Obama Praises Colombia’s Peace Efforts With Rebels and Seeks Big Aid Increase
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-year American effort to help Colombia vanquish its violent drug cartels and end its festering guerrilla war. It was also a chance for tw...
5 Czechs Who Were Missing in Lebanon Arrive Home
PRAGUE — Five Czechs who had been missing in Lebanon since July and presumed kidnapped arr...
Motörhead frontman Ian ‘Lemmy’ Kilmister dies at 70
Ian “Lemmy” Kilmister, frontman of the British heavy metal band Motörhead, has died at ...
Toxic Loans Around the World Weigh on Global Growth
Beneath the surface of the global financial system lurks a multitrillion-dollar problem that...
Polar vortex claims eight lives as US cold snap continues
At least eight people have died in the US Midwest as the region shivers in the grip of its worst cold snap in decades. An Iowa st...
Jason Priestley breaks his silence on the death of former Beverly Hills 90210 castmate Luke Perry
Jason Priestley has broken his silence over the death of his Beverly Hills, 90210 co-star Luke Perry, who died on Monday at the ag...
George W Bush leads tributes to father with emotional eulogy at state funeral
George HW Bush has been celebrated with praise and loving humour as America bade farewell to the country's 41st president and the la...
France protests: PM Philippe suspends fuel tax rises
PM Edouard Philippe said that people's anger must be heard, and the measures would not be applied until there had been proper debate ...
Texas bartender charged for serving gunman before mass shooting
A Texas bartender who served a man the night he shot his estranged wife and seven others in 2017 has been charged with criminal ne...
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 f...
Charlie Whiting: F1 race director dies aged 66 on eve of season-opener in Melbourne
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