The Costa Fortuna (file photo) was denied permission to dock on the island of Phuket because 64 people on board had been in Italy in the last 14 days, Thai media said.

London Goheen and Reece Hawkins arrived at Brisbane International Airport on Wednesday after a holiday in Thailand.  

The British men were among nine foreigners and five Thai women partying in Phuket, Thailand, on Wednesday night. Pictured: Scenes inside the apartment after the police bust yesterday.

The motorcyclist, driving along a highway in Surat Thani, southern Thailand, is forced to pull off a quick manoeuvre to avoid slamming in to a pickup truck's tail end.

Kaz Crossley is determined to make the best of things after being left stranded in Thailand.

The Love Island star, 26, continued to take advantage of the stunning island of Phuket in Thailand as she enjoyed a sunbathing session on Tuesday.

The Love Island 2018 star drew attention to her taut midriff and pert posterior in the Baywatch-inspired bathing suit.

King Maha Vajiralongkorn, 67, is believed to be back at the four-star retreat in southern Germany (pictured) after returning from brief visits back to Thailand.

The experiment would have seen the Saturday qualifying replaced with a sprint race, in which drivers lined up in reverse championship order, with the leading driver starting at the back.

JONATHAN MCEVOY IN MEXICO CITY: Max Verstappen has been singled out as Formula One's 'silly' dangerman after his gung-ho approach in last weekend's Mexican Grand Prix.

McLaren will not enter a bidding race to reunite Lewis Hamilton with the team that launched his career. Hamilton is almost certain to win his sixth Formula One world title at the US Grand Prix.

Verstappen has 100 starts and seven wins to his name since becoming the sport's youngest driver and next season he could yet become the youngest champion.

Former Labour cabinet minister Lord Hain has written to Downing Street calling for Hamilton to be rewarded with an upgrade on the MBE he received after he won his maiden championship in 2008.

Naturally, the whole sporting shindig began with a song, a mournful dirge to my ear. The BBC, we have long realised, has given up comprehensive TV coverage of games.

Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton has pledged to donate $500,000 to bushfire relief. 

Sophie Turner looked back to her normal routine in California with husband Joe Jonas on Tuesday. The married couple were seen with their dogs in LA.

With the first weekend of elite sport suspended as a consequence of the coronavirus pandemic upon us, it is not just the regular-going fans who are seeking alternative ways to spend their weekend.

Hamilton met the pair at an event in London on March 4 before flying out to Melbourne for the first race of the Formula One season, which was called off last Friday morning.

INTERVIEW BY PETE JENSON: There is a moment in Andres Iniesta's soon to be released biopic 'The Unexpected Hero' when Lionel Messi contemplates his own retirement.

In a document handed to more than 100 ambassadors in Rome for meetings with top Vatican officials, Francis told the envoys they had to 'live for the things of God and not for those of the world'.

Madonna revealed she would like a meeting with Pope Francis in a wide-ranging interview with Andrew Denton which aired on Tuesday night. 

The most powerful figure in the Catholic Church took to social media to share a cryptic tweet in the hours after the Victorian Supreme Court turned down Pell's appeal against sex abuse convictions.

Speaking at a three-day event, Pope Francis warned Silicon Valley and tech giants in the audience to be ware AI doesn't lead to a new 'form of barbarism', resulting in the manipulation of millions.

Italian journalist Gianluigi Nuzzi (pictured) writes that the Vatican lost nearly €44million (£38million) last year while its property empire made a loss for the first time.

Pope Francis told a nun 'I'll give you a kiss, but you must stay calm' as he entered the Vatican auditorium, today. It comes a week after he slapped a woman for grabbing his hand on New Years Eve.

Cardinal Joao Braz de Aviz confirmed the house's existence during an interview for the February issue of the Vatican's magazine Women Church World.

The footprints mark where people should stand to avoid close contact under the one-yard rule - which Italians were taking to heart by carrying rulers into bars and shops today.

Francis lead the ceremony inside the shelter of an empty St Peter's Basilica. He was joined only by his aides, some nuns and a few laypeople, who sat staggered throughout the pews.

The Argentine pontiff live-streamed an Easter Monday prayer from his private library as the Vatican and Italy entered a second month of restrictions on most outdoor activities.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez used a vigil for victims of gun violence on Monday night to call Donald Trump a racist. 'I don't want to hear the question, 'Is this president racist?' anymore. He is,' she said.

The image that went viral after it was Tweeted by Melania' staff, shows her holding Paul Anchondo, who is two months old and believed to be the youngest survivor of the August 3 massacre.

Antonio Basco was emotional after a car dealership replaced his SUV which was stolen and vandalized. He buried his wife who died in the El Paso shooting the day before it was taken.

Antonio Basco was arrested Monday night for driving drunk in the same blue 2019 Ford Explorer that was donated to him by a car dealership in August.

The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday told Americans that Prilosec, Pepcid and other alternatives are free of NDMA found in Zantac - but they have other risks.

Jet is winding down its service after about a year due to problems with pricing and keeping fresh food in stock. Jet will shut down a facility in the Bronx where more than 200 people work.

Victor Jimmy Castro, 28, had ordered food from a McDonald's located inside of a Layton Walmart off Hillfield Road. During the assault, he told employees that they had gotten his order wrong.

Former US Army 1st Lt Clint Lorance (left) tweeted on Thursday that it was 'impossible to find a job' despite the fact that he was granted a full pardon by President Trump (right) last month.

Mack's foundation made the $80,000 donation last month to a location in Fort Pierce, Florida, that just so happens to be where the star athlete was born and raised.

Thomas Markle has spoken exclusively to Channel 5 in a new television documentary and described Meghan and Harry's behaviour as embarrassing.

Clarksville, Tennessee, police responded to a report on Sunday of a man who appeared trapped in a clothing and shoe donation bin near the Walmart supercenter on Wilma Rudolph Boulevard.

The stubborn pooch was filmed in a car park in Walmart in Toronto, Ontario in Canada. The recorder is heard saying 'What's up!' and 'I can see you!' but the dog continues to ignore him.

The bomb squad took Spot to a Walmart in Westboro, Massachusetts after employees spotted a suspicious looking 'old brown briefcase' abandoned on a bin in the car park.

Donald Trump insisted Sunday that people stop panic buying and hoarding food and goods as the coronavirus death toll in the U.S. hit 63 and cases neared 3,500. 

President Donald Trump said he called the head of Walmart to place a 'big' order for gowns as the nation confronts a pressing need for hospital gear.

Army Private First Class Glendon Oakley Jr., 23, was found dead in his quarters at Fort Bliss on Wednesday, a spokesman confirmed.

State Health officials shutdown a Walmart Supercenter in Aurora, Colorado, after two employees and spouse linked to the store died of coronavirus this month

Trump said Wednesday that the ceasefire his administration negotiated last week on the Turkish-Syrian border is intact, even as more blood is spilled in northern Syria.

In a provocative speech in Ankara, Erdogan (pictured today) savaged Western powers for refusing to take in millions of refugees and threatened to send to Europe to 'see how they deal with it'.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has reportedly taken legal action against French magazine Le Point which branded him 'The Eradicator'.

President Donald Trump said Turkey knows not to fire on Kurds who are leaving parts of Syria for 'fairly nearby areas' following an invasion by Turkey.