World markets spluttered, irked by the failure of German coalition talks which sent the euro and the price of oil lower.

Protesters took to the streets of St Louis again yesterday for a sixth day of demonstrations against a judge's acquittal of a white former police officer who fatally shot a black suspect.

Protesters chanting "free our people" gathered outside a jail in St Louis after more than 100 people were arrested during protests on Sunday.

Protests turned violent for second night near St Louis following the acquittal of a white former police officer in the fatal shooting of a black man.

A white former police officer has been acquitted in the 2011 death of a black man who was fatally shot following a high-speed chase, sparking demonstrations in the streets St Louis.

A US politician who said on Facebook she hoped Donald Trump would be assassinated has apologised publicly to the president and his family, calling the online posting "a mistake".

Angel Olsen made many of the media’s ‘best of’ lists last year with her incredible album, Woman. She tells Ed Power why she’s looking forward to playing it in Ireland

They Can’t Kill Us All will leave the reader questioning everything about the ‘land of the free’.

Oil rose to an 18-month high as output cuts by Kuwait and Oman signalled that Opec and its partners are delivering on their accord to stabilise the market.

A police sergeant is in a critical condition after being shot twice in the face in an ambush attack in St Louis, Missouri.

Many Muslim Americans cringe at the way they have been portrayed by both candidates during the US presidential campaign - either as potential jihadis or eyes and ears who can help the government's anti-terror efforts.

The Zika virus ravages the testes of male mice, sharply reducing sperm counts and fertility, according to a study which raises fresh questions over the infection's threat to people.

Yesterday we brought you extensive coverage of the 2nd presidential debate live from St Louis, and one thing was clear - the real winner of the debate was audience member and undecided voter Kenneth Bone.

Donald Trump met women who accused former US president Bill Clinton of rape and other unwanted sexual advances just over an hour before he faced Hillary Clinton in a televised debate.

Bayer is examining Monsanto’s financial accounts, sources said, a crucial step that could pave the way for the German company to raise its $55bn (€49bn) takeover offer for the US agrochemicals giant.

Three Federal Reserve policymakers have expressed the view there is no hurry to raise US interest rates in the wake of the UK decision to leave the EU, despite signs the US economy is near full employment.

Bayer offered $62bn (€55.2bn) to buy Monsanto, deepening investor concern that it’s stretching its finances to become the world’s biggest seller of seeds and farm chemicals.

Bayer has made an unsolicited takeover offer for Monsanto in a bold attempt by the German company to snatch the last independent global seeds producer and become the world’s biggest supplier of farm chemicals.

Irish builder Tony Monaghan hopes his documentary about construction workers in his adopted home in the US will help inspire people to improve their lot, writes Marjorie Brennan

Monsanto has rejected a request by Argentina for more time to collect monies owed by small farmers for royalties on genetically modified soybean seeds.

The World Boxing Council (WBC), one of the various pro boxing sanctioning bodies, has hit out at radical proposal to allow pro boxers compete in the Olympics.

Manipulating bacteria that live in the gut may be a new way to treat millions of children suffering chronic malnutrition. Research suggests that the right microbes can get the most out of a poor diet.

At least 11 people died and dozens were injured in tornadoes that swept through the Dallas area and caused substantial damage while six people have died in flooding in the US mid-west.

USA: A Missouri man named Bud Weisser was taken into custody for trespassing into — of all places — a Budweiser brewery in St Louis.

Hedge funds are so down on wheat that even the worst price plunge in 29 years isn’t leaving them satisfied.

Police have arrested nearly two dozen people in Ferguson, Missouri, during a fourth consecutive night of demonstrations marking the anniversary of the fatal shooting of teenager Michael Brown.

Hundreds of people observed four and a half minutes of silence yesterday to mark one year since 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot dead by a US police officer in Ferguson, Missouri.

US: A 40-year-old St Louis woman has spent months trying to convince credit reporting agencies that she’s alive.

With technology within modern vehicles becoming more and more dependant on the internet WIRED.com decided to show how easy it is to hack them.

Instead of the Red Chair, two armchairs upholstered in a suitably-episcopal purple hosted the action when entertainer, broadcaster and writer Graham Norton did his star turn with a real life  bishop, at West Cork's  Bantry Literary Festival Friday night.

We can’t get enough of it, but, once upon a time, ice cream was only for the rich, learned Robert Hume when he looked into the history of the frozen treat

Lawyers for the parents of Michael Brown, the unarmed, black 18-year-old who was fatally shot by a white police officer in a St Louis suburb, have filed a civil lawsuit against the city of Ferguson.

Virginia governor Terry McAuliffe called for an investigation into the arrest of a black college student that left him bleeding from the head and sparked campus protests.

The hunt for suspects in the shooting of two police officers at a protest rally in Ferguson, Missouri, is continuing as community leaders appeal for reconciliation and justice in a town struggling against a legacy of racial tension.

Two police officers shot amid protests in Ferguson — the Missouri city that has become a symbol of tensions between police and black Americans — have been released from hospital.