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Scientists think the Earth's oxygen may have been rusting the Moon for billions of years.

A court in Spain has ruled that a palace once used as a summer residence by the dictator Francisco Franco must be handed over to the state, after his descendants...

Daredevil David Blaine performed his latest stunt yesterday - ascending nearly 30,000ft (9,144m) into the Arizona sky while hanging from a cluster of jumbo-sized balloons before parachuting safely back to...

It is arguable as to whether even the transmutation of water into wine at Cana provoked as much conversation as the reopening of our pubs.

It was driving, just a few days ago, through the Wicklow village where I used to live that prompted my particular Healy-Rae moment. And so it was that in that...

Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader and prominent Kremlin critic, was deliberately poisoned with Novichok, the German government said yesterday.

Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn has restored the official titles and military rank to his royal consort, according to a palace announcement, nearly a year after she was accused of being...

I think it was the depressing pictures of the first socially-distanced "gig" that did it. Or maybe the tightening of restrictions that confirmed we were drifting further away from the...

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has accused Ukraine of stirring up trouble in neighbouring Belarus, and said Moscow saw no point in engaging with a Belarusian opposition council that has...

Democratic nominee Joe Biden looked to shift the focus of the US presidential race back to the coronavirus and President Donald Trump's handling of the pandemic during a Wednesday campaign...

Joe Biden has called the struggle to reopen US schools amid the coronavirus pandemic a “national emergency” and accused President Donald Trump of turning his back on the issue.

A member of the public took the microphone at a council meeting to ask lawmakers to change the name of boneless chicken wings.

President Donald Trump highlighted American strength during a VJ speech in North Carolina, and managed to squeeze in a swipe at Democratic rival Joe Biden.

The Department of Health has been notified of 89 additional confirmed Covid-19 cases in Ireland, and one further death.

Two young deer trapped in a swimming pool were rescued thanks to four persistent police officers.

Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi has tested positive for Covid-19 after a precautionary check, his press office said.

Gardai have found a total of 185 pubs that are suspected to have breached public health guidelines after further checks were carried out last week.

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned with the same type of Soviet-era nerve agent that British authorities identified in a 2018 attack on a former Russian spy, the German...

The FTSE 100 jumped higher as equity traders welcomed a dip in the pound and speculation that a Covid-19 vaccine could be rushed out in time for Christmas.

Chinese biopharmaceutical company WuXi has confirmed that six people on its Dundalk campus have tested positive for Covid-19.

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has reportedly raised at least 360 million US dollars (£270 million) for his election effort in August.

Joe Biden raised 364 million US dollars (£273 million) for his election effort in August, a record-shattering sum that will give the Democrat ample resources to compete in the final...

More than a quarter of hospitality businesses in Scotland could collapse because the coronavirus downturn is as severe as the 2008 economic crash, a new report warns.

Australian actress Cate Blanchett has said she is baffled that other countries did not learn from Italy's pain to be better prepared to fight the coronavirus outbreak when it spread.

There will be no long-term EU-UK trade deal after Brexit happens on December 31 unless London begins real negotiations from next week on, Michel Barnier has warned.

The governor of the Bank of England has restated that the Bank expects the Covid-19 pandemic to permanently scar the economy by reducing gross domestic product (GDP) by 1.5%.

A law firm with ties to prominent Democrats has filed a lawsuit attempting to keep rapper Kanye West off US presidential ballots in Virginia.

Tests performed on samples taken from Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny showed the presence of the Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok, the German government has said.

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was the victim of an attack and poisoned with the Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok, the German government has said.

A young doctor who fell acutely ill after he contracted Covid-19 has pleaded with young people not to underestimate the virus.

A significant number of special needs assistants are supplying care to students without wearing adequate personal protective equipment (PPE), the Covid-19 committee has heard.

Facebook India executives have been grilled by members of a parliamentary committee on information technology over the company's alleged political bias and role in spreading hate speech in the country.

A young doctor who fell acutely ill after he contracted Covid-19 has pleaded with young people not to underestimate the virus.

Trinity College Dublin has risen nine places in the latest league of the world's top universities.

THE Government has moved to reassure parents that they will be informed if they need to take action over a confirmed case of Covid-19 in their child's school.

Stephen Donnelly said penalties of up to €40 could be introduced for the non compliance of mask wearing during Covid-19.

U.S. Senator Ed Markey on Tuesday defeated Representative Joe Kennedy III in the Massachusetts Democratic primary, positioning himself to win another six-year term on Nov. 3 and a platform for...

Pope Francis has held his first public general audience after a pause of nearly six months due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Australia's economy has suffered its sharpest quarterly drop since the Great Depression because of the Covid-19 pandemic, with official data released on Wednesday confirming the country is experiencing its first...

Glitzy film premieres could return to Leicester Square by next year and cinema-goers will return to socially-distanced screenings at pre-Covid levels in six months, according to the boss of the...