Belgium’s ex-King Albert II submits DNA in paternity case
BBC News : Former Belgian King Albert II has submitted a DNA sample to avoid fines of €5,000 (£4,370) a day over claims he fathered a love-child in the 1960s. The 84-year-old, who has been fighting the paternity claim of Belgian artist Delphine Boël, 51, for over a decade, provided a ...
France protests: PM Philippe suspends fuel tax rises
PM Edouard Philippe said that people's anger must be heard, and the measures would not be ap...
Children die as foreign powers circle over Yemen’s shattered land
More than three years into Yemen’s war, the horrifying statistics induce a sense of hopele...
G20: US and China agree to suspend new trade tariffs
The two men met in Buenos Aires after the G20 summit for their first talks since a trade war...
Trump’s trade war: Stakes are high at G20 summit
The stakes are high at this week's G20 summit, where President Trump is due to meet China's ...
Ukraine-Russia sea clash: Merkel rules out military solution
On Sunday Russia fired on three Ukrainian ships sailing towards the strait between the Black...
Putin accuses Ukraine’s Poroshenko of Black Sea ‘provocation’
Vladimir Putin has accused Ukraine’s president, Petro Poroshenko, of orchestrating a naval...
US President Donald Trump has strongly defending the US use of tear gas at the Mexican bord...
Russia opens fire on Ukrainian ships and captures three vessels
Russia has opened fire on Ukrainian ships and captured three vessels in a major escalation o...
Riots over rising fuel costs plunge Paris into chaos as police struggle to maintain order
More than 3000 police have flooded onto the streets of Paris as protests in the French capit...
Weather warning remains in place – with ‘risk of spot flooding and thunder’ in some areas
Temperatures will remain cool for the weekend ahead - but there is a return to slightly mil...
Take a gander: Audubon Society’s Christmas bird count underway
The National Audubon Society's 116th annual Christmas Bird Count is underway, which means it...
Super expensive champagnes to pop during the holidays
Lily Bollinger, of the House of Bollinger Champagne, once famously said, “I drink Champagn...
Tech Q & A: Spy apps, fake email and Bluetooth speakers
How to spot a fake email? Q. I got an email from Amazon that was a security alert about m...
Australia deports French man who was found with extremist propaganda
SYDNEY – A French national carrying extremist material was detained at an Australian airport and subsequently deported two days af...
Ethics committee raises alarm over ‘predictive policing’ tool
A computer tool used by police to predict which people are likely to reoffend has come under scrutiny from one force’s ethics...
Pope’s year-end message warns about ‘tyranny of evil’
VATICAN CITY – In the final hours of 2015, Pope Francis is encouraging humanity to hang on to recollections of good deeds, so that...
Sri Lanka attacks: British dad’s tribute to ‘amazing’ family
A British husband has paid tribute to his "wonderful" wife and their two "amazing" children who were among the 290 victims of a wa...
US jury awards $2bn damages in Roundup weedkiller cancer claim
A jury in California has awarded more than $2bn (£1.5bn) to a couple who said the weedkiller Roundup was responsible for thei...
Relatives of drowned Syrian boy find new home in Canada
VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Relatives of a Syrian boy whose lifeless body washed up on a Turkish beach, sparking worldwide conce...
Gray urges Toulouse to usurp Leinster in battle of Champions Cup royalty
Charlie Whiting: F1 race director dies aged 66 on eve of season-opener in Melbourne
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