Politics in chaos as Johnson quits race for leadership

The British public, already rocked by the narrow referendum vote to leave the European Union, was further shocked as former London mayor Boris Johnson, one of the leaders of the narrowly successful "Leave" campaign, defied predictions and said he would not stand as a candidate to replace Prime Minister David Cameron, who is resigning.

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Rosetta to give 'final kiss' to comet

Swansong announced as trailblazing space laboratory starts to run low on energy

Fidel Castro's birthplace sees rise in visitors

At the end of a dirt road lined with fields of sugar cane, royal palms and tropical fruit trees, a cluster of wooden houses painted in brilliant yellow, blue and white draws thousands of Cuban and international tourists a year.

Schoolchildren learn lessons in cave

Syrian student Ali Khaled Stouf has to walk down several steps into a hole in the ground to get inside his school - a cave.

Rio Olympic gold not what it seems

Ask athletes what goes into Olympic gold medals, and they will likely say sweat and years of training. For Brazil's National Mint the answer is simpler: recycled silver.

Britain left out in the cold

European leaders met on Wednesday without Britain for the first time in 40 years to prepare for life after the Brexit bombshell.

'Praised to grave', Cameron slides out of Brussels

It had been billed as David Cameron's most awkward summit, a time when he would be forced to rake over the mistakes which led to Britain voting to leave the European Union.

Tear gas, scuffles mar anti-labor reforms protest

French police fired tear gas at stone-throwing protesters on Tuesday during the latest march in Paris against the government's labor reforms.

Putin and Erdogan hold rare phone talk

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday sought to heal ties in their first phone call since Ankara downed one of Moscow's jets in Syria last year.

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Turkey 'sorry' about downing Russian jet

The incident caused a rift between the two countries and led to economic sanctions