Two nannies and an assistant, but she 'needs help'
The Canadian PM's wife complained: "I have three children and a husband who is prime minister. I need help. I need a team to help me serve the people".
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President threatens seizure of 'idle' factories
President Nicolas Maduro has threatened to seize idle factories in his country using a new emergency decree, while US officials warn that economic chaos in the country had turned even his allies against him.
Boris Johnson compares EU to Hitler
Boris Johnson, who is leading the "Out" campaign ahead of Britain's EU membership referendum, has argued the bloc was following the path of Adolf Hitler and Napoleon by trying to create a European superstate.
Putin-Trump kiss shared around the world
An image of Russian President Vladimir Putin and US presidential hopeful Donald Trump kissing on the side of a barbecue restaurant in Vilnius, Lithuania, has caught the world's attention.
Up to 64 killed by lightning in Bangladesh
3:16 PM More than 60 people have reportedly been killed by lightning in two days during tropical storms across Bangladesh.
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Bangladesh arrests Islamist over killing of gay activists
9:16 PM Police in Bangladesh have arrested an Islamist militant over the killing of two gay rights campaigners, who died amid a surge in violent attacks against liberal activists and other minorities.
'It just rocketed up there'
Peter Hannam 5:35 PM A significant marker of rising global greenhouse gas emissions has been passed, with a key monitoring site on Tasmania's north-west tip recording atmospheric carbon-dioxide exceeding 400 parts per million for the first time.
Criminal justice crisis fails to ignite black youth vote
Vanessa Williams 3:12 PM The younger generation of African-Americans has not been spurred to vote by the 'Black Lives Matter' crisis in the US, according to an analysis of exit polling across 25 states.
China asserts US 'deliberately distorted' its defence policy
Billy House 2:15 PM China has denounced interpretations of its military operations in the East and the South China Sea contained in a new new US Defence Department report that spotlighted a focus on cyberwarfare.
Two nannies and an assistant, but Sophie Trudeau 'needs help'
Alan Freeman 11:10 AM Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau's pleas have fallen on deaf Canadian ears. The wife of the prime minister, who enjoys the services of two nannies, complained: "I have three children and a husband who is prime minister. I need help. I need a team to help me serve the people".
FIFA compliance chief quits over threat to corruption reforms
Lukas Strobl and Tariq Panja 4:45 AM FIFA's head of audit and compliance, Domenico Scala, quit Saturday to protest changes at the top of global soccer's governing body that he said will imperil efforts to eliminate corruption.
Three killed in fights at Moscow's largest cemetery
3:59 AM Three people were killed and two dozen injured at Moscow's largest cemetery on Saturday in a brawl over control of the lucrative burial service business.
Fears grow Venezuela is headed for meltdown
Karen DeYoung Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has declared a 60-day state of emergency due to what he called plots from within the country and the United States to topple his leftist government.
Woman in Germany contracts Zika virus 'through sex'
Germany has recorded its first case of the Zika virus being transmitted on its territory, after a woman contracted the disease during sex, according to one of the country's leading public health institutes.
Donald Trump masqueraded as publicist to brag about himself
Marc Fisher and Will Hobson ​The voice is instantly familiar; the tone, confident, even cocky; the cadence, distinctly Trumpian. The man on the phone vigorously defending Donald Trump says he's a media spokesman named John Miller, but then he says, "I'm sort of new here," and "I'm somebody that he knows and I think somebody that he trusts and likes" and even "I'm going to do this a little, part-time, and then, yeah, go on with my life".
'It's none of your business,' says Donald Trump when asked about his tax rate
US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump pushed back on Friday against renewed calls for him to release his tax returns before the election.
Sammy Davis Jr's pistol anonymously sold to buyback program
Richard Winton A vintage pistol that was once owned by legendary performer Sammy Davis Jr was among 791 guns that the Los Angeles Police Department collected during a weekend gun buyback program, officials said.
Trudeau inspects the ashes of Canada's Fort McMurray
Ian Austen After taking a helicopter tour of fire-ravaged Fort McMurray, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau credited firefighters for saving much of the city. An official count found that 2432 buildings were destroyed and 500 were damaged. About 25,000 buildings were "still standing" but may have smoke damage.
European Union says its new border controls are working
Robert-Jan Bartunek and Gwladys Fouche The number of migrants arriving in Greece dropped 90 per cent in April, says the European Union border agency.
Full September 11 'torture report' won't be released to the public
Lawrence Hurley A federal appeals court on Friday rejected a lawsuit calling for the full release a US Senate report detailing the CIA's interrogation and detention program after September 11.
Former Argentine leader Fernandez charged in central bank case
Hugh Bronstein Former Argentine president Cristina Fernandez was indicted on Friday over accusations that she oversaw irregularities in the central bank's sale of US dollars in the futures market while she was in office.
Pfizer blocks the use of its drugs in executions
Erik Eckholm The pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has announced new sweeping controls on the distribution of its products to ensure that none are used in lethal injections.
Israelis who deny the Nakba are waging war on their own past
Noam Sheizaf The Jewish people are living proof that a "refugee problem" won't disappear for generations, even hundreds and thousands of years, and therefore can't be ignored.
Germany tries to teach refugees about the joy of sex
Anthony Faiola The German government is rushing to integrate hundreds of thousands of asylum-seekers, firstly offering them language classes and the prospect of work - and now it is also trying to teach the mostly-Muslim migrants about the joy of sex.
The rich-poor divide in abortion numbers around the world
Ariana Eunjung Cha A new analysis of global abortions shows a stark divide between what's happening in wealthier, developed countries versus their their poorer and less developed counterparts.
Plunging oil prices fuel Nigerian fury
Dionne Searcey Plummeting oil prices have set off an economic unravelling in Nigeria, one of the world's top oil producers, and the collective anger of a fed-up nation is pouring out.
