After Sister Forced Dustin Hoffman Meeting

    Tom Cruise Cast in Rain Man After Sister Forced Dustin Hoffman Meeting

    ‘We’re Striving to be the Greatest.’

    ‘We’re Striving to be the Greatest.’

    Lovie Simone on the Netflix Romance

    Lovie Simone on the Netflix Romance

    Insane 10-Minute Sizzle Reel for Action-Comedy Leaked

    Insane 10-Minute Sizzle Reel for Action-Comedy Leaked

    Black Mandala Acquires ‘Vampire Zombies…From Space!’

    Black Mandala Acquires ‘Vampire Zombies…From Space!’

    Tom Cruise Cast in Rain Man After Sister Forced Dustin Hoffman Meeting

    Tom Cruise Cast in Rain Man After Sister Forced Dustin Hoffman Meeting

    ‘We’re Striving to be the Greatest.’

    ‘We’re Striving to be the Greatest.’

    Lovie Simone on the Netflix Romance

    Lovie Simone on the Netflix Romance

    Insane 10-Minute Sizzle Reel for Action-Comedy Leaked

    Insane 10-Minute Sizzle Reel for Action-Comedy Leaked

    Black Mandala Acquires ‘Vampire Zombies…From Space!’

    Black Mandala Acquires ‘Vampire Zombies…From Space!’

    Tom Cruise Cast in Rain Man After Sister Forced Dustin Hoffman Meeting

    Tom Cruise Cast in Rain Man After Sister Forced Dustin Hoffman Meeting

    ‘We’re Striving to be the Greatest.’

    ‘We’re Striving to be the Greatest.’

  • Travel
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    The 50 Best Prime Member-only Deals at Amazon This May

    The 50 Best Prime Member-only Deals at Amazon This May

    T+L’s Hotel Review of the Rosewood Amsterdam

    T+L’s Hotel Review of the Rosewood Amsterdam

    The Smallest Village in Switzerland Could Disappear Soon

    The Smallest Village in Switzerland Could Disappear Soon

    T+L’s Hotel Review of Cedar Lake Estate in New York’s Hudson Valley

    T+L’s Hotel Review of Cedar Lake Estate in New York’s Hudson Valley

    My Wrinkle-free Vacation Dress Is on Sale at Soma

    My Wrinkle-free Vacation Dress Is on Sale at Soma

    The 50 Best Prime Member-only Deals at Amazon This May

    The 50 Best Prime Member-only Deals at Amazon This May

    T+L’s Hotel Review of the Rosewood Amsterdam

    T+L’s Hotel Review of the Rosewood Amsterdam

    The Smallest Village in Switzerland Could Disappear Soon

    The Smallest Village in Switzerland Could Disappear Soon

    T+L’s Hotel Review of Cedar Lake Estate in New York’s Hudson Valley

    T+L’s Hotel Review of Cedar Lake Estate in New York’s Hudson Valley

    My Wrinkle-free Vacation Dress Is on Sale at Soma

    My Wrinkle-free Vacation Dress Is on Sale at Soma

    The 50 Best Prime Member-only Deals at Amazon This May

    The 50 Best Prime Member-only Deals at Amazon This May

    T+L’s Hotel Review of the Rosewood Amsterdam

    T+L’s Hotel Review of the Rosewood Amsterdam

    The Smallest Village in Switzerland Could Disappear Soon

    The Smallest Village in Switzerland Could Disappear Soon

    T+L’s Hotel Review of Cedar Lake Estate in New York’s Hudson Valley

    T+L’s Hotel Review of Cedar Lake Estate in New York’s Hudson Valley

    My Wrinkle-free Vacation Dress Is on Sale at Soma

    My Wrinkle-free Vacation Dress Is on Sale at Soma

    The 50 Best Prime Member-only Deals at Amazon This May

    The 50 Best Prime Member-only Deals at Amazon This May

    T+L’s Hotel Review of the Rosewood Amsterdam

    T+L’s Hotel Review of the Rosewood Amsterdam

    The Smallest Village in Switzerland Could Disappear Soon

    The Smallest Village in Switzerland Could Disappear Soon

    T+L’s Hotel Review of Cedar Lake Estate in New York’s Hudson Valley

    T+L’s Hotel Review of Cedar Lake Estate in New York’s Hudson Valley

    My Wrinkle-free Vacation Dress Is on Sale at Soma

    My Wrinkle-free Vacation Dress Is on Sale at Soma

    The 50 Best Prime Member-only Deals at Amazon This May

    The 50 Best Prime Member-only Deals at Amazon This May

  • Lifestyle
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    ChatGPT Helped Get Me Pregnant

    ChatGPT Helped Get Me Pregnant

    Every Star Who’s Aced Pregnancy Dressing On The Met Gala Red Carpet

    Every Star Who’s Aced Pregnancy Dressing On The Met Gala Red Carpet

    Sandra Weil Mexico Fall 2025 Collection

    Sandra Weil Mexico Fall 2025 Collection

    Five Mothers on How They Are Protecting Their LGBTQIA+ Children

    Five Mothers on How They Are Protecting Their LGBTQIA+ Children

    The Best Dressed Stars of the Week Went Classic With a Twist

    The Best Dressed Stars of the Week Went Classic With a Twist

    ChatGPT Helped Get Me Pregnant

    ChatGPT Helped Get Me Pregnant

    Every Star Who’s Aced Pregnancy Dressing On The Met Gala Red Carpet

    Every Star Who’s Aced Pregnancy Dressing On The Met Gala Red Carpet

    Sandra Weil Mexico Fall 2025 Collection

    Sandra Weil Mexico Fall 2025 Collection

    Five Mothers on How They Are Protecting Their LGBTQIA+ Children

    Five Mothers on How They Are Protecting Their LGBTQIA+ Children

    The Best Dressed Stars of the Week Went Classic With a Twist

    The Best Dressed Stars of the Week Went Classic With a Twist

    ChatGPT Helped Get Me Pregnant

    ChatGPT Helped Get Me Pregnant

    Every Star Who’s Aced Pregnancy Dressing On The Met Gala Red Carpet

    Every Star Who’s Aced Pregnancy Dressing On The Met Gala Red Carpet

    Sandra Weil Mexico Fall 2025 Collection

    Sandra Weil Mexico Fall 2025 Collection

    Five Mothers on How They Are Protecting Their LGBTQIA+ Children

    Five Mothers on How They Are Protecting Their LGBTQIA+ Children

    The Best Dressed Stars of the Week Went Classic With a Twist

    The Best Dressed Stars of the Week Went Classic With a Twist

    ChatGPT Helped Get Me Pregnant

    ChatGPT Helped Get Me Pregnant

    Every Star Who’s Aced Pregnancy Dressing On The Met Gala Red Carpet

    Every Star Who’s Aced Pregnancy Dressing On The Met Gala Red Carpet

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    Sandra Weil Mexico Fall 2025 Collection

    Five Mothers on How They Are Protecting Their LGBTQIA+ Children

    Five Mothers on How They Are Protecting Their LGBTQIA+ Children

    The Best Dressed Stars of the Week Went Classic With a Twist

    The Best Dressed Stars of the Week Went Classic With a Twist

    ChatGPT Helped Get Me Pregnant

    ChatGPT Helped Get Me Pregnant

  • Sports
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    UFC 315 takeaways: Della Maddalena’s first title defense may already be set

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    Shoulder injury forces Saints QB Derek Carr to retire

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    Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah named FWA Footballer of the Year

    2025 NBA draft combine preview: Flagg, more players to watch

    2025 NBA draft combine preview: Flagg, more players to watch

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    2025 NHL playoffs: Previews for Jets-Stars, Leafs-Panthers

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    UFC 315 takeaways: Della Maddalena’s first title defense may already be set

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    Shoulder injury forces Saints QB Derek Carr to retire

    Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah named FWA Footballer of the Year

    Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah named FWA Footballer of the Year

    2025 NBA draft combine preview: Flagg, more players to watch

    2025 NBA draft combine preview: Flagg, more players to watch

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    2025 NHL playoffs: Previews for Jets-Stars, Leafs-Panthers

    UFC 315 takeaways: Della Maddalena’s first title defense may already be set

    UFC 315 takeaways: Della Maddalena’s first title defense may already be set

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    Shoulder injury forces Saints QB Derek Carr to retire

    Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah named FWA Footballer of the Year

    Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah named FWA Footballer of the Year

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    2025 NBA draft combine preview: Flagg, more players to watch

    2025 NHL playoffs: Previews for Jets-Stars, Leafs-Panthers

    2025 NHL playoffs: Previews for Jets-Stars, Leafs-Panthers

    UFC 315 takeaways: Della Maddalena’s first title defense may already be set

    UFC 315 takeaways: Della Maddalena’s first title defense may already be set

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    Shoulder injury forces Saints QB Derek Carr to retire

    Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah named FWA Footballer of the Year

    Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah named FWA Footballer of the Year

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    2025 NBA draft combine preview: Flagg, more players to watch

    2025 NHL playoffs: Previews for Jets-Stars, Leafs-Panthers

    2025 NHL playoffs: Previews for Jets-Stars, Leafs-Panthers

    UFC 315 takeaways: Della Maddalena’s first title defense may already be set

    UFC 315 takeaways: Della Maddalena’s first title defense may already be set

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The Indian midwives who turned the tide on infanticide

content@helloomylife.com by content@helloomylife.com
September 11, 2024
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BBC Siro, an elderly midwife wearing a yellow sari, sobs as she clings on to Monica - a woman with long dark hair in her late 20sBBC

Midwife Siro weeps as she meets Monica, who was saved after being deserted as a child within the Nineteen Nineties

Midwife Siro Devi is clinging to Monica Thatte, sobbing. Monica, in her late 20s, has returned to her birthplace – the Indian city the place Siro has delivered tons of of infants.

However that is no easy reunion. There’s a painful historical past behind Siro’s tears. Shortly earlier than Monica was born, Siro and several other Indian midwives like her had been repeatedly pressured to homicide new child ladies.

Monica, proof suggests, is one they saved.

I’ve been following Siro’s story for 30 years, ever since I went to interview her and 4 different rural midwives in India’s Bihar state in 1996.

They’d been recognized by a non-governmental organisation as being behind the homicide of child ladies within the district of Katihar the place, beneath strain from the newborns’ mother and father, they had been killing them by feeding them chemical compounds or just wringing their necks.

Hakiya Devi, the eldest of the midwives I interviewed, informed me on the time she had killed 12 or 13 infants. One other midwife, Dharmi Devi, admitted to killing extra – at the very least 15-20.

It’s unimaginable to determine the precise variety of infants they could have killed, given the best way the info was gathered.

However they featured in a report printed in 1995 by an NGO, primarily based on interviews with them and 30 different midwives. If the report’s estimates are correct, greater than 1,000 child ladies had been being murdered yearly in a single district, by simply 35 midwives. In keeping with the report, Bihar on the time had greater than half 1,000,000 midwives. And infanticide was not restricted to Bihar.

Refusing orders, Hakiya mentioned, was virtually by no means an choice for a midwife.

“The household would lock the room and stand behind us with sticks,” says Hakiya Devi. “They’d say: ‘We have already got four-five daughters. This can wipe out our wealth. As soon as we give dowry for our ladies, we are going to starve to loss of life. Now, one other lady has been born. Kill her.’

“Who may we complain to? We had been scared. If we went to the police, we’d get into bother. If we spoke up, folks would threaten us.”

Veteran journalist Amitabh Parashar leans in to watch a monitor playing back the interviews he did with Indian midwives in the 1990s. The room is dark - his face illuminated by the screen.

Amitabh watching the extraordinary interviews he did with the midwives within the 90s

The function of a midwife in rural India is rooted in custom, and burdened by the cruel realities of poverty and caste. The midwives I interviewed belonged to the decrease castes in India’s caste hierarchy. Midwifery was a career handed on to them by moms and grandmothers. They lived in a world the place refusing orders of highly effective, upper-caste households was unthinkable.

The midwife could possibly be promised a sari, a sack of grain or a small sum of money for killing a child. Generally even that was not paid. The delivery of a boy earned them about 1,000 rupees. The delivery of a lady earned them half.

The rationale for this imbalance was steeped in India’s customized of giving a dowry, they defined. Although the customized was outlawed in 1961, it nonetheless held robust within the 90s – and certainly continues into the current day.

A dowry could be something – money, jewelry, utensils. However for a lot of households, wealthy or poor, it’s the situation of a marriage. And that is what, for a lot of, nonetheless makes the delivery of a son a celebration and the delivery of a daughter a monetary burden.

Siro Devi, the one midwife of these I interviewed who continues to be alive, used a vivid bodily picture to elucidate this disparity in standing.

Siro, who has an elderly wizened face, and dressed in a yellow sari, smiles down lovingly at a baby in her arms

Siro has labored as a midwife since she was a toddler

“A boy is above the bottom – increased. A daughter is under – decrease. Whether or not a son feeds or takes care of his mother and father or not, all of them desire a boy.”

The choice for sons could be seen in India’s national-level information. Its most up-to-date census, in 2011, recorded a ratio of 943 girls to each 1,000 males. That is nonetheless an enchancment on the Nineteen Nineties – within the 1991 census, the ratio was 927/1,000.

Anila, dressed here in a green, white and gold sari, is listening as a group of midwives - all sitting on the floor - talk to her. An archive photo from the 1990s.

Anila Kumari (second left), a social employee, led periods within the Nineteen Nineties to nudge the midwives into a unique strategy

By the point I completed filming the midwives’ testimonies in 1996, a small, silent change had begun. The midwives who as soon as carried out these orders had began to withstand.

This transformation was instigated by Anila Kumari, a social employee who supported girls within the villages round Katihar, and was devoted to addressing the foundation causes of those killings.

Anila’s strategy was easy. She requested the midwives, “Would you do that to your personal daughter?”

Her query apparently pierced years of rationalisation and denial. The midwives bought some monetary assist through group teams and progressively the cycle of violence was interrupted.

Siro, talking to me in 2007, defined the change.

“Now, whoever asks me to kill, I inform them: ‘Look, give me the kid, and I’ll take her to Anila Madam.’”

The midwives rescued at the very least 5 new child ladies from households who wished them killed or had already deserted them.

One baby died, however Anila organized for the opposite 4 to be despatched to Bihar’s capital, Patna, to an NGO which organised their adoption.

The story may have ended there. However I wished to know what had develop into of these ladies who had been adopted, and the place life had taken them.

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Anila’s information had been meticulous however they’d few particulars about post-adoption.

Working with a BBC World Service staff, I bought in contact with a girl referred to as Medha Shekar who, again within the 90s, was researching infanticide in Bihar when the infants rescued by Anila and the midwives started arriving at her NGO. Remarkably, Medha was nonetheless in contact with a younger lady who, she believed, was considered one of these rescued infants.

Anila informed me that she had given all the ladies saved by the midwives the prefix “Kosi” earlier than their title, a homage to the Kosi river in Bihar. Medha remembered that Monica had been named with this “Kosi” prefix earlier than her adoption.

The adoption company wouldn’t allow us to have a look at Monica’s information, so we are able to by no means be certain. However her origins in Patna, her approximate date of delivery and the prefix “Kosi” all level to the identical conclusion: Monica is, possibly, one of many 5 infants rescued by Anila and the midwives.

Once I went to fulfill her at her mother and father’ residence some 2,000km (1,242 miles) away in Pune, she mentioned she felt fortunate to have been adopted by a loving household.

Monica in a red and white blouse sits smiling and leaning in to her adoptive father, dressed in a cream shirt and also smiling

Monica with the daddy who adopted her on the age of three

“That is my definition of a traditional glad life and I’m residing it,” she mentioned.

Monica knew that she had been adopted from Bihar. However we had been in a position to give her extra particulars in regards to the circumstances of her adoption.

Earlier this 12 months, Monica travelled to Bihar to fulfill Anila and Siro.

Monica noticed herself because the end result of years of exhausting work by Anila and the midwives.

“Somebody prepares rather a lot to do properly in an examination. I really feel like that. They did the exhausting work and now they’re so curious to fulfill the end result… So positively, I wish to meet them.”

Anila - dressed in a black and maroon sari - and Monica hugging and smiling

Anila was delighted to fulfill Monica in any case these years

Anila wept tears of pleasure when she met Monica. However Siro’s response felt completely different.

She sobbed exhausting, holding Monica shut and brushing by her hair.

“I took you [to the orphanage] to avoid wasting your life… My soul is at peace now,” she informed her.

However when, a few days later, I tried to press Siro about her response, she resisted additional scrutiny.

“What occurred previously is previously,” she mentioned.

However what just isn’t previously is the bias some nonetheless maintain in opposition to child ladies.

Stories of infanticide are actually comparatively uncommon, however sex-selective abortion stays frequent, regardless of being unlawful since 1994.

If one listens to the normal people songs sung throughout childbirth, referred to as Sohar, in components of north India, pleasure is reserved for the delivery of a male baby. Even in 2024, it’s an effort to get native singers to vary the lyrics in order that the tune celebrates the delivery of a lady.

Whereas we had been filming our documentary, two child ladies had been found deserted in Katihar – one in bushes, one other on the roadside, only a few hours outdated. One later died. The opposite was put up for adoption.

Camera photo of a newborn baby nestled in some bushes

One of many new child child ladies who was deserted whereas the BBC was making this movie

Earlier than Monica left Bihar, she visited this child within the Particular Adoption Centre in Katihar.

She says she was haunted by the realisation that although feminine infanticide might have been lowered, abandoning child ladies continues.

“This can be a cycle… I can see myself there a couple of years in the past, and now once more there’s some lady much like me.”

However there have been to be happier similarities too.

The newborn has now been adopted by a pair within the north-eastern state of Assam. They’ve named her Edha, which implies happiness.

Gaurav and his wife, both wearing glasses and smiling, hold their baby daughter, dressed in a lime green vest and pink trousers. Their elder daughter, in a black and white t-shirt, stands behind, also smiling.

The deserted child is now named Edha and has been adopted by a household in Assam

“We noticed her photograph, and we had been clear – a child as soon as deserted can’t be deserted twice,” says her adoptive father Gaurav, an officer within the Indian air pressure.

Each few weeks Gaurav sends me a video of Edha’s newest antics. I typically share them with Monica.

Wanting again, the 30 years spent on this story had been by no means simply in regards to the previous. It was about confronting uncomfortable truths. The previous can’t be undone, however it may be reworked.

And in that transformation, there’s hope.



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