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...
Not a morning person? It may be your parents’ fault
You may be naturally disposed toward being a morning person or a night owl—and scientists ...
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...
Motörhead frontman Ian ‘Lemmy’ Kilmister dies at 70
Ian “Lemmy” Kilmister, frontman of the British heavy metal band Motörhead, has died at the age of 70, the band’s Facebook page...
Putin accuses Ukraine’s Poroshenko of Black Sea ‘provocation’
Vladimir Putin has accused Ukraine’s president, Petro Poroshenko, of orchestrating a naval “provocation” in the Black Sea at th...
Sleep myths ‘damaging your health’
Widely held myths about sleep are damaging our health and our mood, as well as shortening our lives, say researchers. A team at ...
NASA postpones next Mars mission due to leaky seal on key instrument
ORLANDO, Fla. – NASA is calling off its next mission to Mars because there isn't enough time to fix a leaky seal on a key science ...
China accuses detained Canadians of spying
China has accused two Canadians of spying, as tensions between the nations grow over the possible extradition of a Huawei executiv...
Turbulence injures 21 passengers on Air Canada flight
An Air Canada flight to Toronto from Shanghai, China was diverted to Calgary Wednesday after severe turbulence injured 21 passengers,...
Brumadinho: Thousands told to evacuate over second Brazil dam risk
Kim Jong-un arrives in Vladivostok by train for Putin summit
