The search for a 27-year-old Dublin man, who went missing from a hiking trail in the US state of Wyoming, is to become more focused after rangers at Grand Teton National Park received new information.

Christian Eriksen will have a heart starter device implanted after his collapse during Denmark's Euro 2020 opener on Saturday, the team's doctor has confirmed in a statement.

The British government has agreed to introduce an Irish language act in Northern Ireland if the Stormont Assembly fails to do so by the end of September.

Covid-19 cases are "rising exponentially" across England driven by younger and mostly unvaccinated age groups, according to scientists tracking the epidemic.

People who are less likely to follow news coverage about Covid-19 are more likely to be vaccine hesitant, a study suggests.

A mural inspired by the stories of LGBTI+ young people growing up in Ireland has been unveiled in Dublin.

Hong Kong police have arrested the chief editor and four executives of pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily.

The first astronauts to be sent to China's new space station have blasted off for the country's longest crewed mission to date, a landmark step in establishing Beijing as a major space power.

Researchers at the University of Cambridge have found that a group of cells outside the embryo - known as the hypoblast - trigger the development of its head-to-tail body axis.

A coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo and several other Japanese regions will be lifted on Sunday, just over a month before the Olympic Games, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has announced.

Listed property prices in coastal hotspots jumped by almost a quarter during the pandemic, a new study has revealed.

Minister for Higher and Further Education Simon Harris has said the opening of colleges is not contingent on the success of the UniCov scheme, which is a pilot antigen testing programme.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed into law a bill that allows people to carry firearms in public without a permit, the latest in a series of measures expanding gun rights in conservative US states.

Housing charities have said they are on course to exceed Rebuilding Ireland targets despite challenges caused by the Covid pandemic.

Ryanair is launching a legal challenge against Britain over its "traffic light" system for international travel, hoping to force a relaxation of strict rules that threaten the summer holiday season.

The food service market here will not return to the levels it was at prior to the Covid-19 pandemic until the end of next year, according to Bord Bia.

The newly appointed US envoy for North Korea, Sung Kim, will make his first visit to South Korea this week for a possible three-way meeting with counterparts from Seoul and Tokyo, a South Korean foreign ministry official has said.

Research gathered by a free text service run by the HSE has found 90% of young people cover up their mental health when asked how they are feeling.

A global online outage at major banks and airlines today was caused by a problem with tech provider Akamai, one of the firms affected has confirmed.

Joe Biden has met Russian President Vladimir Putin for the first time since he became US President with expectations low that the encounter will herald any major improvements to relations.