Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro has said he will declare that wildfires burning in the country are a natural disaster, freeing up funds to fight the blazes amid soaring temperatures and the El Niño weather phenomenon. Colombia has put out some 204 fires this month – around eight per day – …

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Russia is “playing with the lives of Ukrainian prisoners” after Moscow accused Kyiv of downing a military plane carrying dozens of its own captured soldiers. Moscow said 74 people died – 65 of them Ukrainian prisoners of war being flown to a scheduled …

Politicians in the US state of Florida have approved a bill aimed at barring children aged 16 and younger from social media platforms. The move, by Florida’s House of Representatives. follows similar action in several states to limit online risks to young teenagers. Passed by a bipartisan vote of 106 …

Israeli air strikes and ground operations are focused on the southern Gazan city of Khan Yunis, where the United Nations said that nine people were killed by tank shelling at one of its shelters yesterday. The deadly incident came after the Israeli army said it had encircled the city, where …

First mooted as far back as 1996, and following numerous reviews and successive government commitments, the campaigns for referendums on family and women in the home are finally under way. The Electoral Commission will this morning launch its independent information campaign at an event in the TU Dublin Grangegorman Campus, …

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Russia is “playing with the lives of Ukrainian prisoners” after Moscow accused Kyiv of downing a military plane carrying dozens of its own captured soldiers. Moscow said 74 people died – 65 of them Ukrainian prisoners of war being flown to a scheduled …

A Japanese man was convicted and sentenced to death for the arson and killing of 36 people at famed anime studio Kyoto Animation in 2019, public broadcaster NHK said. The deadly attack on the Kyoto-based studio, better known as KyoAni, had sent shockwaves not only through Japan where violent crime …

The ECB’s Governing Council will meet in Frankfurt today to consider whether to make any changes to interest rates. No adjustments are expected though, despite some progress being made in bringing the inflation rate down across Europe. The rate at which prices are rising in the eurozone had been coming …

A man in England who stabbed three people to death during a “psychotic episode” last year is due to be sentenced for manslaughter at Nottingham Crown Court later today. Valdo Calocane pleaded guilty to three counts of manslaughter on the basis of diminished responsibility for the offences committed in Nottingham …

A forensic examination of RTÉ’s Toy Show The Musical, which amassed losses of €2.2 million, is expected to be published later this morning. The investigation by the auditing firm, Grant Thornton, found there was no written record of the RTÉ Board ever granting approval for the musical. It also identifies …