For the first time an American has been elected as Pope. Robert Preh-voste is now known as Leo the fourteenth.
==
A woman from Knocknaheeny has spoken of the horror of being asleep in her bed after a night out only for her husband of forty years to attack her with boiling water and a claw hammer. Mother of three Jackie Twomey told Cork Circuit Criminal Court that “her life changed” forever on January 15th last year when her husband Noel “brutally assaulted” her in her bedroom.
==
Negotiations between the US and China are set to be stepped up as both side try and hammer out a deal over tariffs. It follows an agreement between the US and UK which saw President Trump remove tariffs on British steel and aluminium, and cut the rate for car exports to the US from 27.5% to 10%.
==
A new study has found teenagers can only focus on revision for less than 15 minutes before they reach for their smart phone. The survey of 1000 15 to 18 year olds, found 40 per cent say they're constantly distracted by social media apps, such as Snapchat and TikTok, while trying to study for exams.
