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 ...
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...
Venezuela crisis: Juan Guaidó vows to bring in aid
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó has vowed at a rally in the capital Caracas to ensure humanitarian aid blocked by Presid...
U.N. Peacekeepers Accused of Rape in Central African Republic
DAKAR, Senegal — United Nations peacekeepers in the Central African Republic raped or sexually exploited at least eight women and g...
Mount Etna erupts in Sicily amid dozens of tremors
Europe's most active volcano, Mount Etna in Sicily, erupted on Monday, with officials reporting more than 130 earthquakes of up to...
Trump ‘stands with’ Saudi Arabia and defends crown prince over Khashoggi
Donald Trump has expressed his unstinting support for Saudi Arabia and claimed there was “nothing definitive” linking Crown Princ...
Russian rescue amid deadly blaze on two cargo ships off Crimea
At least 11 people have died in a fire involving two Tanzanian-flagged cargo vessels in the Black Sea near the Kerch Strait, autho...
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 hopelessness: 57,000 people killed, 14 million ...
Day care worker fired for photo apparently showing her in obscene gesture toward kids
Adware, beware! Microsoft plans to retaliate against software that doesn’t behave
Charlie Whiting: F1 race director dies aged 66 on eve of season-opener in Melbourne
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