A YOUTH has appeared in an Australian court charged with seriously assaulting an Irish tourist, who is in a stable but “unresponsive” condition in hospital.

US police arrested a man they believe is connected to the killings of nine women dating back to 1986, based on a DNA sample he provided just last week.

Hollywood star Renee Zellweger and country singer Kenny Chesney appear to have put the memory of their doomed four-month marriage behind them to remain friends.

SWARMS of violent thunderstorms and tornadoes crashed through the middle of the US, killing at least 32 people in Kansas, Missouri and Tennessee. Eight people were missing in this hard-hit town.

Swarms of violent thunderstorms and tornados crashed through the US Midwest, killing at least 32 people in the states of Kansas, Missouri and Tennessee.

A series of tornados today swept through the midwest United States, killing as many as 19 people and leaving a path of destruction a quarter-mile wide in some places.

The first person with a self-contained artificial heart says he is comforted by the whirring sound it makes.

A bus plunged 210 feet down an embankment in South Africa, killing at least 29 people.