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Acting Chief Medical Officer Ronan Glynn has appealed to health professionals to stop going in to work if they are symptomatic – following a rise in cases of Covid-19 among...

Acting Chief Medical Officer Ronan Glynn has appealed to health professionals to stop going into work if they are symptomatic – following a rise in cases of Covid-19 among health...

An elephant who has become a cause celebre for animal rights activists around the world will be allowed to leave his Pakistani zoo in favour of better conditions, animal welfare...

US President Donald Trump has called anti-racism training sessions for governmental agencies “divisive, anti-American propaganda”.

Supporters of the man portrayed in the movie Hotel Rwanda say Rwandan authorities have denied a lawyer access to Paul Rusesabagina nearly a week after the outspoken government critic was...

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has declared Donald Trump “unfit” for the presidency after the US leader allegedly mocked American war dead.

The Government is to publish a nine-month action plan to tackle Covid-19 next week, Dr Ronan Glynn announced last night.

The Government is to publish a nine-month action plan to tackle Covid-19 next week, Dr Ronan Glynn announced last night.

The Government is to publish a nine-month action plan to tackle Covid-19 next week, Dr Ronan Glynn announced last night.

Jacob Blake's father has said his “happy-go-lucky” son is optimistic for his future, despite being paralysed from the waist down after being shot seven times in the back by a...

The number of coronavirus cases recorded in India has passed four million as the country closes in on Brazil's total.

The number of coronavirus cases recorded in India has passed four million as the country closes in on Brazil's total.

The number of coronavirus cases recorded in India has passed four million as the country closes in on Brazil's total.

Rapper and music producer Kanye West has filed to run for US president on Kentucky's ballot.

US President Donald Trump has called anti-racism training sessions for governmental agencies “divisive, anti-American propaganda”.

Russia's fast-tracked Covid-19 vaccine is safe and produces two forms of immune response against the virus, according to a study in The Lancet medical journal.

Rescue workers dug through the rubble of a Beirut building for a second day yesterday, hoping to find someone alive a month after it was destroyed by a huge explosion...

Russia's fast-tracked Covid-19 vaccine is safe and produces two forms of immune response against the virus, according to a study in The Lancet medical journal.

Europe is facing a "deadly December" of Covid-19, with scientists warning another 1.9 million people may die of the virus globally before the end of the year.

Russia's fast-tracked Covid-19 vaccine is safe and produces two forms of immune response against the virus, according to a study in The Lancet medical journal.

The chances of the UK leaving the European Union without a trade deal have risen sharply as negotiations have been threatened by London's insistence that it have full autonomy over...

Screening measures such as temperature checks should not be conducted in schools, a review of international public health guidance has found.

NATO secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg has condemned the "appalling assassination attempt" on Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny and called on Moscow to answer questions about the poisoning.

Screening measures such as temperature checks should not be conducted in schools, a review of international public health guidance has found.

A vocal proponent of the far-left Antifa movement who was suspected of fatally shooting a supporter of a far-right group in Portland last weekend was shot and killed in a...

Screening measures such as temperature checks should not be conducted in schools, a review of international public health guidance has found.

Russia's fast-tracked Covid-19 vaccine is safe and produces two forms of immune response against the virus, according to a study in The Lancet medical journal.

In 2016, US army veteran David Weissman was an "unapologetic, red-hat wearing" Donald Trump supporter. The Florida resident would regularly join social media mobs attacking liberals, he later wrote, seeking...

Meat-plant owners face claims for sick-pay schemes, pay rises and pensions for 6,000 workers if they refuse to standardise conditions across the industry.

A healthcare worker who survived Covid-19 despite falling critically ill from the virus has spoken emotionally of waking up in hospital to realise her colleagues were whispering: "You are safe...

The secretary-general of Nato has condemned the “appalling assassination attempt” on Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny and called on Moscow to answer questions.

The Belarussian community in Ireland will hold a ‘March of Solidarity' protest in Dublin on Sunday to express support of protests against President Lukashenko in Belarus.

Lawyers for R Kelly want to question a convicted member of the Latin Kings gang who says he beat up the jailed R&B singer in a Chicago cell.

Line Of Duty star Martin Compston has sent a tongue-in-cheek message of support to the Soccer Aid England team – in character as DS Arnott.

Markets across Europe slumped into the red after a sell-off in US tech stocks drove a widespread decline in sentiment.

Leo Varadkar has denied undermining Taoiseach Micheál Martin by suggesting that wet pubs could soon be back in business.

Portland, in the US state of Oregon, is grappling with an uncertain future as it reaches a stunning benchmark: 100 consecutive nights of racial injustice protests marred by vandalism, chaos...

President Donald Trump is angrily denying a report that he made disparaging remarks about US service members who have been captured or killed, including that he described US war dead...

Andrew Holness's Jamaica Labour Party captured 49 of 63 seats in the country's Parliament, swamping the rival People's National Party in an early election.

The Madrid regional government is further restricting family reunions and social gatherings to curb a sharp spike in confirmed coronavirus cases as schools are set to reopen, although officials said...