England overcame a potentially dangerous Rugby World Cup opener against Argentina on Saturday thanks to the prolific boot of George Ford as Ireland welcomed...

No. 17 Duke returns to action after an open week to face North Carolina State on Saturday

Facebook has stopped working, with users complaining they are unable to post. Many feared that they had been banned from using the site. But the problems appear to be related to technical issues. Other platforms owned by parent company Meta – such as WhatsApp and Instagram – appeared to be functioning as usual. Meta has recently been working to integrate the infrastructure of its different social networks, which seemingly means that they occasionally go offline at the same time. Some parts of Facebook also appeared to be working as normal, at least for some users. Facebook users complained particularly that posting appeared to be broken, even as other parts of the site worked. That led many to fear that they had been blocked from posting on the site because of some unknown infringement of the rules. On tracking website Down Detector, many said they were worried they had got in trouble until they saw details of the outage. Meta does not operate an official status page for its customer-facing products. It does offer one to businesses, which showed no current issues at the time of publication. Read More Facebook’s new AI sticker tool generates ‘completely unhinged’ images Facial recognition firm Clearview AI overturns UK data privacy fine New AI can tell if you have diabetes after just 10 seconds of listening to your voice

Sweden’s embattled landlords are facing intensifying pressure to sell properties to raise cash, as $17 billion in debt

Two pregnant migrant women who were looking to turn themselves in to US immigration authorities last week say Texas National Guard members denied them water when they asked for it.

A leading think tank revises down its growth forecast for the domestic Irish economy this year.

Russia "must stop" its blockade of Ukrainian seaports after pulling out of a United Nations and Turkey-mediated deal to ensure grain shipments, European Council...

Forbes reported that Swift has been earning between $10 million and $13 million from each concert stop

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Victor Kiplangat of Uganda executed his game plan to near perfection, pulling away late in the race to win the men’s marathon on the last day of world championships

Former president Donald Trump denied that he ever possessed a secret document about attacking Iran despite the fact a recording exists that had him discussing a document he kept from his presidency. Mr Trump spoke in an interview with Fox News anchor Bret Baier at his property in Bedminster, New Jersey less than a week after he pleaded not guilty to 37 charges in a federal court in Miami at his arraignment. A federal grand jury had indicted him for allegedly willfully mishandling classified documents, obstruction of justice and making false statements. The former president was also confronted by Baier over his insistence that he won the 2020 election — which he did not, as the Fox News host made clear in a testy exchange. Voters may be growing sick of Mr Trump as well. In a new poll, voters were most likely to describe Donald Trump in one word: a “criminal”. Mr Trump also complained about the latest Quinnipiac University poll being cited by Fox News that shows Joe Biden beating him in the 2024 election as the network prepared to broadcast an interview with him. Read More Voters think Trump is a criminal, Biden is too old and DeSantis is a fascist, new poll finds Trump’s defence secretary says his hoarding of secrets was ‘unauthorised, illegal and dangerous’ Trump, other Republicans conjure a familiar enemy in attacking Democrats as 'Marxists,' 'communists' Trump is incredibly guilty: that doesn’t mean he’ll get the prison time he deserves

The rain clouds have passed and the temple has burned