The number of homes being sold in the second quarter of this year dipped to its lowest level since records started in 2005, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) figures show.
July 21, 2020
France will not ban China's Huawei from investing in the country, Minister of the Economy and Finance Bruno Le Maire said on Tuesday. Paris is making the decision in contrast...
July 21, 2020
The United States and South Korea are trying to agree on the scale, scope and timing of annual military exercises with the coronavirus threatening to disrupt the travel of US...
July 21, 2020
Telecoms group TalkTalk has put faith in its broadband deal for long-term homeworkers to help bolster trading as it revealed a sales hit during the coronavirus lockdown.
July 21, 2020
An armed man is holding around 20 people hostage after seizing control of a bus in north-western Ukraine, police have said.
July 21, 2020
Passengers of China-bound flights must provide negative Covid-19 test results before boarding, China's aviation authority warned on Tuesday. The government is looking to further reduce the risk of imported coronavirus...
July 21, 2020
European Union leaders reached an "historic" deal on a massive stimulus plan for their coronavirus-hit economies at a pre-dawn meeting on Tuesday after a fractious summit that lasted almost five...
July 21, 2020
European Union leaders reached an "historic" deal on a massive stimulus plan for their coronavirus-hit economies at a pre-dawn meeting on Tuesday after a fractious summit that lasted almost five...
July 21, 2020
European Union leaders reached an "historic" deal on a massive stimulus plan for their coronavirus-hit economies at a pre-dawn meeting on Tuesday after a fractious summit that lasted almost five...
July 21, 2020
Donald Trump has acknowledged a “big flare up” of Covid-19 cases as the US crisis worsens and with emergency relief about to expire.
July 21, 2020
The US government has imposed trade sanctions on 11 companies it says are implicated in human rights abuses in China's Muslim north-western region of Xinjiang.
July 21, 2020
European Union leaders have finally clinched an unprecedented 1.82 trillion euro (£1.64 trillion) budget and coronavirus recovery fund.
July 21, 2020
Supermarkets have seen a number of Covid-19 outbreaks around the country as staff became infected with the virus, it emerged yesterday.
July 21, 2020
Ireland could find itself part of a global bidding war for supplies of a Covid-19 vaccine after clinical data showed promising results for two experimental jabs.
July 21, 2020
After weeks of delay and mixed messages, the Cabinet is finally set to sign-off on Ireland's 'green list' - countries from which travellers will not have to restrict their movements...
July 21, 2020
Limerick publican Gearoid Whelan opened his "wet house" at 10.50am yesterday despite the Government requiring publicans not serving food to delay pulling pints until at least August 10.
July 21, 2020
When Toni Fulton and her sister jumped in the car on Sunday for a roughly two-hour road trip through South Carolina to attend Kanye West's first campaign event since the...
July 21, 2020
The Government's freeze on rents prompted by the Covid-19 pandemic will come to an end on August 1.
July 21, 2020
A city-centre building site has temporarily closed on HSE advice after more than 20 cases of Covid-19 were detected among workers there.
July 21, 2020
There are serious concerns in Government over the high number of countries exempt from quarantine rules in Northern Ireland.
July 21, 2020
The spiralling pandemic and the increasingly virulent politics around Washington's handling of the coronavirus are raising the pressure on Senate Republicans.
July 21, 2020
Actress Amber Heard told a court yesterday that former husband Johnny Depp threatened to kill her many times during years of abuse.
July 21, 2020
Prince Andrew's aides were "pleased" with his 'Newsnight' interview, until they saw the public's reaction, Emily Maitlis has claimed.
July 21, 2020
Prominent Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong yesterday applied to run for a seat in the Chinese-ruled city's legislature, raising the prospect of a battle with authorities after being barred...
July 21, 2020
The cracks have been showing for some time now in the direction and decisions of the crucial gathering of people appointed to steer the country through the Covid-19 pandemic.
July 21, 2020
Most people assume that Darwin was talking about physical strength when referring to "survival of the fittest," meaning that a tougher, more resilient species always will win out over its...
July 21, 2020
A Russian venture capitalist is claiming "very substantial" damages over claims in a dossier about alleged links between Donald Trump and Russia that suggested he was involved in "cyber-crime".
July 21, 2020
Boris Johnson has said he does not want to become a "knee-jerk Sinophobe" as Britain suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong and imposed an arms embargo on the former...
July 21, 2020
The amount of money being written into wills that will eventually go to charities when people die has surged during the coronavirus pandemic, according to an online service.
July 20, 2020
Scientists have identified 37 volcanic structures on Venus that appear to be recently active - and probably still are today - painting the picture of a geologically dynamic planet and...
July 20, 2020
A self-described “anti-feminist” lawyer found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound is being investigated as the possible gunman in the shooting of a US federal judge's family, officials said.
July 20, 2020
A gunman posing as a delivery man has shot and killed the 20-year-old son of a US federal judge and wounded her husband at their home before fleeing in New...
July 20, 2020
Covid-19 may be the "tip of the iceberg" this winter amid the issue of antibiotic-resistant infections, a charity has warned.
July 20, 2020
More than 20 staff who were working on a building site that has forced to close have tested positive for Covid-19.
July 20, 2020
Weary European Union leaders have expressed cautious optimism that a deal is in sight on a fourth day of wrangling over an unprecedented 1.85 trillion euro (£1.67 trillion) budget and...
July 20, 2020
The parliament in Egypt on Monday approved the deployment of armed forces abroad to fight “criminal militias” and “foreign terrorist groups” on a “western front,” Reuters reported. The statement is...
July 20, 2020
US President Donald Trump said on Monday he plans to resume his televised coronavirus briefings. The president wants to tout positive news, even as the pandemic spreads across the country,...
July 20, 2020
China blew up part of a dam in eastern Anhui province to relieve flood pressure, as heavy rains continue to swell rivers across parts of the country, AFP reports. The...
July 20, 2020
The governors of the four German states that are home to critical US military facilities have urged members of US Congress to try and force President Donald Trump to back...
July 20, 2020
The Government's freeze on rents during the Covid-19 pandemic will come to an end on August 1.
