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OVER 100,000 air passengers have flown into Ireland over the last fortnight, including nearly 15,000 from the Green List countries and nearly 28,000 from the UK.

A food producer has suspended all production at its Kildare facility, after 80 of its employees tested positive for Covid-19.

A food producer has suspended all production at its Kildare facility, after 80 of its employees tested positive for Covid-19.

President Donald Trump has launched a deeply personal attack on rival Joe Biden, even questioning without foundation the former vice president's faith in God.

A nine-year-old Florida boy is being hailed a hero for pulling his father from the water after the man fractured his neck in a diving accident in Florida.

Five more people have sadly died as a result of Covid-19 with a further 69 cases confirmed by the Department of Health.

Five more people have sadly died as a result of Covid-19 with a further 69 cases confirmed by the Department of Health.

​Five people have died from COVID-19 in recent days.

Norway is halting its planned easing of coronavirus restrictions and will likely reimpose others to prevent a full lockdown of society, Prime Minister Erna Solberg said on Thursday. “We need...

Egypt and Greece signed an agreement on Thursday, designating an exclusive economic zone in the eastern Mediterranean between the two countries, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry said. The area contains...

Northern Ireland halted its programme of reopening pubs and ordered citizens to wear face masks indoors after reporting the highest number of daily cases of COVID-19 since May.

The Foreign Ministry in Vienna on Thursday warned against trips to Spain except for the Balearic and Canary Islands. The measure will take effect from Monday, and people returning to...

Poland's conservative President Andrzej Duda was sworn in for a second five-year term before parliament members on Thursday. Most opposition parliamentarians and former presidents and prime ministers did not attend....

A NEW ad campaign with streetwise slogans like “Wear the face off yourself” - has been launched by the Department of Health and HSE to promote Covid-19 safety.

The Bank of England's warning that the UK economy's post-virus recovery is to take longer than previously predicted dealt a fresh blow to the FTSE 100.

Washington on Thursday imposed sanctions on three individuals and a Malta-based company, accusing them of acting as a network of smugglers and contributing to instability in Libya. The US Treasury...

A coroner has described how tragic television presenter Caroline Flack suffered worsening mental health amid concerns about media coverage surrounding her forthcoming assault trial.

A 101-year-old is to lead a virtual clan gathering as coronavirus forced the centuries-old tradition online.

A 10-year-old boy has said he thought he was moments away from dying when he was swept out to sea during a day trip to the beach with his family.

The Swiss authorities expanded its list of countries from which people arriving must enter a 10-day quarantine to all outside Europe's passport-free Schengen area, barring a score of exceptions. The...

Beijing on Thursday threatened to take countermeasures over a trip to Taiwan by US Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar. The island is gearing up for its highest-level...

The leading Druze politician in Lebanon, Walid Jumblatt, called on Thursday for an international probe into the Beirut port explosion. Jumblatt said he had “no trust” in the government to...

President Aleksandr Lukashenko was quoted as saying on Thursday that Belarus had detained a number of people who possessed US passports and were married to US women ahead of the...

Lebanese officials targeted in the investigation into the massive blast that tore through Beirut have sought to shift blame for the presence of explosives at the city's port.

Australian residents of the city of Newcastle, 163 km (101 miles) north of Sydney, have called for a large ammonium nitrate plant, stockpiling up to four times the amount reportedly...

The Metropolitan Police appealed the Crown Prosecution Service's decision to hand television star Caroline Flack a caution for assaulting her boyfriend because a senior officer believed the Love Island host...

Mass thermal screening at airports for Covid-19 is "ineffective", according to a report published by the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA).

Pygmy hogs, the world's smallest and rarest wild pigs, are under a virus lockdown – but not because of Covid-19.

The federal government in India named a former telecoms minister on Thursday to lead the restive region of Kashmir. Manoj Sinha, a leader in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling party,...

Italy's civil aviation regulator ENAC is threatening to ban Ryanair from the country's airports over alleged non-compliance with rules introduced to tackle the coronavirus pandemic.

Italy's civil aviation regulator ENAC is threatening to ban Ryanair from the country's airports over alleged non-compliance with rules introduced to tackle the coronavirus pandemic.

Edinburgh Zoo has named a monkey from a vulnerable species which was born during lockdown after his native home.

German authorities did not follow correct procedures when they extradited a German man from Italy for a rape charge whom investigators also suspect of murdering British toddler Madeleine McCann, an...

Cats who have enriched their owners' lives during lockdown are to be recognised in a special awards ceremony.

Many customers who repeatedly use high cost lenders end up regretting decisions to borrow more money, the City regulator has found.

Melbourne began the first day of a six-week total lockdown on Thursday. The second-biggest city in Australia is closing most shops and businesses. Shops were shut and streets were deserted...

An animal welfare organisation is helping to reunite pets with their owners after a devastating explosion in Beirut on Tuesday.

Advertisers are slowly coming back to ITV as it restarts production on most of its shows and expects to pour nearly £1 billion into its programming this year.

Beijing said on Thursday it was firmly opposed to the US government's action to block Chinese apps. China's Foreign Ministry said that the move went against market principles and had...

Poland's conservative President Andrzej Duda has been sworn in for a second five-year term.