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Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds have announced the birth of a “healthy baby boy at a London hospital earlier this morning”.

Three swans were rescued from a disused sewage works after a five-hour operation involving 15 firefighters.

Housebuilder Persimmon has not seen a big drop in house prices during lockdown, but its forward sales have taken a hit, the company revealed on Wednesday.

Turkey has extended the closure of schools until the end of May as part of its measures to combat the spread of coronavirus, Education Minister Ziya Selcuk said on Wednesday....

It will be impossible to host the Tokyo Olympic Games next year unless the coronavirus pandemic is contained, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday. “The Olympic Games must...

The lower house of the Czech parliament has voted to extend a state of emergency until May 17, a week less than the government had sought. The development comes as...

Retailer Dixons Carphone has seen shares surge ahead after revealing booming online trading has recovered around two-thirds of stores sales lost amid the coronavirus lockdown.

Independent.ie reporters keeping you up to date with the latest coronavirus news in Ireland and across the world.

Independent.ie reporters keeping you up to date with the latest coronavirus news in Ireland and across the world.

Independent.ie reporters keeping you up to date with the latest coronavirus news in Ireland and across the world.

Irrfan Khan, a veteran character actor in Bollywood movies and one of India's most well-known exports to Hollywood, has died at the age of 53.

Irrfan Khan, a veteran character actor in Bollywood movies and one of India's most well-known exports to Hollywood, has died at the age of 54.

The United States has reported more than a million coronavirus infections only because of its testing, President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, hailing the effort as being "much better than...

When Kieran 'Duey' Doherty closed his family restaurant on Donegal's Inishowen Peninsula, he asked himself what could he do to connect with his customers and his community. The answer was...

It's interesting how quickly we can adjust to a new normal. Zoom, Houseparty, Hangouts, FaceTime, WhatsApp, Skype, Teams - whatever your poison, at the start of the coronavirus lockdown, five...

Profit at Barclays fell by more than 42% in the first three months of the year, as the bank took a major hit from the coronavirus crisis, it revealed on...

US vice president Mike Pence chose not to wear a face mask during a tour of the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota on Tuesday, an apparent violation of the world-renowned medical...

The number of coronavirus cases in the United States has passed a million, accounting for nearly a third of the total cases worldwide.

China will hold the annual meeting of its ceremonial parliament in May after it was postponed following the coronavirus outbreak.

Children in Switzerland under the age of 10 can once more hug their grandparents after public health officials announced that it was safe to do so.

The FAI are expected to present cash projections on Friday in an attempt to persuade sceptical clubs that closed-doors football can work in the League of Ireland.

On the day that the French government ruled out football until September and a leading FIFA medical chief expressed fears about players coming into close contact with each other, the...

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar is walking a tightrope between major health concerns and mounting financial pressures that have divided the nation over the ongoing lockdown.

Around the world restaurants are starting to re-open, with temperature checks for staff and customers, hand sanitisers at every turn, staggered eating times and plexi-glass screens between tables just some...

Fear of catching the coronavirus could have kept North Korean leader Kim Jong-un away from state ceremonies for a key holiday in mid-April, a South Korean minister said yesterday as...

When Kieran 'Duey' Doherty closed his family restaurant on Donegal's Inishowen Peninsula, he asked himself what could he do to connect with his customers and his community. The answer was...

Police in Norway have arrested an energy magnate a year and a half after his wife disappeared.

The Irish Independent editorial on April 15 hailed the agreement between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil to enter into government as full and equal partners as "a political rubicon crossed...

There wasn't a foreign multi-national ribbon that wasn't worth cutting in the last decade. Apple, Google, Big Pharma, eBay - you name it, there was a politician lined up with...

Around the world restaurants are starting to re-open, with temperature checks for staff and customers, hand sanitisers at every turn, staggered eating times and plexi-glass screens between tables just some...

US President Donald Trump says states should "seriously consider" reopening their public schools before the end of the academic year, even though dozens have already said it would be unsafe...

Allies of US President Donald Trump have highlighted new claims by a woman who said she was told about sexual-assault allegations against Joe Biden decades ago.

Three weeks ago, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar was horrified to hear that people in the UK were reporting their neighbours to the authorities for going on two runs a day or...

Chief medical officer Dr Tony Holohan and his team must find the safest path to ease the coronavirus lockdown next week.

There have been 21 cases of Covid-19 at a direct provision centre in Co Kerry, according to an asylum seeker who is staying there.

One of Norway's wealthiest men is being held on suspicion of murdering his wife who has been missing since 2018.

Starbucks saw its global sales tumble in the first three months of 2020 as coronavirus-related shutdowns hampered its operations.

The US death toll from the novel coronavirus on Tuesday exceeded the 58,220 American lives lost during the Vietnam War as cases topped 1 million, according to a Reuters tally.

Independent.ie reporters keeping you up to date with the latest coronavirus news in Ireland and across the world.

Belgians have been urged to keep eating chips during lockdown to keep the country's potato industry thriving.