Entertainment

• Tuesday, February 19th 2019 - 09:18 UTC

  US sailor in iconic photo in New York celebrating the end of WWII, has died

  

  The US sailor famously photographed kissing a stranger in New York's Times Square to celebrate the end of World War Two has died aged 95. The picture of George Mendonsa bending over and kissing 21-year-old Greta Zimmer Friedman on VJ Day (Victory over Japan) became one of the most enduring images of the period.

• Saturday, February 16th 2019 - 11:04 UTC

  Emiliano Sala’s body back in Argentina for funeral in his hometown

  

  The funeral of Cardiff City striker Emiliano Sala will take place in Argentina on Saturday. The 28-year-old died when the plane he was in with pilot David Ibbotson crashed in the English Channel en route from Nantes to Cardiff on 21 January.

• Friday, February 15th 2019 - 10:58 UTC

  Chile joins Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay in bid to host the 2030 World Cup

  

  Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay are to submit a joint bid to host the 2030 World Cup, Chile's President Sebastian Piñera announced on Thursday. Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay had already submitted a joint bid to host the centenary edition of football's most prestigious tournament, but Piñera said on Twitter that those countries' presidents had agreed to Chile's participation in the “joint candidacy”.

• Friday, February 15th 2019 - 08:57 UTC

  Netherlands mock Brexit with a giant Muppet-style monster

  

  The Dutch government sees Brexit not as the elephant in the room but as a giant Muppet-style monster lying on a desk. That is the picture tweeted by Foreign minister Stef Blok, with the warning: “make sure Brexit doesn't sit - or lie - in your way”. There is a link to an official website where Dutch firms can see the potential impact of Brexit on their business.

• Thursday, February 14th 2019 - 09:23 UTC

  Falklands' king penguins among the top wildlife photos of the year

  

  A beautiful image of two male lions rubbing each other's faces in Tanzania has been crowned the People's Choice wildlife photo of the year. The picture, entitled Bond of Brothers, won the contest organized by London's Natural History Museum after 16,000 nature lovers took part in a public vote.

• Tuesday, February 12th 2019 - 10:05 UTC

  Award winning Brazilian television news anchor dies in helicopter crash

  

  An award-winning Brazilian television news anchor died on Monday when a helicopter carrying him crashed on one of Sao Paulo's main highways. Ricardo Boechat, a father of six, was returning from a university in the city of Campinas when the helicopter crashed onto a truck.

• Saturday, February 9th 2019 - 07:04 UTC

  Fire at Rio's Flamengo training center kills ten teenage footballers

  

  A fire at the training centre of Rio de Janeiro soccer club Flamengo killed 10 people and injured at least three others on Friday, firefighters said. The fire broke out at Ninho do Urubu, a state-of-the-art training centre that was expanded and opened only two months ago. The facility has accommodation for teenage players.

• Friday, February 8th 2019 - 09:30 UTC

  Emiliano Sala body recovered from the wrecked plane in the English Channel

  

  The body recovered from the wreckage of a crashed plane is that of Cardiff City player Emiliano Sala, Dorset Police have said. Sala, 28, was travelling to Cardiff in a plane piloted by David Ibbotson, which went missing over the English Channel on 21 January. The body was recovered late on Wednesday after the wreckage was found on Sunday morning.

• Thursday, February 7th 2019 - 10:01 UTC

  All horse racing in UK cancelled because of outbreak of equine fever

  

  All British horse racing meetings on Thursday have been cancelled because of an outbreak of equine flu. The decision by the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) comes after three vaccinated horses in an active yard tested positive for the disease.

• Tuesday, February 5th 2019 - 06:31 UTC

  China celebrates on Tuesday 5 February, Lunar New Year, identified as the Year of the Pig

  

  Chinese New Year or 'Spring Festival' is China's most important festival and holiday time. Chinese New Year 2019 falls on Tuesday, February 5, 2019, beginning a year of the Pig. China's public holiday will be February 4–10, 2019.