The mayor of Rotterdam has condemned violence at protests against Covid-19 measures in the Dutch port city, in which seven people were wounded and more than 20 arrested.

It has been a tumultuous week, with huge uncertainty as to what will happen between now and Christmas and beyond.

Focus Ireland is marking UN World Children's Day by calling on the Government to prioritise ending child homelessness.

US President Joe Biden has asked Americans to express their views peacefully following a jury's acquittal of teenager Kyle Rittenhouse of murder in the fatal shooting of two men during racial justice protests last year.

Thousands of protesters decrying Covid-19 vaccinations gathered in cities around Australia today as smaller counter-rallies supporting health measures also marched.

Public health experts have warned we are facing into a difficult December. Here are five ways you can help stave off record Covid levels before Christmas.

As Joe Biden turns 79 this weekend, an uptick in the polls is the best birthday gift he could hope for, writes Washington Correspondent Brian O'Donovan.

A consultant in infectious diseases has said people need to prepare for a number of different eventualities as a degree of uncertainty in modelling means it is difficult to pinpoint exactly how bad the Covid-19 situation will get in the coming weeks.

World number one Novak Djokovic has said tennis must stand together over the apparent disappearance of Chinese player Peng Shuai and described the ongoing situation as horrific.

Nobody wants another online work Christmas party, but with Covid cases surging and immunity waning for the vaccinated, should such in-person events go ahead?

Women's health advocate Vicky Phelan has spoken of her decision to stop palliative chemotherapy after one session because she was so sick following the treatment.

Talks between the EU and UK Brexit negotiators on the Northern Ireland Protocol have ended in Brussels without any apparent breakthrough.

Austria has announced that it will impose a lockdown for all and make vaccinations mandatory as it seeks to tackle a rise in Covid cases.

The EU's drug watchdog has backed Merck's anti-Covid pill for emergency use ahead of a formal authorisation and started reviewing Pfizer's antiviral treatment as cases soar across Europe.

US President Joe Biden has resumed presidential duties after he earlier transferred power to Vice President Kamala Harris while he was under anesthesia for a routine colonoscopy, which is a part of his annual physical.

Poland has accused Belarus of trucking hundreds of migrants back to the border and pushing them to attempt to cross illegally, only hours after clearing camps at the frontier.

Canada has authorised the use of Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine for children aged five to 11, paving the way for the inoculation of primary children across the country.

A jury acquitted Kyle Rittenhouse on charges that he murdered two men and attempted to kill a third with his semi-automatic rifle during protests in Wisconsin in 2020, determining that the teenager acted in self-defence.

A parish priest in west Cork unfairly dismissed a long serving Sacristan after the Covid-19 pandemic put a hole in local Church finances.