India has set a new global record of the most number of coronavirus infections in a day, as the United States said it was racing to send help to the country.

At least 23 people died when a fire broke out in a coronavirus intensive care unit in the capital of Iraq, a country with long-dilapidated health infrastructure facing mounting Covid-19 cases.

The search for a missing Indonesian submarine with 53 crew has turned into a salvage effort after recovered debris suggested it broke apart as it sank off the coast of Bali.

Reporting on Joe Biden's presidency has been a very different experience compared to covering his predecessor.

People aged 62 can now register for a Covid-19 vaccine as the vaccination roll-out continues.

With aviation forming a sizeable portion of Ireland's economy, pilots, aircrew and aircraft now inhabit unfamiliar territory on the ground, for what could be two summer seasons.

It's this year's David versus Goliath story at the Oscars. Pixar, the global powerhouse behind the Toy Story franchise, and industrious Kilkenny indie studio Cartoon Saloon are both in the running for Best Animated Feature.

More than 36,000 people signed up to health insurance in the last year bringing the market to its highest level of membership since 2008.

A wildfire is continuing to burn in Killarney National Park as fire crews from across southern Kerry remain onsite tackling the blaze.

Thousands of people gathered across New Zealand and Australia to honour military personnel on Anzac Day, a year after the Covid-19 pandemic forced people to commemorate privately in driveways and on balconies.

An 18-year-old man has appeared in court in Belfast charged with the abduction of a 14-year-old girl from Co Louth this week.

The Department of Health has been notified of a further five Covid-related deaths while 461 new cases have also been recorded.

The HSE has said that the National Ambulance Service will increase capacity in the next few weeks in order to accelerate the delivery of vaccines to people who are housebound.

Demonstrators hurled bottles as officers attempted to disperse the crowds in Hyde Park this evening, the Metropolitan Police said.

A murder inquiry has been launched in Northern Ireland after the body of a 61-year-old woman was found in Limavady, Co Derry.

There have been calls to restore a memorial wall for people who died in the 1916 Rising which has been hidden from public view for more than a year after it was vandalised.

More than half of the UK's total population has received a first dose of a coronavirus vaccine, figures show.

Overwhelmed hospitals in India begged for oxygen supplies as the country's coronavirus infections soared again overnight in a "tsunami" of disease, setting a new world record for cases for the third consecutive day.

Immunologists and doctors say they are hopeful the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine will be approved for use in Ireland across a broad range of age groups.

A group of 15 French volunteers have left a cave where they had stayed for 40 days, in an experiment examining the limits of human adaptability to isolation.