President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said that Ukrainians "need to achieve peace" and halt Russian bombardment that has forced millions to flee to countries like Poland, where US President Joe Biden is due to witness the crisis first hand.

US President Joe Biden will today visit a city in Poland that is near the border with Ukraine, as he seeks to show Western resolve against Russia's invasion.

Australia's Great Barrier Reef is suffering a "mass bleaching event" as coral comes under heat stress from warmer seas, reef authorities said today.

North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Un personally oversaw the test-firing of the country's "new type" of intercontinental ballistic missile to boost its nuclear deterrent against the US "imperialists", state media reported.

Up to 180 jobs are to be created by the pharmaceutical company Janssen Sciences Ireland in Co Cork.

As Russia continues its invasion of Ukraine, our correspondents give their analysis on what the impact of this war will be on Ukraine, Ireland and the wider world.

The Minister for Justice Helen McEntee has announced an increase in funding for organisations to support victims of crime.

Follow RTÉ News live blog for the latest updates on the 30th day of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The conflict in Yemen between the Iran-backed Houthi rebels and pro-government troops shows no signs of abating and the country teeters on the edge of famine.

Kingston Mills, Professor of Experimental Immunology at Trinity College Dublin, said it was inevitable that there was going to be a surge in Covid cases as it is "difficult to stop transmission from a person who is not wearing a mask."

85% of employers in Ireland are having to contend with skill shortages, according to a new report.

Tigrayan rebels agreed to a "cessation of hostilities" today, a new turning point in the nearly 17-month war in northern Ethiopia following the government's announcement of an indefinite humanitarian truce yesterday.

The International Atomic Energy Agency has expressed "concern" after Ukraine warned of bombardment by Russia of the town where staff working at the Chernobyl nuclear site live.

Irish Catholic Bishops will join others in global prayer this evening as Pope Francis consecrates Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

The Department of Health has been notified of 8,910 PCR-confirmed cases of Covid-19, as well as 14,215 positive antigen tests logged through the HSE portal.

An ex-garda superintendent is facing sentence after signing a guilty plea in connection with a substantial cannabis seizure in Dublin.

Donald Trump has sued Hillary Clinton and several other Democrats, alleging they tried to rig the 2016 US presidential election by tying his campaign to Russia.

Paintings by a seven-year-old Ukrainian girl, who along with her mother fled to Ireland to escape the Russian invasion, have gone on display at an exhibition in Co Laois.

Britain's Prince Charles has described the Russian invasion of Ukraine as "brutal aggression" and expressed his support for the people of Ukraine in their current plight.

Western leaders piled on military and humanitarian aid for Ukraine today with US President Joe Biden calling Russian leader Vladimir Putin a "brute" and Britain denouncing Moscow's invasion of its neighbour as "barbarism".