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The housing market is recovering faster than initially thought as house buyers benefit from the stamp duty holiday and other Government incentives, according to Taylor Wimpey.

I caught the Covid virus despite taking every effort to stay safe. When it's rampant in the community it's hard to avoid it. Be warned. Be careful.

Estate agent Connells has offered to buy Countrywide for more than £90 million in a potential deal which would take its rival off the London market.

President Donald Trump has continued to shun the media over the US election results as his successor Joe Biden pushes forward with his White House plans.

Turnout in the US election has hit a 50-year high and eclipsed the record set in Barack Obama's triumph in 2008, in what analysts are calling an extraordinary engagement in...

President Donald Trump is facing pressure to cooperate with president-elect Joe Biden's team to ensure a smooth transfer of power when the new administration takes office in January.

Turn-out in the US election has hit a 50-year high and eclipsed the record set in Barack Obama's triumph in 2008, in what analysts are calling an extraordinary engagement in...

The coronavirus has hit another sobering milestone, with more than 50 million positive cases worldwide since the pandemic began.

Time to take the temperature down, Joe Biden told the crowd at his victory speech in Delaware.

Time to take the temperature down, Joe Biden told the crowd at his victory speech in Delaware.

Myanmar voted yesterday in a general election widely expected to return Aung San Suu Kyi to power.

The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) is investigating the deaths of a number of healthcare staff who are believed to have contracted Covid-19 while at work, the Irish Independent has...

Azerbaijan declared a major breakthrough in its war with Armenia yesterday after claiming to have captured a key strategic town in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) is investigating the deaths of a number of healthcare staff who are believed to have contracted Covid-19 while at work, the Irish Independent has...

I got the news while eating brunch with my family at an outdoor restaurant on New York's Upper West Side. Just before 11:30am on Saturday, we heard noise in the...

The rounds of applause for healthcare workers caring for the sickest Covid-19 patients from a grateful nation have quietened now.

How do you solve a problem like the US Senate? That is a quandary the Biden campaign will be mulling over in the coming weeks.

The rounds of applause for healthcare workers caring for the sickest Covid-19 patients from a grateful nation have quietened now.

An investigation into claims made by a whistleblower in a HSE nursing home where 24 patients died from Covid-19 has “died a death”, her solicitor has claimed.

Bolivia's Luis Arce was sworn in as president yesterday, ushering the country's powerful socialist party back into power a year after long-term leftist leader Evo Morales was ousted amid angry...

Thai pro-democracy protesters were confronted by riot police and water cannons as they tried to approach Bangkok's Grand Palace to deliver letters about their political grievances addressed to the country's...

Donald Trump will remain a “900lb gorilla” in the Republican Party and there will be no renunciation of his political ideology after he ceases to be president, according to senior...

Donald Trump was under mounting pressure to concede the US presidential race last night as George W. Bush congratulated Joe Biden on his victory and said the election was “fundamentally...

Shortly before noon on Saturday, The Washington Post and other major news organisations called the 2020 presidential election for Joe Biden. At the time, President Donald Trump was playing golf,...

Club-swinging police went after demonstrators in Belarus' capital who were demanding the resignation of the country's authoritarian president yesterday, the 90th consecutive day of protests.

As Covid infection rates slow public health experts have warned that despite the current lockdown it is impossible to avoid continued restrictions over Christmas.

The man who broke into Queen Elizabeth's bedroom in the most infamous breach of British royal security says he does not regret it.

Two notable holdouts have emerged as world leaders congratulate Joe Biden on his US election victory, with the presidents of Latin America's two largest countries – Brazil and Mexico –...

The US has set another record for the daily number of coronavirus cases.

Alex Trebek, who presided over the American quiz show Jeopardy! for more than 30 years, has died aged 80.

An 18-year-old from Sussex has won gold at a worldwide Rubik's Cube-solving event, winning a share of $30,000 (£22,800).

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday a trade deal with the European Union was "there to be done", suggesting his view that the agreement's broad outline was already...

A further seven Covid-19 related deaths have taken place in Northern Ireland, the Department of Health has confirmed.

A strengthened Tropical Storm Eta made landfall on Cuba early on Sunday and had its sights set on the southern tip of Florida after leaving dozens dead and over 100...

Donald Trump has faced mockery after his campaign held a press conference at a local garden centre in Pennsylvania after earlier appearing to claim it would be held at a...

Thai pro-democracy protesters were confronted by riot police and water canons on Sunday as they tried to approach Bangkok's Grand Palace to deliver letters about their political grievances addressed to...

Donald Trump has faced mockery after his campaign held a press conference at a local garden centre in Pennsylvania after earlier appearing to claim it would be held at a...

Saudi Arabia, which may have more to lose from Joe Biden's US election victory than other Arab states, has taken its time to comment after the defeat of Donald Trump...

Iran's president has called on US president-elect Joe Biden to “compensate for past mistakes” and return the US to Tehran's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, a state-run news agency...

Hundreds of supporters of President Donald Trump rallied in downtown Phoenix on Saturday to contest Joe Biden's election as US president, charging the media with conspiring to steal the election...