## 'I wear it on my middle finger': The rise of the defiant divorce ring

Authored by bbc.co.uk

At 31 she separated from her husband of seven years after she came out as gay.

"My ex-husband was a huge part of my formative years as a young adult," she says.

Her ring has seven small oval diamonds and a wave design which she says illustrate life's inevitable highs and lows.

She had to go back to working in sales after the divorce to boost her income and the new ring helps remind her how she managed to rebuild from the ground up.

On Reddit threads where people are discussing what they have done with their wedding and engagement rings some say they continue to wear theirs, sometimes to ward off unwanted advances.

Others shared they just chucked theirs, in the bin, the sea, or out of a car window.

"Now I'm having amazing sex with new lovers on the bed that was paid for by the ring," she posted. »

### Trump calls Italy's Meloni a 'nice person' but blames her for not helping with Iran

Authored by reuters.com

Italy vows not to respond, protect ties.

She ​had criticised him this year for lashing out at Pope Leo over his condemnation of the ⁠Iran war.

We have decided to stop responding to these remarks," Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani told La Stampa newspaper on Tuesday. »

### Police investigate after children’s paper hedgehogs found to be made from erotic novel

Authored by dexerto.com

Some parents in the UK were left “horrified” after discovering handmade paper hedgehogs given to their kids had been made using pages from an erotic novel, prompting a police investigation.

The incident came to light after one of the parents, Linda Fortune, said her four-year-old granddaughter received one of the paper hedgehogs.

According to the reports, some of the hedgehogs had been made using pages from The Fermata, a 1994 erotic novel by Nicholson Baker. »

### Nintendo Switch 2 With A Removable Battery Set To Launch In Europe

Authored by gameobserver.com

Nintendo has officially confirmed that a revised version of the Nintendo Switch 2 with a user-replaceable battery will launch in Europe this Fall.

Nintendo is also updating several other products, including the Joy-Con 2 controllers, the original Switch Joy-Con, the Switch 2 Pro Controller, and the Nintendo 64 and GameCube controllers.

Meanwhile, the revised Joy-Con controllers for the original Nintendo Switch will only add a removable battery, with no other changes. »

### I was in the US Special Forces. Trump’s actions leave us exposed

Authored by inews.co.uk

In 2011, I was sitting in a conference in Kabul, representing my special operations task force as we planned the next phases of the war in Afghanistan.

Bonds built over decades can be dashed in the blink of an eye through vitriol, resentment and mistrust.

I know firsthand the value of our allies, and the gathering threats that wait to exploit a rift between us. »

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