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US President Donald Trump's administration is considering fast-tracking an experimental coronavirus vaccine from the UK for use in America ahead of the presidential election, it has been reported.

White House adviser Kellyanne Conway said late on Sunday that she will be leaving the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump at the end of August, citing the need to...

Kellyanne Conway, one of US president Donald Trump's most influential and longest serving advisers, has announced she is leaving the White House at the end of the month.

Republicans are ready to formally nominate President Donald Trump for reelection at a scaled-down convention kick-off in Charlotte that begins a week-long effort to convince the American people that the...

A Malaysian coroner began an inquest on Monday into the death of a French-Irish teen, a year after her naked body was found near a nature resort where she mysteriously...

The white supremacist who killed 51 worshippers at two New Zealand mosques had intended to burn down the mosques afterwards, a prosecutor said in court on Monday.

The white supremacist who killed 51 worshippers at two New Zealand mosques had intended to burn down the mosques afterwards, a prosecutor said in court on Monday.

The qualifications standards watchdog has alerted colleges to the greater possibility of students cheating because of the reliance on online assessment due to the impact of Covid-19.

The Taoiseach and Tánaiste took a major political gamble in publicly calling for EU Commissioner Phil Hogan to consider his position in the wake of the controversial Oireachtas Golf Society...

Young children are seen as so-called 'super spreaders' of flu and have been among the main winter sources of transmission within families where elderly or sick relatives may be most...

The UK's Express newspaper is reporting entirely accurately on Ireland, the EU and Phil Hogan. That's how bad things have got.

Car-park clinics may have to be set up to help GPs cope with the rollout of the flu vaccine to all primary school pupils and younger children this autumn.

Car-park clinics may have to be set up to help GPs cope with the rollout of the flu vaccine to all primary school pupils and younger children this autumn.

Parents have been warned not to send their children to primary school with alcohol-based hand sanitisers.

Former Taoiseach Enda Kenny refused a dinner invitation to the Station House Hotel from the Oireachtas Golf Society and was "very unhappy" about it going ahead.

In recalling the Dáil, the Taoiseach and Tánaiste have made a rod for their own backs - and the opposition will not spare it. They can expect to be solidly...

Iraq's prime minister has vowed to bring rogue gunmen in the country to justice, after one prominent activist who survived an assassination attempt warned the armed groups were succeeding in...

Minsk erupted with roars and chants of "Go away!" yesterday as at least 100,000 opposition protesters filled the main streets of the Belarusian capital, demanding the resignation of the country's...

Two-thirds of pub owners who cannot open their premises because of Covid-19 restrictions believe they will be out of business by the start of next year.

Donie Cassidy, president of the Oireachtas Golf Society, is to meet gardaí today over the circumstances of its dinner at the Station House Hotel in Clifden.

Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin has warned that the economic fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic is challenging people's mental health and sense of worth, leading some to give in to...

Outside-the-box thinking about teaching children safely in the Covid-19 era is taking a leap - beyond the four walls of school buildings.

Sixty-one cases of Covid-19 were reported yesterday with the bulk of them among those under the age of 45.

Three massive wildfires chewed through parched Northern California landscape on Sunday as firefighters raced to dig breaks and make other preparations ahead of a frightening weather system.

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said he would follow public health advisers' advice if they called for a national shutdown should he take office and the coronavirus had not abated.

At least 13 people were crushed to death or asphyxiated as partygoers tried to flee a Lima nightclub after it was raided by police for hosting a party in violation...

US President Donald Trump has announced the emergency authorisation of convalescent plasma for Covid-19 patients, after expressing frustration at the slow pace of approval for coronavirus treatments.

U.S. President Donald Trump's sister, a retired federal judge, called him a liar with "no principles" in audio recordings made public this weekend, the latest attack on the president's character...

The authoritarian president of Belarus made a dramatic show of defiance Sunday against the massive protests demanding his resignation, toting a rifle and wearing a bulletproof vest as he strode...

Opera legend Placido Domingo has denied ever abusing his power during his management tenure at two US opera houses.

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced that he has accepted a proposal to extend budget negotiations, preventing the government from collapsing and plunging the country into a new election.

Tropical storm Marco has become a hurricane over the Gulf of Mexico on a path toward the Louisiana coast.

London's famous Tower Bridge was closed to vehicles over the weekend after a “mechanical fault” saw the landmark stuck open.

More than 100,000 protesters demanding the resignation of Belarus' president have gathered in a vast square in the capital, keeping up the massive outburst of dissent that has shaken the...

US president Donald Trump's older sister, a former federal judge, is heard sharply criticising her brother in a series of recordings, at one point saying of the president, “He has...

Thirteen people have died in a stampede at a disco in Peru after a police raid to enforce the country's lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic, officials said.

A national charity to support police dogs has been launched, with retired police dog Finn, a Britain's Got Talent finalist, named as the official ambassador.

Harry and Meghan have revealed they “adore” US academic and self-help guru Brene Brown.

A group of ten amputee veterans has ridden from John O'Groats to Land's End in just 13 days.

Iran has retrieved some data, including a portion of cockpit conversations, from the Ukrainian plane accidentally downed by Revolutionary Guard forces in January, killing all 176 people on board, an...