The obesity rate among young US children fell by 43% since 2003-2004, the first broad decline in years, according to a new study.

Mexican courts order the drug baron Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman to remain in prison awaiting trial on new organised crime charges.

A German cartoonist who depicted Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg as a hook-nosed octopus apologises for causing offence.

Italian PM Matteo Renzi wins a vote of confidence in the lower house of parliament, backing his government's programme of rapid reforms.

A California couple found a stash of gold coins buried on their property last year that is worth as much as $10m (£6m), numismatists say.

Chinese authorities formally arrest a prominent scholar of China's Uighur Muslim ethnic group and charge him with secession, his wife says.

Spanish oil company Repsol agrees a $5bn (£3bn) settlement with Argentina over the seizure of its assets there.

Sports giant Adidas says it is suspending the sale World Cup t-shirts after Brazil's authorities complained they sexualised the country's image.