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Eight people were injured in overnight Ukrainian attacks in and around the western Russian city of Belgorod, officials and the army said. Regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said several apartment blocks and homes were damaged. “The city of Belgorod and Belgorod district were subjected to an air attack by the Ukrainian …

Israeli Eurovision Song Contest entrant Eden Golan will perform at the second semi-final tonight as protests take place in Malmö, Sweden. The 20-year-old singer, whose emotional Hurricane was reworked from a previous track called October Rain, which was thought to reference the Hamas attacks on Israel, will take to the …

Japan will add large fin whales to its list of commercial whaling species, the government has said, five years after leaving an international body that regulates the commercial hunt of marine mammals. The country resumed commercial whaling in its territorial waters and exclusive economic zones in 2019 following its withdrawal …

Barriers have been erected around the area of the tented encampment along the Grand Canal in Dublin where over 100 tents have been pitched in recent days by International Protection Applicants. Several coaches were also lined up along Mount Street this morning, close to the nearby International Protection Office. A …

A small number of retailers have had to replace reverse vending machines used for the Deposit Return Scheme for plastic bottles and drink cans. Re-turn, the company that rolled out and administers the recycling scheme, said the number of machines changed amounts to less than 1% or around 23 in …

A €2.4 billion investment has been announced for the further development of the Kildare Innovation Campus (KIC) site. Formerly the home of Hewlett Packard, Kildare Innovation Campus is located in parkland between Celbridge and Leixlip. The campus has capacity for a further 3,000 jobs if plans for KIC are fully …

Amazon has announced that it will launch a new dedicated website for Ireland – Amazon.ie – in 2025. Currently, most Irish customers use Amazon sites based in the UK or other European countries. The company said the Irish site will mean that users will be able to avoid additional customs …

Japan will add large fin whales to its list of commercial whaling species, government spokesperson Yoshimasa Hayashi said, five years after leaving an international body that regulates the commercial hunt of marine mammals. Japan resumed commercial whaling in its territorial waters and exclusive economic zones in 2019, on withdrawing from …

The Russian President Vladimir Putin will address the annual Victory Day parade in Moscow later today, an event he hopes will rally patriotism as his forces advance in Ukraine. The 9 May parade marks the Soviet Union’s defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II and has become one of …

Donald Trump will refuse to accept the results if he loses the election this year, US President Joe Biden has said. The two men, who fought for the White House in 2020, are set for a rematch in November that polls show the American public is unenthusiastic about. In an …