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 ...
Ethics committee raises alarm over ‘predictive policing’ tool
A computer tool used by police to predict which people are likely to reoffend has come...
Notre-Dame fire: Millions pledged to rebuild cathedral
Hundreds of millions of euros have been pledged to help rebuild Notre-Dame after a devasta...
Sleep myths ‘damaging your health’
Widely held myths about sleep are damaging our health and our mood, as well as shortening o...
Nottingham Prison inmate cuts prison officer’s throat
A prison officer had his throat cut by an inmate at HMP Nottingham, the Ministry of Justic...
Sudan crisis: Military council arrests former government members
Sudan's transitional military council has arrested members of the former government and pro...
Strictly Come Dancing: Darcey Bussell quits as judge
Dame Darcey Bussell is to step down from her role as a judge on BBC One's Strictly Come...
India election 2019: Voting to begin in world’s largest election
Indians will head to the polls on Thursday to vote in the first phase of a general electio...
Rory McIlroy’s big-picture mentality could end in a Masters high-five
Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods. Rory McIlroy? In his wi...
Bomb kills three US soldiers in Afghanistan
Three US service members and one contractor have been killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanis...
Brexit: I had no choice but to approach Labour – May
Prime Minister Theresa May has insisted she had to reach out to Labour in a bid to deliver...
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...
Merkel favourite takes the reins as ruling party votes for moderation
Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer has been elected the new leader of Germany's ruling conservative party, bringing to an end a historic p...
Clinton aide key focus in FBI server investigation
More than 100 days after he invoked his Fifth Amendment right to avoid testifying before the House committee investigating the Bengha...
Philippe Dauman Succeeds Sumner Redstone as Viacom Chairman
With the ailing 92-year-old Sumner M. Redstone in his final act as a media titan, the two rivals jousting over the future of his $40 ...
Bart Scott: I would have won two Super Bowls with Alex Smith
Former NFL linebacker and current CBS studio panelist Bart Scott believes that he would have at least two Super Bowl rings if he play...
Free online estimators tell you how much your home is worth
You hear about home prices all the time. Just watch your local news and you'll hear how much the "average" home prices in your commun...
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 weedkiller Roundup was responsible for thei...
Adware, beware! Microsoft plans to retaliate against software that doesn’t behave
Kim Jong-un arrives in Vladivostok by train for Putin summit