Boxes opened in count for Irish General Election
The protracted process of sorting and counting votes in Ireland’s General Election has begun, after an exit poll put the three main parties virtually neck and neck. Sinn Fein held…
Number of asylum seekers in NI hotels falls but stays ‘too long’
More than 300 asylum seekers are currently being housed in hotels across Northern Ireland, official statistics reveal. Government policy states that they should only stay in such accommodation for a…
Analysis: Can the Hezbollah-Israel ceasefire hold?
Israel’s army has launched strikes inside Lebanon despite terms of the ceasefire and is restricting people from returning to their homes in parts of the south. Will Hezbollah respond? Yara…
Iceland votes for a new parliament after coalition dissolved
Icelanders will elect a new parliament on Saturday after disagreements over immigration, energy policy and the economy forced Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson to pull the plug on his coalition government…
Kaleb Cooper makes feelings clear on calls for Jeremy Clarkson to be made prime minister with brilliant answer
Kaleb Cooper has lent his support to the idea of Jeremy Clarkson, 64, becoming prime minister as he discussed his attendance at the farmer’s protest earlier this month. The 26-year-old…
Canada is in for a snowy winter. Should you book your ski vacation?
After a string of warm winters, much of Canada is in for some snowy months. For the country’s winter tourism industry, hit by climate change and warmer than usual winters,…
North Korea’s Kim says Russia has right to self-defence against Ukraine
Pyongyang will ‘invariably support’ Russia ‘to defend its sovereignty’, Kim tells visiting Russian defence chief. North Korea’s leader has assured steadfast support for Russia’s war in Ukraine and agreed to…
TUI Boeing 737 in ‘serious incident’ above UK with 187 passengers on board
A TUI passenger plane encountered a “serious incident” over North Lincolnshire, just three days before it experienced an unrelated “catastrophic failure” at Leeds Bradford Airport. The Air Accidents Investigation Branch…
A shootout win in Kingston makes it 17 wins in a row for the London Knights
Blake Montgomery scored twice and added an assist and Auston Elliott stopped 36 shots in the first 65 minutes and two more in the shootout as the London Knights edged…
PSNI officers may be banned from retiring to avoid misconduct investigations
A controversial loophole which allows PSNI officers to retire while facing misconduct investigations could be closed, the Justice Minister has said.