Chinese security forces filled the streets of Beijing and Shanghai last night following online calls for another night of protests to demand political freedoms and an end to Covid lockdowns.

Twitter owner Elon Musk has opened fire against Apple over its tight control of what is allowed on the App Store, saying the iPhone maker has threatened to oust his recently acquired social media platform.

Recent revelations about sexual abuse in private schools is a reminder that this type of abuse is endemic in Irish society, according to the support service One In Four.

A food bank in the midwest has said that 2,000 children have accessed its services due to increases in the cost of living.

The Spanish coastguard said it rescued three migrants stowed away on the rudder of a ship that arrived in the Canary Islands from Nigeria.

The businessman Seán Quinn has said it is "beyond comprehension" that people who were his friends, his staff and his neighbours would blame his family for being involved in criminal activity and for abducting the businessman Kevin Lunney.

Will Smith says his "deepest hope" is that his infamous Oscars slap does not have an effect on the team behind his new film Emancipation in the upcoming awards season.

The Director of the National Cancer Registry has said better treatments and early detection means more people are surviving invasive cancer diagnoses.

Everyone will be regarded as organ donors unless they opt out of the system under legislation Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly is bringing to Cabinet this morning.

Three death row prisoners have filed a lawsuit against the Japanese government, arguing that execution by hanging is cruel and should be abolished, their lawyer said.

The group representing officers in the Defence Forces has said urgent action is needed to address severe staffing shortages.

The Department of Education has advised against the use of aerobic fitness tests, including bleep tests in schools.

The Minister for Finance is expected to ask the Cabinet today to approve a plan that would see restrictions on salary and variable pay for bankers working at lenders which were bailed out by the State eased.

There is a packed Cabinet agenda today as the Government aims to pass several pieces of legislation before the end of the Dáil term on 17 December, with updates to be heard on plans to put in place an agri-food regulator, and increase housing income...

If increased road toll charges are deferred in January, it could lead to larger hikes in 2024 because of high inflation, the Oireachtas Transport Committee will hear today.

A 42-year-old woman has been extradited from South Korea to New Zealand, where she is to appear in court charged with murdering two children whose remains were found in suitcases sold at auction.

Rocketing energy bills are forcing Hungary to shutter libraries, theatres, swimming pools and even its new football stadiums for winter.

Australia's largest state will withdraw or refund tens of thousands of fines issued during the Covid pandemic after government lawyers conceded that some fines were invalid in a test case brought by a legal advocacy group.

The mother of a man who accidentally shot his sister with a gun he had obtained to protect himself and his family from a criminal gang has begged a judge not to jail her son.

A protester, holding a rainbow flag and wearing a T-shirt reading 'Respect for Iranian Women' on the back, ran onto the pitch during this evening's game between Portugal and Uruguay at the World Cup in Qatar.