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Is the Russian health minister's claim of an 80% fall in alcohol consumption in the past five years correct?

Only the two Manchester clubs have won more games than Wigan Athletic this season, though the home players were looking forward to this match because it came without the pressure of being expected to deliver. The Latics ...

In which our columnist discovers that accomplished artistry need not always indicate good taste Andy Warhol loved food, which isn't to say that he loved good eating. He loved what he painted: Campbell's soup, hamburgers,...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- Finland says it will lobby for the abolition of daylight saving time within the European Union after more than 70,000 Finns signed a petition last year. Anne Berner, Finland’s transportation and ...

Frigidaire Force One. The president’s plane is getting an upgrade on refrigerators that will cost American taxpayers the sky-high price of $24 million, a report said Friday. The expensive addition to Air force One is s...

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. -- A Florida mayor has been removed from office following her arrest on three felony charges. The Sun Sentinel reports that Gov. Rick Scott issued an executive order Friday suspending Hallandale Be...

The scrimmage over immigration showed no sign of being settled as President Trump again blamed Sen. Schumer for stalling talks.

The River Seine has burst its banks in places, and is expected to reach its peak this weekend.

Congressional Democrats on Friday demanded that lawmakers act to protect special counsel Robert Mueller after revelations President Donald Trump sought to oust him last summer from overseeing the probe into Russian meddl...

The biggest internet pornography company in the world insists it will not snoop on the sexual preferences of 25 million people in the UK under new age verification laws.

A jury found Nicole Finn guilty of murder and kidnapping after her 16-year-old adopted daughter Natalie Finn died, weighing 81 pounds.        

A man wanted in a murder warrant in connection with the beating death of his 10-month-old child in Las Vegas was arrested Friday at a Greyhound bus station in Chicago, authorities said. Eric Chu, 31, was arrested Friday ...

As a series of firings and resignations roiled the first year of the Trump administration, Donald F. McGahn II maintained a low profile, but he has recently been thrust squarely into the public eye.

As he campaigns for the Democratic governor nomination, Downstate schools administrator Bob Daiber is calling for Illinois to pass the Equal Rights Amendment, saying it's time to guarantee equality for men and women. "I ...

Wealthy Russians are on an aggressive lobbying push in fear that they will be penalized by a Washington intent on punishing Moscow's aggressions.

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Bill Richardson says Nobel prize winner has developed a 'siege mentality' but is still the nation's best hope for change Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi is "isolated" and living in a "bubble", according to veteran US p...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Authorities are trying to figure out how more than 40 pounds of marijuana ended up being dumped at an Albuquerque elementary school. Police say the pot was found in several trash bags at Manzano Mesa...

The agency said on Friday it was evaluating other animal studies and would retire the remaining monkeys to a sanctuary.

The African Union mission in Somalia's planned withdrawal of 21,000 troops from the extremist-threatened Horn of Africa nation by 2020 cannot be met without urgent help from the international community, …

Night Manager creator retells Homer's epic with a modern slant and fresh point of view in new BBC series The epic tale of Helen of Sparta and how she came to leave her husband, family and home for Paris of Troy, sparking...

Indonesian President Joko Widodo is in Bangladesh on a two-day visit to discuss bilateral issues and visit sprawling refugee camps for hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who have fled Myanmar.