Dublin market gains 1.6% in morning trading

Pandemic has infected more than 1.3m worldwide with over 74,000 deaths recorded

Cloud-based software platform allows firms measure return on investment in training

IMF expects G20 action plan will trigger global recession

Window of opportunity to contain international spread of the virus is closing, WHO warns

Trump targets France over ‘discriminatory’ digital tax

Demand worries persist amid hints of global slowdown

US president made audacious invitation to North Korean leader in tweet on Saturday during Japan G20 summit

Senior officials have held talks in bid to end decades-old stand-off over islands

Trump said such a step could be a ‘game changer’

US leader speaks of ‘special relationship’ with Chinese president ahead of dinner in Argentina

Filippo Lombardi cleared of inflicting grievous bodily harm on Irish Liverpool fan in April

US tops WEF list for the first time in a decade

Project at Temple Bar’s Ark asked young people to re-imagine a city for themselves

Director of emergency planning says predicted weather conditions ‘not exceptional’

National security meeting called in response by South Korea’s president Moon Jae-in

Pilot project to increase financial reporting standards on environmental issues

Trump jr says ‘it quickly became clear that she had no meaningful information’

Trump isolated on climate change as group issues dissenting conclusions for first time

Meeting ends ‘19 against 1’ on climate protections with fears of trade war on steel

German and US doctors approve of treatment but ask that Nobel Peace laureate be moved

Martin Wolf: We need to base policy on facts not ideology

Kim Jong-un tells US it sent a ‘package of gifts on its Independence Day’ after missile test

Trump: ‘N Korea has just launched another missile. Does this guy have anything better to do?’

New leader Moon Jae-in well placed to bring pieces together, with help of China and US

The untroubled beauty of the South American archipelago makes for one of the most renowned wildlife-watching destinations in the world - once the tourists behave themselves

A fleet of ambulances arrived pierside, but it became evident they would not be required

Coveney insists will not support charging measures that may breach European law

Legislation calls for tightening rules that allow deduction of certain internal expenses

€45 trillion investment needed in energy efficiency to meet UN global warming targets

Eight days of exercises come amid mounting tensions in the maritime region

Missile launches the latest in a series by the North this year in violation of UN resolutions

World’s two biggest economies - and emitters - approve global climate accord

Agreement reached as leaders from the world’s 20 biggest economies arrive in Hangzhou for summit

With a jam-packed calendar this month no asset class is immune from potential event risk

Meeting of finance ministers from world’s biggest economies dominated by Brexit

Move would come at high political cost, and overburden public finances, says OECD

Lou Jiwei says rhetoric in a presidential campaign should not be taken too seriously

Gloom expected to spread to European bourses after oil exporters fail to agree on deal to stabilise output

The yield on 10-year bonds holds steady at 0.9 per cent in low trading volumes