The UN climate summit, COP27, has opened in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, amid growing calls for rich countries to compensate poorer nations most vulnerable to climate change.

About 30,000 runners, some wearing face masks, took part in a chilly and smoggy first Beijing Marathon since 2019 after Covid cancelled previous races.

At the COP 27 conference in Egypt, delegates will be relying on decades of scientific research published by the UN climate science agency to inform their decisions about future energy plans and warming trajectories.

Pope Francis wound up his trip to Bahrain by visiting the oldest Catholic church in the Gulf, telling bishops, priests and nuns to remain united as they ministered to the faithful in the majority Muslim area.

A plane carrying 43 people has plunged into Lake Victoria in Tanzania due to bad weather shortly before it was due to land in the northwestern city of Bukoba, police said, with efforts under way to rescue those onboard.

UN human rights chief Volker Turk has urged Twitter's new owner Elon Musk to ensure that respect for human rights is central to the social network following his sacking of around half the company's employees.

The Department of Enterprise has confirmed that Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise Leo Varadkar has not yet received a collective redundancy notification from Twitter.

The Sinn Féin leader has said it is time for a new government, describing the rotating governance by Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael as political "hokey pokey".

A pedestrian has died in a road traffic collision in Co Clare.

Iran has acknowledged for the first time that it had supplied Moscow with drones but said they were sent before the war in Ukraine, where Russia has used drones to target power stations and civilian infrastructure.

US President Joe Biden and his two predecessors converged on the state of Pennsylvania today, making closing pitches in a key battleground state for next week's midterm election.

Rhys McClenaghan has won gold at the FIG World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Liverpool.

Ireland got their Bank of Ireland Nations Series off to a perfect start with a 19-16 win against world champions South Africa at the Aviva Stadium.

Aaron Carter, singer and brother of Backstreet Boys member Nick Carter, has died aged 34.

North Korea fired four ballistic missiles today, the South Korean military said, the latest in Pyongyang's testing blitz this week as Washington and Seoul concluded their biggest-ever air force drills.

Support for Sinn Féin has fallen by three points in the last month, the latest Sunday Independent/Ireland Thinks opinion poll suggests.

The world's wealthier countries need to "step up" to help poorer nations transition away from fossil fuels and adapt to the impact of climate change, US envoy John Kerry has said.

A quiet corner of the National Botanic Gardens on a mild autumnal morning isn't the first place you might expect to hear the word 'doomsday' crop up in conversation.

With the coalition Government poised to switch top Cabinet positions in December, the delicate question of Paschal Donohoe's role as president of the Eurogroup will be on the agenda of next Monday's meeting of eurozone finance ministers in Brussels.

Powerball mania has hit the United States, hours before a drawing for a $1.6 billion jackpot, a world record.