Former US vice president Joe Biden has secured enough delegates in the Democratic nominating contest to clinch the party's presidential nomination, according to Edison Media Research.
June 11, 2020
The majority of the public are not wearing face masks or coverings, according to the latest poll.
June 11, 2020
More than 500 jobs are set to be lost after Monsoon Accessorize entered administration, as the hit from coronavirus threw its turnaround plan off course.
June 11, 2020
The majority of the public are not wearing face masks or coverings, according to the latest poll.
June 11, 2020
Millions have lost their jobs, but US stock markets are at or close to all-time highs. In Ireland, the Government deficit is set to hit €30bn and thousands of companies...
June 11, 2020
The DAA will slow development of its Dublin Airport Central office plan in light of the Covid-19 pandemic and speculation that it could result in more people working from home...
June 11, 2020
The GAA should think outside the provincial box when deciding where to play championship matches later this year.
June 11, 2020
Germany's foreign minister has expressed serious concern to Israel about its plans to annex parts of the occupied West Bank, but he stopped short of threatening sanctions.
June 11, 2020
JK Rowling has revealed she is a domestic abuse and sexual assault survivor in the wake of a row over her comments about transgender people.
June 11, 2020
Swathes of the hotel and restaurant industry will shut when the summer season ends unless the State underwrites loss-making business through autumn and winter, a senior adviser to the sector...
June 11, 2020
Companies legally blocked from holding their AGMs remotely will be stuck in a Catch-22 until a new government is in place - or lockdown restrictions end.
June 11, 2020
Hong Kong police arrested 53 people during protests on Tuesday evening that saw hundreds of activists take to the streets, at times blocking roads in the heart of the global...
June 11, 2020
US President Donald Trump's incendiary responses to racial injustice protests and the coronavirus pandemic have left him politically isolated, raising alarm among many Republicans about the party's prospects in November's...
June 11, 2020
Thousands of people in Sligo and Dublin will be chosen to be the first groups in the country to provide blood samples to find out if they were infected with...
June 11, 2020
Britain's death toll from Covid-19 could have been halved if the lockdown had been introduced a week earlier, a former member of the UK government's scientific advisory group said yesterday.
June 11, 2020
A brother of George Floyd took his grief to the US capital yesterday with an impassioned plea to Congress not to let his brother die in vain, lamenting that he...
June 11, 2020
Johnson & Johnson said yesterday it would bring forward by two months human trials of its potential Covid-19 vaccine to the second half of July, as the drugmaker rushes to...
June 11, 2020
A Swedish prosecutor closed the case of the assassination of former prime minister Olof Palme after 34 years yesterday, accusing a graphic designer who died two decades ago of the...
June 11, 2020
Hundreds of patients were transferred from hospitals into nursing homes as the coronavirus loomed on the horizon in March.
June 10, 2020
Retail shops have reopened after a two-month pandemic shutdown in Brazil's biggest city, leading to crowded public transport and many people ignoring social distancing rules.
June 10, 2020
The US Federal Reserve has made clear that it will keep providing support by buying bonds to maintain low borrowing rates and forecasting no rate hike until 2022.
June 10, 2020
A brother of George Floyd took his grief to the US capital on Wednesday with an impassioned plea to Congress not to let his brother die in vain, lamenting that...
June 10, 2020
Poland will open its borders with fellow European Union countries on Saturday and allow international flights from next Tuesday, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Wednesday. The country closed its...
June 10, 2020
Russian President Vladimir Putin had a phone call with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday and stressed the importance of ceasefire in Libya as soon as possible, the...
June 10, 2020
A young kitten who fell through a wall has been rescued and reunited with his mum, while video conference calls could become more interesting thanks to a herd of alpacas.
June 10, 2020
Authorities have allowed foreign parents into Ukraine to collect babies who were born to surrogate mothers and stranded in the eastern European country due to the coronavirus pandemic.
June 10, 2020
Follow the latest coronavirus news in Ireland and across the world on the Independent.ie live blog.
June 10, 2020
A subdued trading session saw the major markets close in the red as the latest set of economic forecasts predicting a significant coronavirus hit weighed on cautious traders.
June 10, 2020
Berlin and its European partners have “serious concerns” over Israel's plans to annex parts of the occupied West Bank, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said in Jerusalem on Wednesday. Maas...
June 10, 2020
A raging fire at a natural gas field in a remote part of north-eastern India has killed two firefighters and forced nearly 8,000 people to leave their homes, an official...
June 10, 2020
Ankara on Wednesday dismissed Egypt's proposal for a ceasefire in Libya, saying the plan aimed “to save commander Khalifa Haftar” after the collapse of his offensive against the capital Tripoli,...
June 10, 2020
The UK is seeking a trade relationship with the European Union that is very close to that of an EU member, the bloc's Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said on Wednesday....
June 10, 2020
London Zoo is joining animal parks across the country getting ready to welcome back visitors after being given the green light to open their doors again.
June 10, 2020
A senior European Union official has warned online platforms such as Google and Facebook to step up the fight against fake news, coming notably from countries such as China and...
June 10, 2020
Follow the latest coronavirus news in Ireland and across the world on the Independent.ie live blog.
June 10, 2020
An angry cat was saved by a lifeboat crew after it became trapped by rising water on the Thames, but not before it put up a fight against its rescuers.
June 10, 2020
Berlin will extend its travel warning for non-European countries until the end of August but lift Germany's border controls to all its neighbors by mid-June, ministers said on Wednesday. Germany...
June 10, 2020
Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) has said it prevented a terror attack at a marketplace in Simferopol, the capital of Crimea. Five suspected Russian nationals who maintained contacts with Ukrainian...
June 10, 2020
Drone footage has captured what is believed to be the largest migration of green turtles on film, with 64,000 spotted near Raine Island on Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
June 10, 2020
The Duchess of Cambridge has celebrated the “amazing” entries to her photographic project documenting life under lockdown.
