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Why fatherhood matters more than ever before

Long gone are the days of the distant dad. According to some estimates, the average time dads spend caring for their kids each day has quadrupled over the past 50 years. Their attitudes about parenting are also changing. Today, men are about as likely as mothers to say parenting is a key source of meaning and a central priority in their lives. Roughly 85% of fathers identify parenthood as one of the most important aspects of their identity. As a parenting researcher who focuses on fathers, I’m pleased to see that dads are so invested in their kids. It correlates

Read the transcript of the deal between the US and Iran

WASHINGTONune 18, 2026 (AP) — Senior U.S. officials on Wednesday read the memorandum of understanding with Iran to journalists after days of secrecy over what is in the document. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to read the deal before a formal signing ceremony set for Friday. Iranian state TV later released text that largely tracked what the U.S. put out. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, whose country has been mediating between the sides, later said the leaders of the U.S. and Iran had signed the deal and it “shall enter into force with immediate effect.” Here is what

TMC’s Aroop seeks freeze on party bank accounts amid leadership battle; LoP supports move

Kolkata, Jun 18 (PTI) The internecine war within the TMC took a new turn on Thursday with “party treasurer” Aroop Biswas writing to a bank seeking restrictions on the operation of the party’s accounts, citing uncertainty over its legitimate leadership amid rebellions by MLAs and MPs. The move is being seen as a fresh setback for the camp led by former chief minister Mamata Banerjee, coming days after dissident MLAs and MPs challenged the authority of the Trinamool Congress’s central leadership following the party’s defeat in the assembly polls, and staked claim to being the “real” TMC. A two-page letter,

Amit Shah hell-bent on making NDA ‘National Defectors Alliance’: Cong’s Jairam Ramesh

New Delhi, Jun 18 (PTI) Amid defections in opposition ranks, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Thursday termed the ruling NDA — ‘National Defectors Alliance’, and asserted that his party’s leadership is in touch with allies to thwart Home Minister Amit Shah’s “nefarious” attempts to muster a two-thirds majority in the Lok Sabha. Ramesh said Shah suffered a “humiliation” in the Lok Sabha on April 17 this year when he failed in getting the Constitution amendment bill related to delimitation passed, and is now resorting to “dirtiest of tricks” in order to avenge that. He accused Shah of launching an “assault

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