From sending solar-powered balloons into the stratosphere to offering free wifi in parks, Google is quietly spending hundreds of millions of dollars on nascent internet services that may one day challenge the telecom and cable companies.

As the Prince of Wales nears the end of his South Pacific tour, the tiny atoll nation of Tuvalu is considering dumping the Queen of England as its head of state.

The Government of Chile will present a replica sculpture of an "Easter Island Moai" to the City of Dublin at a ceremony at 11am tomorrow.