A new book detailing the early political life of Angela Merkel
has accused the austerity-driven German chancellor of working as a
propagandist for the East German Communist youth movement before the
fall of the Berlin Wall.
Russia on Tuesday expelled a US diplomat after saying
authorities had caught him carrying disguises, special equipment, and
instructions for recruiting an informant.
Western countries should try to come to terms with edible
insects, which can help feed a growing world population and ease the
burden on overstretched resources, a United Nations report published on
Monday said.
An Italian prosecutor on Monday asked that Silvio Berlusconi,
the centre-right leader and former prime minister, serve six years in
prison and be banned for life from politics for allegedly having sex
with a minor during his 'bunga-bunga' parties.
The death toll from suspected twin car bombs that hit the
southern province of Hatay’s Reyhanlı district on the Turkish-Syrian
border has risen to 46, Turkish Deputy Prime Ministrer Beşir Atalay has
said.
Bulgaria’s centre-right GERB party on Monday appeared short of
options for building a coalition after emerging as the country's
largest party in Sunday's elections. A new government may require the
backing of nationalists.
Angelina Jolie revealed on Tuesday that she had a double
mastectomy after finding out she carries a defective gene that puts her
at greater risk of developing breast cancer, urging other women to get
tested to see if they may also be at risk.
US President Obama on Monday backed UK Prime Minister David
Cameron's plan to renegotiate Britain's EU membership terms. His
comments will be seen as a boost for Cameron, whose Conservative Party
has grown increasingly restive over the issue.
Nineteen people, including two young children, were shot after
gunfire erupted at a Mother's Day parade in the southern US city of New
Orleans on Sunday, police said.
