Karsten Warholm has smashed the European 400m hurdles record again, recording the second-fastest time ever as Thomas Barr finished sixth in the Diamond League Final at the Weltklasse Zurich meeting.

A judge has thrown out a $417m jury award to a woman who claimed she developed ovarian cancer by using Johnson & Johnson talc-based baby powder for feminine hygiene.

Mexico’s port city of Veracruz was in mourning for at least 28 people killed in a massive New Year’s Eve fireworks explosion which ripped through a crowded central market.