Replicating pets is a waste of money and “ethically very dubious”, a leading expert has said following the birth of Britain’s first cloned dog.

Scientists have produced Britain's first cloned dog after its owner wanted her elderly pet replicated.

Around 3,500 tonnes of used tyres that were acquired by state agencies for a research project that went flat have been shipped to Asia for disposal — at a cost of more than €126,000 to the taxpayer.

Apparently some bright spark thought it would be good to release 100 helium balloons, with vouchers for a free LG smartphone attached to them, as a publicity stunt.

Police officers threw knives up to crew members inside the burning wreckage of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 so they could cut away passengers’ seat belts.

A plane packed with more than 300 people slammed into the runway at San Francisco airport and caught fire, forcing many to escape down emergency inflatable slides as flames tore through the Boeing 777.

Lady Gaga is using a wheelchair after having emergency surgery on her hip.

Lady Gaga is to undergo emergency surgery.

Kate Bosworth has confirmed her engagement to Michael Polish.

Unification Church founder the Rev Sun Myung Moon is fighting for his life in hospital, suffering from pneumonia.

Lady Gaga has been refused a permit to perform in Jakarta, Indonesia.

North Korea’s much-anticipated rocket launch ended in failure, splintering into pieces over the Yellow Sea soon after lift-off.

Lady Gaga wears veils because she's constantly mourning the world's problems.

Turkey has recalled its ambassador to Syria and closed its embassy in Damascus, citing the worsening security situation in the country.

US President Barack Obama today warned North Korea it risks deepening its isolation in the international community if it proceeds with a planned long-range rocket launch.

Lady Gaga is getting her "ass is kicked" from gruelling workouts for her new tour.

Lady Gaga thinks she will "die of excitement" over her forthcoming tour.

An Iranian armed with grenades blew off his own legs and wounded four civilians in a trio of blasts in Bangkok.

NORTH Korea’s power brokers publicly declared Kim Jong-un the supreme leader for the first time at a massive public memorial for his father Kim Jong-il, cementing the family’s hold on power.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced a $500m (€370m) pledge to support projects that encourage poor people around the world to save money.

President Barack Obama appealed to Asian leaders today for greater access to fast-growing markets, proclaiming: “The US is here to stay” and its prosperity was tied inextricably to its Pacific trading partners.

G20 LEADERS have vowed to avoid currency manipulation and trade protectionism, but bad blood between China and the United States blocked deeper progress in rebalancing the skewed global economy.

US president Barack Obama told the Muslim nation that was his boyhood home that American relations with the Islamic world were still frayed, but urged all sides to look beyond “suspicion and mistrust” to forge common ground against terrorism.

North Korea said its biggest political gathering in 30 years was under way today and crucial developments were expected, hours after leader Kim Jong Il appointed his youngest son as a military general in what was seen as part of a succession plan.

WORLD leaders yesterday endorsed a bold pledge by rich nations to slash budget deficits in half within three years despite US President Barack Obama’s concerns that cutting stimulus spending too quickly could stall the global recovery.

AVATAR director James Cameron predicted that 3D would replace 2D as the standard, mainstream format for film, television and online content in less than 25 years.

Avatar director James Cameron predicted today that 3D would replace 2D as the standard, mainstream format for film, television and online content in less than 25 years.

From the man in Colombia who was named after the King of Pop, to Malaysians who named a soya drink for him, to a generation of people around the world who have tried to moonwalk, the news stunned the world.

Chinese students clashed with anti-Beijing demonstrators at the Olympic torch relay today in Seoul, South Korea, throwing rocks and punches at the latest troubled stop on the flame’s round-the-world journey.

A major Japanese Buddhist temple has pulled out of a plan to host the Beijing Olympics torch relay, it was reported today, amid speculation that the monks sympathised with Tibetan protesters.

David Beckham has admitted he is still some way short of being fit enough to win his 100th cap for England.

Thai police are poised to issue an arrest warrant for paedophile suspect Christopher Neil today after three young boys came forward saying he had abused them.

A 36-year-old woman was taken into police custody in the French Alps after police discovered the bodies of three of her newborn babies hidden at her home.

A DIOCESAN website is the latest victim of cyber porn barons, it emerged yesterday.

A 36-year-old woman was taken into police custody in the French Alps after police discovered the bodies of three of her newborn babies hidden at her home, police said today.

THE Olympic Games have displaced more than two million people in the last 20 years, mostly minorities such as the homeless and poor, a rights group said yesterday.

North Korea’s Foreign Ministry says the country will conduct a nuclear test, according to reports from Seoul, South Korea.

North Korea has apparently finished loading fuel into a long-range ballistic missile, Bush administration officials said today as signs continued that the reclusive communist state will soon test a weapon that could reach the US.

VIOLENCE continued across Iraq yesterday on the eve of the anniversary of the US-led invasion.

Anti-war protests marking the third anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq were continuing today, a day after tens of thousands of people took to streets around the world to demand coalition troops pull out of the country.

North Korea could rejoin six-nation talks on its nuclear weapons programmes within weeks, a US Congressional delegation said today after a trip to the communist state.

An international vaccine expert warned that it was only a matter of time before a deadly flu pandemic struck and that the world was ill-prepared to cope with a major outbreak of the disease.

A ship carrying 4,000 South Korean cars sank after colliding with an oil tanker just south of Singapore, port officials said today.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair is to give evidence to the judicial inquiry into the death of weapons expert Dr David Kelly, the premiere said today.