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The head of Capita has said the outsourcing giant would have struggled to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic if it had hit two years earlier, even as the crisis dented...

The UK's top intelligence agency has apologised after social media users spied it using an offensive word in an online quiz.

The UK's top intelligence agency has apologised after social media users spied it using an offensive word in an online quiz.

South Korea will ban large public gatherings and shut down churches and nightspots in the Seoul metropolitan area amid an alarming surge in infections that health officials describe as the...

South Korea will ban large public gatherings and shut down churches and nightspots in the Seoul metropolitan area amid an alarming surge in infections that health officials describe as the...

The 2020 Democratic National Convention began Monday - technically in Milwaukee, but mostly virtually. Here are some key takeaways.

The 2020 Democratic National Convention began Monday - technically in Milwaukee, but mostly virtually. Here are some key takeaways.

The first polar bear cub born in the UK for 25 years is to move from his Scottish home to a wildlife park in England.

Michelle Obama returned to the political stage looking like the first lady that she was rather than the cultural celebrity that she has become. But as soon as she began...

A strong earthquake jolted the central Philippines, damaging homes, roads and bridges and killing at least one person and injuring several others.

The Duke of Sussex and the Duke of Cambridge did not speak for two months after the Sandringham summit sparked by the Megxit crisis, a royal writer has said.

Former first lady Michelle Obama launched a blistering attack on President Donald Trump on Monday and urged Americans to elect Democrat Joe Biden in November to end the chaos she...

Stobart Group has started to consult with its colleagues over their futures with the company after easyJet said it was pulling out of both Stansted and Southend airports.

Australia on Tuesday recorded its lowest one-day rise in new COVID-19 infections in a month, buoying hopes that a stringent lockdown in the country's second-most populous state has prevented a...

Several mortar shells slammed into various part of Kabul as Afghans marked their country's Independence Day amid new uncertainties over the start of talks between the Taliban and the Kabul...

Housebuilder Persimmon has revealed the impact from the Covid-19 pandemic has seen the number of homes it built in the first half of the year fall 35% to 4,900 compared...

South Korean health officials said they have found 457 coronavirus cases linked to a huge Seoul church led by a bitter critic of the country's president, driving an alarming surge...

Michelle Obama did not spare President Donald Trump in her virtual address to the Democratic convention.

Covid-19 let out its loudest roar for months last weekend, adding 200 people to its infection toll in a day.

Slane garda station is expected to reopen to the public this morning following a deep clean and sanitisation process yesterday after two gardaí tested positive for Covid-19.

Alexander Lukashenko, the president of Belarus, said he would be willing to hand over power after a referendum, in an apparent bid to pacify mass protests and strikes posing the...

Speaker Nancy Pelosi is calling the House back into session over the crisis at the US Postal Service, setting up a political showdown amid growing concerns that the Trump White...

A retired Chinese professor who called President Xi Jinping a "mafia boss" and the ruling Communist Party a "political zombie" has been disciplined, according to her former employer, the latest...

Major government investment in the nursing home sector is expected to be recommended in an expert panel's review.

The son of Rafic Hariri, Lebanon's murdered former prime minister, has called for the Iranian-backed militia Hezbollah to end its involvement in Lebanese politics and allow the country to rebuild...

In a U-turn after days of criticism, the British government yesterday scrapped an exam-grading policy that was set to deprive thousands of school leavers - especially more disadvantaged ones -...

After a busy nine months wreaking havoc on the world, Covid-19 hasn't decided it deserves some down time to recharge its batteries. The virus isn't wandering the beaches of west...

Temperatures in California's Death Valley reached 54.4C on Sunday, possibly the highest ever reliably recorded on the planet.

The Democrats used the first day of their convention yesterday to showcase the breadth of support they believe Joe Biden can win at the US election by giving both Republicans...

The recent volume of cars on the roads fell by 16pc in Dublin and 12pc in regional locations as air-travel passenger numbers plummeted by 89pc.

New Zealand's prime minister yesterday postponed the country's general election by a month, to October 17, as the city of Auckland remains in lockdown due to a growing coronavirus outbreak.

The Covid-19 crisis was supposed to be the making of our "snowflake" generation, the label given to young people who were seen as over-protected from the harsher obstacles in life.

HEALTH Minister Stephen Donnelly said he is "very hopeful" Covid-19 restrictions put in place in Kildare, Laois and Offaly will be lifted next week.

RYANAIR has announced it is to reduce flight capacity for the next two months as bookings have "notably weakened" following an increase in Covid-19 cases in some European countries.

The British government is working with regulators on how to resolve an escalating row over the way pupils in England were awarded grades after their exams were cancelled due to...

The head of Lebanon's customs authority was formally arrested on Monday after being questioned over the massive explosion in Beirut earlier this month, the state-run National News Agency reported.

A Co Meath garda station is closed to the public today Monday after two Gardai stationed there tested positive for Covid-19.

Work has begun to remove the two pieces of a grounded Japanese ship that leaked tons of oil into the protected coast off Mauritius and broke apart.

Budget airline easyJet has confirmed plans to close its bases in Stansted, Southend and Newcastle as the company tries to slash costs at the airports where 670 people work for...

Former king Juan Carlos is in the United Arab Emirates after leaving Spain earlier this month amid a financial scandal, the Spanish royal household has announced.