Taoiseach Micheál Martin has told the UN General Assembly that Russia is behaving as a "rogue state".

A woman has appeared in court charged with the murder of her two children in a car fire in Co Westmeath almost two weeks ago.

Four areas of Ukraine controlled by Russia and pro-Moscow forces are holding referendums today on joining Russia, a move widely condemned by the West as illegitimate and a precursor to illegal annexation.

Hurricane Fiona is threatening the Atlantic island of Bermuda, passing west of the British territory on its northward trek towards Nova Scotia while packing the potential to become one of the most severe storms in Canada's history.

Live music, dance, guided tours, readings and a live television show from Lough Boora in Co Offaly all form part of this year's Culture Night which takes place this evening.

Japan has announced that it will lift tough Covid restrictions on foreign tourists, reopening the borders after two-and-a-half years.

Pearse Doherty has said there is a "big difference" between the measures that the Government is expected to announce in the Budget and those to be outlined in Sinn Féin's alternative budget.

The central Chinese province of Jiangxi has declared a water supply "red alert" for the first time after the Poyang freshwater lake, the country's biggest, dwindled to a record low, the Jiangxi government has said.

The number of corporate insolvencies forecasted for the first nine months of the year is up over a third on the same period of last year, new figures show.

Only 4% of the more than 900,000 smart meter customers are availing of the "time of use" feature, according to the ESB.

Details of the British government's plan to freeze energy bills and cut taxes are due to be announced in a mini-budget later this morning.

Senior diplomats from the United States and China will meet later today with tensions high after a visit to Taiwan by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and an explicit pledge by US President Joe Biden to defend the Chinese-claimed island.

Some people who contracted Covid-19 never fully recovered. More than two years later, many of them are suffering the debilitating effects of Long Covid, explains Barry Cummins.

Sprawling coastal cities in South and Southeast Asia are sinking faster than elsewhere in the world, leaving tens of millions of people more vulnerable to rising sea levels, a new study says.

The Government has approved a draft bill aimed at improving family-friendly work practices and supporting women in the workforce.

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones hit out at critics as he testified in a trial to determine how much he owes families of victims who died in the Sandy Hook mass shooting, which he falsely claimed was a hoax.

The Government is to introduce broad-based measures in next week's Budget to help tens if not hundreds of thousands of businesses with their energy bills, the Tánaiste has said.

The number of Ukrainian refugees arriving in Ireland is expected to reach almost 60,000 by the end of the year.

US securities officials have fined Boeing $200 million over the aviation giant's misleading assurances about the safety of the 737 MAX airplane following two deadly crashes, regulators announced.

The head of the World Health Organization has tempered his assertion that the end of the Covid-19 pandemic was near, warning that declaring the crisis over was "still a long way off".