Micheál Martin has vowed strategic support will be provided for airports and airlines once the EU 'traffic light' travel system for the Covid-19 pandemic is operational.
Swiss voters yesterday overwhelmingly rejected a Eurosceptic party's attempt to restrict immigration from the EU in a referendum seen as a key test of attitudes towards foreigners.
Pope Francis has reportedly refused to meet Mike Pompeo, the US Secretary of State, to discuss a controversial accord between the Vatican and China.
Weekly use of a nasal spray could give 96pc protection from coronavirus, research from Public Health England (PHE) shows.
Lebanon's prime minister-designate Mustapha Adib has resigned after almost a month of trying to form a government to end decades of corruption.
Thousands of Israelis protested outside Benjamin Netanyahu's official home at the weekend, demanding the prime minister's resignation over his administration's mishandling of the pandemic.
Fears are growing that a rise in the spread of Covid-19, combined with a tendency to stay indoors more during winter, will lead to a "wave of frailty" among cocooners, leaving them at greater risk of fractures.