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Relief, joy and jubilation were welcome gifts, even among many in Ireland, for those who greeted the news that Joe Biden had made it to the magic 270 number of...

President-elect Joe Biden and his Democratic allies have rebuked President Donald Trump and top Republican leaders for refusing to acknowledge the results of the election, even as Mr Biden continued...

President Trump's firing of Defence Secretary Mark Esper, days after losing the election, and a Pentagon personnel shake-up that has followed have injected uncertainty into the ranks of national security...

Pope Francis has pledged to rid the Catholic Church of sexual abuse and offered prayers to victims of former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, a day after the Vatican released a detailed...

One of Boris Johnson's most senior aides resigned last night after losing a highly public power struggle with the prime minister's fiancee.

President-elect Joe Biden has chosen his longtime adviser Ron Klain to reprise his role as his chief of staff, installing an aide with decades of experience in the top role...

Restaurants, bars and gyms will have to close at 10pm across New York state in the latest effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus, Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced.

An advert for an Irish supermarket chain is taking social media by storm thanks to an emotive, 2020-themed twist.

An advert for an Irish supermarket chain is taking social media by storm thanks to an emotive, 2020-themed twist.

US president Donald Trump has visited the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery, emerging in public for the first time since his failed re-election bid.

A county councillor says he was “gobsmacked” to discover he had become a grandfather while chairing an online meeting.

A FURTHER 362 confirmed cases of Covid-19 have been reported to the Health Protection Surveillance Centre.

Global markets continued to bask in the positivity arising from Pfizer's vaccine update on Monday, as the FTSE 100 posted its eighth consecutive session of gains.

The Philippines has been hit by a typhoon leaving at least one person dead and three missing, officials have said.

An audit of US presidential election results in Georgia will trigger a full hand recount, state officials have announced.

Georgia's top election official on Wednesday said the state will conduct a recount of all paper ballots cast in the US presidential election.

The emergence of a Covid-19 vaccine looks set to be a "moral moment" in human history when global leaders can level the playing field or deepen inequalities exposed by the...

A six-year-old member of the French Resistance who died in 1944 has been remembered on Armistice Day.

Socially distanced commemorations have been held across the UK, as the nation honoured its war dead on Armistice Day.

Myanmar's military-backed main opposition party has rejected the results of last weekend's general election, citing unfairness.

Luxury department store chain Selfridges has appointed Andrew Keith as its next managing director.

Thousands of people gathered in the capital of Armenia to protest against the country's agreement with Azerbaijan to halt weeks of fighting over the Nagorno-Karabakh region.

Legal action has been launched by the City watchdog against two individuals and one company over investments in care homes thought to have left investors with at least £30 million...

Legal action has been launched by the City watchdog against two individuals and one company over investments in care homes thought to have left investors with at least £30 million...

The Irish embassy in the US has joked that Emily Blunt and Jamie Dornan present “a remarkably realistic depiction” of Irish people in the trailer for their new film Wild...

New evidence shows that some people can get reinfected with Covid-19 - and it may mean new Covid-19 vaccines will require booster shots, a new report from Ireland's watchdog revealed...

Dozens of children from projects funded by Children in Need joined the BBC Philharmonic in a rendition of You Will Be Found ahead of this year's event.

More than 100 poppy wreaths have been transported by rail to Paddington station for Armistice Day.

More than 10,000 cats have been rehomed since the start of the coronavirus crisis thanks to a charity's efforts to overcome lockdown restrictions.

The mother of an Irish-French teenager whose body was found near a Malaysian jungle resort where she vanished while on holiday has said evidence may have been lost because police...

Hong Kong's pro-democracy legislators have resigned en masse after the city's government moved to disqualify four of them.

Guinness has announced a “precautionary” recall of its recently launched non-alcoholic stout in Great Britain amid concerns of microbiological contamination in some cans.

Defence giant BAE Systems expects to do better than expected after its tax bill dropped, offsetting poor exchange rates.

Hong Kong's pro-democracy legislators have said they will resign en masse after the city's government moved to disqualify four of them.

Northern Ireland ministers have failed to agree on new coronavirus restrictions as the country is due to come out of lockdown on Friday.

The owner of Paddy Power and Betfair will potentially do better this year than previously expected, it has announced after high numbers of customers started betting on its sites in...

Covid-19 vaccines may not completely rescue us from life in the pandemic dugout, but the more there are the nearer we edge towards freedom.

Covid-19 vaccines may not completely rescue us from life in the pandemic dugout, but the more there are the nearer we edge towards freedom.

Covid-19 vaccines may not completely rescue us from life in the pandemic dugout, but the more there are the nearer we edge towards freedom.

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