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Matthew Perry. Photo: BSS

Matthew Perry memorabilia to be auctioned for charity

The executors of his estate have put some 130 lots up for auction, including his favourite watch and childhood mementoes, to raise money for the Matthew Perry Foundation, an organisation dedicated...

Rail roko and street protests following police firing; children pay tribute to the martyrs. Photo: ABP archives

On this day in 1961: The forgotten language martyrs of India's Silchar who died defending Bangla

Dominique Verdier watches Carlota, a former laboratory rat she adopted, walk on her bed in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, 15 May, 2026. Photo: AP/UNB

Argentine group helps former lab rats find new homes

A full-length portrait of Napoleon in his robes of state, Jean Baptiste Borley. Photo: Collected

On this day in 1804: Napoléon Bonaparte is proclaimed Emperor of the French

The three original photograph plates used to make this photograph now reside in a small museum at 14 India Street, Edinburgh, the house where Maxwell was born. Photo: Collected

On this day in 1861: The first colour photograph changed how the world would see itself

Robert Bevan. Credit : idaholottery/Instagram

Idaho man wins lottery 18 times

Caesar could be moved to another area of the garden. Photo: BBC

UK woman ordered to remove giant gorilla statue from home frontage

Japanese snack maker Calbee is changing its packaging to black-and-white due to supply chain issues caused by the Middle East war. Photo: Calbee

Japanese snack giant Calbee goes colourless in response to global material shortages

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AI manages Swedish café while humans still brew the coffee

A full moon is seen over Mexico City, Mexico, April 5, 2023. REUTERS/Henry Romero

On this day in 1965: Soviet Luna 5 crashed into Moon in failed soft-landing attempt

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Buying a home with your mother? Here’s what to consider this Mother's Day

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Business women’s secrets to navigating motherhood and work for this Mother’s Day

Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds. Photo: Collected

Ryan Reynolds shares heartfelt Mother’s Day tribute for Blake Lively: ‘I appreciate this mother beyond measure’