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Did you know the Queen speaks fluent French and once worked as a mechanic?

The famous writer was born on this day in 1816.

The City of London, the U.K.’s financial hub, warns that bankers could leave London and currency trading would be hit if Britain leaves the EU.

The Islamic State group, the Taliban and the Afghan government are fighting for control of Afghanistan. But only one of these groups is consolidating its position.

Anders Breivik, serving a 21-year sentence for killing 77 people in 2011, claims the right to organize a fascist movement from his cell.

Britain has long been one of America’s closest allies in Europe, and a Brexit would pose major economic and diplomatic problems.

NATO’s general-secretary noted “persistent disagreements­” at the first meeting of the NATO-Russia Council since the start of the Ukraine conflict in 2014.

The oil-rich kingdom aims to plug a widening budget gap caused by the collapse in oil prices over the past two years.

One group of students decided to host a counter-event called Whatever Day, writing on Facebook: “Unlike others, we do not want to proselytize and entice anyone to wear a particular religious dress.”

As the number of refugees traveling to Greece slows, Turkey threatens deal unless visa liberalization takes place.

A new NASA study has provided fresh evidence that at least some of the free-floating objects that abound in our universe may be low-mass stars known as brown dwarfs.

Parents protested at the Health Ministry over a vaccine scandal, while state media reported that local government failings at a high school site led to some 500 students getting sick.

Oil prices, which had recovered over the past two days, were pulled down by news of oil workers in Kuwait calling off their three-day strike.

Germany has voiced concern over the two Belgian nuclear plants several times as they are located near the German border.

A Dutch court on Wednesday struck down a July 2014 ruling that ordered Russia to pay $50 billion in damages to former shareholders of the now-defunct Yukos oil company.

The state of emergency, which is currently set to end in May, was declared minutes after the deadly attacks in Paris on Nov. 13.

A U.S. diplomat said that further sanctions may be aimed at cutting off the remittance of hard cash earned by North Korean workers abroad to their country.

Nearly 330 million people in the country have been affected by severe drought triggered by a heat wave and scanty monsoon rains.

The incident comes days after the Russian news agency said Ankara had temporarily blocked its website amid mounting tensions between the two countries.

The so-called "Business 20" Anti-Corruption Taskforce was scrapped in late January because Chinese companies declined to participate, a report said.

Enrique Peña Nieto made comments in favor of cannabis use for medical and scientific purposes during a speech Tuesday at the United Nations.

A magnitude-6.1 earthquake struck Ecuador just days after a magnitude-7.8 temblor rattled the South American nation, killing 507 people.

In Riyadh, the U.S. president faces a daunting task — mending strained relations with America’s traditional regional ally.

The appeal comes after a Chinese military aircraft made its first public landing on the South China Sea’s Fiery Cross Reef on Sunday.

The picks are seen by many analysts as a continuation of the status quo in secretive Laos.

The death toll neared 500 following Saturday's magnitude-7.8 temblor off the South American nation's Pacific coast.

The former Cuban leader, a longtime U.S. foe, made a rare public speech Tuesday marking his brother’s re-election as head of the Communist Party.

The chain's French profits are believed to have been funneled through Luxembourg and Switzerland, a business magazine reported Tuesday.

A severe fuel shortage is behind the move by the Nigeria-based terrorist group, say civilian and military sources in the African nation.