News categorised 'International News'
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8 June 2017
France has recently elected a new president.
31 May 2017
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8 December 2016
Irish people are the third most charitable in Europe and are in ninth place in overall world rankings.
8 December 2016
First to cross the line was Galway man Gary Thornton ...
8 December 2016
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15 September 2016
Mother Teresa has been proclaimed a saint by Pope Francis in a ceremony at the Vatican...
15 September 2016
NASA has a legal battle on its hands after it accidentally sold an artefact from the 1969 moon landing...
15 September 2016
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1 June 2016
On Thursday, 23 June, a referendum will be held in Britain.
1 June 2016
Lhakpa Sherpa broke her own world record for the most Everest summits by a woman
5 May 2016
UK-based technology company Dyson has become a surprise entrant into the electric car market.
5 May 2016
On May 14 WFTO supporters in 70 countries across five continents will come together in groups to form human chains.
5 May 2016
7 April 2016
The UK's Independent newspaper will only be available in digital format in the future
3 March 2016
Western European cities dominate the top of the 18th Mercer Quality of Living survey rankings.
3 March 2016
Engineers at Trinity College have developed a new energy creating cook stove for use in developing countries around the world.
3 March 2016
An Post has revealed a series of sixteen stamps to commemorate the centenary of the 1916 Rising.
3 February 2016
Storm Jonas wreaked havoc along America’s East Coast.
14 January 2016
The European Parliament has called for the release of an Irishman being held prisoner in Egypt.
7 January 2016
All three of the West African countries hardest hit by the Ebola virus epidemic have now documented stopping the original chain of infections that experts believe began in December 2013.
2 December 2015
Global warming is the term used to describe a gradual increase in the average temperature of the Earth's atmosphere and its oceans, which is believed to be permanently changing the Earth's climate. Climate change is real and it is happening now.
4 November 2015
An earthquake, measuring 7.5 on the Richter Scale, struck in the Jurm region of Afghanistan on October 26.
4 November 2015
Hurricane Patricia, the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Northern Hemisphere, made landfall 90 km from Manzanillo, Mexico, on October 23.
4 November 2015
A Donegal man has become only the second Irish person to win the Nobel Prize for Science.
17 October 2015
TEAM HOPE is an independent Irish, interdenominational Christian relief and development charity. We work with anyone, irrespective of race, religion, ethnicity or background...
13 October 2015
The legendary Paul O’ Connell has played his last game for Ireland.
9 October 2015
It was one of the greatest results in the history of Irish soccer. The World Cup holders were in town and the Boys in Green were not one bit fazed. Martin O’ Neill’s depleted team was ready to slay giants.
7 October 2015
Diesel cars are hugely popular with motorists, mainly because they use less fuel and are therefore cheaper to run than petrol vehicles.
7 October 2015
7 October 2015
He is Formula 1's youngest ever driver and in charge of a car that can reach over 320km/h.
But Belgian-born Dutchman Max Verstappen was unable to drive a car legally on his own in either country.
7 October 2015
On Sunday, October 4, 2015 one of Ireland’s literary giants was laid to rest in Glenties, Co. Donegal.
15 September 2015
Greece has been in the news a lot during the holidays! Greece had no money and lots of bills to pay. There was a fear that the country would be made bankrupt and people would take all their money out of banks. To deal with this danger the government decided to prevent people taking out money. Banks were closed for a week and then people were only allowed take out €60 per day from ATMs.
14 September 2015
An Irishman has won the hearts of the world after paying for his taxi driver to join him in an Abu Dhabi theme park.
14 September 2015
During the summer holidays there was talk about the “Markets in China” performing poorly and how a lot of money was being lost by investors as the markets crashed.
8 September 2015
Palmyra is about 250 kilometres northeast of the Syrian capital, Damascus. It was given the name Palmyra, meaning “city of palm trees,” by the Romans, who attacked and captured it in AD 130...
10 June 2015
In the first five months of 2015, 45,400 migrants have landed on Italy’s Mediterranean coast.
10 June 2015
Russia has always taken great pride in its contribution to space exploration, and deservedly so. In 1957, Sputnik 1 became the first rocket to orbit the earth and Laika, a stray dog from Moscow, became the first animal to orbit the earth.
10 June 2015
The British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) recently carried out an emergency operation off the Isle of Skye, the largest and most northerly of the Inner Hebrides, off the west coast of Scotland.
15 May 2015
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17 April 2015
Carlos Hector Flomenbaum had an Argentinian passport and convinced staff at the ABN Amro bank in Antwerp that he was a successful businessman.
17 April 2015
When Hertha Berlin footballer, Anis Ben Haitra, scored in a Bundesliga clash with Schalke 04, fans were confused to see him celebrate by donning a Spiderman mask.
6 March 2015
New research has shown that a deadly disease that killed millions of people across Europe in the Middle Ages may have been carried by gerbils. It has long been thought that the bubonic plague was spread by rats.
7 November 2014
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