Chinese takeaway meals from restaurants and supermarkets should carry health warnings because they are often high in salt, a campaign group says. Action on Salt analysed more than 150 dishes and found some contained half an adult's recommend...
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump are to meet in person by the end of May, it has been announced, an extraordinary overture after months of mutual hostility. News of the meeting was delivered by South Korean offic...
You might have seen International Women's Day mentioned in the media or heard friends talking about it. But what is it for? When is it? Is it a celebration or a protest? And is there an equivalent International Men's Day? For more than a cen...
Some countries may be exempt from US plans to impose tariffs on metal imports, the White House has announced. The exemptions - on national security grounds - included Canada, Mexico, spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said. Reports, however, suggest...
Lupita Nyong'o, Kumail Nanjiani at Oscars: 'To all the Dreamers ... we stand with you'...
China's "two sessions" - the annual meetings of the national legislature and the top political advisory body - are opening in Beijing. The meetings are significant markers on the country's carefully choreographed political stage. ...
An emergency call went unanswered because a man rang 999 to complain about KFC being closed, police have revealed. Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said the "joke" call came on 21 February after the fast food chain closed some ...
PYEONGCHANG, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- Canada grabbed its first gold medal at PyeongChang Olympics in the figure skating team event on Monday with strong and balanced performances of all disciplines. Canada took the lead in the team standings sinc...
What do you do after you have a strong attraction to someone you see on the subway, but get off before you've had the chance to meet or exchange numbers? When that happened to Brooklyn resident Devin Custalow she took to an online message bo...
Clad in coordinated outfits of red with white and blue accents, North Korea's throng of more than 200 cheerleaders are stealing the spotlight at the 23rd Winter Olympic Games in South Korea as they chant, sway and dance in unison. North and ...
After arriving in South Korea with a high-level delegation, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un publicly shook hands with the neighboring nation's president during tonight's opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics. Kim Yo Jong...
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There is mounting evidence the food on your plate can alter cancer's growth and spread, say Cambridge scientists. Animal research, published in the journal Nature, showed breast tumours struggled without the dietary nutrient aspara...
Princess Kate voices powerful PSA on children's mental health...
Many of the nation's favourite treats are getting smaller, but BBC research has found that some prices are falling too. Chocoholics and biscuit-lovers have been outraged in recent years by news of so-called "shrinkflation". That i...
Marvel Studios' Ant-Man and the Wasp...
Vanity Fair's 24th annual Oscar issue features some of Hollywood's biggest stars, includingOprahWinfrey,Tom HanksandNicole Kidman, but the photo shoot by famed photographer Annie Liebowitz fell victim to some bus...
A Japanese soldier has been killed in an avalanche in central Japan that appears to have been triggered by a volcanic eruption. At least 14 people have also been injured, several of them critically. The eruption sent rocks raining down over...
Scientists have taken a step towards one of the biggest goals in medicine - a universal blood test for cancer. A team at Johns Hopkins University has trialled a method that detects eight common forms of the disease. Their vision is an annua...
China has shut down the Chinese websites of Marriott International for a week, after the firm listed Tibet and others as separate countries. The hotel group has apologised for the error and said it did not support separatist movements in Chi...