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France's President Emmanuel Macron criticised what he called “Islamic separatism” in his country and those who seek French citizenship without accepting the “right to commit blasphemy”.

A review of international public health guidance on dealing with Covid-19 in schools has found that health screening measures - such as temperature checks - should not be conducted.

A review of international public health guidance on dealing with Covid-19 in schools has found that health screening measures - such as temperature checks - should not be conducted.

The number of mammoth skeletons recovered at an airport construction site north of Mexico City has risen to at least 200, with a large number still to be excavated, experts...

President Donald Trump has urged Iran not to execute a popular wrestler who authorities say killed a man during 2018 anti-government rallies.

Four critically endangered Scottish wildcat kittens have been born at the Highland Wildlife Park.

A blog post attributed to a history professor at George Washington University stated that she had assumed a Black identity for much of her career, despite being White.

Robert Pattinson has reportedly tested positive for Covid-19, halting filming of the film The Batman, days after it resumed following lockdown.

President Donald Trump strongly denied on Thursday a magazine report saying he had spoken disparagingly about fallen U.S. military personnel buried in Europe and declined to visit an American cemetery...

Silvio Berlusconi has been admitted to hospital as a precaution to monitor his coronavirus infection, according to an aide.

Rescue workers have resumed search operations in a building that collapsed last month in Beirut's deadly blast in the hope of finding a survivor under the rubble after a pulsing...

New Zealand has reported its first death from coronavirus in more than three months.

Apple is delaying a new privacy feature in the next version of its iPhone operating system that will make it more difficult for app makers to track people online to...

Donald Trump made multiple disparaging remarks about members of the US military who had been captured or killed, and referred to the American war dead at the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery...

Japanese rescuers have found a second crew member and multiple dead cows in the water where a livestock ship is believed to have capsized and sank during stormy weather two...

A man suspected of fatally shooting a supporter of a right-wing group in Portland has himself been shot dead during an operation to detain him, a police source said.

US President Donald Trump attempted to paint himself as the “law and order” candidate at an election rally – and mocked rival Joe Biden for wearing a mask amid the...

The number of mammoth skeletons recovered at an airport construction site north of Mexico City has risen to at least 200, with a large number still to be excavated.

Calls mounted yesterday for tough action by the West against Russia over the suspected poisoning of Alexei Navalny, the prominent Kremlin critic.

Fifteen patients over the age of 65 have been recently admitted to hospital for Covid-19, it has emerged.

Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko promoted hardline loyalists to top posts in his security apparatus yesterday in an effort to strengthen his grip on the former Soviet republic after weeks of...

Anti-Covid rituals have become a daily habit for most of us, even if we sometimes forget to pack a mask when going out to the shops.

Joe Biden last night accused Donald Trump of legitimising the "dark side of human nature", as he met the family of Jacob Blake, the black man shot seven times in...

British cabinet ministers have defended Tony Abbott, the former Australian prime minister, amid calls for his appointment as a government trade adviser to be blocked over allegations of misogyny and...

Fierce debate has erupted in the US over whether health regulators should use their emergency authority to clear a coronavirus vaccine before it is formally approved, amid concerns the process...

Kanye West has been barred from appearing on the ballot in Arizona after a judge said a voter had established the rapper's candidacy would cause irreparable harm to the poll.

Rescue workers in Lebanon detected signs of life on Thursday in the rubble of a building in a residential area of Beirut that collapsed after a huge explosion on August...

US police officers involved in the suffocation of a black man who had a “spit hood” put over have been suspended.

SIX young climate campaigners are taking 33 countries, including Ireland, to the European Court of Human Rights for failure to act on the climate crisis in a case led by...

Flash floods triggered by week-long monsoon rain that has hit north-western Pakistan have brought the death toll to 48.

A pulsing signal has been detected from under the rubble of a Beirut building that collapsed during the explosion in the Lebanese capital last month, raising hopes there may still...

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has met the family of Jacob Blake, who was shot by a white police officer, during a visit to the battleground state of Wisconsin.

There's growing pressure both within Government and from vintners' groups to allow so-called ‘wet pubs' to reopen almost six months after they were shut due to the coronavirus pandemic.

There's growing pressure both within Government and from vintners' groups to allow so-called ‘wet pubs' to reopen almost six months after they were shut due to the coronavirus pandemic.

There's growing pressure both within Government and from vintners' groups to allow so-called ‘wet pubs' to reopen almost six months after they were shut due to the coronavirus pandemic.

A member of production on The Batman has tested positive for Covid-19 and the UK shoot has been temporarily suspended.

Nato secretary general Jens Stoltenberg says Greece and Turkey have agreed to start “technical talks” aimed at helping to reduce the risks of military incidents and accidents in the eastern...

AROUND a quarter of those referred for a Covid-19 test - many close contacts of someone who has tested positive - don't show up to be tested in a “really...

AROUND a quarter of those referred for a Covid-19 test - many close contacts of someone who has tested positive - don't show up to be tested in a “really...

AROUND a quarter of those referred for a Covid-19 test - many close contacts of someone who has tested positive - don't show up to be tested in a “really...