US Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun, who visited Seoul on July 7-9, in his meetings reaffirmed “continued US readiness to engage in dialogue” with North Korea, the State Department...
July 9, 2020
Afghanistan’s govt to release prisoners from Taliban’s revised list in push for ‘direct peace talks’
Kabul plans to release more Taliban prisoners in the hope of getting peace talks going, a government spokesman said on Thursday. The insurgent group earlier provided the government with a...
July 9, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic in Africa is reaching “full speed” and it is good to prepare for the worst-case scenario, the Africa Centres for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention has said.
July 9, 2020
The tax gap – the difference between what should be paid in theory and the amount actually received – has narrowed to the lowest rate on record, according to HM...
July 9, 2020
Flooding and mudslides have stranded hundreds of people in scenic hot springs and hiking areas in central Japan.
July 9, 2020
Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Thursday that China and US relations face the most serious challenges since diplomatic ties were established in 1979. However, the...
July 9, 2020
Hungary will on Thursday review rules on travel to neighboring states where numbers of coronavirus cases have been rising, PM Viktor Orban's chief of staff said. The country lifted most...
July 9, 2020
THERE has been a new surge in the number of households that have been forced to get a payment break on their mortgage and consumer loan, shocking new figures show.
July 9, 2020
People working remotely could be given the chance to relocate to Barbados under new proposals being considered by the Caribbean island.
July 9, 2020
Nearly three in 10 (28%) renting households have had some difficulty in paying their housing costs, according to the 2018/19 English Housing Survey.
July 9, 2020
The Saudi-led military coalition fighting the Houthi group in Yemen said it destroyed two explosive-laden boats in the Red Sea, according to Saudi state TV. The two remotely controlled boats...
July 9, 2020
The Duchess of Sussex's friends spoke anonymously to People magazine in the US to defend her over ‘bullying behaviour' by the British tabloid press.
July 9, 2020
Democratic Party presidential candidate Joe Biden has proposed sweeping new uses of the state's regulatory and spending power to bolster US manufacturing and technology firms.
July 9, 2020
The United States and Russia are not enemies and cannot afford not talking to each other, Russian Ambassador to US Anatoly Antonov has said. Speaking on Russia-US relations during a...
July 9, 2020
The Duchess of Sussex's friends spoke anonymously to People magazine in the US to defend her over ‘bullying behaviour' by the British tabloid press.
July 9, 2020
The Duchess of Sussex's friends spoke anonymously to People magazine in the US to defend her over ‘bullying behaviour' by the British tabloid press.
July 9, 2020
The mayor of South Korea's capital city has vanished amid sexual harassment allegations and after giving his daughter a message she described as sounding like a will, police have said.
July 9, 2020
The mayor of South Korean capital Seoul has been reported missing and search operations are under way, according to police.
July 9, 2020
Italy's coastguard said on Thursday they have seized a boat operated by a German NGO that last month rescued more than 200 people stranded at sea, because it did not...
July 9, 2020
There is no need to reintroduce a state of emergency, Japan's top government spokesman has said, after a record one-day rise in Tokyo coronavirus cases. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga...
July 9, 2020
Recruiters PageGroup and Robert Walters have revealed plunging fee income in the UK and worldwide as lockdowns globally saw hiring grind to a halt.
July 9, 2020
The former US police officer charged in the death of George Floyd told him to "stop yelling" and as Floyd gasped for air, according to newly released court documents.
July 9, 2020
A wooden sculpture of U.S. first lady Melania Trump was torched near her hometown of Sevnica, Slovenia, on the night of July Fourth, as Americans celebrated U.S. Independence Day, said...
July 9, 2020
Gardai identified 26 pubs potentially in breach of public health regulations and licensing laws during checks carried out last weekend.
July 9, 2020
Former Glee actress Naya Rivera has gone missing at a lake in Southern California, the Ventura County Sheriff's Department said.
July 9, 2020
Former Glee actress Naya Rivera has gone missing at a lake in Southern California, the Ventura County Sheriff's Department said.
July 9, 2020
India has reported nearly 25,000 new coronavirus infections as the disease continues to spread through the nation of nearly 1.4 billion people.
July 9, 2020
House-building giants Persimmon and Bovis Homes owner Vistry Group have laid bare the toll taken on sales during the coronavirus lockdown, but cheered recovering demand amid cautious home-buyers.
July 9, 2020
More than 3,000 British workers have applied for redundancy at Rolls-Royce, with many leaving in the next two months after the company announced a sweeping round of job cuts.
July 9, 2020
Texas has resumed carrying out the death penalty, executing a 45-year-old man for murder.
July 9, 2020
The civil rights auditors Facebook hired to scrutinise its civil rights record have delivered a long-awaited and scathing indictment of the social media giant.
July 9, 2020
A warning has been given to GPs to beware of the Covid-19 risk from using their mobile phone in the surgery.
July 9, 2020
There were one million downloads of the new Covid tracker app within the first 48 hours of its launch here.
July 9, 2020
Irish people living in Melbourne have spoken about their "fear and frustration" after Australia's second biggest city went back into lockdown due to a new spike in coronavirus cases.
July 9, 2020
A tell-all book by US President Donald Trump's niece describes a family riven by a series of traumas, exacerbated by a daunting patriarch who "destroyed" Donald Trump by short-circuiting his...
July 9, 2020
Ireland faces exceptional difficulty in winning new foreign investment in coming months - simply because potential investors, particularly from the US, cannot set foot here.
July 9, 2020
An army officer who played a high-profile role in US President Donald Trump's impeachment proceedings is retiring from the military over alleged "bullying" and "retaliation" by the president, his lawyer...
July 9, 2020
Dave Burke's natural state is to try and fix things. He used to make robots as a child in Dublin. He once created an entire app on a 12-hour flight.
July 9, 2020
Johnny Depp dangled his former wife's pet dog out of a speeding car window during a furious row in which he physically assaulted her, a court has been told.
July 9, 2020
Kanye West has said he is anti-abortion, anti-vaccination and pro-school prayer as he offered more details about his plans to run for US president.
