October2016

News Hour: It may come as a surprise to most people, but about 40 children were born in the bedroom of the pope at the pontifical summer residence south of Rome. Now that bedroom, which became...

News Hour: Banned in much of Europe, roe-deer hunting on horseback with hounds is enjoying such renewed interest in France that some companies are marketing one-off outings to non-specialists, some riding in carriages. Affluent consumers increasingly...

News Hour: England need two more wickets on the final day to keep their all-winning record in tests against Bangladesh intact with the hosts 33 runs away from a famous victory in the closely-contested opening test...

News Hour: Lady Gaga rose to fame with her shock-inducing outfits and remains the seventh most followed person on Twitter, but on her sober new album, she admits an unease in the era of social media....

News Hour: Juventus coach Massimiliano Allegri slammed refereeing officials after seeing Miralem Pjanic’s goal chalked off as the champions were stunned 1-0 by AC Milan in a San Siro sizzler Saturday. The Turin giants had beaten...

News Hour: An IOM Iraq team has visited the recently retaken area of Qayara to hand over the Qayara Airstrip emergency site to contractors, and to distribute 350 winter non-food item (NFI) kits to people from...

News Hour: Aid agency CARE’s emergency response teams have begun assessing the damage caused by super Typhoon Haima which tore through the Philippines earlier this week. About 90,000 people have been evacuated from their homes, and...

News Hour: Over half the world’s 21 million victims of forced labour are in the Asia-Pacific region. The majority work in the formal economy – making the clothes we wear, harvesting the food we eat and...

News Hour: Mohamed Morsi  is an Egyptian politician who served as the fifth President of Egypt, from 30 June 2012 to 3 July 2013. An Egyptian court confirmed a 20-year prison sentence against former president Mohamed Mursi on...

News Hour: U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump promised on Saturday to foil a proposed deal for AT&T Inc to buy Time Warner Inc if he wins the Nov. 8 election, arguing it was an example...