Brexit: MPs back May's bid to change deal. MPs have backed seeking "alternative arrangements" to replace the Irish backstop in Theresa May's Brexit plan ~news united kingdom politics ireland northern ireland Article 1182 words 11 votes
Venezuela crisis: Russia condemns bid to 'usurp power' from Maduro ~news venezuela russia politics law.international Article 987 words 7 votes
Departures at Heathrow were temporarily stopped after a drone was reported to have been sighted ~transport Article 208 words 13 votes
Sultan Muhammad V abdicates as Malaysia's king in historic first ~news malaysia Article 40 words 4 votes
Nasa's New Horizons: 'Snowman' shape of distant Ultima Thule revealed ~space astronomy Article 1169 words 12 votes
UK Snooker Championship: Ronnie O'Sullivan beats Mark Allen to win seventh title ~sports Article 1000 words 10 votes
Climate change: COP24 fails to adopt key scientific report ~enviro climate change Article 565 words 7 votes
There are calls for several Icelandic MPs to resign after they were recorded using crude language to describe female colleagues and a disabled activist ~news iceland politics Article 751 words 13 votes
Mars: NASA lands InSight robot to study planet's interior ~space spaceflight.scientific Article 657 words 25 votes
A 23-year-old designer has won a top £50,000 ($64,385) prize after creating a low-cost bamboo housing unit to address the Philippines' slum crisis ~design architecture Article 388 words 8 votes
US and Canada reach new trade deal to replace NAFTA ~news usa canada politics Article 819 words, published Oct 1 2018 6 votes
Watching my son's traumatic birth drove me to a breakdown ~health.mental Article 845 words, published Nov 6 2018 6 votes
Artist Mat Collishaw is on a quest to reveal the real woman behind the mask of Elizabeth I, the famously image-conscious monarch ~arts art Article 35 words 4 votes
Single-use plastics ban approved by European Parliament ~enviro pollution plastics.single use Article 560 words 37 votes
Two unborn babies' spines repaired in womb in UK surgery first ~science medicine Article 415 words 6 votes
China's hidden camps. What's happened to the vanished Uighurs of Xinjiang? ~life Article 1104 words 9 votes
Surveillance capitalism has led us into a dystopia ~tech social media google facebook Article 23 votes
Brazil museum fire: Prized 'Luzia' fossil skull recovered ~humanities archaeology Article 366 words 5 votes
Canada becomes second country to legalise recreational marijuana ~news canada politics Article 1067 words 25 votes
Premier of Québec, François Legault, says crucifix 'not religious symbol' ~humanities religion Article 396 words, published Oct 12 2018 11 votes
Flowerboys and the appeal of 'soft masculinity' in South Korea ~life.style Article 1308 words 24 votes
Nobel Peace Prize for anti-rape activists Nadia Murad and Denis Mukwege ~news norway iraq Article 249 words 10 votes
The real identity of one of the Salisbury Novichok poisoning suspects is revealed by an investigative website ~news russia united kingdom.salisbury politics Article 85 words 7 votes
Asteroid landing - Japan lands first ever robotic explorers on space rock Ryugu ~space astronomy Article 552 words 14 votes