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...
Disappointed With Europe, Thousands of Iraqi Migrants Return Home
BAGHDAD — Night after night, Mohammed al-Jabiry tossed and turned in his bed at a refugee center in Finland, comparing life in Euro...
Zuckerberg outlines plan for ‘privacy-focused’ Facebook
Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg has said he believes secure, private messaging services will become more popular than open platforms...
Benoit in Midtown Is the Bistro That Will Take You to Paris
Like many New Yorkers, I have convinced myself that a rickety fire escape platform is a terrace and that a segment of the Empire Stat...
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...
Tech that should excite (and worry) you in 2016
For more than two decades, I have written an annual column with tech predictions for the next year. But this year I am deviating a bi...
Daddy Longlegs fossil keeps erection for 99 million years
If you think an erection lasting more than 4 hours is a problem, try one lasting more than 99 million years. That's how long the p...
Polar vortex death toll rises to 21 as US cold snap continues
Princess Arwa Al Qassimi and Life Resolve scholarship for graduation students
Kim Jong-un arrives in Vladivostok by train for Putin summit
