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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has been sentenced to more than four years in prison.
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‘Disgusting, shameful and sick’: Diddy jailed

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs was sentenced to more than four years in jail after he was found guilty of prostitution charges.

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Taylor Swift gets to grips with new (and old) themes on The Life of a Showgirl.
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Showgirl displays Taylor’s lust for love (and her foes)

The pop megastar’s new album casts a wary eye on her past while greeting her future with a glee that verges on the unbridled.

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Chantale Zuzi in Rwamwanja Refugee Settlement, Kamwenge District, Uganda, Aug. 20, 2025.
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‘Curse’: Her grandma wanted to kill her because of her skin

THE NEW YORK TIMES: She was born with albinism and carried on while school kids acted as if her difference was contagious.

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A detail of Tehching Hsieh's installation “One Year Performance 1978-1979 (Cage Piece)” on display at the Dia Beacon museum in Beacon, New York.
Culture
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‘This is home’: Artist lives in cage for entire year

THE NEW YORK TIMES: He sat on a discoloured mattress inside a tiny 2 metre by 3 metre cage. He did not talk, read, write or even listen to the radio for the entire year.

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I’ve known for two years that my friend’s husband lies to her about where he is on a daily basis. Should I tell her what he’s up to?
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Should I tell a friend her husband is leading a double life?

I’ve known for two years that my friend’s husband lies to her about where he is on a daily basis. Should I tell her what he’s up to?

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House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks at a news conference with Republican leadership on the first day of a partial government shutdown outside the Capitol.
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White House uses shutdown to maximise pain and punish foes

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Moves by the White House appear both unprecedented and punitive, underscoring the risks of a fiscal stalemate that has no end in sight. 

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Jane Goodall observes Tess, 5 or 6 years old, left, Sophie, 7 , center, and Bahati, 3, eating at the Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary near Nanyuki, 170 kms (110 miles) north of Nairobi Sunday December 6, 1997. When young, orphaned chimps first come to the sanctuary, they are given lots of affection to compensate for the loss of their mothers. Jane Goodall, 64, who spent three decades studying chimpanzees, advocates animal rights, raising money for chimpanzee sanctuaries and doing conservation work.
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‘Rich emotional life’: Jane Goodall’s primate breakthroughs

Her discoveries as a primatologist in the 1960s about how chimpanzees behave in the wild broke new ground and were hailed as ‘one of the Western world’s great scientific achievements’.

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Vice President JD Vance speaks to reporters alongside White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt during a briefing at the White House in Washington, on Wednesday.
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Senators again vote down plans to fund US Government

Duelling proposals to end the shutdown have failed in the Senate for the third time in two weeks, as neither Republicans nor Democrats could muster sufficient bipartisan support. 

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Chatbots want to be your friend, when what you really need is a neutral perspective.
Technology
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How to avoid the AI chatbot flattery trap

THE NEW YORK TIMES: While artificial intelligence chatbots promise detailed, personalised answers, they also offer validation on demand.

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High schoolers in Toyoake, Japan look at their mobile phones on Sept. 29, 2025. Authorities in Toyoake introduced a rule limiting the use of digital devices to two hours per day outside of work and school. (Kentaro Takahashi/The New York Times)
World
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One city is trying to ban smartphones, will it work?

THE NEW YORK TIMES: An energetic mayor was sick of being surrounded by children addicted to their screens. He pushed for the government to step in.

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THE NEW YORK TIMES: The US President is now openly mimicking the dictators he admires so much.
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Trump’s attack on justice has taken its next ominous turn

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The US President is now openly mimicking the dictators he admires so much.

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A scene from the video game Consume Me.
Technology
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She counted calories as a teen, then created a game about it

THE NEW YORK TIMES: ‘Our aim was to depict a spectrum. You don’t have to end up being rail thin to qualify as having an eating disorder.’

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US President Donald Trump greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House.
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‘War will immediately end’: Trump’s full Gaza plan

The White House released a lengthy plan Monday calling for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and laying out plans for the territory.

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Neither Luigi Mangione, Tyler Robinson, nor Joshua Jahn were registered Democrats or, so far as we know, involved in activism of any kind.
Opinion
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Mangione and Robinson are a new breed of copycat killer

THE NEW YORK TIMES: As a new wave of repression sweeps over the United States, it’s become difficult to have a rational discussion about the killings being used to justify it. 

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In a photo provided by Nicholas Kristof shows, mothers wait to see doctors and nurses at a hospital in southwestern Uganda. President Trump’s cuts to humanitarian assistance abroad have hurt all kinds of people. But from what I see on the ground, those suffering the most are women and girls — and that will leave all of us, including men and boys, worse off, Nicholas Kristof writes. (Nicholas Kristof via The New York Times) – NO SALES, FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY WITH NYT STORY KRISTOF-COLUMN OF SEPT. 27, 2025. ALL OTHER USE PROHIBITED —
Opinion
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Trump’s aid cuts are a tax on women and girls

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Trump’s cuts to humanitarian aid abroad have hurt all kinds of people. But from what I see on the ground, women and girls are suffering the most — and that will leave all of us worse off.

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