It’s funny to consider how much talk there is about hands in Irish sport once you concentrate on it, writes Michael Moynihan

The pilot of a small plane that made a nighttime emergency landing on a Southern California road has described the moment the engine died, and he knew he would never make it to a nearby airport.

Brighton 0 - Chelsea 4: Chelsea’s 4-0 victory at Brighton at the weekend has quietened the critics who suggested there was a crisis building at Stamford Bridge but it hasn’t ended speculation about their search for a striker after manager Antonio Conte challenged Michy Batshuayi to fill the void – but also left the door open for him to leave.

Jermain Defoe fired Bournemouth to their first win of the Premier League season to relieve mounting pressure on boss Eddie Howe.

There were plenty of reasons to take seriously Manchester City’s status as favourites to win the Premier League title after watching them dominate Saturday’s match at the Amex Stadium. 

Central bankers must figure out a way to generate better economic growth by next year or markets will “go south” as investors lose faith, according to Bill Gross, manager of the $1.3 billion Janus Global Unconstrained Bond Fund.

Though mostly victims of World War II, the Poles were also the perpetrators of violence against Jews, culminating in the Jedwabne massacre when Jewish residents of the town were burned alive, as Geoffrey Roberts recounts.

Three men who served long US prison terms for spying have received a standing ovation in Cuba’s parliament, as President Raul Castro declared that detente with Washington will not change the communist system he leads.

President Barack Obama has announced the re-establishment of diplomatic relations with Cuba and declared an end to America’s “outdated approach” to the communist island in a historic shift aimed at ending a half-century of Cold War enmity.

President Barack Obama has spoken to Cuban President Raul Castro about normalising full diplomatic relations between the long time foes.

UK detectives investigating the disappearance of missing teenager Alice Gross will continue searching an "area of interest" in a park.

Hillary Clinton defended her initial opposition to gay marriage, denying in a radio interview that political reasons were behind her shift last year to supporting same-sex marriage.

Hillary Clinton has defended her initial opposition to gay marriage, denying in a radio interview that political reasons were behind her shift last year to supporting same-sex unions.

Bill Gross, manager of the world’s biggest bond fund, said the Federal Reserve is unlikely to slow stimulus and lift its target rate for overnight loans between banks until 2016 with employment growth insufficient.

Stocks closed little changed on Wall Street last night as budget talks continued in Washington.

The US Army psychiatrist accused of the deadly Fort Hood shooting rampage must enter pleas in the case before his trial begins next week, a judge said.

Sligo Rovers’ dreams of progressing to the glamour stages of the Europa League ended in this second leg qualifier at the Showgrounds last night.

Former 'Two And A Half Men' star Charlie Sheen went before a Los Angeles judge today in a bid to seek custody of his twin sons with estranged wife Brooke Mueller.

Liverpool have confirmed that Philipp Degen has joined Stuttgart on loan until the end of the 2010-11 season.

It's been done before and much, much better ('Guess Who's Coming to Dinner') ... this time it's the problems surrounding the romance and approaching wedding of Afro-American Marcus (Gross) and Mexican-American Lucia (Ferrera).

ALMOST one in six children in Britain have problems learning to talk, with boys facing more difficulties than girls.

Serial killer Steve Wright was placed on suicide watch today after being told he must spend the rest of his life in jail in England.

Prostitute killer Steve Wright must spend the rest of his life in jail, a UK judge ruled today.

UK serial killer Steve Wright will be sentenced today for the murder of five prostitutes.

Steve Wright is facing life in jail after being found guilty today of murdering five prostitutes.

A jury retired today to consider its verdicts following the trial of a man accused of murdering five prostitutes in the UK in 2006.

A jury has seen the home of a forklift truck driver accused of murdering five prostitutes in England.

A jury was selected today to hear the trial of a former pub landlord accused of murdering five prostitutes.

The trial of a former pub landlord accused of murdering five prostitutes will begin today.

The royal editor of the News of the World and a private investigator tapped into several hundred messages on the mobile phones of Royal Family aides, the Old Bailey heard today.

The actor who played Tony Soprano’s bodyguard in the latest season of the HBO television series will escape a criminal mischief charge if he stays out of trouble for the next six months, his lawyer said.

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Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon’s massive stroke late yesterday triggered a law of succession granting his leadership duties to his deputy.

A FATHER who ordered his two teenage sons to carry out the “honour killing” of a university student who had made his daughter pregnant was yesterday told he must serve a minimum of 20 years behind bars.

Negotiators from more than 100 countries have agreed to leave the United States in charge of the Internet’s addressing system, averting a US-EU showdown at this week’s UN technology summit.

A MOTHER who killed her 36-year-old Down syndrome son after devoting her life to his care was spared jail yesterday.

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THE US refuses to relinquish its role as the internet’s principal traffic policeman, rejecting calls for a UN body to take over, a top US official said yesterday.

TWO researchers yesterday informed Austrian prosecutors of what they say is new evidence of homicide in a Nazi programme that killed hundreds of ‘unfit’ children at a Vienna clinic during WWII.

Two researchers today informed Austrian prosecutors of what they say is new evidence of homicide in a Nazi programme that killed hundreds of children at a Vienna clinic during the Second World War.

Czech Prime Minister Stanislav Gross resigned today, ending weeks of political crisis sparked by a scandal over the financing of his luxury apartment.

A Nazi doctor who worked at a clinic where thousands of children were killed will not face trial because he suffers from severe dementia, Austria’s justice minister has decided.