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January

January 2024

Japan

Japan quake toll rises to 73 as weather hampers rescuers

Updated 3 Jan

7.0k

southern england

Motorist killed by falling tree as Storm Henk batters UK with 140kph winds

Police said a man in his 50s died, and more than 300 flood warnings remain in place.

3 Jan

20.3k

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Harvard president resigns amid antisemitism and plagiarism claims

3 Jan

21.8k

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belgorod

Ukraine hits Russian border regions with airstrikes in latest retaliatory attacks

3 Jan

14.0k

The Daily Poll

Poll: Will you watch the darts final?

3 Jan

36.5k

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Maersk extends suspension of Red Sea route, as UN Security Council to discuss shipping attacks

3 Jan

7.7k

Haneda airport

'A miracle we survived': Authorities probe cause of runway crash in Japan

3 Jan

13.2k

glyphosate

Glyphosate accounts for 30% of pesticides in Ireland, with residues found in some food samples

3 Jan

19.9k

Gaza

Gaza fighting rages as Israel prepares to defend genocide claim

UN agencies have voiced alarm over Gaza’s spiralling humanitarian crisis.

Updated 2 Jan

17.9k

Lebanon

Deputy head of Hamas killed in Israeli strike in Beirut

Updated 2 Jan

26.4k

Japan

Five dead after plane collision at Haneda Airport in Japan

Updated 2 Jan

47.2k

Ishikawa

At least 50 people dead after huge earthquake in Japan

Updated 2 Jan

17.0k

Spain

Spanish footballer Jenni Hermoso testifies about Rubiales's World Cup kiss

2 Jan

18.2k

Lee Jae-myung

South Korean opposition leader stabbed in neck

2 Jan

11.6k

Russia

One killed and dozens injured in missile attacks on Ukraine

2 Jan

4.6k

European Parliament

Who is standing and what can Ireland expect in the run up to European elections in June?

2 Jan

26.6k

Tsunami

4 confirmed dead as Japan lowers tsunami alert after major earthquakes

Updated 1 Jan

50.6k

Palestine

Second Israeli minister calls for return of settlers to Gaza

1 Jan

28.7k

Benjamin Netanyahu

Israel's top court strikes down key government legal reform challenging power of judiciary

1 Jan

12.8k

Moscow

Putin says Russia will 'intensify' attacks on Ukraine following strike on Russian city

1 Jan

15.4k

Capital Punishment

Saudi Arabia executed 170 people in 2023

1 Jan

28.1k

red sea

UK willing to take 'direct action' over Red Sea attacks by Houthi rebels in Yemen

1 Jan

10.0k

israel-hamas war

Israel warns Gaza war will continue throughout 2024, as overnight strikes kill more than 20

Updated 1 Jan

6.6k

North Korea

Kim Jong Un says North Korea military should ‘annihilate’ US and South Korea if provoked

1 Jan

13.3k

Camden

Man arrested after teenage boy fatally stabbed at London viewpoint on New Year’s Eve

1 Jan

24.3k

new year's

In pictures: Here's how people across the world celebrated New Year's Eve

1 Jan

12.7k

Last year

2023

War in Ukraine

Ukraine says it downed 21 of 49 drones after Russia launched fresh strikes

Six guided missiles had also targeted the northeastern city of Kharkiv, Kyiv said in a statement.

The fresh Russian strikes came a day after the deadliest attack on civilians in Russia since the start of the conflict in February 2022.

Both Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy are due to give New Year's Eve speeches today.

Updated 31 Dec 2023

10.6k

North Rhine-Westphalia

Three arrested in Germany over alleged plot to attack Cologne Cathedral

31 Dec 2023

14.1k

Gaza

At least 48 Palestinians killed in overnight Israeli strikes on Gaza, health ministry says

Gaza’s health ministry says the Israeli military campaign has killed at least 21,822 people.

A Hamas delegation was in Cairo on Friday to discuss an Egyptian plan proposing renewable ceasefires.

Asked about the negotiations yesterday, Netanyahu said Hamas had been "giving all kinds of ultimatums that we didn't accept".

Updated 31 Dec 2023

7.8k

stepping down

Denmark's Queen Margrethe II announces abdication in New Year's Eve speech

31 Dec 2023

34.3k

Premier League

Fourth win in five matches brings Tottenham Hotspur to within point of Arsenal

31 Dec 2023

9.8k

celebrations

Countries around the world begin to ring in 2024 after turbulent year

31 Dec 2023

12.1k

John Pilger

Australian investigative journalist John Pilger dies aged 84

31 Dec 2023

15.6k

red sea

US military says it destroyed Huthi vessels that attacked cargo ship in Red Sea

31 Dec 2023

12.0k

Energy

No evidence Russia is a threat to Irish renewable energy supply, Eamon Ryan says

31 Dec 2023

9.5k

North Korea

Kim Jong Un pledges to launch three more spy satellites and build more nuclear weapons in 2024

31 Dec 2023

7.0k

Misery

Man United beaten again as Nottingham Forest continue bright start under Nuno

30 Dec 2023

18.8k

War in Ukraine

Dozens killed in separate strikes across Ukraine and Russian city of Belgorod

Updated 30 Dec 2023

17.6k

Palestine

'The bombs keep falling on us': Gazans desperate for war to end as Israel presses offensive

The Israeli army is keeping up its campaign across the length of the Gaza Strip in the face of mounting international pushback.

Updated 30 Dec 2023

11.4k

The Hague

South Africa launches genocide case against Israel at International Court of Justice

29 Dec 2023

19.2k