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The volume of ATM withdrawals taking place under lockdown conditions is around 60% down on a year ago, according to cash machine network Link.

Victoria Beckham's clothing brand is being sued by a former employee who allegedly suffered a hand injury.

Over four in ten employees working from home are working longer hours than they would in a standard working day, a survey has found.

New Zealand has eased a strict lockdown amid hopeful signs coronavirus has been all but vanquished in Australasia for the moment.

New BP boss Bernard Looney's first three months in charge did not turn out as badly as some feared, as the producer weathered an oil price storm to hold on...

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.

The White House has released new guidelines aimed at answering criticism that America's coronavirus testing has been too slow.

A planned Spitfire flypast for Captain Tom Moore's 100th birthday has reportedly been cancelled for fear it will attract crowds during the coronavirus lockdown.

China's foreign ministry says it has no information on North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, amid conflicting reports and speculation about his whereabouts and medical condition.

The national lockdown will be extended for another two weeks for the vast majority of people when the current quarantine period ends after the bank holiday weekend.

For five weeks, New Zealanders have endured some of the toughest lockdown conditions anywhere in the world.

The number of residents who have died from the coronavirus in a HSE-run nursing home has risen to 22, it was confirmed yesterday.

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi endorsed former vice-president Joe Biden's White House bid yesterday, citing the Democrat's experience helping to pass the Affordable Care Act and implementing the 2009 American...

US President Donald Trump's first tweet came unusually late, popping up a few minutes after noon - hours behind schedule for a president who is often awake and tweeting as...

Health experts are looking into reports that a coronavirus-related syndrome among children may be emerging in the UK, NHS England's national medical director has said.

Among dozens of rows of monster racking and conveyor belts, women in hi-vis vests and protective visors are pulling products from assembly lines and carefully placing them into tote boxes.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has promised to "fire up the engines" of the UK economy with a plan for "refining" the coronavirus lockdown which he will reveal by the...

If there's one line that has become the unofficial mantra for getting through lockdown, it's Seamus Heaney's quote: "It we can winter this one out, we can summer anywhere."

"We won," said Don Samaratunga, a healthcare assistant at a Dublin nursing home. "We defeated the coronavirus. I'm very pleased to say we are 100pc clear at the moment."

Placido Domingo has announced he will return to the stage in September despite being embroiled in a sexual harassment scandal.

Here we are again - another week of lockdown. And are we nearing the end, or not? You see, I don't like this atmosphere in which we, the older people,...

Two elderly people 'cocooning' at home are feared to have caught Covid-19 from visits by healthcare support workers.

The board of the HSE was warned that cases of the flu were "especially high" among the elderly as the coronavirus outbreak loomed.

Hidden cases of coronavirus infection are not being picked up because the current testing regime is not yet broad enough, it emerged yesterday.

The impact of coronavirus on the aircraft manufacturing industry will be felt for years, Boeing's chief executive has said.

The White House has released new guidelines on coronavirus testing and reopening businesses as Donald Trump sought to regain his footing after weeks of criticism created in part by his...

The wife of an ambulance worker who died after being diagnosed with coronavirus said "he wanted to help out and do his bit".

A decision on relaxing coronavirus restrictions at the end of the current lockdown period will go down to the wire, the chief medical officer has said.

A decision on relaxing coronavirus restrictions at the end of the current lockdown period will go down to the wire, the chief medical officer has said.

The head of the World Health Organization warned on Monday that the new coronavirus crisis was far from over and said that he was “deeply concerned” about the impact of...

Israel will begin a staggered reopening of schools next week if the latest health data does not warn of heightened coronavirus risk, PM Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on Monday. The...

The UK's seven largest lenders to small and medium-sized businesses have welcomed the easing of rules around lending to coronavirus-hit companies.

Global markets closed higher after traders were buoyed by news that some countries are set to ease their current lockdown measures.

Google will give €1m in cash to Irish charities and community organisations to help them deal with issues arising from the pandemic.

Thailand will extend a state of emergency over the coronavirus until the end of May, but will consider easing some restrictions on businesses and public activities due to the improvement...

Workers are refitting the construction site at fire-damaged Notre Dame Cathedral to protect staff from coronavirus and allow clean-up efforts at the Paris landmark to resume.

A father and his children are using their daily exercise to clean gravestones in local cemeteries.

Talks to strike a deal on a post-Brexit relationship between Britain and the EU can still be concluded within the agreed timescale, British Cabinet Office minister Michael Gove said on...

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