The European Medicines Agency will this afternoon give its verdict on whether or not the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine is safe to continue to use following concerns about a possible link to blood clots in a small number of recipients.

A 21-year-old man has been charged with murdering eight people in spas around the US city of Atlanta, in triple attacks that have deeply shaken the Asian-American community.

The health service in Britain is to suspend vaccination of people aged 49 and under, due to a significant shortfall in vaccine supplies.

The European Medicines Agency is set to decide what to do about blood clot fears over the AstraZeneca coronavirus jab.

Spain's parliament will give final approval to a law legalising euthanasia, becoming one of the few nations to allow terminally-ill or gravely-injured patients to end their lives.

Conradh na Gaeilge has said the decision by the European Court of Justice yesterday that information on veterinary medicinal products sold in Ireland should be in both Irish and English is both "important" and "historic".

Tokyo Olympics creative head Hiroshi Sasaki said he has resigned after making a derogatory comment about a popular female Japanese entertainer, in the latest controversy over insensitive remarks towards women to hit Games organisers.

Both pressure and diplomatic options are on the table for dealing with North Korea, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said, hours after a senior North Korean diplomat rejected any talks until Washington changed its policies.

Tanzania's main opposition leader Tundu Lissu has claimed that President John Magufuli had died from the coronavirus.

US President Joe Biden has voiced his strong support for the Good Friday Agreement, in a virtual St Patrick's Day meeting with Taoiseach Micheál Martin.

Twenty-one people have been arrested in connection with public order offences and breaches of Covid-19 legislation in Dublin.

St Patrick's Day was celebrated around the country in different ways due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Department of Health has been notified of 557 further cases of Covid-19, while 17 further deaths have been recorded.

President Biden's deep affection for Ireland is clear and it's something which could be of significant benefit to the "old country", writes RTÉ Political Correspondent Paul Cunningham.

It was a virtual occasion, but the very best in Irish arts and culture was celebrated on a range of broadcast and online platforms and thousands of people shared videos and images online with #RTEVirtualParade.

People holding St Patrick's Day parties at the Botanic Gardens in Belfast have been cleared from the area.

The European Commission has warned that it could restrict exports of Covid vaccines outside the EU if there is no reciprocal openness by other vaccine-producing countries when making vaccines available for Europeans.

A 21-year-old man suspected of carrying out a shooting in Atlanta in which eight people were killed has denied a racial motive to the attacks that have shaken the country's Asian community, police said.

Piers Morgan's comments about the Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle's interview with Oprah Winfrey have led to the highest number of complaints in the TV regulator's history.