Breaking News

In the 11 weeks since schools and crèches closed, the Government has broken every promise it made in relation to the provision of childcare for essential workers. Why should anyone...

President Donald Trump is again pushing the limits of Twitter's attempts to deal with national leaders who spread misinformation and engage in personal abuse, this time with a barrage of...

With deaths and new daily cases of Covid-19 going down, where are people picking up the coronavirus?

Rasputin, as everyone knows, was a love-hate figure of early 20th-century Russian history. A self-proclaimed mystic and visionary, he captivated the Romanov royal family, in particular Tsarina Alexandra, the empress...

'Let's see those windscreen wipers in the air," is a sentence music fans could never have imagined hearing before the long strange summer of 2020.

You might want to limit your social bubble to those with similar opinions on coronavirus or the picnicking this summer could turn into full-scale bickering.

Covid-19 was "unequivocally" transported to Cahersiveen on a bus taking asylum seekers to a new direct provision centre, a TD told the Dáil's Covid-19 committee yesterday.

Four Minneapolis officers involved in the arrest of a black man who died in police custody were fired yesterday, hours after a bystander's video showed the man pleading that he...

The State's health watchdog will only begin inspecting nursing homes that have been hit by coronavirus outbreaks from today.

Hong Kong is bracing itself for what could be its biggest day of protests in months, with pro-democracy groups calling for a general strike against China's latest moves to increase...

Conservative MPs are to challenge Boris Johnson face to face over his refusal to sack his influential adviser Dominic Cummings.

There is a lack of evidence for whether the physical distancing rule to protect against the spread of coronavirus should be one or two metres, the chair of the advisory...

Hours after President Donald Trump was spotted at public Memorial Day remembrances without a face mask, he jumped on Twitter to retweet a Fox News commentator criticising his Democratic opponent...

The United Kingdom's Covid-19 death toll surpassed 47,000 yesterday.

Police have arrested a man suspected of starting a fire that killed 36 people in an animation studio in Japan.

Face masks should be mandatory in public places, according to a member of Ireland's Covid-19 Expert Advisory Group.

Face masks should be mandatory in public places, according to a member of Ireland's Covid-19 Expert Advisory Group.

A band that split 13 years ago has reunited over Zoom after being inspired by the rising use of the software during the coronavirus pandemic.

Gardaí have reported 80 incidents of members of the public spitting and/or coughing on them during the coronavirus lockdown.

Coronavirus was “unequivocally” transported to Cahersiveen on a bus taking asylum seekers to a new Direct Provision centre, the Dáil's Covid-19 committee has heard.

Four Minneapolis police officers who were involved in the arrest of a black man who died in police custody have been fired after a bystander's video showed the man pleading...

A black man who died in police custody in Minneapolis was seen on a bystander's video pleading that he could not breathe as a white officer knelt on his neck...

The dig for of the remains of Red Hugh O'Donnell could be over after archaeologists discovered a skull and bones in the exact chamber identified as his burial site.

The chain worn by Normal People's Connell Waldron is being raffled for charity, while a doctor and nurse whose wedding was cancelled because of coronavirus have got married in hospital.

Moscow backs an immediate ceasefire and political talks in Libya, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday. He made the statement during a phone call with Aguila Saleh Issa,...

Follow the latest coronavirus news in Ireland and across the world on the Independent.ie live blog.

Follow the latest coronavirus news in Ireland and across the world on the Independent.ie live blog.

A nurse and doctor who were forced to cancel their wedding due to the coronavirus outbreak have got married at the hospital where they work.

Kosovo President Hashim Thaci said on Tuesday he would not take part in talks on normalizing ties with Serbia led by an European Union special mediator. In March, EU foreign...

Syrian authorities loosened coronavirus lockdown restrictions on Tuesday by canceling a night-time curfew, allowing travel between provinces and announcing a reopening of mosques, according to state media. Damascus has announced...

France's Government is injecting more than eight billion euro (£7.1 billion) to save the country's car industry from huge losses wrought by virus lockdowns.

The FTSE 100 jumped as traders were buoyed by the Prime Minister's plans to loosen current lockdown restrictions.

Follow the latest coronavirus news in Ireland and across the world on the Independent.ie live blog.

UN officials said they will discuss on Thursday with over a dozen world leaders shoring up financial support for emerging economies, hit hard by the pandemic's economic fallout. The online...

Hungary's government expects to end a state of emergency on June 20, Justice Minister Judit Varga said on her Facebook page on Tuesday. The government is also preparing to submit...

Follow the latest coronavirus news in Ireland and across the world on the Independent.ie live blog.

President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday China would step up its preparedness for armed combat and improve its ability to carry out military tasks as the coronavirus pandemic is having...

The decision to allow the Cheltenham Festival and a Liverpool Champions League game to go ahead in March 'caused increased suffering and death', according to the scientist leading the UK's...

An American couple waited a lifetime plus an extra two and a half months to visit the ancient ruins of Pompeii together.