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Argentinian great Agustin Pichot promises a revolution as he challenges for World Rugby's top job

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY NIK SIMON: World Rugby has found itself at a revolutionary crossroads after Agustin Pichot launched a late bid to challenge Bill Beaumont in the presidential elections.




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Albanian-born Rita Ora and Bebe Rexha pen heartfelt messages to families affected by the earthquake

Rita Ora and her fellow Albanian-born singer Bebe Rexha have pledged their support to the families hit by Tuesday's deadly earthquake in Albania.




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The most miniatures ever created for a 'Star Wars' movie was 'Phantom Menace,' despite everyone thinking it was all CGI

Disney Plus' show "Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian" doesn't just reveal secrets from the show, but from the "Star Wars" franchise, too.In episode 2 of the show, titled "Legacy," Industrial Light & Magic CCO John Knoll revealed that "The Phantom Menace" used the most miniatures of any "Star Wars" movie.It's a shocking revelation as most believe the movie was heavily done using computer-generated imagery.Visit Insider's homepage for more stories.If you are watching the new Disney Plus show, "Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian," you might have caught a fascinating tidbit in the second episode, which launched on the service Friday, called "Legacy."It comes around the nine-minute mark of the episode. During the round table conversation "The Mandalorian" creator Jon Favreau has with some of the major




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ORDER advance to Road to Rio - Oceania final

ORDER overturned an 11-point deficit on Train and pulled out a 22-19, double-overtime win to seal a 2-1 victory over Chiefs Esports Club on Saturday in the...




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End of an era: Bangladesh's last Armenian dies

Michael Joseph Martin, Bangladesh's last Armenian, has died aged 89, bringing an end to the more than 300-year presence of the once thriving and powerful...




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Half of Spaniards will see lockdown eased from Monday...

By Jessica Jones and Guillermo MartinezMADRID, May 9 (Reuters) - Spain's daily death toll from the coronavirus fell to its second lowest since mid-March on ...




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Younger workers are hit hardest in the coronavirus job market, and it spells bad news for millennials and Gen Z

Younger workers are bearing the economic toll of the coronavirus pandemic more so than older workers, according to a recent report by Data for Progress.More than half of those polled under age 45 have lost jobs, lost hours, or been put on leave, the report found.It's bad news for millennials, who are still financially behind from the Great Recession, and Gen Z, who might find themselves on the same path as older millennials.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.The economic shock of the coronavirus pandemic is disproportionately impacting younger workers the most.More than half (52%) of respondents under age 45 have lost jobs, lost hours, or been put on leave, according to a recent report by Data for Progress which surveyed 2,644 likely voters in the US. That's compared to 26%




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Gynaecologist quizzed by Ukrainian police 'after woman sees her intimate examination on a porn site'

Police have questioned a 'respected' Ukrainian gynaecologist, Dr Vyacheslav Tripolko, after an unnamed woman saw herself on an adult site undergoing an ultrasound investigation.




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Mother 'tries to smother son in Ukrainian hospital after crying distracted her from drinking'

An unnamed 33-year-old woman allegedly tried to kill her young child at a children's hospital in Odesa, Ukraine. She was in the middle of a drinking session when her son woke up crying.




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Three-year-old boy shot dead in botched assassination attempt on his Ukrainian politican father 

Three-year-old Sasha Soboleva (pictured left), was shot in the head on the back seat of his father's car (pictured top right) during a failed assassination attempt in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev.




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Little Ukrainian girl is found living in a make-shift tent on a RUBBISH DUMP

A father is accused of collecting his daughter from an orphanage only to abandon her at a rubbish dump in Odessa, Ukraine months later. She was discovered by authorities on December 30.




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Pictured: Three British victims of Ukrainian Airlines flight in Iran

Mohammad Reza Kadkhoda-Zadeh (pictured), 40, is understood to have travelled to Iran to see family over the Christmas period and was returning to the UK via Ukraine.




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Ukrainian powerlifter carries a 55-stone COW on his shoulders in bizarre show of strength

Dmitry Khaladzhi, 40, has lifted a 55-stone cow for more a minute near Moscow. The powerlifter, of Ukraine, claims to hold 63 Guinness World Records.




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Boy, two, chokes to death on his own blood at Ukrainian hospital

Maksim Mygovych was taken to hospital last week in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev after swallowing a piece of plastic, but died after a camera inserted down his throat punctured his oesophagus.




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Shocking moment three Ukrainian men are seriously hurt when one sets off a GRENADE in their car

The moment of the explosion was caught on a CCTV camera in Lelyaky, Vinnytsia. The three men were put into intensive care and had operations to remove shrapnel.




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Don't Tell The Bride: Angry bride threatens to call off her authentic Ukrainian wedding

Bride-to-be Anna, 30, from Ukraine, is left in tears after discovering her groom Andy, 30, from Jersey, has bought her a £150 wedding gown that's falling apart in Don't Tell The Bride.




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Mother dies from coronavirus hours after giving birth to her first child in Ukrainian hospital 

Woman, named only as Galina, fell sick with coronavirus after a 19-day stay at a perinatal unit in Ukraine, gave birth to a baby girl, was rushed to intensive care, but died just hours later.




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'Ukrainian cannibal killed his girlfriend and fried her legs after getting hungry while boozing'

The cannibal, identified only as Oleksandr (pictured with his girlfriend), is said to have been frying and eating his victim's legs when police raided his house in the city of Kryvyi Rih.




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Ukrainians cheat death when apartment block almost collapses on them

Two pedestrians were forced to run for their lives as an apartment building suddenly collapsed into the street in the city of Odessa, Ukraine, shortly after restoration crews started work on it.




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Understaffed hospitals in California are suspending nurses just when they need them most - and volunteers aren't being deployed

At least two hospitals in California have suspended nurses for calling out inadequate access to protective gear such as airborne-resistant masks. Nurses at these hospitals - Providence Saint John's in Santa Monica and West Hills Hospital in Los Angeles - said there aren't enough caregivers to treat coronavirus patients.Nearly 90,000 volunteer nurses and healthcare workers have signed up to help short-staffed California hospitals, but the state hasn't deployed any of them yet.If you are a nurse in a short-staffed hospital, email aakhtar@businessinsider.com. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.Jacob Childs used to work alongside his brother as registered nurses in the designated coronavirus floor at Providence Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California - until his




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Sonia Kruger, 54, keeps it chic in a trench coat as she shops on Rodeo Drive

Sonia Kruger is covering the glamour of the red carpet for the Oscars in LA.




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Oscars 2020: Sonia Kruger awkwardly palms off Access Hollywood's Mario Lopez

Sonia Kruger was reporting live from the Oscars red carpet on Sunday night. 




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David 'Kochie' Koch SLAMS a Hollywood star who had a run-in with Sonia Kruger at the Oscars

Sunrise host David Koch has unleashed on a major Hollywood star who had an awkward run-in with Sonia Kruger at the Oscars on Sunday.




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Israeli PM praises Trump for killing top Iranian general and says US has 'right to defend itself'

As he boarded a flight home after cutting short a visit to Greece (pictured today), Netanyahu said: 'Just as Israel has the right of self-defence, the United States has exactly the same right.'




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How airstrike on Iranian general unfolded in Baghdad

Qassem Soleimani, head of Iran's feared Quds force, had just arrived at Baghdad airport early on Friday morning when a US Reaper drone fired four guided missiles at two cars, killing him.




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White House formally notifies Congress of airstrike that killed Iranian general

The notification is classified and likely describes Trump's justification for the attack that killed the high-level Iranian official, who was considered second in power to the Ayatollah.




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Palestinians burn US flags: World reacts to airstrike death of Iran commander Soleimani 

Protesters across the West have gathered today to condemn the US drone strikes following the death of Iran's highest ranking general Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad.




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Iranian MPs chant 'death to America' in fist-clenched fury over US drone death of Soleimani

Parliament speaker Ali Larijani compared Soleimani's killing to the 1953 CIA-backed coup that cemented the shah's power and to the U.S. Navy's shootdown of an Iranian passenger plane.




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Iranian official mocks Donald Trump by posting his country's flag to Twitter after airbase attack 

In the early hours of this morning representative of the supreme leader in Iran, Saeed Jalili (pictured) retaliated and mocked President Trump by posting an image of the Iranian flag.




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Qassem Soleimani laid to rest as thousands line the streets after Iranian missiles hit Iraq US bases

Thousands of people have lined the streets of Qassem Soleimani hometown before the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard's elite Quds Force was laid to rest.




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Nancy Pelosi said 'I'll call him back' when Pence called to tell her about Iranian missile attacks

Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she'd return a phone call to Vice President Mike Pence Tuesday night after he called to inform her about the Iranian missile attacks on U.S. targets in Iraq.




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Qantas will divert non-stop flights from Australia to London after Iranian missile attack

The US Federal Aviation Authority on Wednesday also barred US airliners from flying over Iraq and Iranian airspace in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman.




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Australian troops in danger as Iranian launches missile attack on US airbases in Iraq

Australia could potentially find itself embroiled in another conflict in the Middle East after Iran launched a revenge rocket attack on American air bases in Iraq .




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Dramatic photos show bombed out Iraqi air base where Iranian missiles hit

American soldiers were either flown out of the al-Asad base (left) by 11pm on Tuesday local time or were sheltering in bunkers - waiting until the missiles fell at around 1:30am on Wednesday.




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US military lost contact with drones overhead during Iranian ballistic missile strike

At the time the attack was launched at 1.35am on January 8, the US Army was flying seven unmanned aerial vehicles over Iraq to monitor bases where US-led coalition forces are deployed.




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Kourtney Kardahsian pushes her Pomeranian in pram in jokey Instagram post during self-isolation

Kourtney wore a graphic beige sweatshirt and pink logo'd sweatpants. Her long hair was styled in a top knot and she sported sunglasses.




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Woman, 33, who keeps a nine-month-old PUMA as a pet reveals it's best friends with her Pomeranian

Natalia Korotova, 33, from Perm Krai in Russia, is the proud owner of London, a nine-month-old puma, who is already incredibly large and a big presence in her home.




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Khabib's father 'in hospital with heart problem just two weeks after flu and pneumonia treatment'

The news comes just two weeks after Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov was admitted to hospital with flu and pneumonia symptoms after spending two days walking up freezing mountains.




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Ted Cruz has secured 10 of 13 at-large delegates in Virginia

Ted Cruz has taken 10 of the 13 at-large delegates in Virginia, even though he came a distant third place in the state's Super Tuesday primary, where Trump won with 34.7per cent of the vote.




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Donald Trump is now beating Ted Cruz by 34 points in California

Doing well in California is looking more and more like a pipe dream for Donald Trump's chief rival Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. Trump now leads the Texan by 34 points in the Golden State.




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Facebook's Peter Thiel listed as one of Donald Trump's California delegates

Thiel, cofounder of PayPal, has previously endorsed Ron Paul and Ted Cruz - and even invested $2 million in Carly Fiorina's Super PAC last year.




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Donald Trump wins West Virginia primary securing 71.6% Republican vote

Donald Trump claimed victory in both West Virginia and Nebraska GOP primaries as his race for the Republican presidential candidacy continues almost unchallenged.




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Presenter Justin Webb says Rory Stewart should not stand for mayor because he is white old Etonian

BBC Today presenter Justin Webb (left) said that Rory Stewart (right) standing in the 2020 mayoral race was not 'really 2020' because he is a 'white guy and Old Etonian'.




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Trump reads from FDR and meets WWII vets with Melania and the Queen at UK commemoration of D-Day

The U.S. president quoted his predecessor as he took part in the British commemoration of the 75th anniversary of D-Day, led by Queen Elizabeth II, in Portsmouth, on the English south coast.




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Boris Johnson says 'body of evidence' shows doomed Ukrainian airliner WAS accidentally shot

Insisting 'the best British experts' should be involved in the investigation into the incident in Tehran, Boris Johnson said last night: 'The loss of life is a tragedy.




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Nigel Farage says Britain should stop apologising for its colonial past

The Brexit Party leader railed against the constant dredging up of the country's imperial history and suggested politicians should instead focus on forging a better future.




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Leonardo DiCaprio PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: Actor, 44, and Camila Morrone, 22, cruise into Sardinia

The Titanic actor went shirtless as he soaked up the sunshine in royal blue swim-shorts, while his girlfriend dazzled in a simple black ensemble.




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Japan warns North Korea now has miniaturized nukes

Japan's military last year said it was 'possible' that North Korea had achieved miniaturisation, but Tokyo now appears to have upgraded its assessment (pictured, a recent North Korean weapons test).




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Katy Perry joins the party as Dasha Zhukova and Stavros Niarchos' wedding celebrations continue

They married in a surprise, £5million wedding on Friday in the stunning surroundings of St Moritz, Switzerland.




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Donald Trump wins West Virginia primary securing 71.6% Republican vote

Donald Trump claimed victory in both West Virginia and Nebraska GOP primaries as his race for the Republican presidential candidacy continues almost unchallenged.