Ireland have plenty to ponder in Six Nations squad
Andy Farrell will name his Ireland squad for the Six Nations squad on Wednesday but a number of the usual contenders are struggling for form, fitness or both.
Porpoise with stillborn calf found in Hong Kong waters
A female porpoise found in Hong Kong waters is believed to have died while giving birth.
Researchers from the University of Hong Kong’s Swire Institute of Marine Science (SWIMS) said on Tuesday that the mammal was found in Mirs Bay and was believed to have died while giving birth after it was discovered with a stillborn calf.
The carcass had been spotted by a partner boat captain of the institute.
According to a watermarked photo supplied by the institute, the porpoise was found at around 9.45am...
Tourists hit record in Japan, despite plunge from China
A record number of tourists flocked to Japan in 2025, officials said Tuesday, despite a steep fall in Chinese visitors in December as a diplomatic row between Beijing and Tokyo rumbled on.
Quiz: Name every team to have played in the Champions League
There have been 158 teams who have played in Europe's premier competition since 1992-93.
Quiz: Name every team to have played in the Champions League
There have been 158 teams who have played in Europe's premier competition since 1992-93.
Quiz: Name every team to have played in the Champions League
There have been 158 teams who have played in Europe's premier competition since 1992-93.
‘Dead end’: families of Hong Kong ferry crash victims still seeking answers before verdict
Alice Leung Shuk-ling has spent more than a decade seeking the truth behind a ferry crash in 2012 that killed her younger brother and 38 others, and she expects a Coroner’s Court verdict due Wednesday to be merely an ellipsis – not a full stop – in her quest.
Leung, 40, said she never expected last year’s 44-day inquest on the Lamma IV crash would unearth all the answers families of the deceased had demanded for years.
But she believed the inquest had a “symbolic meaning” for those who wanted to...
Un ciudadano dice que ICE lo sacó de su casa en Minnesota en ropa interior tras irrumpir sin orden
Por JACK BROOK ST. PAUL, Minnesota, EE.UU. (AP) — Agentes federales de inmigración forzaron la entrada de una puerta y detuvieron a un ciudadano estadounidense en su casa de Minnesota a punta de pistola sin una orden judicial, luego lo sacaron a la calle en ropa interior pese a las temperaturas bajo cero, según su […]
South Korea probes if spies funded drones flown into North by student
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Tuesday ordered an investigation into claims that the country’s military intelligence command supported a civilian accused of sending drones into North Korea.
The civilian at the centre of the allegations, a graduate student in his thirties identified only by his surname Oh, claims he flew drones into North Korea three times since September last year.
He previously worked in ex-president Yoon Suk-yeol’s office and allegedly received – according to local...
AI reshaping the battle over the narrative of Maduro's US capture
Since the US captured Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro in early January, pictures and videos chronicling the events have been crowded out by those generated with artificial intelligence, blurring the lines between fiction and reality.
Palestinian children's football pitch faces Israeli demolition ultimatum
The football club is ordered to remove the pitch, which Israel says was illegally built, or have it torn down.
Palestinian children's football pitch faces Israeli demolition ultimatum
The football club is ordered to remove the pitch, which Israel says was illegally built, or have it torn down.