Regian Eersel lost his ONE Championship lightweight kickboxing title on the scale after failing to pass hydration at Thursday’s official weigh-ins.

ONE Championship’s Fight Night 30 card will go ahead as planned with 11 fights after three catchweights were agreed overnight, the Bangkok Post understands.

YAKUTSK — Making incisions and carefully taking samples, the scientists at a laboratory in Russia's far east looked like pathologists carrying out a post-mortem.

Students and teachers received a surprise on Thursday when celebrities such as singer Taylor Swift and actor Hugh Jackman appeared in the reading section of Hong Kong's Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE) English exam.

JERUSALEM - The Israeli military announced the launch of a new ground offensive in Gaza City on Friday to expand the security zone it has established in the Palestinian territory.

PARIS — Paris Saint-Germain (PSG_ can wrap up another Ligue 1 title this weekend and are also closing in on the first ever unbeaten season in the top flight of French football.

BARCELONA — Just three points separate leaders Barcelona from Real Madrid at the top of La Liga in a gripping campaign and three goals also divide their main marksmen.

LONDON — Liverpool can move closer to the English Premier League title when the leaders face Fulham on Sunday.

Protesters displayed a banner calling Myanmar's junta chief a "murderer" as he joined a regional summit in Bangkok on Friday, a week after a huge earthquake killed thousands, leaving desperate survivors pleading for food and shelter.

PORTNOO — A new school in Ireland is training up a fresh generation of thatchers in a bid to save the country's disappearing thatched roofs, an iconic feature of the Irish landscape.