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David Walliams is releasing a series of 30 daily audio stories for children to listen to for free.

The United Nations envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, on Tuesday called for a nationwide ceasefire to allow for a better response to the threat of the novel coronavirus. The government...

As the coronavirus crisis intensifies, more calls have been made for Ireland to go into lockdown, but how have other countries introduced and enforced similar measures?

Truckers made one ill teenager's day and one woman went the extra mile in making her husband a prosthetic leg in Tuesday's news.

A raft of new restrictions on how we go about our daily lives has been announced as the battle against Covid-19 is stepped up.

Austria will massively expand coronavirus testing in coming days to locate and isolate infected people and avoid an Italian-like overload of its health system, Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has said. The...

European affairs ministers agreed Tuesday to allow Albania and North Macedonia to begin European Union membership talks.

The Government is to introduce emergency legislation to allow retired soldiers re-join the Defence Forces.

Five karate kids from one family are kicking and punching the coronavirus crisis into touch through virtual classes.

Maynooth University (MU) will not be re-opening for face-to-face lectures for the rest of the academic year, it has announced.

BANKS have reported a surge in calls from mortgage holders seeking information on the three-month payment break.

The emergency welfare payment for workers who have lost their jobs due to the coronavirus crisis will increase to €350 per week, Independent.ie understands.

The school and college shutdown is being extended until Monday April 20 at the earliest, but no decision has been taken in relation to the State written exams in June.

Schools are to remain closed indefinitely but no decision has been taken in relation to the State written exams in June.

Schools are to remain closed indefinitely but no decision has been taken in relation to the State written exams in June.

The school and college shutdown is being extended until Monday April 20 at the earliest, but no decision has been taken in relation to the State written exams in June.

President Vladimir Putin held a meeting with officials on Tuesday to discuss measures to fight the spread of the coronavirus in Russia. Moscow has been affected the most, he noted....

Poland will impose further constraints on citizens to prevent the spread of coronavirus including a lockdown, with leaving home only allowed if justified, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Tuesday....

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Twin endangered ring-tailed lemurs have been born at a UK zoo.

There are calls for construction cites to be closed, national mental health and rehabilitation hospitals are lined up to treat coronavirus patients, China begins to come out of lockdown and...

A representative trade union for general workers has called for construction sites to be closed to limit the spready of the coronavirus.

A young Irish boy has garnered the respect of some of the World's best goalkeepers after a video of him practicing a drill he designed in his garden went viral.

A young Irish boy has garnered the respect of some of the World's best goalkeepers after a video of him practicing a drill he designed in his garden went viral.

The number of Covid-19 cases in Russia has grown by 57 to 495 over the past day, the anti-coronavirus crisis center told reporters on Tuesday. A total of 22 patients...

THE new National Mental Health Hospital and an expansion to the National Rehabilitation Hospital are being lined up as locations for treating coronavirus patients.

All organized tourists will return to Russia within a week, according to the Russian Federal Agency for Tourism. In the week from March 17 to March 23, 2020, the number...

Under-fire London-listed hospital giant NMC Health has found another surprise multibillion-dollar debt pile on its books, a fortnight after revealing its first.

Britain awoke to a virtual lockdown on Tuesday after Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered people to stay at home, shops to close and an end to all social gatherings to...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and US President Donald Trump will likely hold talks over the phone as early as Wednesday, Kyodo news agency reported on Tuesday. The two leaders...

Renowned jazz man Manu Dibango, to many the beloved Papy Groove who served as an inspiration and pioneer of his art, has died with the coronavirus, his official Facebook page...

Insurance giant Prudential has confirmed it is considering “other options” for its US business alongside a flotation amid stock market turmoil.

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday about half of all government employees were staying at home as part of measures to contain the coronavirus outbreak. Another measure to contain...

China will lift restrictions on movement in most areas of Hubei province on Wednesday, ending a lockdown of the area brought on by the coronavirus.

Sports Direct has said it will close its stores in a major U-turn after initially calling for its workers to continue selling sports and fitness equipment in the face of...

The coronavirus pandemic has infected more than 382,000 people worldwide, with at least 16,500 deaths.

A series of missteps at the top public health agency in the US caused a critical shortage of reliable laboratory tests for the coronavirus, greatly impeding the government's response to...

China will lift restrictions on movement in most areas of Hubei province on Wednesday, ending a lockdown of the area brought on by the coronavirus.

If you have been on social media over the last few months, you will almost certainly have glimpsed a small, green, big-eared creature in a string of creative memes.

China's capital city has stepped up measures to detect and contain those carrying the coronavirus, isolating all travelers arriving from other countries and testing them for the lethal pathogen, the...