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When Susan Moriarty drew the curtains in her home at around 8.30am yesterday her eyes were met with a disquieting scene.

Christmas and New Year festivities will be curtailed as pubs, restaurants and home visits face an earlier clampdown due to alarm over rising levels of Covid-19.

The head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has said his agency will move to quickly authorise a second Covid-19 vaccine for the US to fight the pandemic, hours...

An early winter wallop of snow, sleet and ice slammed parts of mid-Atlantic and north-east America on Wednesday and yesterday, bringing accumulations exceeding 100cm in spots and a slick glaze...

It's the week before Christmas but the festive mood is dampened again with grim warnings about the rising spread of Covid-19.

Bearing two kilograms of lunar rock and soil, China's Chang'e-5 capsule touched down on the frozen steppes of Inner Mongolia early yesterday and vaulted China into the ranks of only...

Christmas and New Year festivities will be curtailed as pubs, restaurants and home visits face an earlier clampdown due to alarm over rising levels of Covid-19.

Thousands of Christmas commuters will take to the roads and rail today as the country is opened for travel once again.

Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler of Georgia has declined to rule out a formal protest against Democrat Joe Biden's victory when Congress convenes next month to certify the presidential election results.

The suspect in the Lockerbie bombing set to face new US charges should stand trial in Scotland or the International Criminal Court, not in America, says relatives of the terror...

A Lousiana man who was arrested and sentenced to life for selling $20 of marijuana to undercover officers when he was homeless has been freed from prison.

Northern Ireland will enter a hard lockdown on St Stephen's Day for six weeks as the situation there was described as “quite dire”.

A police investigation into potential breaches of coronavirus regulations at the funeral of veteran republican Bobby Storey in west Belfast has concluded.

Russian president Vladimir Putin dismissed new information linking Russian secret services to the near-fatal poisoning of opposition leader Alexey Navalny, saying if Russia had wanted to kill the politician it...

Long queues formed outside a Covid test centre last night after all 386 pupils, as well as staff, in a Co Kerry primary school were told they had to be...

Senate Republicans may be acknowledging president-elect Joe Biden's victory over Donald Trump, but the politically charged fight over Mr Trump's claims about voter fraud rages on – and threatens to...

When Susan Moriarty drew the curtains in her home at around 8.30am yesterday her eyes were met with a disquieting scene.

Brazil's supreme court says coronavirus vaccination can be made mandatory, delivering a blow to the nation's nascent anti-vaccine movement.

More than 300 schoolboys abducted last week by armed men in north-west Nigeria have been released, the Katsina State governor said.

More than 300 schoolboys abducted last week by armed men in north-west Nigeria have been released, the Katsina State governor said.

The first Irish people will receive the Covid-19 vaccine before the end of the year.

The first Irish people will receive the Covid-19 vaccine before the end of the year.

The first Irish people will receive the Covid-19 vaccine before the end of the year.

As Christmas approaches, it appears that even Mars is getting in on the festive spirit.

As Christmas approaches, it appears that even Mars is getting in on the festive spirit.

Mike Ashley's retail empire has confirmed it will not make a formal bid for luxury handbag maker Mulberry.

Traders were left scratching their heads over what to make of the latest comments coming from Brussels and London regarding the ongoing negotiations on an EU-UK trade deal.

A man surprised his train-driving girlfriend by proposing as she pulled into a Dublin station.

Russia will not be officially represented at the next summer and winter Olympic Games or the 2022 football World Cup after a ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport...

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has tested negative for Covid-19.

Tractors in Co Tipperary have been dressed to the nines to raise money for charity at Christmas, delighting festive farming fans.

Spain's parliament has voted to approve a bill that will allow physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia for long-suffering patients of incurable diseases or unbearable permanent conditions.

Italian confectionery giant Ferrero has agreed a deal to buy UK cereal bar and muesli maker Eat Natural.

Swiss prosecutors have filed an indictment against bank Credit Suisse for allegedly failing to do enough to stop money laundering linked to drug trafficking by a Bulgarian criminal organisation in...

EU regulators have cleared Google's plan to buy fitness tracking device maker Fitbit after the company promised to silo off user data and not use it for advertising.

A Scottish innovator who vowed to “revolutionise the wheelchair” as a teenager has won one million dollars to make his dream a reality.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has rejected allegations the Kremlin was behind the poisoning of opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

TAOISEACH Micheál Martin is restricting his movements as he awaits the results of a Covid-19 test after news that French President Emmanuel Macron has tested positive for the virus.

The roll out of the Covid-19 vaccine will start across the EU from Sunday week on December 27, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said today.

Legoland has agreed to review their evacuation policies for three rides, following a campaign by the mother of a disabled child who was made to prove he could walk at...