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Belgium’s ex-King Albert II submits DNA in paternity case

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 ...

Source: BBC News

Tory leadership: Johnson says party on ‘final warning’

Tory leadership: Johnson says party on ‘final warning’

BBC News : Boris Johnson, the front-runner in the Tory leadership race, has said the pa...

Posted: About 6 years ago
Anthony Albanese: Australia’s Labor opposition elects new leader

Anthony Albanese: Australia’s Labor opposition elects new leader

BBC News : Australia's Labor opposition has chosen Anthony Albanese as its new leader a...

Posted: About 6 years ago
In Pictures: Donald Trump enjoys sumo tournament in Japan

In Pictures: Donald Trump enjoys sumo tournament in Japan

BBC News : US President Donald Trump has attended a sumo wrestling tournament during hi...

Posted: About 6 years ago
NHS fines for 1.7 million people overturned, watchdog finds

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 ...

Source: BBC News
Posted: About 6 years ago
US jury awards $2bn damages in Roundup weedkiller cancer claim

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...

Source: BBC News
Posted: About 6 years ago

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Obama Praises Colombia’s Peace Efforts With Rebels and Seeks Big Aid Increase

Posted: About 9 years ago

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...

Source: nytimes
Obama Praises Colombia’s Peace Efforts With Rebels and Seeks Big Aid Increase

Disappointed With Europe, Thousands of Iraqi Migrants Return Home

Posted: About 9 years ago

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...

Source: nytimes
Disappointed With Europe, Thousands of Iraqi Migrants Return Home

Yet Another Airbag Recall Will Affect Five Million

Posted: About 9 years ago

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 ...

Source: nytimes
Yet Another Airbag Recall Will Affect Five Million

Airlines offering to re-assign crew from Zika-hit routes

Posted: About 9 years ago

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...

Source: foxnews
Airlines offering to re-assign crew from Zika-hit routes
Poké Reaches the Shores of Manhattan

Poké Reaches the Shores of Manhattan

In the late 1990s, the only place in New York City where I could find Hawaiian-style poké (...

Source: nytimes
Posted: About 9 years ago
Extinction looms for Charles Darwin’s finches, and humans are to blame

Extinction looms for Charles Darwin’s finches, and humans are to blame

Charles Darwin's finches of the Galapagos Islands—renowned as a poster child for speciatio...

Source: foxnews
Posted: About 9 years ago

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Tory leadership: Johnson says party on ‘final warning’

Tory leadership: Johnson says party on ‘final warning’

BBC News : Boris Johnson, the front-runner in the Tory leadership race, has said the pa...

Posted: About 6 years ago
Change the way you eat in 2016

Change the way you eat in 2016

“Genes load the gun, the environment pulls the trigger.” Experts use this line to refere...

Posted: About 9 years ago
Source: foxnews
Webb rips Clinton’s State record as he mulls independent White House bid

Webb rips Clinton’s State record as he mulls independent White H...

Former Democratic presidential candidate Jim Webb is now considering an independent candidac...

Posted: About 9 years ago
Source: foxnews

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Honolulu quintuplets make it home for Christmas
Posted: About 9 years ago

Honolulu quintuplets make it home for Christmas

Quintuplets who were born premature in Honolulu in October finally got the opportunity to spend Christmas at home, instead of in a ho...

Source: foxnews
Sri Lanka attacks: Who are National Thowheed Jamath?
Posted: About 6 years ago

Sri Lanka attacks: Who are National Thowheed Jamath?

A previously little-known group called the National Thowheed Jamath (NTJ) is being accused of having carried out the Easter Sunday...

Source: BBC News
Melania calls for national security aide Mira Ricardel’s firing
Posted: About 7 years ago

Melania calls for national security aide Mira Ricardel’s firing

The first lady feuded with Mira Ricardel, the deputy national security adviser, during her tour of Africa in October, US media report...

Source: BBC News
HH Sheikha Arwa Al Qassimi Sponsors Photography Exhibition, The Blind View
Posted: About 9 years ago

HH Sheikha Arwa Al Qassimi Sponsors Photography Exhibition, The Blind View

The use of cell-phones, laptops, TVs and other electronic gadgetry are an essential part of our lives. Nowadays, people tend to spend...

Hurricane Michael: ‘Extremely dangerous’ storm set to hit Florida
Posted: About 7 years ago

Hurricane Michael: ‘Extremely dangerous’ storm set to hit Florida

BBC News Hurricane Michael has been upgraded to an "extremely dangerous" category 4 storm, hours before it is due to make landfall...

Philippe Dauman Succeeds Sumner Redstone as Viacom Chairman
Posted: About 9 years ago

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 ...

Source: nytimes

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Astronaut calls wrong number from ISS

Astronaut calls wrong number from ISS

Posted: About 9 years ago
Source: foxnews