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Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic nomination for vice president, promising she and Joe Biden will rejuvenate a country ravaged by a pandemic and riven by racial and partisan divides.

Former US President Barack Obama warned American democracy may not survive if Donald Trump is reelected, a damning assessment of his successor ahead of November's election.

The cast for Netflix's new Pinocchio film has been chosen.

European Union leaders have signalled their support to the people protesting for democratic rights in Belarus, underlining that they reject the election results that kept the country's leader of 26...

Education Minister Norma Foley is considering a High Court ruling in favour of Elijah Burke, who was refused Leaving Cert calculated grades because he was home-schooled by his teacher mother.

The first thing that hits you is the crippling fatigue, like someone has literally drained the energy out of your arms and legs.

The Malian soldiers who forced President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita to resign in a coup have promised to organise new elections after their takeover was condemned by the international community.

Ryanair chief Michael O'Leary says hundreds of pilots and cabin crew here will lose their jobs if the Government doesn't drop the 14-day quarantine rule for most European destinations.

Barack Obama was last night due to issue a blistering rebuke to President Donald Trump in the Democratic Party convention, accusing his successor of unleashing America's "worst impulses" and treating...

Pope Francis has warned against any prospect that rich people would get priority for a coronavirus vaccine.

Travel planning for the new school term has been thrown into chaos after the National Public Health Emergency Team (Nphet) told the Government that second-level students must maintain strict social...

UK students will not scoop up extra CAO places on the back of this year's bumper A-Level grades, Trinity College Dublin (TCD) has confirmed.

Jane Carson-Sandler says she has served the equivalent of a life sentence in the more-than four decades since she became one of the first rape victims of Joseph James DeAngelo...

The devastating toll which Covid-19 wreaked on the lives of hundreds of elderly nursing home residents who helped build our State must never happen again.

The devastating toll which Covid-19 wreaked on the lives on hundreds of elderly nursing home residents who helped build the State must never happen again.

Mostly, viewers wanted Jill Biden to sit down. To settle into a chair, relax and tell her story. Instead, she was on the move, with hands chopping the air, arms...

Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Tánaiste Leo Varadkar are on a collision course over the Government's approach to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

A 78-year-old woman who was trapped with her abusive partner for weeks during lockdown said she felt "the only way out is to die".

Most Americans want their government to spend more money on the US Postal Service and agree that mail delivery will be a vital part of the November election, a survey...

Airbnb has filed preliminary paperwork for selling stock on Wall Street, undaunted by a global pandemic that has taken some wind out of its home-sharing business.

Coronavirus has cost Australian carrier Qantas 4 billion dollars (£2.1 billion) in revenue with the airline warning international travel will not resume until mid-2021.

Facebook will restrict the right-wing conspiracy movement QAnon and will no longer recommend that users join groups supporting it.

Donald Trump praised the supporters of QAnon, a convoluted conspiracy theory based on the belief the US president is waging a secret campaign against enemies in the “deep state”.

The United States will demand that all United Nations sanctions be reimposed against Iran, President Donald Trump said, a move that follows Washington's embarrassing defeat to extend an arms embargo...

The US Justice Department has notified the British government that it will not pursue the death penalty against two so-called Islamic State militants suspected in the beheadings of Western hostages.

RYANAIR CEO Michael O'Leary claims the National Public Health Emergency Team (Nphet) are getting it wrong and are ‘mismanaging' the Covid-19 crisis when it comes to transport.

RYANAIR CEO Michael O'Leary claims the National Public Health Emergency Team (Nphet) are getting it wrong and are ‘mismanaging' the Covid-19 crisis when it comes to transport.

RYANAIR CEO Michael O'Leary claims the National Public Health Emergency Team (Nphet) are getting it wrong and are ‘mismanaging' the Covid-19 crisis when it comes to transport.

Kamala Harris is poised to make history as the first black woman to accept a spot on a major party's presidential ticket, a moment intended to galvanise Democratic voters heading...

THERE have been 54 new cases of Covid-19 recorded in Ireland and two more deaths.

HEALTH Minister Stephen Donnelly has sparked confusion by claiming that no more than six people can attend indoor concerts and events - despite a Government department advising it can be...

“Oh no, not another set of punitive, paternalistic rules to curtail my freedom and those of my age when I belong to the group least to blame for the climbing...

“Oh no, not another set of punitive, paternalistic rules to curtail my freedom and those of my age when I belong to the group least to blame for the climbing...

Small UK firms reported a better-than-expected fall in revenue in the second quarter after firms were impacted by the pandemic, according to new research.

A British inventor has broken the motorway speed limit while achieving a Guinness World Record for the fastest electric ice cream van.

A drive-through haunted house has been created in Japan in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Apple has become the first US company to boast a market value of two trillion dollars, just two years after it became the first to reach one trillion dollars.

Apple has become the first US company to boast a market value of two trillion dollars, just two years after it became the first to reach one trillion dollars.

A baby gorilla has been born at a British zoo, it has been announced.

ANOTHER eight workers have tested positive for Covid-19 at a meat factory in Kildare.