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Biden issues flurry of Covid-related executive orders
- US
- January 21, 2021
Newly-elected US President Joe Biden has moved quickly to dismantle former president Donald Trump’s agenda, issuing a flurry of executive actions in h(...)

Bishops call on world leaders to ‘hold Israel accountable’ on vaccinations
- Middle East
- January 21, 2021, 18:09
An international delegation of Catholic and Anglican bishops, including two from Ireland, has called on the international community to “hold Israel ac(...)

New Zealand’s slow vaccine rollout threatens Covid success, critics say
- Asia-Pacific
- January 21, 2021, 16:11
New Zealand’s “go hard, go early” strategy to combat Covid-19 attracted global praise and eliminated local transmission of the virus. But the country’(...)

World leaders welcome Biden’s move to rejoin Paris agreement
- World
- January 21, 2021
World leaders have welcomed new US president Joe Biden’s swift move to rejoin the Paris climate accord as one of his first acts in office. But UN sec(...)

Joe Biden’s in tray: President faces daunting agenda after Trump era
- US
- January 20, 2021
As Joe Biden enters the White House as president, a new era has begun in the United States. After four years of turmoil, controversy and national divi(...)

Netflix crosses 200m subscriber mark in pandemic-boosted year
- Media & Marketing
- January 20, 2021, 12:58
Netflix ended its biggest year in company history with a bang, adding more customers than expected and saying it no longer needs to borrow money to bu(...)

How Ireland’s housing crisis is part of a global problem
- Economy
- January 20, 2021, 05:42
It’s tempting to view the perennial calamity that is housing in Ireland as unique. Half a century of lousy, at times corrupt, planning has left us wit(...)

How Irish America will be at the heart of the Biden administration
- US
- January 20, 2021, 01:00
Throughout his almost 50-year career in politics, Joe Biden has often recalled the words of his grandmother. “Remember, Joey Biden, the best drop of b(...)

Ireland has greater access to vaccines through EU, Donohoe says
- Economy
- January 18, 2021, 19:24
Ireland was better able to get the quantities of Covid-19 vaccine doses needed for its population through the European Commission than if it negotiat(...)

EU states warn of risks to vaccination credibility as Pfizer slows supplies
- Europe
- January 16, 2021, 07:43
European governments said the credibility of their vaccination programmes was at risk on Friday after US pharmaceutical firm Pfizer announced a tempo(...)