Factbox: What we know about Boeing 737 MAX crash and what comes next

More than 300 Boeing 737 MAX 8 and MAX 9 passenger jets around the world have been taken out of service following two fatal crashes over the past five months in Ethiopia and Indonesia that killed almost 350 people in all.

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Sports canceled as traumatized New Zealand mourns shooting victims

A raft of top class sporting events were canceled in New Zealand on Saturday as a traumatized nation started burying the dead from the worst peacetime mass killing in its history.

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Indonesia anti-graft agency names president's ally suspect in bribery case

Indonesia's anti-graft agency on Saturday named a prominent Islamist politician backing President Joko Widodo's re-election campaign as a suspect in a bribery case, an investigator said.

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New Zealand pledges reforms as relaxed gun laws scrutinized

New Zealand is normally peaceful and calm - and has plenty of guns.

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Witnessing the Islamic State exodus

The battle against IS in Syria is coming to a close. The BBC's Quentin Sommerville investigates.

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Brexit ferry contracts could cost government millions more

The government's no-deal ferry contracts will require further payments if Brexit is delayed.

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Sir Philip Green's Arcadia Group seeks to to cut costs

Sir Philip Green's retail empire considers store closures amid "exceptionally" tough conditions.

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Boeing: What next after the 737 Max disasters?

Boeing's top-selling jets grounded until May as investigators work out what caused two fatal crashes.

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Patisserie Valerie black hole grows to £94m

The cafe chain's deficit is larger than first thought and may warrant further legal action, a report says.

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Interserve: UK contractor completes fast-track sale

The contractor, which has 45,000 UK staff, says the latest move will protect services and jobs.

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Boeing to upgrade software on Ethiopian Airlines crash jet

The US planemaker will roll out the changes in the coming weeks after the 737 Max aircraft disaster.

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New best story on Hacker News: Germany to make it a crime to run a Tor node or website

Germany to make it a crime to run a Tor node or website
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Christchurch shootings: Attack suspect Brenton Tarrant appears in court

Brenton Tarrant is charged with murder in the mosque shootings as the PM vows to change gun laws.

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Trump issues veto over border emergency declaration

In his first veto, Mr Trump overrules an attempt by Congress to end his border emergency proclamation.

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Children's noses 'hold clues' to serious lung infections

A study finds the bacteria and viruses in the nose could give clues to improve the diagnosis.

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Contactless card use surges as doubts ease

Contactless use rose by 31% in 2018, data shows, with the technology accounting for two in five card payments.

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Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman sued for $500bn in college cheating scam

Parents and students claim they were wronged by a "warped and rigged" university admissions process.

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Pompeo presses Kim Jong-un to keep his word on nuclear tests

The US says it expects Kim Jong-un to live up to his commitment on a nuclear test moratorium.

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Algerian protests against President Bouteflika 'biggest yet'

Thousands of people flood the capital's streets to demand the president's immediate resignation.

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Climate strikes spread worldwide as students call for action

Thousands of school pupils protest in cities across Asia and Europe against climate change.

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James Gunn: Disney rehires sacked Guardians of the Galaxy director

Gunn was fired from the Guardians of the Galaxy series in July 2018 over old offensive tweets.

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Israel strikes militant sites in Gaza after rockets fired at Tel Aviv

The rockets launched from Gaza were the first to target the Israeli city of Tel Aviv since 2014.

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Adopted daughter to save father's life with kidney transplant

A US woman says her father saved her life when he adopted her and she wants to return the favour.

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Paris Jackson: 'Not my role' to defend dad Michael over abuse allegations

The 20-year-old backs her family's efforts to clear Michael's name - but tells fans to "chill out".

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New Zealand PM: 'We are united in our grief'

New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern met with members of the Muslim community in Christchurch

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Christchurch shooting: 'Twelve operating theatres worked through the night'

Chief surgeon at Christchurch, Greg Robertson, gives an update on the victims being treated.

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Christchurch shootings: What happened in New Zealand

The city in New Zealand is on high alert after shootings at two mosques killed 49 people.

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Trump: White nationalists 'a small group of people'

Following the mosque shootings in New Zealand, President Donald Trump addresses white nationalism.

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New Zealand attacks: Finsbury Park imam condemns far-right extremism

Mohammed Mahmoud, who was hailed for his response to a London attack, condemns the Christchurch shootings.

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Baby polar bear takes first steps at Berlin zoo

A baby polar bear takes its first steps in front of the press at Berlin zoo accompanied by her mother.

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Chinese uni trades canteen discount for workout

A university in China is rewarding physical exercise with food discounts in its campus canteen.

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Celebrity parents and the bizarre 'cheating' scandal

It is said to be biggest university admissions scam in US history. How did it all unfold?

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Boeing: What next after the 737 Max disasters?

Boeing's top-selling jets grounded until May as investigators work out what caused two fatal crashes.

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Week in pictures: 9 - 15 March 2019

A selection of the best news photographs from around the world, taken over the past week.

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Kumbh Mela: Finding your soulmate in the world’s biggest crowd

Two grannies and a story of faith, friendship and loneliness at India's Kumbh Mela festival.

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How swarming drones will change warfare

Flocks of airborne robots are being developed, able to collaborate and overwhelm enemy defences.

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World’s smallest motorway shames a nation

An entrepreneur builds a one-metre stretch of motorway to protest about poor road infrastructure.

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Probe widens into deaths of 22 racehorses at Santa Anita Park near LA

The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office has joined the inquiry into circumstances surrounding the recent deaths of 22 horses at Santa Anita Park, one of America's premiere thoroughbred racetracks, the agency said on Friday.

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U.S. high court broadens scope of census citizenship question case

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday broadened the scope of what it will consider in resolving the legal fight over the contentious decision by President Donald Trump's administration to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, agreeing also to decide whether the move violated the U.S. Constitution.

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U.S. eases protections for threatened bird in Western states

The Trump administration on Friday amended Obama-era land-use rules put in place to protect a threatened bird in 11 Western states and its shrinking sagebrush habitat, siding with oil and gas interests that opposed the measures as too restrictive.

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U.S. regulators want public's view on cars with no steering wheel, brakes

U.S. regulators will ask the public if robotic cars should be allowed on streets without steering wheels or brake pedals as they try to set the first legal boundaries for their design in the world's second largest vehicle market.

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'Bomb cyclone' triggers flooding on Mississippi, Missouri rivers

A powerful, late-winter "bomb cyclone" storm pushed into the U.S. Midwest and the Great Lakes region on Friday, causing flooding along the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, stranding herds of cattle and raising alarms at a Nebraska nuclear power plant.

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U.S. farm belt slammed by floods, heavy snow from bomb cyclone

A harsh late winter storm broadsided a vast swathe of the U.S. agriculture industry this week as heavy snow closed roads and buried cattle in the Plains while excessive rain flooded Midwest farm fields and swamped grain elevators.

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Hung jury declared in Florida officer's attempted manslaughter trial

A hung jury was declared on Friday in the attempted manslaughter trial of a Florida policeman charged in the shooting of an unarmed black caretaker for a mentally ill man who was holding a toy truck mistaken for a gun.

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U.S. Soccer Federation defends support for women's team after lawsuit

The U.S. Soccer Federation defended on Friday its treatment of the World Cup-winning national women's team and said it was surprised at a recent lawsuit (USWNT) alleging gender discrimination.

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Pimco says some staff used 'legitimate' services of college scandal mastermind

The figure at the center of the U.S. college cheating scandal spoke twice in the past decade at events hosted by Pacific Investment Management Co (Pimco), one of the world's largest asset managers whose former chief executive is ensnared in the fraud, the company said on Friday.

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