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A day after the US Federal Reserve slashed interest rates, the Central Bank of Ireland moved to reassure markets here that it was ready to take action to offset the...

Greek riot police and troops used water cannon and tear gas on Wednesday against hundreds of migrants as they made another attempt to cross the border from Turkey into Greece....

Financial services giant Legal & General posted a jump in operating profits for 2019 as it was buoyed by record company pension deals.

MAJOR questions have emerged over the handling of the first person to be found to have the coronavirus in the Republic after it was claimed he was at band practice...

An outbreak of novel coronavirus has affected almost all of Iran's provinces, President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday. The statement was published on the official presidency website. “This disease is...

The US Supreme Court is taking up the first major abortion case of the Trump era, an election-year look at a Louisiana dispute that could reveal how willing the more...

Four drugs firms have been fined £3.4 million with a £1 million payment to be made to the NHS for conspiring to push up prices of an anti-depressant.

The Duke of Cambridge has joked about unwittingly "spreading" the coronavirus while meeting well-wishers during his Irish tour.

The Duke of Cambridge has joked about unwittingly "spreading" the coronavirus while meeting well-wishers during his Irish tour.

The Kremlin has said it hopes Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will be able to agree on a set of joint measures for the Syrian...

Greek riot police and troops fired tear gas at hundreds of migrants as they made another attempt to cross the border from Turkey into Greece, in the early hours of...

Hostelworld has been able to follow the spread of coronavirus in its revenue streams, the accommodation provider revealed on Wednesday as it announced that the outbreak has led to big...

Google Dublin is re-open its doors on Thursday to almost 8,000 workers after an employee who had reported flu-like symptoms tested negative for the Covid-19 Coronavirus.

Around 1000 Dublin based staff at one of the country's biggest tech multinationals have been told to stay away from their office amid concerns about the spread of coronavirus.

The US military says it has conducted an air strike against Taliban forces in southern Afghanistan, days after American and Taliban officials signed an ambitious peace deal.

Danish toy giant Lego has posted higher annual profits and said it is stepping up investment in shops and online with plans to open around another 150 outlets worldwide.

The world's smallest species of penguin has successfully bred at Sea Life in Weymouth, the first chicks of their kind to be hatched in Europe.

Greek police have fired tear gas and stun grenades to repulse a push by migrants to cross its land border from Turkey after Ankara said the frontier with Europe was...

The owner of the Trafford Centre in Manchester has been forced to abandon plans to raise up to £1.5 billion to pay down its massive pile of debt.

The UN envoy for Iraq warned Tuesday that the country and its people are being “pushed into the unknown” by political indecisiveness and dissent. Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert spoke at the Security...

Joe Biden's campaign to become the Democrat candidate for president has been boosted by primary wins in many states but Super Tuesday's biggest prize went to rival Bernie Sanders.

A Japanese town which had been subject to an evacuation order following the devastating Fukushima nuclear disaster is no longer off-limits, the country's government said.

A row has erupted over whether Pope Pius XII failed to save Italian Jews from being deported to death camps by the Nazis during World War II.

The US is willing to give Nato ally Turkey ammunition alongside humanitarian assistance in north-western Syria where Ankara is in a deepening stand-off with Russia.

Health officials have begun tracing hundreds of airline passengers who shared a flight from Italy with a woman who has tested positive for the coronavirus.

Von Moltke it was who asserted that no plan survives the onset of contact with the enemy by more than five minutes. This is particularly apt for the somewhat bewildering...

I was doing a lot of driving around the country last week and there were more and more stretches of road with wind farms lining the fields. I quite like...

Even the most mundane of our daily interactions have become infected with fears about coronavirus. Simple things like sitting on the bus beside someone coughing and spluttering with no tissue...

Donald Trump has accused Democratic moderates of trying to rig the presidential nomination race against Bernie Sanders after a string of last-minute endorsements for his rival Joe Biden.

Even the most mundane of our daily interactions have become infected with fears about coronavirus. Simple things like sitting on the bus beside someone coughing and spluttering with no tissue...

A drop in inflation in the eurozone last month thanks to lower energy prices marked the first measurable impact on the bloc's economies from the deadly coronavirus outbreak.

Human trials of a vaccine against coronavirus are due to start in April, with dozens of laboratories around the world competing to be the first to develop a drug.

Europe was yesterday struggling to contain coronavirus as Italy's death toll more than doubled in two days, and the outbreak spread to more countries, including Ukraine and Gibraltar.

Job losses and a dramatic economic slowdown will be side-effects of the coronavirus outbreak if it continues into the summer, ministers have been warned.

Benjamin Netanyahu last night began trying to lure Israeli opposition MPs into joining his right-wing coalition after a surprisingly strong election result saw him fall just short of an overall...

Ryanair has warned it "cannot rule out layoffs" due to weaker bookings and passenger no-shows as a result of the coronavirus.

Bernie Sanders looked to take command of the Democratic presidential race as voting on the nominating campaign's biggest day got underway yesterday, while top rival Joe Biden aimed to gain...

Greek troops and riot police remain on high alert along the land border between Greece and Turkey, the main flashpoint in an escalating row between the EU and Ankara over...

Turkey shot down a Syrian government warplane yesterday over north-west Syria, where fighting has intensified in recent days, bringing Turkish and Russian forces close to direct conflict in the battle...

Vladimir Putin has submitted a range of proposed amendments to Russian's constitution that include a mention of God and describe marriage as a heterosexual union.