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One company's trash is another company's alternative fuel source.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth took part in supermarket retailer Sainsbury's 150th birthday celebrations on Wednesday, and even took the time to learn about self-service checkouts.

Renowned Kenyan author and gay rights activist Binyavanga Wainaina has died aged 48, a friend with direct knowledge told CNN.

Plastic straws, stirrers and cotton buds will be banned in England from April 2020 as part of plans designed to drastically reduce plastic waste.

Two of China's largest airlines have joined a growing list of carriers demanding compensation from Boeing over the grounding of its 737 Max aircraft.

One of Europe's most prolific crime groups involved in large-scale drug trafficking, money laundering, and assassinations has been dismantled, Europol said Wednesday.

Malaria has been eliminated from Algeria and Argentina, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday, an important milestone in fighting the mosquito-borne disease.

Decades after making her name on the most watched runways of Paris and Milan, supermodel Naomi Campbell has decamped for new ground: Lagos, Nigeria.

Fabulous food, amazing art, rich language, dramatic and gorgeous landscapes -- we all know what makes Italy so special.

Six people were killed and more than 200 injured in Indonesia's capital amid angry protests against the results of the country's recent general election.

Japan has a polite request for the world: Stop saying our names wrong.

Apple has another fix for its troubled laptop keyboards.

Women are looking for eco-friendly and healthy ways to deal with their periods. Procter & Gamble is betting that organic tampons will do the trick.

• Why UK politicians are being 'milkshaked'

• Iran stance is straight from Trump's N. Korea playbook

Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver's restaurant empire in the United Kingdom is on the brink of collapse.

A shock Australian election result has sparked a wave of suicide attempts among refugees held in the Manus Island detention center off Papua New Guinea, activists say.

Here in Britain, politicians are being covered in milkshakes. Yes, milkshakes. And lots of people are very angry about it.