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Low crop price for wheat is compounded by a spike in disease pressure in west-central Kansas, Vance Ehmke reports.
Prince William and Princess Catherine and all three of their children join the King and Queen Camilla ahead of the Red Arrows flypast.
As a child growing up in west Belfast, Tom Hartley remembers hearing the story of Leading Seaman James Magennis, the only ...
British aviators John Alcock and Arthur Brown made the first non-stop west-east transatlantic flight from St John’s, Newfoundland, to Clifden in Co Galway. Join the Irish Independent WhatsApp ...
One man in the crowd, in awe of the patriotic moment the flags were raised, wiped a single tear from his cheek. It was an ...
For western Europe, including the UK, VE Day largely heralded the return of liberty and the triumph of democracy, and marked ...
Follow live coverage from the Vatican on the second day of conclave as cardinals return to the Sistine Chapel to vote for a ...
A group of pro-Palestinian activists have said three of its members were detained after a Co Clare airport’s perimeter was ...
This was demotic humour, often in the form of cartoon beauty Jane who cartoonist Norman Pett depicted in a daily cartoon ...
The abrupt news that Six Flags America will permanently close after ... The suburban county east of D.C. has lately been reeling, seeing other important economic assets either swept away or ...
A former head of the Royal Navy in Scotland has recalled how he spent VE Day fearing the Second World War would continue for ...
Easter saw the return of the RNLI lifeguards on six beaches in Northern Ireland including Portrush East Strand where five ...