Obviously, the weather couldn’t be bothered anymore.

Queen have created the "perfect tribute" to Freddie Mercury - a bottle of vodka.

A website linked to cyberbullying and teen suicides is now one of the world’s most popular social networks after its newly released app became a huge hit.

A social networking site linked to the suicides of two teenagers now has more than three times the number of users it had prior to the tragic deaths.

Liberal democracy faces a new and decisive challenge — figuring out how to deal with the “post-Communist oligarchies” of Russia and China.

SOME people might like to knock the Late Late Show but its audience on a Friday night remains rock solid.

A MAN who worked for at least two nursery schools is believed to have molested dozens of young children and used them to make child pornography in one of the worst cases of sexual abuse in the Netherlands.

A man who worked for at least two nursery schools is believed to have molested dozens of young children and used them to make child pornography in one of the worst cases of sexual abuse in the Netherlands.

A LATVIAN ship with nine crew was detained yesterday in Cork harbour after it was alleged the crew had not been paid since January. Those who had been paid were believed to have been given as little as €1 per hour.

Nato leaders resumed their summit in Riga, Latvia, today with a pledge to stay the course in Afghanistan despite mounting casualties and the continued refusal of some governments to send their troops into combat in the most dangerous regions.

Facing rising violence in Iraq and Afghanistan, US President George Bush is pressing European allies for more help in a rush of high-stakes diplomacy amid growing public impatience with the war.

Nato’s secretary general today said all 26 member nations will allow their troops in Afghanistan to provide emergency support to allied units anywhere in the country, despite criticism that some are refusing to authorise commanders to send their soldiers into more dangerous regions.

The Vatican today sought to play down suggestions that Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was snubbing Pope Benedict XVI by attending a Nato meeting during the pontiff’s upcoming visit to the predominantly Muslim country.

A leading Turkish cleric today called criticism of Islam a serious threat to world peace as Turkey prepared for a controversial visit by Pope Benedict XVI later in the month.

A freighter collided with another vessel in a busy shipping lane off the Dutch coast today and sank, a coast guard spokesman said.

In a rare warning to Americans living or travelling in the Nordic and Baltic region, United States embassies in the area said they had received ”threat information” and warned them to be cautious.

Turkey has won the 2003 Eurovision Song Contest in Riga, Latvia.

IRELAND’S Mickey Harte is very much in the running for Eurovision gold, fans visiting the official contest website believe.

They may be the first Russian pop sensation to top music charts worldwide, but that failed to impress Moscow police today.

LOYAL Mickey Joe Harte supporters breathed a sigh of relief yesterday when his Eurovision song was declared a true original.

SONGWRITERS have criticised the format used by RTÉ’s You’re A Star in selecting a song to represent Ireland in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Latvia.