14 h. ago Pakistan sends ‘important signal’ of hope in a gloomy world of pushbacks on women’s rights

The city of Islamabad has moved to ban child marriage which politicians say is a mark of the country bucking global trends to stand behind its womenDuring last week’s tense debate over whether the Pakistan senate should pass a bill banning child marriage, Naseema Ehsan stood up to speak. “I got married at 13 years old and I want child marriage to be banned,” said the 50-year-old senator.“I was lucky to have good and affluent in-laws but most Pakistani women are not so lucky. Not every child has a supportive husband like me.” Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Woman whose legs ripped off in horror boat propeller accident had SECOND family heartbreak

A tourist who was on her dream holiday had her legs ripped off by a boat propeller when she fell into the water - but it's not the first tragedy her family have faced

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4 d. ago Freddie Mercury's 'secret daughter' exposed 48 years after 'outrageous' incident

Queen frontman Freddie Mercury died back in 1991 and in a bombshell new biography, a woman has claimed that she was accidentally conceived by the legendary rock star

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5 d. ago ‘Sick of this’: Erin Patterson told friends she wanted ‘nothing to do’ with in

Victorian supreme court shown Facebook messages in which murder accused vents frustration at estranged husband’s parents Who are Erin Patterson and the other key figures in Australia’s mushroom murders trial?Erin Patterson told a Facebook group chat “this family I swear to fucking god” and said she wanted “nothing to do” with her parents-in-law, according to messages shown in a Victorian court.Messages written by the user Erin Erin Erin, which the court has previously heard was one of three Facebook names used by Patterson, also included saying she was ““sick of this shit” and “fuck em” about the parents of her estranged husband Simon. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Erin Patterson mushroom murder trial LIVE updates: Patterson's group messages about her estranged husband and his family are read aloud to murder trial jury: 'I swear to God'

Follow Daily Mail Australia's live coverage of accused mushroom chef Erin Patterson's murder trial here.

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5 d. ago 'Incredible' woman, 27, was 'excited for future' before she accidentally took own life

Emily Miller, 27, was found at her home on Clyde Road in Didsbury on October 23, 2023. An inquest has found the young woman was 'excited for the future'

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5 d. ago Woman, 27, was 'excited for future' before she accidentally took own life, inquest hears

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT: Emily Miller, 27, was under the care of a home-based treatment team from Greater Manchester Mental Health at the time of her death

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6 d. ago 'Incredible, kind' woman, 27, was 'excited for future' before she accidentally took her own life

"Her sister's birthday, her brother's wedding, their plans to go and see Taylor Swift in concert - lots of things"

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8 d. ago Tiger King Joe Exotic pleads for Trump pardon after husband deported

Exotic, who is serving 21 years for murder-for-hire plot, urges president: ‘Just let me go to Mexico’Joe Exotic – star of the 2020 Netflix true crime documentary Tiger King – is publicly pleading for Donald Trump to pardon him from federal prison after his husband was deported to Mexico.“It’s really past time to have one of your people watch Tiger King Season 2, where they all admitted to perjury and a plot to kill me on world television and let me out,” Exotic, whose name is Joseph Allen Maldonado, wrote late on Sunday on social media to the president whom he has politically supported. “I know that you are not fond of my lifestyle, but I supported you just allow me go to Mexico with my husband.” Continue reading...

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8 d. ago ‘The fans just circulate hot air’: how indoor heat is making life unbearable in India’s sweltering cities

As the mercury soars, people have been told to shelter inside. But for those in poor housing in places like Bengalaru, there is no respiteAt noon, Khustabi Begum is sitting on the steps leading to her three-room home, trying to escape the stifling April heat indoors. But respite is hard to come by in Rajendra Nagar, a slum in south Bengaluru. “It’s just as hot outside, but it feels worse indoors. It’s been really hot for the past five or six days, but at least there’s an occasional breeze outside,” says the 36-year-old.Inside Begum’s dimly lit living room, ceiling fans whir. One corner is stacked with sacks of onions and just outside their home is a vending cart. “My husband sells erulli, belluli [onions, garlic],” she says. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago ‘Extreme anxiety and extreme depression’: Jennifer Lawrence says she felt ‘like an alien’ as a new mother

The actor and co-star Robert Pattinson have each spoken about their experiences of early parenthood ahead of the premiere of Lynne Ramsay’s Die, My LoveJennifer Lawrence has spoken of the “extremely isolating” effect of the postpartum period, while discussing a new film in which she portrays a mother descending into psychosis.In Scottish art-house director Lynne Ramsay’s moody psychodrama Die, My Love, Lawrence’s character Grace is left alone to look after her newborn in a ramshackle house in the remote woods of Montana while her husband Jackson (Robert Pattinson) goes off to work. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Woman 'files for divorce' after ChatGPT 'predicted' her husband was cheating on her by 'reading' coffee grounds in his cup

AI tools are increasingly becoming a part of everyday life, but one woman reportedly had a bit too much trust in its abilities to divine her husband's activities

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2 w. ago Alan Titchmarsh emotional as he makes rare family admission 'It was heartbreaking'

Alan Titchmarsh was left emotional during a chat with Elaine Paige during Love Your Weekend, when he made a rare admission about his family

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2 w. ago I worry that I don’t ‘get’ romance and am disappointing my husband

You’ve been married for 50 years and you’re in love, so maybe you just speak a different ‘love language’• Every week Annalisa Barbieri addresses a problem sent in by a readerI have been married to my husband for more than 50 years. We married as teenagers and are now in our 70s. We love each other, and are in love.The problem is I don’t appear to have a romantic bone in my body. My husband is romantic, and I either never notice or I think, “What’s the point?” I do try, but it always seems perfunctory, and I know he is disappointed when I don’t “get it”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago I worry that I don’t ‘get’ romance and am disappointing my husband | Ask Annalisa Barbieri

You’ve been married for 50 years and you’re in love, so maybe you just speak a different ‘love language’• Every week Annalisa Barbieri addresses a problem sent in by a readerI have been married to my husband for more than 50 years. We married as teenagers and are now in our 70s. We love each other, and are in love.The problem is I don’t appear to have a romantic bone in my body. My husband is romantic, and I either never notice or I think, “What’s the point?” I do try, but it always seems perfunctory, and I know he is disappointed when I don’t “get it”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago ‘Hollowing out’: New Zealand grapples with an uncertain future as record numbers leave

Surge of departures – mostly fleeing a weak economy - fuels concern over the longer-term impact on the country as some small towns scramble for survivalShe considers herself a diehard South Island girl, but Harriet Baker, 33, won’t be raising her children in the city where she’s spent most of her life.“When we bought our house I said, ‘You’ll be taking me out of here in a casket,” she says, of the Dunedin home she and husband Cameron Baker, 33, sold last month. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Murder charge laid over death of woman initially thought to have accidentally drowned while kayaking

A man has been arrested and charged for murder and fraud over a horror incident that happened four years ago.

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3 w. ago Woman dead and two teens in hospital after horror crash in Dumfries and Galloway

A 67-year-old woman died following the accident.

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3 w. ago Woman accidentally reads husband's group chat and discovers he doesn't love her

A woman has shared the heartbreaking discovery she made after accidentally reading her husband's group chat - and now she's planning on leaving him for good

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3 w. ago Woman accidentally reads husband's group chat and finds out he doesn't love her

The British mum had been planning a surprise birthday party for her husband and checked his phone to grab some of his friends’ contact details.

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