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US President Donald Trump said he has heard “very serious” rumours about Kamala Harris's eligibility to serve as vice president while others have dismissed them as a “racist trope”.

Iran has strongly condemned a historic deal establishing full diplomatic relations between the United Arab Emirates and Israel, calling it a stab in the back to all Muslims.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has lifted a lockdown in a major city near the border with South Korea where thousands had been quarantined over coronavirus fears.

Sole traders and tradesmen affected by Covid-19 can avail of a new €1,000 one-off grant for related expenses.

The internal structure of a 429-million-year-old fossilised trilobite eye is almost identical to that of modern bees, researchers say.

Kamala Harris will focus on hammering President Donald Trump's response to the coronavirus pandemic when she joins Joe Biden on the campaign trail.

Prince Harry and wife Meghan have bought a property in the celebrity hotspot of Santa Barbara for a reported $10m (€8.5m).

In 2011, while visiting the beautiful beach-side city of Santa Barbara with his wife, Prince William remarked: "My father, the Prince of Wales, and my brother, Harry, were as green...

Lebanon's parliament yesterday granted the army sweeping powers to quell unrest following a deadly explosion in Beirut that has reignited angry anti-government protests.

France conducted joint military exercises with Greece in the eastern Mediterranean yesterday as tensions rose over Turkish oil and gas exploration in disputed waters.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin believes that a "landing zone" is emerging for a free-trade deal between the EU and UK after Brexit.

Over five popular seasons, the storylines of Better Call Saul have unfolded across nail salons, fried chicken joints and other strip-mall staples of American life.

Donald Trump has said he is against giving more money to the struggling US Postal Service because he doesn't want to expand mail-in voting, believing it will give the Democrats...

The prime minister of New Zealand has warned the situation will get "worse before it gets better" as Covid case numbers grew and a new lockdown was predicted to wipe...

Brown Thomas and Arnotts plan to lay off 150 workers - more than one in eight staff members - citing unsustainable losses during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Irish rugby has been rocked by its first Covid-19 case, just over a week out from the planned return to competitive action.

Thousands of factory workers at key industrial plants yesterday abandoned their posts to rally against the disputed re-election of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, raising the prospect that widespread strikes could...

Schoolbuses will operate as normal and carry the same number of pupils as usual in the year ahead.

Satellite imagery suggests recent flooding in North Korea may have damaged pump houses connected to the country's main nuclear facility, a US-based think-tank said.

The HSE is to spend almost €90,000 to decommission large parts of a special Covid-19 stepdown care facility in Dublin.

US President Donald Trump said he has heard “very serious” rumours about Kamala Harris's eligibility to be president while others have dismissed them as a “racist trope”.

Belarusian deputy police chief Alexander Barsukov has vowed that all those who were taken into temporary custody amid unrest that has gripped Minsk after Sunday's presidential election, will be released...

Belarusian deputy police chief Aleksandr Barsukov has vowed that all of those who were taken into temporary custody amid unrest that has gripped Minsk since Sunday's presidential election will be...

TikTok and its US employees are planning to take Donald Trump's administration to court over his sweeping order to ban the popular video app.

Britain will impose a 14-day quarantine on all arrivals from France, the Netherlands, Malta and three other countries, British Transport Minister Grant Shapps said on Thursday, citing rising Covid-19 infection...

Russell Kirsch, a computer scientist credited with inventing the pixel and scanning the world's first digital photograph, has died aged 91.

Social distancing can be “relaxed” when schools reopen in Northern Ireland, Education Minister Peter Weir confirmed.

Three unguided projectiles have landed on the premises of Al-Balad military airbase, which houses US troops, Iraqi authorities confirmed. No information on damage or potential casualties was immediately available. The...

Apple has dropped the hugely popular Fortnite game from its App Store after the game's developer introduced a direct payment plan that bypasses Apple's platform.

Apple Inc on Thursday removed popular video game "Fortnite" from its App Store for violating the company's in-app payment guidelines, prompting developer Epic Games to initiate legal action against the...

President Donald Trump has declared that he opposes additional funding for the US Postal Service.

The World Health Organization said on Thursday it saw no evidence of coronavirus being spread by food or packaging and urged people not to be afraid of the virus entering...

Cuba Gooding Jr wore a Black Lives Matter face mask at a New York court where lawyers argued over what restrictions should be placed on evidence at his sexual misconduct...

Light winds and scattered thundershowers early on Thursday helped to calm the flames of a huge wildfire that has prompted evacuations north of Los Angeles.

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has called for protective face masks to be made mandatory across the US.

Israel and the United Arab Emirates have announced they are establishing full diplomatic relations in a US-brokered deal that requires Israel to halt its plan to annex occupied West Bank...

Northern Ireland's coronavirus reproductive rate has reached around 1.6, the health department said.

Tributes have been paid to the train driver, conductor and passenger killed in the Aberdeenshire train crash.

The FBI will join Lebanese and other international investigators in the probe of the huge explosion at Beirut's port that killed more than 170 people, injured thousands and caused widespread...

Spain's hospitals are beginning to see patients struggling to breathe returning to their wards, less than two months after suppressing Covid-19.