Britain will impose a 14-day quarantine for almost all international travelers from June 8, Interior Minister Priti Patel said on Friday. Anyone breaking the rules is facing a 1,000 pound...
May 22, 2020
Libya's internationally recognized government retook parts of southern Tripoli on Friday from the eastern-based Libyan National Army (LNA) of Khalifa Haftar. His 13-month campaign to seize the capital is now...
May 22, 2020
Follow the latest coronavirus news in Ireland and across the world on the Independent.ie live blog.
May 22, 2020
Follow the latest coronavirus news in Ireland and across the world on the Independent.ie live blog.
May 22, 2020
Aer Lingus employees are to be told next week of additional cuts to pay and working hours as well as redundancies.
May 22, 2020
Moscow is grateful to the US side for providing help to counter the coronavirus pandemic, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said on Friday. “Yesterday, we received the first shipment...
May 22, 2020
Markets ended in the red for the second session in a row on Friday, as warnings of a new Chinese crackdown sparked worries that Hong Kong protesters might take back...
May 22, 2020
A teenage carer makes PPE and a choir met up for a virtual performance in Friday's news.
May 22, 2020
A trip to the pub could change almost beyond recognition as measures to combat Covid-19 continue for months to come.
May 22, 2020
A trip to the pub could change almost beyond recognition as measures to combat Covid-19 continue for months to come.
May 22, 2020
Robinsons and J2O maker Britvic may not get to showcase its hugely expensive sponsorship of Wimbledon this year due to the coronavirus crisis.
May 22, 2020
Follow the latest coronavirus news in Ireland and across the world on the Independent.ie live blog.
May 22, 2020
Portugal's Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva said on Friday that the country's doors are open to tourists as it becomes one of the first European satets to welcome back visitors...
May 22, 2020
A Limerick grandmother who survived Covid-19 at the age of 89 has become a “TikTok sensation” on her road to recovery.
May 22, 2020
Archaeologists have found the bones of about 60 mammoths at an airport under construction north of Mexico City, near human-built “traps” where more than a dozen mammoths were found last...
May 22, 2020
Czech health authorities believe the spread of the new coronavirus is under control despite a tick-up in cases in recent days. The country is preparing to open pubs, hotels and...
May 22, 2020
Hopes for vaccine against the coronavirus soared today after the first clinical trial of a potential jab found it to be safe, well-tolerated, and able to generate an immune response...
May 22, 2020
Hopes for a vaccine against the coronavirus soared today after the first clinical trial of a potential jab found it to be safe, well-tolerated, and able to generate an immune...
May 22, 2020
Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, has had a testy exchange with a prominent black radio personality over his support among black voters and his potential running mate.
May 22, 2020
The UK will study the details of what President Donald Trump is proposing for a planned G7 summit next month, a spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday....
May 22, 2020
Britain's biggest building society has pledged not to repossess homes for the next 12 months in cases where borrowers are in arrears because of coronavirus and working to get back...
May 22, 2020
Authorities are clearing roads and assessing damage after Cyclone Amphan barrelled through coastal communities in eastern India and neighbouring Bangladesh, killing more than 100 people and leaving millions displaced.
May 22, 2020
Ramzan Kadyrov, the authoritarian leader of Russia's southern region of Chechnya, has been taken to a Moscow hospital with suspected Covid-19 symptoms, according to Russian state news agencies.
May 22, 2020
Spanish authorities will lift part of the lockdown restrictions in Madrid on Monday, the regional health department said on Friday. It says the pace of the coronavirus contagion in the...
May 22, 2020
Tiny dwarf mongoose triplets born at a UK zoo have been spotted out and about for the first time.
May 22, 2020
The company behind Govia Thameslink Railway and Southeastern has said coronavirus could almost halve its profit, even after the Government stepped in to support bus and rail companies.
May 22, 2020
The World Health Organization has worked non-stop since the novel coronavirus emerged, informing its 194 member states of its evolution and providing technical advice, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said...
May 22, 2020
CONSTRUCTION Industry Federation director general Tom Parlon said he "misspoke" when he told the Dáil the cost of large construction projects could soar by 40pc due to coronavirus safety measures.
May 22, 2020
A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane with around 100 passengers and crew crashed on Friday in a residential area of the southern city of Karachi, with many feared dead, officials...
May 22, 2020
The British discount pub chain JD Wetherspoon says it won't push to reopen in Ireland before August 10, putting it at odds with the two main publican groups here.
May 22, 2020
NATO envoys will discuss the future of the Open Skies treaty on Friday after President Donald Trump announced the US would quit the 35-nation pact, an official of the Western...
May 22, 2020
Microsoft is celebrating 30 years since Solitaire was launched on Windows PCs, becoming a staple in classic computer gaming.
May 22, 2020
Indonesia's election commission is investigating the release of 2.3 million voters' private information on a hacker website, along with a threat to release of the data of around 200 million...
May 22, 2020
A passenger plane belonging to state-run Pakistan International Airlines has crashed near the southern port city of Karachi, killing dozens of people.
May 22, 2020
A passenger plane belonging to state-run Pakistan International Airlines has crashed near the southern port city of Karachi, an aviation official said.
May 22, 2020
A passenger plane belonging to state-run Pakistan International Airlines has crashed near the southern port city of Karachi, killing all 107 people on board.
May 22, 2020
International travellers arriving into the UK could face spot checks and £1,000 fines if they fail to self-isolate for 14 days after arriving in the UK under measures to guard...
May 22, 2020
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has said he will sign off on a federal assistance program for states and cities hit by the coronavirus outbreak “as soon as possible,” but asked...
May 22, 2020
Pro-democracy legislators in Hong Kong have sharply criticised China's move to take over long-stalled efforts to enact national security legislation in the semi-autonomous territory.
