A Saudi woman has lost a judicial battle to marry the man of her choice as a court deemed him "religiously" unfit because he plays a musical instrument, a Saudi newspaper reports.
yahoo.com
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Teen Iranian girl who alleged rape by brother-in-law, abuse by husband executed after 'grossly unfair trial'.
newsweek.com
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Thailand: bay made famous by The Beach closed indefinitely - One of the world’s most popular beaches, made famous by the 2000 film starring Leonardo DiCaprio, is to be closed indefinitely to allow it to recover from the damage caused by millions of tourists..
theguardian.com
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Discussion Megathread: Senate Vote On Brett Kavanaugh Confirmation.
self.politics
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GOP nervous ahead of Kavanaugh vote: “We don’t have 50 right now”.
axios.com
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Trump opponents rejoice as US President is snubbed for Nobel peace prize in favour of campaigners against sexual violence.
independent.co.uk
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Astronomers spot a strange microquasar in the Milky Way made of a black hole or neutron star sucking matter off its companion. The microquasar is not only surrounded by a hot, swirling disk of material, it also shoots out jets of matter at 26% the speed of light, which in turn emit gamma rays..
astronomy.com
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Neanderthal sex caused hybrid children to inherit life-saving genetic adaptations against RNA viruses.
inverse.com
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First suicide attempts are more lethal than previously realized, reports a new study of children and adolescents. 71% of youth dying by suicide did so on their first attempt, also known as the "index" attempt, and firearms are implicated in 85% of youth dying on first-attempt..
eurekalert.org
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