Under the 1990 Embryo Protection Act, surrogacy in Germany is punishable with three years imprisonment or a fine. For many German couples, single-sex or heterosexual, surrogacy abroad has become an important option. As recently as February, Spahn’s party signed a resolution reaffirming its support for a ban on the practice within Germany itself, to stop…
“Seven people working the night shift died on the spot,” governor of the Tambov region Evgeniy Pervyshov wrote on Telegram, adding that 28 drones were also shot down on approach. He said 25 people had been injured, including seven in serious condition. Most of these injuries were caused by shrapnel wounds, he said. It was…
Algeria is experiencing an intense summer heatwave with firefighters also battling several wildfires across the north of the country. News of the orphanage fire has shocked and outraged many. “May God have mercy on them,” the civil defence unit said, external as it announced the death toll on Thursday, several hours after the blaze began….
Speaking to the BBC, three Puntland security officials separately identified the craft hijacked on Friday as a tanker named MT Asana. They added that it was seized by seven gunmen who had set off from a remote area near the Puntland port town of Garacad before making their way to the Gulf of Aden. The…
Chief among the “fossils”, in the eyes of some of the soldiers who responded to our requests, is Gen Oleksandr Syrskyi, the austere 60-year-old commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s armed forces. He was regarded as a national hero four years ago, following his successful defence of Kyiv in the weeks following Russia’s full-scale invasion. But Gen Syrskyi’s…
More than 100 homes have been destroyed by a massive fire burning through Drammen in southern Norway, rescue officials said. Hundreds of people have been evacuated from the area, around 30 miles west of Oslo. No casualties or missing people have been reported so far. Dozens of firefighters are working to extinguish the blaze, which…
For those born with Laron, there is hope in the form of a drug called Increlex. The medication, which was first developed 15 years ago, can result in increased height if administered during growth spurts. But accessing the drug can be difficult and it has several limitations – it can only be given to children…
In the week after the sex-criminal financier Jeffrey Epstein died, Anya (not her real name) opened the door of her New York apartment. Outside was Epstein’s brother, Mark, telling her she had to leave, she says. Anya had lived for years in one of several flats on East 66th Street in Manhattan used by Jeffrey…
Indian activist and educationist Sonam Wangchuk, on hunger strike for the past 20 days in Delhi, has been forcibly removed from his protest site. The 59-year-old had been protesting in support of an online satirical movement called the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) who are seeking educational reforms. The protesters had planned a march to India’s…
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall says efforts by Republicans in the state to pry power from Democrats are partisan political battles, and not motivated by race. “I don’t believe that there’s been a direct targeted history… in a way that suppresses minority voter participation,” he adds. He points out that Democrats have redrawn the maps…