With just five suitcases and their Shih Tzu Bubbles in tow, the family – Thorn, 43, husband Blair, 44, and their children Eva and Chase – swapped their home in New Zealand’s capital for a place in Melbourne – a third larger at the same price.
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Laura Sharman,
CNN Money,
7 Mar. 2026
But in recent days, this small patch of green has been visited by a stream of mourners seeking to pay their respects to two little girls who were found there stuffed inside suitcases and buried in shallow graves.
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Rashad Alexander,
Kansas City Star,
14 Mar. 2026
As the world’s wealthiest nation leads a costly war – one think tank estimated the US is burning through $890 million a day – those who are least able to afford it are feeling the most acute and immediate impact on their wallets.
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