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Officials say the situation is stabilising in a north Wales community where rescuers found an elderly woman dead as they evacuated hundreds of people from flooded homes.

BOSTON -- Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick has ordered a "file by file review" of every case handled by a state chemist accused of faking test results at a now-closed government lab. Annie Dookhan allegedly skirted proto...

Countdown's Susie Dent told 5 live what she made of Joey Barton's fake French accent at his recent press conference.

It better be good: Philadelphia restaurant Le Castagne has found a buyer for its $26,000 truffle dinner for four. JT Foxx, founder of the "wealth networking" company Mega Partnering, has purchased the nine-course meal, t...

Dr Joseph Murray, who performed the world's first successful human organ transplant, dies at 93 in the Boston hospital where he changed medicine.

The suit technology that keeps astronauts alive

The possibility that autism is linked to traffic pollution has been raised by researchers in California.

The former PLO leader died suddenly in 2004 but suspicions remain that his death was the work of secret assassins.

A twenty-something explains how to get paid to do what you love.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone finance ministers and the International Monetary Fund clinched agreement on reducing Greece's debt on Monday in a breakthrough to release urgently needed loans to keep the near-bankrupt eco...

Republicans go on the attack as a US envoy tipped to replace Hillary Clinton admits releasing incorrect information after a raid on a consulate in Libya.

The Obama administration's promotion of drone warfare has inevitable consequences. There is no doubt that every country which is potentially a target of American military action -- a category that includes most of the wo...

News analysis Last week’s sweeping power grab by Egypt’s President Mohammed Morsi has thrown the country’s political elite into crisis, and prompted tens of thousands of Egyptians to take to the stre...

A group of female pilots, Marines and soldiers announce the filing of a lawsuit challenging the military's policy of excluding women from many combat positions.

CCTV footage showing the moment Anders Behring Breivik 's bomb exploded in Oslo has been aired in a documentary on Norway's NRK TV network.

You know who should have a radio talk show? Bill Clinton. Or, better yet, Bill and Hillary. They could trade off weeks so they both have time for whatever other good works they want to engage in. I'll bet they could attr...

US ambassador to the UN failed to assuage critics over discredited remarks regarding the US embassy attack in Libya.

The US decides not to declare China as a currency manipulator but says that the yuan remains "significantly undervalued".

Harry Redknapp inspires an improved display from Queens Park Rangers in his first game in charge as they secure a goalless draw at Sunderland.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Major tobacco companies must take out advertisements saying they deliberately deceived the U.S. public about the danger and addictiveness of cigarettes, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday.

The latest accuser alleges he met Kevin Clash on a gay telephone chat line when he was 16 years old.

If President Barack Obama selects United Nations envoy Susan Rice to replace Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, he’ll face determined opposition from at least three Republican senators: John McCain of Arizona, Li...