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...
Coping with ‘fear of missing out’ over the holidays
Have you heard the phrase “Fear of missing out”? It’s commonly known by its acronym, F...
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...
Tech Q&A: Data plans, dying computers, an app for buying wine and more
Avoid going over your data limit Q. I love everything my Android phone can do, but I don't like the surprise that I'm nearly out o...
In last heroic act, man donates organs to fellow veterans
As Army veteran Matthew Whalen was wheeled down the halls of Plaza Fort Worth Medical Center in Texas in his final moments on Monday,...
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...
Syria conflict: Trump ‘committed to defeating IS’, says Lindsey Graham
A top Republican has said US President Donald Trump remains committed to defeating Islamic State (IS) in Syria, despite his plan t...
Moscow plane fire: 41 killed on Aeroflot jet
Forty-one people were killed after a Russian plane made an emergency landing and burst into flames at Sheremetyevo airport in Mosc...
Lion Air crash: Boeing 737 plane crashes in sea off Jakarta
BBC News An Indonesian airliner has crashed into the sea with 189 people on board. The Boeing 737, owned by the low-cost airline ...
School-based mindfulness training may reduce stress, trauma
Kim Jong-un arrives in Vladivostok by train for Putin summit
