The president of the Amateur International Boxing Association is set to be brought to Ireland for talks with the Government later this month over corruption claims at last summer’s Rio Olympics.

Professional fighters will feature at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics as long as a constitutional change goes through in June, the president of the International Boxing Association (AIBA) has confirmed.

The World Boxing Council (WBC), one of the various pro boxing sanctioning bodies, has hit out at radical proposal to allow pro boxers compete in the Olympics.

Former world champion Barry McGuigan believes the possibility of professional boxers taking part in the Rio Olympics is “crazy”.

A hoax device at a well-known hotel outside Cork city is believed to have been planted; Confidential patient notes, operating theatre schedules, and minutes of meetings were repeatedly sent in error to a member of the public for six months; Picky eating in small children may be a sign of serious mental problems that should not be ignored, say experts. Here’s this morning’s irishexaminer.com round-up.

China will prosecute the leader of a “cult” on charges of rape, fraud, sabotage, and other crimes, state news agency Xinhua said, as the government deepens a crackdown on illegal religious movements.

A new viral video has cropped up online, doubling as a promotional video for InGen. That is, of course, the company responsible for engineering the dinosaurs that populate the infamous theme park.

Wu Ashun became the first Chinese player to win a European Tour event on home soil on Sunday as David Howell bogeyed the 72nd hole of the Volvo China Open.

Seven members of a family on a holiday outing in southern China drowned when a 17-year-old girl fell into a reservoir and several relatives jumped in after her trying to rescue her.

One of the engines on TransAsia Airways Flight 235 went idle 37 seconds after take-off, Taiwan’s top aviation safety official said today.

Divers have pulled four more bodies from a shallow river where a TransAsia Airways propjet crashed shortly after take-off from Taiwan’s capital, bringing the confirmed death toll to 35.

A Taiwanese flight with 58 people aboard went sideways, clipped an elevated road and crashed into a river shortly after takeoff from the island’s capital of Taipei, killing at least 12 people.

At the end of December, a popular television series chronicling China’s most famous empress suddenly went on a four-day hiatus.

A stampede killed at least 36 people in Shanghi during New Year’s Eve celebrations, authorities said, possibly caused by people rushing to pick up fake money thrown from a building overlooking the city’s famous Bund waterfront district.

Three men and a woman have been charged with drugs offences following the discovery by gardaí of a €600,000 cannabis growhouse in an industrial estate in Cork city at the weekend.

An eight-year-old schoolgirl has beaten students more than twice her age to become the overall winner of this year’s Doodle 4 Google competition.

Chinese police are circulating a list of eight suspects wanted in connection with an apparent suicide car crash near Tiananmen Square in Beijing that killed five people and injured dozens.

Paddy Barnes vented his frustration about the changes to the head gear rule after yesterday’s quarter-final defeat at the World Elite Championships in Kazakhstan.

Sex in a box seeks to make prostitutes safer

Apple will investigate allegations by advocacy group China Labour Watch that factories run by Taiwanese supplier Pegatron use underage workers, pay insufficient wages and force employees to work overtime.

She stole the show from the Wu-Tang Clan and has signed for the Beasties and The Boss; now the internet can't get enough of sign language interpreter Holly Manniatty.

A mentally ill Chinese man has been kept in a cage for more than a decade by his family after he beat a child to death, media reported, carrying images of him staring blankly though the bars.

* Sleek, sexy and groomed, Eva Longoria recovers from her flesh-exposing disaster at The Golden Globes in this stunning nude strapless gown for the Barack Obama Latino Inaugural Ball. Minimal diamonds and natural make-up lets the dress do the talking.

FORGET the Real Housewives of Orange County and their cat fights.

A Chinese diver last night denied reports she was deliberately left in the dark over illnesses and deaths in her family for eight years to ensure she remained focused on her quest for Olympic medals.

The father of a champion Chinese diver has reportedly admitted hiding news that her mother had cancer to keep her focused on the Olympics, triggering criticism of China’s ruthless pursuit of victory.

Lisa Kearney has been given a bye from the opening elimination round of 32 meaning the Belfast girl is just two fights away from a semi-final berth and a medal at London next week.

China has warned foreign embassies to stop publishing their own reports on air quality in the country, escalating its objections to a US Embassy Twitter feed that tracks pollution in Beijing.

A bus driver who saved 24 of his passengers after being fatally injured by a piece of metal that flew through his bus’s windshield has been praised as a hero in China.

Angry customers threw eggs at Apple’s flagship Beijing store today after its opening for the Chinese launch of the iPhone 4S was cancelled due to concerns over the size of the crowd.

A two-year-old Chinese girl fell 10 floors from her family’s apartment window and survived after being caught by a woman passing by, state media reported today.

China will never adopt multi-party democracy or other Western-style political reforms that could challenge the Communist Party's grip on power, the head of the country's national legislature said today.

The news agency run by China's ruling Communist Party launched a global English-language television channel today as part of efforts to expand its influence abroad.

AN attacker with a cleaver hacked to death seven children and two adults at a kindergarten in north-west China yesterday, the latest in a string of savage assaults on the country’s schools. Eleven other children were wounded.

A man armed with a meat cleaver killed seven children and two adults at a Chinese nursery today, the latest in a series of savage assaults on the country's schools.

Seven children and a teacher were hacked to death and at least 20 others injured today at a kindergarten in China’s north-west Shaanxi province.

A mentally ill man went on a stabbing rampage as students left an elementary school, killing a second grader and an elderly passer-by and wounding five others, a Chinese government website said today.

A former doctor armed with a large knife killed eight children and injured five others today at an elementary school in eastern China, a local official said.

A Taiwan court imposed a life sentence on former President Chen Shui-bian after convicting him of corruption today, marking a watershed in the island's turbulent political history.

A JUDGE has explained his decision to quash convictions against a Missouri mother for her role in an internet hoax directed at a 13-year-old neighbour who later committed suicide.

An American judge has explained his decision to quash convictions against a Missouri mother for her role in an internet hoax directed at a 13-year-old neighbour who later committed suicide.

China's top nuclear envoy has arrived in South Korea as part of diplomatic efforts to revive the stalled talks on ending North Korea's nuclear program.