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...
Emilano Sala: Police investigate online photo said to be of plane crash victim
A photo said to be of the body of Premier League footballer Emiliano Sala, who was kil...
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...
Martin Shkreli Invokes the Fifth Amendment in House Appearance
Martin Shkreli’s grilling by Congress on Thursday proved to be the spectacle that many had long anticipated. Lawmakers excoriate...
Typhoon Mangkhut Slams Hong Kong and Southern China
HONG KONG — Typhoon Mangkhut battered Hong Kong and Macau on Sunday with 100 miles-per-hour wind gusts, drenching rains and 11-foot...
Nahnatchka Khan on ‘Fresh Off the Boat,’ Chinese New Year and Michael Chang
Once mostly anonymous, the producers who oversee top television series have sometimes become as well known as the actors who star in ...
Upping physical activity level yields diminishing returns
Increasing physical activity to burn more calories works up to a point, but then the body adjusts to keep energy use stable, accordin...
Ukraine-Russia sea clash: Merkel rules out military solution
On Sunday Russia fired on three Ukrainian ships sailing towards the strait between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, and seized thei...
City’s ‘nitpicky’ fines for tree stumps, blinds trigger civil rights lawsuit
Valarie Whitner, 57, has lived in the St. Louis suburb of Pagedale for nearly two decades, at first without any major brushes with th...
Felicity Huffman: Desperate Housewives star charged in exam cheating scheme
Trump plots big TV ad blitz that could change campaign landscape
Kim Jong-un arrives in Vladivostok by train for Putin summit
