A mom created a genius candy chart to eliminate the guilt parents feel after sneaking too much of their kids' Halloween candy, and it has us laughing all the way to the trick-or-treat bags. ...
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So you've got a business idea which you're sure is going to make you money - but just how do you get the ball rolling? Most people who want to start up on their own are pretty clueless at the beginning. There's a lot to think about - the ac...
Far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro has won a sweeping victory in Brazil's presidential election. Mr Bolsonaro won 55.2% of the votes cast against 44.8% for Fernando Haddad from the left-wing Workers' Party, the Brazilian electoral authority ...
A UK police force's image of a Ross Geller \\\\\\\"lookalike\\\\\\\" has drawn thousands of comedy responses. Officers shared the CCTV still of the man, dubbed the \\\\\\\"spitting image\\\\\\\" of Friends actor David Schwimmer, clutching a crate of beer. ...
Mega Millions and Powerball have combined jackpot of more than $1 billion...
Canada has become the second country after Uruguay to legalise possession and use of recreational cannabis. The nationwide market for cannabis opened on Wednesday at midnight amid lingering questions about the impact on health, the law and public sa...
Hurricane Michael, strongest storm to hit US in 50 years, makes landfall in Florida...
The third-strongest storm in recorded history to hit the mainland US has battered north-west Florida, flooding beach towns and snapping trees. Hurricane Michael made landfall on Wednesday afternoon as a category four storm with 155mph (250km/h) wind...
Behind the scenes of rehearsals for the American Music Awards...
China has confirmed it is holding the missing head of Interpol, Meng Hongwei. Beijing said he was under investigation by the country's anti-corruption body for unspecified breaches of the law. Mr Meng, also a vice-minister of public security in Chi...
Translation apps are getting better, but they're still not perfect, particularly for minority languages. Can artificial intelligence and deep neural networks help iron out the glitches? During the World Cup in Russia this summer there was a dramati...
Theresa May has urged EU leaders to focus their minds on getting a Brexit deal in the next two months, saying negotiations will not be extended. At a dinner in Salzburg, she told her 27 counterparts her priorities were maintaining economic ties and ...
Tens of thousands of homes are without power and sea water is sloshing through coastal streets as Hurricane Florence begins lashing the US East Coast. The hurricane is moving towards land with maximum sustained wind speeds of 90mph (150 km/h). It l...
Swimming is a confusing sport, because sometimes you do it for fun, and other times you do it to not die....
Hurricane Florence, just downgraded to a Category 2 storm, is expected to bring catastrophic flooding to the Southeast and may dump as much as 40 inches of rain in North Carolina alone. The rainfall could be historic and the flooding unprecedented...
Do you often feel tired, short of breath or can you feel you heart beating away inside your chest? Have your friends commented that you look unusually pale? If so, you may have iron-deficiency anaemia, the world's most common nutritional disorder. ...
The head of US media giant CBS, Les Moonves, has resigned with immediate effect after allegations of sexual misconduct. CBS had been investigating Mr Moonves since allegations appeared in the New Yorker in July - and fresh accusations from six more ...
Fly over “Datong County”, a region in northern China, and you’ll see two giant pandas. One is waving at you. They are made of thousands of solar panels. Together, and with the other adjacent panels included, they form a 100-me...
The chief executive of China's JD.com, Liu Qiangdong, was briefly arrested in the US on accusations of criminal sexual conduct. Mr Liu, one of China's richest people, was arrested in Minneapolis shortly before midnight on Friday and released on Satu...