French president Emmanuel Macron has said a midair collision between two helicopters killed 13 French soldiers in Mali.

The impending threat of Brexit, the domestic beef crisis and the growing awareness of climate change have put the importance of supporting local food producers back on the menu in Co Cork, writes Ellie O’Byrne

The influenza pandemic of 1918 killed 50m people. It would spread much more rapidly today, and recent outbreaks of ebola and yellow fever are a warning to us all, say Gro Harlem Brundtland and Elhadj As Sy.

Governments worldwide must start thinking ahead and increase funding at community, national, and international levels to shore up health systems and prevent the spread of outbreaks, writes Gro Harlem Brundtland

IN ANOTHER extraordinary week, Donald Trump and Boris Johnson continued to hog the headlines, much as they have done in recent times.

Things are changing dramatically on the global economic front, and it’s not just Brexit.

Former Liberia Football Association president Musa Bility, who tried to become FIFA president in 2015, has been banned from football for 10 years and fined just over £400,000 by the game’s global governing body.

A father and son from Kerry made a splash in more ways than one when they posted video footage of their close encounter with a pod of humpback whales.

Sexual and reproductive health can not be discarded from international strategies for the sake of expediency, writes Françoise Girard.

Gardaí intend to make arrests and prepare a prosecution file for the DPP in relation to the suspected laundering by a Nigerian criminal network of more than €15m through Irish and international bank accounts.

Increased migration in the developing world has weakened communities and the bonds that ensure survival. Apps can replace this loss of shared data and help guarantee food security, writes Leah Samberg.

And after 115 features, 34 documentaries and 116 shorts, the panel of esteemed judges had their work cut out for them.

The largest alumina refinery in Europe, Aughinish Alumina on the Shannon estuary, went back into the red last year.

Suspected Islamic extremists have attacked a Turkish restaurant popular with foreigners in Burkina Faso's capital, killing at least 18 people.

As far as energy is concerned, potential Brexit tariffs and the sterling exchange rate are red herrings. Tariffs — as opposed to transport costs — are no big deal in the oil, gas or electricity exploration and production industries.

UN human rights investigators have warned of ethnic cleansing in the Democratic Republic of Congo, documenting the recent killings of more than 250 people, including 62 children.

Two members of the Defence Forces caught up in a suspected jihadist terror attack in West Africa have been reported safe and unharmed.

Ngaire Woods examines how Britain’s departure from the EU needs to be less confrontational and more cordial. Negotiations should be about preserving a mutually beneficial relationship

The World Health Organisation routinely spends about $200m per year on travel expenses, figures show - more than what it doles out to fight Aids, tuberculosis and malaria combined.

Insects can be the next great food source, a Meath start-up tells Trish Dromey

Ebola was blamed for more than 11,000 deaths in west Africa during 2013-16.

A doctor who admitted misleading other medics over Ebola nurse Pauline Cafferkey also acted dishonestly, medical watchdogs in England ruled today.

Damien Enright gives us a run down of his latest adventures in Namibia.

Irish wild birds have acquired some very exotic tastes, writes Dick Warner.

Exiled Gambian ruler Yahya Jammeh has been accused of stealing millions of euro in his final weeks in power, and shipping out luxury vehicles by cargo plane.

African governments must start making smart choices and investments to tackle malnutrition on the continent, says Adebimpe Adebiyi.

A nurse who helped fight Ebola faces being struck off after being accused of recording an inaccurate temperature on an airport screening form for a medic who had contracted the virus.

I’m really browned off with France’s kneejerk attitude, writes Suzanne Harrington

As microbes become resistant to treatments, the international community must pool its resources and expertise and create a not-for-profit taskforce to develop new drugs and prevent catastrophe, says Tadataka Yamada

Irish-linked exploration stocks wavered yesterday after leading international energy research and consultancy group Wood Mackenzie warned most major conventional oil projects risk being delayed or cancelled if global prices remain at or below $50 a barrel.

More than five months after US president Barack Obama requested $1.9bn (€1.7bn) to fight the Zika epidemic, members of Congress are going home to July 4 barbecues without approving a spending bill.

The author and filmmaker Miranda July asks the pop superstar what turns her on, how she handles the pressure of public scrutiny, and why she’s been Googling childbirth. (Then they become best friends) 

Offaly-born composer Amanda Feery won the Seán Ó Riada Composition Competition for this year’s Cork International Choral Festival and her piece will be performed on Friday in St Fin Barre’s Cathedral. She is also working on pieces for Crash Ensemble and the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra.

Despite the lack of basic medical equipment and drugs in his native Senegal, neurosurgeon Seydou Badiane treats everyone he can, says Rita de Brún

Improved hygiene, sanitation, and surveillance, akin to that of John Snow in the 1850s, could save hundreds of millions of lives in the coming decades, writes Jim O’Neill            

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Seventy celebrities, including Elton John and Jessie J, have urged world leaders to tackle poverty by addressing gender inequality.