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An HSE investigation is under way into a Covid-19 outbreak that claimed the lives of almost half the residents in a Donegal nursing home.

A CNN reporter and his crew were arrested and released by police in Minneapolis early yesterday after a night of continued protests over the death of George Floyd, an unarmed...

Retail sales fell off a cliff in April and recorded their steepest drop since the worst days of the financial crisis as the coronavirus pandemic kept consumers locked down in...

US president Donald Trump's feud with Twitter has escalated dramatically after the company decided one of his tweets about the Minneapolis protests was "glorifying violence" and hid it from immediate...

New Zealand has all but eradicated the coronavirus from its shores, with just one person in the nation of five million known to be still infected.

Q. Before Covid-19 I was working two part-time jobs, as a trainee beautician by day and a bar tender on some evenings. Neither manager knows that I have another job....

Aer Lingus will board and disembark passengers in small groups and make the presentation of tickets and passports contact-free as part of its plans to minimise virus transmission risks on...

The coronavirus has moved out of cities and into towns around Ireland in recent weeks, it emerged yesterday.

Coillte's chief executive, Imelda Hurley, has warned that the coronavirus pandemic will have "a very significant impact" on the business for at least this year.

Forbes has removed Kylie Jenner from its list of billionaires and accused the reality star of inflating the value of her cosmetics business.

Forbes has removed Kylie Jenner from its list of billionaires and accused the reality star of inflating the value of her cosmetics business.

President Donald Trump has said the US will be terminating its relationship with the World Health Organisation.

The United States will begin the process of withdrawing special trade benefits for Hong Kong because of the Chinese government's imposition of a new security law in the semi-autonomous city.

A Minneapolis police officer who pinned an unarmed black man with a knee to the throat before the man died has been arrested and charged with murder, a prosecutor said...

President Donald Trump has said the US will be terminating its relationship with the World Health Organisation.

Greece on Friday listed 29 countries from where it will accept visitors as of June 15 as the Greek government looks to mitigate some of the financial damage from the...

The Minnesota State Patrol on Friday arrested a CNN television crew as they reported on violent protests in Minneapolis following the death of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who...

Demonstrators have torched a Minneapolis police station as three days of violent protests spread over the death of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who pleaded for air as a...

President Vladimir Putin ordered Russia's defense and foreign ministries on Friday to hold talks with Damascus for Moscow to obtain additional facilities and maritime access in Syria. A protocol could...

Joe Biden says that the “open wound” of systemic racism was behind the police killing of a handcuffed black man in Minnesota.

The Minneapolis officer who was seen on video kneeling on the neck of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who died in custody after pleading that he could not breathe,...

The Minneapolis officer who was seen on video kneeling on the neck of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who died in custody after pleading that he could not breathe,...

Saudi Arabia confirmed on Friday it will host a virtual donors conference next week for Yemen, together with the United Nations. Yemen's government was ousted from the capital Sanaa by...

SpaceX pressed ahead with its second attempt to launch astronauts for Nasa, a historic first for a private company, but more stormy weather threatened more delays.

Turkey may begin oil exploration in the eastern Mediterranean within three or four months under a deal it signed with Libya, Energy Minister Fatih Donmez said on Friday. The agreement...

PARENTS returning to work from maternity or adoptive leave will be included in a government scheme to subsidise their wages during the Covid-19 crisis.

As Italy decides whether to open regional borders as planned next week, hard-hit Lombardy remains an outlier.

A street artist in Birmingham has paid tribute to NHS workers with a Covid-19 themed mural.

Austria will no longer require shoppers to wear face masks, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said on Friday, outlining the next phase of loosening coronavirus restrictions. “Face masks will no longer be...

Archaeologists have briefly revealed a well-preserved mosaic floor of an ancient Roman villa first discovered almost a century ago near the northern Italian city of Verona.

Global markets retreated as traders became increasingly anxious over relations between the US and China.

Qatar has denied that it plans to quit the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), as Doha prepares to mark three years of isolation led by the regional bloc's heavyweight Saudi Arabia....

Fundraisers are walking, running and swimming nearly 7,000 miles to help the families of Filipino frontline workers who have died of coronavirus, while an artist has unveiled a mural dedicated...

Foreign ministers from EU states agreed to toughen their strategy on China on Friday amid concerns about China's new security law for Hong Kong, Reuters said. The ministers had a...

Greece on Friday listed 29 countries from where it will accept visitors as of June 15, the Tourism Ministry said. Travelers from the permitted countries will be able to enter...

Greece on Friday listed 29 countries from where it will accept visitors as of June 15 as the Greek government looks to mitigate some of the financial damage from the...

Greece on Friday listed 29 countries from where it will accept visitors as of June 15 as the Greek government looks to mitigate some of the financial damage from the...

US President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron agreed that the G7 meeting should be held in person, and in the near future, the White House has said. The...

Curbs in Japan's capital to contain the coronavirus will be eased further from Monday, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said on Friday. Theaters and gyms are among the facilities that will...

None of France's three most famous tourist sites will reopen when the country lifts most of its remaining coronavirus lockdown restrictions next week.