News

• Explainer: What is the ‘backstop’ and why does it remain a major sticking point in Brexit talks? – Ireland

• ‘Rogues’ may have killed journalist, insists Trump – Ireland

• Waimea Community Dam faces final hurdle

• Wimbeldon to introduce final set tiebreakers

• What to expect now that Meghan and Harry are expecting – Ireland

• ‘No deal on Brexit more likely than ever before’ as divisive Irish border talks continue – Ireland

• Train runs over crowd in northern India, 50 feared dead

• Pakistan crush Australia in second cricket Test

• Fostered boy told months before Leaving Cert he’d be made homeless – Ireland

• Profit hopes melt in heat: Superdry hit by shares slump after warning – Ireland

Top Stories

• AI’s $6TRILLION boost to world economy will create 500,000 jobs and give everyone a Siri

• Man arrested on suspicion of GBH after ‘falling on woman’ in Westfield centre

• Jihadi wife claims council breached her human rights

• Chelsea team news: Expected Blues line-up vs Man Utd, Maurizio Sarri to field this 4-3-3?

• Real Madrid next manager: Conte says YES to replacing Lopetegui after personal phone call

• Sports Update: Cork Con, Clontarf and Garryowen aiming to keep up 100% records

• Sports Update: Warnock on Arter: ‘Eddie did warn me… he said he’d get booked in training’

• Luke Shaw: Man Utd star SIGNS new five-year contract, more deals set to follow

• ‘I’m letting everything go’ Meghan Markle’s sister ready to END RIFT amid pregnancy

• Sports Update: Taylor, Tennyson and respective opponents make weight for Irish world title doubleheader

Science

• Russia Plays It Cool In The Wake Of Near-Devastating Rocket Failure, But Their Timeline Could Leave The ISS Understaffed

• A Mission To Mercury Seeking To Answer Fundamental Questions About Our Solar System’s Smallest Planet

• Singer Beverley Craven defies a double mastectomy to go on a 32-date tour

• Would you trust a £200 scanner to check your breasts at home? Ground-breaking new gadgets developed

• Science: AstroCritic Review: ‘First Man’ Shows You What Real Astronauts Are Like

• Science: Curiosity Rover on Mars Exercises Its ‘New’ Brain (Photo)

• Science:

• Pioneering implant that can revitalise failing hearts  

• ASK DR ELLIE CANNON: Why can’t I get rid of this metallic taste in my mouth?

• Why people who think they can talk to the dead AREN’T going out of their minds

Health

• Plague of ‘sneaky subscriptions’ on Apple’s App Store trick users

• Parliamentary committee makes history by taking evidence from a ROBOT

• Rembrandt’s masterpiece ‘The Night Watch’ will be restored inside glass cabinet at Amsterdam gallery

• You really CAN follow your nose: People with a good sense of smell are better at navigation

• Hinge launches ‘We Met’ feature to let users review first dates

• Trump may not know what’s behind warming, but…

• Almost HALF of Americans say they can’t tell the difference between a social media bot and a human

• Scientists make plea to save Pacific Northwest killer whales from extinction

• Scientists warn extinction now outpaces evolution

• ‘Concrete block on your chest’: astronauts recount…

News Summary

• Southwest flight makes emergency landing after passenger allegedly plays unwanted game of ‘footsie’

• ICE’s most wanted fugitive captured in Louisiana

• Chinese premier arrives in Netherlands for official visit

• Int’l photo exhibition held in Mongolia

• EU executive says working for Brexit deal but also…

• Israeli defense chief shrugs off Trump’s remark on 2…

• Moanes Dabour keen to sink Scotland after downing Celtic

• While ripping Trump, media and Hollywood rush to cut ties to Saudis

• Michigan pizza delivery guy drives nearly 500 miles to deliver pie to dying man

• More people spend time at bookstores during weekend

Technology

• Ryan Lochte plays doting dad after car crash, alcohol abuse revelations

• Hitler’s nephew was going to marry a Jewish girl

• Nine-month-old boy is found after he was ‘abducted from his home by 15-year-old girl’

• The hidden gems where Prince Harry and Meghan Markle could stay when they visit Fiji

• A big chunk of space junk came crashing down in California, and it’s just been identified

• Oklahoma girl Kaylen Thomas is shot dead at a friend’s house

• Black Ops 4 Blackout tips, tricks, battle royale differences and things to know

• Agent 47 can dress up as a sinister scarecrow in Hitman’s free Hallowe’en DLC pack

• Stunning 106-square-foot tiny house lets its owners live ANYWHERE without a permit

• Splash Damage is ending development on its free-to-play shooter Dirty Bomb