Far-right supporters of a controversial Israeli death penalty law were popping champagne corks as it cleared the Knesset on Monday night, but its passage has sparked a global chorus of condemnation.

The manner of death of a nearly blind refugee who didn’t speak English and was found dead in February in New York state days after he was left outside a coffee shop by Customs and Border Protection officers was homicide,

Jonathan the tortoise, believed to be the world's oldest living land animal, is still with us at 193 years old, contrary to a spurious, and possibly scammy, social media post and a flurry of news outlets mistakenly reporting his death.