A dairy boss has called for a "political decision" so that farmers here can continue benefiting from the export of products made with their milk from the Republic at the...
Posted by | November 18, 2020 | Farming
Posted by | November 18, 2020 | Farming
U.S. farmers sold freshly harvested soybeans directly off their combines for a profit as prices rose to a four-year high this autumn, a welcome change from the losses suffered during...
Posted by | November 18, 2020 | Farming
Shocked residents dealing with a landslide from a wind farm construction site in Donegal were left reeling on the double after getting a letter from the same company telling them...
Posted by | November 18, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Patients, some wrapped in blankets that look like they came from home, moan in their beds. What appears to be medical tubing and a wad of gauze or paper towels...
Posted by | November 18, 2020 | Farming
COILLTE - the state-owned commercial forestry business - has just 16pc of its timber licenced and available for next year, its CEO Imelda Hurley has warned.
Posted by | November 18, 2020 | Farming
Irish transport companies will not be able to avoid the mayhem of England's cross-Channel ports because there is insufficient capacity on direct ferry routes from Ireland to continental Europe, the...
Posted by | November 18, 2020 | Farming
Revenue at agri-services firm Origin Enterprises has fallen in the three months to October 31, in what is traditionally the seasonally quiet first quarter of trading.
Posted by | November 18, 2020 | Politics
TOKYO — Authorities in Tokyo have announced nearly 500 new cases of the coronavirus, the biggest daily increase in the Japanese capital since the pandemic began that comes amid a...
Posted by | November 18, 2020 | Breaking News
Donald Trump has fired the head of the federal agency that vouched for the reliability of the 2020 presidential election.
Posted by | November 18, 2020 | Politics
Authorities in Tokyo announced nearly 500 new cases of the coronavirus on Wednesday, the biggest daily increase in the Japanese capital since the pandemic began, amid a nationwide spike in...
Posted by | November 18, 2020 | Politics
When does a man become a mum, or a woman a dad? This is not the first line of a riddle, but a question faced by judges in the UK's...
Posted by | November 18, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
People are going hungry in Ethiopia's rebellious northern Tigray region as roads are blocked, airports are closed and the federal government marches on its capital in a final push to...
Posted by | November 18, 2020 | Breaking News
Barack Obama's new book A Promised Land was originally meant to be a single volume account of his eight-year presidency. “It didn't go as planned,” he says – and has...
Posted by | November 18, 2020 | Politics
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's expected tour of a West Bank winery this week will be the first time a top U.S. diplomat has visited an Israeli settlement, a parting...
Posted by | November 18, 2020 | Politics
Asian stock markets were mostly higher Wednesday after Wall Street declined as hopes for a possible coronavirus vaccine were tempered by worries about the pandemic's lingering impact. Shanghai, Hong Kong...
Posted by | November 18, 2020 | Breaking News
Santa's trackers at the North American Aerospace Defence Command will continue to work despite the coronavirus pandemic this year.
Posted by | November 18, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
With his hand clamped tightly over her mouth, she could not scream, the 16-year-old girl recalls – and no one was around to hear her anyway. She describes how her...
Posted by | November 18, 2020 | Politics
President Donald Trump's refusal to cooperate with his successor is forcing President-elect Joe Biden to seek unusual workarounds to prepare for the exploding public health threat and evolving national security...
Posted by | November 18, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Hurricane Iota battered Nicaragua's Caribbean coast and flooded some stretches of neighboring Honduras that were still under water from Hurricane Eta two weeks earlier, leaving authorities struggling to assess damage...
Posted by | November 18, 2020 | Foreign Affairs
Hurricane Iota battered Nicaragua's Caribbean coast and flooded some stretches of neighboring Honduras that were still under water from Hurricane Eta two weeks earlier, leaving authorities struggling to assess damage...
Posted by | November 18, 2020 | Politics
Los Angeles County imposed new restrictions on businesses Tuesday and is readying plans for a mandatory curfew for all but essential workers if coronavirus cases keep spiking. The county of...
Posted by | November 18, 2020 | Politics
Los Angeles County imposed new restrictions on businesses Tuesday and is readying plans for a mandatory curfew for all but essential workers if coronavirus cases keep spiking. The county of...
Posted by | November 18, 2020 | Politics
South Korea has recorded its largest daily increase in coronavirus infections in nearly three months as it gets set to tighten social distancing rules in the greater Seoul area. The...
Posted by | November 18, 2020 | Politics
U.S. regulators on Tuesday allowed emergency use of the first rapid coronavirus test that can be performed and developed entirely at home. The announcement by the Food and Drug Administration...
Posted by | November 18, 2020 | Science & Tech
The iRobot Roomba i6+ robot vacuum for $200 off its typical pricing—get the details.
Posted by | November 18, 2020 | Politics
The Washington state Department of Health has reported 2,589 additional COVID-19 cases and 23 more deaths, setting another new record. The previous record was set Sunday with 2,519 cases, The...
Posted by | November 18, 2020 | Politics
Los Angeles County has imposed new restrictions on businesses and is readying plans for a mandatory curfew for all but essential workers if coronavirus cases keep spiking. The county of...
Posted by | November 18, 2020 | Breaking News
George Clooney has confirmed he once gave 14 of his closest friends a million dollars (£754,000) each in cash and revealed he had to drive through Los Angeles with the...
Posted by | November 18, 2020 | Science & Tech
Best Buy is granting its My Best Buy customers early access to incredible Black Friday 2020 deals on TVs, laptops and more—shop our top picks.
Posted by | November 18, 2020 | Politics
President Donald Trump's refusal to cooperate with his successor is forcing President-elect Joe Biden to seek unusual workarounds to prepare for the exploding public health threat and evolving national security...
Posted by | November 18, 2020 | Politics
Looking for toilet paper? Good luck. A surge of new coronavirus cases in the U.S. is sending people back to stores to stockpile again, leaving shelves bare and forcing retailers...
Posted by | November 18, 2020 | Breaking News
America's Catholic church leaders have called for more transparency and vetting in the appointment of bishops after the scandal of former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, who rose through the ranks despite...
Posted by | November 18, 2020 | Breaking News
US Republican leaders are increasingly alarmed about the party's ability to defeat Democratic challengers in Georgia's two vital Senate runoff elections.
Posted by | November 18, 2020 | Breaking News
Barack Obama's new book A Promised Land was originally meant to be a single volume account of his eight-year presidency. “It didn't go as planned,” he says – and has...
Posted by | November 18, 2020 | Breaking News
Donald Trump's administration yesterday announced new US troop withdrawals from Afghanistan and Iraq to be completed just days before he leaves the White House.
Posted by | November 18, 2020 | Breaking News
US Republican leaders are increasingly alarmed about the party's ability to defeat Democratic challengers in Georgia's two vital Senate runoff elections.
Posted by | November 18, 2020 | Breaking News
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson called the devolution of powers to Scotland “a disaster”, a comment that played into the hands of Scottish nationalists pushing for an independence referendum that...
Posted by | November 18, 2020 | Breaking News
ETHIOPIA resisted international pressure for mediation in a war in the country's north on Monday as its air force bombed the Tigrayan capital Mekelle, according to both diplomatic and military...
Posted by | November 18, 2020 | Breaking News
Mouthwash can eradicate coronavirus within 30 seconds of being exposed to it in a laboratory, a scientific study has found.
Posted by | November 18, 2020 | Breaking News
US President-Elect Joe Biden has been putting the final touches to shaping his core White House team as President Trump's increasingly tenuous legal fight to reverse his loss in the...
