Queen Margrethe II of Denmark Announces Abdication of Throne After 52 Years

Margrethe, the longest-serving monarch in Europe, announced during her New Year’s speech that she would abdicate her throne in January. Her eldest son, Crown Prince Frederik, will succeed her.

Henri Lopes, 86, Who Straddled Literature and Politics in Africa, Dies

His lauded fiction satirized abuses of power in the continent, but as a high official for the Republic of Congo, he benefited from a much-criticized government.

Likely Human Remains Recovered From Titan Submersible

More evidence was removed from the sea floor this month, the Coast Guard said, more than three months after the vessel imploded on a dive to view the Titanic, killing five people.