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The Matchroom Boxing boss jetted into Dublin last month to meet with UFC legend McGregor about potentially sponsoring Katie Taylor's homecoming fight in May... Read more »

Tickets will cost a pretty penny for the May fight.... Read more »

77 per cent of parents are concerned with the effect daylight saving will have on their child’s sleeping pattern... Read more »

Bruce Willis celebrated his 68th birthday surrounded by all his daughters and ex-wife Demi Moore in a rare family moment following his dementia diagnosis... Read more »

Argentina are back in action in their homeland for the first time since winning the World Cup and Lionel Messi is struggling for privacy after being mobbed outside a restaurant... Read more »

Togo international Emmanuel Adebayor enjoyed a 22-year professional career, turning out for Arsenal, Manchester City, Tottenham and Crystal Palace in the Premier League... Read more »

Gwyneth Paltrow will be appearing on court after being accused of injuring a man in an alleged ski crash in Utah in 2016... Read more »

Coronation Street fans have been left puzzled by an obvious 'plot hole' in the ITV soap as Sarah Platt failed to recognise evil Damon when he chatted with her at a hotel... Read more »

Angela passed away last week at a hospice in Raheny... Read more »

The prolific forward has pulled out of his country's upcoming internationals with a groin issue after scoring eight goals in his previous two games for Manchester City... Read more »

Taylor called out Chantelle Cameron after Amanda Serrano pulled out of their May bout.... Read more »

Hearn was speaking at a media day to promote Katie Taylor's bout against Chantelle Cameron.... Read more »

The Radio DJ has been working on the Radio 1 spin-off station since 2016 and took to Twitter to announce the news of his departure... Read more »

Keanu Reeves paid tribute to his John Wick co-star Lance Reddick - who passed away suddenly at the age of 60... Read more »

The upcoming Destiny 2 Season of the Deep will feature some significant changes to the game and its systems, according to leaks.According to recent leaks about the upcoming "Season of the Deep," which is anticipated to release sometime towards the end of May this year as the second season for... Read more »

At first, Hogwarts Legacy was a huge hit on Steam, but it now seems that most players are switching to different titles.Hogwarts Legacy's peak concurrent players on Steam in the last 24 hours were around 98,833 compared to the 527,652 players it had at launch, a staggering drop of 47.44%... Read more »

Jack Gleeson found it difficult to portray the despised Joffrey Baratheon on HBO's Game of Thrones, which caused him to rethink his career.The most recognizable Game of Thrones character is Joffrey Baratheon, played by Jack Gleeson. Widespread praise followed Gleeson's portrayal of the disgruntled king, but he recently admitted that... Read more »

Even though Skyrim is an older game, some fans are just now realizing how interconnected the Elder Scroll games really are.Almost everything in Skyrim has already been discovered by this point, but some players are still discovering a few things, like this one who was able to venture off-limits and... Read more »

Although Hogwarts in Hogwarts Legacy is exquisitely rendered, one player draws attention to a revolting aspect of the game's depiction of bathtubs.A player of Hogwarts Legacy has brought attention to a rather disgusting detail regarding the condition of some bathtubs in the game. Both reviewers and players have praised Hogwarts... Read more »

One inventive player started attacking other players in Elden Ring's PvP as an NPC Invader who appeared to be from the first Dark Souls game.Some FromSoftware veteran gamers are stoked with fear by one Elden Ring invader who replicates a well-known NPC invader from Dark Souls, complete with weapons. The... Read more »

Blizzard teases that the new heroes who might be joining Overwatch 2 soon have already been mentioned in the game's backstory.The Overwatch 2 team revealed more details about the upcoming heroes that will be included in Blizzard's FPS, hinting that some of them may be familiar to players because they... Read more »

Root of Nightmares, the most recent raid in Destiny 2, is difficult, but using a weapon from The Witch Queen can improve your chances.Although the final boss of Destiny 2's most recent Root of Nightmares raid is quite powerful, one player's deft use of a particular weapon type could turn... Read more »

Microsoft outlines how it will bring Call of Duty to Nintendo Switch games as part of its 10-year agreement with Nintendo.In a document submitted in an attempt to persuade the UK's Competition and Market Authority regulator to approve the acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Microsoft details its plans to bring Call... Read more »

An expert on firearms compares the various upgradeable weapons in Atomic Heart to real firearms.Despite being a science fiction game, Atomic Heart has a few weapons that could be considered to be more realistic, and a firearms expert has provided an analysis to determine how accurate these weapons are in... Read more »

The eagerly anticipated Atomic Heart, a prominent Nvidia RTX showpiece, debuts on PC without any ray tracing graphics options at all.According to appearances, Atomic Heart has not yet been released on PC with the ray-traced visual effects that were promised. The game's exceptional graphics have always been one of its... Read more »

With the addition of support for the upscaling technologies from AMD's FSR, Intel's XeSS, and Nvidia's DLSS, a recent mod for Fallout 4 improves the visuals.In particular, image upscaling made by Nvidia, AMD, and Intel is now supported in the post-apocalyptic role-playing game Fallout 4 that was released in 2015.... Read more »

To give players an idea of what to anticipate from the fighter in the new game, a video compares Nina Williams from Tekken 8 to her counterpart from Tekken 7.A recent video contrasts Nina Williams' appearance in Tekken 8 with that in Tekken 7. With the upcoming release of Tekken... Read more »

For players who prefer to play brawler Omega Strikers on the go, a release date for the Switch version has been announced by Odyssey Interactive.The Nintendo Switch release date for the free-to-play 3v3 brawler Omega Strikers from Odyssey Interactive has been announced. On February 8, the Nintendo Direct showcase for... Read more »

From Silicon Valley Bank to Sam Bankman-Fried, the recent scandals upending the tech industry are rooted in a longer tradition of innovation and impunity.... Read more »

The I.P.C.C. report contains no new data; nevertheless, it manages to alarm in new ways.... Read more »

Who didn’t see this coming?... Read more »

The gutting of federal regulations is partially to blame for the bank’s crisis. But so is a belief, prevalent in the finance and tech worlds, that profits will come forever, and that there is little need to plan for a rainy day.... Read more »

“This was a hundred per cent my idea and something I wanted to do,” the Speaker of the House said.... Read more »

Some recommended titles for those with a better (or worse) half.... Read more »

“I saw the first robin of spring, but it was eaten by the first giant centipede of summer.”... Read more »

By mass-marketing social aspiration, the brand toed the line between exclusivity and accessibility—and established prep as America’s visual vernacular.... Read more »

Poetry by Jorie Graham: “We are returning to some prior place / where we will find everything as it should have been.”... Read more »

The author discusses “Minority Report,” her story from the latest issue of the magazine.... Read more »

Letters respond to Nathan Heller’s piece about the decline of the English major.... Read more »

The American première of the late, legendary choreographer’s “Água” shows what can be passed on to a younger generation and what can’t.... Read more »

New cartoons from the magazine.... Read more »

Linguists from Oxford meet to compare notes on words like “bussin” (adj.) and “do-rag” (n.).... Read more »

U.S. businesses in sectors ranging from manufacturing to technology are recalibrating after a period of rapid growth. ... Read more »

A California appeals court decision preserves the companies’ independent-contract model in the state and could bolster their efforts elsewhere.... Read more »

Imprudent bankers weren’t the only ones who believed the financial waves would never recede.... Read more »

See the best ideas from our columnists as they compete to find the winning stock.... Read more »

Beijing is flexing its military power in response to growing U.S. support for the island. Here’s a primer on the frictions.... Read more »

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Part chlorofluorocarbon, part cocaine, part bearer bond. We need policies that will eliminate it.... Read more »

To dodge higher costs and crowds, many moms and dads let their children skip school; frame Disney as educational?... Read more »

The “Baywatch” star is taking the reins on her story with a memoir, “Love, Pamela,” and as the subject of a new Netflix documentary.... Read more »

The sites will need $4.5 million a year to operate around the clock. Private funding will run out this month.... Read more »

The sites need $4.5 million a year to operate around the clock. With no federal or state rulings on their legality, they are struggling to acquire funding.... Read more »

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My wife didn’t realize my friend had the same name as my other friend’s pet.... Read more »

The U.S. government has expressed concerns over mysterious ailments afflicting some of its diplomatic and intelligence personnel around the world.... Read more »

New Delhi [India], March 21 (ANI): Prime Minister of Japan Fumio Kishida on Tuesday embarked on a train to Kyiv for a summit meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, according to Japanese broadcaster NHK. The Japanese PM's visit to Ukraine coincides with a state visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping to Moscow.... Read more »

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 21 (ANI): Bollywood actor Parineeti Chopra on Tuesday celebrated three years of her critically acclaimed movie 'Kesari'. Taking to Instagram, Parineeti shared a video of her version of the 'Teri Mitti' song. Sharing the video, she wrote, "This one was special.4YearsOfKesari TeriMitti."Parineeti also shared a couple... Read more »

The former national security advisor believes the charge makes talks on resolving the Ukraine conflict less likelyFormer US national security advisor John Bolton has come out against the International Criminal Court's (ICC) decision to indict Russian President Vladimir Putin, calling the court "fundamentally illegitimate.""I believe and have for many years... Read more »

The former national security advisor said he considered the International Criminal Court ?fundamentally illegitimate?Former US national security advisor John Bolton has come out against the International Criminal Court's (ICC) decision to indict Russian President Vladimir Putin, calling the court "fundamentally illegitimate.""I believe and have for many years [that] the International... Read more »

Strasbourg [France], March 21 (ANI): Despite the formation of commission to investigate the crimes against humanity in North Korea, ten years ago little has changed today and the West seems to be more concerned about Pyongyang's militaristic ambitions, according to a report in the DW. "North Korea is a living... Read more »

Washington - Washington and Beijing are discussing a potential trip to China by U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, the White House said Monday.It would be the highest level visit between the two countries since relations took a nosedive in February.'Active' consideration of the trips is... Read more »

United Nations - Russia plans to hold an informal meeting of the U.N. Security Council in early April on what it said is 'the real situation' of Ukrainian children taken to Russia, an issue that has gained the spotlight following the International Criminal Court's arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir... Read more »

DENVER, Colorado: The Southern Nevada Water Authority has voted to accept a $2.4 million grant from the US Bureau of Reclamation to fund cloud seeding to flood the Colorado River. The program will involve a weather modification method that uses airplanes and ground-based cannons to shoot silver iodide crystals into... Read more »

Moscow [Russia], March 20 (ANI): The ruling of the International Criminal Court to issue an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin will have disastrous consequences for international law, Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday, TASS reported. "They decided to put on trial the president........ of a... Read more »

Tokyo [Japan], March 21 (ANI): Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will visit Ukraine on Tuesday and hold talks with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Japan-based Kyodo News reported citing a government source. The meeting comes after the Japan's premier's India visit where he held delegation level bilateral talks with Prime Minister Narendra... Read more »

beijing - Experts are still investigating the cause of the crash of a China Eastern Airlines jetliner that killed 132 people one year ago, China's government said Monday.The March 21, 2022, disaster was a rare failure for a Chinese airline industry that dramatically improved safety following deadly crashes in the... Read more »

MOSCOW, March 20 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping met with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, on Monday in Moscow.The comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination between the two countries has safeguarded the international fairness and justice on the one hand, and promoted common prosperity and development of the two countries... Read more »

Geneva [Switzerland], March 21 (ANI): A political activist from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir has criticized Pakistan for violating its own constitution by conducting a digital census in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Gilgit Baltistan. Speaking to ANI during the 52nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Jamil Maqsood said a... Read more »

WASHINGTON D.C.: The US government has reported that the exceptionally wet winter in California this year will offer relief from a three year drought and could cause increased flood risks in spring. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said that like much of the country, there are higher odds of... Read more »

Give us 5 minutes, and we'll give you the world. Around the clock, Voice of America keeps you in touch with the latest news. We bring you reports from our correspondents and interviews with newsmakers from across the world.... Read more »

The International Monetary Fund has approved a nearly $3 billion financial rescue package for Sri Lanka after several months of negotiations with the economically troubled South Asian island nation.    The IMF announced Monday that it will immediately release about $333 million to Colombo. The institution said Sri Lanka must undertake a... Read more »

Give us 5 minutes, and we'll give you the world. Around the clock, Voice of America keeps you in touch with the latest news. We bring you reports from our correspondents and interviews with newsmakers from across the world.... Read more »

Members of the Australian-Ukrainian community will protest Tuesday in Canberra against Russia’s upcoming presidency of the UN Security Council. Rally organizers said in a statement that “for the first time in world history, an aggressor and state sponsor of terrorism will be the president of the Security Council.”    Russia’s ambassador to... Read more »

A Hong Kong pro-democracy activist was arrested Tuesday just months after he was released from prison for violating the city’s draconian national security law.  Reuters news agency says 71-year-old Albert Ho was handcuffed and taken away from his home in a vehicle, according to a witness.    Albert Ho once led... Read more »

Give us 5 minutes, and we'll give you the world. Around the clock, Voice of America keeps you in touch with the latest news. We bring you reports from our correspondents and interviews with newsmakers from across the world.... Read more »

U.S. President Joe Biden said Monday the United States stands with the “brave women and all the citizens of Iran” who are inspiring the world with their conviction and courage as they fight for their “human rights and fundamental freedoms.”  Speaking at a White House event celebrating Nowruz, the Iranian... Read more »

The United States has welcomed an agreement between Yemen’s warring sides to free nearly 900 detainees.  “This important step builds on the positive environment created by a truce in Yemen that has effectively stopped the fighting for the past 11 months,” National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson said in a... Read more »

Saudi Arabia has released a U.S. citizen who was sentenced to 19 years in prison for tweets critical of the Saudi government.  Saad al Madi was freed Monday and was at home with family in Riyadh, his son said.  Madi is a dual U.S.-Saudi citizen who had been living in... Read more »

Former U.S. President Donald Trump said Saturday he expected to be arrested by the Manhattan district attorney as soon as Tuesday on charges stemming from an investigation into a $130,000 payment made to porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016. Laurel Bowman reports on reaction among U.S. political leaders.... Read more »

Washington and Beijing are discussing a potential trip to China by U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, the White House said Monday.  It would be the highest level visit between the two countries since relations took a nosedive in February.  "Active" consideration of the trips is... Read more »

The U.K. on Monday sanctioned more senior officials of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), including financiers and commanders, in its latest set of asset freezes and visa bans.  The government said it was slapping sanctions on five board directors of a foundation which manages the IRGC's domestic investments, as... Read more »

Russia plans to hold an informal meeting of the U.N. Security Council in early April on what it said is "the real situation" of Ukrainian children taken to Russia, an issue that has gained the spotlight following the International Criminal Court's arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for war... Read more »

An international conference in London raised 4 million pounds ($4.9 million) to support the International Criminal Court in its investigations into alleged war crimes in Ukraine and its work to hold Russia to account, officials said Monday.  Justice ministers from over 40 countries met in London for the war crimes... Read more »

Britain's London police are institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic, said a major review released on Tuesday.... Read more »

Saudi Arabia has released a US citizen imprisoned over 'mildly' critical tweets of the Kingdom and its rulers.... Read more »

The devastating consequences of the invasion still haunt almost all Iraqis, regardless of their ethnicity, religion or political alignment. ... Read more »

Smotrich had already faced international rebuke in early March after calling for a Palestinian town in the occupied West Bank to be "wiped out", amid spiralling violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.... Read more »

The US-led invasion of oil-rich Iraq plunged the country into two decades of bloodshed and poverty.... Read more »

The assault on the Chimbolo gold mine began around 5am on Sunday when the gunmen overpowered the site's guards and opened fire, said Abel Matipata, mayor of the nearby town of Bambari, located 16 miles away.... Read more »

A study released on Monday estimated that up to 135 Somalis could lose their lives to drought-related causes every day during the first six months of this year, with the total deaths projected to be between 18,100 and 34,200.... Read more »

"The entire logic is security-driven, without mention of the political plight of Palestinian people," said a protester. "It's a summit for Israel's interests, not for ours."... Read more »

Analysis: Twenty years after the United States launched its invasion of Iraq, the effects of the war continue to be felt in its domestic politics, regional standing, and international reputation.... Read more »

The Democratic Forces of Change, alongside independent MPs, are opposing the Iraqi parliament's efforts to rush through a change to electoral laws which many believe are intended to further strengthen the dominant political forces of the country.... Read more »

Democratic Unionist Party leader Jeffrey Donaldson said 'the imposition of EU law' on Northern Ireland had not been resolved.... Read more »

The opposition has held frequent protests against Tunisian President Kais Saied, regularly drawing crowds of thousands, but his own supporters have only rarely taken to the streets.... Read more »

Saudi Arabia's position as the key oil supplier to the rising superpower China has been eclipsed by Russia.... Read more »

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen kicked off an EU-hosted fundraising event by promising €1 billion ($1.1 billion) for reconstruction in Turkey and €108 million for humanitarian aid in Syria.... Read more »

Paris (AFP) March 20, 2023 The world will cross the key 1.5-degree Celsius global warming limit in about a decade, the UN said Monday, warning that devastating impacts of climate change are hitting faster than expected. In the final instalment of a major series of reports, delivered in a crucial... Read more »

Beijing, China (SPX) Mar 21, 2023 Global fires have widespread impacts on global carbon cycle and atmospheric environment with immediate direct carbon emissions. Fire carbon emission has substantial spatiotemporal variabilities and contributes significantly to the dynamics of global CO2 distributions and variances. Quantifying the impacts of fire carbon emissions on... Read more »

Brussels (AFP) March 20, 2023 Donors on Monday pledged seven billion euros to help Turkey and Syria recover from last month's devastating earthquake, as Ankara set the bill for rebuilding at well over 10 times that figure. An EU-hosted conference sought to generate funds six weeks after the 7.8-magnitude quake... Read more »

Washington (AFP) March 20, 2023 Syria's economy is expected to contract 2.3% more than it otherwise would have due to the impact of last month's deadly earthquakes, the World Bank said on Monday. The earthquake and its aftershocks killed more than 50,000 people in Turkey and Syria, and displaced millions... Read more »

Boston MA (SPX) Mar 21, 2023 When a family of five-ton elephants stomps and chomps its way through your crops, there's only one winner. And in the central African nation of Gabon, farmers are getting fed up with the giant animals trampling their fields-and their livelihoods. In conservation terms, Gabon... Read more »

Blantyre, Malawi (AFP) March 20, 2023 Malawi faces increased risk of a surge in cholera cases following the devastation caused by Cyclone Freddy that has destroyed water systems and toilets, the health ministry warned Monday. The country was already battling its deadliest cholera outbreak on record when the storm landed... Read more »

Paris (AFP) March 20, 2023 From leaders of islands threatened by rising seas to climate activists and diplomats, many of those reacting to Monday's UN report on climate change said it's a wake up call for world leaders. The UN's climate panel warned the world is set to cross the... Read more »

Rio De Janeiro (AFP) March 21, 2023 There are few places on Earth as isolated as Trindade island, a volcanic outcrop a three- to four-day boat trip off the coast of Brazil. So geologist Fernanda Avelar Santos was startled to find an unsettling sign of human impact on the otherwise... Read more »

College Park MD (SPX) Mar 21, 2023 Water makes up 71% of Earth's surface, but no one knows how or when such massive quantities of water arrived on Earth. A new study published in the journal Nature brings scientists one step closer to answering that question. Led by University of... Read more »

Mogadishu (AFP) March 20, 2023 The record drought sweeping the Horn of Africa may lead to 135 deaths a day in Somalia between January and June this year, the health ministry, WHO and UNICEF said in a study released Monday. Earlier this month, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that... Read more »

Washington DC (UPI) Mar 20, 2021 British scientists and conservationists have issued an urgent appeal for trophy hunters to hand in the head and teeth of a rare shark that washed up on a beach on the country's South coast so that they can study it. Believed to be a... Read more »

Washington DC (SPX) Mar 21, 2023 Dr Louay A Mohammad-former researcher, academic, design consultant, owner representative, engineering manager, and designer-combines theory with practice in his new book A Practical Design Guide for Coastal Rubble Mound Structures. This comprehensive compendium highlights the practical side of the design of the coastal rubble... Read more »

Hanoi (AFP) March 20, 2023 Vietnamese officials seized seven tonnes of elephant ivory on Monday smuggled from Angola, the largest seizure in years, authorities said. Customs officials in the northern port city of Haiphong, 100 kilometres (60 miles) from Hanoi, found the ivory in a 20-foot container that had been... Read more »

Boston MA (SPX) Mar 21, 2023 "MIT is a place where dreams come true," says Cesar Terrer, an assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Here at MIT, Terrer says he's given the resources needed to explore ideas he finds most exciting, and at the top of... Read more »