Other new entries include glam-ma — a glamorous grandmother — and verklempt, an adjective meaning overwhelmed by emotion
Romania’s left-leaning Social Democrats have easily won parliamentary elections a year after a major anti-corruption drive forced the last Socialist prime minister from power.
Britain must be able to transition smoothly when it leaves the European Union and that will be an important part of negotiations with the bloc, finance minister Philip Hammond said on Sunday.
The European Union (EU)'s foreign and defence ministers on Monday agreed on a new plan on security and defense, EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini said.
A civil rescue team from China arrived at the quake-affected areas in Italy Thursday evening and has started rescue work there, official sources here said.
India has said that Britain is the gateway to the European Union for it, spelling out its preference for London to stay within the European Union.
The European Union (EU) on Monday asked the UN Security Council to authorize EU's naval forces in the Mediterranean to enforce the UN arms embargo on Libya.
Myanmar's Union Parliament Monday approved the appointment of retired permanent representative to the United Nations U Kyaw Tint Swe as Minister of the Office of the State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi.
Asked in Parliament on Thursday whether the central government had any plans to criminalise marital rape, Union minister for women and child development Maneka Gandhi said in a written reply.
Myanmar has formed an advisory review commission to the Union Parliament comprising two Houses to cooperate in handling legal affairs and special cases, parliament sources said Tuesday.
The creation of a powerful militant workers' union in Australia is a step closer after members of the Maritime Union of Australia voted in favor of merging with the nation's Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union, local media reported Tuesday.
Three of Australia's leading supermarket chains have been revealed to stock seafood from a Thai company accused of using child labor.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki- moon on Thursday announced the appointment of El Ghassim Wane of Mauritania as assistant secretary-general for Peacekeeping Operations.
French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday agreed "on common proposals" to help address the refugees crisis, saying they would soon transmit their joint suggestions to the EU.
Israel's incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed victory following exit polls showing him tied with opposition center-left Zionist Union led by Isaac Herzog in Tuesday's parliamentary elections.
On the eve of Tuesday's parliamentary elections, Israeli politicians were still trying to make their last-ditch efforts to court more supports, and beat their opponents.
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