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 ...
Tory leadership: Johnson says party on ‘final warning’
BBC News : Boris Johnson, the front-runner in the Tory leadership race, has said the pa...
Anthony Albanese: Australia’s Labor opposition elects new leader
BBC News : Australia's Labor opposition has chosen Anthony Albanese as its new leader a...
In Pictures: Donald Trump enjoys sumo tournament in Japan
BBC News : US President Donald Trump has attended a sumo wrestling tournament during hi...
NHS fines for 1.7 million people overturned, watchdog finds
"I was panicking, I didn't know what to do," said Trisha Costello, who faced a £160 ...
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 wee...
WASHINGTON — President Obama welcomed President Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia to the White House on Thursday for a buoyant celebration of the $10 billion, 15-ye...
BAGHDAD — Night after night, Mohammed al-Jabiry tossed and turned in his bed at a refugee center in Finland, comparing life in Europe with life in Baghdad. After...
In a case that echoes the Takata airbag recalls, automakers including Honda and Fiat Chrysler will recall about five million vehicles worldwide to fix a defect in ...
As concern grows over the Zika virus, major airlines are offering to re-assign flight crew concerned about contracting the disease from routes to affected countrie...
US shutdown talks stall ahead of deadline
Talks between congressional Republicans and Democrats aimed at averting another US governm...
Mother nature not making it easy for millions of holiday travelers
DALLAS – Airlines are shifting the timing of thousands of flights, even adding dozens of ...
3 Super Bowl snack swaps that cut the salt
The Super Bowl is around the corner, which means it’s snack time. Since the new government...
Meat on famed 1950s Explorer Club gala menu was actually sea turtle
The meat eaten at a lavish New York City Explorers Club dinner in 1951 – which at one poin...
Storm Pabuk: Tourists flee Thailand after weather warnings
Thousands of tourists and residents have reportedly fled islands off Thailand's south-east coast to escape an approaching trop...
Australian who encouraged wife’s suicide jailed in landmark case
BBC News Graham Morant, 68, was convicted last month of counselling and aiding his wife, Jennifer Morant, to take her own life in ...
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 work, researchers said. From January 2017...
Scientists discover prehistoric ‘Jurassic butterfly’
Scientists have discovered an insect that went extinct for more than 120 million years and featured many of the traits associated wit...
Finding Common Political Ground on Poverty
If you have been paying any attention to America’s paralyzed politics, you are not going to believe this. Even as substantive le...
Toll rises to 44 dead in Japan earthquake; Toyota Motors suspends operations in 16 assembly plants
Tokyo: The death toll from a powerful earthquake in northern Japan last week rose to 44, with 660 injured, the government said on Mon...
Kim Jong-un arrives in Vladivostok by train for Putin summit
