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WHO expresses concern over false sense of security that vaccines have ended pandemic

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has expressed concern about a false sense of security that vaccines have ended the pandemic. Director-General of WHO, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, urged people to continue taking precautions to prevent infection ...

25 Nov 2021 at 11:06

National News

Experience in tackling Delta variant will help fight Omicron - WHO

World Health Organisation (WHO) officials in the Western Pacific have said border closures may buy time to deal with the Omicron coronavirus variant, but measures put in place and experience gained in dealing with the Delta variant should remain ...

03 Dec 2021 at 13:15

National News

South Korea suspect unidentified person entering North Korea territory is likely a defector

A person who crossed the border into North Korea on New Year’s Day was likely a defector who had slipped through the same heavily fortified frontier in the other direction to settle in South Korea in late 2020, South Korea’s military said on ...

03 Jan 2022 at 10:59

National News

National World edges towards £61.5m takeover deal

Newspaper group National World has moved closer to a takeover by its largest shareholder. The Scotsman and Yorkshire Post owner said Media Concierge has put forward a £61.5 million proposal to buy the media firm. Bosses at National World ...

06 Dec 2024 at 08:48

Northern Ireland

New book shines a light on Ireland’s nurses in the Second World War

A new book has shone a light on the contribution of nurses from across Ireland working in dangerous conditions in the Second World War. Memories and records, as well as a roll of honour, of nurses from across Ireland has been compiled ...

04 Jun 2024 at 11:00

National News

31 people dead after 'widespread destruction' in the Philippines

A powerful typhoon has left at least 31 people dead, knocked down power and communications in entire provinces and wrought widespread destruction mostly in the central Philippines, officials said. Typhoon Rai blew away on Friday ...

18 Dec 2021 at 13:05

National News

Elderly Ukrainian man who survived four Nazi concentration camps killed by Russian blast

A 96-year-old man who survived four separate Nazi concentration camps during the Second World War (WWII) has been killed in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. The death of Borys Romanchenko was confirmed by the country's Minister ...

22 Mar 2022 at 16:45

National News

Survey reveals 'worrying' level of house price increases in each county over last 10 years

Houses prices in Ireland have increased by as much as 80% in the last decade, with houses in Dublin and the surrounding commuter counties recording the highest increase. A new study reveals that County Dublin has had the ...

28 Jun 2023 at 14:05

Soccer

Picking Qatar to host World Cup was a mistake, says former Fifa president

Picking Qatar to host the World Cup was a mistake, former Fifa president Sepp Blatter has said, as he cited a meeting between Nicolas Sarkozy and Michel Platini for swaying key votes. The 86-year-old spoke to the Swiss ...

08 Nov 2022 at 15:45

National News

Police use water cannons and tear gas on Covid protesters in Belgium

Protesters demonstrating against tightened Covid-19 restrictions in Belgium were met with police tear gas and water cannons in Brussels on Sunday. Thousands of people gathered to reject the new measures announced on ...

05 Dec 2021 at 18:59

National News

Ghislaine Maxwell's trial comes to an end as she tells judge she will not testify

Ghislaine Maxwell told the judge at her sex trafficking trial that she will not give evidence before the defence rested their case. The British socialite was asked to stand by the judge, who instructed her that she ...

18 Dec 2021 at 13:22

Rugby

Rugby World Cup: Ireland v Scotland- where and when to watch it

IRELAND will play their last group game of the World Cup tournament this Saturday, October 7, against old rivals Scotland. This game hangs on a knife edge as Any two from the three of South Africa, Ireland and ...

06 Oct 2023 at 15:00

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