There are no signs North Korean leader Kim Jong-un received heart surgery when he disappeared from state media for three weeks, but he reduced public activity due to coronavirus concerns, South Korean lawmakers briefed by its spy agency said.
An Australian government-appointed inquiry into child sex abuse in the Catholic Church and other institutions has found former Vatican treasurer Cardinal George Pell was aware of child sex abuse by at least two priests in the 1970s and 1980s and failed to take steps to get the priests removed.
Once upon a time, a friend was sitting through a meeting with his superiors. The topic was job progression and, eventually, his turn came to speak and he asked: "Will you be putting up hoops around the office for us to jump through as well?"
Whether you're living alone or with housemates, self-isolating or cocooning, or trying to home-school while holding down a job, we're all having to make adjustments in lockdown. Schedules have been upended, relationships are under strain, whether long distance or a bit too close, and those four walls are getting more testing by the day.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu formally received the support of a majority of lawmakers to lead a new government yesterday, paving the way for a controversial power-sharing deal with rival-turned-partner Benny Gantz.
There's an old adage that "if you don't have something good to say, then you shouldn't say anything at all" and that seems to have been the approach adopted by Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) over the past week.
Today EU finance ministers resume video discussions on how to tackle the coronavirus economic carnage which threatens everyone in Ireland.
