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1. Russia wants a baby boom, but some women resist becoming a mother for the motherland

   

   Russian officials, encouraged by President Vladimir Putin, are rolling out programs to encourage women to have more children, by starting to have babies earlier in life.

2. Canadians among women accusing ex-Harrods owner Mohamed Al-Fayed of sexual abuse

   

3. After pager explosions in Lebanon, should we be concerned about smartphones?

   

4. This 11-year-old does gymnastics atop the rubble of Gaza as the war rages on

   

   Wassim Naqqar practises his backflips on gravel near the refugee camp set up west of Khan Younis in Gaza, hoping to one day be able to return to his sports club in the north, as the Israel-Hamas war approaches the one-year mark.

5. Kentucky sheriff charged in fatal shooting of judge inside courthouse chambers

   

   A judge in a rural Kentucky county was shot and killed in his courthouse chambers Thursday, and the local sheriff was charged with murder, police said.