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Ten critically endangered slow lorises have been released into the Indonesian rainforest after being rescued from the illegal pet trade.

Manchester United footballer Harry Maguire has been found guilty of assault, following his arrest after a brawl last week on the Greek island of Mykonos.

The London markets lurched into the red as early positive sentiment was wiped out by a raft of downbeat economic data, including disappointing UK retail figures.

Thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate the Texas and Louisiana coasts as Laura strengthened into a hurricane.

The Kremlin has rejected accusations of involvement in an alleged attack on Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny who is in a coma in a German hospital, a day after doctors...

CONTROVERSY-hit European Commissioner Phil Hogan has insisted he complied with Irish Government Covid-19 regulations "at all times".

CONTROVERSY-hit European Commissioner Phil Hogan has insisted he complied with Irish Government Covid-19 regulations "at all times".

Upper Crust and Caffe Ritazza owner SSP has overhauled pay plans for top bosses after investor anger over bonus targets and a pay hike for its finance chief.

The father of a black man who was shot by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, says his son has been left paralysed from the waist down.

Climate activist Greta Thunberg is back in school after a gap year in which she emerged as the voice of young people trying to save the planet from global warming...

WHEN I asked my friend Oisin what he would do if he was the last man on earth, he replied: “Move in to Áras an Uachtaráin.”

A Swiss team working to take a solar-powered plane to the edge of space says it has performed the first jump and freefall from an electric aircraft.

A Leeds man was given a fright after discovering a 4ft snake in his house in the middle of the night.

Facebook has blocked in Thailand a group with more than a million members that engages in open discussion about the Thai monarchy.

The Kremlin has rejected accusations of involvement in an alleged attack on Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny who is in a coma in a German hospital, a day after doctors...

Three days of monsoon rain has killed at least 90 people and damaged 1,000 homes across Pakistan, the country's national disaster management agency has said.

Two European patients are confirmed to have been re-infected with the coronavirus, according to regional public broadcasters, raising concerns about people's immunity to the virus as the world struggles to...

Health authorities have declared the African continent free of wild polio.

Health authorities are expected to declare the African continent free of wild polio.

Luxury cruise line Cunard has extended the suspension of sailings for its three ships until next year.

The trial of Manchester United footballer Harry Maguire has started in Greece following his arrest after a brawl last week on the island of Mykonos.

US secretary of state Mike Pompeo has become the highest ranking US official to visit Sudan since its autocratic leader, Omar al-Bashir, was ousted last year.

Families of victims gunned down at two New Zealand mosques urged a judge to impose the toughest possible sentence, life without parole, on the gunman as he showed no remorse...

After a year off school to campaign for tougher action over climate change, Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg has said she is returning to class.

UK technology firm MelodyVR has agreed a 70 million US dollar (£53 million) deal to buy music streaming platform Napster.

The British Museum has removed a bust of its founding father, who was a slave owner, and said it wanted to confront its links to colonialism.

Swiss bank Credit Suisse said it plans to close 37 branches in its home country as part of an effort to streamline its business, and said that some job cuts...

South Korea has ordered most schools in Seoul and surrounding areas to close and move classes back online, the latest in a series of precautionary measures aimed at heading off...

A man who was shot and wounded in the New Zealand mosque attacks had a simple message for the mass-murderer responsible: “You are the loser, and we are the winners.”

The Republican Party kicked off its convention to re-elect US President Donald Trump with an unsubstantiated warning from the president himself that he may face a "rigged election," followed in...

The global tourism industry has been devastated by the coronavirus pandemic, with 320 billion US dollars (£244 billion) lost in exports in the first five months of the year and...

The Philippine army chief has said that two Islamic militants who blew themselves up were responsible for the bombings that killed at least 14 people and wounded 75 more on...

Rescuers have found one dead body and pulled out nearly 60 survivors from a collapsed residential building in central India, an official said.

Relatives and survivors from a mass shooting at two New Zealand mosques described in court on Tuesday how more than a year later, they are still having trouble sleeping, enjoying...

Republicans opened Monday night's prime-time convention with dark warnings about America's future if President Donald Trump does not win a second term.

The Republican convention started yesterday, a chance for Donald Trump to say "here's what I've done, here's what I intend to do". The media in Ireland and Britain will call...

Kellyanne Conway, a senior adviser to US President Donald Trump and one of his longest-serving aides, is leaving the White House at the end of the month.

Prince Andrew's accuser has claimed he played a guessing game about her age when they first met - and compared her to his daughters.

President Donald Trump adopted a grim tone in remarks to Republicans who formally backed his bid for a second term yesterday, warning without evidence that he could face a "rigged...

Four out of 10 Irish CEOs say they've had personal experience of Covid-19 infecting either themselves or a member of their family.