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By Kristen Holmes, Kaitlan Collins and John Towfighi, CNN Linda McMahon, former administrator of Small Business Administration, speaks at the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee on 18 July. Photo: Brian Snyder/Reuters via CNN Newsource President-elect Donald Trump has named his transition co-chair Linda McMahon as his pick to serve as the next secretary of the Department of Education. The decision, which Trump announced Tuesday night confirming CNN's earlier reporting, took shape after it became clear that McMahon would be passed over for Commerce secretary. Trump named his other transition co-chair, Howard Lutnick, as his pick to lead the Commerce Department earlier Tuesday after the Cantor Fitzgerald chief executive had thrown his name into the mix for T...

Maria Foy. Photo: supplied On 10 June 2024, Maria Foy posted a comment on her Facebook page to half a million followers. They probably knew her better by her online brand, Happy Mum Happy Child. It was honest, a key tenet of Foy's nature that propelled her to one of New Zealand's most popular 'mumfluencers' when social media felt sparkly and new in the 2010s. "After thinking long and hard about this I feel it's time to pivot from this thing I started almost 10 years ago as my children are older now, and they don't want to be shown on social media in the same way they were as young kids." Foy accidentally started a successful brand out of being a fun, creative, sometimes goofy and always honest mum. Her posts were seen by thousands and could also make thousands of dollars from brands as ...

By Anastasiia Malenko, Tom Balmforth and Max Hunder, Reuters A Storm Shadown missile on show at the International Paris Air Show 2023. Photo: Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto/AFP Ukraine fired a volley of British Storm Shadow cruise missiles into Russia, the latest new Western weapon it has been permitted to use on Russian targets a day after it fired US ATACMS missiles. The strikes were widely reported by Russian war correspondents on Telegram and confirmed by an official on condition of anonymity. Moscow has said the use of Western weapons to strike into Russian territory far from the border would be a major escalation in the conflict. Kyiv says it needs the capability to defend itself by hitting Russian rear bases used to support Moscow's invasion, which entered its thousandth day this w...

By Ben Makori, Reuters Former One Direction band members Harry Styles and Niall Horan leave after attending the funeral service of the late One Direction singer Liam Payne. Photo: JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP The former members of boy band One Direction were among the mourners at the funeral of their band mate Liam Payne, just over a month after he died aged 31. Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson joined Payne's family and friends for the private church service in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, north west of London. The mother of Payne's son, Cheryl Tweedy. Photo: JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP The father of one was found dead after he fell from his hotel balcony in Buenos Aires, triggering an outpouring of grief from fans around the world. The singer's coffin arrived at the church i...