Portugal's last circus elephant, Julie, is to become one of the first residents of a retirement home for the pachyderms that ...

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A guide to the weekend's action, with provincial semi-finals in Connacht and Kerry and Donegal making their championship bows.

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The latest satellite, which is partially funded by the National Geographic Society and carried out of Earth’s orbit by a ...

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