A brewer and distributor who sponsored a concert the night of a tragic 2003 nightclub fire in Rhode Island will pay $21 million to victims and their families to settle lawsuits.

Saying that the "harmful use of alcohol causes serious public-health problems," the World Health Organization (WHO) says it will devise an international plan to address issues like binge drinking and alcohol marketing.

Twice as many people were admitted to hospitals in the U.K. with alcohol-related problems in 2007-07 than a decade earlier, according to new government research.