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 ...
US shutdown talks stall ahead of deadline
Talks between congressional Republicans and Democrats aimed at averting another US governm...
Finland basic income trial left people ‘happier but jobless’
Giving jobless people in Finland a basic income for two years did not lead them to find wor...
Jeff Bezos: Amazon boss accuses National Enquirer of blackmail
The world's richest man, Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, has accused the National Enquirer'...
Bafta: Queen director Singer suspended from nomination
Bohemian Rhapsody director Bryan Singer has been removed from his film's Bafta Awards nomi...
José Mourinho Spain tax fraud settled in multi-million deal
Ex-Manchester United boss José Mourinho has agreed a prison term in Spain for tax fraud bu...
Iraq angered by Trump idea to watch Iran from US base
Iraq's President Barham Saleh has rebuked Donald Trump over his comments that he wanted to...
Australia weather: Townsville warned as floodgates open
Officials in the Australian city of Townsville are deliberately flooding several neighbour...
INF nuclear treaty: Russia follows US in suspending pact
Russia has suspended its involvement in the Cold War-era Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces...
Polar vortex death toll rises to 21 as US cold snap continues
At least 21 people have died in one of the worst cold snaps to hit the US Midwest in decade...
Polar vortex claims eight lives as US cold snap continues
At least eight people have died in the US Midwest as the region shivers in the grip of its ...
Uber Drivers and Others in the Gig Economy Take a Stand
Last September, Dallas-area drivers for UberBlack, the company’s high-end car service, rec...
Feds’ encryption fears overblown, report finds
Ever since Apple and Google made their operating systems encrypted by default in 2014, the f...
Super expensive champagnes to pop during the holidays
Lily Bollinger, of the House of Bollinger Champagne, once famously said, “I drink Champagn...
China sentences second Canadian to death
A court in China has sentenced a Canadian citizen to death for producing and trafficking methamphetamine. Fan Wei is the second ...
The Latest: UN-sponsored Yemen talks wrap up in Sweden
The Latest on the U.N.-sponsored Yemen peace talks that are wrapping up in Sweden. U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres are th...
Clouds gathering over global economy
What does 2019 have in store for the global economy? There are certainly clouds on the horizon, but 2018 as a whole was a reasona...
Refugees demand new shelter over fears theirs is haunted
Thirty-five asylum-seekers have asked to be relocated from a refugee housing facility in southern Sweden because they believe it's ha...
Venezuela crisis: Maduro closing border with Brazil
Venezuela's embattled President Nicolás Maduro has ordered the closure of the border with Brazil amid a row over foreign humanita...
Pakistan army chief to visit Kabul amid efforts to revive peace talks with the Taliban
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan's military says its army chief will travel to Kabul on Sunday amid efforts to revive peace talks between the ...
Charlie Whiting: F1 race director dies aged 66 on eve of season-opener in Melbourne
Take a gander: Audubon Society’s Christmas bird count underway
Iran offers prisoner swap for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
