DNA tests show Belgian ex-king is father of artist, lawyer says
DNA tests have revealed that Belgium’s former King Albert II is the biological father of Belgian artist Delphine Boel, a lawyer for the retired monarch said on Monday, putting an end to a decade-long paternity claim.
Auschwitz survivor returns to death camp for final time
Edith Notowicz first saw Nazi SS doctor Josef Mengele when she arrived at the Auschwitz extermination camp in May 1944, after several days crammed into a cattle train so packed that by journey’s end she and her family had to sit on the dead.
Lebanon’s parliament passes 2020 budget amid financial crisis
Lebanon’s parliament passed the 2020 budget on Monday although its finance committee chief said the forecast revenues might be unrealistic as the country wrestles with a major economic and financial crisis.
Wary of Iran, Gulf Arab states seen shrugging off new Lebanese government
Gulf Arab states have long channeled funds into Lebanon’s fragile economy but its rich neighbors, alarmed by the rising influence of their arch-rival Iran’s ally Hezbollah, now appear loath to help ease Beirut’s worst financial crisis in decades.
Brexit withdrawal deal must be implemented ‘with rigor’: EU’s Barnier
The European Union will monitor the Northern Ireland elements of Britain’s Brexit agreement very closely and will not allow London to re-open the deal “under the guise of implementation,” the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator said on Monday.
EU will ‘never, never, never’ compromise on single market: Barnier
The European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator on Monday warned Britain that the bloc would “never, never, never” compromise on the integrity of its single market, adding London had underestimated the costs of leaving.
U.S. military confirms E-11a airplane crash in Afghanistan
The U.S. military confirmed on Monday a crash by an E-11A military aircraft in Afghanistan’s Ghazni province but, despite claims by Taliban insurgents that they shot it down, said there were “no indications the crash was caused by enemy fire.”
Amid Palestinian doubts, Trump to share Mideast peace plan with Israelis
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he will announce his long-delayed Middle East peace proposal on Tuesday and that he believes Palestinians will eventually go along with it despite their refusal to engage on the subject.
Trump offers China ‘any help’ as virus spreads, markets reel
U.S. President Donald Trump offered China whatever help it needed on Monday to control a coronavirus outbreak that has killed 81 people, stranded tens of millions during the biggest holiday of the year and rattled global markets.
Wife of Canada’s first coronavirus patient tests positive, 19 under investigation
The wife of Canada’s first confirmed patient with the fast-spreading Wuhan coronavirus also has tested positive for it at an Ontario laboratory, and 19 other suspected cases in Canada are under investigation, public health officials said on Monday.
