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Beijing court rejects lawsuit brought by Xu Zaozao, who was seeking to widen access to fertility treatment in China...

The love scene in question:...

It “is the epitome of injustice” as well as “dangerous” for a judge to have given a sentence of 10 weekends in jail to a former upstate New York police officer who pleaded guilty to raping a 13-year-old girl before his forced resignation, according to a prominent advocate for child sexual abuse survivors....

Surveillance efforts against mpox are being ramped up globally, as trials for a new treatment showed disappointing results against the variant driving the current outbreak....

Reform UK leader banked £1.2m from role as presenter on GB News and payments from social media...

Temperatures above 50C used to be a rarity confined to two or three global hotspots, but the World Meteorological Organization noted that at least 10 countries have reported this level of searing heat in the past year: the US, Mexico, Morocco, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iran, Pakistan, India and China....

A new round of negotiations aimed at brokering a ceasefire in the war in Gaza and preventing the fighting from escalating into a region-wide conflict has begun, as the death toll in the Palestinian territory reached a grim milestone of 40,000 people, according to local health authorities....

This year could beat 2023 for the hottest year on record as 15-month heat streak extends, according to Noaa...

‘Trump and Vance are keeping extremist election-deniers in the fold to challenge the fall election,’ warns watchdog...

‘Global gag rule’ and funding cuts will be ‘on different scale’ if Republicans win again, family-planning providers say...

If you have noticed a sudden accumulation of wrinkles, aches and pains or a general sensation of having grown older almost overnight, there may be a scientific explanation. Research suggests that rather than being a slow and steady process, aging occurs in at least two accelerated bursts....

A 15-year-old boy has become the first person to be charged with riot over the recent disorder that swept towns and cities across England....

Son faces attempted murder charge after ‘stinky feet’ remark set off heated argument, police say...

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Kim Dotcom, who is facing criminal charges relating to the defunct file-sharing website Megaupload, is to be extradited to the US, the New Zealand justice minister has said....

A woman has been awarded £35,000 in compensation from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) after her rape case was dropped over claims that she could have had an episode of a rare sleep condition called sexsomnia....

Kim Dotcom, who is facing criminal charges relating to the defunct file-sharing website Megaupload, is to be extradited to the US, the New Zealand justice minister has said....

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