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Ocean’s 8 – a film of our times?
In #MeToo era, nothing is neutral, specially not a film with an all-female cast and no political plot elements
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More building blocks of life found on Mars
From 3.5 billion-year-old rocks on the surface of the Red Planet
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Israel says medic killed in Gaza was 'human shield'
Spokespersons for Israel published a tweet with part of an interview of Razan al Najjar, frame her as a "human shield"
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Facebook admits privacy settings 'bug' affecting 14 million users
The news marked the latest in a series of privacy embarrassments for the world's biggest social network
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Iraqi refugee held in France on suspicion of IS 'war crimes'
The 33-year-old man, Ahmed H, is accused of partaking in the June 2014 execution of 1,700 mainly Shia army recruits
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Air strikes kill 18 civilians in northwest Syria: monitor
The raids, which hit a residential zone in the area of Zardana also wounded 50 people: Observatory for Human Rights
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Tempers fray, fists fly in India's daily battle for water
Earlier this year a 60-year-old man and his student son died in the capital after scuffles over a water tanker
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Brazilian newborn survives seven hours buried alive
A nurse alerted authorities that the girl had been buried shortly after her birth in Mato Grosso state
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Spain swears in mostly-female government
With 11 women to top posts, Spain becomes an European government with the highest ratio of female cabinet ministers
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France seeks to send 'signal' with mobile phone ban in schools
The issue has parents worried in the wake of revelations about invasions of online privacy by technology companies