Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government has stopped easing coronavirus restrictions in Israel after a sharp increase in new Covid-19 cases. “There is a very sharp rise in illness,” Netanyahu said...
June 8, 2020
FOR Dublin's oldest retailer Tom Monaghan, reopening his fashion store today has been "more exciting" than when he first opened its doors 60 years ago.
June 8, 2020
An eight-year-old artist has launched an online coronavirus-themed exhibition, with pieces inspired by Banksy and Tracy Emin, to raise money for charity.
June 8, 2020
Talks to end the 18-year-old conflict in Afghanistan may begin this month, Reuters reported sources as saying on Monday, a day after the US special envoy visited Islamabad and met...
June 8, 2020
A KEY Irish witness who believes he may have seen Madeleine McCann being carried away on the night of her disappearance has said he ‘does not recognise' new suspect Christian...
June 8, 2020
A new test has confirmed COVID-19 as trigger for a rare mysterious 'inflammatory syndrome' which left three children hospitalised in Dublin.
June 8, 2020
A London children's choir has gathered to conduct a virtual fundraiser with a cover of John Lennon's Isolation.
June 8, 2020
Libyan fighters allied with the UN-supported, Tripoli-based government pressed their advance on Monday, boosted by recent battlefield gains and their rivals' withdrawal from around the capital, AP reported, citing warring...
June 8, 2020
A quarter of 21 to 30-year-olds say the idea of going vegan has become more appealing to them since the coronavirus pandemic started, a survey has found.
June 8, 2020
A group of leading scientists have written an open letter to the Government on its Covid-19 strategy, saying instead of “suppressing” the virus we need to “eliminate” it.
June 8, 2020
New Zealand lifted all social and economic restrictions except border controls after declaring it was free of the coronavirus. “While the job is not done, there is no denying this...
June 8, 2020
IT would cost the State up to €450m if a target of testing 15,000 people for Coronavirus every day is required on an ongoing basis, according to the HSE.
June 8, 2020
Transport services, shops and restaurants were back up and running in Indonesia capital on Monday. Offices in Jakarta, the epicenter of the country's outbreak, were operating with limits on employee...
June 8, 2020
A storm causing heavy rain and coastal flooding in the southern state of Louisiana is expected to weaken into a tropical depression in “the next several hours,” the US National...
June 8, 2020
A man who fell into an abandoned well and broke his leg while being chased by a wild dog on Indonesia's tourist island of Bali has been rescued after being...
June 8, 2020
The first car in the queue at IKEA in Ballymun arrived at 5am this morning as the quest to fill new homes with furniture and homeware from the Swedish giants...
June 8, 2020
The first car in the queue at IKEA in Ballymun arrived at 5am this morning as the quest to fill new homes with furniture and homeware from the Swedish giants...
June 8, 2020
The first car in the queue at IKEA in Ballymun arrived at 5am this morning as the quest to fill new homes with furniture and homeware from the Swedish giants...
June 8, 2020
The first car in the queue at IKEA in Ballymun arrived at 5am this morning as the quest to fill new homes with furniture and homeware from the Swedish giants...
June 8, 2020
Storm Cristobal has weakened to a tropical depression after crashing ashore as a lopsided tropical storm a day earlier in Louisiana and sparked dangerous weather farther east, sending waves crashing...
June 8, 2020
On Monday, Turkey ordered the detention of 149 people over suspected links to the network Ankara says orchestrated a failed coup in 2016. Among those named in the detention order...
June 8, 2020
Authorities have ended a five-year investigation into Tesco's accountants over a £250 million accounting scandal.
June 8, 2020
Berlin's coordinator for transatlantic ties, Peter Beyer, has criticized US President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw thousands of troops from Germany. Trump has ordered the US military to remove 9,500...
June 8, 2020
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June 8, 2020
Follow the latest coronavirus news in Ireland and across the world on the Independent.ie live blog.
June 8, 2020
New Zealand reported zero active cases of Covid-19 for the first time since the pandemic reached its shores, indicating that it has achieved its aim of eliminating the virus.
June 8, 2020
Tropical Storm Cristobal has continued to weaken after it crashed ashore in Louisiana and created dangerous weather further east, sending waves crashing over Mississippi beaches, swamping parts of an Alabama...
June 8, 2020
Car dealership Lookers has warned investors they might be unable to buy and sell its shares from the beginning of July, after it discovered a potential fraud on its books.
June 8, 2020
New Zealand has eradicated the coronavirus from its shores after health officials reported on Monday that the final person known to have been infected had recovered.
June 8, 2020
On September 9, 2010, David Smith (28), an unarmed black man, died face down on a YMCA basketball court in Minneapolis as a white officer knelt on him for four...
June 8, 2020
We've all heard of 'bring your own bottle' but it seems some people are now packing their own cutlery for barbecues.
June 8, 2020
Joe Biden is planning to meet privately with George Floyd's family in Houston, Texas, offering condolences in the aftermath of a killing that launched nationwide protests over police brutality and...
June 8, 2020
Guidance to the general public on the wearing of face masks or coverings to reduce the risk of Covid-19 transmission has become more complicated - and potentially more expensive for...
June 8, 2020
China's exports contracted in May as global coronavirus lockdowns continued to devastate demand, while a sharper-than-expected fall in imports pointed to mounting pressure on manufacturers as global growth stalls.
June 8, 2020
Guidance to the general public on the wearing of face masks or coverings to reduce the risk of Covid-19 transmission has become more complicated - and potentially more expensive for...
June 8, 2020
Former US secretary of state Colin Powell has endorsed Democratic candidate Joe Biden, becoming the first major Republican to publicly back Donald Trump's rival ahead of November's election.
June 8, 2020
Thousands of people will not be able to return to work in the tourism sector if the two-metre social distancing restriction is not relaxed, a government report reveals.
June 8, 2020
The confirmed global death toll from the Covid-19 virus reached at least 400,000 fatalities yesterday.
June 8, 2020
Thousands of people will not be able to return to work in the tourism sector if the two-metre social distancing restriction is not relaxed, a government report reveals.
June 8, 2020
An appeal by UK police has generated almost 400 tips in the days since authorities said they were investigating a new suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.
