Top Democrats in the US Congress are to summon the postmaster general to testify this month on changes that have stoked fears they are aimed at holding up mail-in ballots for the November election.
Vegans should stop drinking soya milk in order to save the rainforest, the UK Sustainable Food Trust has said.
A controversial South Korean pastor has been strongly criticised for leading thousands of followers to a rally in central Seoul, a move that Moon Jae-in, the president, called "an unpardonable act" during the sharpest rise in coronavirus cases in five months.
A new research project will assess whether babies born during lockdown are more likely to develop allergies.
Ireland continues to have the most overcrowded primary classrooms in the EU, with 335,649 pupils in classes of 25 of more.
A post-lockdown baby boom is expected early next year with the National Maternity Hospital (NMH) anticipating a 10pc increase in births.
Ministers are being instructed to stay in Ireland for their summer holidays as the Government reels from the resignation of Fáilte Ireland chairman Michael Cawley.