Scrabble looks set to ban the use of hundreds of slurs and other offensive words in professional tournaments in the United States, amid a reckoning on racism.
July 9, 2020
Should more of us wear face masks in the office and will classroom windows have to remain open in winter?
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
Former British Conservative MP Charlie Elphicke told a young parliamentary worker "I'm so naughty sometimes" after sexually assaulting her, a court has heard.
July 8, 2020
President Donald Trump, who has denigrated Mexican migrants and threatened the US ally with crippling tariffs, welcomed President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to the White House, called him a cherished...
July 8, 2020
Ireland has had one of the biggest global buy-ins to a national Covid-19 contract tracing app and over one million people have now downloaded the HSE's Tracker App in lee...
July 8, 2020
Political task forces Joe Biden formed with one-time rival Bernie Sanders to solidify support among the Democratic Party's progressive wing recommended that the former vice president embrace proposals to combat...
July 8, 2020
Stormont ministers are to consider a report warning that travellers from the rest of the UK present the greatest risk of bringing Covid-19 into Northern Ireland.
July 8, 2020
More employers who cite religious or moral grounds can decline to offer cost-free birth control coverage to their workers, the US Supreme Court ruled, upholding Trump administration rules that could...
July 8, 2020
Ireland has recorded no new Covid-19-related deaths in three of the last four days, as number of new cases remain in double figures.
July 8, 2020
Prime Minister Jean Castex said on Wednesday that in case of a new major coronavirus outbreak, any new lockdown would be targeted, not nationwide. The previous French government enforced a...
July 8, 2020
Johnny Depp denies assaulting Amber Heard after she made fun of his Winona Ryder tattoo, court hears
Hollywood star Johnny Depp told London's High Court on Wednesday that allegations he had physically abused his ex-wife Amber Heard were a hoax built up over years during their relationship...
July 8, 2020
Yemen is once again on the brink of famine as donor funds that averted catastrophe just 18 months ago have dried up, the country's UN humanitarian coordinator Lise Grande has...
July 8, 2020
The FTSE 100 drifted lower as the Chancellor's summer statement failed to excite traders.
July 8, 2020
Serbia's president has backtracked on his plans to reinstate a coronavirus lockdown in Belgrade after thousands protested over the move and violently clashed with police in the capital.
July 8, 2020
The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in the United States has hit three million, according to the count kept by Johns Hopkins University.
July 8, 2020
Germany will continue to push to seal a new partnership agreement with Britain by the end of the year, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday. However, she warned that the...
July 8, 2020
Sinn Fein's Pearse Doherty has accused banks of profiteering from the pandemic by charging interest accrued on mortgage payment breaks.
July 8, 2020
Serbia's president has backtracked on his plans to reinstate a coronavirus lockdown in Belgrade after thousands protested over the move and violently clashed with police in the capital.
July 8, 2020
President Donald Trump has threatened to withhold federal money if schools do not reopen in the autumn, and he lashed out at federal health officials over school reopening guidelines that...
July 8, 2020
An NHS worker who has been working long night shifts caring for Covid-19 patients has spoken of his pride at seeing his name appear on England bowler James Anderson's shirt.
July 8, 2020
The Libyan National Army (LNA) is ready to sign the immediate ceasefire treaty, but the government in Tripoli is unwilling to do so, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on...
July 8, 2020
The next summit of the Normandy Four group could take place soon provided the Paris agreements are implemented, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday. The group comprises Russia, Ukraine,...
July 8, 2020
IRELAND'S frontline health workers should get extra paid leave due to their role battling coronavirus, the Dáil has been told.
July 8, 2020
Beijing said on Wednesday it will impose visa restrictions on US citizens who have engaged in “egregious” behavior over Tibet, in apparent retaliation against US curbs on Chinese officials. US...
July 8, 2020
The National Gallery has reopened its doors to visitors after putting strict new social distancing rules in place.
July 8, 2020
Five million Australians face a heavy police clampdown from midnight on Wednesday to contain a flare-up of coronavirus cases. Checkpoints are being set up around Melbourne to ensure people stay...
July 8, 2020
Authorities in Catalonia will on Wednesday decide to make it mandatory to wear masks regardless of people's ability to maintain a safe distance, regional leader Quim Torra said. Catalonia will...
July 8, 2020
Ombudsman services are bracing themselves to be inundated with complaints as a result of Covid-19, MPs have heard.
July 8, 2020
Beijing's national security office has opened in Hong Kong, just over a week after China's central government imposed a tough new law on the city that critics view as a...
July 8, 2020
Indian police have arrested 12 LG Polymers officials, including its South Korean Chief Executive Sunkey Jeong. A gas leak at the company's south Indian chemical plant two months ago killed...
July 8, 2020
Metro Bank has appointed a new chairman to replace controversial co-founder Vernon Hill, who resigned last year in the wake of an accounting scandal.
July 8, 2020
The HSE is expecting to reach one million downloads on the new Covid Tracker app following its launch yesterday.
July 8, 2020
Accountancy giant Grant Thornton UK has been fined £1.95 million by the industry watchdog for “firm-wide” failures in its auditing of collapsed Bargain Booze owner Conviviality.
July 8, 2020
Austria has issued travel warnings for Bulgaria, Romania and Moldova because of the worsening coronavirus situation in those countries and clusters in Austria involving people arriving from the region. Anyone...
July 8, 2020
US Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun rejected on Wednesday reports that he was seeking to meet North Korean officials during a visit to South Korea this week. However, the...
July 8, 2020
Property giant Segro said that it had been paid a vast majority of the rent it was due at the end of June, even as many of its fellow landlords...
July 8, 2020
China would “be happy to” participate in arms control negotiations with the United States and Russia, but only if the US were willing to reduce its nuclear arsenal to Beijing's...
July 8, 2020
Conservationists have captured the first images of a group of rare Cross River gorillas with multiple babies in Nigeria's Mbe mountains, proof that the subspecies once feared to be extinct...
July 8, 2020
Accountancy giant Grant Thornton has been fined £1.95 million by the industry watchdog for “firm-wide” failures in its auditing of collapsed Bargain Booze owner Conviviality.
