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...
Storm Pabuk: Tourists flee Thailand after weather warnings
Thousands of tourists and residents have reportedly fled islands off Thailand's south-...
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...
The Engineering of Volkswagen’s Aggressive Ambition
WOLFSBURG, Germany — All cars at the headquarters should, according to the rules, be parked facing the same way. The firm is contro...
Super Bowl I star Willie Wood doesn’t remember his NFL career
Willie Wood's early second-half interception and 50-yard return sprung the Green Bay Packers to a 35-10 victory over the Kansas City ...
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...
France fuel protest: One dead in ‘yellow vest’ blockades
The female protester was struck after a driver panicked and drove towards demonstrators, reports said. Some 120,000 "yellow vests"...
Michael Kovrig arrest: Canadian held in China ‘not allowed to turn lights off ‘
Michael Kovrig was detained last week on accusations of harming national security. Canada drew Chinese protests after it arreste...
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...
Gabon coup attempt: Government says situation under control
Kim Jong-un arrives in Vladivostok by train for Putin summit
