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Some 130 accounts were affected by a hack on Twitter earlier this week which formed part of an apparent cyber scam, the social network has revealed.

On Friday, South Korea revoked the licenses of two anti-North Korea groups that send propaganda leaflets into the North. The actions had infuriated the government in Seoul as they undermined...

Allocations from the EU's proposed recovery fund should be based on the downturn in countries' growth due to the coronavirus crisis and not on the basis of their past economic...

More than a million payment deferrals have been provided on credit cards as lenders help borrowers whose finances have temporarily been hit by the impact of coronavirus.

NATO has been able to function during the coronavirus pandemic to make sure the health crisis does not become a security crisis, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Friday. The...

The family of fundraising hero Captain Sir Tom Moore have described the Queen's decision to give him his knighthood in a unique private ceremony as “the icing on the cake”...

Mobile giant Vodafone has said its European network will be powered by 100% renewable electricity by no later than July 2021.

Israel imposed a new weekend shutdown on Friday and tightened a series of coronavirus curbs to lower infection rates. The move comes amid growing public anger over the government's handling...

Nearly a third of people who plan to buy their first home within the next year say their finances have improved during the Covid-19 pandemic, a survey has found.

Large parts of central and eastern China were reeling on Friday from the worst floods in decades, as disruption mounted for key supply chains, including crucial personal protective equipment for...

EU leaders are meeting Friday to discuss plans for an unprecedented 1.85 trillion euro (£1.6 trillion) EU budget and recovery fund.

China has moved a rocket into position to launch a rover to Mars, in one of three forthcoming missions to the red planet, one from the US and another by...

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Brazil has exceeded 2 million.

HomeServe has said customers have continued to renew their policies as normal despite the pandemic ripping large chunks out of many other businesses.

Fresh outbreaks of coronavirus, even in places as far flung as China's western Xinjiang region, are prompting worldwide moves to guard against the pandemic, as the number of confirmed cases...

An actress and #MeToo campaigner is set to tell the High Court in London that she was “misquoted” in an article which labelled Johnny Depp a wife beater.

India has reported one million coronavirus cases, making it third only to the US and Brazil and prompting concerns about its readiness to confront an inevitable surge.

A fire on a ship at a US naval base in San Diego has been extinguished after burning for four days and injuring more than 60 people, authorities said.

The pandemic has reversed the rise in rents and led to a sharp fall-off in the number of new tenancies registered.

Priests and parishes are busy with the "huge task" of rescheduling thousands of first communions, with social distancing doubling the number of ceremonies involved.

Only a generous Government support package for the pub industry will prevent hundreds of outlets from failing to reopen after the Covid-19 ­pandemic.

Britain, the United States and Canada have accused Russian hackers of trying to steal information from researchers seeking a coronavirus vaccine, warning scientists and pharmaceutical companies to be alert for...

Fiery loops dubbed "campfires" have been photographed on the sun for the first time after a spacecraft transmitted the closest ever images of the star.

A spot fine of around €100 should be imposed on shoppers who refuse to wear a face mask in stores.

Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro has banned setting agricultural and forest fires as the country enters the dry season.

Greece and Cyprus may be among the European sun destinations in next week's 'green list' of countries where Irish holidaymakers can enjoy quarantine-free breaks.

People have been given a two-week deadline to curb the rising spread of Covid-19 or else risk plunging the country on the road to another dark grip of the virus.

A Covid-19 survivor has spoken of his heartbreak at emerging from a coma only to be told his 83-year-old mother had died from the virus on the same hospital ward.

Something about the photograph just didn't sit right.

Nancy Pelosi yesterday compared Donald Trump to "the man who refuses to ask for directions" as she pleaded with the president to seek advice from scientific leaders to reverse the...

Cancer diagnoses that were delayed due to the disruption to health services during the Covid-19 pandemic are likely to lead to "smaller chances of survival" for patients.

Johnny Depp's former partners Winona Ryder and Vanessa Paradis have described him as a kind and loving man, saying it was "impossible" to believe he was capable of attacking anyone.

The Covid-19 message is getting very confusing. On the one hand there are dire warnings about the rising R number. Yet at the same time it will be a case...

Priests and parishes are busy with the "huge task" of rescheduling thousands of first communions, with social distancing doubling the number of ceremonies involved.

A breach in Twitter's security that allowed hackers to break into the accounts of leaders and technology moguls is one of the worst attacks in recent years and may shake...

Caroline Cunningham says her first pregnancy was "really good... I couldn't really complain". But by the time she was 38 weeks she was facing the possibility of giving birth during...

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Brazil has exceeded 2 million.

SOMETHING about the picture just didn't sit right.

The United States has become overly reliant on Chinese goods and services, attorney general William Barr has said.

US President Donald Trump's plans for a grand Republican Party convention keep shrinking.