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Covid infection has spread within 70 of the country's 4,000 schools, health chiefs believe.

Pressure to impose a national lockdown in England is intensifying as concerns grow over the effectiveness of the current restrictions.

At least 140 Europe-bound migrants drowned off the coast of Senegal when their boat caught fire and capsized, marking the deadliest shipwreck recorded this year, the U.N. migration agency said...

Chancellor Angela Merkel has told Germans to expect a “difficult winter” as the country's daily coronavirus cases hit a new high on Thursday.

Schools will “of course” open on Monday, despite the threat of industrial action by the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland (ASTI), the Taoiseach has pledged, as he declared that...

A further eight people have died in Northern Ireland after contracting coronavirus, the Department of Health has confirmed.

The US economy grew at a record 33.1% annual rate in the July-September quarter but has yet to fully rebound from its plunge in the first half of the year,...

The mother of a young boy who has autism has turned her Dublin home into a haunted house for Halloween to raise money for charity.

A teenager who made 1,000 paper cranes for good luck is to donate most of them to the hospital where she is recovering.

French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that he will more than double the number of soldiers deployed to protect against terror attacks after three people were killed at a church...

Channel 4 will repay the Government around £1.5 million it received in furlough payments after finding itself in a “robust financial position”.

Hackers have stolen 2.3 million dollars (£1.93m) from the Wisconsin Republican Party's account that was being used to help re-elect Donald Trump in the battleground state, the party's chairman has...

Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden are chasing votes in Florida as the presidential nominees turn their focus to encouraging voters to turn out on election day despite a...

The largest deal in luxury is back on after New York jeweller Tiffany agreed to a slightly reduced offer from Paris-based LVMH.

France's prime minister has said the country is moving to the maximum “emergency” alert level after the killing of three people at a church in the southern city of Nice.

At least two people have died after Hurricane Zeta struck southern US states, knocking out power for more than two million residents and prompting a rare tropical storm warning for...

The world's largest brewer AB InBev has posted lower quarterly profits and scrapped its shareholder payout despite seeing a jump in beer sales.

Dozens of people have been killed after Vietnam was hit by its most powerful typhoon in 20 years.

Brexit Party founder Nigel Farage has described Donald Trump as “the bravest person I have ever met” as he appeared on stage alongside the US president at a rally in...

Two people are dead and several have been wounded after a knife attack in the southern French city of Nice this morning.

A woman was beheaded with a knife by an attacker at a church in the French city of Nice this morning.

A woman was beheaded with a knife by an attacker at a church in the French city of Nice this morning.

A woman was beheaded with a knife by an attacker at a church in the French city of Nice this morning.

Two people have been killed and several injured in a knife attack near a church in the French city of Nice.

French anti-terrorism prosecutors are investigating a knife attack at a church in the Mediterranean city of Nice that killed two people and wounded several others at a time when French...

Three people have been killed in a knife attack at a church in France that authorities believe is linked to terrorism.

TV presenter and disability advocate Sophie Morgan has been reunited with her specially adapted motorbike after someone spotted her pleas for its return on social media.

While it's William who first brings up THAT viral video, he's a bit conflicted about it. Airline pilot Captain William Barron, from Derry, went viral in 2017 and was lauded...

Taiwan hit 200 days without any domestically transmitted cases of Covid-19 on Thursday, highlighting the island's continued success at keeping the virus under control even as cases surge in other...

Poland's President Andrzej Duda said women themselves should have the right to abortion in case of congenitally damaged foetuses, apparently breaking ranks with a conservative leadership that pushed a ban...

Lloyds Banking Group returned to profit in the third quarter of the year, racing ahead of analysts' predictions as it achieved more than £1 billion before tax.

Burma's leader Aung San Suu Kyi cast her ballot in advance voting for general elections that are taking place during a surge of coronavirus illnesses.

The spread of Covid-19 is being driven down faster in some counties as new figures signal weeks of varying levels of restrictions may be working and the country might be...

The spread of Covid-19 is being driven down faster in some counties as new figures signal weeks of varying levels of restrictions may be working and the country might be...

The forthcoming US election is a choice between a “Trump super-recovery and a Biden depression”, US President Donald Trump has claimed.

The forthcoming US election is a choice between a “Trump super-recovery and a Biden depression”, US President Donald Trump has claimed.

At least one person has died after Hurricane Zeta struck the US Gulf Coast, with rain and winds destroying power lines and damaging buildings.

A man charged in an alleged conspiracy to kidnap Michigan's governor also made threatening comments online about Donald Trump, Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, an FBI agent said.

Senior ministers warned Covid-19 restrictions will cause a “police State” and insisted the Leaving Cert should not have been cancelled at private Cabinet meetings during the pandemic.

The spread of Covid-19 is being driven down faster in some counties as new figures signal weeks of varying levels of restrictions may be working and the country might be...