Egypt has filed a €690 million compensation claim against the owner of a container ship, which blocked the Suez Canal for 6 days.
'The Ever Given', operated by a Japanese firm, got stuck on 23rd March, and had to be freed by a specialist rescue team.
The European Medicines Agency insists the benefits of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine outweigh the risks of side effects.
The European vaccine roll-out has been delayed in Europe as the company investigates rare blood clots in people who have received the vaccine in the US.
Recent developments in the North, including Irish-British relations and the Northern Ireland Protocol, are among the issues being discussed by the Foreign Affairs Minister on a visit to London.
Protesters have clashed with police for a third night in the US state of Minnesota, following the death of a young black man.
20-year-old Daunte Wright was shot by a police officer - who says she mistook her gun for a Taser.
She has since resigned.
U.S. President Biden has announced all American troops will be withdrawn from Afghanistan by September 11th.
The date is significant, as 11th September 2021 is the 20th anniversary of terrorist attacks, which precipitated America's longest war.
Iran is to increase the enrichment of its uranium, to levels closer to what is needed for a nuclear weapon.
The country is to enrich the element to 60% purity, the highest figure to date.
112 people have tested positive for the coronavirus in the last 24 hours in the North.
There have been no additional Covid related deaths.
There are 77 patients are being treated for the virus in hospitals in Northern Ireland, with 7 in ICU.
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Imports from the UK to the EU partly rebounded in February, after a record slump to start the year.
The Office for National Statistics in the UK says goods being sold to the bloc increased by €4.2 billion, almost 47%.
That figure had decreased by €6.5 billion in January.
A large amount of treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant is to be released into the Pacific Ocean.
The Japanese government is facing fierce opposition to its decision from people living close to the site, including local fishermen.
All adults in the UK, over the age of 50, have been offered a first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine.
The British government says the target has been reached three days ahead of schedule.
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