Europe Edition

Los Angeles has been hit by its first winter blizzard in more than 30 years with more heavy snowfall expected....

Homecare provider Connected Health has announced the creation of 500 new jobs....

An uncrewed Russian Soyuz capsule took off early this morning from Kazakhstan for the International Space Station to eventually bring home three astronauts whose return vehicle was damaged by a tiny meteoroid....

Bank of Ireland is set to introduce staff bonuses from next year, following the recent easing of restrictions on bankers' pay....

Brazil's death toll from floods and landslides caused by torrential rains has risen to at least 50....

Oscar nominee Paul Mescal has spoken of his "fury" after a fan groped him outside the theatre where he was performing....

The Chief Executive of homeless charity Threshold has said that if the eviction ban were to be extended, there could be a "long-term threat" to the supply of the private rental sector housing market by small landlords....

Sevilla goalkeeper Marko Dmitrovic was attacked by a fan during his side's Europa League clash with PSV Eindhoven on Thursday....

Northern Ireland's five main party leaders are due to meet with the PSNI Chief Constable this morning to be briefed on the shooting of Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell in Omagh on Wednesday night....

A pregnant woman charged with murder and jailed in Florida wants out of prison on the grounds that her unborn baby is innocent and "held unlawfully," a lawyer has said....

One year on, what seemed unthinkable in the early weeks of 2022 - a full-scale Russian invasion - has become a settled part of the news agenda, writes Tony Connelly....

A year into the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. xxxxx...

A total of 24 new judges will be appointed in the coming weeks, the Government says, with another 20 to be appointed on a phased basis after that....

Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 - tens of thousand of people have died and millions have fled as 12 months later there is little sign of the war ending...

China has called for Russia and Ukraine to hold peace talks as soon as possible while insisting that nuclear weapons must not be used in their conflict....

Ukraine today will mark the first anniversary of the Russian invasion, which has developed into the worst conventional war on the European continent since World War II....

The White House has said that President Joe Biden will meet virtually today with other G7 leaders and the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, to mark the one-year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and announce new sanctions against tho...

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said that Ukraine would "prevail" in its war against Russia, as he promised enduring Irish support for the country after a year of war....

A teenager is in a critical condition in hospital following a serious assault in Swords, Co Dublin, this evening....

Actor Alec Baldwin has entered a not guilty plea to a charge of involuntary manslaughter stemming from a fatal shooting on the New Mexico set of the film 'Rust', court documents show....

Oscar nominee Paul Mescal has said it is "hard to put into words" how exciting the last few weeks have been for him....

A US judge has handed disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly a 20-year prison term for child abuse imagery and other charges - but he will serve most of it simultaneously with a previous sentence....

Janet Ball, 74, of the Reynoldstown Farm, in the Naul in north Co Dublin, pleaded guilty to ten charges under the Animal Health and Welfare Act....

There has been just one case of Mpox confirmed in Ireland so far this year....

The plant-based ethanol content of all petrol sold in Ireland is to be doubled from 5% to 10% from the start of April after the required legislation was passed by the Dil yesterday....

Eating turnips could help avoid fruit and vegetable shortages in UK supermarkets during the winter months, Britain's Environment Secretary has suggested....

The survival of a tiny loggerhead turtle in freezing temperatures thousands of miles from home is being described as "an absolute miracle"....

The survival of a tiny loggerhead turtle in freezing temperatures thousands of miles from home is being described as "an absolute miracle"....

A 51-year-old man faces life in prison after he admitted murdering a teenage boy in Co Meath over a year ago....

Tnaiste Michel Martin has defended the Government's decision to send Defence Force members to help train Ukrainian troops as part of the European Union Military Assistance Mission....

Fresh talks aiming to secure a deal solving the issues in Northern Ireland created by Brexit are to be held in Brussels as negotiations draw out....

The experiences of more victims of recidivist paedophile John McClean are being outlined at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court today....

Northern Ireland's political leaders have joined together to condemn the shooting of Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell in Omagh last night....

France's leading rolling news channel BFMTV has said that it has sacked an anchor after a probe into alleged external influence in his work, according to a company message seen by AFP....

Changes to financial controls at the Central Bank are being made after a blunder saw it give almost three quarters of a billion euro to Paschal Donohoe in unauthorised funds when he was the Minister for Finance....

A trademark dispute involving an Irish drinks company and a cream liqueur backed by global superstar Mariah Carey has been settled....

Two thirds of people aged between 20 and 69 had some form of private pension on top of the state pension, according to a report from the Central Statistics Office....

A man arrested yesterday and questioned over alleged fraud offences has been released without charge....

The number of people in employment increased by 68,600 or 2.7% to 2,574,500 in the year to the fourth quarter of 2022, according to the Central Statistics Office....

The European Commission has banned TikTok on official devices used by staff amid concerns over data protection, a spokesperson said....

A conference in Dublin has heard that it can take over two and a half years for the health service to conduct health technology assessments (HTAs) on new drugs and decide whether to fund them for public patients....

Credit servicing firm Pepper Finance is to increase interest rates on the majority of its variable mortgages by 1%....

Football commentator John Motson has died at the age of 77....

A 41-year-old Mayo woman has died following a hiking incident in western Australia....

Yesterday's announcement by Risn Shortall and Catherine Murphy to step down as joint leaders of the Social Democrats "came out of the blue", said party TD for Wicklow Jennifer Whitmore....

The senior PSNI officer shot and seriously injured in Omagh last night was accompanied by his young son at the time of the attack....

Three men have been arrested in connection with the shooting of Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell in Omagh last night....