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Jet Airways cancels international flights as crisis deepens (BBC)
Jet Airways appears to have suspended all its international flights, raising fresh fears about the…
Brunei says controversial Sharia law aimed at ‘prevention’ (BBC)
Brunei’s foreign ministry has said implementing Sharia law is about prevention rather than punishment, after…
Chinese scientists create super-intelligent monkeys by injecting human DNA into their brains (Metro)
Chinese scientists have created a strain of super-intelligent monkeys by implanting human DNA into their…
German couple lose fight over cows’ clanging bells (BBC)
Cowbells can continue ringing out on a Bavarian farm despite the neighbours’ long-running complaints, a…
Julian Assange: Wikileaks co-founder arrested in London (BBC)
Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange has been arrested at the Ecuadorian embassy in London. Mr Assange…
‘Three-person’ baby boy born in Greece (BBC)
Fertility doctors in Greece and Spain say they have produced a baby from three people…
South Korea must end abortion ban by 2020, says court (BBC)
South Korea’s ban on abortion has been ruled unconstitutional in a historic court decision. The…
Japan’s Yoshitaka Sakurada resigns as Olympics minister (BBC)
Japan’s Olympics Minister Yoshitaka Sakurada has resigned over comments that offended people affected by a…
Lebanese military court rules that homosexuality is not a crime (GlobalVoices)
On March 30, 2019, a Lebanese military court ruled that homosexuality is not a crime…