Protests against China's heavy Covid-19 restrictions have today spread to more cities, including the financial hub Shanghai, nearly three years into the pandemic.

A special memorial service for the late CervicalCheck campaigner Vicky Phelan is taking place in her native Kilkenny today.

Heavy snowfall is expected in Kyiv today, while millions of people who still live in and around the Ukrainian capital remain with little electricity and heat.

Sinn Féin has lost support according to a new opinion poll, but remains the country's most popular party.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has said his country intends to have the world's most powerful nuclear force, state media reported.

For years, interest rates have been at rock bottom creating a relatively favourable environment for borrowing. Now that rates are rising, savers could have reasonably expected to finally start making a return on their deposits. But it has yet to show...

Two pedestrians have been killed in separate incidents in the early hours of this morning.

Twitter Chief Executive Elon Musk has said new user sign-ups to the social media platform are at an "all-time high", as he struggles with a mass exodus of advertisers and users fleeing to other platforms.

Italian rescuers are searching for a dozen missing people on the southern island of Ischia this morning, after a landslide killed at least one person, as the government scheduled an emergency meeting.

Two 16-year-old boys have been stabbed to death in south east London.

The leader of the Green Party Eamon Ryan is addressing the party's annual conference in Athlone.

One woman died and other people were still missing after heavy rains caused a landslide on the Italian island of Ischia, a local official said.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has vowed that his country would continue to resist Russian attacks.

The death toll from a twin school shooting in Brazil rose to four after a teacher wounded in the attack by a 16-year-old shooter wearing Nazi symbols died from her injuries, officials said.

The Citizens' Assembly on Biodiversity Loss is preparing to vote on over 160 recommendations to address biodiversity loss in affecting all areas including agriculture, freshwater, peatlands and cities.

When Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine, Viktoria Volynets was taken completely unaware: she was on holiday with her husband and two children in the Carpathian mountains.

Thousands of people have posed naked on Sydney's Bondi beach this morning for an art installation aimed at raising awareness about skin cancer and sun safety.

Argentina need a win after their shock defeat to Saudi Arabia, will Lionel Messi and Co spark against a Mexico side who played out a 0-0 draw with Poland in their first game.

The Late Late Toy Show delivered its trademark magic on Friday night, raising just over €3.5 million - and counting - for its annual charity appeal.

The Green Party deputy Patrick Costello has said he believes that it is possible his party can "find a way forward together" on the controversial Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement between the European Union and Canada.