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The UN envoy to Yemen, Martin Griffiths, said on Thursday he was engaged in talks with the country's warring parties to secure a nationwide ceasefire to help counter the threat...

More than 10,000 people in Spain have died after testing positive for coronavirus, as the global number of infections moves closer to a million.

Home is, for many, their safe space.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has warned the country is facing into an “economic emergency” due to the coronavirus crisis.

A fall in tax income will be an even bigger hit to the Exchequer than extra spending linked to the Covid-19 outbreak, Paschal Donohoe has warned.

TAOISEACH Leo Varadkar has said Ireland is headed for a recession as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, but the austerity of the bailout years can be avoided with tax...

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said the coronavirus has already caused more economic damage to the country than the financial crash.

The head of the European Commission apologized to Italy on Thursday for a lack of solidarity from Europe in tackling its coronavirus crisis and promised greater help in dealing with...

Loved ones having to die alone is one of the most heart-breaking tragedies of the Coronavirus pandemic, legendary Irish actor Brendan Gleeson has said.

India will pull out of a three-week lockdown in phases, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday. The statement comes as officials battle to contain the country's biggest cluster of...

A 47-year-old man has been accused of stealing a car from a woman in Dublin as she delivered vitally needed medication to elderly people cocooning in their homes to avoid...

THE Government has warned people to beware of anyone calling to their door offering fake Covid-19 tests.

A construction worker who thought he had rescued an abandoned puppy from a building site later discovered he had taken home a fox cub.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised to ramp up coronavirus testing after the British government faced criticism for being slower than some European peers. “We're also massively increasing testing,” Johnson said...

The United Kingdom's death toll from the coronavirus rose 24 percent to 2,921 as of April 1.

MINISTER Josepha Madigan has been criticised for claiming TDs they should be ashamed for insisting that the Dáil sat today amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis.

HEALTH Minister Simon Harris has said TDs are "risking public health" by meeting in Leinster House today.

Coronavirus patients in South Korea will be allowed to vote by mail or as absentees in parliamentary elections this month, as a two-week campaign kicked off on Thursday in a...

THE creation of Ireland's newest university through the merger of Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) and Institute of Technology Tralee (ITT) will play a crucial part in the national recovery...

DEFENCE Force units have deployed in Cork to assist healthcare workers battling at hospitals to deal with the Covid-19 crisis.

THE denial of emergency €350-a-week Covid-19 unemployment payments to people over the age of 66 has been put forward as a reason why the Dáil must sit today.

The Czech government does not plan further restrictions to curb coronavirus, Prime Minister Andrej Babis said on Thursday. He added that life in the country may only get back to...

TÁNAISTE Simon Coveney has said restrictions on public movement due to the Covid-19 pandemic may need to be extended beyond the current April 12 deadline.

Over 800 sets of scrubs for nurses, including those who are visiting palliative care patients in their homes, have been made for free by a company in county Louth.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has expressed concern that coronavirus restriction measures taken by Hungary went “too far” and insisted they should be limited in time and subject...

Parents of newborn babies in need of intensive care can engage in virtual visits thanks to a video messaging initiative introduced to get around Covid-19 restrictions.

The highly restrictive measures Ireland put in place last week to slow the spread of coronavirus may well be extended beyond the initial deadline of April 12, Deputy Prime Minister...

Stacey Solomon has said that she “can't stop laughing” after Michelle Obama shared a message about her on Instagram.

Serbia's government will revoke a decree giving it control over information on the coronavirus outbreak. The decision followed protests and the detention of a journalist for reporting a major hospital...

Chief Medical Officer Tony Holohan has returned to work and will brief ministers today after a brief stint in hospital.

Cillit Bang-to-Vanish consumer goods giant Reckitt Benckiser has revealed it pays female staff 3.8% more than men in the UK, but figures show just over a quarter of senior management...

The European Union's top court has ruled that Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic had broken the law by refusing to host refugees to help ease the burden on Greece...

A six week old baby has tragically become the youngest person in the world known to have died from coronavirus.

Athens has quarantined a migrant camp after 20 asylum seekers tested positive for coronavirus, the first such facility in Greece to be hit since the outbreak of the disease. Any...

Pets At Home said it expects annual profits to beat expectations after an “exceptional” level of demand driven by the coronavirus outbreak.

European Commission head Ursula von der Leyen has called for more solidarity at the EU level to fight the coronavirus pandemic, in a letter to Italian daily newspaper, la Repubblica.

This year's United Nations global climate summit will be postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic, host country Britain has said. The UK government said the meeting, due to take place...

An Irish aesthetics clinic has donated its entire stock of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to healthcare workers during the COVID-19 crisis.

British Gas owner Centrica has confirmed a pay freeze for non-customer facing staff amid actions to cut costs by around £400 million as it braces for a hit from plunging...

There are concerns that President Donald Trump's shifting positions on China and the coronavirus is further destabilising a critical relationship between Washington and Beijing.