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Slovenian researchers find brain link for Zika virus
New medical research has provided the strongest evidence yet of a direct link between the feared mosquito-spread Zika virus and infant microcephaly
Johnson sacked by Sunderland after admitting to child sex charge
English Premier League footballer Adam Johnson has been sacked by his club Sunderland a day after pleading guilty to sexual activity with a minor
FIFA political disloyalty leads to reprisals - Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein
FIFA presidential candidate Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein on Tuesday claimed there is a climate of fear and reprisals within the football’s world
Democratic nomination: Clinton crushes Sanders – thanks to “superdelegates”
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South Africa: Zuma speech disrupted amid home upgrade scandal
It was always going to be a difficult day for South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma. But protests ahead of his state of the nation speech on Thursday
Cypriot president says peace talks make progress but work needed
Nothing is agreed, until everything is agreed
Turkey threatens to unleash refugees on Europe
As Syrians continue to pour out of the battered city of Aleppo aid agencies are delivering much needed supplies to those fleeing the carnage. Tens
Would a Brexit create a weaker, more divided EU?
At an upcoming EU summit, leaders are hoping a deal with David Cameron to avoid a UK exit from the European Union could also help to tackle multiple
Top European Uber executives on trial in France for running an illegal taxi operation
Two of the top European executives for ride-booking company Uber have gone on trial in court in France facing criminal charges for which they could be jailed.
Pessimism plagues Syria peace talks as Lavrov and Kerry meet
US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov are in Munich to discuss Syria. Kerry and Lavrov meet in Munich to discuss
Cavendish regains overall Tour of Qatar lead ahead of final stage
Britain’s Mark Cavendish of the Dimension Data team took control of the Tour of Qatar on Thursday after overnight leader Edvald Boasson Hagen
Dozens dead in Mexico prison violence
At least fifty two people have died in a riot and fire at a prison in Mexico. A dispute between rival drug gangs is said to have triggered the
Rally Sweden shortened due to clement weather
Unseasonal temperatures have caused havoc with Rally Sweden – the second stop of the new season. Warm weather has left the event with very little ice
Budapest gets bitcoin taxis
Hungary's capital Budapest has become the latest city where you can use the virtual currency bitcoin to pay your cab driver.
Russian aircraft strike 'extremist' targets in Syria's Aleppo province
Russian aircraft continue to launch air strikes against targets around the Syrian province of Aleppo.
France and the debate over statelessness
In a speech on November 16 French President Francois Hollande said: “The removal of a person’s nationality does not have to result in them being made
Liverpool back down on planned ticket price hike after supporter uproar
The power of supporters prevailed at Liverpool this week after the club’s owners bowed to the pressure and decreased ticket prices significantly for
NBA: Atlanta pile on the misery for struggling Chicago Bulls
The Chicago Bulls continued their struggles in the NBA regular season after losing to the Atlanta Hawks for the team’s fourth straight defeat and
Einstein was right! Scientists confirm that gravitational waves exist
In a landmark discovery for studying the cosmos, researchers have for the first time detected gravitational waves, ripples in space and time which
Stage is set ahead of historic pope-patriarch meeting
The stage is set, now all that remains is for the lead actors to arrive. A historic reunion of East and West is scheduled for Friday (February 12)
France's Hollande reshuffles government with an eye on 2017 poll
France’s former prime minister Jean-Marc Ayrault is now back at Francois Hollande’s side in a new role. Ayrault replaces Laurent Fabius as Foreign
Gravitational waves detected for the first time
Scientists have been trying to detect gravitational waves, or ripples in the fabric of space-time, ever since Albert Einstein published his theory
Total bucks trend with better-than-expected profit numbers
Record upstream production and high refining margins in Europe helped Total report better-than-expected fourth-quarter net profit.
Rio Tinto goes back on dividend promise after net loss for 2015
Rio Tinto has scraped its boom time dividend payout policy as its 2015 profit plunged
Twitter's stalled user growth pulls shares down further
Twitter's share price fell again after it announced there was no growth in the number of people using its service during the past quarter.
NATO mission to help target people traffickers in Aegean Sea
NATO ships are making their way to the Aegean Sea to help Turkey and Greece crackdown on criminal networks smuggling refugees and migrants into
The Survivalist charts ruthlessness of a post-apocalyptic world
Debut feature film director Stephen Fingleton has brought his BAFTA-nominated thriller The Survivalist, starring Martin McCann and Mia Goth, to the
Are Europeans spending more on protecting themselves?
Sales of personal self-defence equipment like tasers are said to have increased in some European countries since the end of 2015.
Ex-Nazi guard, 94, goes on trial over 170,000 killings at Auschwitz
He is 94 today, at the centre of what is likely to be one of the last ever Nazi war crimes trials. But Reinhold Hanning was 20 years old in 1942 when
Koreas: tension climbs on the divided peninsula
The North airs a video of Sunday's rocket launch while the South presents pieces of debris and pulls its workers out of a joint industrial park