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'Not a grandstander': How a quiet US missionary became Pope Leo XIV
New York Times: Robert Prevost has pushed back hard against MAGA-style Christian ideology.

India and Pakistan may have an off-ramp after their clash - will they take it?
New York Times: The question now is whether the two sides will claim victory.

How Donald Trump’s second term has affected elections around the world
From Australia to Ecuador, the US President has become a key factor in local politics.

From Mar-a-Lago dinner to global teardown: Gates rattled by Trump's threat
New York Times: Bill Gates faces challenges as Donald Trump cuts global health funding.

Helen Clark: Subservience puts NZ's sovereignty and security at risk
Opinion: Documents show New Zealand's foreign policy is shifting towards US military ties.

Donald Trump’s first 100 days, in 10 charts
Executive orders are up, while the S&P 500 and Trump’s approval rating are down.

Simon Wilson: Donald Trump's 100 days of chaos and the fans he has here
Opinion: As Trump sows his global chaos, some New Zealanders are following right along.

India seems to be building its case for striking Pakistan
New York Times: A confrontation between the nuclear-armed nations could escalate quickly.

Opinion: 100 days. That’s all it took to sever America from the world
NYT: In a little over three months, Donald Trump has eviscerated the very idea of America.

Trump is softening his tariff talk. But the damage may already be done
Evidence is mounting that tariffs have cut economic activity and will soon push prices up.

The women who think the world needs more babies
NY Times: A convention of the pronatalist movement agreed: motherhood needs a rebrand.

'So much damage': Is the United States headed for a Trump recession?
ANALYSIS: Betting markets predict a 61% chance of recession this year. JPMorgan concurs.

Pope Francis’ calling came as a boy in Argentina, and it led him to the Vatican
New York Times: First pontiff from Latin America tried to create a more welcoming church.

Francis, the first Latin-American Pope, dies at 88
New York Times: How Francis' humble style transformed the papacy.

Santa lives in Rovaniemi, Finland. Some of his neighbours are not thrilled
New York Times: A tourist season that runs October to March can be anything but jolly.

'Urgent international co-operation': Crime rings threaten integrity of NZ sport
The Sport Integrity Commission has sought advice from Interpol on organised crime.

An advance in brain research that was once considered impossible
New York Times: Scientists achieved “a milestone” by mapping a mouse's brain.

'Buy and bury' - US argues Meta built a social media monopoly
New York Times: Antitrust trial focused on its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp.

'We’re being asphyxiated': US firms already struggling as China trade war heats up
New York Times: 'Converting our entire supply chain in two months is not feasible.'

Trump’s trade war casts a shadow on America’s AI boom
Aggressive tariffs threaten to undermine Silicon Valley’s work on the crucial technology.

China halts critical exports as trade war intensifies
New York Times: Tap turned off on rare minerals and magnets used in EVs, chips, aerospace.

Sidelined and still processing her defeat, Kamala Harris looks for a way back in
New York Times: Why Kamala Harris is eyeing a governor run instead of the presidency.

An experiment in recklessness: Trump as global disrupter
New York Times: The costs of the Trump administration's approach are now becoming clear.

He served 36 years for his wife’s murder, then forgave the man who confessed
New York Times: 'I’ve come full circle, and I want her to rest in peace.'

US Treasury bonds are being sold off. Here’s why it’s concerning
A new, unsettling red flag.

He was held captive in his room for decades. Then he set it on fire
NY Times: 'He appeared to be a happy-go-lucky kid, but we knew that something was amiss.'

‘I’m here! Can you hear me?‘: One family’s story of death in Gaza
NYT: After the ceasefire they thought they could rebuild. Then came more airstrikes.

‘Mission South Africa’: Why Trump is offering white Afrikaners refugee status
New York Times: The move comes as the US tries to shut down other resettlement programmes.

Why Bangkok’s quake has residents uneasy about skyscrapers
NY Times: The quake emptied Bangkok's streets as buildings swayed and people fled.

‘Making a mistake’: Signal chat cements JD Vance’s role as sceptic of foreign intervention
Concerns the VP embodies potentially permanent shift in United States' approach to Europe,

Analysis: Trump takes government secrecy seriously - but only when it suits him
New York Times: The definition of an official secret depends on what works best for Trump.

Market close: Ryman’s resurgence: Shares climb off 13-year low
The NZ sharemarket closed down 28.39 points or 0.23%.

The scammer’s manual: How to launder money and get away with it
NYT: Insiders reveal how one of the world’s major money laundering networks operates.

How a mild-mannered family man became Putin’s public enemy No 1
Times: '[My wife] said she married a fun DJ... And a DJ doesn’t usually get killed.'

Now Europe knows what Trump’s team calls it behind its back: ‘Pathetic’
New York Times: Leaked messages show the depth of the rift between the US and Europe.

One doctor’s quest for the truth about convicted killer nurse Lucy Letby
NYT: His research was used to convict her, but he says it should never have been cited.

In his second term, Trump fuels a ‘machinery’ of misinformation
New York Times: Trump's team using false claims to justify policy changes.

How did a fire leave Heathrow Airport in darkness, with insufficient backup?
New York Times: The UK government has faced pressure for years over ageing infrastructure.

Doctors told him he was going to die. Then AI saved his life
New York Times: AI is helping find new treatments among thousands of old medicines.

Tallying the dead once again: Photos from the Gaza strikes
New York Times: After a 60-day truce, Israeli airstrikes on Gaza killed over 400 people

Tesla’s Cybertruck has become the world’s most hated car
Telegraph: Elon Musk’s angular pick-up is turning into a symbol of a divided America.

Opinion: Donald Trump’s poll numbers are sagging. Here’s why
NYT: A Republican pollster breaks down the numbers two months into Trump's second term.

Why maids keep dying in Saudi Arabia
New York Times: At least 274 Kenyans have died in Saudi Arabia in the past five years.

We were tricked into sexual relationships with police officers
Times: They were young activists. They didn't know their boyfriends were undercover cops.

Power, money, territory: How Trump shook the world in 50 days
NY Times: The system America took 80 years to assemble has proved surprisingly fragile.

The geek who builds lethal AI weapons, with a hotline to Trump
Times: Is he the new Oppenheimer?