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Lion Air crash: Boeing sued by victim's family over aircraft designLion Air crash: Boeing sued by victim's family over aircraft design
Image copyrightReutersImage caption Investigators examine one of the engines from the doomed Lion Air flight JT 610

The family of a passenger killed when a Lion Air flight crashed into the sea near Indonesia are suing Boeing over an alleged fault with the jet's design.

The lawsuit accuses the US aircraft

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Garima Arora: Indian chef cooks her way to a Michelin starGarima Arora: Indian chef cooks her way to a Michelin star
Image copyrightCourtesy of Gaa, BangkokImage caption Garima Arora has become the first Indian woman to win a Michelin star

Chef Garima Arora has become the first Indian woman to win a Michelin star for her restaurant Gaa in Bangkok, Thailand. The TheIndianSubcontinent's Nikita Mandhani spoke to her about the

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Rohingya return to Myanmar: Confusion and fear in refugee campsRohingya return to Myanmar: Confusion and fear in refugee camps
Image copyrightAFPImage caption Hundreds of refugees protested against the repatriation programme on Thursday

No Rohingya refugees voluntarily chose to return to Myanmar from camps in Bangladesh on the first day of a planned repatriation programme.

Under a joint deal between the two countries, authorities had

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Japan's cyber-security minister has 'never used a computer'Japan's cyber-security minister has 'never used a computer'
Image copyrightReutersImage caption Yoshitaka Sakurada said his lack of experience with computers should not pose a problem

Japan's new cyber-security minister has dumbfounded his country by saying he has never used a computer.

Yoshitaka Sakurada made the admission to a committee of lawmakers.

"Since I was 25

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New Zealand launches balls checking booth for testicular cancerNew Zealand launches balls checking booth for testicular cancer
Image copyrightTesticular Cancer NZImage caption If you're too shy to face a doctor, the Testimatic is just the thing for you

Ever thought of getting a health check but worried about having to, well, drop your pants Meet the Testimatic.

That's a booth to allow New Zealand men to have their testicles checked

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Monkey kills baby boy in India's AgraMonkey kills baby boy in India's Agra
Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption Monkeys in India face growing environmental as well as human pressures

A 12-day-old boy has died after he was snatched from his mother and bitten by a monkey in northern India.

The infant's mother was breastfeeding him at their home in the city of Agra when the animal

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