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Catering giant Compass has launched a bid to raise £2 billion equity to shore up its balance sheet as it warned of a “profound impact” from the coronavirus pandemic.

New Zealand reported no new coronavirus cases for the second straight day on Tuesday, while authorities said it was premature to discuss moving the country to “level one” in its...

Retailer French Connection has warned it could run out of cash within months if it is not able to raise funds from its banks.

Irish social media has erupted after a photo emerged of Enda Kenny's unkempt hair an beard as the former Taoiseach took to the newly reopened fairways.

Irish social media has erupted after a photo emerged of Enda Kenny's unkempt hair an beard as the former Taoiseach took to the newly reopened fairways.

Former Taoiseach Enda Kenny has gotten back into the swing of things as golf clubs reopened yesterday under Phase One of leaving lockdown.

The number of new coronavirus cases in the Czech Republic showed its biggest daily rise in four weeks and climbed above 100 for the first time this month, according to...

Tobacco giant Imperial Brands has seen shares slump after slashing its shareholder dividend by a third and warning it expects a bigger hit from coronavirus to come.

Children in Australia's most populated state will return to school full-time next week, a major step towards normalizing life amid the coronavirus pandemic. The directive from New South Wales (NSW)...

A strong cyclone is moving towards India and Bangladesh as authorities try to evacuate millions of people while maintaining social distancing.

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.

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

Southern Europe is trying to figure out how to entice tourists to come back even while coroanvirus remains a threat.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has bowed to calls from most of its member states to launch an independent investigation into its management of the international response to the coronavirus.

Australia's trade minister has described as “deeply disappointing” China's decision to place tariffs of around 80% on Australian barley in a dispute linked to Australian support for a coronavirus inquiry.

Johnny Sexton admits he is finding motivation tough during the lockdown.

After former top vaccine official Rick Bright maintained the US government's response to the coronavirus pandemic has been slow and chaotic, President Donald Trump responded in a late-night tweetstorm saying...

Do you remember your own childhood afternoons of making ‘dinner' with leaves and twigs, sticking buttercups under your chin and creating wedding veils with the curtains?

The US authorities yesterday accused Apple of refusing to unlock phones belonging to a Saudi air force student who shot three people dead last year at a Florida military base.

It was a Monday morning when lockdown began to lift and traffic and shopping started to return.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has backed calls for an independent inquiry into its handling of the pandemic as China pledged $2bn (€1.83bn) for efforts to contain the coronavirus in...

One of the benefits of lockdown is that it gives families the time and opportunity to put the positive act of eating together at the centre of family life and...

The checklist of coronavirus lockdown dos and don'ts is getting more complicated with the rollout of the first phase of easing restrictions.

Congressional Democrats say the State Department watchdog fired by President Donald Trump last week was investigating possible impropriety in massive arms sales to Saudi Arabia last year, adding new questions...

The game has always been the same. It's only the people who keep changing.

The leaders of Germany and France have agreed to a one-off €500bn fund to help the European Union recover from the coronavirus pandemic, a proposal that would add further cash...

Johnny Sexton admits he is finding motivation tough during the lockdown.

Former Liverpool midfielder Didi Hamann doesn't think that his old club will resume their unstoppable charge towards the Premier League title as early as mid-June, despite yesterday's overwhelming vote by...

Former Liverpool midfielder Didi Hamann doesn't think that his old club will resume their unstoppable charge towards the Premier League title as early as mid-June, despite yesterday's overwhelming vote by...

Rival Hong Kong politicians scuffled yesterday over the leadership of a key committee which could pave the way for a debate on a controversial China national anthem bill.

The game has always been the same. It's only the people who keep changing.

A Jewish settler was found guilty of racially motivated murder by an Israeli court yesterday in a 2015 arson attack that killed a Palestinian couple and their baby in the...

The HSE is now actively encouraging people to get out and exercise for the first time since the coronavirus hit and even create a 'social bubble' of friends who can...

Ireland could have suffered 39,000 deaths from Covid-19 by today, a Dáil inquiry into the State's response to the pandemic will be told.

Early data from drug company Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine - the first to be tested in the US- showed that it produced protective antibodies in a small group of healthy volunteers,...

The hit drama 'Normal People' ruffled feathers with its explicit scenes, but this week director Lenny Abrahamson has a far more family friendly role.

Last month the 2019 drawn All-Ireland final referee David Gough brought some practical thinking to some of the challenges involved in a return to play, if it is to happen...

As any woman who has had a mammogram will attest, it is an extremely intimate examination. It involves close contact between the woman and the radiographer as breast tissue is...

A teenager has completed a marathon after having surgery and former prisoners have been sewing face coverings, in Monday's news.