Rute Cardoso weeps on the coffin of her late husband Diogo Jota. Photo: Reuters

Diogo Jota&s wife and family were joined yesterday by football stars from around the world, for the funeral in Portugal of the Liverpool footballer and his brother, following their death last week in a car crash in Spain.

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Australian woman found guilty of toxic-mushroom murders
MORWELL, Australia - An Australian woman murdered her husband's parents and aunt by lacing their beef Wellington lunch with toxic mushrooms a jury found on Monday at the end of trial watched around the world.

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Typhoon Danas lashes southern Taiwan with record winds, injuring hundreds
TAIPEI - Typhoon Danas lashed southern Taiwan with record winds and strong rain early on Monday, killing two people and injuring more than 330 in a rare hit to the island's densely populated west coast, where businesses and schools were shut.

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Hong Kong denies entry to 12,452 visitors in first 5 months of 2025
Hong Kong denied entry to more than 12,000 visitors in the first five months of 2025, the immigration chief said on Sunday, stressing that the effort signalled his department's firm stance on border control.

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Trump to host Netanyahu, hopes for Israel-Hamas deal 'this week'
WASHINGTON - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will on Monday meet US President Donald Trump, who expressed hope for a "deal this week" between Israel and Hamas that sees hostages released from the Gaza Strip.

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Trump slams former ally Musk's political party as 'ridiculous'
MORRISTOWN, United States - President Donald Trump on Sunday slammed former ally Elon Musk's launching of a new political party as "ridiculous," after the tech billionaire who once backed the Republican said he wanted to challenge the United States' "one-party system."

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