She was trapped in a marriage for 10 years. Now she helps other 'chained' Orthodox Jewish women.

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Rifka Meyer, the co-founder of GETToutUK and the owner of Rifka's Salon.
Rifka Meyer, the co-founder of GETToutUK and the owner of Rifka's Salon.

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Sitting in her home on a leafy street in North West London, Rifka Meyer looks fondly at a framed photograph hanging above her dining room table.

Billionaire Peter Thiel is one of thousands due to be cryogenically frozen after they die — inside the industry selling life after death

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Dr. Jerry Lemler, former president and CEO of Alcor Life Extension Foundation, stands in the Patient Care Bay area where the heads and bodies of 49 individuals are being held in cold storage suspension, at the company's headquarters in Scottsdale, Arizona, July 12, 2002.
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Photo shows an orphaned chimpanzee rescued from being sold as a pet in the Republic of Guinea

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A chimpanzee grasps the wrought iron bars of its enclosure and looks directly at the camera with deep brown eyes.
This orphaned chimpanzee was being held until it could be rehabilitated into the wild.

Roberto García-Roa / Wildlife Photographer of the Year

The time in 1978 when a Soviet nuclear-powered satellite crashed into Canada and scattered radioactive debris everywhere

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The moon rises over a giant statue of Vladimir Ilych Lenin, former Bolshevik leader of the 1917 October Revolution and the first Head of state of the Soviet Union , on March 16, 1992, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.
The moon rises over a giant statue of Vladimir Ilych Lenin, former Bolshevik leader of the 1917 October Revolution and the first Head of state of the Soviet Union , on March 16, 1992, in Baikonur, Kazakhstan.

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What led to one of the most significant — but least surprising — deaths in Russia's war with Ukraine in 2023

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People lay carnations on a memorial as they pay tribute to Yevgeny Prigozhin in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, on August 24.
People lay carnations on a memorial as they pay tribute to Yevgeny Prigozhin in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, on August 24.

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The Jewish settlers 'living the American dream' in the West Bank

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Women wave American and Israeli flags from a car window as they join a convoy to the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem to show support for U.S. President Donald Trump, ahead of the upcoming U.S. election, in Jerusalem October 27, 2020.
Women wave American and Israeli flags from a car window as they join a convoy to the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem to show support for U.S. President Donald Trump, ahead of the upcoming U.S.

Semafor cofounder Ben Smith's car is very easy to spot, and he also needs to slow down

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Ben Smith at a laptop, and his car with a SEMAFOR vanity license plate.
Semafor co-founder Ben Smith and his vanity license plate.

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Ukraine's LGBTQ+ soldiers are fighting for acceptance — and some say the war with Russia is helping

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Pride parade in Cologne | Cadets of Military Institute of Taras Shevchenko National University
A Pride parade in Cologne, Germany, and cadets of the Military Institute of Taras Shevchenko National University.

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I'm a Ukrainian CEO trying to finance our nation's reconstruction. Asking for billions of dollars is tough but vital work.

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Julia Kiryanova
Julia Kiryanova is the CEO Smart Holding, one of Ukraine's largest investment groups.

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How a Vietnam vet saved his second marriage and overcame years of PTSD with help from MDMA therapy

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Compass Pathways is running a massive clinical trial that will likely help it turn a psychedelic substance into an approved medicine.
MDMA, like psilocybin mushrooms, is being investigated as a potentially therapeutic drug.

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