Denmark overtook Switzerland as the world’s happiest place, according to a report that urged nations regardless of wealth to tackle inequality and protect the environment.

Tottenham striker Emmanuel Adebayor will miss his club’s final game of the season at Everton on Sunday after being allowed to return to his native Togo on compassionate grounds.

Tottenham striker Emmanuel Adebayor has made a string of accusations against his family, who he claims are using him for money. 

A FRESH voice has emerged on the Irish music landscape. It takes the shape of Zimbabwean MC, God Knows, and his Irish producer, MynameisJohn, and their remarkable debut album, Rusangano/Family.

You’re one of us now, the justice minister told more than 800 new Irish citizens yesterday as UCC hosted its first citizenship ceremonies.

Four people with fever considered at risk for ebola were being tested in Spain yesterday for the virus, including one who arrived on an Air France jet that was isolated at Madrid’s airport as a precaution, officials said.

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No one knows just how many people Patrick Sawyer came into contact with the day he boarded a flight in Liberia, had a stopover in Ghana, changed planes in Togo, and then arrived in Nigeria, where authorities say he died days later from Ebola, one of the deadliest diseases known to man.

The Nigerian city of Lagos shut down and quarantined a hospital where a man died of Ebola in the first recorded case of the highly infectious disease in Africa’s most populous country.

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New signings Christian Eriksen and Erik Lamela look set to make their first starts for Tottenham in Saturday’s home game against Norwich.

Emmanuel Adebayor has been asked to train with Tottenham’s reserves.

The spat between Tottenham and Real Madrid over Gareth Bale’s transfer to the Bernabeu continued on Thursday after the Spanish club’s vice-president accused Daniel Levy of holding up the deal.

As the Obamas and Britain’s Queen Elizabeth can all testify, Irish people are still considered to be among the friendliest in the world.

Troops from 13 African countries that took part in the French-led war against al Qaida-linked extremists in Mali marched with the French military during the Bastille Day parade in Paris to honour their role in the conflict.

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The US airlift of French forces to Mali to fight Islamic extremists is expected to go on for another two weeks, Pentagon officials said, as hundreds of African troops join the French-led intervention.

Malian forces have regained control of the strategic town that was under extreme Islamist rule for four months, as the French-led military intervention pushed northwards in its second week.

The French military said its fighter planes and helicopter gunships have carried out a dozen operations over the weekend in Mali, most of them aimed at “terrorist vehicles”.

Radical Islamists have fled a key Malian town on foot following French air strikes.

West African leaders met in the Ivory Coast today for a special summit to discuss how to step up their role in Mali as the French-led military intervention to oust Islamic extremists from power entered its second week.

Troops from Nigeria are expected in Mali today nearly a week after French forces began a military operation to oust radical Islamists from power, according to an official with the West African regional bloc.

This must be a strange morning for Eoin Rheinisch.

THE cuckoo is in trouble.

Harry Redknapp is confident Emmanuel Adebayor will be able to keep his cool during his first outing at the Emirates Stadium as a Tottenham player.

A mother-of-two is to face trial for attacking a garda who had boiling oil thrown on him.

A woman has been granted bail after she was charged with attacking a garda who was doused with boiling oil in Dublin on Sunday morning.

Ivory Coast's incumbent leader has seized the nation's electric company and its distribution centre.

A Nigerian military attack using heavily armed soldiers and aerial bombing runs has killed as many as 150 people in the oil-rich southern delta, a human rights activist said today.

Saudi intelligence services have warned of a new al-Qaida terror threat against Europe, particularly in France, the French government said.

CUCKOOS, the first of the migrant birds to leave our shores in the Autumn, are packing their bags.

Several thousand Ghanaians fleeing ethnic strife in the country's north have crossed the border into Togo in recent days, the United Nations said.

AT least it didn’t ruin his World Cup dream.

MORE than 700 people were executed in 18 countries last year and at least 2,000 people were sentenced to death, Amnesty International’s annual global report on the death penalty has found.

Togo’s election commission declared the son of the country’s late dictator winner of the presidential race today.

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini is looking forward to welcoming Emmanuel Adebayor back to the club tomorrow.

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini has told Carlos Tevez not to make any further remarks about about his former Manchester United team-mate Gary Neville.

Nancy striker Floyd Ayite admits he does not know when he will return to playing after experiencing tragedy with the Togo team on Friday.

Togo’s request to return to the African Nations Cup has been rejected, according to reports.

Confusion still reigns over whether Togo will remain in the African Nations Cup following Friday’s attack on the team bus, with the country’s prime minister urging the team to return home today.

The African Cup of Nations tournament will go on despite an attack on the Togo national soccer team that killed one Angolan and injured eight team members, an Angolan official said today.

The Christmas Day airline bomb plot suspect helped organise a “war on terror” conference while studying in the UK, it emerged today.