Bangkok has been hit by a thick smog so bad that residents have been coughing and sneezing up blood city's pollution problem has got to such a state that even pets are suffering from illnesses caused by the smog.
Once denounced as a "gangster" by Chinese authorities, Peppa Pig has managed to clean up her act just in time for the year of the pig. In a dramatic turnaround for the British children's cartoon once co-opted as an unlikely symbol of dissent against the Communist Party, Beijing will next week allow the release of a film, Peppa's Chinese New Year.
At least 29 children and newborn babies have died in freezing temperatures after fleeing conflict in the last Isis controlled villages in eastern Syria. The World Health Organization (WHO) said it was extremely concerned about the conditions facing 23,000 people who have taken flight from rural areas of Deir Ez-Zor over the past two months, warning that services are severely overstretched.
When you know, you know. And if you don't know, get yourself informed ASAP. Because the greatest McFlurry of all time is back on the McDonald's menu in both the mini and standard size and it calls for a celebration.
Since The Late Late Toy Show is a rite of passage in nearly every Irish household, we're loving this clever idea from SuperValu in Stradbally, Co Laois.