Police have detained more than 450 people at rallies in Siberia and Russia's Far East as supporters of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny took to the streets to protest his jailing.

A public information campaign is under way about the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccination programme for people over 70.

The Australian city of Perth will begin a snap five-day lockdown after a security guard at a quarantine hotel tested positive for Covid-19, authorities have announced.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said the EU's plan to trigger Article 16 was not a hostile act and there is now an opportunity to reengage to ensure the smooth operation of the Northern Ireland protocol.

There are clear signals that the former US president plans to be involved in Republican politics for some time to come.

They are stories that have to be told by those who want to tell them, no matter how painful they may be to hear.

The UK will formally apply to join an Asia-Pacific free-trade pact, under its post-Brexit plans.

A year after the pandemic began in China, it is largely under control. But the government is deploying aggressive containment measures to keep it that way, writes Yvonne Murray in Beijing.

It has been framed by the media and observers as a Main Street versus Wall Street struggle. The little man taking on the Titans of the investment industry - and actually winning.

A team of WHO experts investigating the origins of Covid-19 visited a market in Wuhan where one of the first reported clusters of infections emerged over a year ago.

A Status Yellow warning for snow and ice is in effect for 18 counties with rain, snow and sleet forecast.

A Vermont teacher, whose handmade mittens went viral after Senator Bernie Sanders wore them at President Joe Biden's inauguration, has found a manufacturer to fulfill the resulting thousands of orders for her cozy gloves.

One month on from the end of the Brexit transition period, and the implementation of a new trade regime between the EU and UK, we spoke to exporters and hauliers about how they are faring with the new arrangements.

A 35-year-old man has appeared in court in Dublin charged with the murder of a 16-year-old boy.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said it was a mistake by the European Commission to signal its intention to trigger Article 16 of the Northern Ireland protocol, in response to the row with AstraZeneca over the supply of vaccines.

The PSNI are treating threatening graffiti targeting Tánaiste Leo Varadkar in the Belvoir area of south Belfast as a hate crime.

A Status Yellow warning for snow and ice has been issued for 18 counties with temperatures set to drop to below freezing overnight.

A number of Traveller organisations have called on Travellers to fully adhere to public health measures, including restrictions on funerals.

There were sighs of relief around Government Buildings as approval came through for the one vaccine it has hailed as a game changer.

CMO Dr Tony Holohan said the 1,000 deaths and 100,000 positive Covid-19 cases seen this month show just how rapidly the virus can spread, and there remains a level of infection that is double that seen in October.