Hu Jintao flies to Sichuan Province, where it is feared up to 50,000 people may have died in Monday's earthquake.

Top aid officials ramp up pressure on Burma, as the military government insists it has cyclone aid under control.

Between a quarter and a third of the world's wildlife has been lost since 1970, according to scientists in the UK.

British Airways reports a 45% jump in annual profits to £883m but warns of challenges ahead.

Colombia did not fake computer files which it alleges connect rebels to Venezuela and Ecuador, Interpol says.

California's top court overturns the state's ban on same-sex marriages in a ruling expected to reignite debate.

Senior Irish medical practitioners have warned that early signs of cervical cancer in 1,000 patients could be missed each year if smear test analysis is outsourced to a US company.

Former motorcycle champion Robert Dunlop died last night following a crash during a practice race in Northern Ireland.

Almost 5,000 former patients potentially misdiagnosed by CT scans and chest x-rays in the northeast are to be recalled for further tests by the Health Service Executive (HSE) in what is the largest review in recent years.