Russian forces have set their sights on their next objectives in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk province, after President Vladimir Putin claimed victory in neighbouring Luhansk province.

Budgetary watchdog, the Fiscal Advisory Council, has said strong corporation tax receipts should "not be relied on to fund permanent spending increases".

Rescue teams have resumed their search for 13 climbers who have been missing since part of a glacier gave way high in the Italian Alps on Sunday, killing at least seven people.

The main retail banks have opened 222,000 personal current accounts so far this year, as customers of Ulster Bank and KBC Bank Ireland begin switching providers ahead of the exit of the two banks from the Irish market.

SIPTU members employed at the Irish Wheelchair Association are staging a 24-hour work stoppage in a dispute over pay.

Some UK cinemas have banned groups of young people wearing suits during screenings of Minions: The Rise Of Gru.

Two police officers were shot last night in the US city of Philadelphia just hours after a gunman opened fire on families enjoying a Fourth of July parade in Chicago.

Zoos and aquariums across the island of Ireland have written to Taoiseach Micheál Martin and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warning of an "existential threat" to conservational breeding programmes.

A new report published by Wind Energy Ireland has found that Ireland is not moving fast enough to meet the Government's carbon emissions targets for the electricity sector by 2030.

A mega drought affecting the western United States is sending reservoir levels at the Hoover Dam plummeting towards deadpool - the point at which the dam can no longer produce power.

Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe has said that maintaining safe public finances is incredibly important as there may be further challenges "around the corner".

Controversial Troubles legacy and reconciliation legislation was branded a "whitewash" after it cleared the British House of Commons last night, despite strong opposition from Northern Ireland MPs and victims' groups.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was briefed "in person" about an investigation into the conduct of MP Chris Pincher when he was a Foreign Office minister, the former permanent secretary at the Foreign Office has said.

Amber Heard has requested that a US judge overturn the verdict against her multi-million dollar defamation case with Johnny Depp and order a new trial.

The Summer Economic Statement is a document that sets out the parameters of the forthcoming Budget. That means, in broad terms, how much 'new' money will be spent or used to lower tax rates on Budget day.

Police in Illinois say they have captured a person of interest associated with a shooting that killed six people and wounded more than 36 others.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said Ireland is currently experiencing a "disruptive" phase of Covid-19, with the level of cases having an impact on health services.

Opposition parties have criticised the Government's Summer Economic Statement, saying the Government needs to go further, sooner.

British Labour leader Keir Starmer will vow not to take the UK back into the single market or restore freedom of movement as he sets out his plan to "make Brexit work".

A few lines into the Summer Economic Statement, there is an acknowledgment of the "erosion of real incomes" and a glum forecast, which warns that the risks to the economic outlook "are now firmly tilted to the downside," writes Micheál Lehane.