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Girls in an isolated Caribbean village become male and grow penises when they hit puberty due to a rare genetic disorder. It is estimated that one in 90 children born in Salinas in the Dominican Republic make the transition by the time they reach 12. It is so prevalent there that it is no longer considered abnormal and the children ...

People are voting in Kenya’s general election amid fears that the result could trigger communal violence. On the eve of the vote, President Uhuru Kenyatta appealed for calm in a televised speech. He urged the 19 million registered voters to turn out in great numbers, but “in peace”. Queues formed early and some minor stampedes were reported. The contest pits ...

A Google employee who wrote a controversial memo about workplace diversity has been fired, the BBC can confirm. The controversial memo broke the firm’s code of conduct, Google’s chief executive Sundar Pichai said on Monday in an email to employees. The memo, shared widely at the weekend, suggested there were fewer women at Google due to biological differences. Mr Pichai ...

Four years after his turbulent departure, Jose Mourinho will once again face Real Madrid, looking for revenge. He has not forgotten the manner of his leaving, reminding Los Blancos directors and players of the same at recent press conferences. It is for this reason that he has worked hard with his Manchester United team so that he can take the ...

Billionaire Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich and his third wife Dasha Zhukova have announced they’ve split after ten years together. The couple, who have two children, said the split was amicable. In a joint statement, they said, “After 10 years together, the two of us have made the difficult decision to separate, but we remain close friends, parents and partners in ...

A 10-year-old girl who is pregnant and has been refused an abortion is at the centre of a media storm in India. The BBC’s Geeta Pandey travelled to the northern city of Chandigarh to piece together her story. “We have seen lots of cases of teenage pregnancies involving 14 to 15-year-olds, but this is the first ever case that I ...

Neymar Sr. affirmed that his son was no longer prepared to be the Argentine’s “substitute” as an explanation for this week’s blockbuster move. Neymar did not want to challenge the status of Lionel Messi as Barcelona’s undisputed star, according to the forward’s father. The 25-year-old completed his world-record €222million move to Paris Saint-Germain on Thursday after teaming up with the ...

The Africa Head of the Royal Commonwealth Society, the oldest organization in the Commonwealth family, has endorsed the Kenyatta/Ruto bid for a second term in the Kenyan elections. Speaking at an event in Accra, Mr. Apea stated that his personal, rather than professional preference is for President Kenyatta and Vice-President Ruto to have their mandate renewed in order for them ...

Neymar became the most expensive player in the world on August 3, when Paris Saint-Germain paid Barcelona the value of his €222 million release clause. Bet on PSG to win the Champions League Due to Spanish law, the French side had to pay the Liga giants the fee up front – and that meant cashing a cheque for a huge ...

Cristiano Ronaldo told a judge he would like to return to England while revealing his frustration over an investigation into his tax returns, according to Spanish newspaper Cadena Ser. Ronaldo, who played for Manchester United between 2003 and 2009, appeared at magistrates court in a Madrid suburb on Monday to answer charges of tax evasion. And in a quote published by ...