Singapore, China, Indonesia ground Boeing's 737 MAX 8 as concerns mount

Singapore suspended operations of all Boeing 737 MAX aircraft in and out of Changi airport on Tuesday, and Indonesia and China grounded their fleets of the U.S. planemaker' s latest model after it suffered a second fatal crash in less than five months.

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Boy's letter to Qantas boss for 'CEO advice' goes viral

The 10-year-old boy called on Alan Joyce to take him "seriously" about starting an airline.

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Boeing 737: Singapore bars entry and exit of 737 Max planes

The decision comes in light of two fatal accidents involving a Boeing Max 8 in less than five months.

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Brussels Jewish Museum murders: Mehdi Nemmouche jailed for life

Mehdi Nemmouche gunned down four people in Brussels after returning from fighting for IS in Syria.

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Big Bang: K-pop star quits showbiz amid 'sex bribery' claims

Seungri, whose band sold 140 million records, is accused of supplying prostitutes to business clients.

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US 'warns Germany a Huawei deal could hurt intelligence sharing'

US ambassador tells Germany to shun Huawei or face curbs in intelligence sharing, according to reports.

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Raghuram Rajan says capitalism is 'under serious threat'

Former Indian central bank governor Raghuram Rajan warns of the challenges facing global democracy.

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Nasrin Sotoudeh: Iran human rights lawyer jailed for 38 years, say family

Nasrin Sotoudeh has defended women arrested for protesting against Iran's headscarf laws.

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Zinedine Zidane: Real Madrid reappoint Frenchman to replace Santiago Solari

Zinedine Zidane returns as Real Madrid manager just 10 months after leaving the club, as head coach Santiago Solari is sacked.

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Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot wades into Netanyahu row over Israeli Arabs

Gal Gadot leaps to the defence of an actress who criticised a minister's comments on Israeli Arabs.

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Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika drops bid for fifth term

Abdelaziz Bouteflika pulls out of the presidential election race amid nationwide protests.

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Slovenian woman's hand sawn off 'in insurance fraud'

She severed her hand with a circular saw to collect €400,000 in compensation, Slovenian police say.

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Fox News host Tucker Carlson in lewd recordings controversy

Audio reveals misogynistic and offensive comments made by Tucker Carlson between 2006 and 2011.

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Conor McGregor: UFC star arrested in Miami for allegedly smashing fan's phone

UFC star Conor McGregor is arrested in Miami for allegedly smashing a fan's phone as they tried to take pictures.

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Ethiopian Airlines: UN remembers victims

The United Nations Environment Assembly holds a moment of silence for those who died on Ethiopian Airlines flight 302.

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How chess in Nigeria's slums is changing young lives

Chess player Babatunde Onakoya is using the game to educate children in Nigerian slum communities.

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Could electric vehicles be the future for Kenyan travel?

Kenya's electricity surplus could be capitalised on by a company reconditioning electric vehicles.

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Kim Jong-nam murder suspect free

Siti Aisyah was on trial for killing the North Korean leader's half brother with nerve agent.

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Boy's letter to Qantas boss for 'CEO advice' goes viral

The 10-year-old boy called on Alan Joyce to take him "seriously" about starting an airline.

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Iceland mayors object to Google snow

Two mayors in Iceland have complained to Google about its snowy image of their towns.

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Migrant caravan: I pray to my dead daughter, says mother from Honduras

How migration has affected four generations of one Honduran family.

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Is white-collar crime treated more leniently in the US?

Paul Manafort's jail sentence has sparked a debate over the treatment of white-collar crime in the US.

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Would you be happy being interviewed by a robot?

Employers can make unconscious - and unfair - judgements about interviewees within a few seconds.

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Letter from Africa: Nigeria's farmer king

Journalist Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani writes about an influential ruler's bid to promote farming.

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U.S. to withdraw all remaining diplomatic personnel from Venezuela

The United States will withdraw all remaining diplomatic personnel from Venezuela this week, the U.S. State Department said late on Monday, citing the deteriorating situation in the country after months of political unrest.

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Twenty-two civilians killed, including children, in north Yemen - U.N.

Air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition killed at least 22 civilians, including women and children, in a village in northern Yemen, the United Nations said on Monday.

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Boeing 737: Singapore bars entry and exit of 737 Max planes

The decision comes in light of two fatal accidents involving a Boeing Max 8 in less than five months.

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Raghuram Rajan says capitalism is 'under serious threat'

Former Indian central bank governor Raghuram Rajan warns of the challenges facing global democracy.

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US 'warns Germany a Huawei deal could hurt intelligence sharing'

US ambassador tells Germany to shun Huawei or face curbs in intelligence sharing, according to reports.

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What went wrong at Superdry?

The blame game over the decline of the British retailer is playing out in public.

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Ethiopian Airlines crash: FAA says Boeing 737 Max 8 is airworthy

Aviation officials resist calls to ground the model involved in Sunday's Ethiopian Airlines crash.

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UK audit watchdog to be replaced by new governing body

The Financial Reporting Council will be scrapped and replaced by a new regulator for accountancy firms.

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FCA to run no-deal Brexit 'financial war room'

The Financial Conduct Authority has plans for a 'war room' in the event of a hard Brexit.

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Tim Berners-Lee: 'Stop web's downward plunge to dysfunctional future'

Thirty years after he invented it, Sir Tim Berners-Lee says the web is not what it should be.

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Brexit 'sees UK finance firms move £900bn to Europe'

Study counting cost of Brexit on banking and finance says 275 firms have moved some business abroad.

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Brilliant Energy becomes tenth energy firm to fail

The domestic energy provider with 17,000 customers ceases trading - the latest of a string of failures.

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The interview robot that doesn't make snap judgements

We are all susceptible to unconscious bias - making assumptions about people. Is a robot any better?

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'Plastic pollution is kind of like marriage'

Vasu Primlani is an Indian stand-up comedian who likes to talk about environmental issues in her comedy.

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US withdrawing remaining staff from embassy in Venezuela

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UFC star Conor McGregor arrested in Miami

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Democratic National Committee chooses host city for 2020 national convention

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U.S. says North Korea diplomacy 'very much alive,' but it's watching rocket site

The chief U.S. envoy for North Korea said on Monday that "diplomacy is still very much alive" with Pyongyang despite a failed summit last month, but cautioned that Washington was closely watching activity at a North Korean rocket site and did not know if it might be planning a new launch.

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'I'm an Aussie': refugee footballer Araibi granted Australian citizenship

A refugee footballer who fled Bahrain and was held in a Thai prison for months during a tense extradition stand-off between Australia and the Gulf state was granted Australian citizenship on Tuesday.

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Body of missing British woman found in Guatemala

Searchers have found the body of a 23-year-old British woman in Guatemala a week after she went missing, police in the Central American nation said on Monday.

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U.S. to mandate design changes on Boeing 737 MAX 8 after crashes

The United States will mandate that Boeing Co implement design changes by April that have been in the works for months for the 737 MAX 8 fleet after a fatal crash in October but said the plane was airworthy and did not need to be grounded after a second crash on Sunday.

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'All-or-nothing' U.S. approach toward North Korea won't work: Moon adviser

The United States should seek the gradual denuclearisation of North Korea because an "all-or-nothing" strategy will not help break an impasse in talks, a special adviser to South Korea's president said on Tuesday.

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Kazakhstan puts campaigner against Chinese camps under house arrest

A Kazakh court has placed an activist who campaigned on behalf of ethnic Kazakhs in China under house arrest on the charge of calling for a "jihad" against the Chinese, state prosecutors said.

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U.S. says to withdraw all remaining diplomatic personnel from Venezuela

The United States is to withdraw all remaining diplomatic personnel from Venezuela this week, the U.S. State Department announced late on Thursday.

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Bus passengers kidnapped in Mexico may be migrants: official

Twenty-two passengers kidnapped by armed men from a bus in northern Mexico last week may be migrants, a state government official said on Monday.

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Taiwan president to visit Palau, Nauru, Marshall Islands next week

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen will next week visit the island's diplomatic allies of Palau, Nauru and the Marshall Islands, a government official said on Tuesday, with a possible stopover in U.S. territory that would likely anger Beijing.

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