Tony Bellew has lost his bid to take the WBC light-heavyweight title from Canada’s Adonis Stevenson in Quebec City.

Gunmen murdered a German man in Mali’s most famous city and seized three men from the Netherlands, South Africa and Sweden, as officials ordered a plane to evacuate foreigners from the tourist destination.

The full measure of Hurricane Irene's fury came into focus as the death toll passed 44, while towns in the northern US region of New England battled epic floods and millions were still without electricity.

BRITAIN’S Prince William and his wife Kate faced protests by French-speaking separatists yesterday after arriving in Quebec City on a Canadian navy frigate that sailed down the picturesque St Lawrence Seaway.

Schools across Ireland will fall silent today in a poignant tribute to those who died during the Famine.

The Government today called for the catastrophic events of the Great Famine to be properly remembered as a series of engagements got under way in Canada to mark the disaster.

Hundreds of thousands of schoolchildren will stand in silence next month at a poignant tribute to those who died during the Famine, it was announced today.

A hitman whose victims included bikers, Mafiosi and innocent bystanders has admitted 27 charges of murder in a case that makes him one of Canada’s worst killers.

Paul McCartney churned out a song list laden with Beatles tunes before a pumped-up crowd at a free concert as part of Quebec City's 400th anniversary celebrations.

Paul McCartney told Quebec nationalists “to smoke the pipes of peace” over their opposition to his free concert celebrating the city’s 400th anniversary.

DURING the closing session of the Eucharistic Congress in Quebec City yesterday, Pope Benedict XVI announced that the next Eucharistic Congress — the 50th — will be held in Dublin in 2012.

Dublin is to host the 50th International Eucharistic Congress in 2012, Pope Benedict XVI announced today.

A former Olympic champion accused of abducting her own child must remain temporarily in the custody of US marshals, a judge said today.

Lawyers for former Canadian biathlon champion Myriam Bedard said today their client has not done anything wrong and was prepared to co-operate with authorities on child abduction charges she faces relating to her daughter.

A Canadian Madonna fan is suing ticket companies in Quebec for selling entrance to the pop queen's concerts at inflated prices.

A CANADIAN girl with a peanut allergy has died after kissing her boyfriend, who had just eaten a peanut butter snack.

A 15-year-old girl with a peanut allergy died after kissing her boyfriend, who had just eaten a peanut butter snack, hospital officials said.

A 15-year-old girl with a peanut allergy died after kissing her boyfriend, who had just eaten a peanut butter snack, hospital officials said today.

A GRIZZLY bear mauled a woman jogger to death on a popular hiking trail in Canada over the weekend, only eight days after the animal was removed from another residential neighbourhood after threatening people.

Russian teenage sensation Maria Sharapova has all the ingredients to become a Wimbledon champion, according to coaching guru Nick Bollettieri.

A NEW super pill which helps people quit smoking while losing up to 20 lbs a year could be the answer for millions of addicts who have tried to kick the habit, but piled on the pounds.

The warm reception given to the Jeanie Johnston famine ship when it sailed into Montreal last week turned unexpectedly cool when the ship’s owners were given a €8,000 bill for port fees.

Canada is to outlaw cigarettes from being labelled light or mild.

Western hemisphere leaders were today winding up a 34-nation trade summit as protesters and riot police prepared for a third day of clashes.

Police arrested six people they said were planning violence at this weekend’s Summit of the Americas and yesterday showed off small explosives and weapons they seized.