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Posted by The Analyst | June 10, 2019 | Breaking News
Justin Bieber challenges Tom Cruise to UFC cage fight

Justin Bieber has challenged Tom Cruise to a UFC-style cage fight.

Posted by The Analyst | June 10, 2019 | Breaking News
Kazakhstan election marred by arrests as ex-president’s ally on course to win

Preliminary results show an ally of Kazakhstan's former president has won the country's presidential election.

Posted by The Analyst | June 10, 2019 | Breaking News
British online supermarket invests £17m in vertical farming deals

The British online supermarket Ocado has announced a pair of major investment deals to expand into vertical farming.

Posted by The Analyst | June 10, 2019 | Breaking News
Ocado invests £17m in vertical farming deals

Ocado has announced a pair of major investment deals to expand into vertical farming.

Posted by The Analyst | June 10, 2019 | Breaking News
Baseball star shot in ambush at Dominican Republic bar

Former Boston Red Sox baseball player David Ortiz has been ambushed by a man who got off a motorcycle and shot him in the back in his native Dominican Republic.

Posted by The Analyst | June 10, 2019 | Breaking News
Democratic rivals take swipes at Joe Biden at key Iowa fundraiser

Contenders to be the Democratic nomination for US president in 2020 have taken turns to direct veiled criticism at absent frontrunner Joe Biden at a key party fundraiser.

Posted by The Analyst | June 10, 2019 | Breaking News
Neil Woodford firm ‘pleased’ with progress despite investor uproar

Neil Woodford's listed business has said it is “pleased” with the progress of its portfolio companies, despite a dive in its share price after the renowned stock-picker suspended one of...

Posted by The Analyst | June 10, 2019 | Science & Tech
Bethesda, id software unveil 'Doom Eternal' and cloud gaming tech to speed game streams

Bethesda Softworks and id Software have been working on improvements in game software to improve video game streaming services.

Posted by The Analyst | June 10, 2019 | Farming
Price collapse a big cloud on horizon for this Donegal sheep farmer

The news from the Duffy farm in Donegal continues to be good. While there was the normal 'ups and downs' of farming life during the spring, lambing went well and...

Posted by The Analyst | June 10, 2019 | Farming
The wettest and wildest planting season US farmers can remember

There has never been a spring planting season like this one. Rivers topped their banks. Levees were breached. Fields filled with water and mud. And it kept raining.

Posted by The Analyst | June 10, 2019 | Farming
358 acre farm in Meath fails to sell after falling short of €11m guide

A Meath estate on 358ac of grass and tillage was withdrawn from auction during the week after being bid to €9.5m.

Posted by The Analyst | June 10, 2019 | Breaking News
Hong Kong leader signals extradition bill will go forward

Hong Kong's leader Carrie Lam has signalled that her government will go ahead with proposed amendments to its extradition laws after a massive protest against them.

Posted by The Analyst | June 10, 2019 | Science & Tech
Bethesda, id software unveils 'Doom Eternal' and cloud gaming tech to speed game streams

Bethesda Softworks and id Software have been working on improvements in game software to improve video game streaming services.

Posted by The Analyst | June 10, 2019 | Farming
Creed refuses to back down in fisheries row over Rockall

The minister responsible for fisheries has said he will not ask Irish fishermen to leave waters around Rockall, despite a renewed threat of enforcement action by the Scottish authorities.

Posted by The Analyst | June 10, 2019 | Breaking News
Hundreds arrested in Kazakhstan vote protest

Police arrested about 500 people amid "unauthorised" protests in Kazakhstan about a presidential election that opponents claim was a fake exercise in democracy.

Posted by The Analyst | June 10, 2019 | Breaking News
‘Four dead’ as anti-army unrest rocks Sudan cities

At least four people have died on the first day of a campaign of civil disobedience against military rule in Sudan, according to opposition medics.

Posted by The Analyst | June 10, 2019 | Breaking News
Protests flood Hong Kong’s streets over extradition law

Hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Hong Kong yesterday to demonstrate against a controversial extradition law that would allow suspects to be sent to mainland China.

Posted by The Analyst | June 10, 2019 | Breaking News
New prostate scan to tell men whether they’ll develop disease

A new one-off prostate cancer test at the age of 55 promises to give men "peace of mind" they will never develop the disease, scientists have revealed.

Posted by The Analyst | June 10, 2019 | Breaking News
Man with BB gun sparks mass stampede at gay pride parade amid shooting fears

A man threatened another person with a BB gun during an LGBT pride parade, triggering a massive panic that sent hundreds of people running away in fear.

Posted by The Analyst | June 10, 2019 | Breaking News
Greens top poll to turn up heat on Merkel party

Angela Merkel's successor as leader of Germany's ruling Christian Democrats party is under growing pressure after it was forced into second place by the Greens in a series of opinion...

Posted by The Analyst | June 10, 2019 | Breaking News
Actor Chris Pratt ties the knot with Arnie’s daughter Katherine

Actor Chris Pratt says he feels "blessed" after tying the knot with Katherine Schwarzenegger.

Posted by The Analyst | June 10, 2019 | Breaking News
100 firefighters battle blaze at London flats

An investigation has been launched after fire caused extensive damage to a block of flats in east London, sparking new fears of a Grenfell-style tragedy.

Posted by The Analyst | June 10, 2019 | Breaking News
Pope laments ‘fashionable culture of insults’ on social media

Pope Francis has spoken out against what he called today's "culture of insults" in the world.

Posted by The Analyst | June 10, 2019 | Breaking News
Macron warns Boris Johnson over €44bn divorce bill from EU

Emmanuel Macron has warned Boris Johnson that Britain's economy will be downgraded and plunged into turmoil if the UK withholds the €44bn Brexit divorce payment from Brussels.

Posted by The Analyst | June 10, 2019 | Breaking News
Labour in disarray on second vote as policy disputed

A senior Labour frontbencher has denied the party's Brexit policy is to push for a second referendum, despite a host of senior colleagues backing a new public vote.

Posted by The Analyst | June 10, 2019 | Breaking News
Drugs revelation: I won’t be denied entry to US over cocaine, says Michael Gove

Conservative leadership contender Michael Gove yesterday dismissed suggestions he could be prevented from visiting the US as prime minister because of his admission he has taken cocaine.

Posted by The Analyst | June 9, 2019 | Science & Tech
E3 2019: Microsoft strikes first in video game console battle with Xbox successor in 2020

At the Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3, Sunday, Microsoft said it has a new video game console system "Project Scarlett" due in holiday 2020.

Posted by The Analyst | June 9, 2019 | Farming
Serial inventor stole the show with solar-powered feeder

First place in the Inventions in Agriculture Class last year went to Seamus Hession of Connacht Agri for his solar-powered feeder invention, the Solar 1200 Feedsman.

Posted by The Analyst | June 9, 2019 | Farming
Greens want ban on ‘unethical’ live exports

Live exports should be phased out due to their "unethical nature", Green Party agriculture spokesperson Pippa Hackett has said.

Posted by The Analyst | June 9, 2019 | Farming
A fungicide formula for keeping costs down

As spring barley is still the largest single arable crop grown in Ireland, maximising its yield potential will have a significant impact on profitability on most tillage farms again this...

Posted by The Analyst | June 9, 2019 | Breaking News
Raytheon and United Technologies merger to create US defence giant

US companies Raytheon and United Technologies are merging in a deal that will create one of the world's largest defence companies.

Posted by The Analyst | June 9, 2019 | Science & Tech
E3 2019: Microsoft unveils Project Scarlett console during Xbox event

Microsoft hosts its annual event to help kick off the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles. Will we finally see the next Xbox?

Posted by The Analyst | June 9, 2019 | Science & Tech
United Technologies and Raytheon agree to merge

A Raytheon and United Technologies pairing could result in an aerospace and defense powerhouse worth more than $100 billion, second only to Boeing.

Posted by The Analyst | June 9, 2019 | Breaking News
Woman killed as crane smashes into flats during Texas thunderstorms

A woman has been killed and six other people injured after a crane collapsed on an apartment building in Texas amid severe thunderstorms.

Posted by The Analyst | June 9, 2019 | Breaking News
Crane smashes into flats during severe thunderstorms in Texas

At least two people have been taken to hospital after a crane collapsed on an apartment building in Dallas amid severe thunderstorms.

Posted by The Analyst | June 9, 2019 | Science & Tech
E3 2019: Will we see a new Xbox? Follow live for updates

Microsoft hosts its annual event to help kick off the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles. Will we finally see the next Xbox?

Posted by The Analyst | June 9, 2019 | Breaking News
Women’s World Cup: Delight and debate over BBC’s all-female punditry team

Football fans watching the BBC's coverage of England and Scotland's World Cup opener expressed their surprise and delight at the unusual sight of an all-female punditry team.

Posted by The Analyst | June 9, 2019 | Science & Tech
Apple lets users track menstrual cycles on Health app, Watch with software update

Apple's adds Cycle Tracker to the Health app and Watch to record menstruation cycles and patterns, jumping into an industry with over 1,000 apps.

Posted by The Analyst | June 9, 2019 | Breaking News
Trump is ‘confident’ Mexico will enforce new deal on immigration

US President Donald Trump yesterday predicted Mexico would strongly enforce a new deal under which it agreed to expand a controversial asylum programme and boost security on its southern border...

Posted by The Analyst | June 9, 2019 | Breaking News
The warlord behind the bloody struggle for power in Sudan

It was an act of intimidation so bizarre that Mohammed barely understood what was happening until it was over.