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...
Adware, beware! Microsoft plans to retaliate against software that doesn’t behave
Starting next year, Microsoft will detect and remove adware that may compromise a PC's secur...
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 nex...
Microsoft hints at ‘breakthrough’ Surface phone
Microsoft’s Lumia 950 and 950 XL have only been out for about a month, but those handsets ...
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...
Rockefeller Center Christmas tree’s next stop: Habitat for Humanity
Even the iconic Rockefeller Center Christmas tree has to come down after the holidays. For the ninth year in a row, the tree set a...
5 Czechs Who Were Missing in Lebanon Arrive Home
PRAGUE — Five Czechs who had been missing in Lebanon since July and presumed kidnapped arrived home on Thursday, but the joyful res...
Venezuela crisis: President Maduro’s ‘days numbered’ – Mike Pompeo
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's "days are numbered" after deadly clashes over hu...
‘Running Man’ completes epic 11,000-mile challenge
A British adventurer, dubbed the Running Man, has completed an epic 11,000-mile journey on his feet. Solo runner Jamie Ramsay has ...
Afghanistan gold mine collapse in Badakhshan kills 30
At least 30 people have been killed in the collapse of a gold mine in north-eastern Afghanistan, officials say. The collapse occu...
A Climate Deal, 6 Fateful Years in the Making
PARIS — It took almost two weeks for negotiators from 195 countries to finally pass the landmark climate accord this weekend after ...
Kim Jong-un arrives in Vladivostok by train for Putin summit
