A US man devours 69 hot dogs, beating his own world record and retaining his title as reigning champion for a seventh year in a row.

Footage from high-speed cameras shows how hummingbirds' main flight feathers shift, changing the shape of the wing to fine-tune the birds' lift.

Egypt's army says it will guarantee the right to peaceful protest amid calls for rallies by supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi.

The European Central Bank (ECB) keeps interest rates at a historic low level of 0.5%, and says they will stay at that level or lower for "an extended period".

An Australian naturalist produces evidence that a rare night parrot - one of the world's most mysterious birds - is still alive and living in the outback.

Several people are injured in the Peruvian capital and other cities in clashes between riot police and protesters angry at a new civil service law.

The Commons will vote later on whether to hold an "in-out" referendum on UK membership of the European Union, after a Tory MP puts forward a bill.

A judge in New Zealand orders a coal mining company to pay compensation to relatives of 29 men killed in a 2010 gas explosion.