Brazil has become the second country after the United States to surpass 500,000 Covid-19 deaths as the South American country grapples with a third wave of the pandemic.

The next DUP Leader will have to begin the process of rebuilding a deeply fractured party as well as trying to rebuild power sharing.

Registration for a Covid-19 vaccine begins today for people aged 35 to 39, starting with 39-year-olds.

Belgium will ban entry to non-EU travellers from Britain in order to limit the spread of a Covid-19 variant that has forced London to delay the lifting of its pandemic curbs.

The identity of the new leader of the DUP could be known as soon as Tuesday if there is no need for an election.

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Obamacare has survived its latest attack, something which is being welcomed by Democrats and those who have benefited from it.

We are going to need resilience, determination and solidarity as we embark on our next challenge as outlined in the Climate Bill passed by the Dáil late last Wednesday night.

A shortage of computer chips threatens to disrupt the world's supply of smartphones, games consoles and cars - and even the data centres that they rely on, writes Adam Maguire. Worst of all, it's a problem with no quick or easy solution.

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has called the election of Ebrahim Raisi as Iran's president a "final wake-up call" for the world, the Ynet news site reported.

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has disputed claims that the State has not attempted to buy the land for the new National Maternity Hospital.

A 98-year-old woman living in Co Mayo, has been given a special US House of Representatives honour in Belmullet this evening, for the role she played in changing the course of world history with her weather reports.

John Bercow, the former Conservative MP who became the scourge of Brexiteers as Speaker of the House of Commons, has said he has switched allegiances to join Britain's Labour Party.

Pride is being marked across the country this month but many events are taking place virtually for the second year in a row due to the pandemic.

Tánaiste and Fine Gael leader Leo Varadkar has told his party's Ard Fheis that Ireland needs to build 40,000 homes a year, so that the dream of home ownership can once again become a reality.

Authors Maggie O'Farrell and Elaine Feeney have been announced as this year's winners of the Dalkey Literary awards.

Police in the city of Show Low, Arizona, say they are investigating an incident in which multiple cyclists were struck by a truck during a cycling event.

The HSE's Chief Clinical Officer has said he hopes the vaccination of people aged in their 20s will begin by late July or early August.

The search for a 27-year-old Dublin man who is missing in Wyoming is being scaled back following an intensive operation in the Grand Teton National Park.

Following the bruising encounters of the G7, and Joe Biden's ministrations on the Protocol, the UK may have calculated that a cooperative approach is wiser.