Democratic candidate Bernie Saunders follows in a proud tradition of American socialism which has now been forgotten by his countrymen. Alan Chin reports.

USA: A New York man is building his own sovereign nation called Zaqistan on a remote piece of land in Utah.

RORY KAVANAGH’S autobiography ‘Winning’ will be on sale from October.

A defendant has been shot dead outside a court in Mississippi.

BRITAIN: Research suggests every Sunday night more than 58.2m hours of sleep are lost across Britain due to worries about the week ahead.

CREMIN COLLECTION

A 19th century Irish breakfront bookcase, a marquetry and ormolu mounted bracket clock and a serpentine boulle credenza all feature at Hegarty’s final auction of the year in Bandon at 3 pm tomorrow.

Footballer Luis Suarez may have taken one too many bites at the World Cup, but tennis grunters and eye gougers have also been banned, Robert Hume reports

A 91-year-old woman has set time and age records at the Rock ‘n’ Roll San Diego marathon.

A member of the notorious ‘Pink Panther’ jewel thief gang has escaped from a Swiss prison after accomplices rammed a gate and fired at guards.

A preferred book café here in Singapore is just a medium stroll from our apartment.

Kya deLongchamps recommends bursting into spring with an antidote to winter’s greyness

Swiss MPs have rejected a proposal to ban face-covering veils, such as the burka worn by some Muslim women, in public spaces.

A Swiss regional court has ordered UEFA to re-admit Sion to the Europa League group stages, according to the club.

STITCHED into the tag of your polo shirt; stamped on the bottom of your toys, the global “Made in China” mark is a dominant market force whose latest conquest is an Irish-speaking teddy.

Barack Obama offered his closing argument in the race for the White House today as he returned to his message of hope for America and linked Republican rival John McCain to increasingly unpopular President George Bush.

MUNSTER may be concentrating on their upcoming Heineken Cup semi-final against Saracens, but they’ll be returning to the US this summer ahead of the 2008-9 season.

Rail services returned to normal in southern China today after days of delays caused by the worst snow and ice storms in decades.

Cardiff’s restaurant scene is on the ascent.

New York 1-14 Antrim 2-20, Canton

The GAA have confirmed that the Martin Donnelly Interprovincial football final will be played in Boston on October 21 next.

THE feelgood factor around Boston on Sunday last, after Munster pipped Leinster in a high-quality Martin Donnelly Interprovincial Championship hurling final, was in marked contrast to the poisoned atmosphere in Australia at the conclusion of the International Series.

Boston-bound Leinster manager John Conran has included nine Kilkenny players in his side for Sunday's M Donnelly Interprovincial hurling final.

The GAA has today revealed details of the dates and venues for the forthcoming M Donnelly Interprovincial Championships in both football and hurling.